taking the stand. karla porter, the woman charged with ordering a hit on her husband, testifies. >> why she says she had to do it. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. murder-for-hire trial. today, a whitemarsh woman takes the stand in her own defense. karla porter said she had to have her husband killed before he killed her. william ray porter was killed at the towson gas station he owned in 2010. wjz is live at the towson courthouse. derek valcourt was in court as karla porter testified. >> and at times, she broke down in tears, telling jurors that she endured years of beating. she lived in constant terror and just couldn't take it anymore. >> have you ever seen him before? >> no. >> reporter: during her

videotaped police interrogation, karla porter repeatedly lied about her involvement in the murder of her husband ray, at first, blaming a robber. but eventually, she confessed to planning his assassination. >> i just wanted somebody to hit him. i didn't want this to happen, i really didn't. >> what happened, karla? >> he was just being really mean. >> reporter: porter now admits she enlisted the help of several people, including members of her family, to hire hitman walter bishop to kill her husband in front of her, in 2010, at this hess gas station on joppa road. >> everybody said what a wonderful man. i didn't want you to know that he did hit me sometimes. >> reporter: karla porter took the stand thursday to detail years of physical and verbal abuse, she says she suffered at the hand of her husband. she said he kicked, threw things at her, slammed her head and held a gun to her head, threatening to kill her. porter said she lived in constant fear. "it was getting so bad, i knew

ray was going to kill me. i just wanted on to kill him first ." >> reporter: late tonight. ray and karla porter's daughter took the stand, saying she witnessed her father verbally abusing her mother. prosecutors suggesting that daughter is simply trying to help her mother out. they say the daughter and mother are very close. they also suggest that karla porter is making up these stories. [ inaudible ] derek valcourt being wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, derek, thank you. the other five defendants in the murder-for-hire scheme are already serving prison sentences. the u.s. coast guard identifies two men who died when a catamaran flips over in ocean city. >> reporter: the two men who died from that accident are from maryland. penal-year-old william gogle of baltimore. and freddie caristrio. it capsized northeast of ocean city. a helicopter crew in atlantic city, arrived and recovered the

bodies. another boat rescued two 55- year-old man who -- men wohave not been identified am -- who have not been identified. kai, back to you. >> vic, thank you. the coast guard is still investigating the cause. today, a federal grand jury indicts two friends of the surviving suspected boston marathon bomber, with obstruction of of the judge. the college friends are accused of removing a backpack, containing fireworks and a laptop, from dzokhar tsarnaev's room for trying to keep him from getting in trouble. if convicted issue they could face up to 20 years in prison. three people died in the april 15th bombing. and more than 260 others were hurt. less than a week after the russians granted asylum in maryland, nsa leaker edward snowden, president obama said he will not travel next month to sit down with russian president vladimir putin. the white house acknowledges that that relationship does have a lot of challenges.

but insists it is still looking for ways the two countries are working together. co emreports from the white house. >> reporter: russia granting temporary asylum to edward snowden was not the only reason president obama called off next month's meeting with russian president vladimir putin. but it may have been the last straw. >> we have a lot of fish to fry. a >> reporter: this is the first time in decades that an american president has canceled a meeting with a russian leader. >> i think for washington, this is kind of a tit for tat in respect to whether it was going to be productive. >> this wasn't the right time for a meeting. >> reporter: while relations have turned frostier since the former cold war advocacy, u.s.

russian policy jeffrey mancov says this isn't a freeze. >> i think it signals that we've reached kind of a because. they -- that a lot of momentum on working on cooperative solutions that you saw during president obama's first term in office has pretty much run its course. >> reporter: republicans are praising president obama for ditching the talks. now they're calling on the white house for expansion of nato and complete the free trade agreement with europe, two things the russians oppose. at the white house, ko im, wjz eyewitness news. >> and chuck hagel will still plan to meet with the russian president on friday. all-clear is given after a hazmat situation at a baltimore county building. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene at chapel manor apartments in nottingham. baltimore fire officials say they just received a call before 4:00, when an unknown substance in a mailbox.

several residents evacuated while they investigated. ultimatelies are no dangerous substance was found. it is a big day for the national aquarium. the world's largest reproduction of a pacific coral reef. jessica kartalija has more on the new 260,000-gallon indoor salt water tank. that's unbelievable, jess. >> it's in the that big, right? >> right. >> just a little tank. so i'm going to throw some numbers at you. it's the 32nd anniversary of the national aquarium here in baltimore. this is the first day that this is officially open, black tip reef. 700 different animals in here. 65 different species and one exciting afternoon. >> five, four, three, two, one.

[ cheering ] >> reporter: the mayor and aquarium ceo float into shark- infested water for the official ribbon cutting. >> it warms my heart. i'm excited to be here. >> black tip reef is really one of the first major enhancements to the aquarium in a number of years. and it just felt right to do it on our birthday, our 32nd anniversary. >> reporter: the grand opening today are black tip reef is full of light, color and movement, right in the heart of national aquarium. >> seeing it looking so beautiful is a nice edition. >> that's crush. >> that is crush, isn't it? >> reporter: the new exhibit is home to a 518-pound sea turtle, sharks, sting rays, and hundreds of brightly-colored fish, from awcht rail ralian and indonesian-- australian and indonesian water. >> it's exciting for us to be able to see this and see all of this -- oh, my goodness, anna! >> reporter: the indoor salt water tank is a coral-filled

exhibit. an exact replica of the indo- pacific reef. the staff spent 18 months constructing replicas of nearly 50 different species of coral. then painting them the same hue you might find in the great deep. >> reporter: okay, guys. 3,000 different pieces of coral. and it looks real. i mean, it's really incredible. i'll explain how they did all of this. that's going to come up in just a little bit. but it's kind of cleared out a little wit. getting later in the afternoon -- bit. getting later in the afternoon. absolutely jam-packed. as they did the ribbon-cutting ceremony. and it took the temperature here, way up. but not as hot as outside. for more on that, meteorologist tim williams is standing by live outside the aquarium. but first, we're going to go inside to bob turk, inside that nice and cool studio. >> how are you doing, jess. beautiful exhibit there. really beautiful exhibit. we have tropical weather. we have scattered showers and thundershowers that are popped

up in the afternoon. with all of this humidity and temperatures pretty much in the 80s. one or two showers just popping up close to the baltimore region. just over northeast baltimore. and one just to the west of timonium there, heading up toward cockeysville, further to the south and west. a lot more activity around the d.c. area. particularly around montgomery county, approaching the columbia area. pretty good showers. sykesville had over 3 inches of rain last night alone. they could see another inch or half inch in the next couple of hours as this system continues to develop. showersshowers andshowers and storms across the region. temperature-wise, got into the mid-80s. 84 now. 84 in easton. and 72, showers in the oakland area as well. now, tim is live there at the aquarium with the wjz mobile weather lab. with a look at what we expect to happen in the area tomorrow. could see some more with maybe downpours. tim? >> we certainly could see them. of course, here at the national

aquarium, we are right smack dab in the middle of downtown. we have seen the skies get dark. we haven't had any real rain here in the last hour or so. taking you to the wjz mobile weather lab. if you're planning on coming down, for any number of a series of events, 85 degrees now. almost 86. 85.9. the dew point is in that tropical range, just above 65. we also talk about it feeling more tropical. it's at 71.8, which gives us a heat index here on this asphalt, in the middle of downtown, of about 92. bob talked about what could be moving our way in the next 24 hours or so. many showers could be moving our way. and many of them are popping up. take a look at this graphic that we expect to play out tonight into tomorrow. we have a front moving through. that's allowing for a southwest flow of air. warm, moist humid air to move in. that along with temperatures going up. a few breaks of sun could heat things up. could cause pop-up

thunderstorms. and that could be the thing playing out this evening into tomorrow. as jessica mentioned, we have a lot going on. people are here for a number of things. pier 6, bb king, and peter frampton. at m and t bank stadium. and right smack in the biddle, the grand opening of the black- tip reef. i'm meteorologist tim williams. sending it over to you, jess. >> i know. i'm waiting for jay z and justin timberlake to come here and check things out. so, guys, before i send it back to the studio. one of these is real. and one of these is faux. faux-real. coming up in just a bit, i'm going to tell you how they make one. and i'll tell you which is real and which is the replica. >> jessica, thank you. the aquarium has a separate atlantic exhibit that has been going on for more than a decade. preseason opens with tampa and the ravens, facing the

buccaneers. sports director mark viviano joins us with what to watch for in tonight's game. hey, mark. hey, mary. august is the month for nfl dress rehearsals. the schedule of preseason games don't count. but coaches will tell you, they do matter. in terms of preparing teams for the real games. >> reporter: with the nfl preaching a renewed emphasis on safety, there's very little contact during training camp. players look forward to playing a few preseason games so they can hit something other than a blocking sled. and play something that more closely resembles real football. >> the first preseason game especially is really just to get out there. you know, hopefully have a couple of good series and be very polished and all of that. and prove to yourself that the practice is paying off. >> reporter: training camp practices are a proving ground for many of the rookies and undrafted free agents, fighting to make the team. and the preseason games give them another chance to get noticed. >> it all goes in there. the games being the most

important aspect of it. practices are very important. you have to be able to prove that you've got staying power. you've got to prove that you're not a one-hit kind of guy. >> most veterans play very little in the preseason games and just want to get in and out without getting hurt. but the rookies are raring to go, even if the practice games don't even count. >> i'm excited. this day, in my first professional game, so to speak. and i'm really just looking forward to putting it altogether. we have been practicing out here, days in and days out. so really just getting a chance to put it out there and display it in front of a crowd. you know, i'm definitely looking forward to that. >> reporter: again, the ravens play at tampa bay. tonight. then one week from tonight, the first home preseason game when the atlanta falcons come to baltimore. lucky strikes three times. there are three winning tickets in the $448 million power ball jackpot. two sold in new jersey. and another in minnesota. the minnesota winner, paul white, came forward to claim his winnings a short time ago.

a ticket sold in calvert county, maryland is a second- tiered ticket worth $1 million. and somebody purchased it at the dunkirk, fast op convenience store. it's one of four, million, nonjack pot winning prizes totaling $69 million. so make sure you check your ticket. >> what would you and i say? we wouldn't mind being that second tier. >> we'll take it any time. >> that will be great. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. stuck in kenya. maryland humanitarian workers stranded in east africa, after a massive airport fire. the effort to get them back home. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a murder. now the killer learns his sentence after hiding it for 24 years. it's time to shop and save. maryland tax-free week kicks off on sunday. i'm linh bui. that's straight ahead.

the workweek is ending. but you want to get ready for the rain. justin timberlake playing tonight. somebody sitting next to me might be there as well. >> or, yeah. >> don't miss the updated first warning weather forecast with bob. ,,,,,,

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it's cloudy, humid and 84 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. sentenced a howard county man gets the maximum 30-year prison sentence for killing his wife and burying her body under a shed. alex demetrick reports, it was a crime that went unsolved for two decades. >> reporter: bobby jarrett, jr., carried photos of his mom, himself and his young are brother to court. he was 10 years old when christine went missing. 21 years later, police found her body, buried under floor

boards in -- concrete. his father was convicted in second-degree murder, in what the jury viewed as an unplanned act of rage. his son said, when my father took my mother's life, he took what michael and i could have been. the 21 years has played a starring role in many night terrors, where i wake up screaming. >> it was very difficult to write that impact statement. because it's been 21 years and, you know, we had to really look back at our entire lives and just -- just realize the manipulation and the diseetd -- deceit through all of these years. >> reporter: jarrett's lawyer argued that he was a good father to the boys. but the judge didn't see it that way. saying, i think mr. jarrett's conduct was only to help one person. him. he is a monster, hiding in human skin. >> the defense believes the

judge's punishment was made for the wrong reasons. >> i think yet didn't sentence for the crime but for the way she was disposed of. >> reporter: jarrett will turn 89 if he serves his full sentence. >> i'm just very happy with the judge's words and the sentence. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> robert jarrett's lawyer has already filed an appeal on his client's behalf. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on our roads now. here's christy brez line live -- breslin live at wjz traffic control. it's going to be a long wait tonight. delays pretty much everywhere. northbound on the harrisburg expressway, shawan road to belfast. stevenson road to harford road. west side inner loop, expected 25 minutes there from 95 past liberty. average speed, about 30 miles an hour. and northbound 95, just continues to be one very lengthy delay. from 32 to 195, then continuing along from moravia road to riverside parkway. let's take a live look. as you can see, a lot of brake

lights on the beltway at 70. this traffic report is brought to you by dunkin do nauts. -- dunkin' donuts. america runs on dunkin'. >> kristy, thank you. we are watching that rain. do you remember how dry it was on monday? >> no. >> yeah. now the humidity is back. it's tropical. it's warm. it's humid. and scattered showers are popping up here and there. 84 now. dew points way up. it was down to 49 on monday. now, it's up to 71. south winds at 9. the barometer, currently holding steady. we'll come back and take a look at that live doppler radar after this. as we have been showing you, a big day for the national aquarium as the black tip reef exhibit officially opens. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet?

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cloudy. 80 to 85. something like that. very similar to the air outside. and it's tropical. we have shower activity popping up. here and there. and some areas getting decent shower activity. a bunch of it moving in. not too far from columbia, pretty good stuff. and we just had a light shower move through the towson area. moved now around perry hall to long green valley, just north of parkfield. south of the city now, we're getting a pretty good display of showers now. south of ellicott city, over columbia. south of the airport, yes, around laurel and fort meade. showers on the boyy, -- boyy -- bowie, crofton line. you can see a half inch of rain and brief, gusty winds with this activity as it moves generally to the north and northeast at around 20 miles an hour. temperature-wise, we did get pretty warm. 84 now. 81 in d.c. 84 in easton. 79, ocean city. and 81 in cumberland.

rain earlier. and 72 in oakland. locally, temps, either upper 70s where it's raining or low 80s everywhere else. we have a mixture of clouds and sun. keep this atmosphere with us, through about saturday afternoon. we think we'll have a frontal passage and get into somewhat dryer air. from baltimore south this weekend, they'll probably have additional showers and still kind of humid. but look to the west. still more shower activity, west virginia, ohio. and it's going to have to pass through the region. some of it will die down. but we have a chance tonight of more shower activity. on friday night, when the frontal boundary close to the region. more showers and storms for a while. could be downpours again. and then slightly dryer air come comes in to northern maryland to pennsylvania saturday. there's hope. if you head north, much dryer air. bay temp, around 77. tonight, showers and thundershower activity. yes. could be some downpours here and there. 72 tomorrow.

yes. again, humid. shower and thunderstorms around. could be heavy shower activity and downpours again in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s tomorrow. >> all right. but you're not guaranteeing me a clear night. >> i can't guarantee that. sorry about that. >> all right. i'm bringing a garbage bag. preparations are under way for a final goodbye to beloved former colt art donovan. donovan's funeral is tomorrow at cathedral of mary our queen. you can watch live service on wjz and cbsbaltimore.com. still ahead at 5:00. going forward. after a day of delays, the fort hood murder trial is under way again. the ruling that allowed the trial to move forward. a school shooting on the first day of school last year causes baltimore county to spend millions to protect its kids. i'm rochelle ritchie. what they're doing, coming up next. i'm jessica kartalija.

here at the national aquarium in baltimore. coming up on wjz, we take you behind the scenes here at black tip reef. i'm going to show you how they built the coral. how they got the sharks used to the fish. and we'll show you a lot of things you have to see to believe. here's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 5:30. 84 humid degrees. good evening. here are some of the stories people are talking about

tonight. attention shoppers. the maryland tax-free week kicks offer sunday. and today, state comptroller peter franchot stopped in towson to promote the event. linh bui reports. >> reporter: retailers call it christmas in august. the second biggest shopping week of the year. >> reporter: little madison needs new clothes. >> shoes. she loves shoes and bows. >> reporter: good timing for grandma. shop maryland tax-free week starts august 11th. clothing and shoes priced $100 or less will be exempt from the 6% sales tax. >> everyone should go shop for their back-to-school clothes because you can save, 60, 70, 80 dollars for a family with a few kids. >> reporter: peter franchot joined other leaders to stress the importance of tax-free week. >> last five years have been terrible for maryland families. they have been hammered by this

recession. everything is going up. all of the prices are going up. this is a well-deserved break. >> many families need the relief and plan around this week. >> having our little guy now, and me not working fright now, it's going to be a huge help. >> reporter: these are time thats that you know, it all adds up. >> reporter: stores usually add on their own sales. and even attracts tax-free shopping. >> it's a win for the businesses, too, that see more customers. >> reporter: business usually goes up 25 to 40% at the sports shop. >> kids like to wear ravens stuff, especially on fridays, to school. it's back-to-school time. so it's really, really good for our business. >> and the comp controller got into the spirit, buying a manny machado shirt after his interview. tax-free week ends august 17th. >> the state will lose about $5 million in tax revenue. but the comp control -- comptroller says it is worth it to help families and

businesses. >> all right, linh, thank you. for a full list of which items are taxable and which items are exempt, go to cbsbaltimore.com. and click on news for this story. a military judge rules two attorneys, helping nidal hasan can't drop out of the case. >> reporter: well, kai, hassan's court-martial came to an abrupt halt when his stand by attorneys asked to be pulled from the case. the lawyers claim hassan is trying to get the death penalty. and say they will not help him be a martyr. hassan is representing himself in opening arguments admitted he was the gunman in the shooting. the judge ruled the defense attorneys are required to stay on the case. the lawyers are planning to appeal, claiming the judge is forcing them to violate professional rules of conduct. >> if convicted, hassan will

face the death penalty. stranded in kenya, a massive fire at the nairobi airport trapped nearly a dozen marylanders on a -- aide trips toaf rica. today, international flights resumed. but still could take days for some of tome get them. forcing the suspension of international flights and choking a travel gateway. several maryland aide workers were in all of that chaos. >> they let us out on the tarmac. and basically, with only one international terminal, which was completely in flames. >> reporter: katie price, an aide worker, had just arrived. she was one of hundreds of passengers watching the fire grow. >> we just waited for hours and watched the airport up in flames. it was pretty incredible. incredible sight. the pilot announced that they learned that the fuel line was underneath our plane, underneath the tarmac.

so that they needed to move us right away. >> reporter: 22-year-old jd schneider is stuck as well with habitat for humanity as well. jd's mom watched it all unfold back here in maryland. >> my first thought was, who blew this up. they're still not saying whether they know that it was somebody or not. so that's scary, too. >> reporter: all 10 maryland volunteers with habitat for humanity are now in limbo, hoping for a flight back home soon. >> at this point, they don't know when. but they're safe. they're happy. and they're just waiting. >> reporter: international flights are now back in the air but many could be delayed for days because of the backlog of departing flights. >> i'm still in nairobi. there were some flights that made it out today. mostly in europe. >> investigators say it is too early to know what started the fire. but they have ruled out

terrorism. part of the investigation now includes first responders. tonight, they're accused of looting electronics and atms, during and after that fire. anne arundel county police are looking for five teens armed with handguns who robbed a delivery driver. the 19-year-old driver for papa john's pizza was robbed while driving around maryland city around 10:30 last night. he was in the 3400 block of chesswell road, when the five males, two holding guns, stole cash. anyone with information is urged to call police. a new exhibit at the national aquarium here in baltimore comes to life. it is the world's largest reproduction of the pacific coral reef and features sharp- toothed friends. wjz is live. jessica joins us once again with more on the breathtaking black-tipped reef. >> hello, mary. hello, to everyone at home. earlier, i was asking you, which one you think isy is real. and which one you think is

faux. or we were saying faux real. any real guesses? this is the real one. and it very heavy. so i'm going to pass it off to my trusted assistant, sandy freeman. and this is faux but you'd never it. it's absolutely beautiful. i'll tell you how they made these. it's a resin. and they put it in the mold and peel it off. so take a look at this. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: as the crowd looks on, one by one, black-tipped sharks are welcomed to their new home in the national aquarium's black tipped reef. >> it's quite a process of getting the sharks in animal care facility. >> reporter: for the past several months, 20 black-tipped sharks have been living in an off-site facility, preparing to move to the new exhibit. >> we have to make sure that they are comfortable, that they acclimate well and are looking great and feeding great before we introduce them to the public. >> reporter: hundreds of

species of join the sharks. a lengthy process that requires a lot of planning and observation. >> when you have a tank that has little tiny fish and big sharks, you want those little fish to go in first and find a secure spot. then you put some bigger fish in, leading on up to the sharks. >> we put silicone rubber on this. and we make a mold. >> reporter: black-tipped reef is a complex ecosystem that looks just like the real indo pacific reefs. >> how similar is what we're going to see at the aquarium, to the natural habitat? >> i would say if you looked at a picture of the great barrier reef, you're degree to say it's -- going to say it's spot on. >> 3,000 different types, to be exact. [ applause ] ♪ [ music ] it took two days to get the black-tipped sharks into their new home.

>> a 13,000 square-foot tank. incredible view of the world down under. okay. so just to show you again how this works. this is that mold i was talking about. and when you peel it off, a beautiful faux coral in ravens purple. doesn't get any better than this, guys. and i think -- what's so cool about this is i got to learn all about this. mary bubala actually had to put on that tight scuba gear and get in here and swim with turtles. we'll have much more on that at 6:30. and mary, i commend you for that. and you looked good, by the way. for now, i'm going to send it out to meteorologist tim williams in the wjz mobile weather lab just outside. hello there. >> well, hello there, jessica. you know, the theme for everything. what jessica is doing inside. what we're doing outside. it just feels tropical. out here, the dew point is high, which always gives you that tropical feel when the humidity levels go up.

and because of that tropical feel, we've decided to update you on the national oceanic and atmospheric administration -- noaa's updated prediction on the tropics. things are expected to heat up here soon right smack in the middle of the season now. between the middle of august and middle of october is when it starts to heat up. noaa has updated their prediction. we are expecting now from noaa, that the season will be active. there is about a 70% chance of the season becoming above normal. which for us means there should be roughly 13 to 19 named storms. but of those, 6 to 9 of them will become hurricane. and 3 to 5 of them are expected to be major hurricanes, which is category 3, 4 or 5, with winds greater than 111 miles per hour. of course, we'll be able to keep you posted. our new wjz mobile weather lab will be able to take you on location in any place where we need to report from the scene and give you ideas on the current conditions. hopefully we're not talking damages. but certainly, we could be

weathering some of those tropical storms as they make their way into the region. we'll keep you posted. bob will have your five-day forecast. for now, sending it back to jessica, inside the national aquarium. jess? >> we'll see jessica in a little bit. for right now, though, some new safety measures at perry hall high, one year after a student is shot on the first day of school. wjz is live. rochelle ritchie has more from the school's principal on the changes now in place. rochelle? >> reporter: well, hi, mary. unfortunately, guns have found their way into schools across the country. and baltimore county is no exception. that's why they've spent millions of dollars to keep guns out and kids safe. >> reporter: on the first day of school last year, shots rang out at pery hall high school. >> first shots went off. and nobody knew what it was. and i turned arngd and saw -- around and saw him holding the shotgun. >> reporter: the suspect, robert gladden, jr. his victim,

daniel borowy. >> we have two school resource officers who have the capability if we need them to, to wand the student if we feel there is something on them. >> reporter: baltimore county spent $3.7 million to install new security measures like this monitoring system that will be in effect the first day of school. perry hall high school, as well as other schools across the county have a new buzzer system, and mandatory check-in procedure, in which visitors to the school have their ids scanned. >> by the first day of school, everything the be in process. >> reporter: they say gun safety starts at home. the gun used by gladden, taken from his father, was not in a safe. school administrators say paying attention to social media is also crucial. on the first day of school, gladden wrote, first day of school, last day of life. he has taken every precaution.

>> all of this is heightened now for me. >> reporter: and robert gladden, jr., is serving a 35- year prison sentence. i'm rochelle ritchie, wjz eyewitness news. >> the first day of school is august 26th. time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition. baltimore sun. celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of the first heart transplants performed at johns hopkins hospital. analysis of tonight's preseason opener, against tampa bay. 20 ways for you to observe the 20th anniversary of the otakon convention. for more, read the baltimore sun and the updated forecast from wjz 13. the smithsonian is welcoming two new additions. these are two rare sumatran tiger cubs. so far, she's being a great

mom, nursing and grooming both cubs. unfortunately, if you visit the zoo, you won't see the cubs right now. they won't be publicly exhibited for several more months. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. we are here live at the wjz mobile weather lab. outside the new exhibit, the black tipped reef in the middle of downtown, where there's a lot ofabilityitivity. we'll talk about the forecast coming up in the next five days coming up in just a few moments. and as we have been showing you, a big day at the national aquarium. officially reopens. ,,,, copd makes it hard to breathe...

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all right. some clouds building just to the west in the city. going to be raining pretty shortly. taking a lack at radar. we have a pretty good look of showers and storms. let's say the liberty road area down to the airport toward glen burnie. one extra shower headed toward bel air. but most of the activity now, just around the city. right around the southwest portion of the town. glen burnie to severna park. fort meade to columbia. that's moving up to the north towards owings mills.

this stuff from columbia to severna park. we expect to see these showers, moving into the region in the next 35 to 40 minutes. brief, heavy downpours. and gusty winds with these showers. tim is live with the mobile weather lab. going to rain there shortly, tim. with a lack at tomorrow's forecast. tim? >> well, definitely, as bob mentioned, those showers linger for a while. but hopefully they'll be there for a while. they could be in the area for a while. take a look at the forecast. starting off in the 70s tomorrow. about 70 degrees or so. we'll get into the mid-80s. again, the dew point will be high. another afternoon where storms could be firing up. and we'll taper off back into the low 80s to the 70s tomorrow. evening, heading into the overnight hours. back into 75 degrees. next five days, we send it in to bob. looks like a pretty good shot today. and again, we could see heavy downpours. we expect to see dryer air in on saturday. showers will stay south of the city. 88. same thing for sunday and

monday. we may get a shower back here monday. 85, 87, 86. again, tuesday night. maybe some scattered showers. heading down to the beach. unfortunately, there will be a risk of shower or thundershower, saturday and probably on sunday. maybe. 71, water temperature there. around the low 80s once again. kai. >> bob, thank you. help may be on the way for family members of 13 firefighters. family members of 13 firefighter were denied lifetime benefits, since their relatives were considered seasonal employees. now, state lawmakers are announcing a draft bill that would grant full-time state benefits to any first responder who dies on state lands. if passed, the bill would apply to all 19 families. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for these stories and moring coming up. vic is standing by with the preview. 30 years behind bars. that's the sentence for a howard county man convicted of killing his wife. baltimore county's

restaurant week kicks off. so which chef is showing off their culinary skills this year? i'm gigi barnett in hunt valley. the tasty details are coming up. check in with more on these stories and all the day's breaking news, coming up at 6:00. now back to you. >> all right, vic. thank you. it stillade -- still ahead on eyewitness news tonight. crash test results. small cars are a big seller. but are they safe? ,,,,,,,, [ dog growls, barks ]

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a new round of crash test finds many small cars don't perform well on front-end collisions. marlie hall reports for wjz, only one model received the top ranking of good from the insurance institute for highway safety. >> reporter: the honda civic earned the top safety rating in a new kind of crash test. for the first time, the insurance institute for highway safety conducted what it calls small, overlap crash tests. to see how the front corner of small cars holds up during a collision. that area isn't always designed to absorb a crash's impact. david zuby says this type of

collision causes 25% of serious injuries in frontal crashes. >> we still end up killing close to 9,000 people every year in frontal crashes. so this is one of the remaining problems. >> reporter: the dodge dart, ford focus, hyundai elant ra, and scion tc all received acceptable reatzings. -- ratings. but some popular models did not do well in the safety evaluation. chevrolet sonic, volkswagen beetle, chevrolet cruze, nissan sentra, kia soul and kia forte, all received marginal or poor ratings. but they say drivers of those cars should not be too concerned. >> all of the cars we tested today are very safe cars by virtue of the tests we have been running for a number of years. >> reporter: the agency said these tests will simply help car companies make safe cars that much safer. marlie hall, wjz eyewitness news. >> the toyota corolla was not tested because the new version is coming out in the fall.

a long-distance swimmer finishes a two-mile workout in michigan while pulling a ton of bricks. it was all for awareness for habitat for humanity. the swimmer pulled inflatable boats filled with bricks and swam alone. it took more than 50 hours to finish that swim. wow. that's impressive. >> i'd be right up there. floating along. >> with an ore -- oar hopefully. i'm derek valcourt at the baltimore county courthouse. where karla porter took the stand in her own defense to explain why she hired a hitman to murder her husband. that story coming up on eyewitness news. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. the whitemarsh wife accused. hiring a hitman to kill her husband testifies. baltimore county spending millions to protect its kids. i'm rochelle ritchie. what they're doing next. it's the grand reopening of the black tip reef exhibit. we'll take you behind the scenes coming up on wjz. well, the rain is here. the first warning weather team is tracking storms moving through the region. look at those clouds. >> pretty ominous. check in for these stories and

all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about now. >> storms are moving through the region now. a live look outside. dark clouds are rolling in to baltimore right now. wjz is live with the first warning weather coverage. wjz's tim williams is live at the mobile weather lab. but first, bob is tracking live doppler radar. >> we watched this about an hour ago. it was in d.c, now in baltimore region. line of storms from emmitsburg to annapolis region. moving pretty much to the northeast at around 20 miles an hour. take a closer look around the city now. pretty heavy stuff