good afternoon. it's certainly no surprise what people are talking about today, the heat advisory currently in effect as we are reaching scorching temperatures. take a look at the sun coming up this morning. you can almost feel the heat coming off it and your flat screen tv at this point. if you're trying to keep cool this man had the right idea, that water must have felt good. that one maybe not. take a live look outside right now. the sun just beating down with no breeze and plenty of humidity. we're live with first warning weather. mike schuh will be around in a moment with the dangerous of the heat and the bge repairs continuing. first tim williams is in the weather center. this is just another day. we've had these warm days.

it's getting hotter before we start to see real relief. right no -- now temperatures at 91. the national weather service updates the temperatures. by the time we check in again in the next few minutes the noon temperatures will be registers and guarantee they'll be warmer than 91. 91 in dc, 88 on the shore, 77 is the cool spot in oakland. you factor in that dew point, which is lower than it has been at 58, we have a heat index that feels just about one degree lower. the dew point is actually giving us just a little bit of a break. none the less, we have an excessive heat watch in effect for the entire area, much of central maryland through this evening and then again through tomorrow and then on the eastern shore with heat watches and severe thunderstorms out in the we were portion of the county. that is a watch there because things could fire up much like they did yesterday evening. so let's talk about how this plays into the next few

days. for more on that, sending it out to most marty bass. >> reporter: for ecast actual temperatures today, tomorrow and sunday. i know we're talking about a calm heat index right now. we're going to see this afternoon really start to get on a roll. we hit 101, that 107 is not out of the question. the good news today is we might be a little bit too high on that number. tomorrow though unfortunately we're not. 103 is the forecast high. we could see it blast up to a feel of about 110. sunday 95. going to get a break because of the umbrella effect, a few clouds that will be the leading edge of a cold front moving our way. we're still going to see a heat index of 100. here is the good news. there is very little doubt in anyone's mind as we take a look at this graphic that a cold front is going to come in here sunday night and break the back

of this heat. by monday and the following days temperatures are actually going to go a bit below normal and the humidity is going to be peeling out of here. it's just the -- we got a lot to get through before we get across that goal line. this really is, when it comes to temperatures the red zone. tim williams with some good details to know coming up shortly in our first warning weather segment. now back inside. >> thank you. our coverage continues now with mike schuh live in north baltimore with more on staying safe in these dangerous conditions and how the crews still working on house power outages are doing. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon. about 10 trucks in georgia just passed us. these guys behind us right here, they're from florida. i'd say georgia and florida is used to working in this kind of heat. we saw a truck go by from ontario. 95, they shut down the work site. it's going to be a day where the workers here are going to be

slowed by this heat. >> the sun today is not your friend. >> it's visual. >> just ask sean, he's pumping back. he's in for a long hot day. >> how do you get your mind right? >> try not to think about it. if you stop, that's the least of your -- just keep going, try to get yourself in a little pace and pinch yourself. >> inwet baltimore emergency workers get calls from people going to the hospital. >> i had a heatstroke. i didn't know which one was which. >> the city distributed ice and water to areas still without power. you could smell the path of the storm today. power was restored. last night's wind crossed up some lines and now it's off again. these crews from phillie are sorting out the mess. bge said recent outages if large enough will get priority. >> priority goes to the

customers who have been out the longest. >> the ones waiting? >> absolutely. you're at the top of our priority list. >> back at that job site sean may be miserable but he keeps reminding himself why he's working in 100 degree heat. >> it's better than sitting at home and making no money. that's what motivates me. i have a girlfriend at home, baby on the way. >> got to go to work? >> absolutely. >> he's thankful his job is not shade and says he has plenty of water to help keep himself up right. >> reporter: now, i talked to a number of lineman over the past week. they say they're getting to four and five jobs per day. when they slow down their workload, that means they may only get to four or three. these jobs are going to go well into the weekend.

reporting live, mike schuh. back to you. >> bge says they won't release the out of town crews until the entire job is complete. there are still about 25,000 crust maniers without electricity. the majority remain in baltimore county with more than 13,000 homes without it. there are seven thousand customers out in baltimore city and more than 1,000 in howard county and also ann arundel county. wjz 13 is always on for you with the latest first warning weather forecast and you live look at the radar when you need to, go to wjz.com. the economy did add more jobs but not as many as was hoped or enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate. mrosz -- >> employers continued hiring in june but slowly. the economy added 80,000 new jobs, less than unexpected.

the over all unemployment rate remained at 8.2%. diane was laid off from the theater industry and went on more than 100 interviews. >> when you're doing everything right and still not getting a job it makes you more fruted. you fish -- frustrated. you wish you knew there was something you could change. >> the economy has gained an average of 150,000 jobs a month. that's down from last year and a sign the labor market is using seam. >> manufacturing added 11,000, the 9th straight month of gains. health care and financial services increased hiring. president obama commented from the battleground state of ohio. >> we've got to grow the economy faster and we have to put more people back to work. >> she finally landed a job at a nonprofit and hopes to be there for a long time. she said keeping a positive attitude is the most important thing. >> i think a little personality

and a sense of humor goes a really long way. >> hiring in june picked up slightly, but nearly 13 million americans are still looking for work. >> wall street is not reacting well to this current job's report. the dow was down 173 points, the s and p off 17, the nasdaq down almost 47. a man remains behind bars after a police involved shooting. it happened last night just off campus. officers shot the man as he tried to steal a police cruiser. nobody else was hurt. pools in ann arundel county are required to keep did fib rilators. it's -- did fiblators. ron matz is live with more on what this means and how the law came about. >> reporter: conner's law is named after 5-year-old conner

freed who drowned at a public pool. joan leopold signed the law this morning. freed died at a public pool in 2006. there was a defibrillator there but the lifeguards were not allowed to use it because they had not been trained on it. his parents have been fighting to make sure all pools have the defibrillators and the lifeguards are trained to use them. >> we'll have much more on conner's law coming up tonight on eyewitness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. towson town center should be offering some job opportunities soon. soma intimates aling ray boutique and the art of shaving will open. the mall unveiled five other new stores last week. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, new details about what may have

caused a cabin cruiser to capsize. would it have been presented? >> a missouri woman is arrested for putting alcohol in her son's sippy cup. find out how she was caught. >> we're reaching dangerous temperatures. your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. [ dog growls, barks ]

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it is sunny and 93 degrees in central maryland. your complete forecast still coming up. we learn more about the cabin cruiser that capsized off long island killing three children. it was heading back into land after a fire works show on july 4th when the 34 foot boat flipped ped over and sank. 27 people were on board at the time. safety experts say that's too many. 24 were rescued by three children, 8, 11 and 12 were in the cabin and drowned. in arizona a woman is underarrest accused -- under arrest accused of putting beer in her 2-year-old sippy cup. the woman is being held on suspicion of child abuse. wait

residences saw her pour it in his cup and him drink it. spain's most famous summertime festival is about to get underway, the running of the bulls. tens of thousands gather every year. this is video from last year's run. the first of eight runs this year where daredevils will dash through the street with bulls behind him begins tomorrow. it honors saint pemene. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, a heat advisory remains in effect for our area this noon. what's in store for the weekend? your complete forecast just 2 minutes away. >> first, let's take a look at last night's multimatch numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> reporter: welcome back. what about to show you blackjack. it's a great name for this dog. that's our spokes model amber. the ladies on the price and right have nothing on you. i just got a text message from drew carry that they're insanely jealous, by the way. amber, you're rocking today. blackjack is 3 years old. he's a spit mix. he's just the most friendly dog. we've been sitting in the corner hanging

out. >> he's cool. >> yeah , he is. he is at the md -- at the maryland spca. he's 3. his owners for one reason or another had to give him up. we also need to mention that the baltimore 500 where all the shelters got together to adopt out 500 cats and kittens, it was supposed to end saturday but because of the power failure that never happened. they're doing an on core. cats and kit kit tens free -- kit tens free. our yellow scarf is from our friday pet sponsor mr. basement who believes we can make a difference for pets who need a home. relief is on the way. black jock, you have a good life. tim williams, we'll be living big in about 48 hours. take it away. >> get ting a slight break because of the dew point being

down. with the temperatures at 93, the heat index is 92. we've been deal being the dew points in the 70s. that's liable to kick in again through the day. already at 93 at the noon hour. no releft from the wind -- no relief from the wind. 87 on the shore, 89 in elkin, 93 at bwi, 92 at reagan national, bel air 88, rock 89. calm winds in central maryland but a bit of a freeze, variable directions. you see a north wind art elkin, a northeast wind in haggers town and then the south wind around come umberland -- cumberland. what you're going to be dealing with no matter what the direction of the wind today, these warm temperatures are still back up in the 90s. there's a front we're watching that's going to

start drifting down across are the area on sunday. high pressure still pumping that warm air in. that high is going to come -- the front is going to come through here, it may trigger a thunderstorm or two on sunday. as soon as it moves in and out of here, we get the break. we've been talking about maybe another 48 hours, two more days of dealing with this. we heat up today, we heat up tomorrow. our forecast high tomorrow in the low 100s with the heat index at 110. our sunset time is 8:36. 101, the record is 105. it's going to be a hot one today. 79 tonight, mainly clear, very warm and humid. tomorrow there you go, very hot with sun, some clouds, 103. no matter how you slice it, that's ugly. >> you got it. >> i don't know what else to say about that. >> you don't need anything else. still much more to come. first, it's comer sometime. the

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