>> storms and wild fires -- what has mother nature have in store this fourth of july? >> some financial relief for recently laid off employees at the steel mill. >> will mother major rain on our parade? -- mother nature rain on operate? the forecast as 11 news today continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> to many questions, lisa. >> i am in fort mandy -- in for mindi. >> i'm in for me. >> will re this morning, but this at the night -- what was the other one? >> fireworks. >> relief from the heat. let us talk about what is

happening. a little rain and some neighborhoods to start the day. not talking about severe weather. these were fairly big thunderstorms early this morning in pennsylvania but they are dying out and just producing light to moderate rain showers in the northern suburbs. some of these may hold together and drifted to the annapolis area later. our forecast -- a chance for a few showers and maybe a thunderstorm to start today and then it will clear representative. this afternoon i think it will be hot and humid but dry, with a high near 95. we will discuss the forecast for the fireworks this evening and the seven-day when i come back in just a few minutes. >> our big story this morning -- slowly but surely bge crews continue to make progress in reconnecting more than half a million homes that lost power. >> yesterday morning at this time, 181,000 customers were still in the dark. by the end of the day, thanks to

the round-the-clock efforts, that number has been cut down to 117,000. this morning, nearly another 10,000 are waking up with power but there are still 108,000 customers waiting for their lights and a/c to come on. jennifer franciotti is live at the bge staging area with the lyric -- with the very latest. >> for those still without electricity, that would be the ultimate fourth of july fireworks, to see the lights go back on. he would have thought it was a little things like the electricity that really means the most. standing by me as rather -- is rob gould. pretty soon this parking lot will be a ghost town. >> it will be empty in short order. that is good. when customers are saying i am not seeing a truck anywhere, all you have to do is look at these trucks and think about the fact this is mirrored at the eastern

part, lockheed martin and other facilities, a lot of trucks and people. 1300 out of state contractors in addition to bge crews, which brings the total to 4000 people. we had about 6300 for hurricane irene and we had a week's heads up to bring all of them in. >> these guys are coming from all over the area and they will do everything from assessment to tree removal and working on the lines. >> these guys are the ones to be very active -- cutting away the trees and clearing them. they literally will fix the of poles and reset them and strength low wire and reenergize. it sounds simple but there are some jobs that literally take all day and they will work 12, 14, 16-hour days. >> you have been very clear and not telling people when they will be getting your electricity back. but now you are going to start doing it on a limited basis. >> where we have the crews on the scene and they can identify the problem and they know they

can fix it by a certain time, then we will provide that information to customers. but we are being very deliberate. we have to have absolute high confidence that we are going to say what we are going to do and meet the delivery. >> thank you for joining us. we want to tell you, too, we heard a lot of nice stories from these contractors about people feeding them and saying hi and thank you. we did just year a pretty bad story -- one of the contractors said he was working out there and somebody shot fire works out them. that is plain and simple not safe and not appreciated. they are out there working as hard as they can and that are coming in it from out of state, and it is their fourth of july. i know a lot of people being cynical saying they are being paid well -- but it is a safety issue and the working hard, 12- 16-hour days. we have heard more good stories the bad stories, and that is a good thing.

>> of those 100,000 or so customers continued to ride out the week in the dark and finding ways to cope with outages. while free donations of ice and water are helping some, others are seeking shelter in: centers and hotels. people we have talked to said they are frustrated, but not just by the length of time it has already taken but not knowing when things will start working again. >> it is hot and sweaty, limited water, mud and said everything. i have no patience. >> on my block we don't have lights, the next block across the street, they got light, up the street, they got lights. i am going in here now to see if i can buy another fan. >> because of the code red heat alert and power outages, the cooling centers will remain open until tomorrow. >> for many city residents, one way to beat the heat is to take

a dip in one of the area's public pools. for today's holiday, all operational tools will remain open an extra hour and run two- hour sessions with a 30-minute intermissions. park pools will open at 1:00 p.m. and close at seven while the walk to pools will open at the same time but close at 5:00 p.m. the power outages continuing to keep some polls close -- pools closed. you confined up to the minute power restoration and other storm related updates on line that wbaltv.com and also access our free smartphone apps on your mobile device. >> baltimore, police will resume their search in a few hours for a person presumed to have fallen off a personal watercraft thursday. crews searched by both landed

both for several hours before the threat of storms forced them to call off the search. >> city homicide detectives working clues in a double shooting in east baltimore. the list were called and the 1400 block of east preston street tuesday afternoon where they found the first victims suffering from what is described as a serious gunshot wound and then a short time later a second victim walked into johns hopkins hospital for treatment. no word on the house -- suspect or motive. anne arundel county police are looking for these men in connection with the theft of a number of ipod's from the glen burniegamestop -- nicholas teal and james gibson are said to install the devices along with other electronic devices from the ritchie highway stored tuesday morning. police said the two war bandanas over their faces, smashed a glass cabinet and threatens an employee you. tsa agents at bwi made an

unusual find when a seemingly innocuous: turn out to be more than meets the eye. -- innocuous comb turned out to be more than meets the eye. woman was escorting her young daughter when she ran the weapon through the x-ray scanner and the agents confiscated the weapon and gave the woman a citation. the mother nature is having a say in many of this year's fourth of july celebrations, weather approaching stores did -- storms of the aftermath. some plans are being scrapped. >> you are instructed to leave the area -- the liberal rehearsing for today's capitol fourth celebration was cut short due to approaching storm. >> we came down from new jersey and we are planning to go to the national mall. >> a million people across evans the state still without

power. >> i have had a lot of family from back, calling me, asking if everybody is okay. >> utilities say it could be friday or later before everyone is back on the residents are not happy. >> every time i told them over the last four days, they act like it is the first time they heard the information. >> we went out and bought an expensive generator. >> the hot and humid weather is not helping. >> it is very uncomfortable. >> forecasters predict triple digit heat across the plains the day, plus thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail possible in the midwest and northeast. it is hot out west, too -- colorado and other cities, firefighters have been battling raging wildfires. residents buying all they are making progress. dry weather for -- forced some areas to cancel today that a fireworks and a national celebration amid a nationwide scorcher. >of course, the big concern today is so many people outside of the stifling heat. we all received 24 deaths from

the storm -- if people are not careful, we could see more. tracy potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> what are your plans for celebrating the fourth of july? share your response of wbaltv.com and on our facebook page where you can send an e- mail. >> baltimore city police will be stepping up security to make sure this year's fourth of july celebrations at the harbor will be safe for the last year. last year's festivities were marred by a fatal stabbing of a tourist and a non-fatal shooting of a two-year old boy. officers spent most of the day setting up fencing to control foot traffic along the harbor. >> the cops are going to be as professional as they always are. they will be deployed. we have intelligent men and women who are going to monitor the event, and we are set. >> officials say a mobile police deployment will help contain any

rouse the crowd before things get out of hand what video surveillance of the entire harbor will be supervised at a mobile command center. the 800 recently laid off employees at the fair rouse. steel mill is getting much needed assistance -- due to senators, grant aid has been allocated to fund training and job assistance programs for the laid-off workers. also working for the health care tax benefits for laid-off employees. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. >> it is the last thing firefighters on the west coast need to see, we will have more on the latest wildfires to spring up overnight. >> live at the maryland state fair grounds, talking about a toy and collectible show coming up, and look what i found, original portraits of the orioles from 1959. >> here is a look at some of the festivities going on around our area today to celebrate our nation's birthday.

>> good morning. we are starting off with a live view from skycam. another warm start to the day and hotter temperatures on the

way for the seven-day. details and a few minutes but first, live at the maryland state fair grounds talking about a big event happening next week and where we are talking about not only a toy and collectibles show, muscle car show and flea market. but here we are talking about the toy and collectibles show. we talk about the old toys and now we are talking more about the paper items. >> not only toys at this show but also collectibles of sports memorabilia and all the books and paper. this is an interesting baltimore piece -- 1958. if you bought "the sun" paper we of the insert and with a demand to come to baltimore. >> and more sports stuff here. >> 1959, oreo team photos. you bought and that this souvenir stand at memorial stadium for 25 cents and now it is $30.40 dollars.

baltimore people know brooks. >> people are always trying to get antique books. in that they are easily salable in good condition. this is a jules verne russian czar, first edition, very hard to get. all advertising also -- this is probably an early heineken, rare to find. >> the people that interested bacon, out to the fairgrounds july -- they can come out to the four cans. in the forecast, it will be a hot day and next couple of days. today is a holiday so many people plan to be outdoors. drink lots of water, stay in the shade and a do not binzer does

of more than half to because of the heat. we will head back to tony in the weather center for more details. tony, the old anti heineken signs -- like this one because you can say, honey, this is an anti -- the old antique heineken's signs, because you can saleh, honey, this is an antique. >> we do have some rain to start the day. it will look disturbing for some of you as you get your day started on this holiday. but the rain showers are dying out. big thunderstorms and pennsylvania and little while ago but they are losing their sting. south of hagerstown, you may see a little late ming and years under but scattered showers from there -- baltimore, carroll county into harford county. moving into the city and perhaps a anne arundel county in the next half hour 45 minutes. behind it, this guy's been clear

so when we get past the early morning hours and afternoon, sunshine, and most of the day it will be just fine. 70 in it meant -- westminster. the forecast for today, a chance of a few showers this morning and then partly cloudy this afternoon and it will be hot and humid with i high temperature around 95 degrees. if you are taking a vote -- boat out, be careful because of the lighting but after this batch clears it should be ok to be on the water. water temperatures in the upper 70's to around 80. for this evening, the firework displays normally going off between 9:00 and 10:00 and i do believe there is a chance of thunderstorms. scattered storms can redevelop but they can be hit and miss. we are not canceling any firework displays. temperatures fell and 80's. seven-day forecast, it will get hot for a while. high temperatures, up 90's to around 100 again thursday and friday. a strong cold front coming

through sunday, and it should not the temperatures back to the 80's. -- >> a new brush fire has popped up out on the west coast this morning. more than 200 acres of brush burning in palm there, california. los angeles county power department was setting the fire was reported late last night. so far no of technicians were ordered. no word on what started it but officials say strong winds are fanning the flames. the accused shooter in the trayvon martin murder case will have to wait until after the holiday to find out whether he will be granted bail. a court spokesman says the judge will likely issue a ruling on bond on thursday. bail was initially set at $150 but it was later revoked when it was discovered zimmerman and his wife had hidden a large set of assets that they collected on line. >> your options for flying out

of bwi thurgood marshall airport caught bigger -- . -- spirit airlines -- for work, for lauderdale -- flights that stars of -- until september 6 budget buster booking today. the markets may be closed for independence day but still plenty of business news. ellen braitman has more. >> gas prices are: off. gas headed back to $3 a gallon back in april and now dropping to a $3 and it is giving relief. gas prices now down about 15% from that able peak, according to aaa, mostly because of concerns about slowing global growth hurting demand. as millions of americans gather with family and friends for the fourth of july many of course will be firing up the grill. what is cooking? those of rise as burgers and hot

dogs are the overall favorite but it turns out almost half of the package chefs in the midwest will be growing brats and sausages and more than half and the northeast will be having chicken -- according to a study which russia finds people in the northeast will spend most time coping with almost a quarter planning to spend all day grilling. starbucks hoping americans will reflect on the important issues this independence they. in an open letter the ceo -- giving away free talk office to help start conversations in shops at coffee it -- with " the lovers were people can discuss american issues. american markets are closed today for the independence day holiday. i'm alan brakeman but the bloomberg business report. -- ellen braitman. >> the orioles actually floated to perfection. the highlights from last night's

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that i expected to clear. this afternoon, steamy but dry and temperatures in the mid 90's. looking at the forecast this evening and the seven-day in a moment but first we will send it back to the man, keith mills. >> thank you, tony. we begin with a birthday greeting to that owner of the orioles. the orioles reached the halfway point in the season. they go after with number 44, which would be the most after 81 games in 2005. it came early this morning in seattle over the mariners and it was wei-yin chen who flirted with a perfect game. though the mariners' fans, they were behind felix hernandez early. struck out 13 in beating the red sox the other day, shut out in the six, but the earliest -- orioles -- great catchier.

it ended up getting four runs off him in the 63 robert andino finally hit a home run in the ninth to snap a tie. wei-yin chen, 19 batters he faced. the orioles even the series and pick up the game on the yankees who also lives again last night to the rays. wei-yin chen retired 19 in a row but does not get the win, but the birds with a 5-4. nfl commissioner upheld the suspension of the four signs players who took part in the team that invented program. he rejected the appeals, saying the four players chose not to testify at their appeals hearing and offered no evidence at all in their defense. velma has already filed a lawsuit and we will see how it plays out. the men's quarterfinals at wimbledon set for later today while serving a williams is

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>> good morning, everybody. i'm stan stovall. >> i'm lisa robinson in fort mindy basara. let's look at today's forecast. >> a little bit of rain in the neighborhood to start the day, especially north and west of the city. not a big deal and will not stick around for too long. there is a chance for some rain and thunderstorms and then gradually clearing as we go to the afternoon and will be hot, a high near 95. the seven-day when we come back in a few minutes. >> the big story this morning -- bge has restored power to more

than 581,000 of the customers cents friday's seubert storm. >> the that north -- news is they still have 181,000 customers to get power back up. jennifer franciotti is live at bwi third the marshall airport where crews are converging and getting their orders. >> these crews have come from all over the area. we have crews from canada, florida, guys flying in from california. rob hudson is here for mississippi power and you got here monday. >> monday morning. revenues spent all day yesterday were the lines and poles. what are the conditions? imagery's, bad trees. where we were at, back probably where you cannot get trucks to them so everything had to be climbed. a lot of trees down, wires down. i am from mississippi, so i am

used to the flat ground. if you drop you will call for a while here. really steep conditions. >> how hard is it really to get to all of this, the back area where you were, because it sounds difficult? >> where we were at, we worked in one section for two days and it was pretty difficult. you walk down hills and you ought to carry all your equipment down there and back up and it is up and down. being south mississippi, not used to the hills. the my gosh. no one knows how hot it is more than you guys right now. >> that is the funny thing -- where my group is wrong, we have people coming by -- apologizing for the heat. and then i say, man, this ain't nothing. we have not have problem with the heat. it is hot but a whole lot different type of heat. >> but the truth is, how did this storm compared -- you were

at katrina -- would you say this is nothing compared to katrina? >> this is as bad as it katrina less the water. >> every description. >> we did not have the tree damage but the property damage and the overall construction -- in the wire construction was just as bad. >> listen, you said working for the july is no big deal but you miss your white, 23rd anniversary and her birthday. >> sunday was our 23rd wedding anniversary and monday was a birthday. sorry. >> i think you just made up for it. thank you so much for joining us. that is the latest from the staging area. >> be sure to tell them we appreciate all the help he is giving us in this region. 22 people across the mid- atlantic and ohio valley areas have died as a result of friday's storms and heat but officials also concerned about the improper use of generators that could yield deadly results.

>> we recommend placing the generators at least 20 feet away from your home, make certain it is not ventilating toward the house that would allow carbon monoxide to seep into the windows through cracks in the windows and doorways. of a carbon monoxide is particularly legal because you cannot see it, smell or taste it. symbols r's similar to the flu like dizziness and nausea -- the symptoms are similar to the flu. >> casino at around zero mills maryland live ! redskins $28 million in the first 28 days of operation. officials consider it a huge boost for maryland slots program even though the new gaming facility in anne arundel county to a business away from cecil county's hollywood casino in perryville.

>> it was down and it was and is a bit. we thought there would be a reduction because of the excitement, the intensity around the maryland live! opening. >> tuesday the governor and house speaker privately discussed a special session to let the voters decide on extending gaming but the consensus was not reached. >> whether you are heading to the beach or looking for the tasty as hot dog or try to find the best place to watch fireworks, there are several new apps to help you make the most of your fourth of july. >> a beach is certainly on top of many a fourth of july get away and the beach finder app find the closest the beaches are around you. and when

aol travelers put together a list of the nation's top 15 fireworks events based on attendance, cost, the amount of explosive detonated and the length of the show. >> good morning. i am live at the maryland state fair grounds where we are talking about a big event coming up, people trying to relive the past. sitting in a 1969 plymouth road runner. this is one of the many muscle cars and classic cars that will be at the car show coming up of the fair grounds. when we come back, we will talk to the owner and all the work he

has done to restore the car and talk about all the other cars you will see at the show as well. the best feature of this -- it makes a beep just like the road runner. i do want to mention, lots of other things going on that same weekend, two weekends from now, july 14-15, both a two-way and collectibles show and also the muscle and classic cars show and a flea market as well all happening that we can. the flea market free admission from 9:00 until 3:00 p.m., classic car show free admission, 10:00 until 2:00 p.m. and the toy and collectible show from 9:00 until 4:00 p.m., $5. will all be on wbaltv.com, just look for the top video and find my name and that is where you will find it on the web site. details coming up in the forecast. this is going to be another hot pattern. at least today moving into the 90's and slight chance of a thunderstorm later today. mostly dry for the afternoon but it is the evening we have to worry about, of course, the

fireworks of the to keep in mind bugboy it will get hot the next couple of days but finally a cool down by early next week. i think i look good in this car. i am thinking anniversary present -- tell my husband. >> anybody would look good in that car. thank you, ava. >> is this in the future of the automotive industry? we will look at a pair of unusual vehicles and what they claim sets them apart from the pack. >> that has your name written all over it. still taking the answers for the water cooler question -- what are your plans for celebrating the fourth of july? share your response on wbaltv.com, our facebook page or

>> we've got a couple of niece -- unique spins on a car -- abilene, texas -- when randall the ball that a car broke down he could not afford the repairs so he kabul together the borders bicycle with motors from an electrical longueur, scooter and a truck to make the contraption. i guess the dog does not like it too much. because of his tribrid because

it looked -- uses two different kinds of power. one runs and 60 miles to a gallon. >> how long does it take him to get anywhere? from toyota, talked-about a compact car. 7 feet, up two and a half inches long and three and half week -- feet wide -- can go 31 miles in a single six-hour charge starting at $8,400. toyota hopes to sell 3000 of these tiny cars this year. it has already been proven to be popular with a major japanese convenience store chain which plans to use it for home delivery service. don't go on highways. >> excuse me as a park my car. there we go. >> you cannot get on a highway with that -- don't get on the highway. don't buy anything. >> still ahead, we look at the

morning's stop stories. >> plus, a look back at the life of one of the generations favorite tv dads, and the griffith. >> a little rain this morning. we will take a look at that and what to expect for the firework displays this evening in a few moments.

>> welcome back. in the headlines this morning, your grody in cockeysville shutdown of both directions into a water main break -- york road and beaver run lane and it

caused it to buckle, which shut down york road. in a few hours, baltimore county police will resume their search for a person presumed to have fallen off a personal watercraft tuesday. the watercraft was discovered drifting by the company just before 5:00 yesterday evening in essex. crews searched by both land and boat for several hours before storms forced them to call off the search during the night. baltimore city police will step up security to make sure this year's fourth of july celebration at the inner harbor will be safer than last year. last year's festivity was marred by a fatal stabbing of a tourist and a non-fatal shooting of a four-year old boy. officers spent most of the day setting up fencing to control foot traffic along the harbor and officials say a mobile police deployment will help contain any rowdy crowds before

things get out of hand. >> attributes of pouring in following the death of a television legend andy griffith, whose two tv shows remain in reruns until today -- it to today. we have reaction of his passing in this report from ntc's chris clackum. >> no place is more grief- stricken than his birthplace of mount airy, north carolina. the inspiration for the fictional mayberry of his legendary television show. >> we consider him to the family. just because you know it is coming does not make it easier. >> the in the grip of the museum is where the family released a statement confirming his death in his home in the outer banks. and he had already been laid to rest. >> he died in his home peacefully and laid to rest on his beloved island. >> his wife was at his side and

in a separate statement said andy is a person with incredibly strong christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called home to his lord. in hollywood were all the episodes were recorded, there is a makeshift memorial on his star on the walk of fame. >> i want you to understand -- >> for ron howard who played tv son opi, a tweet that praised his pursuit of excellence and later this. but he approached everything with such a commitment to excellence and a desire to earn people's respect. >> even president obama weighed in with a statement that said andy was beloved by generations and revered by entertainers who followed in his footsteps. although his career also included stand-up, radio, movies and music, it was his role as america's share of that will live on, it's just in reruns. chris clackum, wbal-tv and of the news.

>> insta-weather plus. >> good morning, live at the maryland state fair grounds. we are talking about some fun event happens every week and from now, reliving the past and reminiscing about the good old days. you of the superintendent of the fairgrounds but you are also a car collector -- 1969 plymouth roadrunner. she is a duty. >> thank you. >> this is part of the car show that will be two weekends from now. how long have you had your car? >> 10 years. bought it and restored some of the pieces on it, redid the hood. >> walk and talk with me. one of the first thing you did is replaced the bumper. >> yes, it was arrested and the guy who previously owned it had hit another car, so we got a new

bumper for it. had the good repainted and new fiberglass. >> a beautiful color. you say it was not the original color, but what made you choose orange. >> a bright, good muscle-car color. >> we want to feature this for the road runner -- the interesting story. >> in 1968, the had a stick figure road runner and the 196090 paid the price for the original cartoon character. >> show us the best feature, the horn that goes with the road runner. >> beep beep like the road runner. not only the classic and muscle car show, the flea market and the toy and collectible show to give the lead market and a car

show free admission because the health benefit baltimore county 4-h. this is a beauty -- and so many cars, and benefits a good cause. >> back in the day, he needs is beach boys music and he can see himself cruising down the road. one of my favorite cartoons, too. >> me too, tony. >> you are old enough to remember those -- but they are on reruns. >> that is an extremely cool car. >> weather-wise, a little bit of rain this morning -- but not of much consequence. some big thunderstorms a couple of hours ago incomes of and above by the time they got to maryland and they started to fall apart. a little thundershower around

frederick right now. some of you might hear a little under r.c. a little lightning as the line goes through but it will not last long, just a couple of hours and after that he already sees guys are clearing in southern pennsylvania, so we will get sunshine in the afternoon. 78 at the airport, 73 in parkton. today, a chance of a few thundershowers or showers this morning and partly cloudy and humid, uncomfortable this afternoon, with a high temperature in the night deposit. taking the vote out, watch for lightning early this morning. variable winds of around 10 knots -- if you are taking the boat out. fireworks, generally between 9:00 and 10:00, i think in the mid 80's -- still a chance of a thunderstorm. after the first batch, there is a possibility something would develop this evening but they will be widely scattered, hit and miss. friday,'s -- thursday, and saturday, but some relief is

in sight. we expect a strong cold front sunday and it should bring the heat wave and get the temperatures back and 80's by monday and tuesday of next week. >> time for a last look at the big story -- the efforts to bring the remaining 105,000 bge customers back on line and into much-needed relief from sweating things out since last friday -- jennifer franciotti joins us live from the bge staging area at bwi marshall airport. >> we both know the number was down from two hours ago. we started with 108,000 customers without electricity grief 3000 customers have a back on. crews getting ready to leave for the morning. many heading into some of the toughest areas. we spoke to a gentleman from mississippi who perhaps said it best -- although i reinforce us was that bump worst disaster in most recent memory is to train

and he worked the katrina hurricane and the set this disaster is every bit as bad- bowater, so it puts in perspective how bad the damages -- minus the water. 700 power lines down. that is what bge is working with. not giving time frames but according to rob gould, they will give limited time frames to some people in areas only where they are certain making it the power back on within the expected time frame. jennifer franciotti. now back to you. >> 76 degrees on tv hill. coming up, and look at the water cooler question of the day. >> and a last look