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collected by the federal government. >> good afternoon and here's what people are talking about today. a new controversy involving another aspect of the government. danielle nodding ham reports the latest for wjz. >> the white house is -- senior administration officials says the practice does not allow the security agency to listen in on anyone's phone calls. it relates to metadata such as the telephone number or length of a call.

>> britain's newspaper first reported a secret court order that expires in july is getting verizon to give them the metadata on a yearly basis of customers even if suspected of no wrong doing. >> it was amended after 9/11 and gives the government sweeping legal authorities to make demands on phone carriers. some believe untogetherred surveillance goes too far. >> i think the american people deserve to know whether their government is picking up all their phone records whether they did anything wrong. >> verizon has not commented on the report. >> at the white house, danielle nodding ham, wjz news. >> this noon, parts of the country are already effect by

tropical storm andrea. two tornadoes touched down today. our first warning weather team tracking weather for you. meteorologist tim williams in the weather center with the latest. good afternoon. >> no winds after major concern at this point. after the 11:00 updates in the national hurricane center is tropical winds moving at the north, north east at 15 miles per hour. it's expected to start making its way on to land and that will take the potency down.

it will be reemerging from the land back to the carolinas and virginia south of maryland and off of the shores. that is where we're expecting to make land fall and reemerge into the ocean. we can continue to keep you posted. we can expect the rain to be moving in as a result of andrea. marty we'll have more coming up. >> lawmakers are meeting at the state house.

>> federal state and city officials are investigating the collapse if philadelphia -- in philadelphia. a survivor was found late last night. >> a 61-year-old woman was found overnight after about 13 hours of being buried alive. >> at least 6 people were killed. officials still don't know how many people were inside the store on on the sidewalk when

debris rained down. witnesses say the empty shell of a building was standing. widow watchers say the 30-foot wall had not been braced. no violations have been filed against the demolition company which had proper working permits but they had legal and financial trouble for dealing crack cocaine. the company has twice filed for bankruptcy. wjz eyewitness news. >> they have reportedly searched 75 percent of the debris at this point. they'll use integration to

put together a computerized recreation of the accident in the laboratory in d. c. a special reunion for a -- >> when ere carcinoma left the hospital monday she asked for one final favor. she said she would have died without the help of a good -- a good samaritan. here's what amanda told anderson cooper about their bond. >> i had no idea what happened but i felt if i could keep

energy into her maybe it would get to her. >> she also said she never stopped holder ere carcinoma's hand on that day and asked that her daughter will run in a future race to raise money for the treatment cost. don. >> thank you very much, mike just go to wjz baltimore.com and click on our icons. enjoy the dry weather while it lasts. we have overcast skies and been watching for rain on the ray door all morning long. we have your first warning weather forecast. marty. >> good afternoon everybody. let's take a look at the first warning doppler. it's been raining out to the west. slowly but surely starting to move. it's going to stream south to north, north east i think over the next three or four hours we're all going to see a light passing shower. then we start tapping into the weekend. let's go ahead and take a look

at the satellite photo and look at all that rain down to the south. it's pulled north along the atlantic seaboard by the advancing weather app over the ohio valley. it's going to be compressed. what you're going to be see as good take a look at our next big shield of rain. overnight rain showers around, maybe a couple of thunder showers. by 5:00 tomorrow and late afternoon and evening. bedtime about a five or six hour window. one to two inches of rain. he mentioned the winds go not even part of the forecast. a lot of moisture is moving our way. that's going to impact friday night. possibly the first half of saturday. meteorologist tim williams will be discussing that shortly. >> thank you very much, marty. orioles played the houston

texans last night. you can see it on masn. still to come at noon a little girl in need of a lung. and the largest power ball prize ever claimed. we have clouds outside and rain on the way. your forecast is coming up.

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73 degrees in central maryland right now. your complete forecast coming up. the 10-year-old girl in need of a lung transplant has gotten some great news. her reaction when she learns that the judge ruled she'll be added to the list of people

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skies and rain moving into the region. most of it west of us as we speak and moving up to the north and north east. a lot of these showers are going to breeze through the coastline through annapolis and into the city. the heavier rain this afternoon west and then it starts to incompass the entire state. the way it's playing out now temperatures at 57 degrees. relative humidity at 57 percent and south east winds at 12 miles per hour. bringing in milder air. right now 73 degrees. the rain is cooling the air down a little. low to mid-70s across the

state. winds pretty moderate now. the rain is going to be the issue here. two portions of a system one from the west coming in along with the frontal boundary here. we'll start to see that rain lingering through saturday before we start to see real clearing out. we'll start to see the rain taper off through tomorrow evening into saturday. it's going to be a good amount of rain. it's going to cause definite flooding. today with 77 degrees looking for a couple of showers through the afternoon. tomorrow cloudy with heavy rain in the area.

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18 during games. check back today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. first warning weather is tracking tropical storm andrea for you. we'll have the latest on the attempts to find a dying girl a new lung. join us with new stories and all the news breakings today at 4:00 after dr. phil. stay with us. your five ,,,,,,,,,,

rain is controlling. over at the sun dock edge mere. key bridge neighborhood we're going to see a couple of showers later on this afternoon. then here comes the rain. then with the numbers added up correctly, we should have a nice sunset on saturday. 76 maybe friday and saturday. sunday is the best of your weekend days inland or down at the ocean. monday and tuesday 84 and 86 degrees. pretty good amount of sun. >> all right. thank you very much. i need some dry weather. coming up on prime time lab at 10:00 it's elementary with williams and stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00 and in colorado a 5-dollar chair from a garage sale turns out to be worth thousands of dollars. thank you very much.

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