as four months old. the 17 mile path of destruction left the hide the powerful tornado. a shot inside the storm shelter shows a gathering praying. authorities toward the inside anpledged assistance. >> people are really hurting. there is a lot of recovery yet to do. the ground, restoring power to the area, clearing debris, and simply providing comfort. >> the biggest test is when the peopleras are gone, the are gone, and we have to start thinking about how we will move on with our lives. >> you do not have any ties here? >> no. >> why did you come? >> because it is america. cleanup is estimated to

cost more than $2 billion, i had the price tag or the community. wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. learn more on how you can help the victims in oklahoma, plessis more photos and videos of the devastation left behind. it is all on our website, wbaltv.com, and our mobile app. quickly whether we have coming in is in a loose sense -- >> that whether we have coming in is in a loose sense related to that destruction. we will not see those results. in hartford county and carroll county, tre are light rain showers all in right now, and all of this dust is moving -- let me put this in motion for you. it is moving from the southwest to the northeast. the cold front generating our

rain chance today is way out to the west of us. it will be coming in later today. things could be more active. >> all right, we will check back with you then. we reported on repost water rate hikes in baltimore. residents will voice their concerns next month. the city controller is voicing concerns. she says the city needs to do a better job spending the money it has before charging more. jennifer franciotti has the follow-up. >> this is the bill i have received for this year, for 400 dollars $.58. >> he continues the battle he's started two years ago to prove he is being charged too much for city water. >>e should not have to pay th.

we shouldn't. pay for the water we use. hike would raise water rates 37%. >> i have concerns about the water rate. i have concerns about the department wanting to implement this over three years as opposed to looking at it for each individual. >> the city controller joan pratt wants to make sure the numbers add up. dpw needs to pay for existing projects, replace aging and rumbling pipes, the regulatory mandates, and build state-of- the-art metering and billing systems. the board of estimates gave its approval to a june 26 public hearing. >> we recommend there be an appropriate action. >> the board also heard what the city auditor calls significant deficiencies in the way the city handles taxpayer dollars. his main complaint, they did not follow recommendations from the

department of audits, costing baltimore $1 million extra. , officialseantime and anne arundel county are considering raising their these. they are asking for a five percent increase in water and sewer rates. that would translate to an additional $.15 per every 1000 gallons of water used. the money raised would help pay for operational costs to maintain the water and ser system. the last rate hike was january of last year. maryland residents should also atrepaired to pay more stake tollbooths. tolls will increase for e second time in 18 months in september. it is part of a forure to raise funds highway maintenance projects. those traveling on jade of -- jfk and behavior bridge will be paying two dollars more.

tolls for the key bridge, fort mchenry tunnel, and harbor tunnel go up from three dollars to four dollars. a maryland state trooper is in serious condition at shock trauma after making an off duty stock. officials believe the trooper was traveling in the area of 7th street and market streets last night. he obsved several juveniles who appeared to involved in some type of vandalism. while the trooper approached, the driver sped off, dragging the trooper and fleeing the scene. on further investigation, it appears that the teens were moving trash cans from the roway when they were startled by the trooper. we do not know the injured trooper's name, but we are told he is an eight year veteran assigned to the eastern derek --easton barrack. still to come, we have your pet

questions. e-mail your questions or visit our website, wbaltv.com. auditrst, a federal could spell controversy for the baltimore city school system. you will not believe where investigators say federal dollars were spent.

ask in our -- >> in our education alert, a harsh light on how baltimore county schools spend stimulus dollars. stimulus funding was used to pay for cruises and theater tickets. schools in prince george's county were criticized for similar spending. state officials say they were adequately monitoring how the money was spent, but agree partly with the audit. david collins will have a full breakdown at 5:00 and 6:00. in the meantime, school bus drivers spent their day protesting working conditions. they say they drive students under unsafe working conditions every day. they are to thing sabr working environments and an investigation into wage gaps.

95 bus drivers have signed a class action lawsuit accusing theiremployer of stealing wages. we will have the latest in a report from london on a brutal attack on a british soldier. lust -- >> i'm tracie potts from washington. obama will talk about the use of unmanned drones on u.s. citizens. >> still stormy in oklahoma and we have a cold front coming in. there is rain, maybe storms associated with that. the insta-weather plus forecast is just ahead. ed bwi marshall, 76 degrees.

>> investigators are searching for answers this noon in wednesday's brutal attack in london that left a british soldier dead and has now been labeled a terrorist act. michele krasinski has the latest developments as we cover the nation. >> this brutal stabbing and hacking death of a dish -- a british soldier has been called sickening and barbaric. -- >>s what we have to do what we have to do is to bring these people to justice. >> top security officials met. >> the people who did this were trying to divide us. they should know, something like this will only bring us together and make a stronger. >> prime minister is calling this terrorism. the police asked for help, support, and calm.

>> this is right across london,. places that you would think about. they need formality and reassurance. >> the community is reeling as a strong police presence around the army barracks here and citizens have been coming in a constant stream and leaving flowers at the scene. the family of the young victim does not want him nad at this point, and not much is known about the suspects, both of them were shot by police at the scene and are in hospital. both were under investigation in the past by british securit services back to you. >> that of course michelle krasinski in london. president obama tries to shift focus to national security. the president will deliver a major's each outlining the strategy against al qaeda and that includes the controversial .se of unmanned drones

tracie potts is in washington with more. >> here is the big picture. osama bin laden is dead. his organization, al qaeda, essentially decimated. but the presidt was to talk about how his administration plans to deal with remaining threats. president obama will explain how america plans to fight terrorist. white house officials say he will lay out a strategy for dealing with threats from al qaeda affiliates and homegrown terrorists in the u.s. >> he believes we need to be as transparent about a matter like this as we can. >> he is also expected to justify e use of unmanned rooms. >> the president will explain why the program is still useful in ensuring the threat from al qaeda is eliminated.

>> and this letter from eric holder, the administration conforms that for americans -- confirms for americans were killed in drone strikes. only one american was specifically targeted. the administration has no plans to use drones inside the u.s. >> it's hard for me to imagine a situation in which that would occur. >> after the death of were americans in benghazi, the white house says the president will make the case for beefing up and deceit security and closing -- the thing up in busy security and closing gitmo >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. .> great day clouds making a little bit of rain. radar in motion. a little bit of showers from hartford to cecil county and on up into pennsylvania. another bit of shower activity.

nothing really significant right now. as the day tries to heat up, we may pop more. there is a cold front coming in. pollen count, enough to make my eyes it. i tell you. -- pollen count, enough to make my eyes itch. temperature wise, not terribly hot. not as hot as yesterday. yesterday we have a lot more son. humidity levels are all ou annapolis, 77. on the boardwalk, 73. frederick, 72. dixie's out in western maryland. a little more rain out there. ofe clouds. higher elevation course. we are in the 70's right now. detroit is in the 60's. chicago is in the 40's. behind that cold front is some colder air and that is what will be driving the weather, the

colder air approaching. number one, we will cool down as we go into the weekend. satellite pictures all over the ballpark. a lot of thin cloud south and east of baltimore. there is some son trying to break through in the upper atmosphere a little bit. that is not good if you do not like thunderstorms. we have a lot of sun out to the sun outwe have a lot of to the west. there is the potential for storms this evening. the atmosphere is kind of right for that. maybe we will get some stormy weather out of this later this afternoon. it would not hurt to get a little rain. i don't know about the storms. they are still developing storms in oklahoma right now, and more may be in the offing in texas. the potential for severe weather, again, moderate risk for really bad storms. parts of texas, just touching

into oklahoma. we are in the slight risk category here. slight risk again for severe thunderstorm activity. 's toorecast in the mid-70 about 80. southwest wind, 10 to 15 miles per hour. boaters on the bay, small craft advisories are up. you see the winds are running close to 18 knots. gusting to about 20 with a two foot chop. passes through. once it passes through, we do .tart to dry out tonight the shower chances linger into friday before we get done with it on saturday areas although the eastern shore, especially on the beaches, there may be showers. here's a look at our insta- forecast.us seven-day close to 70 saturday. sunday, 73. 76 on monday.

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