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colorado where the gunman accused in the movie theater massacre appears in court. >> james holmes appeared in court for the first time with bright origin -- orange red hair. >> james holmes made his first court appearance since the deadly rampage. he was read his lights and asked if he understood why he was in court. >> it is said that you shall not harass or tamper with any witness to or victim of the acts you are charged with committing. >> prosecutors were given until next monday to file formal charges. police say holmes has lawyered up and refusing to cooperate. it could take months to learn what motivated the attack. the district attorney is considering pursuing the

death penalty. prosecutors will consult with families of the victims before making that decision. in the cha i don't -- chaos holmes almost got away, he was wearing tactical gear and his gas mask was different. investigators cleared out all explosives from his apartment, including 30 homemade grenades rigged to a trip wire. police found a bat man mask. president obama met privately with the families of the victims. he told them he was not there as the president but as a father and husband. >> we can understand what it could be to have to have somebody we love taken from us in this fashion. >> 11 victims are still in critical condition. some have had multiple operations, including brain surgery. aurora's mayor is concerned some survivors may not make it. >> holmes will not have bail.

that's the latest. >> police say holmes started buying guns two months ago and recently purchased 6,000 rounds of ammo over the internet. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the tragedy in aurora. we will bring you the latest on the victims and investigation tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. the ncaa comes down hard on penn state in the wake of the jerry sandusky abuse scandal. a $60 million is just one of the penalties. the rest of the punishment from state college. >> the ncaa slammed penn state with massive penalties for not doing more to stop jerry sandusky's sex abuse of children. >> we kept foremost in our thoughts the tragic damage that's been done to the victims and their families. >> the sanctions include a $60

million fine. the school will be banned from post season games for 4 years, scholarships will be reduced and all wins from 1998 to 2011 will be taken away, which means justice -- joe paterno's is no longer college football's winningest coach. >> our goal was to make sure the university establishes an athletic culture and daily mind set in which football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people. >> the sanctions follow on independent report that found top university officials, including paterno covered up the criminal acts. the ncaa spared penn state the death penalties, which could have canceled all games for a year or more. >> the scope of the punishment is unprecedented. >> definitely too much. the people who should be punished are sandusky and those who covered it up, not the players

and the new coaches. >> all the victims, what they went through, that pain will never go away. >> today's developments follow an emotional weekend. penn state removed a 7 foot bronze statute of paterno. the president said leaving it up would be a reoccurring wound for sandusky's victims. >> penn state football players will also be allowed to tranls -- transfer to other colleges to play. all the markets are taking a huge hit. ron matz has a look at numbers from the news room. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. fear over european debt is driving stocks down here and all over the world. the down jones fell more than 220 points in early trading today. this comes after spain's borrowing rates at a record high increasing the rates it might needs. here's a look at the numbers right now. the dow is down 141 points after

being down more than 200 points just a few minutes ago, the a and p 500 and the nasdaq are down substantially this noon. spain has asked for a bail out package of up to $121 í billion to save the banks there. >> thank you. the dow has had only four declines of 200 points this year, including its worst a 274 drop on june 1st. this noon baltimore city police are waiting for an tops autopsy. derek valcourt has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police do not know exactly what happened here. in fact, they are not certain how long this woman had been dead. >> saturday night just before 7:00 police were called to this apartment building, on 29th street in charles village. inside one of the apartments they found a badly decomposing

body of a woman. police say it appears she had been dead for one week and her corpse was not alone. >> there was an individual who was inside of the apartment with her. she was taken into custody and questioned. at this point no charges have been brought. >> the woman's body has been sent for an autopsy and police are waiting to determine her cause of death and if charges will be filed. >> reporter: police say they do know who they woman is but are not releasing her identity yet. she's 41 and that apartment was not hers. jessica. >> thank you . commuters in downtown baltimore will have to deal with traffic detours for a few more weeks. light street will continue to be shut down as crews work to repair the 133-year-old water main that ruptured last week. senate ben cardin is calling on congress for help. he said the ageing water system is a problem facing many states. it's a humid start to our work week.

if you've been outside you know it. taking a live look this noon, are more showers on the way. marty joins us from the weather center. hello. >> hello. let's take a look at the numbers this noon hour. it is steammy, no question. 88. a high of 93 this day. 13 degrees warmer right now than at this time yesterday. by the way, the heat index right now is 91. so figure at the heat of the day it will feel more like about 97 degrees. take a look at first warning doppler weather radar, starting to see some returns around the mid atlantic. we have a ripple moving our way. you expand the radar out and see more action trying to press off to the east. this big slug of showers and thunderstorms aimed at us. i think from now through dinner time anybody can see a passing shower and seeing a potential gusty thunderstorm is

not out of the question. jessica, back to you. >> thank you. a maryland state trooper is lucky he's okay this noon after his cruiser gets hit from behind. it happened last night in centerville. trooper robert isabel was responding to a call when his cruiser was hit from behind. no one was hurt. that crash is under investigation. just when we thought we were getting some reloof at the pumps -- relief at the pumps gas prices spike. prices have gone up for a third straight week. the national average is $3.47. if you're filling up here in maryland gas prices are gone up 6 cents in the past week to that national average. a month ago we were paying just $3.36. it may have been a wet weekend out there but that didn't stop thousands from attending art scape. it was the 31st year for art scape, which is america's largest free arts event. hundreds of artists displayed paintings, photographs

and sculptures. there was a lot of shopping to do with jewelry and clothing for sale. still to come, where did catherine jackson go? the mother of the late king of pop is reported missing. >> deadly flooding stormed begoing -- bejing under water. >> mar ty has another look at the first warning weather. ,,,,,,,,

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well, it's humid and cloudy and 88 in central maryland right now. your complete first warning weather is coming up. massive flooding paralyzing bejing as the heaviest rain china has seen in six decades. 37 people have been killed and 60,000 evacuated from their homes. the storm damage issest -- is estimated at $1.6 billion. jury selection begins in the chicago police officer accused of killing his wife. drew peterson is accused of killing his wife in 2004. he's also the suspect in the 2007

disappearance of his fourth wife. one of the questions potential jurors may be asked is whether they saw the tv movie starring rob lou as drew peterson. grammy awarding artist usher is preparing to lay his stepson to rest. usher's 11-year-old stepson kirk glover died over the weekend. 2 weeks ago he was run over by a personal water craft. the jackson family is breathing a sigh of relief today after finding out the mother of the late michael jackson is okay. saturday catherine jackson was reported missing after her grandz children were unable to get in touch with her. yesterday her son germane tweeted to fans his mother was fine resting in arizona. the missing report came days after a dispute between her and her children over finances and legal affairs.

scientists in california are making way with a bio engineered jelly fish. it pumps water like a heart pumps blood and could lead to the reverse engineering of human organs and save lives. it can be useful for testing new drugs for heart patients. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a humid day out there. temperatures are going up. marty has your first weather warning forcaste. ing -- forecast. >> first here's another look at today's midday stocks. at sleep number, individualizing your sleep is at the heart of every innovation.

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i got to be honest, i'm sitting here looking at you given how humid it is, there it is party boat. it's human out there. i guarantee -- it's humid out there. i guarantee it's sticky. the breeze is nothing but a warm and humid one. for it being such a humid morning we had some shots from our harbor cam -- >> bad hair day. >> you have a great hair day going. there's not one frizz there. >> finally i just went whatever. >> that's what i do every morning. take a look at the current conditions. there was a couple shots we had this morning where it was darn near foggy

from the humidity. it's right now on tv hill warm, humid, 88 with a 67 dew point, 49% humidity, southwest breeze at 7. i do want to bring in first warning doppler weather radar. we have all this unstable air. we have this impulse that's going to be moving towards us. we already had some shower activity. i think some of this is a loft right now. we have action in our portion of the mid atlantic and this big slug of moisture is moving our way. i think it would be safe to say that now through at least the early bedtime hours we'll have the threat of a shower or a passing thunderstorm in our area. let's take a look at some temperatures around right now. note the temperature and the dew point. dew point 67. 88 dc, 84 easton and ocean city, 87 in packs river, cooler in western maryland, 79 oakland, the mid 80s near cumberland, 84 westminster, 85 bel air, 88

columbia, 84 rock hall, 83 annapolis and on kent island. this upper disturbance passing through the area. chance of a shower or passing thunderstorm and yes we could see a little bit of potential gusty weather at least a couple of heavy downpours as this moves across our portion of the mid atlantic. tomorrow we're going to watch a cold front approach the area. that's going to get the haze and humidity out of here. today sunshine, mixing with clouds, hot, humid, a chance of a gusty thunderstorm, temperatures today in the low 90s. the low 70s tonight, maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow morning and partly sunny, hot and 94 through the afternoon wechlt -- afternoon. we will take a look at the five day forecast. getting hiv under control. what a new study is saying coming up in health watch. >> here are the top stories on

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in today's wjz health watch, a new study reveals that many americans are hiv do not have their disease under control. hiv patients take drugs to suppress the virus but researchers found fewer people have the disease suppressed to

an appropriate level than previously thought. doctors say it's vital for patients the take the drugs as prescribed to keep the disease at bay. be sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. james holmes first court appearance in the worst mass shooting in u.s. history, complete coverage. the major sanction by the ncaa penn state, what they really mean. join us for these stories and all today's breaking news today at 4:00 after dr. phil. stay with,,,,

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humid, look at that sky. >> pull the covers up and stay inside, folks. >> there you go. jessica kartalija, now back to you. tomorrow 94. i want to point out, we covered the chance of showers, thunderstorms today and will be watching those through the afternoon and online and on the air at 4:00. look how close it is we understand, 84 and 90, 92, 90 through saturday. some good july weather. we're in the middle of the biggest part of the summer vacation season. if you're watch this, you have some good weather coming up. >> good. thank ss. don't miss tonight's cbs prime time line up.

at 10:00 is a episode of hawaii 5-0. following that is wjz eyewitness news at 11:00. we'll see you bright and early tomorrow,,,,,,,

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