consulate in lahore. officials say this threat is not related to the one that temporarily shut down 19 u.s. embassies in the middle east and through africa on wednesday. the u.s. embassy in yemen was shut down thursday after a terror threat there. and u.s. drone strikes intensified the situation in yemen. 12 officials were killed. it was a result of communication between high level al qaeda leaders suggesting a terror threat. military officials report 34 suspected al qaeda militants have been killed in eight drone attacks in less than three weeks. one of the powerball winners says he's been waiting his entire life for this day. he's a father of two and an engineer from minnesota. he's one of the three winners of the powerball lottery. he chose the lump sum. he'll get about $53 million when

it's all said and done. the wife said his family always called the lottery his financial plan. the other two winning tickets were sold in new jersey and at a stop and shop in acme. while no one has yet come forward, nbc new york is reporting 16 people are holders of the tket. they'll have a slice of the powerball's third largest prize. >> i love stories like that. i like when the office pool wins. >> i don't. i wouldn't want to share with my coworkers. >> oh, really? >> i like to win just in case. i'm not a fool. >> you're not going to be birth when we win? >> no, i'm in because i'm not letting you go off to ta heatty without me. deja vu, how about like five mornings in a row? once again, torrential rain from oklahoma is heading northwards

into missouri. we've done this now four mornings in a row. as we go throughout the morning hours, these storms will weaken. we have the chance of producing additional flash flooding concerns. especially there north of tulsa to springfield. we have a lot of heavy rain yesterday, areas of northern jersey, flash flood washes in areas of new england. heavy rain from albany heading across the cat skills. then this afternoon, it's going rain hard again in this region. we have a couple spots that could deal with flash flooding. also, just like yesterday afternoon, we could deal with significant airport delays with heavy rain and because of the thunderstorms in this region. now, as far as your friday forecast goes, we're looking for a nice, dry day. minneapolis to chicago, much of the great lakes. we're still very hot in texas. in the southeast, we're going to have more typical afternoon variety storms out there. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. but if you're in the southeast, probably not going to like me much. tease your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window.

a lot of people are saying what happened to summer? where is summer? when is it going to feel like summer? in the southeast where it's been raining and cool much of the summer, that looks to continue this weekend. i apologize for that. still very hot, though, in the desert southwest. that heat wave we had three or four weeks ago seems like a long time now. >> it seems like every couple of years you have a summer that's a best. which i hate. >> you love it. you're in your glory for those three weeks. what are you going to do. a facebook murder confession complete with pictures. the president prepare toes meet the test and a sobriety test unlike anything we've seen. was he sober or just pretending? not pretending very well. >> i like it.

welcome back. president obama will meet the press this afternoon in his first solo press conference since april.

his cancellation of talks with russia's vladimir putin and recent terror threats both expected to be front and center. tracie potts joins us live in washington with a preview. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. it's not unusual to have this august press conference. congress is gone. his republican critics are gone. the president takes the spotlight and can make headlines here. there's a huge agenda for this. he has a lot to talk about internationally, our involvement in the unrest in syria and in egypt, but even more recently, this terror threat that has shut down 19 embassies and a separate one as you just noted that shut down the embassy in pakistan. what is going on abroad and what is the u.s. doing to fight terror? that is likely to be a big topic today, not to mention the cancellation of the russian summit with president putin and what that does for u.s. relations. what is going on with edward snowden? is he ever going to make it back here to face charges?

the president will address a lot of those issues today. while his relationship with putin seems frosty right now, we have two russian officials who are coming here to washington to meet with the russian counterparts at the state and defense departments later today. mara. >> tracie potts in washington, thanks. nbc news will have live coverage of the president's news conference at 3:00 p.m. eastern time right here on this nbc station. and now to some other stories making news this morning, the trial of self-admitted ft. hood shooter nadal hasan resumed on thursday after the judge said he was allowed to continue representing himself. a sergeant told the jury about the shooting and how she had to decide who she could save and who she couldn't. she said there were so many bodies, she couldn't tell who was dead and who was alive. two college students have been convicted of obstruction

charges. they have being accused of trying to dispose of evidence from a dorm room. their attorneys claim their clients did nothing wrong. a south carolina man is under arrest after posting a picture of his wife's body on facebook. the man wrote, quote, i'm going prison or death sentence for killing my wife. miami dade police have charged the man with first degree murder. president obama and his wife took time to celebrate his 52nd birthday thursday night. here is your reminder not to drink and drive as we head into the weekend. police pulled over a suspected drunk driver in ohio who, instead of walking a straight line, decided to start dancing the line. and, yep, the man's blood alcohol content was three times over the legal limit. that man doesn't look drunk at all. in health news, they must be putting something in maria's water. meet maria martin.

she's spained's biggest baby weighing in at a whopping 13.67 pounds. she was born without an epidural. she beats germany's biggest baby born last month. the child's mother said she expected her baby to be big, quote, but not that big. and it's time now for your friday business report. get ready for face-to-face video message toes replace simple text messages. apps like glide and pinger are leading the way for what's expected to be the next big thing. but when it comes to social media, a nud new study found 70% of fortune 500 ceos are not using any form of social media. mortgage rates remain relatively steady this week. average rates on a 30-year edged up to 4.4% from 4.39% last week.

while it's a full percentage point higher from early may, rates are still low by historical standards. and leave tight sir richard branson to shake up domestic flying. his virgin atlantic will be adding stand up comedian acts. for american pet owners looking to hire someone to care for their pets, industry group pet sitters international recommends that you hire somebody who is fully insured, bonded and can provide strong references. straight ahead, three big preseason nfl games to tell you about. a rare encounter caught on tape for surfers encountering whales. and when combines collide, who will be the last one standing? you're watching "early today."

nest sports from betty nguyen. >> happy friday, mara. we begin with football. the raibing champions baltimore ravens blew out the tampa bay buccaneers 46-16. pierce dashes for a touchdown but comes up limping. yeah, right there. and later, a blocked punt in the end zone, recover for a touchdown by ravens brendan

trawig. next, the broncos playing it safe. payton manning and colin kaepernick each only playing one series in the game. colt mccoy came in for the niners, he had a beautiful, long pass straight to denver. an interception. broncos win, 10-6. the bengals made it look easy, beating the falcons, 34-10. to baseball now, can someone hand the tigers a broom? detroit is on a 12-game hot streak. they swept the cleveland indians in four games. next up, the tigers play a-rod and the yankees in in, new york tonight. looking forward to that. on to golf, the 98 pga championship off to a great start for jim furyk. check out this birdie putt on the 16th hold. all the way in. he shares the lead with adam scott.

miami tweet start james tweeted this selfie before going to court to serve jury duty. they say timing is everything. celebrity surfs ramona var row captured this video of a southern white whale and her calf swimming side by side. the chances of that. and in nebraska, competitors got down and dirty at the annual combined dirty. it is an annual condition at the county fair. speaking of down and dirty, drivers take out their old harvesters trying to be the last one standing. looks like a muddy mess, but fun no less. >> who knew such a thing existed. i guess there's something for everyone. >> you have to put it to good use. just ahead, kate upton on why men need to get their blank together. you can fill in the blank. that's coming up.

welcome back. let me take you through your weekend forecast. the main concern today heading into the weekend is the heavy rain heading for missouri. the possibility of more flash flooding. in the east, we'll have the possibility of major airport problems later this afternoon with heavy rain. as we go through the weekend, the boundary slips to the south. new england will be dry on saturday. indeed, from the carolinas through atlanta, a good chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. they should be really nice, drying it out in the flood zone by saturday. by sunday, not a lot changes. we're going to be watching the

best chances of rain down here in the southeast where it will be cloudy and a little cool, but, you know, summertime, i guess, not quite like a hot, hot summer. >> what an enthusiastic description of summer. >> they're already back in school, can you believe that, in atlanta. >> thanks, bill. now for entertainment news, the world may end as "elysium" matt damon's flick opens in theaters. "we are the millers" is off to a multi million dollar start. and more kids fare with "planes" and "sea of monsters." kate upton surprises people on the cover of elle magazine. she said men treated her like a bachelor present, adding, quote, i'm a grown woman and you need to figure your blank out. former led zeppelin front man robert plant hit social

media by storm this week. he joined instagram, twitter and google plus on thursday and offered his first 25,000 twitter followers a new free download of his first single. >> i don't do google plus. do you do that? >> i do. i have google glass. you need it. king of queens actress leah remeny filed a miss iing perns report for shelly miskevich. monuments men is reveal ago sneak peek in this newly revealed trailer based on the true story of world war ii allies saving art from the na nazis. wayne gretzky was an all-star on the ice and turns out was a all-star baby-sitter. he was baby-sat for robin

thicke. jimmy fallon took pictures. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day today here on nbc.

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning.

the weather pattern has not changed very much. we will be dodging some raindrops. have your downpours are possible this afternoon. we are in the mid 70's and it is muggy. 73 in parkton. variable clouds and warm today with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. high temperature between 84 and 89. things are going to change over the weekend. >> 70 six degrees at the airport -- 76 degrees at the airport. >> artie donovan will be laid to rest today. that is the only reason i am willing to talk about. i would like to smack each one of them down. >> a couple taking a stand to up

others to avoid becoming victims. where these burglaries are happening and how. back on the field playing someone besides themselves. >> we will take a look at your morning commute. we will

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> great man, great baltimore tradition. he will live on in our hearts together >> -- forever. >>remembering art donovan. all will come together later this morning for a service for the hall of famer. we will have details in this morning's big story. >> these people, they are heartless thugs.

we look at violent criminals as being thugs. they are preying upon the elderly who aren't living off of every dollar they make. >> targeting the elderly to deceive and rob. authorities are asking for help. he could grab this woman at the time of the day with her kicking and screaming possibly and he could still get away with it. that worries me. >> he could have been from anywhere. that is a little concerning. >> a meeting to talk about a recent attack. what police had to say. good morning. i'm stan stovall. >> i and sarah caldwell. >> 5:01. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. let's start with tony. >> it is not going to be

different today. humid walking out the door today. >> we will deal with some rain again today. scattered showers in the morning. we will see some heavy downpours develop. 76 at the airport where the dew point is 73. showers and thunderstorms are possible off and on. high temperature in the upper 80's. we have some good news in the seven-day forecast. >> good news as well on the roads. let's check on some of our speed sensors. 65 traveling south on the harrisburg expressway. 55 on the j.f.x. at harford road. light volume moving over towards the 83's.

29,bound i 70 in towards problem free a nice start at baltimore national pike. 295 in the green traveling south down towards 100, 55 miles per hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> celebrating the life and legend of a baltimore colts hall of famer. >> family and friends will remember artie donovan. >> jennifer franciotti is live with our top story. >> good morning. he passed away on sunday at the age of 89. whether you had a chance to see him play all remember him from the late-night talkshow circuit, his big personality could not help but made you smile. you have a chance to remember artie donovan. yo