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about today. plenty of anger and frustration now along the gulf coast because residents are getting a live look of exactly what's coming out of that underground gusher. here is jay with the very latest from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: this thick oil is now washing ashore in populated areas and anger is growing that bp and the government aren't doing enough. >> we want them to get off their butts, excuse my french, i'm telling you that you've got to give us a permit. >> reporter: people on grand island want the government to build sand barriers to hold off the oil from the fragile wetland. >> that is not out to sea, that's here. >> reporter: adding insult to injury, bp now admits there is much more oil leaking than previously estimate after they finally provided a live feed of the gusher and only did so after pressure from lawmakers. >> bp has lost all credibility. >> i understand the frustration. i know people want more information. i know theft -- actually, they want this thing to come to an

end. >> about 45,000 square miles of gulf waters are closed off right now to commercial fishermen. but oyster men were given a small window to work. jeff galley is racing the clock to pull in as much as he can. >> any day we could be shut down. so every oyster counts right now. >> fishermen are also concerned about the chemical disperse ants bp has been using. under orders the company switched to less toxic chemicals. but with tens of thousands of gallons being used no one knows for sure what the long-time impact will be on the wildlife. >> wildlife groups have already recovered 186 he sea turtling and more than 60 birds that they believe have been affected by the spill. the senate passed a sweeping bill aimed at

preventing another meltdown. it sets standards on borrowers and lenders. it will add regulations on the derivatives aimed at companies too big to fail. the bill must be merge we had a house version of the bill. the dow is now up nearly 100 points at 10167. the s & p has gained almost 15 points. and the nasdaq is up more than 30 points. >> one of the candidates for harper county executive is dead after his suv hit a utility pole. the police say 50-year-old stephen wright from churchville crashed on wheel road in bell air last night. the investigation finds speed was not a factor in the crash but wright was not wearing his seat-belt. he served on the republican committee for the last five years. he is survived by a wife and three daughters. developments in the case of a toddler who transmit add sexually transmitted disease.

ron is live in the newsroom. good afternoon, ron. >> city detectives are still investigating a person of interest who contracted gonorea. they are talking about how he got the std. the girl's mother said she left the girl alone with her four children more than three weeks ago. the mother wants the police to make an arrest. the officers say this type of investigation takes time and they are not ready to make any arrests at this time. >> don, back to you. >> thank you very much, ron. they are holding the man on a violation probation which the baltimore sun was for a manslaughter conviction in 2007. a family is asking for your help after three children were killed over the weekend in a house fire in cecil county. they are taking donations to help pay for the children. the mother is in a medically induced coma because of serious

burns. doctors say she won't be out of it for the funeral. >> it is heartbreaking to see that they won't be able to go to their own kids's funeral. that's hard. she has a long road ahead of her and she needs family and friends there to support her. >> the family has set up a fundraiser at a farm in northeast cecil county. for more information on how you can help go to our website. a warm sunday afternoon to finish off the workweek. take a live look outside right now. there may be a few clouds in the sky. but not that many. a humid haze off on the horizon. we are of course live with complete first warning. and tim williams. >> as you see from the outback shot with marty, the sun is out and doing its thing this around. looking at a pretty nice day. temperatures two 84 degrees at bwi marshall. a little cooler as you might expect. oakland 73. 81 down on the shore in ocean city. next week of course the unofficial i guess kickoff of

the summer travel season, the official kickoff 70 on kent island and 750 in analolis. the radar shows the story what's moving in from the west and southwest. going to impact us a little bit. marty will talk auto little bit more on this and how it will affect your weekend ahead. here is martin bass. >> thank you, tim. here is how it goes today will be absolutely beautiful. tomorrow kind of sunny. as you take a look at this graphic, we notice high pressure off to the east has been keeping moisture and energy at bay out to our west is starting to break down and move off to the east. just imagine a traffic jam. west side of the belt way 4:00 in the afternoon stopped dead. all of a sudden the car in front of you move a couple of feet. you move a couple of feet. that's going to be happening with that low over the next 36 hours. which eventually means it will get into our area. i think we will be probably overcast by tomorrow night. there will be a chance of showers as that rain associated with the low moves through the

area. now, that high just gets on out of here, well, traffic picks up on the west side of the belt way and you move down to the next exit. i will tell you this, we don't think that will happen. that rain may just very slowly creep over the area. so sunday may not be the best of weekend days. there is though a little room for improvement on sunday. meteorologist tim williams will discuss that with you in our first segment. throw back inside. >> thank you, marty. they will try to revive the chesapeake bay oyster. they are a natural filter for the bay's water but the population is only one% of what it once was. the governor's plan calls for that doubling the number of sanctuaries in the bay and encouraging the trays to grow oysters. >> two of the top five teams will come to baltimore to bring top notch soccer. good afternoon, mike.

>> reporter: good afternoon, this game between intra milan is big news around the world. the reason if it is successful it helps to build the foundation for a much bigger prize. who thought initially baltimore could bring last year's game here. they did. it sold out. everyone was happy. that game had a $20 million impact on the city. but it also proved that baltimore is a good host. that's important because we are a finalist for the world cup game in eight or 12 years from now. >> the only thing we have on the resume is that game last year. and now we got this game this year. and we need to sell out the game it's as simple as that. not only did we sell out the game, the buzz was great, the media was great. the raiders did a great job putting the game on. the operation was good. made believers just for one game. got to show we can do it again. >> so if baltimore gets that world cup game in 2008 or 2012

it means a 300 million-dollar boon it is like hosting superbowls over the next couple of weeks. the tickets go on sale next wednesday. the prices will be $25 to $115. remember a similar game last year we sold out. they are hoping we do it again. mike, wjz eyewitness news. back to the studio. >> many of those players will play key roles in north month's world cup in south san francisco. >> you have to practice your gooooal. >> still coming up on wjz, eyewitness news a plane jet blue pilots was taken off the flight for threatening to crash the plane. the space shuttle's crew makes a final walk around the international space station. >> take another look outside this afternoon. meteorologists tim and marty, there they are. we will be right back with your

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taking off from logan airport in boston. boston media outlets say the pilot sent an e-mail to his girlfriend saying he would crash the plane if they did not reconcile their relationship. airport security did escort the pilot off the plane but jet blue now claims he was removed for health reasons. a fatal accident shut down a 26-mile stretch of the new jersey turnpike for nearly eight hours this morning. police say the crash involved three trucks, including a tanker carrying 8,000 gal leans of care seen. the driver of one of the trucks was killed. another was injured. crews are still working to repair the guardrail and clean up the fuel that leaked from that tanker. musician bret michaels, excuse me, is in the hospital once again. he complained of a partial numbness on his left side and was diagnosed with a small hole in his heart. doctors say this problem is unlikely to be related to the near fatal brain hemorrhage he suffered last month. but this new problem will require surgery. the atlantis astronauts are making their final space walk

today. the shuttle crew ventured out this morning to finish installing fresh batteries on the outside of the international space station. the crew also delivered a new part. it will undock from the iss on sunday for the very last time. >> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news. take a look outside. plea stay tuned, meteorologist tim williams will be back with your first weather warning forecast. >> but first take a look at >> but first take a look at today's stocks to be laxatives? i've tried all these. this one's gritty. this one can make you bloated. clearly, miralax is the one for me. it relieves my constipation with no harsh side effects. miralax. restore your body's natural rhythm. always have the best anti-aging skin-care products? sorry. the answer is no. experts from america's top beauty magazines have rated an array of olay products best.

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go over to young tim williams meteorologist in the house. take away, pal. >> pretty nice stretch of days yesterday including today. very been calling it the unofficial first sun season day. maybe already at 84. just after 12. 56 is the dew point. relative humid ate is at 38. across the state temperatures ranging from 69 in oakland. 81 down on the shore. 82 in the nation's capitol. calm winds so if you are sitting out in the sun not getting a lot of relief from the light breeze. heating up on through the afternoon. the temperatures are pretty consistent up and down the eastern seaboard. the showers are moving in from the west. when they come in they will stir things up just a little bit and doctor our temperatures as well. we will be in the mid-60s as you already see today. when these storms come through much of the energy lifting to our north will change the dynamics and going back into

the 70s for saturday into sunday. then after it moves on out of here high pressure builds in and again going up to the 80s to near 90s by the end of next week. it will disrupt things just for the weekend. by tomorrow afternoon let's see the clouds thicken. chance of showers by tomorrow tonight. lingering into sunday. sunday scatters showers. the system gets out of here monday. but can't rule out the possibility of showers heading into monday morning before we start to see some clearing. 8:18 the sunset time. no advisories in effect. your forecast looks like this. looking at 85 degrees today. i would not be surprised to see it a tad bit warmer. that's the official weather term tad bit isn't that is right marty? 58 for tonight and cloudy for tomorrow. not quite as warm. thunderstorms in spots. some really warm temperatures next week. marty will have those details. >> wait until you see wednesday, whip out the baby powder. >> as part of our continuing commitment wjz is a proud

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>> that's a really interesting shot. looking over on the water side of the inner harbor east. and that's that big area of land that is still yet to be developed. the tent was there. >> that's where allied chemical used to be. >> imagine what that's going to look like in just a couple of years. spectacular. take a look at the five day forecast. tomorrow start out sunday. and then we will end it. pretty good chance of showers in the afternoon or evening. and sunday i'm looking for some improvement. it all depends on how fast the atmosphere can open up. the move just really a slight band of showers to and through the area. >> got you. >> it will clear out monday and tuesday 83. and spf4300. >> don't want to miss the prime time lineup at 10:00 on wjz. at 10 it is miami medical. >> thanks for watching on wjz maryland's news station. have a wonderful weekend. >> yes, enjoy it. ,, rainbow, why so blue?

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