hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. >> and i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> we are following breaking news. >> an overseas u.s. airways flight has been diverted. denise is in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: the boeing 787 was headed from paris to charlotte, north carolina, when it made an emergency landing. now, this saturday u.s. airways plane, after landing safely in bangor, maine. federal investigators say the flight was diverted after an apparently mentally unstable french passenger said she had a surgically implanted device. now, the woman didn't have any checked baggage. and there was no information that indicated she was a known or suspected terrorist. the plane is now back on its way to north carolina. and the passenger was taken into custody. kai? >> denise, thank you. the banger airport is known for

its flights. it is the last u.s. airport for outgoing flights. one year later, the town of joplin, missouri, comes together to remember a deadly tornado. drew levin has more. >> reporter: joplin community members broke ground on a new elementary school. it's one of three buildings that will replace the schools the deadly tornado destroyed a year ago. >> reporter: it's a new beginning for joplin. and the school district, they worked so hard to get to this point. and this is just -- it's an incredible feat, what we've come through. >> i- got it. >> reporter: the giant twister, a half mile wide, and spinning at more than 200 miles an hour, tore through joplin. the storm killed 161 people and wiped out a third of the community. this surveillance video shows the funnel cloud, plowing into the st. john's regional medical center. joplin's residents have spent the last year, rebuilding. new homes are going up. and businesses are reopening.

>> 85% of our businesses are open for business in joplin, missouri. it's a fabulous number. >> reporter: more than 130,000 volunteers from across the country have come to help. >> we were here a total of nine days, volunteering, helping with removal, food delivery, search and rescue. and we wanted to come back and just kind of look around and see the changes and positive changes that have been made. >> reporter: throughout joplin, there are many signs of recovery. but city leaders say there is still a long way to go. drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> survivors, first responders and volunteers are gathering this afternoon for a unity walk that will follow the path the tornado took. it will also include the groundbreaking for a new high school, to replace the one destroyed a year ago. a baltimore city police officer, injured, after falling from the jfx, has filed a $15 million lawsuit. mike hellgren is live in the newsroom, with whom she believes is to blame.

mike? >> officer teresa rigby's civil suit, names the police car as she responded to a call last june. this is officer rigby last year. she survived the 25-foot fall but is still recovering. rigby was standing on the shoulder of the road. and the impact threw her over the edge, near the pepsi sign. vanderberg was cited for driving on a suspended license and speeding. the suit claims he should not have allowed vander ford access to the car. >> we reached out to the defendant's attorney and have not gotten a response. new at 5:00, a look at the officer's road to recovery. police say they have caught a man who has been caught impersonating a baltimore police officer. donald church, jr., was charged with posing as an officer. now, detectives are concerned he did the same had baltimore county. if you recognize him, you are asked to call police.

police in california make an arrest in the case of a teenage girl, missing since march. teresa garcia reports for wjz, a suspect in custody for kidnapping and murder, even though the girl's body hasn't been found. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies took antolin garcia. the 21-year-old is suspected of kidnapping and murdering 15- year-old sierra lamar, who was last seen walking to a school bus stop in march. >> we believe this is the worst kind of a crime. a stranger abduction of a young girl. >> reporter: lamar's disappearance led to a massive search in morgan hill, california, about 15 miles outside of san jose. her hand bag and cell phones were discovered near her home. but authorities never found her body. her mother is praying sierra is still alive. >> as a mother, i still -- im-- hopeful. because her body has not been found. and that gives me hope. >> reporter: according to

authorities, the suspect has been under 24-hour surveillance since march 28th. they had his dna because he was arrested on suspicion of assault in 2009. investigators also found a link to the missing girl in his car. >> we have physical evidence , linking sierra to his vehicle. >> reporter: lamar's family is pleading with garcia-torres to tell them where sierra is. >> we need to bring sierra home. >> reporter: virtuals continue to look for -- investigators continue to look for lamar, while they build a case against torres. >> and the suspect also owns a red volkswagen jetta, similar to one surveillance cameras and ones witnesses placed near the scene of lamar's disappearance. gary giordano is arrested in annapolis, just months after he is arrested from an aruban jail. police say giordano was having sex with a woman in a parking

garage. both giordano and the woman are facing charges of indecent exposure. giordano was previously held in the case of the disappearance of robin gardner. he says she was swept out to sea while they were on vacation. her body has not been found. governor o'malley signed several bills into law today, including a first for maryland. one of the bills bans arsenic additive. he also signed an increase of the high school dropout age, from 16 to 17. and he also signed a bill, increasing the income tax rates for some marylanders. the impact of that bill, coming up all new at 5:00 and 6:00. the sun has been in and out all day. let's take a live look. still cloudy. when can we leave the umbrellas at home? wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers. we're seen more clouds than showers coming out of the

clouds. let's go to first doppler radar. and we have a couple of thunderstorms across the state. you notice, there is not as much over maryland as other states. but the general pattern is going to be very unselgtd for the -- unsettled for the next couple of days. showers and thunderstorms. take a look at this graphic. we still have that low, spinning over the mid-atlantic. popping out showers and thunderstorms. and of course, we have our weather field trip day, down at camden yards today. we'll watch it closely. we'll have your full forecast coming up shortly. here's kristy breslin at week traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. we start on the beltway. traveling on the inner loop, expect 15 minutes there if dulaney valley road to the harrisburg expressway. as far as the north side inner loop, minor slowing to 95. it should hold you up, only about 10 minutes. west side inner loop, 15 minutes around to security boulevard. and a lot of accidents to report. chateau ridge, at burnside

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ever, a private spacecraft is on a supply mission to the international space station. >> what a spectacular start. it was picture perfect. >> reporter: they celebrated the historic launch. >> for us, it's like winning the super bowl. >> reporter: with the shuttle fleet permanently grounded, space ex, is one of several private companies, competing for nasa contracts to carry cargo and eventually astronauts in space. >> reporter: the space capsule is carrying about 1,000 pounds of mostly food and clothing. if all goes well, it will reach the space station in a few days. a 58-foot robotic arm will latch onto the capsule, and guide it in to the space station friday. >> things are moving in a lot of directions. but there's still a lot of activities that will really stretch the space exteam. and also stretch the nasa team a little. >> reporter: nasa is now focusing on trips farther into space to visit planets like mars. at kennedy space center, dick

brennan, wjz eyewitness news. >> the ashes of more than 300 people hitched a ride in space on the rocket this morning. including mercury astronaut cooper and james dowin who played scottie. >> interesting. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. suburban scare. a plane goes down in a california neighborhood. details on the crash. dramatic rescue. crews save a man who jumps over niagara falls. and it's all caught on camera. a teenage boy's hand is nearly blown off in an accident. i'm monique griego. coming up, the warning he has for other kids. bernadette will be back with your updated first warning forecast. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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it's mostly cloudy and 76 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. a small plane headed to phoenix makes a crash-landing in a southern california neighborhood. check out the records left behind in this los angeles suburb. the 6-feet single-engine plane causing an outage for 30 square blocks. the pilofs -- pilot was taken to the hospital with any nonlife-threatening injuries. a man's alleged suicide attempt leads to a dramatic rescue at niagara falls. after surviving a 180-foot plunge over the falls, crews rescue him from waist-deep water near a rocky shore. he is then hoisted up the cliff by firefighters and taken to the hospital. the entire rescue took about two hours. the man is currently in stable condition. a 13-year-old glen burnie boy is recovering tonight after having his hand nearly blown off in a fire accident.

monique griego speaks about his warning to are the people. >> reporter: under these bandages, more than 200 stitches are holding the hands they nearly lost. >> we were playing with firecrocker -- firecrackers. >> it happened yesterday in the 100 block of ferndale avenue in glen burnie. firefighters later determined it was an m-80 fireworks that nearly blew off the 13-year- old's-year-old's hand. >> my thumb was bending over. my first three fingers almost fell off. >> my first reaction is, his thumb. >> reporter: they brought it outside to light it, thinking it was a small firecracker. >> we thought it was a firecracker. like's small one that would just go, that would have a small reaction. but it didn't. >> reporter: this is you tube video of an m-80 exploding. and like most fireworks, it is illegal in the state of

maryland. >> many children are not aware of the dangers of fireworks. >> reporter: chief michael cox from anne arundel county fire says, more than 50% of fireworks accidents happen to kids younger than 15. and after learning his lesson the hard way, he has a warning for kids. >> nodon't mess with them. >> reporter: monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> the teen is expected to fully recover but has months of rehab ahead. if you find fireworks of any kind, legal or illegal, you can turn them in to your fire department without any punishment. wall street can't make it two days in a row. the markets are up in the morning but down in the afternoon. the dow was down 2. s&p up a point. nasdaq down 8. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. encouraging news on the housing market sent stocks higher for the second straight day. the national association of

realtors says americans bought hear homes in april, sending sales up about 3 1/2%. the median home price rose 10% compared to a year ago. general mills is cutting about 850 jobs to lower costs and become more efficient. the maker of cheerios and hamburger helper says the move will help them focus on key growth areas. securities and exchange commission is investigating whether reports were accurate and truthful. they were released just weeks before the firm reported a massive $2 billion trading loss. and facebook stock fell further. in its third day, it's lost about 15% in the past two days, shaving about $2 billion off of ceo mark zuckerberg'sberg's value. microsoft might have to pay

$150 to traders because of issues. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. a new exhibit at port discovery opens. and it features one of the most iconic toys of our time. the adventures of mr. potato head is a new interactive exhibit, which focuses on early childhood learning. mr. potato head leads visitors on a number of fun and educational visits. the exhibit runs through september 3rd. >> any possibility you can get the boys after that? probably not now. >> i don't know. but it is like my all-time favorite. >> it is the best toy. >> the best toy ever. >> oh, yeah. and i have mrs. potato head. then you can get funky. >> you can do all kinds of things. >> poor guy. >> poor potato. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. campaign corruption trial. a third day of jury

deliberations in the john edwards trial. any progress? i'm alex demetrick. coming up, what to expect if you're hitting the road this holiday weekend. as eyewitness news continues. when will this gloomy weather be gone? well, it will be back for the updated first warning weather forecast. and wjz is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,, we love gardening...

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all right. kind of a mixed bag day out there, huh? >> we're looking for the sun. >> yes, we are. we saw it maybe peek out once or twice. seems to be about it. nothing horrible. but nothing all that great. pretty gloomy out there overall. we'll show you first warning doppler radar. the reason the clouds are sticking around, because we're still in a very unsettled weather pattern. and you can see scattered showers and thunderstorms, all around the baltimore area. there's none on top of us. this will be the pattern the next couple of days. as far as maryland goes, as far as showers go, this is what

we're seeing at this point. and they're just sort of meandering around, not moving all that quickly. as you head to the evening hours, still a chance for a shower or thunderstorm to pop up. clouds tried to break up somewhat last night. fog formed where that happened. and then we're seeing a couple of those showers and even a thunderstorm or two pop up. as we head through today. not much of a wind out there. that's why there's not much movement to these storms. that's also why we're not really mixing up the atmosphere. just seeing some sunshine return. this is what we'll be dealing with as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow, temperatures are 76 in baltimore. when you have that wind coming off the water, 66 is what it is like right now in ocean city. quite a contrast there. in cumberland, it is is up to 81 degrees. so far, our high has been 76 degrees. you see, that's our average. we're going to be above that tomorrow. and wait until you see the heat coming our way, as we head toward the weekend. now, that's for most of maryland. if you're going to be down in ocean city, you still have that

cooler water, influencing your temperature. so it will be a little different down there. but back across the rest of the mid-atlantic. here's our weather pattern. this is what is left of alberto. barely any at all. here's the storm that made its way through yesterday. and here's a front stalled out to the west. the three of them are still stuck in place. keeping our weather pretty unsettled. that's going to be the case, tonight into tomorrow. and even into thursday, before we start to really see movement around here. saturday, there's showers and thunderstorms. that's what we're going to see in this pattern. you see, by thursday, the main source of that front tries to get out of here. but still enough moisture left over for a shower or thunderstorm. then what happens this weekend is high pressure tries to come in with that warmer air. but it's going to trap some moisture in underneath. we'll see a couple of pop-up showers and thunderstorms. forecast is like this on the waters. pretty light winds out there. that's going to be the case going into thursday also. southeast winds at 5 to 10 knots. tonight, we could see a shower or thunderstorm.

most of that will die down overnight. and we'll see fog form. mild one. tomorrow, we go up to about 80 degrees for our high. clouds trying to mix with some sunshine out there. still a couple of showers and thunderstorms popping up on radar. they're going to be scattered about. the time suggest really hard to pinpoint. the exact placement is hard. >> good lesson for the kids tomorrow, on weather day. >> that's right. it's going to be fun. >> something rumbling. >> thanks, bern. don't miss tonight's seeks primetime lineup. it's an hour episode of ncis. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. and still to come at 4:30. sporting event shooting. gunfire after an nba game. several people are hurt. the latest on the investigation. a young boy saved, just before he falls on the edge of a waterfall. how rescuers reached them. and business battle on the campaign trail. what president obama and his likely opponent are saying. eyewitness news continues with denise and vic after this. ,,,,,

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it's 4:29. 76 degrees. and partly sunny. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. romney says his business record is what makes him the best candidate to turn around the economy. the president says that experience doesn't necessarily translate to the white house. danielle nottingham reports for wjz, in tonight's campaign 2012 report. president obama is standing behind the campaign ad, attacking mitt romney for his time in the business world. >> they walked away with a lot of money they made off this plan. >> romney started with bane capital. bane made businesses, like domino's pizza, profitable. and shut others down. like the missouri still company

in the campaign ad. >> we view romney as a job destroyer. >> when you're president, as opposed to the head of a firm, your job is not simply to maximize profits. your job is to figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot. >> reporter: the president argues romney's time is fair game because the white house hopeful is using his business experience as the centerpiece of his campaign. >> i'm very prouda of the fact that working in the private scector -- sector, we were able to build enterprises that continue to grow and keep adding jobs. >> reporter: the romney campaign called the bane ad, an attack on free enterprise. newark, new jersey's mayor is now a romney ad. >> it's nauseating. enough is enough. >> reporter: mayor booker has since backed away from his objection to the bane ad.

throughout his political career, romney's opponents have used his work at bane to attack him. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. the judge in the john edwards' political corruption trial, denies a request from the jury today. and kai is in the newsroom with more on what they wanted to see during the third day of deliberations. kai? >> the jury requested and was denied a transcript of a handwritten note, from one of edwards' campaign donors. the judge told the jury, there was no tight transcript of the note and instructed the jury to read the handwriting for themselves. delineating the likely of the first of two accounts. in excess of a limit under federal election law. prosecutors say those payments were illegal contributions used to cover up an extramarital affair. denise? >> edwards is also charged with

submitting fake finance reports of the federal election commission. he faces 30 years in prison if convicted on all charges. excitement turns to violence when the oklahoma city thunder sweets the lakers in the nba play-offs. they poured intowt outin the streets. several fights broke out. several people were shot, including a pregnant woman. one person is in critical condition. several others suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. prince george cea -- prince george's county police need your help. take a look at these surveillance pictures. they were taken in forestville. the robbery occurred just after 5:00 a.m. saturday, may 19th. the robbers got away with an unknown amount of cash. anyone with information is asked to call prince george's county police. getting the upper hand on wildfires. mary is in the newsroom with worries that the fire could still grow. >> reporter: this is just one

of four burning out of control. right now, firefighters only have about 15% of it contained. it's consumed more than 14,000 acres. dry winds are worrying fire crews that the flames could spread to the north and west. usually, crews are able to catch up with the wildfire overnight, when the temperature drops but the weather isn't cooperating. two fires on indian reservations have burned more than 3,000 acres combined. the largest fire in the state has consumed 16,000 acres but is not threatening any homes right now. denise? >> thank you, mary. there is a public meeting tonight for residents of the affected communities. chrysler is recalling 87,000 jeep wranglers because of a potential fire risk. the concern is for the 2010 models with automatic transmissions, built between july 14th 2010. it can spark a fire. so far, there are 14 complaints of fires, but no injuries. chrysler will fix the problem

free of charge, by replacing it with a bar so debris doesn't get caught there. leave early, stay late. words to travel by if you're among the hundreds of thousands of marylanders planning to drive this weekend. it's going to mean life in the slow lane for a lot of us. >> reporter: it's hard to believe anything so big and wide, open from below, can jam to a standstill from above. but according to triple a, gridlock or not, americans will be on the move, memorial day weekend. >> 34.8 million americans expecting to take trips of 58 miles or more. >> reporter: 721,000 will be traveling. up slightly from last year. 350,000 of them will cross the bay bridge. 53,000 will be traveling by air. and fewer than 23,000 will travel by train or bus. >> it's going to be the highest in five years. >> reporter: as traffic increases on the shore, so does police presence. >> we're seeing more aggressive driving, i believe. traffic is a lot heavier and

people get frustrated. they want to get to their destination. but unfortunately, some of them make mad bad decisions. >> reporter: a lot of those will end on the beach at ocean city, which is expecting a good summer. >> things are looking very strong for the summer. we are encouraged. people are going online to book those rooms now. >> reporter: after the drive friday night, they'll be ready for bed. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> triple a says one reason travel is up this year is because gas prices are 20 cents a gallon cheaper now than they were at this time in 2011. lots of clouds continue to dominate the skies over maryland. but the sun is making some appearances on the warm, humid afternoon. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> and the sun once again, gets things percolating in the atmosphere. take a look. lots of showers and thunderstorms breaking out in the afternoon. to the west of us, mountain areas. particularly, they had showers out there. particularly in portions of

loudoun county, virginia. some spots got over 3 inches of rain, believe it or not. locally, not nearly that much going on. scattered showers approaching the cumberland area. shower activity. and it looks like the first few gusts will be farther western maryland. later this evening, we'll see stuff moving in our general direction. looks like the same pattern on tap for tomorrow. so we'll be dealing with this again. probably into thursday. but it's going to get a lot warmer by the end of the week and the weekend. i'll have those numbers coming up. vic? let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, things continue to get busier out there. traveling on the inner loop. that delay stretches around to security boulevard. north side inner loop, expect about 10 minutes there, from harford to 95 on that northeast side. the outer loop, still seeing some congestion in that direction as well. that's from dulaney valley road to the harrisburg expressway.

but traffic does break free after that. as far as accidents go, wilkens avenue on desota. harrisburg, in the northbound direction, a crash there at shawan road, beginning to back things up. eastern boulevard at wilk shire. south green at west pratt. also, caton avenue at benson. let's take a live look. you can see, there's the harrisburg expressway, at shawan road. traffic is very heavy due to the accident. and we'll take another live look, as you can see, things still a bit slow, on the jones falls expressway, heading out of downtown, past 28th street. this traffic report is brought to you by your baltimore hyundai dealers. celebrating the hyundai elantra. it's the 2012 car of the year. you can save hundreds now by going to your dealer. the olympic torch continues its journey towards london. black eyed peas singer will.i.am. the star is gaining fame in britain, as the judge for the

british version of "the voice." the torch is traveling on a 70- day, 8,000-mile trip, around the uk, ending up in london, for the july 27th opening ceremony. and running backwards. so good for you. >> running ail mile for the torch does not look that easy. more deadly attacks in syria. what the united nations is now saying. a warning next time you grill. the bizarre illness that one man suffered after a cookout. and clouds in and out today. we'll have updated first warning weather forecast. eyewitness news comes back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

yemen, following a suicide bombing. nearly 100 people were killed. 300 injured when a man disguised as a soldier, blew himself up in a parade fut country's national day. allies of alqaedar claiming responsibility for this attack.

they have threatened more violence, if the military campaign against militants against the south, does not stop. at least 25 people are dead, and dozens more injured, after a passenger train crashes in ind yamplet investigators say it appears the driver of the train overlooked a signal to stop and crashed into a parked freight train on the track. three cars on the passenger train were involved and one caught fire. the death toll continues to mount in syria, following a string of series of attacks. >> five people were killed after a bomb in damascus. >> it comes after a car bomb exploded in eastern syria. surrounding buildings also sustained serious damage. oppositions say they were involved in killing attacks over the weekend. the u.s. ambassador says they have no problems, despite a

failed cease-fire. according to the united united nations, more than 9,000 people have died in a protest against the syrian government. this next story may have you thinking twice about the utensils you iews use this-- use this season. >> mike destephan of river heads, new jersey, grilled steaks. on friday, he felt a stomach pain. >> i came to work and i was doubled over. >> reporter: thinking he was having apend sietsz, -- appendicitis, he went to the doctor. >> look said like it could have been a nail. even though it doesn't really quite have the characteristics of a nail. >> the guy looks out, sees this and says, did you eat a nail. i said, what did you say? he said, did you eat a nail? i said, no, i didn't eat a nail. did you eat a paper clip? a fish hook? i'm like, there's no time. what's the joke.

he said, i'm not joking. >> it could lead to multisystem failure. >> he said, if you wait an hour or two, you could be dead. i'm like, an hour ago, i'm having appendicitis. and now this guy comes in sasays-- says in an hour i could be dead. >> he operated and found this inch-long piece of medal. he was out of the woods, but nobody can figure out how it got in there. >> reporter: his wife tried to figure out how it could be. and her eyes fell on their grill brush. >> she noticed the brush her husband used every time he cleaned the grill, was missing some bristles. >> she said, it's the brush. >> after calling him and telling him, about this, they promptly threw out the brush and brought this stone grill cleaner to replace it. >> destephan is not the first person to have such an experience. over the past 18 months, six people in rhode island have been treated for the same

problem. a suspected puppy napping is ought on camera in-- caught on camera in texas. a woman and man is seen leaving after playing with an expensive english bulldog. they grabbed the dog and left. they took off in the same car. sheriff's deputies got a tip that led them to the dog. the puppy is now safe and sound. two men, wearing surprise disguises -- wearing disguises tried getting away with $15,000 worth of chips. security rescued one of them to the ground and recovered the stolen chips. he is being held on bail. police are searching for the other robber. a teen is nearly swept over the waterfall. deborah horne has more on the terrifying rescue. >> at first, i thought i was going to die. >> he is just 13. but william hickman believes he stared death in the face, and death blinked. >> i was thinking, this cannot be real. >> reporter: on a hike

saturday, with his brother, father and father's girlfriend, hickman took off his shoes and stepped into the rushing river. and immediately slipped. >> she tried to grab me. but we have like that much space between our hands. >> reporter: the river swept him away, over 10-foot falls. >> i was like in standing position with my hand up. and i was completely submerged. my hand was underwater. so i tried to get up. >> reporter: then he spotted a rock and climbed onto it, just a few feet from a second, 250- foot drop. you can see how rugged the terrain from these pictures, snohomish county rescue sent us. in fact, one was near when he, too, had to be rescued. because one of has ropes gave way. it took eight long, cold hours to finally lift hickman out. >> i was like, i'm not going to die. i was so happy. >> he credits this book with helping him navigate the rushing river. on his now battered feet.

>> i think i am one of the luckiest people ever. >> the damp terrain made it difficult. and one rescuer fell into the water himself. it took over eight hours to complete the rescue mission. one angry neighbor is caught playing a disgusting prank in atlanta, georgia, after he cleaned up after his dog, he put the plastic bag inside his neighbor's mailbox. little did he know, security camera caught it all on tape. they agreed to settle it in court. this could carry fines and possibly jail time. a visit to anna nicole smith's daughter. five years after the playboy playmate's death. mark steines has more. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight. when anna nicole smith died five years ago, the world lost one of its biggest sex symbols. but more importantly, a baby girl lost her mother. dannielynn was only 5 months old when the tragedy struck. how is she doing today?

i was invite invited by her father to find out. >> take me and drop me on the bed. do it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: she is your typical 5-year-old. she is playful. >> i went my myself. >> you went by yourself? >> reporter: loves to put on makeup. >> nice. >> reporter: and just like her mom, anna nicole, the camera absolutely loves her. >> what's your favorite thing to do, dannielynn? >> let's snuggle. jazz from a collage over larry's bed, to a collage of anna in stone, there are memories of anna nicole throughout the house. dannielynn knows it's her mom, but she doesn't know exactly what that means as she mischievously paints lipstick on her lips. what's clear is her loving relationship with her father. anna would be proud. >> reporter: also tonight, we

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didn't get a lot of sun this morning. but it peeked through. >> sunny, warm. it gets the atmosphere cooking. that's why we get showers. it's all across western sections. take a quick look at radar. the closer shower activity. a little stuff popping up over portions of washington county. but for the most part, we're looking at areas to the south and west of us. that's where all of the action is, as you across the mountain -- cross the mountain areas to the west. we seeing a little stuff popping up to the north. but for the most part, looks like we'll have to wait a little while longer. but this atmosphere is

volatile. seeing showers pop up there. but locally, it's still pretty quiet. maybe a little longer, we'll start to to seeing some activity. any of these evening showers could produce heavy downpours. temperature-wise, we're at 76 right now. no wind. what that means is when storms tend to form, they tend to sit there and just reign themselves out. barometer, right now, falling a little bit. dew point is pretty high. it's 61. humidity, 59% right now. 81 in cumberland. a little sun there as well. in the 70s everywhere else. cool spot, ocean city, with the winds continually off the ocean. and oakland there, with shower activity in that neighborhood. 75, westminster. and rock hall in the low 70s in annapolis. very light winds. generally a very light east/northeast wind today. once again, with the light winds, any showers that form, just kind of sit over the region. this morning, late last night, across northern section of virginia. west of dulles airport,

portions of loudoun county, picked up over 3 inches of rain with slow-moving storms. you see, still a lot of rain in new england this morning. it's final -- finally beginning to pull out to the west of us. shower activity across the ohio valley. most of this stuff in new england is finally moving out. but look how it pops up this afternoon. just like popcorn in a popcorn maker. here, there, everywhere. particularly on the coast there. got any coastal sea breeze, interacting with the heat of the land. to the west of us. so we may have to wait a little. right now, later tonight, do expect to see more showers. and tomorrow, with that batch moving in. with that slow-moving front. yes, i think we'll probably see more scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. again, maybe on thursday. then it really getting warm. each of the days, friday, saturday into the weekend, there could be a pop-up shower in the afternoon. because of the heat and humidity building. southeast winds, 5 to 10 knots. we can get to 90 this weekend. bay temp, up to 69. so tonight, yeah, a chance of more showers. and some fog later. maybe thunder.

62. tomorrow, once again. a little warmer, maybe up to 80. some sun, but shower and thunderstorm activity again developing tomorrow. could be in the morning. could be mainly in the afternoon, though. >> making up the deficit. still working on it. >> yes, we certainly are. come to another mold watch. another drought watch. still to come on eyewitness news. a police officer fell from the jfx to the pavement below. i'm mike hellgren. i'll tell you who she is now suing for millions of dollars. ,

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