next stop baltimore. the president's reelection campaign is coming to town. >> why he is focusing on maryland. >> hello, i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm don scott. here is what people are talking about. president obama is on a fund- raising mission in maryland. he has two stops, one at a private luncheon at owns mills baltimore and the second downtown. we have details on the president's visit. good afternoon, pat. >> reporter: good afternoon. president obama is in maryland today to raise money and the tickets for the private luncheon that he is attending right now, $10,000 to $50,000. it costs $250 to $10,000 to attend the event at the hyatt later. maryland is already considered an he electoral given for the president but it's the giving that the obama campaign is focused on here today. >> we will likely raise over a

million dollars. >> reporter: the significance of fund-raising cannot be overestimated. some observers believe wisconsin's republican governor saved off a voter recall because he out spent the challenger. >> in the past there were limits how much powerful wealthy interests could buy in terms of campaign influence and the ability to community any -- communicate. the caps have been done away with. >> reporter: that's why the president -- ♪ so in love with you ♪ >> and the governor -- [singing]. >> reporter: are woeing marylanders in person. >> for all the internet, twitter, facebook there is nothing quite as exciting as when the president of the united states himself comes to your town and baltimore i think will turn out in force. >> reporter: now, the money raised here will most likely be spent in swing states where the

race is close or too close to call. pat warren. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. ann romney will be in maryland to campaign and raise money for her husband, mitt romney, of course. former maryland governor rob ehrlich will host an event for her at the marriott. tickets start at $1,000. $15,000 for the dinner that follows. stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. for the latest on the issues and candidates, go to wjz.com. investigators were on the scene of a five-alarm blaze that burned its way through an old building. >> reporter: no word on what caused the old hex building to go up in flames. it happened yesterday afternoon. that's the scene, south broadway. more than 100 firefighters battled the blaze and extreme heat for hours before getting it under control. the intense heat caused part of

the roof to collapse. two firefighters were hurt but are expected to be okay. we have no indication on how much all this damage will ends up costing. jessica, back to you. >> ron, thank you. a building inspector will visit the sight to see if the building should be condemned. a potentially damaging morning for jerry sandusky at his trial. an 18-year-old is testifying about what he says were years of sexual abuse at the hands of the former penn state assistant coach. it's manuel gallegus that has the latest for wjz. >> reporter: jerry sandusky arrived back in court for testimony from an 18-year-old who said sandusky repeatedly molested him starting when he was 13. openly sobbing through his words, victim number one testified that he met sandusky through his charity for at risk kids. within two months of sleepovers at the sandusky house, usually in the basement, he testified san diegan getting more physical with him, kiss him and

massage him before bed dime. with his hands down the back of my shorts and the blowing on my stomach, the witness then paused and described sandusky performing oral sex. the man at this point fighting back tears in the courtroom said i didn't know what to do. thoughts running through my head. i kind of blacked out. i didn't want it to happen. i kind of froze. did you tell your mom, the prosecutor asked. no. did you tell anyone? no did you tell him to stop? no i was embarrassed and confused. on cross-examination, the defense attorney tried to show that the two spent a lot of time together without alleged sexual conduct. sandusky admits showering with boys but his lawyer says that was part of his sports culture and up bringing in pennsylvania where his parents ran a rec center. sandusky says he has done nothing criminal. the defense suggests that money could be motivating some of

sandusky's accusers. manuel gallegus, wjz, eyewitness news. >> sandusky is expected to take the stand in his own defense. a lawmaker is convicted of stealing from her office. a short time ago a jury convicted tiffany alston of taking money to pay an employee. it could cost her her general assembly seat. she is also charged in a separate case accused of using office funds to pay for her wedding. navy investigators are on the iron shore trying to figure out what caused an aircraft to crash. the 44-foot unmanned drone went down yesterday on an island near toddville in dorchester county. you can see the burns debris. navy officials say it was on a routine training flight when it plummeted. no one was injured on the ground. today must be pat back for the great days we have had recently. take a live look outside.

it's a cloudy, humid, rainy day. as marty points out it doesn't need to be shoveled off the sidewalk. good afternoon, marty. >> good afternoon, don. hi, everybody. i prefer the rain. it is a set up to what will be a spectacular weeks end and weekend. a celebration for the bicentennial of the war of 1812, better than chamber of commerce. what is coming our way is blue ribbon. having said that, here is first warning doppler radar. we are getting ready to get serious rain into the metro here before not too long. but look over to the left-hand side of your screen. you are maybe thinking to yourself as i widen this out, the rain is getting ready to come to an end. a pilot has a term, a sucker hole when you see a break in the cloud, no problem i will shoot up through that break in the clouds and get in clean air then all of a sudden you

realize there is no chance that will happen. let me show you why. see that frontal boundary to the west? simply put, over the course of the afternoon, this entire area is going to fill up with showers and thunderstorms and we are going to be looking at one to two inches of rain over the next 12 hours to be falling in your neighborhood. let's take a look at the watch warning. no severe storms expected but enough rain will fall that we have a coastal flood advisory for the western shore of the chesapeake bay. >> marty, thank you. a big milestone for the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. almost a quarter of its 2016 class class will be female. that would be the largest female class in the academy history. we have a little more

information on this year's wjz mason food drive. more than 4,000 pounds of canned goods were collected. we are trying to get a count on how much case was dropped in the buckets. wjz is a proud sponsor of this annual food drive. >> it's nice to get to meet people when you are out there. it's fun. >> amazing that everybody wants to say hello. absolutely. still to come at noon, a brutal attack. the trial begins for the teen accused of setting another boy on fire. >> the dingo did it. the medical examiner in australia resolved a well-known murder case. a live look outside at a wet and very overcast and sticky and gross day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's rainy and 74 degrees. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. a florida teenager goes on

trial today. prosecutors say following a fight over a video game, 17- year-old matthew bent and two friends dosed a fellow student with alcohol and set him on fire. the burned teen survived but suffered serious scarring. he faces up to 30 years in prison. the other two teens pled guilty and are in prison. the roger clemens perjury case will soon be in the hands of the jury. closing arguments are today. clemens is charged with repeatedly lying to congress. clemens opened not to take the stand in his defense. hundreds of firefighters are on the ground in northern california trying to stop the spread of a wildfire that has taken the life. the remains of a missing woman were found behind her home. thousands of people are still being kept away from their homes which may not still be there. >> so far the focus has been on

life safety and structure protection. a different team, a recovery team will determine what the damage was, where the homes are, who they are owned by and work with the residents. >> the fire continues to be feed by tender dry conditions and fanned by a high wind. a notorious case in australia is finally solved 32 years later. a coroner declares it was a dingo that took her from the out back in 1980. this was the 4th investigation into the case. her mother was convicted and later cleared of murdering her daughter. the case drew huge attention after the baby's parents said she was snatched by a dingo. >> no longer will australia be able to say that dingos are not dangerous. >> the father, michael chamberlain was charged as an accessory to murder. he was later cleared.

this noon there is a party going on in los angeles as kings fans celebrate the franchise's first ever stanley cup. the kings closed out the new jersey devils in game 6 of the national hockey championship. thousands of fans gathered inside and outside staple center to see their team win 6- 1 in a blowout win. still ahead, break out the rain boots. these clouds are sticking around for a while. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

i am going to tell you this. we are looking at the harborcam. i will be honest about something. you throw a couple of inches of rain down -- i showed you there is coastal flooding advisories right now. that will help to flush the inner harbor and flush the central chesapeake bay of all the -- whatever you want to call it. it has been in there the past couple of weeks. it's more than smelly. >> the aroma will be listened

and the foot will be sent downstream. this is all good news. first warning doppler radar, you are maybe thinking look to the left of the tv screen. that is the end of the rain. not by any stretch of the imagination. this cold front is sitting to the west. when that gets into this warm humid unstable air mass -- take a look at this graphic. it's about 13 to 15 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. unstable air mass. that warm front starts moving in here. you will see showers and thunderstorms firing up in a big way. right now nothing severe is expected. we are expecting a couple of inches of rain the next 12 hours. 74 degrees. 90% humidity. barometer is 29.95. 73 hagerstown and easton. 72 elton 68 ocean city. d.c., annapolis in the mid-70s.

74 columbia. 74 rock hall, bel air and westminister. when the frontal boundary pushes through, we are living large. once this big dome of high pressure comes in, dry, comfortable beautiful conditions thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. if you are going to have a national celebration of when the british finally gave up and realized we were here to stay, you might as well have chamber of commerce weather. today it will rain. tomorrow it will clear up. once again, between now and then, it is going to get wet. take a look at that great five- day forecast coming up shortly. >> thank you. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a need for speed. why you should be watery of walking slower in your old age. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in today's wjz health watch, walking slower later in life could be a sane of approaching dementia. they found slower walkers were nine times more likely to have mild cognitive impairment.

more study is necessary before -- on larger groups to determine if walking speed can be used to predict future memory problems. be sure to check in at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we will bring you complete coverage of president obama's campaign visit in maryland and the graphic testimony in the jerry sandusky child abuse trial. join us for these stories and all the breaking news today at 4:00 after dr. phil. stay with us. the fi [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients...

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welcome back. five-day forecast, normal high will be 83 on the weekend. 77, 78. 80, 80. gentle spring breezes. you want the eyes of the country on your city, that's the weather you want. it will be beautiful. >> looking good. >> don't miss the prime time cbs line up. at 10:00 a 48 hours mystery then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. zoo workers in austria are doing marriage counseling for a pair of giant tortoises. after 115 years of marriage, they just don't plain like each other. before breaking them up for good, they are encouraging them to play games together once again, come out of their shells a bit. everybody hopes that they can reignite that old spark. i wonder if he ever had a fast mood. >> maybe they had an argument. maybe they need a little space.

>> maybe they need to take it slow. >> they are. >> a wild hare? all right. have a great day. >> come out of your shell and take it slow. time to go. see ya. >> chase the,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,