[crowd chanting] one of the mideast influential bankers is in court. >> the plea from dominique strauss-kahn that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. greeted with anger, dominique strauss-kahn is back in a new york city courtroom. throngs of hotel angry workers are waiting for him. >> reporter: he's lead to shouts of shame on you. the chanting came from dozens of maids who were there to show their disaprove for the man and their support for the maid he's

accused of assaulting. >> reporter: the 62-year-old pleaded not guilty criminal counts including attempted rape. his dna was found on the hotel maid's uniform. his strategy may be that any sex was consensual. >> reporter: the attorney for the 32-year-old victim says that the single mother is ready to tell her story. she'll come into the courthouse and get on the stand and tell the world what dominique strauss-kahn did to her. >> reporter: since the news about dominique strauss-kahn broke last month. more hotel workers came forward to report problems with guests. i'm astounded about how many incidents they've had with customers who have behaved inappropriately. >> reporter: the maids all told

me they feel unsafe. >> you have to be careful nowadays. >> reporter: he's free on $25 million bail. he could face 25 years in prison. >> his next court date is july 18th. vic carter has more on the lives claimed from joplin, missouri. >> reporter: mary, the number of people that have died increased today. three more people died. the tornado that struck may 22nd was the deadliest since '47. homeowners are expecting high prices to rebuild. the city says it may host a town hall meeting tonight. mary, back to you. >> at a meeting tonight,

residents should get details and hear updates on the death toll. the largest loss of life in the military in two years. five american troops lost their lives in a bomb attack today in iraq. joel brown has more from washington. >> reporter: five american service members were killed in eastern baghdad this morning. security officials say that rockets slammed into a base where americans were working as advisers. it's the single most largest loss of life in the past two years. monday's blast was one of seven. west of baghdad, the home of a police officer was destroyed by a bomb. four were killed. in tikrete, a suicide bomber detonated a car at a check point, killing six. it was the second attack in

four days there. u.s. combat operations ended in iraq last august. the 46,000 troops that remain come under almost daily attack in their bare racks and -- barracks. >> all forces will leave iraq by the end of the year. >> reporter: in washington, joel brown, wjz, eyewitness news. the u.s. deaths to date is 4459 in iraq. the police need your help finding a man wanted for a sexual assault. we have more on the suspect and the attack. >> reporter: the police are looking for this 23-year-old. look at his picture. he climbed through an open window on a home. the victim woke up and he was assaults her. he was last seen climbing out

of the written doe. -- window. mary, back to you. anyone with information is asked to call metro crimestoppers. another candidate is expected to announce she's running for baltimore mayor. she'll announce her plans for running for the top office seat. four democrats and one republican have filed for running. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is also planning on running. we'll have more at 5:00 and 6:00. public works crews are cleaning up thousands of dead fish they may have been processed and dumped. the small fish are drawing other fish to the shore. nothing annoying about the weather today. it's dry and sunny with a bit of a breeze.

just gorgeous. we have weather and traffic together. bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers. hello, today is the calm day before the heat moves in our direction. there's nothing going on in our area. even when we open this up you can see there's nothing here. tomorrow, we'll get a front coming in. we'll show you, there's really warmer air introducing once again. we'll show you the temperatures going back up to where they were last week. the humidity is creeping up and so are the dew points. we'll have the forecast coming up. thank you, bernadette. the grand prix is a few months away. it's causing havoc downtown. drivers aren't the only ones affected. gigi barnett has more. >> reporter: for the next few

weeks, this closure is going to greet drivers. it's a short stretch of road that could cause long delays. orange and white cones and bump per to bump -- bumper to bumper traffic. city leaders are closing the streets here for the next two weeks to make way for the baltimore grand prix. it's a new event for baltimore's old streets. the city says that that kind of work takes time. anything could go wrong. >> if it's underground work -- you want to alleviate damage to the infrastructure under the surface. >> reporter: conway street was shutdown this morning at 5:00 a.m.. the detours and delays aren't just for drivers. >> they blocking it off.

i won't be able to cross no street. you know? it will be a problem for me. i have to walk all the way around. >> reporter: the city says there are several detours that the drivers can take. outbound traffic can also take lombard to howard. if the drivers are coming in, take i-395 to mlk. we're downtown baltimore. eyewitness news, now back to you. thank you, one of the coworkers took the route today, in fact. let's check in with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control now. hi, kai, hi, everyone. we'll take a live look. we have a shot at charms -- charles and conway. we can see when conway shuts down in both directions between light and charles. outbound, you'll want to take 395 to mlk to howard.

it will make things difficult during rush hour. we'll look at the rest of the region here. we have delays from dulaney over to pairing parkway. also, northbound 895, that's blocking the right hand lane. that will cost you a few minutes. and another accident at route 100. in joppa town, that's a crash at clayton. essex, rossville boulevard. we'll take a live look at the beltway. that's west of york road. we'll also look -- not a bad drive 95 north of route 24. this is brought to you by the cochran firm. for you've suffered a personal injury, call or you can visit them online at wjz.com. back to you now. thank you, kristy. it's a record for dick gelfman's ride across maryland.

the 11th annual ride to the eastern shore raised $315,000 for cancer research. more than a thousand bikers joined dick gelfman leaving from several locations saturday morning. the total amount donated is $2 million. i know dick said earlier, they raised so much money. now, they're giving grants out. to contact the information, that's amazing. they're doing a lot in the fight against breast cancer. still ahead, a glimpse of history. the us airway's plane from the miracle on the hudson is back in maryland. classes have resumed at umbc and some areas are in the dark. that's ahead on wjz, eyewitness news. significant break through.

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an accident in chicago injures 20 people. the expressway involved two other cars. police say that the two vehicles collided in front of the bus causing the bus to hit a vehicle and the median. the accident is now under investigation. missing for days, the police in bloomington, indiana are searching for a missing college student. she was seen friday morning walking to her apartment.

her friends and family say it's out of the ordinary for her not to be in contact with them. electricity is restored to most of umbc. andrea fujii explains, not all is up and running. >> reporter: the failure of a power substation switch caused this fire. it left the entire campus in the dark until sunday night. now, summer classes are back in session. >> everything's good now. nothing is surprising. >> reporter: accept for the dorms evacuated because of the outage. monday morning, they didn't have electricity. that didn't stop this student from moving in. >> i was hoping when they said that campus would be up and running, that it would be from morning. i don't think it will be back until later. >> reporter: the students were moved to another on campus

facility. that didn't please everyone. >> without any apologies, they say, well, these things happenful these explode and we have problems. >> reporter: the school intalled -- installed a bigger transformer. that gives more comfort to this student with a dark first impression. >> well, i'll probably stay here. but i'll have to go to a hotel. >> reporter: it may not be until wednesday until the power is restored completely. i'm andrea fujii, wjz, eyewitness news. >> the power will be restored to the resident's hauls. as of now, they're without electricity. to get updates, go to wjz.com and click on news. can wall street start the week on the right foot? it appears not. stocks are dropping again today. the dow was down 61 and s&p up

14 and nasdaq down 30. alexis christoforous has more. >> reporter: steve jobs received a standing ovation at the annual developer's conference today. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: it's his second appearance since he went on medical leave in january. looking thin in his out fit. he unveiled the icloud. the new music service lets people store their music online instead of downloading it. airline stocks were lower after a group cut the estimates in half. the international air transport association says that airlines will earn $4 million this year instead of $18 million like last year. >> reporter: the former payroll

manager for madoff pleaded guilty today in court. he's charged with conspiracy and falsifying financial records. an auction of his belongings raised half a million dollars in miami beach. everything from his prescription classes and underwear and shoes were on the block. that's your money watch. for more, go to cbsmoneywatch.com. slowing down the spread of melanoma. a significant break through, the treatment from the deadliest form of kin cancer -- skin cancer. >> reporter: researchers say that this pill is a break through when it comes to slowing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

>> the people who get the pill within 72 hours are so much better. >> reporter: unlike chemo, this works by targeting only a genetic mutation. it's called b wrap. it's present in half of all melanoma patients. it appears to be more effective and causes newer side effects -- fewer side effects. 84% of the patients on the drugs were still alive after several months. this stage four cancer patient has time and quality of life now. >> i was headed to death. it had gone to my brain. that's usually the end of the line. within seven-days of taking the drug, i had about a 40% reduction in tumors.

>> reporter: this researcher cautions this is by no means a cure. >> overtime, the melanoma cells can be resistant and the cancer cells out wit and out smart the new drugs. >> this could be approved by the end of this year. a small iowa town is on the cross hairs. what they're doing to stop a levy. deadly ambush. syrian's military loses control during an attack. we're enjoying our more seasonably june temperatures. that could change. wjz is always on, for the top stories, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,

how gorgeous is that! >> that is. the showers that we had over the weekend didn't interfere with much. i hope they didn't afear with your plans. -- interferewithh your plans. things will be changing. we got down to 83-degree average is 80. we're above it and we'll spend most of the week away above our -- average. it just jumped up to 84 degrees. that's the new high today. 88 in d.c. dew points are low. so, with that being case, the humidity is low. it's comfortable outside. winds are light and generally out of the north. they'll turn around to the south west tomorrow. this is what this is going to tack into. we receive seen -- we've seen record highs. look at the air.

it's 92 in minneapolis and 97 in memphis and the air is move anything our direction. it's coming behind a warm front. today, high pressure in control, not much going on. tomorrow, the warm front starts coming our way. we'll see nothing huge is with that. some will come through the day tomorrow. it's behind the warm front what we'll notice. the temperatures start to climb tomorrow. they'll really jump into wednesday and thursday. they'll jump even into friday. we could be challenging record highs. that's all coming up later and some highs will be at the record and very, very muggy. the forecast is light tomorrow. the winds are light. the bay temperature, 74 degrees. tonight, comfortable. 61 degrees.

then, tomorrow, we'll start rising. up close to 90, high clouds from the warm front coming by. after this, wait until you see these numbers. we're up into the 97 range once again. when you factor in the mugginess, it will feel like the low 100s. >> okay, i guess. don't miss the cbs evening news. scott takes over tonight. watch tonight at 7:00 after wjz- 13 eyewitness news. don't miss cbs's prime time lineup. and there's more ahead at 4:00 -- 4:30. we have the update about a woman bitten in the face. he's in it to win it. the newest republican nominee

for president they know what's not causing the deadly out break in germany. we'll have more after this. ,,,,

latest out break in britain of e. coli has gotten several people sick. several have died. they're urging customers here to keep buying fruits and vegetables. >> i won't eat salads any more. >> i think about it. if we listened to everything, we wouldn't eat. >> reporter: germany blamed spain for the out break. they said it was cucumbers. workers destroyed tons of the vegetables and spanish farms are demanding compensations. so far, several foods have been

suspected of harboring the strain of bacteria. scientists are racing to find the true source of the out break before anyone else gets sick. >> this isn't the only time sprouts have carried e. coli. tensions are running high on the israel/syrian border. kai jackson has more on the proteas at the frontier. protestt -- -- protest at the frontier. >> reporter: a march was to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the 1967 middle east war when israel captured the compound at that time.

the officials say that the death toll includes women and children. three weeks ago, israeli soldier where is -- soldiers killed several. israel accused the president of the area to allow the rule. rick santorum says he's in it to win it. he jumped into the race for the republican presidency today. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum made his presidential run official in front of a hometown crowd. following the footsteps of his rivals, he attacks president obama. >> what are you, mr. president, to say that you and your administration should take 40

cents out of every dollar and borrow it from future generations. >> reporter: he's considered a favorite. he's strongly opposed of several controversial issues. >> they want to hook you. >> they don't want to free you. >> reporter: he has to take on more than president obama's policies. herb's been out of the spotlight since 2007 and lacks the star power and fund raising operations of his opponents. >> reporter: he was the number three republican in the senate. he's hoping to build on his resume and lock on the support of social conservatives. there's a lot of excitement already. if you get palin and michele bachmann in, the person that

will suffer the most is rick santorum. the republican race for the white house looks wide open. wjz, eyewitness news. now, santorum hired a small staff of operatives. flooding fears may become a reality for many families in missouri. the levy that's holding up the river in missouri sprung a leak. now, with an army chopper, they hope to plug the drains. several are forced to evacuate the area. an elderly greek town woman is recovering after a pit bull malled her on her own front parch. mary has the latest. >> reporter: the 78-year-old was attacked friday while going

outside just to get her mail. her son-in-law tells wjz she was dragged down the steps by the pit bull and broke bones. she had to have reconstructive mouth surgery after her bottom lip was ripped off. she's in a medicically -- medically induced feeding coma. the pit bull was seized by animal control. the plane that landed safely over the hudson is reaching maryland and going west on i-70 and 68 and west virginia on the way to a north carolina museum. there are lots of blew

skies and sunshine. we have the updated numbers for the forecast now. this is the nicest week. another heat wave hit us. right now, we have no precipitation around. we're at 84 and precipitation is low. during the next day or so, wednesday and thursday, at least the next portion of friday. take a look at the graphic. temperatures get closer to 90 degrees. . all of the showers are to the north. we're not expecting rain until friday night. that's when the front gets through the area and gets us relief. wednesday, thursday and friday, 90, 95 and some spots up to 100 degrees and that means we'll have record breaking numbers. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin and traffic control. hi, denise and everyone. we have a few problems out

there on 795. we have an accident at franklin boulevard. that's attracting a loot -- a lot of attention. as far as the beltway goes, that's slow to pairing parkway. another ten minutes on the westside from security to liberty road. and northbound 295, major problems in that direction. the ramp to eastbound 198, that closed down due to an accident. we have a crash at south mountain at clayton road. baltimore city, liberty and plannery lane. 48 miles per hour average there. you can see no trouble on north of 24 in harford county. you can see an easy drive on the tiding's bridge in both directions. , this is brought to you by virginia tourism.

plan your next family's vacation at virginia.org. we have breaking news from new york. anthony wiener admits that the pictures sent from via are legit. >> reporter: this is a dramatic news conference. he admitted that the pictures are legit and he's been engaging in the picture for quite some time. >> to be clear, i sent the pictures. i'm deeply sorry for the pain this caused my wife and family and my friends and supporters and staff. in addition, over the past few years, i've had several inappropriate conversations on the phone with women i have met online. i've exchanged messages and foe foes with six women over the past three years.

for the most part, these communications took place before my marriage and some, sadly, after. >> he's spent the last few days denying he spent a picture of his boxers to a woman on twitter. at one point, he said it was a job of a hacker. okay, adam, thank you. we have more on the breaking story coming up. just ahead, the country music superstar who's home burned to the ground. >> and the latest due to evac-- evacuations because of a fire. we'll have more, coming up. ,,,,

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she hit a barrier wall and flipped the suv. seven of the children belonged to the driver. the others were released to relatives. the obama administration announced, it's considering with drawing troops from afghanistan sooner than planned. >> more than anyone, accept the president, i'm responsible for you being here. >> reporter: many of the soldiers lined up are about to end a long tour. they're hoping this is their last deployment. >> reporter: the secretary offered few clues about the scale of the withdrawals and wanted to pull out the support troops first. >> i tried to maximize my combat as long as this process -- i think that's a no brainer. >> reporter: on saturday,

during this meeting, the secretary gates listened to complaints about the way in which nato forces conducted the war. >> especially the civilian's homes. they issued that the afghans definitely want to end. >> reporter: they promise that the u.s. will stay the course in afghanistan after the withdrawal begins. >> gates is retiring june 30th. it's week three in the murder trial of casey anthony. prosecutors say they're about half way through their case with testimony resuming today in orlando. they're trying to prove that casey suffocated her doctor. the defense says that she accidentally drowned in a swimming pool. a young girl falls from a ferris wheel drive. friends of the young girl put

together a memorial. >> reporter: the memorial outside of this academy grew quickly as friends of the 11- year-old added more memories of the young girl who died friday. >> she liked to have fun and she was sweet and warm hearted. she could make you smile with one word. >> reporter: she's her older cousin. she looked up to her. >> she was never negative. she was always smiling. she had a very pretty smile. she would always be smiling. >> reporter: it was part of a school trip to the carnival. she fell a hundred feet at 12:30 in the afternoon. she was medevaced to the hospital and her injuries wither too severe. >> she was a wonderful young lady. >> reporter: about 100 of her classmates and friends shed

tears and hugs. remembering the girl who died so tragically. >> we're trying to give them as much support as possible. >> reporter: this woman says it's a shock to the entire school. >> now, her death is the first ever in the history of the wildwood anoose -- amusement spark. a massive fire destroyed trace adkins home. his three children were at home, and no one was hurt. wildfires are burning out of control in arizona forcing evacuations. >> reporter: the smoke over eastern arizona is turning the air a shade of orange. wildfire spread to more than 300 square miles. while crews have been fighting

the blaze for a week, they made no headway in containing it. >> don't mind turning around for me, please? >> reporter: firefighters have been stream anything from other states. more than 2000 are at the scene fighting from the ground and above. >> we've watched the flames come over the top. the men and women are risking their lives every minute of it. they're here to save us, i thank god for them. >> reporter: the mountain communities are evacuating. >> there's a lot of history up here. if they tell us we have to go, we'll have to go. >> reporter: clouds of smoke are billowing 200 miles away towards albuquerque. >> the wind's blowing and they can't stop it. >> reporter: the flames destroyed four summer rental cabins. with the high winds and

lightning in the forecast, the firefighters are expecting it to get worse before it gets better. officials have not pinpointed the cause of the wildfire, but suspect it was set. singer/song writer andrew gould passed away friday of a heart attack. he wrote "thank you for being a friend" the theme song for "the golden girls." he went on to write with greats like celine dion and james taylor. monsters are -- returning to the streets of poland. the floats occupied the streets. the giant floats first appeared on the city's central square. they're all dressed in medieval costumes.

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a little bit of haze is going to get thick. we'll expect the air quality to get poorer than today. today want that bad. it was actually good. the air will get stale and hotter. the humidity is going to come back on wednesday and thursday. tomorrow, it won't be that bad. 84 now. taking a look at the humidity, the dew point is 54 degrees. that's low. the barometer is holding steady

at 29.98 inches. 78 in oakland. ocean city, a bit of a breeze off of the water. only 77 degrees and a lot of sunshine in elkton. the dew point is low. now, when the dew point gets up to 65 and 68, you'll feel it. thursday, it will be the hottest day. the dew point is thursday in the upper 60s. 84 and 62 degrees today average high is 80. it finally got to 80. 99 is the record. in 1997, it was 46 degrees. you can see this, here's the water temperatures in the 60s. and the further you get from the ocean, the warmer it gets.

some clouds, keep watching this. this could be a depression over the next day or some we have a few clouds out there. not much going on at all. we've had a big ridge of high pressure setting up. it's heating up. the temperatures are in the mid- to upper 90s today. that's heading our way. wednesday, mid-to upper 90s and thursday, mid-to upper 90s. friday, a front will be getting in. 92 in chicago and 97, 97. minneapolis at 92. that has nowhere to go but in our direction. winds off of the bay in boston. that hot air is slowly coming this direction. high pressure is coming over us and temperatures will be back up tomorrow. by thursday, wow, wednesday and thursday, the humidity is increasing and you'll be able to feel it again. south west winds at 5 to 10

knots. some of the cooler spots having clear skies. tomorrow, 90 and a few high clouds in the afternoon. not a terrible summer day. it's going to be dry tomorrow. wednesday and thursday, they'll be sweaty -- sweaty and hot. still to come tonight: >> reporter: i'm derek valcourt, a 78-year-old woman fighting for her life. she's in a medically induced she's in a medically induced coma

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elderly woman in intensive care. why her family doesn't think she will make it. photo confession, anthony weiner comes clean on racy internet picture, what he just admitted. >> stay here for all today's breaking news. >> eyewitness news starts right now. neighborhood attack, a dog mauled an elderly woman in front of her home. >> concerns for the woman's life as the dog's future remains uncertain. >> i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala.