the ground as a dozen students suddenly collapse. find out what happened. >> so will this weekend be a little more bearable than the last couple of days? 11 news continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> good morning, i'm mindy basara. >> i'm stan stovall. welcome back to 11 news today. >> we'll get to our big story in a moment but first a check to be forecast with sandra shaw. covered in sweat. >> you walk out the door and it's, like, man, where did that come from? that's at 3:30, 4:00 a.m. in the morning. >> then the humidity will drop, though,. it's going to feel more comfortable out there. any improvement from the 81 at 6:00 a.m. we see some light rain activity on the h.d. doppler picture this morning. fluctuating and percolating in

the warm and humid air mass that's been hovering over the area. upper 70's to lower 80's. good chance of strong, scattered showers and storms. then it will change. more on that coming up. right now let's check in with sarah. >> it's friday. we made it through another week. first we are watching for an accident being reported in howard county. we're checking this shot. no sign of it here but perhaps it's just prior to this. we will let you know what we find. let's switch over to a live view of traffic. coming toward us is southbound traffic. a few other problems to watch for other than this, we're also dealing with a vehicle fire. the car fire has been put out but the vehicle is still there. speed censors looking good but

we have tire reads the blocking the right lanes near harford. that's it for now. >> our big story this morning baltimore city police have a pair of teens in custody now in connection with a hate crime that sent a 76-year-old man to the hospital. >> meanwhile the victim's wife is speaking out on camera for the first time about this shocking act of violence. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti is live with details. >> good morning self proclaimed white supremist calvin lock they are in is behind bars. they are all charged in this case according to charging documents watson said lockner approached james for water and a cigarette and erupted into racial slurs and violence when he said no allegedly beating the senior citizen with a hammer or bat and then taking off with the boys in their truck. we asked loyola psychologist dr. jay rue how a seemingly

minor exchange could escalate so quickly. >> in this hard times, the -- it's easy to frustrate people whose feel as if they got nothing to lose by you know little tiny little or fans triggers a massive response like that. >> now all three are facing more than a dozen charges including attempted murder. coming up we'll hear from the elderly man's wife. >> a dozen members of the queen anne's county football team are recovering after they all succumbed to yesterday's sweltering temperatures. first responders turned the football field at kent island high into a makeshift triage center. all 12 students collapsed in what's being described as heat exhaustion.

they were all qualityly quick to quarterback rumors that something other than the heat caused the students to collapse. >> we are classifying to it heat-related injury or response. we have no further information. there's been a lot of reports of chemical problems or issues, that is not true. >> after being cooled down at the scene all the affected students were taken to the hospitals for treatment and they are all expected to fully recover. >> new this morning detectives are looking for the gunman who opened fire and wound ad man in west baltimore. shots were reported after 1:00 a.m. and when police arrived they found a single victim suffering from a gunshot wound and no word on the motive. elsewhere in the city police are working to solve the latest murder to hit the books. the victim was schott just after 4:30 yesterday in the 100 block of south island avenue. anyone with information about the deadly shooting should call baltimore police.

>> a mother of three is suing baltimore county police and the police officers after she was tased in front of her children during a traffic shop. doctors say she was driving erratically as she drove down belair road she said she accidentally knocked the officer's flash light out of his hands and that's when the traffic stop got violent. >> like a burning, snapping kind of electricity going through your stomach. i basically said i can't believe you tased me. they wanted me to take a field sobriety test and i said no. you just tased me. i mean, i was out of it. >> leashya says she was tased again as police tried to handcuff her. police charged her with assault, resisting arrest and driving under the influence but a judge threw those charges out and her suit argues police used

eck assessive force. the police will not comment on the specifics of this case. >> if you hear a loud screeching sound this weekend it could be the cash for clunkers program coming to a halt. obama administration officials announceed the program will end monday at 8:00 p.m. less than five weeks after it started. >> i'm sure there's going to be another rush. >> car dealers expect heavy flask showrooms this weekend. cash for clunkers ends monday. >> i think it is a great program and i do hate to see it end. >> customers were offered until labor day at least. >> too bad the money's running out. >> but the obama administration acknowledged $2 billion added to cash for clunkers is draining fast. to be radio president obama called it good news. >> we're now slightly victims of success, because the thing happened so quick. there was so much more demand

than anybody expected. >> the trouble for many dealers is sales are happening faster than rei mean bursements. >> we're probably owed $45 million that the point. >> great program just not exactly the best execution. >> transportation secretary ray hood said he's tripled his staff to review dealers claims. >> they are going to get their money. we have the money. congress provideed the money. they are going to get their money. >> file girl. >> the program set 450,000 trade-ins, guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles. >> when you sell a car, is it puts trucking, you know, for raw materials, supplyers to work the assembly lines to work, advertising on your station, good for everything. >> gm plans to rehire more than 1,300 workers and car makers have been paying overtime to boost production. >> for the president a lot's riding on whether or not cash for clunkers is seen as a

success, some warn mismanagement of $3 billion in clunkers funds would doom his chances for a trillion dollar overhaul. brook hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> port of baltimore is about to get a big financial shot in the arm as part of the economic's stimulus recovery act. therefore 3.45 million would be m directed to the port and to help respiratory illnesses. >> this funding will benefit the entire port, including our private port sector or private port cargo handlerses. >> officials at the port also believe the grant will help increase the port's efficiency and competitive necessary. >> it's been open for just over a year but a report finds baltimore taxpayers that the baltimore taxpayer funded hilton hold is losing $17 million this year. those losses atributed to high

startup costs. the president of the baltimore development cooperation says despite the loss the hotel is still generating enough income to pay off the $15 million in interest on the city's $305 million investment with a potential $207 million payout tonight the jackpot certainly puts the megain the megamillions drawing after weeks without a single deprand prize winner the multi state lottery has risen until it's finally reached tonight's astronomical amounts. just a reminder you can see tonight's mega millions drawing live right here on wbal-tv 11 news at 11:22 pm bringingtous our water cooler question of the day. what would you do with that money if you won tonight's $207 million mega millions jackpot? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i could fantasize about that all day. the time 6:10, coming up the

morning's financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> thinking about the $207 million, huh? >> couldn't get it off my mind. >> and did the bush administration play politics with the terror system in the runup to the 2006 election? find out what the man in charge of those alerts had to say. >> and find out where police think this suddenly camera shy suspect is now. >> and thousands of storms already showing up on h.d. doppler. details coming up. >> and we've been checking on reports of an accident on 95 and howard county. we'll let you know if we found it.

>> good morning, and it is 81 degrees downtown. already. it's almost up with of those days where you can see all the moisture, just muggy and hanging out over the yamplete

this is definitely the warmest start we've had so far this week. showers and storms starting to try to roll through parts of western maryland. light in nature. all this ahead of the cold front making progress in the direction of the mid-atlantic and finally get its way through here by the end of saturday into sunday. so good chance of thunderstorms tomorrow night. 80-81 downtown. 83 right now in ocean city. in the mountains of western maryland a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms and ahead of that front we see 80 forecasted high. in the heart of baltimore, 80 degrees and storms at about 60% coverage tonight. today looks like 91 degrees and mostly subpoenay day but on the bay a small craft advisory winds out of the south 10-15

knots. record books 91 record high set in 1899 on august 21 in 2000 51 the record low. not going to be anywhere near that. remain in the 70's overnight. scattered showers and thunderstorms in our vicinity by tonight. strongest activity to our west but later on it's going to change and once this front finally clears late saturday into sunday we'll see the dew points drop and it will be quite pleasant with the high in the 80's. hurricane bill. not as clearly defined eye. so category three storm the good news in all looks like lit go between bermuda and beelined until monday. we'll see as well as and rip tides.

we'll keep you posted. for us low 80's this weekend, hit and miss showers and storms but sunday will be the best of the days. slight chance for a shower in the morning then partly cloudy 82. 83 for monday and 83 on tuesday. sarah? >> good morning, everyone. good news on the reported accident not found so in great shape aside from building volume. we are dealing with el kit city the car fire's been put out but the car itself is still there. once it's out of there you should be in better shape. dealing with debris. tire reads the taking up the right lane at harford road. doing well to be area roads. a live view at 50 and sandy point. moving well in both directions. no delays to report on the west side at 40.

that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. mindy? >> taking a look now at some of our top stories the man who set the nation's terror alert level for years after the 9/11 attacks says he was pressured by members of the bush administration to raise the level prior to the 2004 election. in his upcoming book tom ridge writes former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft urged him to raise the level based on a non-specific threat and tapes from osama bin laden. he says the encounterled to his resignation. >> and a woman is in critical condition after an attack by a swarm of bees she was sitting on her back porch when the swarm attacked. officers tried to fend off the bees with fire distinguishers but it only enraged them. and a wanted man apparently on

the run after being charged in the murder of his ex-wife. police belief ryan jenkins fled to his native canada after being identified in the death of former model jasmine fiore. she was found stuffed in a suit case missing her teeth and fingers. he was the winner on "i love money" and a perspective constitutor on "megan wants a millionaire." >> a popular all-you can-fly program has become a little too popular which is why jetblue airlines suspended its $699 all you can fly pass. jetblue had said it would run that promotion through friday night or while supplies last, well apparently the promotion allowed customers unlimited flights for one flat fee with a three-day advanced booking.

>> the death of three infants urged parents to stop using bass nets recalled a year ago the three in one and four in one convertible bass net manufactured by simplicity. they were first recalled last year after two other children died. for more on the recall you can go to our website. www.wbaltv.com and click on consumer. >> the latest now on wall street for investors are banking on food news from the houdsing industry. deborah kostroun has those stories and more in the bloomberg business report. >> good morning, looking for more promising housing data today. according to economists ahead of a report sales of existing homes climbed last month to the highest level in months but the ongoing job losses are a reminder that more americans may still lose their homes indicating a broad rebound will

be slow to take hold meantime gap turns 40 and to celebrate traders will be wearing jeans to be trading floor, gap jeans and gap will be ringing the closing bell remotely from its headquarters. gap reporting a better than expected quarterly profit. the retailer now saying it plans to remodel 50 old navies and increase marketing spending by $25 million. as for the market, stocks rising as aig expects to repay the government and reports adding to evidence that the recession may be ending the bloomberg maryland index also rising and watching bethesda-based hotels they may issue and sell shares for as much as $400 million as part of a financing agreement with bank of new york melon and the end is nearing for cash for clunkers, the transportation

department now saying the popular cars sales incentive will end monday night. i'm deborah kostroun reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> the overwhelming success in international soccer could put charm city in the world spotlight once again. the u.s.a. bid committee listed baltimore as one of the sites for the 2022 fifa world cup. many believe last month's soldout friendly helped promote the stadium as a top soccer destination. they will make site visits and whittle down the top contenders. fifa will announce the top cities next year. >> and plaxico burse struck a plea deal. burress is expected to serve a two-year prison term and two years of supervised release.

burress will be sentenced september 22. >> the time now 6:20 on tv hill. >> and the convicted bomber of pan am flight 163 is being welcomed

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from the beltway down to 32. a live view of traffic leaded out in the white marsh area looking pretty good otherwise than the fact that the camera's digitizing. so far so good on the west side. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you, sandra. >> thank you. we are looking at doppler. 80 downtown to begin things, 78 at the airport and 83 at ocean city. already feels worse than that, the heat index is 88 to 92 our actual temperature out there. mid 90's is what it's going to feel like. warm and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms as friday world series forecast 87-91, earlier games, better chance of getting those in. more on your seven-day forecast ahead. >> the lone suspect convicted

of the pan am bombing flight, is out of jail. >> he was welcomed with cheers and hugs in his native libya yesterday. he was released from his sentence on compassionate grounds after the prognosis he has only months live. this comes much to the dismay of the obama administration and many others. >> here in maryland their relatives were among the 270 victims on that doomed flight. one said yesterday's actions has them reliving the pain of their loss. >> roads mary says once again she is mourning the loss of her only biological child. even though she died over 20 years ago. >> i am wearing black because this is such a black day. >> last night she found out the

only man convicted of the 1988 bombing over lockerbie scotland will be set free. >> but the fact that he is going home to his family even the fact that they said in time for ramadan, i'm just in a state of total disbelief. >> scotland's justice secretary made the announcement in which he said this was an act of compassion. abdel has been diagnosised with terminal prostate answer and is said to only have a few months to live. the step father says he feels betrayed. >> he brutally murdered 270 people. i see no reason to grant him any amnesty and that's what this amounts to. he's going home the his family. not to another prison or even a hospital there. >> the family tells 11 news that they are trying to

understand. >> he is saying the life and comfort of one state-sponsored terrorist is more important than the lives of all of our 270 innocent loved ones. >> melissa carlson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> really feel for those families. >> al decision a lot of people justin don't understand. >> time is 6:27, 76 degrees on tv hill. much more. >> three people are behind bars for the hate crime involving the beating or an elderly man. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> and this is the time when we normally start to see delays. we check on your commute coming up. >> showers moving in from our west. i'll break it down for you, coming up. >> and i'm nicole killian. what you need to know before you head to the car lot, coming up.

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>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us. sandra shaw has a quick look at the forecast for us. we're sweating already. >> we're already 80 degrees downtown and 83 in ocean city and we're so humid. a lot of muggy air mass in place. showers and storms to the westin filtrating parts of the area. temperatures going up to the low 90's with a good chance of showers and storms. more details on the seven-day at the end of the news blobbling. >> two more arrests on the attack of an elderly man police labeled a hate crime. >> jennifer franciotti joins us live from city police headquarters with more details. >> good morning. 76-year-old james privott is home from the hospital. among his multiple injuries a fractured eye socket. his wife spoke with 11 news as

did an expert that questions claims the two teens arrested were forced into the situation. >> ethel privott is determined to protect her husband while he recovers behind closed doors. she's addressing the savagery he endured after the couple wrapped up a fishing trip at fort armistead park. >> here we are trying to have some fun and i mean, he's around and about but he's not well. >> police say 76-year-old james privott was attacked by this trio self proclaimed white supremist calvin lockner and zackary watson and emanuel miller. according to charging dumets watson said lockner asked privott for water and cigarettes and erupted into violence when he said no allegedly beating the senior citizen with a hammer or a bat then taking off in the victim's car after the beating.

we asked the doctor about that. >> hard times. it's easy to frustrate people who feel as if they got nothing to lose by, you know tiny little things triggers a massive response like that. charging documents reveal the teens claim they were forced to go along with the attack but dr. rue question that is. >> i'm more concerned about these 15 and 17-year-olds who were seem to be doing more than the bistander. and who are easily, you know, they are gullible. >> as ethel privott tends to her husband's shattered eye socket and sense of safety she's concerned about the hate festering in people like lockner. >> we have to try to figure out a way of keeping this away and all these gangs are forming and where do we go from here? >> all three suspects remain

behind bars without bond. they face multiple offenses and charges including attempted murder. reporting live from downtown jennifer franciotti wbal-tv 11 news. >> we are learning more about what led up to a deadly plane crash earlier this month, contaminated fuel and corroded control cables were possible contributing factors that killed the pilot and hid passenger, 66-year-old letty williams. ip vest gators believe the complete investigation report could be released within a year. eight people are being treated for injuries, two of them at shock trauma following a two-car crash in carroll county a chevy camaro made a u-turn and strayed spot path of an oncoming minivan. this took place around 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. >> four days, that's all you have left if you want to trade

in your old clunker for the new one under government's cash for clunkers program and dealers are beginning and preparing for a busy weekend. more on that story. >> it's literally the end of the road for the cash for clunkers program effective monday night at 8:00 p.m. call it a cash for clunkers selloff this weekend. >> move fast. >> dealers say it's been a huge success. >> business has increased significantly. >> but now they want to get paid. >> as of right now we have nothing funded yet on one deal. >> david says he hasn't seen a dime from the government funding the cash at $3500 to $4500 a pop. >> about a half a million dollars, and it's zairey. >> he's not the only one. some dealers dropped out of the program early for fear of not getting rei mean bursed. >> but only $145 million has been disbursed out of the $3

billion promised. >> the president explained it this way. >> we're now slightly victims of success because the thing happened so quick. there was so much more demand than expected. >> it's worried this weekend could create another backlog. >> chrysler and gm have agreed to provide and cover costs. >> we are doing everything in our power to expedite the processing of these applications. >> all that paperwork has to be in by monday night because after that government officials say they have no plans to extend this program again. >> nicole killion wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you, very much nicole. 1r a great weekend. >> 10 people are recovering after being overcome by carbon monoxide. at the case mason filling and packing warehouse on the 900 block of yellow brick road in rosedale. the carbon monoxide likely

built up because they were operating three propane-filled fork lifts. 10 were taken to the hospital for evaluation. meanwhile an explotion rocked a lab a test tube filled with calcium carbide exploded. moisture got into the test tube and that's what caused the combustion. school in catholic high isn't in session just yet. >> good morning to you. let's see what's going on as far as your morning commute. tire reads the to be outer loop northeast corner if you travel on harford road stay to the left. you should be just fine. from our speed censors the areas so far are faring well. 11 minutes on the outer loop. 10 minutes will take you to get on 95 south from the beltway down to 32. let's take a look at the white

marsh area. close to come delays looking sluggish past white marsh to the beltway northeast and speaking of the beltway where it meets up with the vw parkway, southbound heading toward west nursery road we're keeping tabs on things. now sandra with a look at the forecast. >> incredibly mild and muggy. 83 downtown. we'll be warm and humid today. some storms that could be strong as the front makes its way through the area. by the second half of the weekend we're looking good. 8-92. seven-day forecast. 83 tomorrow, unsettled throughout the morning and afternoon hourps and starting to feel a little bit better. slight chance for a lingering shower on sunday then lower humidity on sunday as well. monday and tuggedse of next week we remain in the low 80's so relief is to be way. back to you. >> the time now 6:37, 76

degrees on tv hill. getting up who says the age of the drive-in is over? certainly not these people who bring a homemade high-tech approach to the me to stahl jick entertainment venue. we'll explain. >> and our water cooler question of the day. it's a fun one. what would you do with the money if you won tonight's $207 million mega millions jackpot?

>> well, back into the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's, they touted it as the pinnacle of the teen

dating area. a grass roots movement to provide temporary spontainious drive-in experiences is taking hold. they call themselves movie mobs using a projector, lab to, f.m. transmitter and whatever big wall they can find, presto. a driverin. >> probably the closest we'll ever get to a drive-in. >> middle of the night? >> are you kidding? what doesn't? >> a generation that appreciated going to the drive-in. >> still have one in the baltimore area. bengies is out there. this mobile drive-in is in san francisco but there are reportedly dozens of like-minded sbrep neutral zone. >> police are warning those in jacksonville area to keep an eye on small pets after a pet bow aconstrictor is on the loose. the 7-foot snake slithered its way out of the owner's home and

into the street. one family said they decided to cancel plans to camp out in their backyard this weekend. >> no cookouts, huh? >> no. can't blame them. >> we'll take a look at the morning's headlines. >> and right now showers and storms in the western part of the state. i'll let you know what the chances are for our area. 80 downtown. stay tuned for your seven-day. it's a revolution in pain relief. (announcer) new icy hot medicated roll. for wherever you hurt. icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. the new icy hot medicated roll. with the roll, pain's under control.

>> welcome back to 11 news today. it's 6:44 in the hipse this morning a dozen members of a queen anne's county football team are recovering after succumbing to heat exhaustion.

the football field of kent island high school in all 12 students collapse indeed what's being described as heat exhaustion. the doctor is in line for a hefty chunk of positive reinforcement from school directors. because of rising enrollment and lower dropout rates the school board voted him a $25,000 bonus in addition to his $250,000 salary. and people line up for the chance at tonight's $207 million mega millions jackpot. you can see tonight's drawing live tonight on wbal-tv 11 news at 11:22. >> wishfull thinking is always a lot of fun so that brings us to the answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> what would you do with the money? >> matt writes if i were to hit

the mega millions drawing the first thing i would buy is season tickets to the orioles and ravens. >> kim writes i would buy a home, pay my debts and help provide food, clothing whatever is needed for those in need. that's what true americans do for each other and i'm proud to be an american. >> one writes i would give it all to my dear, loving wife. and ask her to do one favor for me, retire from her job so we can really, really, really enjoy life with our 12-year-old son as a family. >> sue writes i would quit my job and move to ohio to care for my elderly father without al second thought. wish me luck. we'll post more answers on the front page of www.wbaltv.com. >> good morning to you sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. still relatively quiet and

we're still dealing with debris on the tire reads the taking up the right lane our only problem this morning. so if that's it we're doing quite well. speed censors indicating no real delays. volume building in the white marsh area but no delays yet on drive time. the inner loop toward the 83's 10-minute ride down to 32 here's a live view speaking of 95 in the white marsh area. every now and then it looks like it's going to start to back down but not amounting to much. this is at the key bridge looking good at the area bridges this morning. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> as far as h.d. doppler goes showers and storms have been firing up ahead of the cold front changing our weather pattern by the weekend. we're dealing with humid, moist

air mass in place this morning. we're already 80 degrees downtown. 7 at the airport, 79 in annapolis and 83 at ocean city. indicative of what we're going to see today. going to make it feel like the mid 90's. in the mountains of western maryland the high 80 degrees. a little more cloud cover because they are in closer proximity to that front. it's going to feel like 95 today and scattered thunderstorms as the storm starts tore make headway. all in all a good beach day before bill gets close enough to cause dangerous rip tides. on the bay a small craft advisory in effect as a result. 97 the record high set back in 1899 on the day in 2000 51

degrees set as a refreshing record low. no relief like that tonight. scattered showers and storms lasting through tomorrow morning. front still to our west moving out of the ohio valley through the atlantic later on today but once it clears the area we're in for a nice change in our weather pattern. low humidity, too. no one is looking forward to the progress of bill but it's a category three storm, 120 mile-per-hour sustained winds and the path takes it between bermuda and the u.s. east coast. it is going to affect canada by monday but currently today it's 695 miles away from the cape hatteras area. to the south. so looks like it's going to avoid us on land other than the fact of large waves on the beaches this weekend and a dangerous rip tide situation so be aware of that if you're headed to ocean city.

60% chance of storms in the morning then lingering shower chances on sunday and then up to 82 degrees and pleasant going to feel so much nicer than it does outside right now. >> thank you, san draft. time for a last look at our big story, city police solved the last pieces of the puzzle surrounding a racially motivated attack on a fisherman. jennifer franciotti joins us with more to be story. >> good morning. self proclaimed white supremacist calvin lockner along with two teenage boys zachary williams and emanuel miller all charged in this case facing more than a dozen charges including attempted murder. according to charging documents, watson says lockner asked 76-year-old james privott for water and cigarettes and erupted into racial violence allegedly beating the man with a hammer or bat and a fractured

eye socket among privott's injuries. all three suspects remain behind bars without bond. >> jennifer thank you coming up on oprah it's the question keeping up some up at night can i afford this? suzie orman talks about weddings, divorces, college, will you be approved or denied by suzie? find out the answer today at 4:00. for a look at what's coming up on the "today" show here's matt lauer. >> good morning coming up on a friday the east coast begins feeling the effects of hurricane bill as iten spins towards bermuda. then the outrage in the u.s. grows as a cheering crowd in libya greets the only man ever convicted of the pan am bombing and the godfather of michael jackson's children who claims he could be paris jackson's

biological father speaks out in a live interview and we'll meet the 8-year-old who became the world's youngest wing walker when we get started on a friday morning here on "today." >> the time 6:52 and 76 degrees on tv hill. from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo, cash flow options designed to effectively improve your cash flow. cfo helps every dollar work harder. from the very first dollar to the last dollar of the day. get in touch with your new cfo. pnc. leading the way.

>> leaving the air-conditioning could be painful this morning. >> yes. >> we think the roads are sweating, too. but as far as problem spots it really hasn't been all that bad. we just got word of this accident in the city to watch for at one-timen park and art

museum drive and debris clearing on the outer loop northeast side tire reads the in the right lanes. so stay left and you should be ok. white marsh doesn't appear congestion but next week folks heading back to school. >> not sweaty, i've been miraging, the appearance of sweatyness. >> thanks anyway. >> it is really muggy out there and that's the deal. it's not only the temperature but the humidity almost a tropical-like air mass hovering over us and with will not be out of the way until late saturday afternoon into sunday. showers and thunderstorms chances this evening and tomorrow morning and only in the low 80's tomorrow afternoon sunday will be the best day of the weekend as the humidity drops. only 82. then for monday and tuesday of next week dry and comfortable. >> at least for the start of

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