a burning oil rig. 11 workers are still missing in the gulf as loved ones hold onto hope. >> hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. kai is off today. and here's what people are talking about. hope fades on the gulf coast. right now, 11 workers are still missing after an oil explosion on an oil rig. the rig burned for more than a day. and it has sunk. >> reporter: the oil platform that suffered a massive explosion two days ago, has sunk into the gulf of mexico. rescue teams ton it scour the waters nearby for 11 missing workers. the coast guard is still hoping they escaped in a life boat after a giant rig burst into flames tuesday night. about 50 miles off the coast of louisiana. >> we will continue the search and rescue tapes until it's reasonable that we might not

find anybody there. >> kyle clevenger spoke to his wife tracy monday night. >> final words, when we talked to each other was he would be home last night. so the last words were "i love you." >> reporter: overnight, about 100 survivors were reunited with their families at a hotel in new orleans. many of the survivors were plucked from the 67-degree waters by coast guard rescuers. 17 injured workers were taken to hospitals. four are in critical condition. >> reporter: the rig is owned by transocean, the cause of the explosion is not yet known. workers had drilled to the final depths of 18,000 feet and were cementing a casing when the accident happened in port fouche, louisiana. >> officials say the oil rig explosion has the potential to

be a major oil spill. a woman in kent island, beaten to death by her husband who suffers from alzheimer's disease. they had been very combative. 82-year-old mag dasherrer was found dead inside the home. 82-year-old thomas sherrer admits he killed his wife and then set the house on fire. he is being held without bail tonight, charged with murder and a son. arson. the story of a missing boy found at st. patrick's cathedral has a maryland connection. the mother is originally from cecil county. >> reporter: her last known address was in aberdeen. police arrested her after she tried to pass a fake $1 bill. -- $100 bill. they drove to new york and left her 3-year-old son nathan with a note.

29-year-old eleanor black and 32-year-old william scott were spotted on surveillance video, as the last people with 3-year- old nathaniel fonz. police also believe the couple are involved in a counterfeiting ring. >> she says if she is jailed for a long time, she wants the boy's grandparents to have custody, but only temporarily. she intends to keep permanent custody. a fight broke out in the 400 block of highland town. one victim tells police she and her friends were eating at a sports bar when they started a fight with another group of women. the fight continued outside the bar. none of the injuries are thought to be life threat if anything. -- threatening. a state investigator is being asked to use state funds. according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, the maryland board of locations -- elections

found inconsistencies and unusual explanations for $50,000 in expenditures during an audit. an investigation is also under way into whether senator currie did not explain his connection to a chain of grocery stores that benefited from his being in office. curie has not been charged with any crime. common sense rules. president obama criticized wall street's risky practices while asking for new help in passing new regulation. randall pinkston reports from the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: president obama took on wall street for risky practices and made his case for a new crackdown. >> the goal is to make certain the taxpayers are never again on the hook because a firm is deemed too big to fail. >> reporter: the president is proposing stronger consumer protections. limits on the size of banks and the risks they can take. and risks in the common financial markets. the president asked wall street to join him, not fight him.

>> unless your business model depends on bilking people, there's little to fear from these new rules. >> reporter: wall street has been fighting reform every step of the way and spending millions against it. >> they listened closely to what the president had to say. >> overall, i think the folks here on wall street, acknowledged the need for reform. we've all been through a terrible time. >> some republicans who rallied against the reform bill now appear ready to compromise. but others say the democrats' legislation gives the government too much control. >> it gives them the ability to take over any company in america that they see fit. this is not what the american people want. >> the senate is ready to debate the bill and could vote within weeks. in new york, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> after a rough morning, the markets rebounded by the closing bell. dow was up 10. s&p up 3. nasdaq up 14. the day started off with thick

fog around here. and here's what it looked like this morning in timonium, baltimore county. visibility really very poor. but the sun burned that fog away. and the sun has been out for most of the afternoon, just really nice outside. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist tim williams has the updated numbers from first warning weather for us. >> good afternoon, mary. good afternoon, everyone. we have a weak cold front that is trying to swing across the area. right now, what it's doing is mixing with the warm air in place. and it's mixing with widely scattered showers. we could maybe see a few light thundershowers out of this. but for the most part, this front is going to move on just through without a whole lot of fanfare. the bigger picture, and i'll just change this view and give you an idea here. is that we're looking out to the west. there is a very, very strong cold front moving through that we'll see by is saturday afternoon. that will stay with us. we'll talk about that and how it plays into your weekend in

your complete updated first warning forecast. we'll check in on our roads with sharon gibala. >> despite the sunny, perfect conditions out there weatherwise. we have problems. an accident on the liberty freeway. crash on the 83 southbound approaching the harrisburg expressway. an accident. police on the scene there. three more accidents on the scene. and orleans at north chester. and a downed tree in reisterstown, blocking all lanes of green spring. take this instead. 95 is slow. 3 minutes. and there's a look at your drive times and your speeds on the beltway. 29 miles an hour, your slowest spot on the west side inner loop. between 95 and 795. there's a look at that delay that i mentioned again. running slow from pulaski highway there's a look at the top side of the beltway. inner loop slow. there's a look at that west

side delay. that one running 16 minutes between 95 and security. this traffic report is brought to you by friendlies. fresh from friendlies. seven new salads that you expected. all grilled fresh. that looks good. back over to you. more teams are texting than ever before. a just released study shows 75% of all children between the ages of 12 and 17 have cell phones. and it is changing the way they communicate. >> would you say they are addicted to texting. >> jennifer rodriguez garcia may say she can go without texting. but she, like one third of all teens sends out 100 text messages a day. >> you can almost type-text faster than you can speak? >> a new study found 88% of teen cell phone users text. and 77% say it's not always appropriate. >> the studies show teens text

more than they e-mail. talk on websites like facebook. talk on the cell phone. they text even more than they talk face to face. >> it's one thing if they're just texting to make plans. it's another if that's their entire relationship with somebody. that part is not healthy. >> parenting says it may not be as important as the content in your message. >> have the child show you the text. you're still the apparent. it's still important for you to ask your child, what are you doing? >> reporter: the study found many parents are doing their homework. 64% monitor this. but mothers like terry singales. >> i had to learn to text myself in order to get them to even respond to me. >> reporter: whit johnson, wjz eyewitness news. >> the study also shows girls seem to send and receive more texts, topping out at 80 per day.

and i say only, right? >> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. how about some sushi with a side of mercury. surprising new information in the study compares fancy restaurant sushi to what you buy in the grocery store. >> pittsburgh steelers fans are not standing behind their quarterback. we'll have their reaction to his behavior. and i go backstage with a phantom of the opera. so stick around for that. plus, it is warm with a mixture of sun and clouds out there. meteorologist tim williams will have your updated first warning forecast. next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a routine traffic stop leads to a violent riot in kalamazoo, michigan. police say a seven-year vet veteran officer ordered her out

of her car. but when she refused, witnesses say the officer grabbed the man, choked him and sprayed mace. no one was seriously injured. a tornado is caught on tape near amarillo, texas. a bystander caught it on his cell phone, as the tornado formed in the open country of bush land, texas. luckily, there was no damage and no one was hurt. storm chasers are on the way. the off-the-field trouble. hurting more than just his image. as paul martino reports, they're costing venders in the national football league, a lot of money. >> in the district, where black and gold sells like hotcakes, they've taken big ben's stuff off the racks. >> it's a shame. we have such a great

quarterback. and he's won two super bowls. and nobody wants his jerseys. >> the once-severed quarterbacks' items are not selling these days. they've marked things down by 60%. and it's still not selling. >> even before all of this happened, ben merchandise was not selling like it was. >> what is it that made the once invaluable merchandise almost toxic now? >> i have two little boys. i don't really think he's a great role model anymore. i'm not going to support him for my son, basically. i would like them to have somebody better to look up to. >> reporter: still, others continue to support the star quarterback, who has fallen from grace. >> one of the best quarterbacks in the league brought two super bowls in five years. i mean, as a person, maybe he is what he is. but he's a player. and he's here in pittsburgh. >> reporter: even so, one north shore office building is sending out a big message.

cut ben. and big ben business continues to decline. i have so much ben merchandise left. i mean, it's kind of difficult. because i'm going to have to eat it. >> but there's one ben t-shirt that has become a hot item. it's the one with a picture of roethlisberger and tiger woods. the caption reads, dumb and dumber. >> i think it's funny. >> is it? >> the shirt is, yeah. well, sitting out all six games would cost the quarterback an estimated $1 million out of his contract with the steelers. despite fallout from the sex scandal, tiger woods is still a hot name in video games. e.a., the company that makes the golfers' pga video game says it is seeing strong presales. woods returned earlier this month after a sex scandal forced him to take a break. but he failed to win a fifth

masters in augusta, georgia, finishing for fourth place. the phantom of the opera is now thrilling audiences. i was the only reporter in town to speak with the phantom. andrew lloyd webber's phantom and his iconic mask have kept the mystery alive for 25 years. the phantom wears the mask, as the story goes, because of a facial deformity he's had since birth. it adds to the intrigue of the phantom. >> who is portrayed by tim, martin gleeson. >> we are about 30 minutes from showtime. >> it is a rare chance to be backstage at the hippodrome in the phantom's dressing room to show you how a performer masks his identity. >> this is just a ball cap they put on. >> the makeup artists starts the transition. so a talented performer becomes

a tormented masked figure. >> what we can show you is the finished makeup that create the the phantom's deformity. that's because it's copyrighted design. ask there's not one single frame of video from the public that shows what is underneath the mask from the broadway musical. and i think it is something that everyone should see, kind of thing. so we keep it close to the hip, a lot of stuff about phantom. >> reporter: the mystery, then, remains inside this theater. people must come to see the unmasking of the phantom. so far, more than 100 million people worldwide have done just that. >> the power of the story that's told through the eyes of the phantom, really touches

people every night. so to be given the opportunity to do that is a pretty spectacular gift. >> and it was pretty spectacular to meet the phantom. in 2006, the phantom of the opera became the longest- running show on broadway. the last day to catch is in baltimore is on sunday. and coming up on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00, it is all the rage. the must-have fad that kids are collecting by the dozens. i'm suzanne collins in baltimore. it could cost 4 cents more to buy a soda in the city. also a bottle of water and a can of beer. i'll tell you who is opposed to that. that's coming up next. and a sunny afternoon. but is there still a chance of rain. meteorologist tim williams has the answer coming up. remember, wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com for instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click on wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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ben. can we focus on football. we have the big nfl draft coming up. >> draft under way this evening and goes for three days. and i think some folks are probably looking forward to talking football right now, with a 2-4 baseball team. >> yeah, what. >> but it's still early. >> still early. we're looking at temperatures earlier today. temperatures got to just around 72 degrees. we have reported the 72. and it's still early to find out exactly what our daytime high will be. we'll keep you posted as we move in through the afternoon. right now, widely scattered showers. and we're going to be seeing that play out through the after with this front, cold front, very weak one, however. see this up around central pennsylvania, as close as it has gotten. but it is definitely bringing light showers across the area. coming over toward cumberland. light showers. and as the dew point now has dropped and the air is getting dryer, some of these are losing their steam. we're not really going to talk

too much about any torrential rains. but some of us could see some scattered showers through this afternoon. temperatures at 77 degrees. 37, the dew point. rel five humidity at -- relative humidity at 37%. 29.92 and falling is the barometer. 64 in cumberland. 59 on the shore now. temperatures around 70 degrees around most of central maryland. winds at the airport are around 10 miles per hour. and you see the gustier winds at 16. here's what we're dealing with, area wide. we're tapping into cooler air after we get past today and tomorrow. temperatures stay right around 70 for today and tomorrow. as that front that is out in the west starts to make its approach. by side -- saturday we'll start to see the clouds increase. with that, we'll know that these widely scattered showers and potentially thunderstorms will be on the way. we'll start to see them by saturday afternoon and into the evening. and they stay with us until the end. week. until then, high pressure is still dominating our forecast.

the only real hiccup in the forecast is the fact that that frant is draped -- front is draped off to the north. we will see warm air staying in the forecast area. we're talking 70 degrees. that's above the average of 67 for this date. we will see the rain approaching on saturday. and then just unfortunately, it won't be the prettiest weekend. it won't be a washout. but expect intermittent showers. lows high at 9:00, with a northwest wind on the bay. no advisories in effect at this time. tonight, going down to 45 degrees. average is 44. with a thundershower in spots as you see right now. partly cloudy in the overnight hours. then we'll look for sun tomorrow. 70 degrees. pretty nice, as fridays go, with no real rain in the forecast, i think we'll take that. >> but i'm kind of done with the 40s. i would like the 50s as our lows now. when do we get there? >> probably not until the end of may. >> really? >> yeah. >> hold on.

>> i think i'll try. thank you. don't miss tonight's prime time lineup. it's the mentalist, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. as part of wjz's continuing community commitment. wjz is a proud sponsor of the roar for autism. it will take part this sunday. for more information on the bike ride, walk and family fun festival, click on local news. and just ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00, the pope and the vatican are targets of a federal lawsuit. motorcycle fatalities, after rising for more than a decade, they are now down. and how the economy is actually playing a role. show up to help the environment on earth day's 40th anniversary. i'm andrea fujii. that story coming up on wjz eyewitness news. >> relieved passengers on packed planes. now the blame game starts in the shutdown of the air space that made the skies over europe a no-fly zone for almost a week.

it is 4:30. 30 degrees and a mixture of sun and clouds. here's what people are talking about. the ash has cleared and there is a sigh of relief across europe today. as charlie d'agata reports for wjz, there is plenty of blame to go around over the shutdown of air space that grounded flights for six days. >> thousands of planes took to the clear skies over europe in a hurry to get stranded passengers back home. but many who have been stranded for days will have to wait longer. airlines say most flights were nearly full already. and no other planes were available. these british tourists were lucky to jump on a luxury cruise ship that sailed to

spain. the volcano that crippled air travel over europe is still causing problems. britain grounded military training flights in its typhoon fighters after ash was found in one jet's engine. a new plume of shifting winds sent a vol -- plume of volcanic ash up. >> that's the case here at heathrow's london airport. they're operating at nearly full schedule. now, frustrated flyers wonder whether the lockdown was necessary for so long. >> they should have stayed out of it and should have left the security people and people who know about flying and know about planes. >> reporter: britain's prime minister says he did. >> we've had discussions with the manufacturers of planes, with the air safety authorities. >> reporter: airlines say they've already lost $2 billion and counting. the cloud of volcanic ash may have moved on. but the financial fallout is yet to come. in london, charlie d'agata, wjz

eyewitness news. >> the first flight from london to bwi airport landed. a man is suing the vatican over their response to an allegation of abuse by an american priest. >> reverend lawrence murphy is accused of molesting over 200 boys from 1950 to 1974. in the federal lawsuit filed today, one of the alleged victims accused pope benedict and senior vatican officials are failing to protect children from murphy, knowing he was a possible child molester. the plaintiff said he wrote two letters to the vatican, reporting the abuse and asking for help. the lawsuit suggests the vatican didn't discipline murphy because he made a lot of money through fundraising for the church. seeking the relief of controversial vatican files on clergy abuse operations. baltimore area catholics are gathered at the cathedral of mary our queen, to honor --

mary our queen, to honor the life of archbishop borders. the public viewing continues today until 9:00. it continues tomorrow, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. the mass and christian burial will be tomorrow. he died at the age of 96. there is heated testimony today from baltimore grocers and beverage companies. suzanne collins has more on the tax designed to overcome the big budget deficit. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake sees this as a way to raise revenue. but she is hearing from the companies that make and sell bottled soda, water and beer. >> reporter: a can of cola will cost 4 cents more, if the city approves a beverage container tax. and it's brought big opposition. >> the timing could not be worse to impose a tax.

i'm rob santoni and i'm fed up with taxes. >> reporter: there are videos, a full-page newspaper. and radio ads. >> it all adds up, doesn't it. >> yeah. it's going to get worse, if mayor rawlings-blake gets her way. >> reporter: many are preparing for a hearing on the attack. >> the key items that get people to come into the store are sodas and bottled waters. and this is going to put us at a competitive disadvantage to the county stores. >> reporter: but the may mayor says it is a way to solve the budget crisis in the city. >> i'm advocating for it because i want to keep police on the streets and i want a sustainable revenue. >> reporter: opponents say it never raised the revenue that was expected and they don't believe it will this time either. >> those who can afford to leave the city to do their shopping will. they did forever. -- before. they will again. there is a clear history on the

negative impact this tax had on small business owners. on the local bottling companies company here in the city. >> a case of 12 pack will cost 48 cents more. but milk and juice bottles will be exempt. >> reporter: and the city also testified it hopes to encourage healthier drinking, less sodas, and also maybe make people a bit more slim in the city. >> the city also says it hopes the beverage tax will cut down on discarded bottles and cans found floating in the harbor. a new report finds the number of motorcycle fatalities is on the secline -- decline in maryland. >> reporter: well, the preliminary figures show that motorcycle deaths dropped more than 20% last year. that is one of the biggest declines in the entire nation. this is one of the scenes on the fatal crash in jfx in baltimore. the report credits several

different factors for the drop in the accidents. that include fewer people are buying and riding motorcycles because of the recession. and many states, including maryland, have stepped up their motorcycle safety efforts as well. maryland has also better emphasized training for motorcycle riders. and they have and we have stronger enforcement of speeding and helmet laws as well. overall, the u.s. saw 500 fewer motorcycle fatalities in 2009. the three survivors from an alaska fishing boat that sank on tuesday say their captain saved their lives. patty kaufman reports for wjz, on their final message. >> request to know if you are in need of assistance. over. >> absolutely. we are going down. we have four persons on board. we are getting in a life raft here! we're going down! >> are the final words of a captain trying to save his crew. robert royer placed this

distress call as his commercial fishing boat, the northern belle, sank into the gulf of alaska. >> our captain made it in there and sacrificed himself, i believe, to make a mayday call for his crew. >> amidst the chaos, the 54- year-old ratifier order -- ordered his crew to abandon ship. as they were abandoning ship, it tipped violently to the side. it caused royer to fall and slam his head. the crew watched the 75-foot ship disappear into the ocean. they had to swim around to fight off i had hypothermia. a helicopter was flown in to pick up the stranded crew of two men and one woman. the cause of the accident is still to be determined. patty kaufman, cbs news, los angeles. >> robert jacks says that royer had been nervous about the amount of cargo the northern belle was carrying when it left

seattle earlier this month. heavy fog slowed down the morning commute in maryland today, even causing some school delays. this is the scene in mount washington, where a trail of green and gray coming into the light. and take a look outside. all of the fog is burned off for the afternoon rush hour. wjz has weather and traffic here together. >> we have a frontal system that is going across the region. with dry air going to move in. but there are showers throughout. we talked about isolated showers. three little cells. kent county, cecil county, up around galena and elkton. a few light showers north of glen rock and hanover. don't think they'll probably make it too far to the south and east. another little batch around flintstone and cumberland, across portions of washington, allegheny county, and showers out that way. it's possible we will still see one between now and about 7 or 8:00.

a lot of sunshine to end the week. talk about the weekend, too, coming up. let's check in on the roads now with sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. a busy afternoon commute this afternoon. we have an accident now on 895. watch for that one in the northbound lanes. just approaching the steel bridge. an accident on the west side outer loop. that one on liberty road. another wreck on a major roadway, on 83 southbound, approaching the roadway. and another one, liberty road at wards chapel and three more in the city. east northern at mclean. watch for a downed tree in reisterstown. still blocking all lanes of green spring avenue. that's blocked between garrison forest. 95 northbound is going to be jammed between 195 and the beltway. six minutes there. and then slow again between 895 and the beltway. three minutes. there's a look at the beltway drive times and speeds. 31 miles an hour on the west side inner loop between 95 and

795. that's your slowest spot. there's a live look at the west side. there's a look at 95 and that delay running from pulaski highway. this report is brought to you by slave. come for family fun, prizes. visit the website for details. people around the world help the environment today, celebrating earth day's anniversary. here in baltimore, dozens of children beautify the gardens at camden yards. andrea fujii explains why they got to take the day off from school to help. >> some baltimore students traded in schools. for manual labor. >> i planted some flowers and dug some holes. >> reporter: this year, earth day falls on take your kids to work day. so employees of a maryland stadium authority brought their children to work. and many chose to beautify the

garden. >> reporter: hopefully they're going to take away that we need to do more sustainable landscaping, save on water, plants that are native to baltimore. >> reporter: many of these plants are drought-resistant and recycled. grabbed before they hit the trash. >> reporter: improving this area wasn't in the state budget. and all of this hard work and all of these plants would have cost at least $1,000. >> this is our last plant for the day. >> reporter: mckenna and mckayla hill helped their grandmother with the plant being. >> we like the flowers. they're going to grow. >> reporter: altogether, they added, dozens of sustainable plants. good job, ma'am. >> the kids now say they're more appreciative of the hard work that goes into maintaining these grounds and all of the beauty this soil on earth can bring. >> some people take it for granted. and one day, you never know, we might not have it. >> reporter: andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news remember. >> and some of the shrubs planted today were also donated

from the city of baltimore. straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. supermarket sushi. why it just may be healthier than the sushi you get at fancy restaurants. and find out about a new fad. and the weekend is almost here. bob is putting the finishing touches on your first warning weather forecast. nothing worked on my eczema

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a study finds the fish you find at your supermarket may be better than what you find in the restaurant. the restaurants generally contain higher mercury. the study used dna bar coding to distinguish between the types of sushi they tested since the government doesn't

require distributors to know what kind of fish they're selling. a million people in washington state are left without trash service. teemsters union members walked off the the site yesterday. reports say the last year of the contract being offered would put the average driver's annual salary at about $110,000. there's a new fad growing. the rubber bands. and you put them on your wrist. >> the shaped rubber bands are ringing wrists and stretching pocketbooks around this area. at this walgreen, they had to put up three separate bands to help.

>> and the manager says every day, he hears from parents on patrol. >> for a while, they were just picking up the phones. do you have the bands? do you have the bands? do you have the bands? >> the bands come in with all sorts of springy shapes. and holy cow, there are even holy ones. >> i was actually looking for the seahorse. >> reporter: they buy, collect and trade. >> i come home one day. and i start asking about these rubber bands. i didn't know what they were talking b. >> outside of tampa florida, the biggest market for the rubber band bracements are -- bracelets are in new york, atlanta, and connecticut. the first american idol is receiving flak after being featured on a tobacco ad. one of kelly clarkson's sponsors has a tobacco company

in japan. a release for the son of enter entertainer marie osmond. it showed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death. he reportedly suffered from depression after bad school grades and girlfriend problems. coming up, our exclusive interview with sean king's alleged latin lover. did she cheat on larry for revenge? >> did larry know about the alleged affair? >> yes, he did. >> in fact, hector pen ate, in this exclusive et exclusive, said that in the beginning, larry seemed to encourage his alleged affair with shawn. >> he said, i see it. i know her situation. i know your age. i'm not a jealous man.

all he did was encourage for us to be together. >> reporter: he says the affair began as revenge on her part, when she told him that larry was having an affair with her sister shannon. >> what did you know about this affair that larry allegedly had with his sister-in-law? >> she told me that larry had fallen in love with her sister. and had bought her a mercedes, plastic surgery, clothes. he really took care of her. and once shawn found out, she freaked out. >> we'll have much more on this story. and also tonight, is there about to be a rival wedding to princess diana's? andan ad. is -- and an adthat may be too hot for tv? >> you can see entertainment tonight here at 7:30. orioles try to break out of

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turned out to be a beautiful day otherwise. >> a lot of blue skies for a long time. sun approaching. widely scattered showers. one shower moved through baltimore county about an hour ago. take a look at radar. still some stuff around. nothing too bad, actually. just very minor showers. when you see the trajectory of these showers, moving from northwest to southsoutheast. just moved through very quickly. around the baltimore region, a few little pop-up showers. southern york county, just approaching northern carroll county. moving to the southeast.

actually, little pockets of rain here, east of cumberland. and that's moving to the southeast here in the city, between now and let's say 7:30 or so. still a risk. might see a sprinkle or shower. most of the winds are downsloping out of the mountains. and that tends to dry things out. the chances are getting pretty much slim. take a look at temperatures now. where it's 70 degrees. nice afternoon. but the humidity is very dry air. it's going to be tough to get these showers here. 29%. dew points are way down to 37. northwest winds at 10. the barometer now, 29.72, holding steady. 70 here. 60 in oakland. 64 in cumberland. already cooling down there. ocean city, winds off the water. only 59 there. we do have the west mountains. they come down the mountains. they heat up a little. chances of getting a few showers to any great degree are

not that terrific. out to the west, however, there's an area of low pressure, spinning and spinning. rain, showers and thundershowers. ahead of that. this whole mess is moving out to the east. unfortunately, looks like it's going to set up shop. not too far from the baltimore region by the weekend. see those showers? they're pretty numerous to the north. the front going through the region tonight. beautiful friday. saturday afternoon, maybe four or five. clouds increase. maybe clouds in the day. northwest winds. so tonight, maybe a widely scattered shower. otherwise, clear to partly cloudy. then tomorrow, sunshine. a nice afternoon. just like today. high near 70. and we'll talk about the weekend. doesn't look all that great. at least the second half coming up in a few minutes. >> okay, thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. mom in trouble. a maryland mother found herself at the center of a criminal

investigation, spanning the east coast. how her missing son wound up alone at st. patrick's cathedral in new york city. i',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

coming up next. a toddler found wandering a church. wjz is live with details of the 3-year-old's-year-old's unusual trip. a shocking report here in maryland. i'm jessica kartalija. we are live in catonsville with more straight ahead. desperate search. an oil rig explodes then sinks. now, crews struggle to find 11 missing workers. check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news.

eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. child abandoned. a 3-year-old reported missing then found at one of the most famous churches in the world. >> tonight, a frantic search for the couple who left the toddler alone. >> hi, everybody. i'm mary but bal a. >> and i'm vic carter. -- mary bubala. >> and i'm vic carter. kai has the evening off. a 3-year-old was holding a crumpled note when he was found wandering alone at st. patrick's cathedral in new york city. his mother, who is from maryland, was arrested just days before. mike hellgren has the latest on her possible role in all of this. mike? >> reporter: well, we understand that she was