picking up the pieces as the recovery process begins. >> the search for survivors winds down in oklahoma. good afternoon. i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here's what people are talking about today.

2 days after the tornado tore through their town the people of moore, oklahoma are returning to their neighborhood to assess the damage and clean up as a search for survivors wraps up. edward lawrence is live in moore with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: residents started to clean up the damage. now the focus turns on getting the survivors the help they need. >> judy odom started cleaning up debris at her tornado-damaged home. her house took a bad hit but it's not a hoe tal loss. >> the roof is damaged. like i said, i've live lived here 40 years. what do you do? >> the tornado damaged or destroyed about 5,000 homes in moore. the house next door was not touched. >> the damage from the tornado was random. in this neighborhood it uprooted huge trees. just feet away it left a flower arrangement untouched. >> 7 children were killed at

plaza tower elementary. the two schools hit did not have storm shelters. the tornado claimed 24 lives and injured more than 300 people. authorities now believe everyone in town is accounted for. homeland security secretary is visiting the area today. the head of the federal emergency management agency said they're making sure victims get everything they need for their recovery. >> reporter: the medical examiner released new information about the victims who died. 15 were female, 9 were male, 10 of those were children. most of them died from blunt force trauma. they're as young as 4 years old or as old as 65. reporting in moore, oklahoma, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you. the red cross remains on the scene in oklahoma helping in so many ways. if you would like to help, here are the ways you can, go to redcross.org or call 800-red-cross. stay with wjz and cbs for the latest on the storms, the recovery and

people getting involved. we're following breaking news right now in baltimore city. sky chopper 13 is over a pedestrian accident on i-295. captain jeff joining us now. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, about 10:19 this morning baltimore city police received the call, a pedestrian struck on 295 southbound just south of monroe. medics arrived. one person was transported to a local hospital. we do not have any information right now on that person's condition. what we can tell you, this is at the west port exit. traffic is being held up right now because they're continuing the investigation. the vehicle is still on scene. bwi taxi. reporting live from sky chopper 13, i'm captain jeff long. >> thanks a lot. we will continue to follow this story and bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. new developments this noon at boston marathon bombing investigation. ron matz is in the news room with the latest.

good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: good afternoon. a man fatally shot over night by the fbi in orlando, florida may have ties to one of the accused boston marathon bombers. the suspect has been identified as ibgragim todashev. investigators say the fbi shot him in self-defense in an incident at todashev's home. todashev was from the region as tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> the man in orlando was arrested earlier this month. . five people are dead and six injuries after their church van crashes on an illinois highway. all five who died are from baltimore city. rochelle richie is live with more on this accident. good afternoon. intl >> reporter: good >> reporter: good afternoon. a very tragic story come ing out of illinois with ties to baltimore and police say the driver of that van that overturned should have never been behind the wheel. >> a white van with smashed

windows and a twisted frame sits just off of interstate 70 after spinning out of control and over turning. 11 people were on board, 6 injured while 5 men, all from baltimore were killed. those victims 54 emerson baldwin, 53 an drew canada, 42, anthony mitch chal, 52 mark william and 29 tom mast coalman. >> we had four patients arrive at the hospital after a van roll over. three patients were transferred in fair condition, one to st. louis hospital, two to springfield hospital and one here at fayette county hospital. >> police say the driver who survived had a suspended license. the group was returning from a religion event in california. illinois state police say the van left the road and repeatedly flipped over. 9 people were ejected. >> reporter: that driver not only received a ticket for driving on a suspended license but also improper lane change.

we're live this afternoon, rochelle richie, wjz eyewitness news. >> investigators are still trying to determine why the vehicle ran off the road. an alleged smuggling operation is shut down this noon in harford county. more than a dozen people are now facing charges. the harford county drug task force seized 140 pounds of marijuana, 20 guns and over $140,000 in cash. the arrests follow a 2-year undercover investigation by the task force. investigators say the drugs were coming in from california. a total of 15 people are now under arrest. it has been 12 days since the story broke about the irs scandal. today congress is hoping to get answers from the woman in charge of the agents at the center of that probe. >> the irs official who first apologized for her agency targeting conservative group social security not answering questions about it. >> i've decided to follow my counsel's advice and not testify or answer any of the questions today.

>> lois learner invoked her 5th amendment right not to incriminate herself. she read a brief statement before she was dismissed. >> i have not done anything wrong. >> in a letter to congress learner's attorney said she would not be testifying because of the fbi investigation. >> she waived her right by issues an opening statement. she aught to stand here and answer our questions. >> lawmakers are out raged learner founded out agents were using inappropriate criteria but did not inform her superiors. >> of course i am disappointed that we will not be able to ask her questions today. i believe that she should shed much light on what we're trying to find, the truth. >> today the number two at the treasury worked to distance his department from scandal.

>> there is no indication the treasury was involved in the impromer conduct at the irs. >> he said he told him to follow the facts and that it was treasury's job to stay out of the way. on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> according to a federal report, the additional irs scrutiny delayed tax exempt applications for nearly 2 years, making it difficult for ohio tea party group to raise money and stay viable. the maryland state school board passes new rules for student athletes with concussions. concussions training for physical teachers and coaches with refresher courses every the years is required. parents and school officials must be notified when a student suffer a concussion. they must get a note from a authorized doctor to return to playing sports. another warm and humid day in our area. the sun is up from

behind the clouds of this morning. some places the fog we had around. there's still a haze out there and sunshine and hazy humidity lead to other things. we have marty bass in the out back and chelsea ingram in the weather center. good afternoon, chelsea. >> good afternoon. we're in the upper 7 0s to lower 80s. 81 degrees in baltimore. check out that dew point, around 70s. 79 rock hall, 74 in kent island. now, we're about 4 degrees warmer this time today than we were yesterday. however, that humidity is making things feel even warmer. that might set us up for something that can happen this afternoon. let's go to marty to tell us about that. >> reporter: you're exactly right. you can feel it when you're out here. you can feel the atmosphere needing to flex a

little bit. that may happen today. we're still looking that the continued flow up from the south. in just a while you're going to see first warning doppler and there's some -- well, already some showers, maybe a couple light thundershowers trying to lighten up. the problem is going to be all that stuff that triggered the problem in the plain states is moving our way. we're going to open up the window of storms, showers and maybe strong thunderstorms in the mid at atlantic. if you want to say that this day is the best chance of this week so farseeing an afternoon thunderstorm, fine. tomorrow is not a chance it's a guarantee. chelsea ingram continues this conversation shortly. now back inside. >> thank you. the orioles are getting ready for game 3 against the yankees after a successful of

breaking their losing streak. miguel gonzales gets extra help from nick markakis with a key catch. bottom of the 10th nate mcclout gets the game running homerun. 3-2 o's. game 3 tonight at 7:00 at camden yards. the orioles head out on the road this memorial day weekend. you can see saturday and sunday's games against the blue jays live on wjz 13. the boy scouts of america await the results of a vote on gay membership. >> microsoft reveals its next generation gaming console. a look at the new device coming up. >> stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. ,,,,,,,,

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mostly cloudy, 81 degrees here in central maryland right now. your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. the boy scotts of america voted on their long standing ban. they're scheduled to open

the first of the ballots today. gay scout leaders would still be banned. a final vote is set for tomorrow. a jury in phoenix weighing jodi arias sentence begins their second day of deliberations. she asked the jurors to spare her life for the sake of her family. that's a reversal from her post-conviction interview when she called death the ultimate freedom. it was 2 weeks ago she was convicted of killing her boyfriend, travis alexander. microsoft just announced it's new xbox one. it comes the next generation of content for motion control technology. users won't notice any major differences from the xbox 360. the new system is more powerful. the controllers have a more precise joy stick. all that is totally foreign to me. i haven't played since nintendo, like mario brothers. >> i go back further than that.

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welcome back. it's warm out there. this is going to be our warmest day of the week. right now we're at 81 degrees in baltimore, 77 easton with a dew point around 70 degrees. now, these winds are coming out of the south. they're marching all of that warm air up into our neighborhood. around 6 miles an hour in baltimore and 9 in washington. here's the big picture of what's going on for sat riteellite and radar. this is going to impact your weather into thursday but not until then. we have the chance for some scattered shower activity though associated with the troft of low pressure as we move into the afternoon today. we have unstable air in the upper part of the atmosphere. if we warm up enough we'll be able to tap into that energy and produce possible thunderstorms this afternoon. low pressure moving off to the east will bring us

that chance for thunderstorms and more widespread activity as we head into thursday. we're going to cool down significantly as we move into the memorial day weekend. we will be below average. we will be keeping a very close eye because we have the potential for some very strong storms as we move into thursday. this is going to occur most of the day on thursday. we can see small hail, flooding and downpour with strong winds being the largest impact possible. 87 degrees for today. warm and humid. tonight we're going to be around 68 degrees. that's actually very, very mild. we're going to be very warm. 82 degrees by tomorrow and the chance for a couple showers and a thunderstorm. >> it's humid out there. >> i almost made up a new word. >> it's like sunny thunderstorm. thank you. >> there you go . still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, pregnant woman who eat smart may give their children a brain boost. details coming up. wjz 13 is always on. here with r the top

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in today's wjz health watch children's iq's could be related to what their mother's eat during pregnancy. most did not get enough iodine which comes from sea foods and dairy products and their children had lower scores on iq and reading tests.

a study out of australia finds mental illness can decrease life expectancy. psychiatric patients die 14 years earlier. some patients did take their own lives but 80% died from natural causes like cardiovascular disease and cancer. be sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. the latest in oklahoma and the latest on the shooting linked to the boston marathon bombing. join us today at 4:00, right after dr. phil. stay tuned, the five day forecast,,,,,,,,,,

all right. marty, talk to us about this chance for thunderstorms and then our memorial day weekend. >> reporter: let's go ahead and do that. i got to be honest, tomorrow it could somewhere in the mid atlantic get severe. now, today i was just looking at radar over the valley some stuff is coming up. maybe after 5:00 we see a spotty thunderstorm locally. tomorrow i think there's going to be a couple of lines across the area and we'll be watching those closely for you. 82 and 87. on the other side after other side of that front, 72 friday. saturday breezy, 73. the best of the memorial day weekend days is sunday and monday in the mid 70s. don't miss tonight's prime time cbs line up on wjz.

at 10:00 it is criminal minds to be immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. thanks so much for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13 maryland's news station. i'm jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> with marty bass i'm meteorologist chelsea ingram. i hope,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,