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happened in florida. it's been a stuff day. also tornado concerns in parts of tampa around sarasota, pinellas county. look at that the waves crashing over that famous walkway in tampa. they're getting blasted. the storm is on the move. it will be in south carolina and georgia next. we'll show you what we're watching. it's all about moisture. if you're thinking about this as a wind threat, think again. not only are we watching the moisture from andrea, we're watching the storm north of memphis. those two will con sol date and go up the coast. that is of concern. moisture built on top of us, 2 to 4 inches of rain. we could be talking maybe an isolated tornado threat.
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so we're live outside. it's raining. guys, we'll send it back in to you. >> you want to stay on top of the storm, check ot our special section at the top of the page with the latest on tropical storm andrea. andrea may not be the one that knocks out the electricity but it could be the next one. get started early. >> don harrison went shopping to get ready. >> reporter: as ominous clouds hover over this hardware store, it might be a good idea to go inside and prepare for the hurricane season. trying to grab supplies is a disaster in its on rite. >> people running in every direction. >> reporter: it's better to be prepared now before everything is picked over. >> it takes days to restock.
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>> reporter: summer is already set for the storm. >> anything you would take camping we have set up and ready to go. >> reporter: christine and caleb came in to buy some light bulbs. they're in the prepared this season. >> not at all. we should start getting prepared. once it lets and the electricity goes out, we're done. >> now that you told me, i will. >> reporter: you may not have $1300 to get a generator, but you may have this. let's see how prepared you can get. flashlight and batteries, toilet paper, candles and matches. how about hand sanitizer. large zip lock bags so you can put your cell phone and wallet in. wart and a lantern.
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$93.55. with tax, $99.17, under $100. that's a good start eye remember hurricane isabelle. we had a long time with no showers and no electricity and having to use bottled water. this was terrible. >> reporter: in severna park, don harrison. >> we want to make sure you're prepared. the app sends alert to your smartphone. if you don't have it get it. all right. we have continuing coverage. that scandal at the detention center. prisoners and corrections officers were indicted. >> we have more on lawmakers' response. >> reporter: if you're expecting an apology or resignation, you
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didn't get that. he talked about things he would like to see, including stronger penalties, cell phone jamming technology and trying to see what can be done in the future to clean up the baltimore detention center. governor o'malley did not attend the hearing but there were tough questions from lawmakers about the problems at the baltimore city detention center and what might be done to fix it. >> do you identify someone as a gang member when they are incarcerated? >> reporter: the secretary said over the past several years there's been much more effort placed on finding and seizing cell phones that work their way into the prison system and rooting out corruption among corrections officers. >> more stringent measures. we have installed fast i.d.,
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which gives our people the opportunity. >> reporter: the lead defendant tavon white impregnated four corrections officers. this was asked how that could have happened. >> sexual activity was common, that food service was common. >> the person was 13 corrupt corrections officers who did in the control the jail. they had their own activities going on. they were the problem in this situation. they and some others who mi have known about their activities -- may have known about their activities. >> that was the message. look, it's the 13 officers who were indicted. the have the majority do their job in an honorable way.
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you heard it mention other people knew about it. the number three in security, she is so farther only official to be dismissed as a result of this. the caked said the investigation into whether others knew about it is still going on. again, she is the only one who at this point has been dismissed. we're live in annapolis, christian schaffer. >> christian has been tweeting about it since the news first broke. he is as chris at abc2. you'll get the latest on this story and all the stories he covers on abc2. if you're wondering what that smell is around the jones falls, you're probably sniffing it. >> the department of public works said the break happened late this morning.
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they're still trying to figure out where it s it's either in or -- it is. it's either in or under stone nip run. we're talking about the raw sewage that spilled. crews put dye into the wart so they could find out -- water so they chop find out where the break was. as the government been secretly collecting phone records? the obama administration has a massive surveillance program, tracking calls made by millions of verizon customers. the order was obtained 10 days ago. the aclu calls the practice alarming. officials wouldn't say if it's true but they did say collecting phone records is an important tool in preventing terror attacks. >> the government has been successful in identifying people and coupled with other investigative techniques. >> we want to protect people's
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private rights. >> the white house says there are enough safeguards in place to balance your privacy and national security. >> now to a developing story ot of cecil county. >> a man was arrested after he forced his way into a school in elkton. children on the playground at holly hall elementary school spotted the men on tuesday. when teachers tried to move him into the building, the man followed and pushed his way inside. >> hoe was -- he was under the influence and tried to get out of the way. he did encounter children at that time as you've heard and saw in the police reports. he did push them out of the way but in an effort to find an exsm out of the -- exit out of the school. >> police arrested 43-year-old
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james briscoe after administrators confronted him. paramedics transported him to union hospital after he complained of chest pain. he will face chargeses. now an update on the breaking news you first saw on abc2news.com. a man shot and killed by a baltimore county office. this is the suspect, 57-year-old arnett meyers. he was pronounced dead on the san at pulaski highway in whitemarsh. the man tried to pull the officer's gun out of the holdster during the struggle. we have an update on jailen shaw who was hit -- jalyn shaw who was hit by a car. look who stopped by. the mom said she's getting brt
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and should make a full recovery. >> that is great. >> way to go, jalyn. all right. it's tough to balance school and sports but we'll introduce you to the guy who found the right balance. >> a big change is coming to the harbor and will also bring big bucks to baltimore. >> and we think rain is ledded to the harbor and everywhere else as we go into the overnight. you see the line of rain. tropical storm andrea making landfall and headed north. talk about how she will impact maryland.
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school's out for summer. tonight is the final bel air honda student of the month. one of the organizations we talked about, here at 6 cop win $5 -- could win $5,000. our salute is max greene. he's a borrel. he wears 19 well. it's good-bye to his high school. he beat all the biggies, but what drove this graduating senior? it was his older brother now at georgetown to set the standard. he knew what he wanted and within the for it accepting an offer from one of the top schools -- harvard. >> ever since i visited, this was the spot for me.
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>> his coach knew harvard was the right fit. >> he knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. >> worked my butt off in the classroom to keep my grades off tanned eventually paid off. >> one of the loudest guys cheering at games. >> to get an education, figured that was my main goal. >> from scoring goals to reaching goals, max greene is setting his next goal to be a wiz in economics. max greene is this year's student of the week. >> the orioles picked up another win. they went six strong innings. the orioles picked up all the runs in the fourth. adam jones and jj hardy.
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the orioles win 3-1. guess where they're going next? to go see andrea. the orioles will look to land the next one. the draft starts at 7:00. thanks to last year's success. don't pick until 22. the orioles had a top five pick the last five years. hard to predict who they will select but the team went with a pitcher. >> in tonight's consumer alert, there's a new neighbor coming to baltimore city. it is expected to rake in big bucks. the mayor said once development is complete for harvard point it will collect $27 million a year in new taxes. >> this will support hour budgets for police, and for core city services. >> the development will include
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a waterfront promenade to connect the inner harbor and there will be a new bridge and roads to help improve traffic in the harford area. for the harbor, late tonight into the day tomorrow, moisture tapped all the way from the tropics, going to mean rain and quite a bit of it. you can see that moisture all the way down into florida and the eastern golf of mexico. this is the center of andrea as she continues to move into the northeast corner. i can show you a tighter view, center of circulation coming to shore. we don't have the official landfall time. it as within the last 20 minutes or so. right now a lot of look from
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clearwater beach. this is midwest coast florida, beginning to see some clearing. that was not the case earlier today. take a look at this time lapse, as andrea makes her path off shore and continues to move. then right up here into virginia and maryland in due time into the day tomorrow. right now in baltimore, just some passing light showers. things beginning to ramp up a little bit. later tonight you'll see more significant rain. this is moderate rain. there's a couple embedded downpours. this is not main event. the main player comes in the morning hours. we have the flash flood watch and all of del wear and new jersey and the d.c. area. we may see gusts up to 20.
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it will conclude by the early morning hours of saturday morning, probably before sunrise. you see the setup getting more active. timing with the computer models, they have a tough time projecting it down. the morning commute getting off to a wet start. the secondary round as the front squeezes in, you got andrea running up the coast we'll have rain. then we clear out. good news for the honfest and all the other activities. in the meantime andrea has yet to make her way up the coast. winds at 65. she will be down graded to a tropical low. tonight down to 65, cloudy with rain, heavy at times. andrea arriving through the day, rain at times, will get a break,
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downpours. the rain will taper off. we'll keep a few showers in for saturday, especially early. it looks drier through the day on sunday. we'll bring in another chance into early next week. maryland is not in any rain deficit. everything is look green and andrea will bring maybe two inches of rain. so there you go. >> we'll keep updating you hour by hour. >> we'll be right back.
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for 27 years, police officers have been carrying the torch fort special olympics. they were pounding the pavement for the 27th annual torch run. they ran three miles through the county. the money raised goes to the special olympics maryland. it's great. >> they got it in early before the rain. >> the rain will be here for 24 hours. the rain beginning to move north out of florida, overspreading the area, so we'll get our taste, more of it overnight. give yourself some team. some of the heaviest rain could be around the morning commute as andrea makes her run up the coast. >> world news is next.
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this is "world news." tonight, landfall. tropical storm andrea strikes florida, bringing dozens of tornadoes, 15 lightning strikes a minute, and 90 million people in its path. top secret. the private phone records of millions and millions of americans turned over to the government. is all fair game in the war on terror? and caught on tape. how a woman survived under a collapsed building for 13 hours. good evening. as we come on the air, 90 million americans are in a new storm zone. tropical storm andrea has come ashore in florida, with a spray
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of tornadoes and a lot of water. and it's getting ready to march north. abc's weather editor sam champion leads us off right now from cedar key, florida. sam? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this tropical storm spent all day working up the gulf coast of florida and burst in strength, passed by us and turned inland, at 5:40 this evening, making landfall east coast time, in the big bend area of florida. that's day one of a three-day involvement for the east coast with tropical storm andrea. tropical storm andrea, this first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, brought 60-mile-an-hour winds and driving rain. and andrea's squall lines are spawning multiple tornadoes. that's expected to continue throughout the night. utility workers peeled debris from power lines in sun city center, florida, after a unconfirmed tornado touched down. one of at least 12 tornadoes reed
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