. nuclear negotiations in maryland. >> energy experts sort through details of a deal that affects the future of nuke lear power in the state. being it can nuclear power in the state. i am don scott. >> i am mary bubala. here what he people are talking about. top energy experts are meeting to figure out what he best for the largest energy supplier and what's best for marylanders. outcome could affect the new

turf nuclear power in the state. wjz and mike help bren is live at constellation headquarters. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a deal that affects every body in maryland. this deal started when the french company edf decided to make a bid after a deal with warren buffet fell through. the public service commission is trying to determine whether the french company is the right fit for constellation. the constellation made a big threat if it doesn't go through. bge parent company constellation energy is talking tough saying it will not build a third nuclear reactor at calvert cliffs unless the public service commission allows them to enterer in a $4.5 billion with edfa. company owned by the french government a deal for almost half of constellation's nuclear operations. >> edf made clear that if they are not welcome here in the state of maryland, they are not going to invest.

we certainly would question whether we could make ion vestment like that without a part -- an investment like that without a market and -- >> reporter: conhe stie lation says a nuclear reaction would lower electricity rates for bge customers by increasing the supply of power and the company says it would create hundreds of jobs and provide a more reliable power supply. but critics claim rates would rise and want the commission to vote down the deal. in nuclear reactors are incredibly expensive. constellation's estimates is the plan will cost 10 billion dollars and they will have to recoup the costs. you're not only the cost to the investors but then the interests on the investment and any profits to shareholders. ultimately all of that will be born by rate players. >> reporter: constellation blase believes they don't have the power to hold hearings because the deal doesn't affect bge. but they are going along with them anyway which may be the

last time maryland regulators have power over the outcome of this mega deal affecting the state's critical power supply. and the hearings will continue through the remainder of the week. edf is the largest nuclear power operator in the world. don, back to you on tv hill. >> didn't know that. thanks. the public service commission will make a decision by the middle of next month. today marks the 1 yearance vrry of the collapse of lehman brothers and the president is use the event to propel americans to a new financial era. sally thorner is live in the newsroom with more on this story. good afternoon, sally. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary. president obama has just commenced the speech from wall street and the ecomony address will discuss plans to scale down the government involvement in the financial sector. he will call upon wall street firms to take responsibility and avoid reckless behavior. president says new rules are crucial to heading off another cay at that time row if i. president obama will face challenges though his regulatory

reform effort is hitting resistance in congress. mary, back to you. >> thanks. live in the newsroom, some believe the fall of l-ehman brothers triggered the subprime mortgage cries they's led to the worst financial crisis since the great depression. -- crisis that led to the worst financial crisis since the great depression. the connecticut corner is work to identify -- coroner is working to identified the body found in a yale building. it's all but certain to be annie le who disappeared last we are. drew levinson has the latest for wjz. >> reporter: students on the campus of yale university are heart brokee and nervous. >> i think it's very horrible. >> reporter: scary. >> >> yes. >> probably get some mace or something and watch out and be aware of my surroundings and everything. >> reporter: university police are out in force on the ivy league campus after a body was found hidden behind a wall in a

building where grad student annie le was seen alive. >> the family and fiancee and friends now must suffer the additional ordeal of waiting for the body to be positively identified. >> reporter: she was suppose to be married yesterday. authorities say her fiancee is not a suspect. surveillance video shows the 24-year-old entering her laboratory in the medical school complex last week. but there is no sign she ever left. police are looking at tape from 75 cameras and they won't confirm reports they are questioning a student or they found body -- bloody clothing in a ceiling. >> they have a large amount of physical evidence at the scene we are going through to determine if it's linked to the case or not. >> reporter: the building on the edge of campus is accessible to students and employees with id cards. that could help investigators narrow the focus. drew levinson, cbs2 us nooks new haiive connecticut. there's candlelight vigil to be held tonight at 8:00.

>> with hundreds of 1r50eu8ent -- violent gangs operating in the state there's a call to toughen up the antigang laws. this week several top law enforcement officials will meet with the maryland house judicialary committee to discuss the matter. prosecutors argue current lei law makes it too difficult to define a gang and its members. they also say penalties are too weak defense attorneys argued gang statutes are unconstitutional. lunches will be local for almost all the students in this state. maryland department of agriculture is promoting the home grown school lunch week. cafeterias in all 24 subdivision will serve bread and produce and meats from maryland. it's meant to encourage healthy eating and environmentally sustainable food habits. well, we are one for one. baltimore ravens roll over kanza -- kansas in the first game of the regular season. ryan joins us live with the excitement from the season ahead after the first win. good afternoon ron.

>> reporter: good afternoon. ravens fans are used to seeing the defensive oriented team but after what we saw sunday, that could be changing. the purple and black attack just could be for real. >> all out pressure again. one-on-one and separation. touchdown. >> reporter: with flac-co flying height they pounded the chiefs for 501 yards a single game franchise record. >> yesterday i loved my man joe flacco, he showed us love and did his thing. >> phenomenal and the a yardage they got on the passing game was amazing. >> reporter: ray fired out cloud including michael phelps who knew the offense was flying so high. >> the big question mark going into the season is if we can put points on the board and get yardage and we answered the question. >> the offense was saw some.

awesome. oh, my goodness. my husband and i were screaming and jumping. i can hardly talk this morning. >> he is in. touchdown ravens. >> reporter: and awesome beginning to a new season. next sunday the ravens on the road against the chargers in san diego. >> if he de-- if the defense can keep the guys honest on san diego we will get our channance when joe will do fine. >> reporter: and mary career day for joe cool 307 yards and 3 touchdown passes. still no respect for the ravens from the odds makers. they are 5 point underdogs in san diego next sunday. mary. >> you know, ron, bring it on, right? >> reporter: bring it on right now the ravens are are ready. >> we are ready. thanks, ron. as ron said the ravens go on the road next week all the way up the west coast. see the ravens take on the chargers next sunday at 4:00 right here on wjz13. and san diego plays

tonight. sunny and warmer temperatures here make it a great start to the workweek. take a live look outside right now. it's gorgeous once again. of course there's the question, for how long? >> we are live first warning weather coverage marty bass is live. keep it coming. >> it's a legitimate question especially after yesterday and the day start we have had. how much will the fair and mild trend continue. keep in mine the normal high is 79 degrees. first off let's take a look at the sat rad photo and other than some very, very wispy high clouds in the area, we have had virtually no problems weather wise. let's throw the temps down. when we began it was 61. we rebounded to 75 downtown. 76 hagerstown and 77 dc and 80 ocean city. remaining cool and comfortable up in the mountains. 65 degrees in oakland closer to home. bel air 73. bel air 76 and westminster 73. 80 in columbia. mid-70s in rock hall and 71

degrees. now the question is, how much longer is this going to last. well, let me go ahead and show you. come on i know you want to work for me. don't go kanya west on me i want you to work for me. come on back here for a second. look at first warning doppler weather radar. the jet stream is going to dip south over the region tomorrow spreading sprinkles over southern pennsylvania, we are looking at gathering moisture down to the south. between jet stream bringing cooler air over the region, and warm moist air starting to flow northeast. we are going to be right in the confluence of the two air masses and the moisture is going to be in the forecast -- in the forecast wednesday and thursday. first warning details about rain and a fall like cooldown coming our way. and we will do that shortly. now back to you. >> thank you. >> and still to come on wjz "eyewitness news" today at noon, relief delayed. man who threw a shoe at then president george bush will not get out # of jail as planned.

and we will explain why. >> i am happy for you, i am going to let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all times. >> kanya west and the tirade at expense of taylor swift. the music world reacts to his display at the mtv, vma awards. >> looking live outside right now. marty bass will be back with the first warning weather forecast.

the iraqi journalism who threw his shoe at former president george bush will spent another night in jail. outraged in the occupation in iraq he tossed his shoe at bush and called him a dog. he was to be released today for good behavior but due to paperwork delays, he will stay behind bars until tuesday. the world is getting a sneak peek at michael jackson's final days in preparations for the "this is it" tour but instead of the tour this is it is a movie. here's a look at the trailer. it chronicles jackson he's prepares for what he says was

the final world tour and the fell many will be distributed for two weeks beginning october 28th. tickets go on sale september 27th. and singer kanya west is apologizing for interrupting last night mtv video music awards. >> taylor, i am really happy for you and i am going let you finish, but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> the rap star hijacked country singer taylor swift's thank you speech for best female video. many big stars like pink john mayor slammed kanye on twit and west bloged a an apology and later beyonce won best video of the year and invited the 19-year-old back on stage to have her moment. class move beyonce. >> absolutely. and she had an amazing performance as well. still ahead on "eyewitness news" at noon, take a live look outside. stay tuned, marty will be back with the first washing weather

forecast. -- warning weather forecast. but first another look at the mi

now weather complete forecast and the first warning severe weather. >> oh -- okeydokey. >> looks nice. >> beautiful. >> those are shade clouds and passing fair weather clouds in the area and that's about it. i showed you that state satellite photo and really on the major satellite photo, it's the same thing but it's water clear over the entire mid-atlantic and northeast.

look at first warning doppler radar. this is an issue. that's a lot of gathering moisture and it will be interesting to look at the same picture and we will tomorrow afternoon about this time. probably about four times as much moisture. that's a southerly flow. just getting ready to run into cooler air. getting ready to sag into the region. that's it. look at that result it's going to rain on wednesday and thursday. maybe pretty good amount of rain. we could see a redo of. >> friday. >> of friday. >> yes. >> it's 76 on tv hill. 63% humidity. west northwesterly breeze at 9. barometer is 30 inches and pretty much holding steady right there. we want to take a look at temps again. now it's up to 82. right afternoon, right after i just spoke with you, the temperatures did the update. 82 ocean city. now 67 oakland. 78 hagers top and dc.

mid-70s in easton and elkton. on kent island 72. and a little bit of a bay influence there. 75 in annapolis. 70 westminster a carroll county influence. 76 bel air. it's just a gorgeous day area wide. this high pressure a little bubble area of high pressure will settle in over the region and get out of here. look at computer models. it's showing the moisture by tomorrow make it into the ohio valley up from the tennessee valley. that is going to be an issue. this day we will say sunny and nice and 85 deis going to be the high this day. tonight we will go ahead -- 85 degrees going to be the high this day. tonight we will go ahead and say cool. the five-day forecast coming up shortly. >> thanks. and still to come on "eyewitness news" at noon, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. how much sleep adults need. and here's a look at top stories right now on wjz.com. for instant updates on all the day's news, log onto wjz.com.

in "healthwatch" too many sleep could be bad for your brain. researchers say older adults who sleep nine or more hours a day naps included, are about twice as likely to develop dementia and those who -- as those who sleep for seven hours. findings show in association between longer sleep and dementia not time spent in bed awake. the h1n1 virus is back with

a vengeance. and wjz is looking at why the deadly form of the flu which appeared in the spring is causing so much renewed fear. here's a preview of what you will see tonight in a special flu watch report. a swine flu survivor from baltimore county says people should avoid crowded places so they don't catch the virus and go through the suffering that he did. why is the h1n1 such a threat and who is most at risk? it's a flu watch report you don't want to miss. tune in tonight at 11 for the wjz special report. and stay with us, the five-day forecast is coming right up.

hi, marty moo thanks for dropping in. >> let's look at five-day forecast and see what we are talk b another beautiful day tomorrow. 85 not unlike today. normal 79. wednesday and thursday could be look at that we are dropping 73. it's six below normal and maybe some vigorous rain at times. friday, we might be able to clear it out saturday partly sunny back into the low 80s into tune into the cbs prime time lineup at 10 another ep coved csi miami followed by "eyewitness news" at 11. and michael phelps with out of the pool on the golf course today. this morning. the north baltimore aquatic hosted the third annual golf tournament. phelps and his coach hit the links at the golf club. money raised will benefit the swim club's endowment fund. will it go in?

>> let's watch. let's watch. oh. maybe a two-putt. >> it's not bad. >> that's the report. thanks for watching and have a great day.