station. hi, i'm todd jackson and i'm mary. this is just the beginning of what's expected to be an extended heat wave where it's very steamy, and you can see that by this bike ride in towson. >> as you mentioned, today so far, the hottest day of the year. we were 93 a couple of weeks agaround now 94 at last report. the dew point is at 70 degrees, yes, it's sticky, you're uncomfortable, everybody is feeling the heat. 100 degrees is the way it feels on your skin.

105 in's in -- in easton. d.c. just jumped up to 101 as you can see. 24 hours ago we were around the upper 80s to around 90. 5 degrees warmer in d.c. and 3 degrees warmer in ocean city. everybody pretty much from midwest and the east coast, upper 80s to mid-90s. north texas and oklahoma were in the hundreds a couple of days ago, they have cooled down with showers and cloud activity. we're going to stay with these temperatures for at least four or five more days, chelsey? >> we're going to see this span the next several days. all all of this heat is being trapped

right into our neighborhood and it's not going anywhere for the next couple of dais. as we head into tomorrow, check it out, we have a heat advisory in effect for baltimore city as well as washington, d.c. for temperatures from around at least 95 degrees or higher and a heat index in the lower 100s, so it's going to be a very hot one as we head into the next couple of days. we'll have more coming up, back to you. >> chelsey, thank you. lynn is live with the wjz might be weather lab. lynn, how you doing out there? >> mary, i'm melting. it's 94.7 outside, that heat index, 103. unfortunately, this hot weather is sticking around. >> reporter: whether you're working outside, out for a run or trying to stay cool at the

pool, it's miserably and dangerously hot outside. these workers have hours of work ahead of them in scorching temps. make sure you take plenty of breaks in the shade and, of course, drink plenty of fluids, a sentiment echoes around the state, franklin metro scare is the busiest center around the state. >> if you are either very young or very old or if you have other medical conditions like high blood pressure, heart disease, stay inside, stay somewhere cool. >> there have been four heat related deaths so far this year, so it's important to call 911 immediately if you see science of heat stroke or exhaustion.

>> if they're not acting like themselves, look for warning signs. >> reporter: when the sun eventually moves this way. >> i'll be dripping in about an hour-and-a-half. >> he has towels and plenty of water but there's one thing on his mind. >> finish as fast as possible and get out of the heat. >> reporter: emergency centers will be open the rest of the week. reporting live, wjz eye witness news. >> lynn, thank you. wjz is always on on cbsbaltimore.com. grewing calls for -- there are growing calls for the justice department to file charges against george zimmerman. susan reports from

sanford, florida. >> reporter: george zimmerman's attorneys tell the cbs evening news they are not were rid about a possible criminal civil rights suit. >> the fbi looked at this case for over a year and they did not find any actions by george that would suggest a civil rights allegation. >> they also not worried that trayvon martin's family will file a civil suit. >> reporter: the justice department is looking at whether the government should file a civil rights case against zimmerman. eric holder spoke to an african-american group today. >> we are worried about violence toward young people to deal with

the underlying attitudes, mistaken beliefs and stereotypes that serve as the basis for these two common incidences. >> zimmerman has been in seclusion since the trial. his attorney said he will request to have the gun he used to shoot trayvon martin returned. >> reporter: on monday, hundreds of people attended a prayer service at a church several miles from where trayvon martin was killed. pastors here are promoting peace and trying to help the community heal in the aftermath of zimmerman's acquittal. a demonstration over the verdict is set to begin in about an hour downtown. we'll bring you the live coverage at 5:00. >> a fair well to a police officer killed killed in a car accident today.

shane volk died after a single car crash last week. he was with the police department since 2008. the preliminary report is out about the deadly plane crash, denise? >> the national transportation safety board said the plane appeared in tact as it hit the ocean and it was found together, but fractured from impact. the report also states that the left wing was lost during recovery. two off duty ocean city police officers died in the june 30th crash. a second report will be released when the investigation is complete and a final report when the cause is determined, mary? >> denise, thank you. the accident happened just after takeoff. edward snowdon is still in

limbo and still holding information. >> the nuts and bolts of how nsa traffics phone calls and an instruction manual of how to spy is one secret edward snowden doesn't want released. what's been published is considered damaging enough by the obama administration. >> make no mistake, this violation of our laws was a serious security breech. >> reporter: snowden is apparently sitting on that secret at a moscow airport. he says, quote, i have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political expression.

he's also requested asylum from 20 countries with no response yet after telling what he's lost, officials in moscow say he's yet to receive an application for asylum from snowden. even so, russia refuses to send him back to the u.s. >> according to the guardian reporter if constant with snowden. -- in contact with snowden, he doesn't want anymore information released. we'll look at christie with a look at our roads. >> hi, everyone. 95 moving a little bit slow in that northbound direction from 32 past 100, shouldn't take you too long to get by. watch for delays there from charles street over to pairing parkway. once you get past i-70, you're back

to full speed. washington boulevard as when i say kent island bonham road and east, just the name a few, cathedral, landvale and preston at north howard. let's take a look, not too much to talk about there at beltford record. let's look at much more volume on i-70. back to you. all right, christie, thank you. a couple, listen to this. a couple on their way to a dave matthews concert pick up a hitchhiker on the way. that hitchhiker is dave matthews himself. his bicycle broke down as he was riding to his concert in hershey, pennsylvania. they

were on their way to the concert. he treated them to dinner afterwards, very nice of him, and his tire blew out, apparently. assistant cool? >> that's so cool. i would make him sing ants marching or something, give me a private concert. >> very funny. still ahead on wjz's eye witness news at 4, buried alive, a young boy trapped when a sand do you know collapses around him, the incredible rescue. >> robing core ydcory monttieth.

we'll tell you what caused his death coming up. cory. montieth e. it's. okay.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .

it's mostly sunny, 94 in central maryland right now, the complete forecast is coming up. a texas news team gets a scare on live television. oh, the studio had a little bit of a ruckus. >> the corpus christi was rocked bay house explosion two miles away. the blast was felt throughout the area. it flattened three homes, destroyed countless others and left two men in critical condition.

a 6-year-old boy was trapped under 14 feet of sand. doctors say it's a miracle he's alive. >> reporter: a 6-year-old boy buried under 11 feet of stand on an indiana beach is doing remarkably well. he has sand in his lungs and is sedated but he's doing well. >> he's improving every day. >> reporter: may -- nathan was walking down the beach when he disappeared. >> they started to dig to get him out and as they dug, he went deeper and deeper. >> friends called for help. >> 911. my friend's son got stuck in a sand do you know, and he's like under the sand do you know and he can't get out.

>> more than three hours later, they found nathan. >> i supported his head and i talked to him like i would talk to my own son. once i got him out, everybody started breaking down. >> reporter: rescuers think the boy survived in an air pocket. he's a typical boy who loves to be outside. >> we believe that god spared him for a reason and we're very confident that god will give us back nathan whole. >> reporter: doctors don't think nathan has any brain damage but he may have long term breathing problems. nathan's family hopes he will be back at school when the new year begins. can wall street start the week off right? the markets are up again today, the dow is up 20, the s&p is up

2 and the nasdaq is up 7. let's go to new york where we have tonight's cbs money news update. >> reporter: and up and down day. sales are up for cars and furniture but lower for everything else. banks made almost $4 billion in the second quarter. millions of americans will retire this year, but a new medical study may have some people thinking twice. doctors say working tends to keep people physically and mentally challenged. and twinkies are back. the company that bought out hostess announced the return. the cakes weigh 4-grams less than before and contain 15

fewer calories. the new owners are bringing back popular products. that's your money watch. for more business headlines, click on cbsmoneywatch.com. one more racing season heats up in the uk. really? the world championship grand prix was held. racers were split depending on their type of mower but some things were standard. all mowers had their blades removed. i'm sorry, i don't think of john deer when i think think of you uk mower races.

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all right, a look outside on this hot and steamy mobbed, but it is summer in baltimore for sure. >> it's a beautiful day, it's just very hot out there. we're only going to continue to get hotter as we head into the next couple of days. look at our current temperature, steamy, 94 degrees right now in baltimore, a little cooler toward the west and even towards the beach area, checking out temperatures, though, in other

locations like westminster, 93, 934 934 crumb bee -- 94 in columbia. the winds are around 5 miles per hour out of the north in baltimore and 3 right now in d.c. as we head into the tomorrow, we're looking again at another hot day. we have for you our model of real feel temperatures. at 10:00 in the morning, we're going to feel like the upper 90s. the hottest period of the day is going to be around 3:00, that's when we'll feel like 05 outside even though the temperature will probably only read in the upper 90s. of course, we'll die down a little bit by the evening time and rise once again as we head into wednesday. it's all thanks to this area of dry air, also known as high pressure. it's just a deem of upper level

high pressure which is going to trap all of this heat right into our neighborhood. i'll take you through time here today through your wednesday, we're going to stay hot, we're going to stay humid, high pressure is going to keep most of that rainfall out of our way and keep those warm temperatures and humid conditions welcome across the region. 81 degrees on the day right now, winds out of the south approximately 10 naughts 10 -- knots this afternoon. the dew point is not going to change too much so it's not going to give us any relieve even in the nighttime hours. it's going to be very sticky at night. tomorrow, 97 degrees, very hot and very humid. >> we're going to be hearing that. >> why are you smiling? >> it's the only way to make me feel a little bit better about it. >> coming up tonight on wjz's

witness news, or on our station, it's under the dome at 10:00 followed by wjz eye witness news. what's a future king to do while waiting the birth of his future child? play polo, of course. >> john looked at me and said should i swim for it? i looked ate him and said yeah, he said you're going to owe me a pair of shoes. a maryland man swam for five miles to save his family. the latest on two young men struck by lightning on andrea fujii applies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now, it's complete coverage,

it's wjz, maryland's news station. 94 degrees and sunny, hello and things for staying with eye witness news. i'm denise koch and i'm vic carter. george zimmerman is a free man but more troubles are ahead. >> zimmerman has his freedom back, his gps monitor is gone -- >> we're having difficulties with that story. the white house said president obama will not get involved with justice department decisions. >> in maryland, the intense heat, staying hydrated is very important when it's this hot and humid. a live look outside right now, if you can't get to the pool or the beach, staying inside may be the best option.

wjz is live. chelsea ingram and bob turk are updating the conditions. >> it's the hottest week to be here. 94, making it the hottest day of the year so far. we have two other days that were 93. 95 in d.c., 88, ocean city and only 79 in oakland. our heat index has come down a little bit, it was 100 last hour. 99 is the way it feels, 105 in easton. 81 up in the mountains right now, a lot cooler. temperatures this afternoon, you see 2-6 degrees warmer than yes. the weekend wasn't all that bad but the humidity is back with us. the eastern part of the country is

experiencing upper 80s and lower 90s and that should continue for the next four to five days. chelsea joins us with more. >> thanks, bob. this heat is going to continue to get warmer and expand all across the eastern portion of the united states and into the central plains. it's trapping that heat right over us here in our neighborhood and we're going to look at numbers in the upper 90ed 90 -- 90s before it's all said and done. we're looking at baltimore city and d.c., that's in effect from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow on tuesday. we'll have more when we come back, back to you. >> thanks, bob and chelsea. new information today on the two young men struck by

lightning at a beach. kai has more with their recovery. >> john benson and alex steele are awake from their comas. the doctors induced the comas to prevent brain damage. both came out of the comas on friday and they are okay. the young men will remain at the hospital for several more days. a woman whose husband swam five miles to save them is speaking out. >> he swam and they clunk to the 16-foot boat who had capsized in

chesapeake bay. >> reporter: it was about 7:00 p.m. and land was miles away. >> i now from the get go what kind of trouble we were in. >> john looked at me and said should i swim for it? i looked at him and said yeah. >> it was a life or death decision in rough seas. >> two or three foot seas, enough to keep you from getting your breath right, it was matching in your face while you were trying to swim, that was a problem. >> behind him, four members of his family, including his sister sister, her son and their nephew. >> it was really just about staying calm, being reassuring. >> we were thinking about when we could drink hot chocolate and

have a blanket around me. >> john finally reached land at 1:00 a.m., five hours after reaching a family behind. he made it to a woman's front door and they called 911. >> okay, are you on the boat right now? >> no, i have been swimming to get to shore. >> the next morning, 7.5 hours after their boat capsized, they were rescued. >> there's a part of it that doesn't seem real, like it was a dream or this is just a dream and i'm still out on that boat holding on. >> all of the family members are doing well. they're recovering from jellyfish stings along with bruises and scrapes. their boat cap sides when their storm came in and a huge wave crashes on top of that boat. >> police say life jackets played a key role in saving august of their lives. >> how is the rush how right

now? let's check in with christie. >> a lot of accidents around the columbia area. the first is at washington bachelor's degree and -- boulevard and whisky bottom road. a lot of road closures, northbound 295, delays stretching there past 100 and as far as the beltway go, the interloop continues to flow there past 70. watch for delays stretching from charles street over to pairing parkway. from 83 to 94, 43 miles per hour and 15 minutes to get through. we have congestion to get through on 70. this is brought to you by subway. get $5 for a foot

-- get a foot long for $5 or a salad. as we told you moments ago, zimmerman faces more legal trouble. >> zimmerman can travel abrade and live anywhere in america but he will never get back to life he led before he killed trayvon martin. >> i'm sure if he could wave that magic wand, he could get his life back. >> his attorney defended him saying he'll have to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life. >> people have said they want revenge. >> with his not guilty verdict, he's noel jell to carry a concealed weapon again.

to his critics, zimmerman's that i mean has become a racial flash point. >> it boils down to you have a 17-year-old kid who is minding his own business wearing a hoodie and gets accosted, followed by an individual who wants to be a cop. >> the department of justice has said it will now review the trial records for possible civil rights violations. zimmerman once dreamt of a career in laurel, he could again, but first he has to live with knowing he shot and killed an unarmed teenager. lawyer don west helped help defend him. >> there are no winners here, there's no monsters here, that's the tragedy. >> again, the white house says president obama will not involve himself in justice department decisions against george zimmerman. coming up, a live report from a rally held.

gas prices are soaring here in maryland and across the nation. we're paying $3.61 a gallon, up 11 cents from what we were paying last month. international unrest is just one of the factors causing the price spike. >> i woke up and it was higher. >> reporter: that's where the prices have gone. >> have you noticed the gas prices going up? >> yeah,. >> it's ridiculous. >> you have to drive, but it's ridiculous. something needs to be done. >> reporter: the question everyone is asking, why? it has to do with events on the other side of the world. >> the primary reasons are an increase in crude oil, civil unrest in egypt as well as increased demands for the summer travel. >> kenneth says he's on the road all day. he used to clear $70 or $80 a day out here but

not now. >> you're only making $40 a day? >> that's it. you have to pay the company $90 and you pay $130 or $140 before you can make anything because of gas. gases are expected to fall come fall. i'm mike reporting, back to you. well, the royal baby count town counties across -- count down continues across the pond. media camped out outside the hospital in london hoping to catch a glimpse of the baby boy or girl. j. k.rawling has written a

detective novel. >> a detective novel penned by one robert galbrath, previously unknown. critics like it it. in fact, the author is said to be a -- an exmilitary man but mr. galbrath shared a publisher with rawling who wrote harry potter. the the two writers were actually one in the same writer. the book soared to number one on amazon ease reading list. >> i think it's possible she might pick up new fans, people who like to read classic mystery stories, people who are a little too old for harry potter.

>> the book is rawlings' second attempt for adult readers. >> i will be happy to be writing. i need to work, need to write. >> reporter: the cuckoo's calling is proof rawlings' pen can still work its magic. >> a reprint of the book is under way and will include a different author biography. a man sets up a rollercoaster in his own front yard. a missing toddler in california, where police are concentrating their efforts.

>> this is only the beginning of the nasty heat and humidity. it's going to be with us for a while, stick around. ,,,,,,,,

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an investigation underway after a home explosion. the home belonged to the injure man's girlfriend who was reported missing last month. police think arson may be to blame. canadian authorities plan an autopsy today for 31-year-old actor cory montieth. >> ♪ >> reporter: ever since glee's

debut four years ago, ark montieth has played glenn hudson who was a football player who also loved to sing. >> it's rare to see an actor who can be credible as a football player and also have the chops to be credible as a musician. >> reporter: montieth was last seen entering his vancouver hotel room alone friday night. after he failed to check out on saturday, his body was found by hotel staff. on glee, his character faced a long list of problems, everything from relationship woes to a pregnancy scare. >> whatever i did, i'm sorry. >> i'm pregnant. >> reporter: but those issues

issue pailed in relation to his real life problems. he just completed a second stint in rehab three months ago. >> hollywood is full of stories of recovering from drugs and having a relapse. this could have escalated to the point where we kill him, i think that's the big shock if it's truth. >> reporter: montieth's real life girlfriend is in mourning. she issued in statement and is asking for privacy. montieth's cause of death is not yet known. medical examiners are conducting an autopsy. the search continues for a missing california toddler. kai is live with more, kai? >> that's right. the 20 month old disappeared from a car. the toddler was reported missing by

her father who left her in his car with her grandmother who suffers from dementia while he went grocery shopping. the toddler's father was briefly jailed on child endangerment charges but has not been named a suspect. >> nothing has turned up in the searches. a 12-year-old chicago boy is being called a hero after warning theys about a fire. the fire averaged several homes, but thanks to 12-year-old edwin perez, there were no juice. instead of panicking, he woke everyone up in his apartment and four other families. and indiana man rides roller coasters again and again in his backyard. the man ended up with

a rollercoaster with a 20-foot climb, a drop and a loop that comes home in a matter of seconds. he also built an easier roller rollercoaster for his grand kids. >> who wouldn't want to have their own roller coast instruct her. >> true. >> okay. the dog days of summer have finally arrived and they may be around for a while. >> we have the,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

all right, stay in cool places the next several days. it's going to be hot and humid, particularly for folks who have compromised breathing, lung issues, any kind of health issues at all, please be careful, okay? let's look at temperatures right now, we're at 94. that's the high for today and that's the hottest temperature we have had all summer, all year. the good news is in the last hour the dew

point came down 2 degrees. the lower it gets, the more comfortable we're going to be. we have seen the 60s, it's not as horrible is if it's in the 70s. the humidity has come down to 42%. i'm not saying it's a piece of cake, by it's better than the low to mid 70s, for for sure. elton at 93. we're going to see more warm temperatures. we do have a look at the current winds, very light but generally out of the north. what that could mean in the next several days with a north wind, it tends to dry things out a little bit. a dew point could come down a little bit but the temperatures may go

up several degrees oh the next 7 days. we'll get up to 99 by 11:00 tomorrow morning, yes, 101 in places to the east and south of us and during the day, up to 105 by 4:00 depending on the temperature and dew point, of course. d.c. could be up to 108. by evening, we drop back to the up other -- upper 70s and low 80s. look at the east, dry, really no haze at all, a few popup showers well to our north w. don't really expect to see much in the way of shower activities all week long until our front gets here and that won't be until saturday. north winds in the day, hopefully that will lower this dew point a little bit. tonight, just another warm night, 73 overnight

and humid for sure. mid and upper 90s, it may be a little drier tomorrow than today, that's what i'm hoping for but regardless, it's going to be dangerous over the next several days. still to come on eye witness news tonight. with temperatures surging to the upper 90s, it's important to stay cool and,,,,,,

coming up next on wyz, the heat is on. if you're going outside to enjoy the weather, you better be sure you're prepared. protests continue across baltimore city after the

acquittal of george zimmerman. i'm rochelle richie, why some say race may have played a role. and this man and his friends are lucky to be alive. i'm here with the story of what happened to them and how they survived. >> check in with these stories and all of the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news starts right now. hi i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here is what people are talking about. >> heat, it's a scorcher. these kids have the right idea cooling off in a popular downtown water fountain. but the heat is keeping people