are producing large hail and wind gusts over 60 miles per hour. the strongest storm is moving down 83 north of the towson area. that is producing wind gusts over 60 miles per hour. those storms moving into harford and cecil counties. north of the beltway, it will be rougher this morning. all the counties in orange is were the severe thunderstorm warnings are located. pink is the severe thunderstorm watch. those storms will continue southbound. thunderstorms between now and in with the heat index over 100. >> good morning.

it doesn't appear that those storms are affecting traffic. no major incidents to talk about. we're up to speed on the major roadways. over on the other side, at 70 checking in at 51 miles per hour. no delays to talk about. 11 minutes in the outer loop west side. 11 minutes in the northeast corner. 80 minutes between the 95 ap's. this is the j.f.x. and it looks very nice in both directions. this is the harrisburg expressway at shawan road. north and southbound are moving just fine. the roads are wet as you move further north. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> both sides of the political aisle are using the supreme

court ruling to rally their forces. >> democrats see the ruling as a victory for the president. >> we begin our coverage with hallie jackson. she is live in our washington bureau. >> good morning. what a 24 hours a has been. this fight over health care will last through november and possibly longer. the crowds that gathered yesterday at oregon but the halls of congress echoed with protests from republicans. the real outcome of the decision -- >> to strengthen our resolve and to make sure that this law is in fact repealed. >> mitt romney promised to do on this first day in office if elected. >> our mission is clear.

if we want to get rid of obamacare, we have to get rid of president obama. >> the president called the ruling a victory for all americans. good afternoon. the country cannot afford to fight the political battles of two years ago. >> at this point, a vote to repeal is scheduled for july 11 in the house of representatives. this battle is heating up. >> what will be the time line from here? >> next year some of the provisions will go into place. 2014 is the key. people will be required to have health insurance or pay a fine. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> the o'malley administration

applauds the supreme court decision. maryland passed legislation with a health care exchange where individuals and businesses can buy coverage. the decision is expected to accelerate that coverage. >> week redouble our efforts, which is hard to do considering how much we have already put into it. will move forward with even more drive. >> the president said he disagreed that it was a tax. the supreme court has held it is a tax. >> the health benefit exchange relies on federal grants. small-business owners also

fall the supreme court ruling yesterday. we continue our coverage with jennifer franciotti who is live downtown with help businesses are reacting. >> many small business are not sure how they will be affected. businesses that 50 employes are more will be required to supply health care for their workers or they have to pay a penalty. it starts at $2,000 for every worker that idoes that have health insurance. >> it is overly burdensome to the retailer. in a small business. it is unworkable and hard to administer. to be penalized as a businessman, we don't need anymore expenses. >> one local economist says in

some cases it might be cheaper for employers to pay the penalty for not providing health insurance for their employees. more on that coming up live at 5:30. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> continuing coverage on the release on our website. you can hear more reaction and get an interactive timeline of how health care has evolved throughout the years. >> police say a pedestrian was struck late last night in north baltimore. it merges the crews responded after reports of a person being struck by a vehicle. that person's condition is not known at this hour. there was a shooting in northwest baltimore near clifton avenue. a man was found suffering a gunshot wound to the head. he was taken to shock trauma and his condition is listed at critical.

>> the u.s. supreme court ruling on health care was not the only thing happening in washington yesterday. >> president obama is heading out of washington to see the devastation from the colorado wildfires. >> this is the beltway at bel air road. more on weather and traffic when we come right back om

>> welcome back. nine minutes after 5:00 a.m. we do have some big thunderstorms north of the city. kind of unusual to have severe weather this early.

severe thunderstorms in baltimore, harford, and cecil counties. the strong storms is a long the harford and baltimore county line. it is getting ready to cross over 95. around fallston, you guys will get hit pretty hard over the next 10 or 50 minutes. wind gusts over 60 miles per hour and some large hail. pretty much confined to north central maryland. not a lot happening south of town. there is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 8:00 a.m. and all the warnings or an orange. it will be a hazy, hot, and humid. heat index over 100. we will detail all this in just a few minutes and will check the seven-day forecast.

>> president obama will travel to colorado to see the areas devastated by wild fires. more than 300 homes have been destroyed, the most destructive fire in the state's history. eight other fires are burning in colorado right now. a sitting cabinet member is found in contempt of congress. the house found eric holder in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents related to the fast and furious gun-trafficing operation. brother willdoff's plead guilty in court today.

he madoff with -- berretta madoff pled guilty to fraud and is serving a 150-year sentence. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. the day will be another hot and humid day. 11 people will try to fly to cooler vacations. >> keeping passengers occupied. >> a live look

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have no problems to report. the major roadways are doing ok. 65 on 795 moving south towards the beltway. 56 on the southwest corner of the beltway. 95 in the white marsh area, 64 miles per hour. for the north, we have some rain in that area. we have eight minutes on the inner loop in the northwest corner. nine minutes on 895 southbound. no problems to report. this is the j.f.x. at 41st street. north and southbound is moving just fine. 83 at shawan road.

you can see some lightning. the rows are wet and the rain is coming down. it doesn't look like it is affecting traffic. now we go to kurt kronke for a look at the buses and the trains. >> we have a delay on the 54 bus this morning. on time on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail looking good. shuttle buses between timonium and hunt valley. metro subway on time this morning. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. if ross start in some places. we have severe weather for baltimore, harford, and cecil counties. these are some pretty good and thunderstorms. with gusts over 60 miles per hour and some large hail. -- wind gusts over 60 miles per

hour. especially over the 95 corridor. there is a warning for cecil county. the storms are we getting out. the strongest thunderstorm is this one along the baltimore- harford county line. that will be the worst stretch of weather over the next 20 minutes. we expect temperatures to get over 100 this afternoon. the strong storms are crossing over 83 and heading up towards jarrettsville. that-producing wind gusts -- that batch producing wind gusts of 40, 50 miles per hour. a severe thunderstorm watch in the paint arink area.

cecil county as well. i did nothing to one in cecil county is quite as strong. 83 downtown. 76 in randallstown. the dew points in the low 60's. temperature will probably get close to 100 this afternoon. heat advisories in effect from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. some thunderstorms this morning. high temperature between 96 and 101. the record today is 105. scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible each day in the heat and humidity through tuesday. 97 on saturday. 94 on sunday. we should close back into the upper a-plus by the fourth of

july and i will be optimistic and say dry with a high near 88 . >> entertainment in the skies. delta will offer wifi on its international flights beginning next year. delta is the first airline to use this technology. southwest airlines has passengers will deal to pay for news and sports channels. southwest will expand the service by mid july an. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what perk would you like to see added to your inflight experience? you can share your response on

wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. we are well into the vacation travel season. chris clackum tells us what you need to load your smart phone. >> packing your smart phone with the right apps. some say this is more important than packing your luggage. >> having the right apps and you're smart phone helps you travel smarter and easier. >> some of the most beneficial travel apps around. one line is the best public restrooms. >> they are rated whether they're good. >> it is smart to have the one from the restaurant rating

service. >> you can filter it by the type of food you want and the neighborhood you're in. >> for those wanted to stay in touch with the folks back home, there is the skype app. >> if they have the app and you have the app, there will be no charges if you're on wifi. >> chris clackum, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it may be hard to follow the berry ck couple loo maker rim continues to struggle.

>> stock futures are solidly higher this morning. a gain of one % for the benchmark average is. the eu summit wrapping up. relaxing conditions on possible aid to italy. a growth plan was unveiled. stocks closed modestly lower yesterday. that was in anticipation there would be a deal the came out of the summit. research in motion cutting about 5000 jobs. they're struggling to deal with a big quarterly loss. smart phone users continue to go to iphones and geordroids. the first iphone went on sale five years ago today. if you have a dish network,

you're at risk at losing "mad men." this will not renew their license with amc because they have limited popular programming. talks between the companies are ongoing. that is business news. ellen braitman reporting. >> a lot of fans upset about that. wendy's is coming out with a new menu? >> the fast-food chains are getting more competitive. trying to get guests coming in the doors. the menu items for wendy's has been working for them. starbucks has another frappuccino deal. >> thank you very much.

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is now in effect in anne arundel county. >> it will affect how teachers grade all students in the county. the teachers association had a hand in drawing up the final regulations. >> how many retakes the children are going to be able to take, when the materials will be able to be turned in. you'll have a much better feeling that they have mastered the material that they're supposed to master. >> you can reap a copy of the new grading regulations on our website, wbaltv.com. click on education alert. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. >> we continue our coverage of a major supreme court ruling. >> congress has a lot of work to do before the weekend. there may be a compromise. we'll get you up to date. >> we have some big

thunderstorms this morning and the big time heat. >> we will talk about how

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. . if you're thinking of something to make for breakfast this morning, how about waffles? today is a national waffle iron day. i could go for some waffle's right now. >> you cannot have waffles. you could just have a waffle iron. some strong storms this

morning and there are moving fast. there are the east of baltimore and crossing the bay heading over towards the eastern shore counties. baltimore county, you guys are the clear. harford county is still getting hit. wind gusts over 60 miles per hour and large hail. let's look at the forecast for today. storms between now and about 7:00 a.m. steamy and hot for the rest of the day. 102.index about the heat will takeover as the major headline letter today. >> we don't have any problem spots right now. that is kind of surprising.

the storms are hitting on 95 near mountain road. you can see the rain is on the lens but it looks like there are no delays. give it some extra time if you're heading out north of the city. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is the beltway north of security boulevard. you can see the outer loop is picking up in volume but things are moving just fine. we'll talk about some of the speech. 65 on 795 heading south. 63 of the harrisburg expressway. 58 along the topside of the beltway. up to speed, 11 minutes in the northeast corner. 895 northbound looking at 8 minutes. no delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11.

>> we have the ruling but where do we go from here? >> the battle over health care is far from over. >> tracie potts has reaction to the landmark ruling. >> republicans have already scheduled a july 11 vote to get rid of of what they call obamacare. >> americans want it repealed and that is precisely why we intend to do. >> we're wasting our time. we should be spending it on to jobs. >> president obama said he will move forward. >> we will not do, what the country cannot afford to do is we fight the political battles of two years ago. >> that is what republicans plan to do. >> we have an opportunity to make their decision on election day because elections have

consequences. >> what the court did not do on its last day in session i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. >> the court affirmed the penalty for not buying insurance is constitutional many other protections like can stay. the government cannot serve states of their medical funds if they refuse to expand the program. >> this will have a devastating business impact across the country. >> the fight to get health reform has now become a fight. the house vote to repeal will probably not pass the senate. meeting all this would get bumped over to the next congress. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> this ruling will likely to trickle all the way down to small businesses across the country. that is causing some owners to speak out. we continue our coverage with jennifer franciotti. >> this supermarket has been

serving customers since 1930. the owners are grateful. they're still concerned about how the decision will affect their business. >> it is overly burdensome to the retailer. any small business. it is unworkable, it's hard to administer. to be penalized as a businessman, we don't need any more expenses. >> companies that have more than 50 employees will be required to require -- to provide affordable health care for their workers and if they do not they have to pay for appeared they start at $2,000 for every worker that doesn't have health insurance. an economist says in some cases it may be cheaper for businesses to pay the penalty than to provide their employees with health insurance. >> my suspicion is that many of

the larger employees will pay the penalty and center employees out looking for insurance and that is where we'll see some interesting dynamics. >> that was jennifer franciotti reporting. that new law goes into effect for small businesses in 2014. the i-team is following a suspicious incident which left two people hospitalized. this happened in south baltimore early thursday morning. police found owen bernstein and his roommate, robert hardie. both men had severe cuts. so far no charges have been filed. >> baltimore's population is shrinking. about 5000 residents have been lost in less than a year and a

half. baltimore is now the 24th largest city in the nation. washington, d.c., has gained about 1600 residents may be one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. catholics in rome are celebrating a special recognition in rome. there was a mass in rome earlier this morning. this is part of an annual service. >> 5:37. 76 degrees on tv hill. campuses across the country are considering smoking bans that would do away with all tobacco products on campus. >> a possible vaccine for

nicotine. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what perk would you like to see added to your in-flight experience? i vote for a massage. especially right now. you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. our cloud is not soft and fluffy.

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combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. >> welcome back. 80 degrees downtown. pretty much dry in baltimore city. the storms are moving fast, 60 miles per hour. into're crossing the bay

the eastern shore counties. kent andms coming into canad queens and counted. some help up to an inch in diameter. around chestertown, it will be bumpy over the next 15 or 20 minutes. strong thunderstorms are possible early this morning. maybe a storm developing in the heat later this afternoon. high temperatures between 96 and 101. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes stay with us. >> more and more colleges are banning or considering banning smoking and tobacco in all forms on campus. >> second-hand smoke risk and reduced cause of smoke-free

dorms. california will ban tobacco by august of next year. tobacco use among people ages 18 to 24 remains at epidemic proportions. we seem to be closer to having a nicotine vaccine. >> a vaccine has been developed that binds the nicotine in the bloodstream and prevented from getting to the brain. mice given the vaccine did not show symptoms of nicotine exposure. human studies are still needed. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. looking for weekend plans that didn't involve being outside, how about a cool movie theater? >> there are a handful of movies coming out this weekend. we have the box office preview

when we come back. >> temperatures rising once again. tony will have your forecast

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we're looking pretty nice on the major roadways. we're up to speed on the major

roadways. 95 northbound between the beltway and the former carey told plaza, 8 minutes. we're looking good. 62 on 795 heading down south towards the beltway. 62 on the harrisburg expressway. 54 heading in towards the city. nothing in the way of major delays. this is the west side of the beltway. outer loop traffic is picking up. no delays to speak of. 95 near mountain road appeared that storm has rolled through and the roads are wet but traffic is moving fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. would go to kurt kronke with the mta. >> good morning. we have a delay on the 54 bus was bound at monument.

light rail is on schedule. shuttle buses between timonium and hunt valley because of construction. metro subway is on schedule. mta mark transit of dates are available on demand by phone weekday mornings and afternoons at 410-500-4444. that is 410-500-4444. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. it has been a rough start in some areas. big storms rolled through baltimore and cecil county. those storms are moving into the eastern shore. the storms are crossing the bay and are still producing help may be an inch in diameter. on the eastern shore, it will be kind of rough for the next 20 minutes.

take it easy and give yourself a few extra minutes. there's still some light rain up and down 95. the heaviest rain is not east of the 95 corridor. you can see how fast the storms are moving. watch them come down out of pennsylvania. they are going 65 miles per hour. on the eastern shore, it will not take a long time for them to go away. it will be kind of rough what they are around. 76 in randallstown and parkin. the heat is the major weather headline. we expected temperature to get into the upper 90's and the heat index to be over 100. hazy sunshine and a slight chance we could sit thunderstorm developed late in the day. i do not think we will break a record. the record today is 105.

a good day to take the boat out once the storms pass. wave heights a foot or less. overall, it should be a good beach weekend. it will be hot for us but the storm threat should be minimal, 30%. over 100 for the heat index on saturday. low 90's monday and tuesday. hopefully back into the 80's by the fourth of july. >> a movie theater might be a good place to cool off. >> we have this weekend's releases in the box office preview. >> i wish you could really talk. you're my best friend. >> a boy's magical which gets a little too real in "ted." things get serious with his

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michael phelps continues to search on to london. last night was his signature yvette, a race he is not lost internationally since 2002 -- last night was his signature event. he did not lose last night. the fastest time in the world this year. he has qualified for three events in london. allison schmidt won her second event and broke her own american record. the orioles not as fortunate. offensive problems can see appeared7-2, thcontinue. baltimore lost 7-2. johnny damon.

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italy beat germany. >> thank you. we continue our coverage of the supreme court's ruling on the health care reform act. >> it will but wants to sue the state as a result of an attack by a dangerous animal. >> if you're looking for ways to stay cool, starbucks is offered a deal for you and a friend.

>> the debate over health care moves to the ballot box. details are coming up. >> many small-business owners concerned about the health