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of threatening to shoot up his workplace. good afternoon. i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> the man bho -- who identified himself as the joker will be charged in just a few hours. ron matz is in the news room with the latest on this >> reporter: produce cue tos have -- proos cue to -- prosecutors have scheduled a news conference at 2:00 to talk about the charges against neil prescott. more than two dozen weapons were found inside his apartment along with thousands of rounds after -- of ammo. don, back to you. >> of course we'll have more on this developing story today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. three weeks, that's long before light street will likely reopen. mike hellgren has the status of the repair to several water mains.

good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's expect ed the take just a little bit longer than originally estimated. everything should be fixed in time for the grand prix. >> work has steadily progressed in the more than 2 weeks since a 123-year-old water main burst flooding the area, causing a traffic nightmare downtown. now publicworks official tell wjz they're almost done replacing that main and two others. it will be 3 more weeks before light street reopens to traffic. >> we are facing another 10 days worth of actual pipe work and then right after that we're looking probably at another 10 days or so for the are restoration, paving, cleaning up. >> the repairs have taken extra time because of the underground utility. crews decided to replace two other ageing mains. here's what's left to do. replace a main along redwood, install any valves, hydrants and

pave light street. >> the hope is by the middle to sort of the third week of august we should be wrapping up. >> the break brought a tension to ageing in-- brought attention to ageing infrastructure. a pushily senate ben carden for many federal funding. >> what's happening in baltimore, what's happening in maryland is happening all over. people are outraged. >> reporter: so far crews have replaced 818 feed of water main. that's out of 1,035. they're about 80% done now. reporting live, mike hellgren wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. businesses in the area are on a temporary water supply system and are open along with the sidewalks to pedestrians to pass through. another big story that's got everybody buzzing is michael

phelps making olympic history. yesterday he received his 18th and 19th olympic medals making him the most decorated olympian of all times. he barely missed gold in the 200 meter butterfly but got silver and he and his teammates won gold in the free style relay. he still has three events left. the u.s. women's gymnast team is making room for gold of their own. they put on a near perfect performance to grab gold. it is the first time since 1996 the u.s. team has won in women's gim nas i cans. after more than three decades with city police commissioner fred bealefeld is saying good-bye. he was one of the longest serving police commissioners. baltimore's homicide rate was down 12% with fewer than 200 murders for the first time since 1978. no word on who will replace bealefeld.

acting commissioner is considered the in-house favorite. three people enjoying time off on the water get hurt in a boating accident. sky skoper 13 over marly creek. rescuer rushed to get them out of the water. a 911 caller telling police their boat struck a bu you. a 37-- a buoy. a 37 37-year-old woman is in serious condition. a maryland bat man impersonators known for bringing smiles to the face of sick children says it's tough to get a gig. he's had several appearances cancel in light of the tragedy in aurora, colorado. you see him here getting a traffic ticket. he was visiting children in his bat mobile. hospitals are worried he will scare children. the race for president continues to intensify. a new poll has the president leading mitt romney in three big battleground states. the latest campaign 2012 report for wjz.

>> president obama is campaigning in ohio today, where a new poll has him leading in that battleground state as two others. a university cbs news, new york time poll shows him 6 points ahead of mitt romney in ohio. he holds the same lead in florida and has an 11 point advantage in pennsylvania. in all three states polled voters view president obama for favorably than romney saying the president cares more about their needs and problems of >> president -- and problems. >> president obama has an edge. he's been trying to define mitt romney and it looks like he's having success. . >> still four of ten voters believe romney's business background will translate into more jobs. >> i believe mitt romney has the background, the experience and the record to fix our economy and to put americans back to work. >> most of those polls said no

matter who wins the white house they don't think the policies will put money in their wallet. rollny returns to the campaign trail in colorado tomorrow, but he's running a new campaign ad criticizing the president's support of the auto industry bail out. . >> they were spending my credit line. >> romney's campaign put up antipresident obama billboards in florida where the president is campaigning tomorrow. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. we'll continue to bring you the latest both on air an online at wjz.com. the first day of august is here and it's brought some gray skies to our area. cloudy with a little bit of sunshine. we have complete first warning weather coverage with tim williams in the out back and bernadette woods in the weather center. we begin with bernadette. >> good afternoon. first warn warning doppler radar still a couple of showers and

thunderstorms out there as we remain in this unsettled air mass and will through at least tomorrow. we have some more to talk about down the line. we're going to take you on a quick tour and show you what we have going on. this area first, where we saw a thunderstorm coming in from the northwest, fizzling somewhat but still some showers and few rumbles of thunder as it makes its way towards columbia. southeast of that, we have some stronger thunderstorms, nothing severe at this point. of course if that were to change we would let you know. this isn't going to be a severe day as far as thunderstorms go. with the clouds around and the thunderstorms the temperatures will be kept down. 79 outside and 83 in dc. for more on the next few day, out to tim. >> reporter: well, we are looking at an unstable situation here with the chance of some showers. take a look at two graphics we have for you to give you an idea of what's going on. right now we're in a corridor where low pressure is keeping things from moving out and

clearing the area. we have this corridor of storms and showers and just a little rain that's just going to linger at least until tomorrow. after tomorrow and heading into the weekend temperatures start to get warm. high pressure starts to build in, we'll start to see the temperatures starting to reflect a flow from the west and southwest. it's going to mean our heat and humidity and heat index and very muggy feel go right up right into the weekend. bernadette will have more details in your complete updated first warning weather forecast. after years of no movement construction on a slots casino should be getting underway. the state lottery commission approved the bid by caesars to build a harrahs. it's expected to make $400 million its first year. it's expected to open in the second quarter of 2014. some major upgrades are in store for baltimore's national aquarium.

a $12.5 million over all is in the works for the wings in the water exhibit. it will be changed into what officials are calling black tip reef, like yousaustralia's great -- like australia's great barrier roof. it's expected to open next summer. >> sounds cool. still to come. power re restored, hundreds of millions of homes are back online following a major system collapse in india. >> the iphone 5 could be hitting store shelves sooner than expected. >> take another live look outside. it's the first day of august. stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week.

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it's cloudy and 79 in central maryland right now. your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. full power is restored in india. three power grids failed yesterday leaving 600 million people in the dark. the black out was the second in just two days. officials are now trying to figure out what caused it. analysts say the failures expose

the government's struggle to upgrade the country's power grid. major problems in arizona. check out a glimpse of the flash flooding there. the national weather service says that community was the hardest hit after getting more than 2 inches of rain in an hour. so far there are no reports of any injuries. chick fill a sports are expected to flood the fast food chain restaurant today to make a political statement. formerer arkansas governor hubbing a bee declared it national chick fill a day. opponents of the company are planning for kiss more chicks for friday, encouraging people of the same sex to show up at chick fill a and kiss each other. the wait could soon be over for people awaiting the release of the next iphone.

multiple reports say apple is planning a september 12th event to end -- to unvail the next version of the iphone 5. it's expected to have a thinner screen and body. an ipad mini will be unveiled at that time. so they're making the iphone bigger and ipad smaller. it will meet in the middle i think. >> what is that, an i -- i don't know. still ahead, it's a gloomy, gray wednesday. will the rest of the feel be a wash out. your complete first warning weather forecast is 2 and a half minutes away. >> first a look at today's midday stocks followed by last night's mega millions numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

welcome back. clouds will mix with sunshine at times today. we're still in this very unsettled air mass we've been tauging -- talking about for the past couple of days. this is what we've got going on. the storm making its way up the coast. you see these storms moving in the different formations. these are associated with the costal storms where as what you're seeing back if here are associated with the front that's going to make its way through. everything is stopped up.

a thunderstorm just northwest of the city, it's died down somewhat. also lower parts of the eastern shore, we've seen a strong thunderstorm putting down a lot of rain drifting off to the beach. it's going to be moving into ocean city for everyone at the beaches. this is what it's been looking like. we had the thunderstorms come in from the west. notice there is some clearing. both of these storms are going to be leaving us for tomorrow. winds light out there. because of that we're going to see the storms that do form they don't move that much and there's going to be a lot of rain underneath any one of those. with the clouds around it's only 79 in baltimore, 80 dc. just im pressive out there. this is the front. you can see they're both stopped up at this point. everything will get moving tomorrow. you also notice to the west there's

another front that's going to move our way. tomorrow more sunshine, we start to warm it up. just a slight chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. on friday a warm one, a muggy one, just a slight chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. scattered showers and thunderstorms starting to develop over the weekend. on the waters we have a south wind of 5 to 10. forecast for today, going up to 87, a couple of showers and thunderstorms out there. a few around into tonight. tomorrow sunshine, there will be more of it that's going to start to warm us up back up to the 90s, just a slight chance of rain. this kind of pattern we never clear out. much smaller chance for a shower or thunderstorm. >> thank you. the oriels road trip continues this weekend. saturday and sunday it's on wjz. you can see saturday night's game at 7:00 and sunday afternoon's game at 1:30 against the rays live on wjz 13. still to come on eyewitness

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[ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. thick, scrumptious, and more protein than those regular yogurts. are those almonds i see in the corner thingy? caramelized almonds i think you'll find. well, who wants ordinary run-of-the-mill almonds when you could have the caramelized kind? if i was this girl, i'd caramelize my whole apartment. weird. this greek style yogurt has style. you can say that again. why thank you. this greek style yogurt has style. okay. stop saying it now. you're sending me mixed messages.

welcome back. it's a little gray but if you like the sunshine you're going to like this forecast. take it tim. >> reporter: if you don't want to know what the next five days are, turn away and come back. >> and check your twitter. >> reporter: 9 2 tomorrow, 94, then 94 friday and saturday, chance of thunderstorms by the end of the beak. nothing is going -- by the end of the week. nothing is going to wash out your plans. back inside. don't miss tonight's cbs prime time line up. tonight it's csi then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> want to be surprised? it's so funny because so many people

say they didn't know what happened with phelps but i can't tell you how many people who sent me e-mails saying we were glued to the computer at work. >> everybody says it's tough to avoid. >> we're so excited for him. >> we are . >> have a great day. >> see ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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