hello, again. here is what people are talking about today. temperatures are soring. extreme heat is beating on on

maryland. many are trying to stay hydrated while continuing to work out. the maryland zoo in baltimore city the polar bears are spending the afternoon chilling out on the ice. taking a live look now at the inner harbor. it's hazy and humid out there. the sun is shining brightly with little to no cloud cover. just a lot of haze. wjz is live with first warning cover. alex has important information to stay safe. first bernadette woods is tracking today's temperatures. >> good afternoon. we have some updates to our watching and warnings. there are warnings out for the eastern shore for excessive heat until 1:00 a.m.. for the rest of us excessive heat advisory until 10:00 tonight. it's 96 in baltimore. when you factor in the dew points it feels hotter than

that. feeling like 97 in baltimore. look at all those 100s. through the afternoon the temperatures are going up. we're predicting a high of 100, which would tie the record with the heat index making it feel hotter. there's some relief coming. maybe at the cost of severe weather, we will have that coming up. first warning weather continues now with alex. >> reporter: jessica, hi. when heat waives hit like this it puts a tremendous stream on electric grids. >> hot yesterday, hotter yesterday. humidity will make it feel worse. doing physical activities out doors takes common sense. >> try to get out here early, beat the weather. it's kind of beating us. >> not everyone has the luxury of choosing where they'll be. plenty of marylanders have jobs to do recordless of the weather

-- regardless of the weather. drinking lick kwidz and taking -- liquids and taking breaks can help. >> we have an increase of patients with heatstroke. over the next couple of days we're going to see a larger amount of people coming through the emergency room. >> heat puts a strain on more than just people. the demand for electricity scores. bge's operation center connects with power grids in other states. the out look for today, the demand should be managerable. >> to ensure we have generation available to supply the customer load. we have a series of emergency operation type procedures we go through to make sure that we're ready for anything that could go wrong on a day like today. >> reporter: bge's peak reward program which left a number of customers without air-conditioning for hours last year may go into effect this afternoon. if it happens it

shouldn't be for such long durations. >> thank you. be sure to stay with wjz 13 for first warning weather coverage of this extreme. for instant updates log onto wjz.com. an oriole hall of famer is under investigation this noon after reporting surface of an alleged insider trading. ron matz is in the news room with all the details. >> reporter: federal inquiries is now underway involving oriels legend eddie murray. he may have used inside information to make money from the buy out of a medical device company. one of his lawyers said the acquisitions are, quote, old news, end quote. prosecutors have not charged murray with any crime. back to you. >> thank you . murray was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 2003. family and friends will gather for a vigil honoring a teenager killed during a confrontation with an off duty

officer. 17-year-old christopher brown died last week of affixuation. the officer chased brown after he heard rocks hit his door. laboard is on administrative leave. the vigil is being held at randall town high school where brown was a junior at 7 o'clock. closing arguments are now underway in the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. >> jerry sandusky declined to answer reporters questions as he walked into court this morning with his wife. the jury could begin deliberating this afternoon after both sides present their closing arguments. jurors began their day listening to instructions from the judge about the meaning of reasonable doubt. the judge told them not to find sandusky guilt on suspicion or doubt, they have to be sure. he addressed the

question of when conduct becomes criminal, saying it's not a crime for a man to take a shower with a boy or wash his hair or crack his back. you may believe he exercised poor judgement but poor judgement is not criminal alty. the jury will make a decision without hearing sandusky's own words. the former football coach choose not to testify in his own defense. the defense tried to show investigators cohearsed the accusers when they shared information between the witnesses. they tried to prove inconsistencies with the eight accusers stories and called numerous character witnesses to testify about the coach's work in the community and how well he treated the young boys he met through his charity. pros prosecutors have -- -- prosecutors have tried to move he was a serial persecutor. the strongest witness might be mike mcquery who said he saw sandusky engaged in what appeared to be a

sex act with a young boy in a campus shower. >> this morning the judge threw out three out the counts saying two did not have enough supporting evidence and the third duplicated another count. he still faces 48 criminal counts. a house committee votes to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. the decision comes after holder failed to turn over justice department documents in the operation fast and furs gun smuggling operation that allowed hundreds of guns sold in arizona to end up in mexico. he asked the white house for executive prif lenl to pre-- privilege to present them from being revealed. both sides are willing to negotiate. a commission says no to expanded gambling here in maryland. the work group failed to reach a consensus, meaning there will be no special session on the issue. a 6th casino will

not be recommended this year. this likely ends the possibility of a special session this summer. gambling isn't expanded, towson town center is. four new high end stores will open at the mall in the fall. the stores include lily, marble brain store and others. about 100 new jobs could become available when the stores open at the end of the summer. on a hot day like today, a visit from the good humor man is welcome. he may not have the frozen heat you'd like. some of good humors most popular ice cream bars are in short supply. a shut down of a plant has them running low. good humor says the issue should be resolved by midsummer. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, evacuations stalled, continuing shelling in syria forces the red cross to turn back. how long people may have to wait.

>> raided by bullies. a u.s. bus monitor gets verbally abused by students. the disturbing video that's gone viral. >> break out your sunglasses and sunscreen and sandals. we could break a record today. bernadette woods is updating your first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's sunny, hazy and 96 degrees on this thursday. your complete forecast is coming up. shelling by government forces rocked syria cities. shelling is stopping red cross teams from evacuating dozens of civilians. yesterday rebels agreed to a temporary truce to allyod aid workers in. however, it could be days before they can enter. a new associated press poll shows president obama virtually

neck to neck with mitt romney. president obama has a slight lead with 47% of americans saying they will vote for him in november. however, romney isn't too far behind. 44% say he will get their vote. this after a 3-month of declining job creation and slow economic recovery. 56% believe president obama will win a second term. a group of new york students are caught on camera bullying a grandmother. the disturbing video is going viral. >> you're fan. sglosz you >> -- >> you take up the whole seat. >> that school bus monitored while being harassed. they en threaten her -- they even threaten her. she's been working for the district for 23 years. the district is working to identify the students, they will be disciplined. justin beeber may be facing

charges after a scuffle with a photographer. prosecutors are reviewing the altercation. the photographer said beiber attacked him while he was getting photos. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, another scorcher out there in baltimore. how hot will it get? our first forecast is 2 minutes away. >> first here's a look at today's midday stocks,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back. we showed this yesterday and again today because it's so appropriate. this is the kind of thing you want to do on an afternoon like today. it's hot and getting hotter. we have heat advisories until 10:00 tonight. 96 already in baltimore. 96 in dc. the dew points have been dropping but it still makes it feel hotter, like 98 in baltimore and look at these 100s southeast of us. it's the entire east coast dealing with this. probably more records this afternoon. we're going to come close to our record of 100 this afternoon. a cold front moves our way. we could see a pop up shower or thunderstorm today but it's more so tomorrow that we're going to

see scattered showers and thunderstorms and some of those could become strong to severe. the storm prediction center put us in a slight risk for tomorrow. that's the first tier of a three tier system. usually when we see this we're going to see strong thunderstorms if not severe. if that happens we will be passing that information along to you. here is that front coming through. it gets out of here saturday morning. another cold front comes our way on monday with a chance for showers. behind that one some real relief, temperatures are going below average. we will show you the numbers later. one more thing to talk about before we're finished here. our first hurricane of the atlantic season, hurricane chris. this is way out there. it's going to stay way out there. closer to home just west of cuba there's an area of disturbed weather we're watching that could become debby. we're dealing with the

heat, 100 for a high. that would tie the record. tonight going to about 75. tomorrow still hot, still muggy, 94 for our high. we will pass any information along to you for showers. we will have your five day coming up in a little bit with that relief moving our way. the oriels are back at camden yards tomorrow night hosting the washington nationals. see the birds take on the nationals live at 1:30 on wjz 13. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, noisy traffic, the surprising effects it can have on your health. all the details coming up. wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for instant updates on all today's news and the updated first weather warning forecast please log onto wjz.com. before copd...

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closing arguments, the latest from pennsylvania as the jerry sandusky trial comes to a close. join us for these stories and all today's breaking news today at 4:00 after dr. phil. please stay with us, your five day forec,,,,

welcome back. trying to get some relief. going up to close to that record of 100. we do have cooler weather coming our

way. tomorrow hot and muggy, 9 h with the chance -- 94 with the chance for severe weather. saturday 89. we start to lose the high humidity and dew points. another front comes through monday with a chance for showers. after that one leaves us, look tat relief -- look at that relief we get. maybe some daytime highs in the 70s. almost a swing back to what we had during sailabration. just think about the blizzard a couple years ago. >> don't miss tonight's prime time cbs line up. a episode of the meantist and stay tuned for wjz eyewitness news a team of chefs made the report setting dish to honor italian soccer players. unfortunately they weren't able to try it because of their strict diet. the 5 ton lasagna

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