hello everyone i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. we begin with breaking news with first warning weather as severe storms move through maryland. the calls flooded into the newsroom bringing down trees and flooded buildings. let's begin can kai jackson live in baltimore county where neighbors are seeing major damage. >> reporter: denise, i can't

remember in recent memory a storm that came through so fast and hit so hard. and did so much damage over such a spotty area. from northwest baltimore to dundock the damage is visible. lansdowns looked like it was hit hard. what did you hear, what did you see? >> it was just a lot of rain, real windy, got pretty loud. next thing you know it was a whole bunch of commotion. >> reporter: it was the same scenario in dundock. there was lightning, torrential rain, and hail. >> we had to started out with small hail, then it went to half a penny then to about a

quarter. >> reporter: look at this tree, it's massive, we're not exactly certain what brought it down although lightning is suspected. what is clear, the storm system that rolled through baltimore was isolated yet it packed a punch. >> what happened to your home? >> it's just demolished, i don't know i went to bed and all of a sudden a big boom. i thought it was lightning but they say it might have been a tornado. the roof came flying over, my other son dug us all out. >> reporter: eyewitness news spoke to the batallion chief. we understand 20 to 30 people throughout the county not just this area are unable to live in their homes due to damage. that means here in lansdowne as well as dundock. we understand that the red cross is trying to help those displaced. we don't have any injuries or

reports of injuries right now, the bad news about all of this is there's a lot of damage that has to be repaired. i imagine it's going to be daybreak before people assess the damage. >> we understand that kai. first warning weather coverage continues with bob turk and the watches and warnings still in effect. >> tomorrow, all day long we have a flash flood watch in effect. we still have flood flash warnings in effect for the next 20 minutes for baltimore county. we saw some heavy rains earlier. a few reports as much as 3- inches of rain fell an hour, hour and a half. right now pretty good storms across northern sections of baltimore. from the northern parkway to cockysville. way out to the west another line of storms from just west of haguers town. from pikesville to townsend that's really seeing a heavy

cell right now. heavy downpours, minding in some parts. let's take a look at these advisories that will be going into effect tomorrow and what's currently in effect. we still have that flood warning for portions of eastern howard, northern reynolds and southwest baltimore city. and flood flash watch going into effect tomorrow. we could see more heavy rains tomorrow. we'll have a look at the complete forecast coming up tomorrow. breaking news in the casey anthony murder case. we just learned that casey anthony will remain in jail four more days. a judge sentenced her to four years for lying to investigators including time already served. late tonight authorities in florida recalculated that time requirement, she will now stay behind bars until july 17th incedes of being released next -- instead of being released next wednesday. in maryland, the case is

prompting a lawmaker to introduce a law that will make it a felony for parents who do not report their children missing after 24 hours. 16-year-old felicia barnes disappeared in late december. the case sparked a massive search that ended in april when her naked body was found. police investigators said it was a murder. police are using a child

pornography using e-mails linked to barnes and others. authorities asked to search four facebook accounts, six separate yahoo e-mail accounts, including two with felicia's name for evidence of crimes including sexual exploitation of children and distribution and possession of child pornography. affidavits related to the case remain seal but felicia barnes father and brother russell told wjz they had been aware of the search warrants for months and that the warrants were part of a thorough investigation to find out who killed felicia as her family waits for answers. >> it's a matter of what happened and when it happened. >> reporter: those search warrant applications were filed on may 10. no word yet from investigators if those e-mails or facebook accounts have provided any useful information. you can read more about this case on tomorrow morning's

edition of the baltimore sun. marylanders whether now get a chance to vote on whether undocumented immigrants should get instate tuition at maryland colleges. the state board of elections says the petition drive to get the measure on the 2012 ballot has succeeded. just over 63,000 new signatures were collected. that's 16,000 more than needed. the bill allows illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition rates if they go to community college first. goodbye to a baltimore football legend. john mackey has died after a tough battle with dementia. wjz spoke to his daughter and wife about his legend. >> he had his cowboy hat on, that was his signature item. >> reporter: her favorite memory johns refusal to accept his hall of fame ring in

indianapolis. independ demanding a ceremony take place in baltimore. >> he said i'm not going to do that. he said i would rather receive it in baltimore in a bar over beer and crabs than to receive it in indianapolis. >> reporter: mackey received that ring during an exhibition game at memorial stadium. silvia by his side. what we would soon find out is that john had been diagnosed with dementia. together they pushed the nfl to investigate a tie between football players and dementia. >> look how much good this has done for so many families. >> reporter: john mackey will also be remembered for his effort to push player interests. he was inducted into the ravens ring of honor. >> he jumped up from his chair and ran to the goal post. with the crowd standing on their feet screaming because to

him the natural instinct was he get the ball and you run. >> silvia is in the process of planning a memorial service for john. roger gudel called mackey one of the great leaders in nfl history on and off the field. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. john mackey was the first president of the national football league players association. he led the way for free agency and big money contracts for players. nasa is poised for its final shuttle launch with fingers crossed that the weather holds out. this is a live look at the shuttle waiting for lift off. atlantis is still set to live off at 11:26 a.m. tomorrow. close to 1 million people are set to go out for the launch rain or shine. a tabloid shut down for

good. why news of the world is at the center of a criminal investigation. and could you get money back just for buying a new car? a teen is electrocuted when she touches a park fence. i'm jessica cartalia how her parents are working to ensure this never happens again, next. more storms coming our way tomorrow, i'm bob turk i'll have the complete warning weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 75 degrees and cloudy in central maryland right now. the complete weather warning is coming up. a man hunt has now turned into a hostage situation in grand rapids washington. dansler is thought to have killed six people. it's a british tabloids that lived offer of scandals of others and now the newspaper is done in by one of its own scandals. public outrage and pleaing advertisers led to the decision to stop publication.

police say they are invest investigating a list of four people who may have been targeted by the newspaper. police investigators are still looking for the rest of the remains of giddings. the recent graduate of mercer law school say she had a bright future. >> she never got sworn in as a practicing attorney. but she got sworn in as a third year law student. >> giddings father says police told him they found his daughter's torso in a wooded area. the parents of a teenager killed by a stray voltage say they never want it to happen

again. they are meeting with lawmakers to check for contact voltage on a regular basis. >> reporter: four years ago diana greene touched a fence on a baseball field. an exposed electrical wire was touching a fence pole underground. the electricity running through the pole killed her. >> they would work to have surveys down of the baltimore maryland area to find the stray contact electricity. >> reporter: the greene's attend a meeting to come up with a survey scheduled to identify areas with stray contact electricity. >> children and people are all over the city and the infrastructure is not what it used to be. >> reporter: in february, wjz investigated this problem. riding along with a company

that detected hundreds of sites. aging and decaying wire under sidewalks, manhole covers pose a risk to anyone who comes in contact. >> find what the problem is. that's what we're asking, find what the problem is and then come back and do a survey to see if there's any problems that have come over the years. >> reporter: for the greenes it's a small price to pay to save a life. >> we pay for this with the life of our daughter. >> reporter: private companies as well as city and state agencies are all required to maintain those under ground wires. i'm jessica cartalia, wjz eyewitness news. anything over 50-volts can be deadly. and maryland's obesity is growing. maryland is one of 16 states where the obesity rate has gone up in the last year. 27% of the adult population is

considered obese, placing maryland at number 26. the slimmest is colorado. well general motors free car insurance plan be coming to maryland? right now the auto maker is offering car buyers one year of free insurance through met life. gm says if the program is successful they might expand it. washington and maryland were selected because of weak sales in those states. monster trucks will be flying through the air saturday night at mnt stadium. travis pastrana brought his mean machine to the stadium's parking lot today. meanwhile workers were inside laying down four tons of dirt for the monster truck jam. the show is usually held indoors but now the drivers get to kick dirt all over the stadium. speaking of insurance, you got to wonder -- >> yeah.

that's lloyds of london, that's high risk. >> inner harbor had about an inch and a half of rain. some people are picking up 3- inches this evening alone. right now we had two cells. they just re issued the flash flood warnings across northern sections of baltimore city. these two cells continue to move to the north generally at about 15 miles per hour. so, if you're heading up 83 or 795 toward owins mill look out for some heavy heavy rain over the next 30 to 40 minutes as that continues to move in that general north to northeast direction. temperature wise, we're down to 75 but it's still very humid. 78%. no winds at all at the airport where we had those thunderstorms here. we got gusts up to 50 miles per hour. did cause some damage with trees down etc. now temperature wise, still 83 in washington. now a drop of rain near generally low to mid-70s.

upper 60s in oakland. and close to 80 in easton and baltimore city. low to mid-70s, the warm spot annapolis and once again dc where it stayed dry. they are still at 82 degrees. right now very light winds here but of course in any of those thunderstorms 20, 30, 45-mile an hour wind gusts. we're looking for a southerly wind overnight tonight. but that's when we think it will probably change. eventually we have a front that came here across pennsylvania. it's still moving just southward into the maryland region. we'll have very humid air to the south. that's what's helping cause these storms. another high pressure is going to come through the ohio valley tomorrow that will help to induce more thunderstorms tomorrow. could see some heavy down storms before it clears the region and sunshine and some what drier conditions into the weekend. looks like a pretty good warm weekend with a good deal of

sunshine. the thunderstorms will be ending by late tomorrow night. southeast winds at five knots. bay temp at 80 degrees, can you believe that. 71 overnight. still thunderstorms and yes some heavy downpours. same thing tomorrow particularly in the afternoon early evening and only in the mid-80s with clouds. next five days, drying up for the weekend. not quite as humid, 82. humidity comes back. pop up from the thunderstorms here, with a high again near 92 degrees. denise. >> thank you, bob. check in tomorrow starting at 4:55 for the updated forewarning weather forecast. another tough test for the orioles on a road trip that

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sports fan report. >> you're looking for hope and it's hard to find giving the competition that you're playing. that's for sure. it's not just that the orioles are losing, they are not even competing. even where an early 2-0 lead, manager buck showalter has reason to be nervous at fenway park. his starters are struggling and the sox can hit. arrietta gets kicked out in the 7th inning. that made it 5-4 boston another ineffective start. arrietta is out and there's no relief from the bullpen. jason burcken comes in and he will give up a home run to

ellsbury. six home runs total for the red sox, bombs away in boston. o's get crushed 10-4. they've lost six of seven on this road trip. they got three more games at fenway. masn on sunday, final game before the all star break. that break can't come soon enough. the hits keep oncoming for derrek jeter. the january key shortstop moving closer to 3,000 for his career. lead off double against tampa bay pitcher tonight. 2,998 career hits for jeter. two more to go but the yankees lose the game. the rays beat them 5-1 was the final. football news, 16 seasons is enough for quarterback terry collins he's calling it quits. even though he leaves as one of the -- five turn overs and sacked four times in the ravens championship win 10 years ago.

collins played with five different teams he was with tennessee last season. first lady michelle obama and daughters taking some tennis. on hand to see serena williams playing a sanction event. serena is a member of the american tassels. they take on the boston lobsters. sernea gets the return and she teams with hobbs to win her match. speaking of beating boston, the o's will try again tomorrow night. it's getting ugly. >> it is, thank you mark. >> it's the all important questi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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