the man accused in the nations worst mass shooting is back in court. unprecedented criminal charges he is facing. hi everybody i am mary bubala. kai is off. people are talking about 24 counts of murder. shooting victimfamily members listened as the man acushioned in the -- accused in the country's worst mass shooting is officially charged. this time cameras were banned from the courtroom. >> reporter: james holmes stared straight ahead as prosecutors charged him with 24 counts of murder. the courtroom was packed with family members members still recovering from wounds. holmes opened fire inside a colorado movie theatre, murdering 12 people and wounding 58 others. people at the hearing say the

24-year-old appeared subdued at times dazed and still has the orange dyed hair seen during his first court appearance last week. holmes spoke just once saying yes when the judge asked him if he understood the charges he was charged with two counts for each victim and charged with possession of explosives after police spent a number of days, dismantling devices at his booby trapped apartment. the defense wants anything the client gave to his doctor kept out of evidence. they believe home's attorney will pursue an insanity defense. mary ellen's niece was paralyzed in the attack and lost her baby over the weekend. >> it was important to come to see him. >> reporter: holmes is scheduled to be back in court over the weekend. the judge in the case has

placed a gag order on the lawyers handling the case. chaos in south baltimore crews hit a gas main, closing roads forcing businesses and homes to evacuate. wjz is live. alex is in locust point with the latest hi alex. >> hello mary when that gas line was broken there was no second guessing about what to do people were ordered out as quickly as possible. >> reporter: you could hear it blocks away. a high pressure line, carrying natural gas. ruptured by a construction crew digging in the 1100 block of homes street, 10:30 a.m. on the ground city fire and police, parented locust point staging equipment and first -- poured into locust point staging equipment and first responders. >> we heard it was a gas main break. >> reporter: hundreds of under armour workers were evacuated, along with three city blocks of homes and businesses nearly all had to walk out of the area as

gas continued to escape for the next two hours. >> at least it is not 102 degrees today. >> people were kept out of their homes while firefighter went door to door checking potential gas pockets in buildings. >> we have a hazmat task force on the scene they are going in to assess, whether or not there are or dours of gas. bge's emergency staff were able to get into the break. why it was struck is part of an investigation. >> three hours after the break happened people were allowed back to their homes and businesses according to baltimore city fire there were no injuries no property was damaged. >> thank you. hear from business owners and residents all new at 5 and 6:00 p.m. maryland man police say was planning a deadly work place

attack could be held for a week before he is charged. adam may is live with more on neil prescott. >> the 28-year-old is being held involuntarily under going a psychiatric evaluation he was taken into custody friday after miscot threatened to shoot up the business. police found more than two dozen weapons inside his apartment along with thousands of rounds of ammunition they believe he was upset because he was recently let go from his job. >> thank you under law prescott can be held up to a week before charges are filed. the search continues for the man who abducted vi ripken at gun point this man, kidnapped her from inside her garage last week. ripken was tied up, put into the backseat of her own car and driven around baltimore and hartford county she was not physically hurt but anybody with information, are asked to

call police. work begins on the transformation of city roads for the 2012 grand prix of baltimore. a forklift placed the trucks ceremonial first jersey barrier downtown the 12 turn, 2-mile circuit will be complete in 32 days, with crews working from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m., the race is scheduled to run on labor day weekend. >> our day started off beautifully but the humidity is back a brief shower moved through around lunchtime, but the sun is out now, wjz has weather and traffic together, bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. >> hello. well, we had clouds earlier today a couple showers and is thunderstorms we will show you first warning doppler radar a few out there but scattered, about because there is not a whole lot of movement to them if you get underneath one of these you are going to get a dour pour with a lot of rain -- downpour with a lot of rain.

elsewhere clouds have mixed with sunshine it is warm and muggy 86 degrees where we sit now in baltimore that is our high so far on the day 88 in dc and dew points upper 60s so you can feel the air thick out there. we will have your forecast coming up. >> thank you we will check on the roads right now here is christy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi christy. >> hi mary hi everyone, right over to the belt way, west side of the inner loop, slowing as you make your way past 70 same situation northbound, hartford road, traffic gets back to normal speed, as far as 95 goes no problems to report either direction but a lot of problems to report in baltimore city that sinkhole east of monument closed between wolf street and patter son, take or leans or madson as your alternate we have because of that massive water main break, two right lanes remain blocked and another water main break has fleet street closed between south caroline and south bond.

take a live look, not a bad drive at all a look at 50 at 97 and we will take another look. on the west side wilson avenue this traffic report is brought to you by the cochrane firm if you or someone you know suffered a personal injury call them or visit them online for your free consultation. it is the third full day of olympic competition at venues across britain and some sports fans are fuming because they can't get tickets to watch. monica reports for wjz from london. >> reporter: team usa is making huge waves at the olympics. athletes are smashing world records and bringing home gold. >> go usa. >> reporter: but there have been dispointments, american gold medal favorite, jordan weaver left the floor in tears after failing to qualify. games are running smoothly but olympic organizers are being criticized for letting hundreds

of stadium seats sit empty. >> people are not using those seats let us in. >> reporter: british officials, drafted in soldiers to fill the gaps they say tickets were mostly for olympic officials and athletes, family and friends who stay for a short time organizers are saying some of those 3,000 tickets will be vailable for popular events like swimming and gymnastics these will only be sold online only to british residents. >> we have been waiting outside asking people for tickets if they have extras and we have not been able to buy any. >> reporter: american swimmers still draw big clouds but french took revenge on if u.s. men's relay team gives michael phelps his first ever silver. the world champion swam stronger than the night before when he didn't even place. getting to the games is proving to be less of a challenge than expected. in first rush hour since olympics there were no major hurdles. wjz eyewitness news. and the president of france paid a visit to his athletes in

britain and says he is considering a bid for 2024 summer games after losing out to london last time. >> still ahead, quick thinking save it is life of a family as a truck tumbles over in china. >> fun turns to fear in california, how long riders were stuck 150 feet in the air. whether the psa test is that important for men or not. it is a warm, humid afternoon, after some rain showers today meteorologist bernadette woods will update our first warning weather forecast [ barks ]

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east china, surveillance video captured the truck giving way to its 37 tonne load of cotton yard. the woman is seen pulling her husband and child out to have truck before it falls completely on one side. the load wasn't tightened down with ropes. a six flags roller coaster opened less than a month had a dozen riders stranded this weekend the superman ultimate flight coaster was stopped at the top for nearly two hours. the ride can hold up to 12 people travels up to 62 miles per hour, a crane gave the stranded riders water bottles until it turned back on they were then lowered to safety the ride is closed indefinitely. a family is in mourning after the loss of a wife and soon to be mother the tragic accident left a woman dead while on a family vacation in the outer banks. ann mcthat mara reports with more on this heart breaking story. >> reporter: she was a very spunky person determined to do things her way, but a real

heart of gold. >> reporter: this picture of jill bailey was take than week while she and her husband mathew enjoyed their vacation on the outer banks a vacation that ended abruptly wednesday night when the two were swimming in buckston. the couple lost their footing on the edge of a sand bar. >> all of a sudden, it dropped. >> reporter: mathew tried to save jill he struggled to keep her afloat for 20 minutes. >> he just kept holding on to her but realized she had turned blue. >> reporter: park rangers found the couple 20-yards from the shore jill wasn't breathing had no pulse but they flew her to the hospital where mathew had a chance to ask father park for a favour. >> he insisted i bless the deceased infant. >> reporter: the couple had already chose on the name for their little girl, baby olive was their first child due in november. for mathew the loss is twofold

the pain unimaginable. >> it will be a big adjustment for matt he is losing two. >> she grew up in se lem virginia and was living in washington dc. a sluggish start to the week on wall street. after friday's major rally investors appear to be starting the week off, the dow is down less than 3 points, but still above the 13,000 mark, s&p down less than a point nasdaq down alexis has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: investors stayed on the sidelines as they await the outcome of two important bank meetings wednesday the federal reserve is expected to announce new steps boost the u.s. economy investors hope the european central bank will do the same thursday. two tech giants are squaring off in federal court, apple is suing samsung for allegedly making smart phonetablets knock

offs of its popular iphone and ipad products apple is seeks $2.5 billion in damages google is closely watching the trial its android operating system powers many smart phones. hyundai is recalling some suvs and sedans. the front passenger air bag made in santa fe models may not deploy in a crash and the son that the models may inflate without reason. >> strong sales helped chrysler post a $436 million profit last quarter, compared to $370 million loss last year. unlike most of its rivals, europe's money problems are not hurting chryslers bottom line because the auto maker sells 75% of its vehicles here in the u.s. that is your money watch for more, just go to cbs money watch.com. in new york, i am alexis. it is a great summer for

some young students in baltimore, they come from all over the area, to have fun and learn about food preparation. what is cooking in fells point. >> the first one you have on there to make tortilla soup. >> nancy's cooking class is in session. the kids are ready so is the food. >> it is fun to be on your own and just cook more of an experience. >> reporter: a great experience for these young chefs in training. started by this award winning chef and owner of pier point restaurant, 12 years ago. >> we teach them all kind of things, one of the things knife skills, basic seasoning so they get off the saltshaker and fat and sugar. >> reporter: mexican food is on the menu today. >> how you doing? >> good. >> what are you working on? >> we are working on mexican rice and taco mix. >> reporter: we don't take more

than ten children a day we want to make sure there are three chefs so they get enough individualized attention so kids can get what they need out of the class. >> just the right ingredients for a tasty meal and a fun way to spend part of baltimore's summer. >> it is cool i like cooking it is fun to experiment with all these different cuisines. >> one of the best parts kids get to take home some of the food they have prepared >> my parents will love it they don't have to cook and it is really good. >> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. and chef nancy also has cooking classes on saturdays for students in the fall and winter for more, log on to wjz.com for a link. coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 4, stinky dispute a garbage strike continues in washington state why replacement drivers are staying away from homes where trash is piling up. she kidnap add newborn baby and raised her as her own for

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taking a live lookout side, there is a cloud that we see, what you can't see is humidity, and it is a little thick out there. our temps are nice,. >> it is not that bad part of that is because with a we have this morning, clouds around, 86 by now. so far for our high. more into temperatures in a moment but first warning doppler radar even though it looked beautiful in that shot, some places are getting thunderstorms, let's go to radar. what we have going on a couple thunderstorms you can see they are scattered about not moving all that quickly, so where there is a thunder storm we are getting locally heavy rain here is one just to the north of westminster, meandering around the pennsylvania boarder, more forming around hagerstown. cambridge, a lot of rain over the weekend, with multiple

thunderstorm warnings there is a pretty decent thunderstorm off to your south producing a lot of rain out there. we had clearing skies last night but then fog fulled in those clearing skies and this morning, between two storms moving our way we are starting to get a little unsettled and that is why we are seeing the scattered showers and storms. winds out of the east not much of a wind but with the combination of all of that, kept down temperatures. dew points upper 60s they are not the low 70s we were on saturday but still feels like summer outside. so far today we have topped out 86 degrees. average 87 slightly below still could get a couple degrees before the next few hours before the sun goes down. not quite records this is where a will the of the heat has begun. thunderstorms went through, has not really cooled down all summer long, honestly, and we are sort of in between that, where there is a storm track,

cooler air off to the north, hot air off to the south and that is where front after front after front continues to go. in addition to the front continuing to come in, there is a storm off the coast that is moving north, combination of the two effecting us, scattered showers and thunderstorms then again a couple showerstorms out there, this gets a little closer again, tomorrow, and not until wednesday, that this sun out to the west slides through here and when it does slide through what is going to happen it will push out, most of the showers and storms, we are going to be stuck in a summer time pattern although it limits our chances for showers and storms there is still a small chance on the water, 82 degrees, southeast winds a to 10 knots, tonight, showers storms possible, becoming mostly cloudy, showers thunderstorms around, 87 for the high, close to those averages that is what we will see next couple days.

>> thanks. don't miss tonight's cbs prime timeline up tonight at 10, hawaii five o immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11. >> more ahead at 4:30 p.m., controversy this colorado why gay rights activists are planning to boycott a denver bakery. will sponsors continue to give funds to penn state. a natural gas line ,,,,,,

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it is 4:28 p.m., 86 degrees mostly sunny i am vic carter, denise is off today. we want to update the story wjz first told you about a large gas main leak forces evacuations in one south baltimore neighbourhood. wjz is live in locust point

more with reaction from people effected mike. >> reporter: vic evacuations were orderly which is remarkable when you include how many people had to be evacuated including 1,000 people who work at under armor. sky 13 was overall this. it shows the magnitude the scope that went down here after 10:30 a.m. this morning the fire department was not taking any chances it is all clear now during the whole thing we did speak to several people whose morning and then afternoon was disrupted by all this. >> communication with our company was great so kept us really safe we are just kind of meandering back to get our cars and get home. >> no body really knew what was going on and communications all over the place. >> we could hear the whistle around the corner, wishing you could hear it and start to smell it the fire department were here probably in 7, 8 minutes and then they just went door to door and came in and asked me to close the bar and get anything together in case i

had to leave they said i could stay and up until the point where i had to go. >> reporter: so a lot of stress at this hour, the leak has been repaired several people were stranded because they had to wait to get their cars out because officials didn't want them starting the cars because of the danger that is all over right now. no one was hurt. reporting live at under armor, locust point,. thank you live report with the latest on repairs to the gas line at 5:00 p.m. young boy out of the hospital after nearly drowning in a pool in anne arundel county the 8-year-old was pulled from the pool, at a swim club. he was unresponsive a lifeguard performed cpr on the child along with a registered nurse who happened to be at the pool the child was kept overnight at shock trauma. a baby snatched from a new york hospital two decades litter woman who did it faces

justice. mary. >> vic a authority time ago -- a short time ago, ann pet away was charged with taking the child. she took the child the girls mother cried at sentencing saying she lost 23 years of being without her daughter and the two decades were spent in anguish because she never knew what happened to her child. vic. >> thank you. it was the child who found her burst parents tracking them down after pet away told her she was abandoned by a drug addict. >> penn state alumna, met on campus will the nca a sanctions surrounding the jerry sandusky controversy impact donations. >> reporter: they met inside the keller building at university park, penn state alumna who donate big bucks to the university every year. he has a degree in engineering from penn state and ran a fortune 100 company, ron is one

of many donors who say they won't change the way they write checks. the question is excellent but i don't question at all what i have done >> what happened with penn state will this effect the way you make donations or any contributions? >> absolutely not. >> donors i spoke with say not only was the free report unfair but ncaa over reacted before knowing the whole story. >> angry, yes because i believe a lot of information is yet to come out, was this a rush to judgment? that is a popular term. >> hear a lot of people talking about due process i don't think there was due process. >> ron says there is a lot more to penn state than football. >> in that statement we are, that is not a cheer only that takes place in that stadium on saturday, we are means more than just a football team. more changes took place at beaver stadium over the week tend place where the statue of joe paterno stood has been filled in with trees.

police in anne arundel county looking for the man who exposed himself to a woman on a walking path friday evening in i don't have the on the the woman was on the path when a man riding a red mountain bike road by and exposed himself he is a white male, 40s. heavy bill wearing a blue polo shirt, tan pants, black helmet at the time. >> another month another record for bwi marshall, 2.2 million passengers went through the airport in june the busiest june and second busiest month ever for bwi marshall the airport continues to show growth as it adds more carriers including condor which flies to germany. the worst drought in decades now covers two thirds of the u.s., forecasters think the dry conditions will linger well into the fall. karen brown reports for wjz with impact of this heat and what is surviving. >> reporter: here in the texas panhandle, flip bingham is turning dust into gold.

>> the drought sucked the life out of most crops, but the bingham family farm is a bright shot. >> how good is your crop this year? >> fantastic. we have the quality and quantity. >> reporter: bingham is growing grapes they can cool rate drought in fact -- tolerate drought in fact heat makes them sweeter they are so profitable he uses most of his water for the vineyard leaving the cotton crop to survive on rain. >> so you can make 10 times more off of these grapes than your cotton with the same amount of water. >> correct. >> reporter: in fact farmers doubt they will make any profit on cotton this year. >> it is in a word finished. >> reporter: at this farm the plants are small and flowers on top a bad sign. >> they wave the white flag of surrender they are done and it is finished. >> reporter: analysts say texas farmers will likely abandon a third of the cotton crop

because of drought damage for most grapes are not an option, starting up costs $10,000 per achier and take 5 years to become productive. >> plus the harvest. >> reporter: they have 11 children and risked their savings diverse fying into grapes. now, it is paying off making fine wine and happy memories. until the rains bring better times. in me doe texas, karen brown wjz eyewitness news chef. >> in maryland, central and eastern regions are under a drought watch the rest of maryland is normal according to numbers released june 30th. a live lookout side right now mix of sun and clouds, milder temperatures we needed a break from the intense heat we have had. bob is here with updated numbers. bob >> it wasn't a horrible weekend some areas saw widely scattered showers a few popped up take a look at radar very very widely scattered but the ones there, are not really moving very far or fast one

over dorchester county has been sitting there southwest of cambridge, on the peninsula there, been there for a last hours some folks have seen decent rainfall look how it is sitting there, and another batch near leonard town not far from st. maries city, around the baltimore region, really nothing in the way of showers, except one or two across the mountains they will diminish again tomorrow afternoon probably the rest of this week we could see additional showers and temperature wise, just about normal for this time, normal high is 87, right now at 86, at least you are not dealing with 100-degree temperatures we saw just not too long ago vic. >> okay thank you let's check on the roads with christy breslin. hi everyone. things getting a lot busier on the west side of the inner loop delay now 15 minutes southwest boulevard to liberty road, the inner loop continues to expand

begins charles street, that should be back to your posted speed a couple slow spots northbound 95, from route 24 over to the grace exit small delay 395 to fort mchenry tunnel, as far as accidents go, old baltimore road at locust in the carroll county area, green mount at east 34th let's take a lei look. not too bad a little congestion, northbound 895, this traffic report brought by home paramount pest control call for your free inspection. you can call them at 1-888-888- home or visit them online. back over to you. thank you. excitement is building for the new fall tv season cbs showed off its new and returning shows, theresa garcia reports from the red carpet. >> reporter: cbs stars are celebrating the upcoming fall television season, johnny lee miller and lucy liu walked the

red carpet in beverly hills they star in elementary, modern day sherlock holmes. >> things that need to be solved not really light things more than i would have expected for cbs i think that is great. >> dennis quaid and michael chicklas star in the series vegas. >> just want to do business >> just wants his piece of the pie. >> janet montgomery, and carl mclaughlin star in made in jr. see about a street smart jersey girl working in a posh new york law firm. >> you see where she comes from and how she balances that with her work life and she is so likable. >> actors producers, writes and more came out to celebrate the new prime timeline up at this beverly hills party. >> two broke girls and the big bang theory will be back >> i get excited to see what

these minds come up with. a new comedy part nors, about best friends and business partners. >> our relationship kind of trumps our relationships with our significant others. because we have been friends for -- we have a major bromance going on. >> fall line up brings back the good wife and nci s in beverly hills, terry so garcia, wjz eyewitness news. pre mere week kicks off monday september 24th. straight ahead, rejecting racism a dream wedding turns into a nightmare for a mississippi couple why they could not marry at their own church. flash mob robbery how one store owner managed to cut back on how much merchandise he would lose. >> it is a humid afternoon rain that came through earlier today is gone bob is up with the first warning weather forecast ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a flash mob robbery but a store owner prevents it from being worse. the owner knew something was up when the group walked in one by one that is when he locked the door and ordered employees to call 911 still surveillance show it is teens in the store grabbing expensive jeans they got away with about $3,000 in merchandise. a deadly accident in new york a tractor trailer slammed into an office building early sunday morning leaving little behind. two blasts, huge explosion and fire and another blast and the truck's fuel tank ruptured the driver was killed. catholic priest in philadelphia accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year- old boy more than a decade ago. adam. father mccormick turned himself into police friday night. the alleged victim is now 25 years old he said he didn't

come forward until december last year police say he was motivated by the sandusky investigation and the archdiocese sex abuse scandal the alleged abuse began in 1997, mccormick had already been removed from the church in 2011 because of other complaints dating back to 2004. mccormick is being held on $150,000 bail scheduled to be back in court next month. a wedding ceremony denied a rally being held in a mississippi town after an african american couple not allowed to get married at their church because of their race. andrew spencer reports for wjz >> why didn't those people stand up in the bebinning if it was such a -- in the beginning if it was such a minority why didn't the majority stand up. >> reporter: charles wilson and his wife are angry because of what happened two days before their wedding. >> members of the congregation got upset and decided no black couple would ever be married in their church.

>> reporter: first baptist in crystal springs has never had an african american wedding in its 129 year history. >> this had never been done here before, so it was setting a new precedent and there were those who reacted to that. >> reporter: the churches pastor, told jackson mississippi news station wobt it was a small vocal group he did what he thought was best asking the wilsons to take their wedding elsewhere >> i didn't want to have a controversy within the church and didn't want a controversy to effect the wedding. >> reporter: he married the couple at a nearby church. >> i had dreams of having my wedding the way i wanted it and i also dreamed of having it at the church. and unfortunately it didn't happen. >> reporter: some con agree gants said they hope the wilsonchurch will move on >> i am sorry this happened and would you forgive the people with caused it? because we are going to try to. >> reporter: as for the

wilsons, she has been a member of first baptist more than a year charles was looking forward to joining but now they don't feel welcome or at home. >> all we want to do in the eyes of god was be man and wife in a church we felt we felt love. mississippi baptist convention and southern baptist convention are calling on the church to reject racism. controversy at a colorado bakery the owner refusing to make a cake for a gay couples wedding protestors have been rallying pushing for a boycott of the bakery the owner says he won't make a cake for an event he doesn't believe should exist protestors are calling for the bakery owner to change his policy. tragic end to what was supposed to be a fun night on the town in california two women fell out of a party bus one of them was run over. police say the women were fighting on their way home from a concert when a door to the bus came open, and they both

tumbled out surviving victim is 20 years old police are trying to determine if alcohol played a role. risk and benefit of using psa tests to screen men for prostate cancer, has been debated for years. it is tonight's health watch, they are putting the controversy back in the spotlight. >> reporter: 54-year-old dick hogue is a prostate cancer survivor doctors confirmed and treated the disease after they saw a rise in his psa levels. >> i am completely clean and you know, feel great and fortunate that we found it you know early and we took care of it. >> reporter: using the psa to screen for prostate cancer remains controversial now a new study says many more men could develop advance cases of cancer if doctors did away with the blood test. if we stop screening and if we stop treating those camps that we feel -- cancers that we

feel are a threat to men, then what this study says, we are going to see three times the likelihood, that men will develop met static prostate cancer. the study published in the journal cancer suggests it could help prevent the spread 06 cancer to other parts -- of cancer to other parts of the body and 17,000 men. >> reporter: a federal task force recently recommended against psa tests saying there is little to no benefit and it leads to more tests and treatment that can be unnecessary and harmful. >> doctors saw a spike in david's psa last month the biopsy came back negative. >> not a benign procedure by any means but worth it to know that you have or don't have cancer. >> he says he wouldn't have done anything differently, and he will keep getting his psa checked. in new york, wjz eyewitness

news. psa or prostate specificant general is a protein produced by cells of the prostate higher levels can be an indicator of cancer. heaps of trash are piling up in washington state. hundreds of replacement drivers from all over the country are being called in to hell within the pick up service they are going to businesses -- help with the pick up service, they are going to businesses, resident haves bagcans piling up. 150 recycling and waste drivers are picketing over contract issues. pandemonium in southern california a 20-year-old panda at the san diego zoo just welcomed her sixth cub breaking the record for the most births at a breeding facility outside china. zoo officials won't know the sex of the cub until they examine it in a few months visitors can expect to see the newborn in december. sticky afternoon about average temphigh humidity bob hat the first warning ,,,,,,,,,,

here is a live lookout side. temperature wise not bad. >> normal for this time of year. we have not seen too many normal days we have a few very widely scattered showers, take a look now to the west of us across the mountains, a few light sprinkles and showers the one sitting there, near cambridge, still there, still causing some brief downpours there, just southwest of cambridge, it is beginning to shrimp and another down by leonard town, between -- shrink and another down by leonard town, a few widely scattered showers tomorrow we will see a few more than this afternoon 86 our normal high is 87 and dew points not that bad, 67 humidity 53%, east winds, east winds brought a little cooler air in, moist, but not super hot that is good. barometer right now, currently 77 oakland, 80 ocean city winds off the water there, warm spot dc at 88 which is about normal

for them locally generally mid- 80s some spots, only got into the low 80s today because the rains are earlier and had a few sprinkleshowers, between 10 and 11 that cooled things down a little as well. 86, and 85 rock hall. right now we have an east wind, east or southeast wind keeps it moist but certainly does cut or trim temperatures because we are not dealing with the southwest heat over portions of the midwest, i will show you that. look at this. now for the change, kansas city is not in the 100s they are down to 87 chicago 90, and minneapolis 88 here is the heat sitting over oklahoma, north texas dallas 102, memphis, 107, it will stay right there. slight improvement in the temperatures here, but looks like we have also a chance of a little higher temperatures by the weekend generally this week just about normal weather, as far as the end of july beginning of august. normal temperatures now there

is a couple little features moving across midwest and the plains probably keep us in at least a chance of widely scattered showers and thunder shower activity more down to the south tomorrow afternoon wednesday as well, a weak front coming through, probably increase the chance of a few showers here, by probably tuesday night and wednesday. some areas getting widely scattered thunder showers, any of these could be slow movers brief downpours where you live. others won't see a drop after that might begin the dry out and heat up until the end of the week. southeast winds a to 10 knots, bay temp, 82 degrees, mid-to upper 60s low 70s slight chance of a shower chances are slim though. gain tomorrow clouds -- again tomorrow cloudsun, 87, smack dab normal and could be a shower or thunderstorm any time in the afternoon. >> thanks bob. still to come tonight on eyewitness news,. >> coming up, a gas leak

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emergency evacuation. hundreds forced out by a gas leak. >> tonight the headaches and frustrations for homeowners and businesses. >> hi everybody i'm mary bubala. >> and i'm adam may. >> more than a thousand people moved to safety after a gas leak in locust point. it happened near the under armour headquarters. captain mike is over the scene. the headaches they are not over. mike hellgren shows us the impact on near by businesses and homes but first alex demetrick is live on how this mess all unfolded, alex. >> reporter: it wasn't a potentially explosive situation where the first priority was to get hundreds of