>> and wildfire and out raging residents. hi, everyone, i'm -- kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. >> anger is mounting across the gulf states. >> reporter: live pictures are feeding anger for the residents of the gulf. bp concedes that more oil is flowing from the well than previously stated. >> well, there's a lack of information we think is coming out. >> reporter: there's growing frustration over the plan to handle the leak. bp is addressing the media to counter the criticism and allocations of a coverup. we're trying to give the data quickly. >> reporter: scientists say the

spill is larger than the valdez disaster in alaska 20 years ago. they think it could get to the keys and up the east coast. the coast guard is finished in alabama, mississippi and florida. the oil is not expected to reach the states for the next 72 hours. >> so, please enjoy your weekends, mississippi and alabama and florida are open for business. >> reporter: next, crews will inject fluid into the spill. and that will start late next week. 6 million-gallons of oil spilled into the gulf and a growing number of scientists show that number is too low. a water main break is startling traffic in north baltimore and we were over the scene as it happened. the road buckled. the 12-inch main broke in cold spring lane and shut down the road. that's making the traffic heavy

as we begin the evening rush hour. wjz traffic control and sharon gibala will be back in a few minutes on the rush hour. and a harford county political candidate's life is cut short when his car slams into a utility pole. >> reporter: well, the republican, steven wright won't be a chance to be the harford county executive. the 50-year-old was driving a jeep cherokee when his suv hit a utility pole last night. the sheriff's office says it was not speeding. the air bags deployed and there's no sign he was wearing a seat belt. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> he was on the county committee for five years and he leaves behind a wife and three daughters. a surprising turn in the case of a homeless man stealing and crashing a plane.

he'll have to pay $40 for causing $12,000 in damage to the plane. the prosecutors explained that insurance has paid for almost all of the damage and so far, he's served half of the nine month sentence with the theft in december. baltimore city councilwoman, holton will go to trial in september -- the case will be october 5th through the 8th. everilyier -- earlier, it was said that the charges should be dropped when the bribery charges should be reinstated. toyota paid a fine days ago for a concern and now, there's a new recall. 4000 lexus sedans have problems with the steering system and the recall affects late 2009

and some 2010 ls-460 sedans, there's a risk that the steering wheel could be off centered. they've been scrambling to act faster with the recalls. encouraging news on the jobless rate in maryland. the state's unemployment rate improves slightly according to the u.s. department of labor. maryland added 8200 jobs last month. now, the national rate is at 9.9%. in today's health watch, scientists created the first artificial dna using computers. her's more on the unprecedented synthetic life form and what it could mean for modern science. >> reporter: scientists have created life with a computer. they made a cell powered by man

made dna. >> this is the first self- replicated species who's parent is a computer. >> reporter: they assembled it with a machine and it was transplanted into a cell and grew. >> perhaps it's a change in how we view life. >> reporter: the technology is the brain child of this man. ten years ago, he was one of the first ones to decode the genom. now, the potential seems limitless. scientists believe that the cells can do everything from cleaning polluted water to powering cars. exxon wants a synthetic all by the, they're -- algea. they hope that one day, they'll create new treatments and cures. >> reporter: it would be nice to block the common colds.

>> reporter: there are concerns that this could be dangerous and used to create new types of weapons. >> it would be possible for someone to use this new technology to synthesize a passage. >> reporter: researchers can't predict the full impact of the dna, but it could change the way we live. the institute in rock hill was formed in 2006 and the scientists uncovered 6 million new genes. governor o'malley is going to help restore the oyster population. >> reporter: today, the governor said that a healthy oyster population would bring economic greatness to the state. they'll help the oysters develop resistance to diseases and they'll place more oyster

bars off limit to fishing and increasing the ink wares -- sanctuaries to 25%. they've been on a decline since the 80s and there are only # processing companies across the state compared to 58 in 1974. all right, alex, thank you. they hope it will enjoy the same success after the blue crab regulations. they've rebounded also. and it's a warm and summary friday afternoon. let's look outside and we're off to a mild start for the weekend and the question is, will it last? we have weather and traffic together. tim williams is here with the updated numbers from the first warning weather and there's sharon, hi, sharon, we see you. we're wondering what the weekend will be like. >> well, not bad. we'll have improvement on the way. we have warm temperatures on the way. we're showing no problems

anywhere around us. we have blue sky and 86 degrees and 33% humid and a low dew point. what you're seeing around chicago, that's driving the rain to the knot and north east and taking with it a lot of the energy associated with the storms we've expected for this weekend. as much of the activity moves to the north we're seeing less and less of the severe weather and strong showers. we could have showers this weekend through saturday afternoon, and we'll have less activity compared to earlier this week. we'll have the rest coming up. we'll check in on the roads right now. here's sharon. hi, mary, i wish i had better news, but it's not good out there. a lot of accidents and delays. one of the accidents on 83, that was blocking the three right lanes and you're looking at a backup to stephenson and

to jfx, that's backed up as well crash in white marsh and ebenezer road and expect closiers there and one at 40 at u.s. 29 and watch for a tractor trailer fire at 96 and that's blocking the lanes there and all traffic must detour on to exit 1 hunch and water main break in the city, blocking all lanes of east cold springs between harford and hillen and the detour, echo dale. southbound lanes slow and jammed at 195 and northbound lanes slow between pulaski and the beltway and another 7 minutes white marsh and mountain road. there's the drive times and the speeds. 14 miles per hour because of the accident past the jfx at the 31 minute drive time and there's a look at the delay and there's a look at 97 and that's

at 100 no lanes are getting by and that's in the northbound lanes because of the tractor trailer fire. this is brought to you by the cochran firm. call them for more information. back to you. all right, sharon, thank you. elite european soccer is coming to baltimore when two of the top five teams will be here. mike schuh has more on what this means for charm city. >> reporter: what we're talking about is a big deal, the game between manchester and inner milan is making news around the world and what it means for us is if it's successful, it's a strong layer of a foundation of a bigger prize. no one thought that baltimore could bring the game last year here. it had a $20 million impact on the city and it proved that baltimore is a good host. that's important, we're the

finalist for the world cup game eight or twelve years for now. >> the only thing we have, that's last year and we need to sell out this year. the buzz is great and the media was great and the ravens did a great job of putting it on and they made believers out of people in one game. >> reporter: if baltimore got the game, it's a $300 million boom to the city. it's like having super bowls over the course of a few weeks. and the tickets for this game on july 31st, the tickets go on sell wednesday. and reporting from m&t bank stadium, i'm mike schuh. mike, thank you. many of the players coming here to baltimore will play a role in next month's world cup in south africa and i know several

will be happy about it. >> last year, it was great, we had so much fun. my sons loved it. >> they'll be ready to play, too. >> right, right. i don't think so. >> still ahead. danger on the school bus. a little girl dies leaning out the bus window and the risk you may not have thought about. stopping breeches before they start. who's held responsible for the attacks like the one at fort hood. >> doing something about truck pollution and new standards to make the air cleaner. will the warm weather continue throughout the weekend? we're updating the first warning forecast. [ sniffs ] honey...

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>> a stretch of the new jersey turnpike was shutdown and a tanker truck spilled oil and a driver of the truck was killed. and a school bus accident claimed the life of a student in detroit today. school officials say that the 11-year-old was hit in the head by a tree branch as she leaned out the window. she later died at the window, she was with her 9-year-old sister on the bus. a deadly ambush of two officers in tennessee at a wal- mart parking lot. >> reporter: it looks like the scene from a movie, the police officers running to the west memphis wal-mart with pistols and guns drawn. you can hear the gunshots. the officers surround the van of the two men who shot and killed two west memphis police officers earlier in the day. once the smoke clears, two more

officers are shot. the county sheriff was shot in the shoulder and they were air lifted to the hospital. the suspects were killed. it happened after two officers were shot during a routine traffic stop. she was walking and heard the shots. >> we heard all of the shots. we took a few minutes to determine if it was shots or fire crackers and we saw the cop car and then there was a white looking car in front and then that car took off. >> the police wouldn't reveal details about the suspects but they don't believe anyone else was involved. it's been a horrible week on wall street and would the trend continue on friday?

well, the dow was down at the start and up at the end. jumping 100 points in the final hour. the dow finishs up 126 points and s&p up 16 and nasdaq up 25. let's go to new york now. wall street is on the rebound friday following thursday's massive drop and is to bees bounced back highier and thursday, the dow plummeted 370 points over the concerns about the economic crisis in europe and the weak ere row. -- euro. more women heading to anne taylor last quarter for the retailers new line. after struggling in 2009, they went to a profit between january and march and earned $22 million. and anne taylor says that the

updated merchandise drew in more shoppers and many paid full price. pepsi's pouring more money into china. they'll invest 2 1/2 billion dollars in the country over the next three years. they want 19 new plants, a move to capitalize on the rapidly expanding market. for more, go to the website for more information. we have news from the white house that a mole has been discovered. don't worry, not the trench coat wearing kind. here it is, in front of the podium. this sparked a debate about what it was. i can't -- oh, there it is! a mole or a rat! >> in baltimore, it would be a rattle >> well, it was a mole. how much do you want to bet that's the safest mole. they had better not do anything for it for fear of peta to be

there. >> they'll take good care of it. >> coming up, bono lands in the hospital for emergency surgery and we'll tell you what happened. if you saw more bikers on the road, that's because it's national ride to work day. and we'll tell you how the government is encouraging more to do the same. there that's coming up. and warm and sunny friday, how about the rest of the weekend, we'll update the first warning forecast. and wjz-13 is always on wjz.com. for more, click on wjz.com.

now, we're talking about the nice day, it's so warm, everyone's making their plans. temperatures up around 86 degrees. the normal high for this time of the year, for this day around 75 and 76 degrees. we're at 86 today and humidity at 33% and the summertime warmth is out and you get the

best of both worlds and pollen is the only downside. winds at 7 miles per hour and across the state, 71 is the colder spot in the state and followed by 76 in ocean city and everyone in central maryland experiencing the nice 80-degree temperatures and above average and even when the rain comes through, it will knock us back to about average. we'll cut the corner so we don't cut back to the cold temperatures. the winds have a southerly component and coming from the south east off of the water, they're not really bringing cooler air with them, even though the water temperatures are in the 60s. what we're seeing up and down the eastern sea board, the temperatures in the 80s accept for where the rain has cooled things down, that will be upon us soon. we'll start to see the clouds increase tomorrow afternoon. even with that, we're looking

for a scattered chance of showers tomorrow and a better chance of overnight hours saturday and much of the energy, some have been strong and moving from the southern planes, it's lifting to the north and north east. we'll miss a big chunk of the heavier showers and the showers will stay in the warm air and we'll stay into the 70s going behind it into monday and the middle of the week, we'll be in the 80s and this time next week, we'll be around 90 degrees like today. again, the chance of showers will be scattered on sunday and a better chance on saturday night and sunday before we see the clearing heading into monday morning. the sunset at 8 to 19 and next high tide at 2:19 and the forecast looks like this for the night. going down to 58 degrees and increased clouds and the normal, 53 and cooler and a chance of thunderstorms and spots in the afternoon and don't want you to get sidetracked by the rain there.

that's the closest we can accumulate. widely scattered showers late in the afternoon. >> so, all day it's not a wash out. >> no, not at all. >> there don't miss tonight's prime time lineup. at 10:00, miami medical and eyewitness news at 11:00. as part of the continuing community commitment. it's the university of maryland cancer center. for more information, call the number on the screen and go to wjz.com. >> ask katie couric has a preview of tonight's news. it's a piece of medical equipment decades in the making and how some patients are moving to a new beat thankst to the heart felt break through. that's tonight on the cbs evening news. >> threats on a plane and how a pilot's personal problems set off a panic in the air. a disease can attack the

heart and take down an entire family, that's coming up. prove it, what antidoping officials want to say to floyd landis about lance armstrong. landis about lance armstrong. we'll continue after this. ,,,,, [ laughs ]

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a top obama administration official is paying the price for community failures. as bill plant reports, dennis play is stepping down as director of national intelligence. >> reporter: the intelligence failed to identify the terrorist identifications of this man and then, the christmas day bombing attempt by this nigerian.

and the senate intelligence committee reporter listed 14 separate failiers in failing to identify him as a possible terrorist threat. blare's agency is under scrutiny since last month's failed time's square bombing. the ranking member of the committee says that it must have been challenging to be forced by the attorney general and still catch the blame. there the post of the director of the intelligence needs to be better defined they say. >> if you look at the position he was assigned to, it's difficult you're trying to manage the committee of hundreds of thousands of people when you don't own the people. >> reporter: he was also on the losing side of the turf battles in which the white house sided

with the director. and and investigation reveals a plane fire was preventable. >> reporter: yeah, the united airlines flight was heading to los angeles and the fire broke out sunday night. the accident investigators say it was concentrated in a piece of window heating equipment. in a letter to the faa three years ago, the safety officials said that was the source of six other incidents and in march of 2008, the fda were going to give instructions or replace the equipment, but no order was issued. >> all 112 people escaped injuries. a jetblue pilot is pulled over for threatening to crash the plane. and eyewitness news learned that the authorities took a gun from the pilot before the flight took off.

he apparently only wanted to harm himself. >> reporter: it was the most unsettling news for the passengers about to take off on jetblue and it came from the cockpit. >> i don't think it's appropriate, especially with what's going on around the world and air travel. >> reporter: sources tell us that a pilot so personally december straight -- distraught, he e-mailed his girlfriend and threatened to crash a plane if they didn't work on their relationship. this was taken seriously as the tsa confirmed he was taken into custody and questioned. admitting he wasn't fit for duty and needed help. >> you would think during all of the training, they would have been given warnings about the imbrications of anything they say to anyone. >> reporter: the airline said that the pilot was removed from duty for health related reasons

and at no point were the customers or aircraft in danger and some don't see it that way. >> i mean, we care and if that's on his mind, you know, you can't take that lightly. >> airport security says that the pilot left the plane voluntarily and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. maryland state police say that a person was struck and killed on i-97 in anne arundel county and the victim is identified as a 30-year-old man of glenn bernie. he was a passenger in a car that pulled over prior to the incident for an unknown reason, he got out of the car and tried to cross the highway and he was struck and killed. alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the investigation. new developments in the animal abuse case in the --

there was hay on the farm where mall nourished horses were discovered. most animals are neglected because of the owners not having the resours to help the horses. bonno is hospitalized following a surgery in germany and mary has more. >> reporter: well, the well known lead singer of u2 underwent back surgery in munic, germany. he was preparing for a tour on june 3rd and he actually injured while preparing for the trip and the manager says that the june 3rd show is postponed and there's no word on if other shows are canceled. >> his spokesperson says he'll be in the hospital for a few days before returning home in this health watch

report, this killer can take children and adults in the prime of life. one family's fighting back and making the history books. >> reporter: for this 46-year- old, it's been a lifetime of doctors and drugs and devices to keep her heart pumping. any problems with chest pain. >> reporter: she's one of the oldest living survivers of the cardiac arrest, almost diagnose at age 12 and she has the heart disease. and she lost two brothers at 12 and 14 and her dad's 3-year-old sister also died and an implanted pump is keeping her alive. >> how does the family get through something like this. >> i think that a lot of faith. >> reporter: it's genetic and death comes often before the victim hits the ground. >> the patients don't know they have the disease.

what it is is the themmenning of the wall between the right and the left ventricle of the heart. >> it's estimated 30,000 children live with the silent killer and many aren't tested until there's a sudden death in the family. >> reporter: her 24-year-old son and her cousin holly were diagnosed. >> i have a defibrillator. >> holly has created a foundation for free heart screenings and she can't work, she's waiting on a heart transplant. >> i don't know, it's been hard. i'm sweating every day, i'm like, oh, please. >> reporter: and a healing for an entire family. >> now, according to the national institutes of health, the disease is a major cause of death for athletes that seem healthy and then die during exercise. and also, a smoking ban could save millions of dollars.

more than 30 states ban the smoking in public places like restaurants and bars. if every state did the same, it could prevent 18,000 people every year from being hospitalized. well, an absolutely beautiful friday out there and lots of sunshine. let's take a live look outside now, still very warm and you're heading home and it's friday. we have weather and traffic together. bob? >> well, the afternoon's temperatures were normal for the first and second week of july. 86 degrees, believe it or not and the humidity is there, very low. only 31%. around the region, we have the clouds to the west and south west and further to the west, there are showers in ohio and widely scattered things across the mountains and not much of this will make it into the region until late in the day tomorrow. we have a chance for a pop up

shower tomorrow and a better chance with the front across illinois and scattered showers and thundershower activity and nothing heavy sunday. the weekend, not 100%, but not a wash out. okay, bob, thank you. let's check in with sharon heroin now at -- sharon gibala at traffic control. well, a tough ride with a tractor trailer fire with all lanes blocked it's been blocked for a while and will continue to block it until they take care of the situation, apparently, there was a fire in the woods and all traffic is detoured on to root 100 expect a backup on 97 northbound from benford to 648 and a crash in white marsh. medevac operations there and road closiers are likely and another one on wheeler and one at 40 and u.s. 29 and

montgomery and waterloo and another at 29. meantime, watch for the break in the city blocking all lanes between harford and hillen road. you'll detour echo dale avenue and delaywise, the beltway's slow from 100 up to the beltway and southbound lanes are slow at 159. northbound lanes slow down between pulaski and the beltway. and there's a look at the drive times and the speeds. for the beltway, the northwestside is the slowest. there's a look at that delay and there's a look at all of the lanes blocked at 97 at route 100 no lanes getting by there and this is brought to you by aldi. thank you, sharon. president barack obama says he wants more fuel efficient vehicles on the road by the year 2014. earlier today, the president signed a memorandum calling for the auto industry to create more fuel efficient vehicles.

the pom bombed a -- the pompom administration says that it could reduce the u.s. dependence on foreign oil and help spur job growth. and there were fewer cars on the road today and more bikes because it was national bike to work day. nearly 1300 cyclists peddled to work today. it's the 13th year and nothing knew for those who do it regularly. >> it makes us healthier. >> and the government is trying to make it more cost effective. last year, congress passed a commuter act. the law allows employees $20 a month to bike to work and the employers can write off the cost.

studies show that biking to work saves on average between 6 to $10,000 a year. >> bike parts are cheaper than car parts and better's -- water's cheaper than gas. there are 50 more bike lanes there >> the drivers are mean spirited and tough sometimes. >> many say that the benefits for outweigh the risks. >> and it's really telling people that you can get out of the car and find a cleaner way to get to work. >> reporter: i'm andrea fujii, wjz-13, eyewitness news. and well, in the latest legislative session, there's a law requiring cars to leave three feet of space when passing a cyclist and don't do it on two lane roads unless it's safe. >> the i have deaf the -- definitely the case.

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he's usually fighting for identity theft protection, but his identity was stolen to buy medical marijuana. . >> we received phone calls from discover and mastercard and all kinds of credit card companies as well as banks that they had applications in my name. >> the police tracked down the suspects after they purchased pot and a snack at mcdonalds. and another chapter in the

case of elizabeth smart. well, the woman sentenced in the case is sentenced to 15 years in prison and 7 years she's already served. elizabeth smart was 14 years old and she was found 9 months later and she faces court again. and she's agreed to testify against her now estranged husband. and new, mary. and the cycling world says that floyd landis needs to provide evidence of lance armstrong. for the second day, lance armstrong called him a liar. they want concrete evidence to support his claims that he used

performs-enhanceing drugs. burt reynolds talks about bouncing back after a surgery. >> he's back at work after surgery and the near death rumors. >> they were shocked i'm alive and well and walking and talking and running and shooting and all of that stuff. >> he had open heart surgery and now, this is the 74-year- old seasoned actor today. >> i'm so seasoned, it's frightening. >> he's thin, but he's able to work long hours on the set of burn notice. he plays an aging retired spy. >> my character gets into a mess of a hornets nest, he doesn't know what he's doing. >> i don't think i can do it. i don't have the combination. >> this is a far cry from the

recent scandal making head lines and now, he's healthy. the reason i've been working for 50 years, i love it and i love the work -- i try to come prepared to do it and i guess, i've been fooling a lot of people if i'm not good. >> and also, jesse james in tears about sandra and stars without wakeup, we'll have that and more coming up. all right. >> don't miss entertainment tonight at 72:30. it's up up and away for a group of basketball trick shot artists from texas. >> it's the airplane, guys. >> wow! >> the group of guys from texas a&m hit new heights with this shot. they needed two attempted and

the plane stunt was a promotion from the nba finals. these are the guys that bounce the balls off of odd things and jump up and down. >> when they're not studying hard, i'm sure. >> that's an accomplishment. >> yes. >> well, will we see rain, we'll have more after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] it's time to raise the bar

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there's a car fire on the inner way causing traffic problems. mike? >> reporter: well, we're on the inner loop between the harrisburg and the jones falls with a car fire and it's off to the right shoulder and they're blocking a lane of the inner loop as you go by to the harrisburg from if jfx and the backup is well up into the jfx and the inner loop is backed up to the westside and expect delays into the area and the car fire will be cleared up momentarily. back to you on tv hill. >> all right, thank you. as we see there, it's warm for that.

we'll check in with bob for the weather. >> well, it's not a horrible day. >> and it's warm outside. and 86 here. 71 up in oakland and a 74 at ocean city. the dew point's up just a bit from yesterday. it's up to 52. a little bit more humidity and the system we've been watching is now moving to the east and in the ohio valley and getting showers today and it's breaking up. and it's strung out, as you can see and the things are much less active this afternoon than yesterday. here, we have clouds to the west showers and to the south, showers. tomorrow afternoon, late, we'll have showers and tomorrow night, we could have a few showers. we're not talking much activity and on sunday with the system, again, a slight chance of a shower and a rumble of thunder. it will be cooler with winds off of the bay and the ocean and temperatures into the low 70s compared to the 80s today.

and a lot of clouds and don't let this scare you, we're not going to see rain all day long and maybe a few hours of showers throughout the weekend. and tonight, we'll call it partly cloudy and increasingly cloudy and 58. tomorrow, clouds and sun maybe a popup and showers in the afternoon and a better chance after dinner tonight. most of the day should be dry, don't change your plans. not that terrible. sunday morning, i know there's a half marathon. there could be a shower into the afternoon then as well. as long as there's no lightning and thunder. >> still to come tonight caught on tape, can the police send you to jail if they record you filming an arrest. >> it's illegal, turn that off.

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coming up next, water main break closed part of a northeast road. wjz is live with the latest. the days of cardinal gibins is almost gone. i'm gigi barnett, coming up, the next step for parents, teachers and students. coming up, change is sweeping its chesapeake and a way of life. that story as eyewitness news continues. checking in for more on

these stories. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. buckley -- buckley road, creating a mess. >> tonight crews rush to restore service. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. >> roads are closed because of the water main break. we are over the scene. drivers are being told to void the area. kelly mcpherson is on the ground and with the latest with the repairs. how chaotic is the situation. >> reporter: this is happening again. we have seen so many water