this is the heart of maryland's power grid. the control center manages to get power to your house so you can plug in the window unit. >> it's connected together and generation is shared across that

area. so the whole side of the country is not experiencing what we are today. >> on one side of the room they control the actual transmission of power. on other they keep tabs which includes responding to outages. they don't anticipate problems with power. it's because there's ample supply to met that load but that doesn't mean you waste power. >> what customers can do today is what they would could to -- do to control the seize of your bill, shifting the usage away from the peak our and shifting away from appliances that generate heat. for example, today would be a good day not to cook a ham in the oven. it's just going to heat up your house and your air conditioner will work twice as hard. >> it will cycle through the peak rewards program to keep

that balance. it's a shakeout crew for what could come in july and aug gust roosevelt leftwich. some people are tempted to swim in the cool waters of some of our area reservoirs. people are warned it's deadly and illegal. coming up tonight at 6:00 we're going to explore some of those dangers with the officers who are enforcing that crackdown. to help you survive the heat, check ot our website. there are tips to lower your bills. you can find the hot weather guide in our featured story section. baltimore county police have arrested this man, the second person in the murder of a man found dead inside of a car. d'angelo johnson was charged with murder and armed robbery.

smeght was arrested when he walked into good samaritan hospital with a gunshot wound to his cheek. last tuesday police were called to moped circle and found the man shot. the family of a young man killed at the hands of an off duty police officer will spend the weekend bur rig their teen. that will happen tomorrow and saturday but tonight cress fer brown will have a vigil. what the mother has to say. >> reporter: kelly, chris brown is patiently waiting to hear from baltimore county authorities. she believes that off duty officer killed her son in a fit of rage and wants to see him charged for it. today ames interview was not about -- today's interview was

not about that. his mother tells us he was a solid athlete with a huge athlete. she's preparing to bury her youngest son but not before attending a vigil at the school's high school football feel. >> i'm looking forward to seeing them carry our family so we can see what christopher was b when you talk about what you think, it shows what he was. >> coming up at 6:00, we'll have much more about cress brown, what she wants her legacy to be and its efforts to investigate this death. brian kuebler, abc2 news. continuing coverage of the jerry sandusky trial.

after seven days of often graphic testimony, the case is now in the hands of the jury. jamie costello joins us with more. >> reporter: the jury is deciding if jerry sandusky is guilty or not. nine have some connection to penn state. another is a penn state football season ticket holder. two more charges were dropped by the judge. jerry sandusky did not take the stand. his attorneys cannot tell us why his client did not testify but abc2 news learned that decision was made during a court break just before testimony was to end. sandusky pushed hard to take the stand but was convinced otherwise by his defense team.

>> what happens if you lose. if only i could tell my story. >> reporter: the judge said touching the child, showering with the child is not a crime. jamie costello, abc2 news. new video has been released watching 28-year-old george zimmerman walking investigators through what happened. >> reporter: this is george zimmerman, the day after trayvon martin was shot, backing police through the scene of the crime. zimmerman tells the police he was scared for his life. >> i thought i was going to lose consciousness. >> reporter: the reenactment lasted for nearly 20 minutes. zimmerman said this was

17-year-old martin who was the aggressor who started the confrontation. >> he said, yo, you got a problem? >> where was he? >> about there but walking toward me. >> reporter: zimmerman said he tried to reach for his cell phone and martin came after him. >> he punched me in the faissments i stumbled. i fell down. he pushed me down. somehow he got on top of me. >> reporter: zimmerman said he felt mar ten was winning the struggle and that's when the teenager saw his gun. >> he said you're going to die tonight. i felt his arm going down to my side. i grabbed my firearm and shot him. >> reporter: zimmerman's statements were consistent but the lead investigator was sceptical, asking for charges to be filed. >> reporter: martin's family

said taking into account all of zimmerman's statements and evidence, it's clear to them why he was charged with second-degree murder. well, back to the heat now, not just here but across the country. every state in the lower 48 except north dakota is forecast for 90 degrees. people all over are seeking relief in the shade and staying in the water. but as it gets hot, i guess things really could be worse, right? so we have to say that the heat is no laughing matter except when you look back at sunday night when our very own meteorologist mike masco thought we would be hitting some out of the world record temperatures. >> take a look at the forecast for tomorrow. temperatures will be into the 70s, not 775 degrees. that's a really hot day.

>> that would be a miserable day. so now mike is outside. while that fat fingered forecast was missed. >> it might as well be 775 degrees with the heat indexes. some areas feel like 103. we have the abc2 app. it's showing a heat index -- yeah, it's hot, not 775 degrees hot, but there you go. >> we'll check back in with you a little bit. coming up, some big news. katy is coming to baltimore and we've got a sneak peek of what

is going behind the scenes. plus, listen to this, a rebate from your healthcare provider could be showing up in your mail bo. the reason north rebate and when it will be arriving. >> another video goes viral. this one with students bullying the bus monitor. they even made her cry. we'll hear from the woman and the school district.

we've got big news, ball boys is moving to prime-time. the show actually followed the wheeling and dealing in lutherville. it shows the team. now the show will be right here on abc2 saturday july 7th at 9 p.m. you can also catch it on july

14th and 21st. in just under three months we're bringing baltimore a really big show. katy will air right here at 4:00 monday through friday starting splt 1th. before the show hits the air there's a whole lot going on behind the scenes. kate -- katie couric gives us a tour. >> welcome to the offices at the katie show. we have an official logo. it's behind the lovely and talented bianca. would you like to see my office? this is meredith kennedy, my trustee assistant. this is the lovely netta here from the university of virginia. here's my office. i have a lot of monitors which is very nice. this is out of a pow many, the

best advice i've ever got. >> i'm thrilled to be here and we're building a great team and everybody's excited. >> it looks like an airplane hangar. come july, it will start to resemble a talk show set. we'll have actual furniture and lights and if you have any interest in coming to the show, wreath to us at katie couric.com and we can't wait to see you then. but before i sign off, let's check out the control room because honestly, it's like a space ship. it's pretty good. camera three? okay. close up camera two, camera three. i'm just playing. i've always wanted to do that. this is the control center, the

epicenter, so i'm very excited to get the show on the road and get started. i hope you guys will join me and we'll introduce you to some of the folks who are -- will be part of the katie show. >> katie just mentioned they are looking for guests. we've put a link to katie's he is on our website, abc2news.com. they're not looking for just any guest, also katie look-alike guests. the show starts september 10th at 4:00 followed by abc2 news at 5:00. we'll have a lot more as we get ready for her big arrival in baltimore. wyatt? all right. it is a hot, hot scenario. the heat advisories are up for

all of central maryland. well up into the mid-100's. 101 so far at the airport. 98. if you're asking, hey, was this a record breaker? no. we hit 99 so far at bwi. the old record 100. so one degree off. look at the hot seering sunshine across the board. frederick a hot spot. hagerstown, always a hot spot. steamy skies over the key bring as we take a look toward curtis bay and hawkins point. damascus with the hot sun rising and the temperatures shooting up. you see the fair weather clouds. we think those could be storm clouds. right now it's pretty quiet. we've got a couple of storms

firing up south into harrisburg, virginia, south into staunton. this is some prefrontal storm action. high temperatures have been, again, in the upper 90s. 98 in baltimore. ocean city not so cool. atlantic city not soo cool at 95. mid-commitmid--- mid-60s. anything over 60 gets to be very uncomfortable. look at these heat indexes, feeling like 105, 109. a couple of storms west now but the main storm system is yet to push. we seat storms lining up over the southern part of michigan reaching down into northern arkansas, southern missouri. that is our next weather maker.

although it may bring gusty storms, those will be welcome because the cooler air behind this thing is really going to get us back to more normal weather. hard to believe the summer just started officially. chance of a pop-up shower or storm as we go through 2:00. you'll see them pop-up. anything after 2:00. now once we get into the evening hours that's when we could see more widely scattered showers. weather looking nice. tropical storm chris was a hurricane. look at that rotation. it's sitting in the north atlantic. not a lot of warm water to work with. just interesting to point out. overnight 75, steam bath city. that's the story tomorrow, 93, not quite as hot, some late day scattered storms and then an evening shower or storm. as we look ahead, temperatures

will rise to 93 tomorrow before that front pushes. storms tomorrow evening. we drop temperatures back down into the 80s sunday monday into tuesday. it will be nice to feel that cool relief next week. i think we've got mike masco standing by. how does it feel? >> it feels like 1,000 degrees. loment is high. we have that weather bug. 96 degrees outside our studio. we're still in the heating of the day. we want to hold off on exercising for the next couple of hours until we lose that full heating of the day. yes. it's a steam bath city. you said the humidity is going to break up some, which is good enough for me. you can feel it, very nasty out

there. >> weather that you wear. good report there. we've got some rita's in the freezer, too kelly, we were hitting that last night. >> that's right. if you're looking for a place to beat the heat, boy, do we have a spot for you. we'll tell you what people in baltimore county found. we'll take you sthot beach -- to the beach. plus if you want to show a little leg at the beach but concerned about those varicose veins, help is on the way.

a new study find as link

between diabetes and memory problems in older adults. they studied 3,000 people. those who already had diabetes had slightly lower cognitive abilities. nine years later the gap in cognitive test scores widening significantly between those with and without diabetes. summer's here. that means more skin. many women don't want to bear their -- bare their legs because of unsightly varicose veins. in people with varicose veins, the valve that helps regulate may get weakened. the condition is often her red tar ri more common in men than women. there is a procedure than can get red of them. >> this procedure use as radio

frequency element which is a heater probe. >> the procedure is less invasive than the older technique where the vein is surgically removed. >> some good news. you could be getting money back from the health department. insurers will be handing back a billion dollars this summer. each family is expected to get about $150. it's part of the 2010 health reform law. abc2news.com is the place for all the health news you need. just check out our page. you'll find the important health lines as well as some very, very interesting health stories to cope you informed. >> coming up on the news at 5:30, a verbal assault on a bus monitor is recorded, put online and it's gone viral, all done by

the children who watched the assault. what she said she wants the teens to learn from it. >> the towson market opened today. and if you're hoping your teen will get a summer job, you may want to lock for something else to keep them busy. why summer jobs for teens are harder to find this year. before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better.

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