your fields. it was sunny. it out there nowpb to art and >> who were you happiest to see? >> all those guys. to see them -- jim muchler's son. chad you no, i tas. and it's stories like that. that's why we turn out for this guy. that was an honor to see my heroes. >> if you missed anything, you cran go to that at wcco.com/links. in news are uptonight it's not a new chrome but anne arundel police say it's going to on -- going on soon -- stealing

the mail from your box. don harrison talked to some people about what they're doing. >> reporter: you drop your check in the mail in the morning and sphoor get about it and expect to get it but thieves are grabbing it before it leaves your mailbox. >> they know who they're targeting and the times. >> reporter: police say that target is your money. >> they're trying to get checks that could be intended for a bill collector or checks intended for you. they're taking them and fraud lntly transcribing it to make this look like their name or some other recipient. >> reporter: county police say it's in the one specific area where the thefts are occurring. it's happening all over the county. >> we've gotten reports, north, south, east and west, of people's mails and checks being stolen out of their mailbox.

>> reporter: some residents take precaution. >> i never let anything sit overnight. >> reporter: gerald had his state tax return stolen before. >> it was a very frustrating thing. i did get the check later on, a couple months later, but the point to me is that somebody can get away with this. >> reporter: you can also avoid mail theft by dropping it in a box at your local mailbox and get it out of your mailbox as soon as you get home. >> if you think you've been the victim of mail theft call 877-876-2455. also tonight police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in columbia. that woman was running on a path near the intersection of stone cloud and majors lane when she heard someone running behind

her. hey grabbed her breast. she yelled and he ran off. well, a man is recovering at shock trauma after being rundown in a parking lot. he was load nod a helicopter. it started with an argument. police said two men were fighting when the suspect pushed the 64-year-old victim to the grandand drove over him with a car. the suspect is in police custody tonight. >> an alert for people living in edgewood. the sheriff's department is looking for those responsible for setting bags on fire. he found a peel of trash on his front porch. it happened again yesterday, about a quarter of a mile away. a disturbing story out of florida tonight. a man posted a picture of his dead wife on facebook with a

murder confession. he posted the picture thursday morning along with the photo of his wife jennifer alphonso. he confessed and said i'm going to prison. take care facebook people, you'll see me in the news. friends said the two had a troubled married. the victim's 10-year-old daughter from a previous marriage was in the home at the time of the shooting. the disappearance of a 16-year-old california girl and the suspected kidnapper. a car belonging to james dimaggio was found. the missing girl, 16-year-old hannah anderson didn't appear as though she was being held against her will. police have been looking for dimaggio after the girl's mother and home was found burned.

a massive wildfire in california. the fast moving wildfire continues to move through the mountains. more than 500 homes remain in the fire's path. the winds are pushing it both east and west. >> we've been talking about the fire season this year being a little bit more dry than usual and that's played true with the fires we've seen. >> six people have been hurt, including five firefighters right now. that silver fire is said to be 25% contained. two people are dead after a small plane crashed into a home in east haven, connecticut. the children, ages one and 13 were inside. the mother got out safely. the plane sparked a fire and a partial collapse of two homes. the pilot is still missing. we've been dealing with

nasty storms. there was destructive flooding across 15 states. a look at the forecast coming up in moments. >> i'm wyatt everhart at the 12th annual barbecue bash. people coming out, the rain clearing. we'll have much more and live from bel air. >> and wyatt's got the sweet assignment. police officers see a lot but these moves surprised the officers. the driver bust a move. stay with us. [ male announcer ] you know what's so awesome about the internet?

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caught on camera, a man suspected of drunk driving bust a move when police pulled him over. he was going 15 miles an hour -- miles over the speed limit.

you see what's going on. he apparently decided it was time to break it down. >> i'm not driving anyway. >> we know when people are intoxicated they're unpredictable. >> unbelievable. bentley face last host of charges. police said his blood alcohol level three times the legal limit. a carjacking suspect leads less on a chase. officers arrested the man after he ran a kia van off the road flipping it. at first he refused to get out of the van but surrendered 20 minutes later. no carjacking here. the driver of the truck hit a curb and flipped that vehicle. police needed to call in the pros to set up a corral.

storms turned deadly in parts of the midwest. strong sudden rain catching a number of people off guard and prompting dangerous rescues. there's more rain reportedly on the way. >> soaking storms are a staple of summer, but in the southern plains it got an extreme. >> because the jet stream is much farther south for this time of the year we're seeing this pattern society up across oklahoma, kansas and southern missouri. >> reporter: from oklahoma to maine, a soggy path of destruction. roads turned to lakes. fields of crops submerged, entire neighborhoods destroyed. >> a lot of people lost everything. >> reporter: the floodwaters made their mark, on the inside a scramble to clean up. >> we opened the door to let this run out. >> reporter: it hit this home so

strong this overturned a refrigerator. >> if we don't find a place to live, we could lose our foster child. >> reporter: the floods left three people dead. some aren't heeding the warning. this man telling those would-be rescuers to go away. he was fished out and put under arrest. the forecasters said the flood threat remains real. much of the southern plains has been under extreme drought. there's one way to get rid of extreme drought and that's heavy rain. they have watches and advisories headed into the weekend. if you live in a low lying area, you need to stay on alert. look at this storm. 40-mile-an-hour winds. it's right over the bay bridge,

so we may see the bay bridge subjected to closures as the storm is moving through, producing gusty winds. chester town getting smacked around. this will continue to move toward the east. it's moving at 30 miles an hour. the storms could drop a copious amount of rains. the storms moving through towson, those have shifted to the east. clear skies out to the west. it's a line of showers developing over deep creek. this has to push across the state through the course of the heaving in. future radar showing that line through 6:00, 7:00, moving into washington county. it will be pretty interesting. look at the shot downtown where we had a tremendous amount of rain move through. now the sunshine is coming out. it's 80 degrees with the bay

water at 81. your planner, scat expat and thunderstorms. it will take a break around 8:00 but come back into play at 11:00, temperatures falling back into the temperatures -- temperatures will be into the 70s later tonight. it's 89. nompleally this should be around-- normally, it should be around 86. 81 downtown right now. the dew points are still way up there, tremendous amount of moisture on top of us. that will aid more showers and storms during the course of tonight. there's the satellite picture, lots of clouds on top. there's the cold front. it's ent acting with all the humidity. that's why we're seeing the gusty showers and thunderstorms. back out to the west, before some nicer weather will push in on saturday. so temperatures into the 70s up and down the east coast. these are dew point numbers by

the way. this is the dry air. we're going to welcome in by sunday. saturday will be a half day deal where the first part will feel muggy. plate in the afternoon the dry air will move in. the readings are into the upper 70s to 80. high pressure to the west slowly drifting into the ohio valley. here's my concern for saturday. this front is not going to be too far offshore. it will be a blend of sunshine and clouds, maybe a spot shower to the south. not a washout. we're not going to be looking at the ideal day. there could be a shower south of the city. so for tonight hail on the low side. lightning on the high extreme side. dangerous cloud to ground lightning expected. winds could be gusting and flash flooding through the course of the night. 624-0973 for the night. scattered storms. most of our readings will be in

the mid to upper 80s. maryland's most accurate seven-day forecast shows 80s over the weekend. low humidity, temperatures into the 80s. we'll welcome the humidity back by monday and tuesday. the only concern is saturday. we have to get that storm front to push far enough south and east before we can sheet sunshine. it's going to be more clouds and sunshine. >> as a reminder, we'll see the heavy rains, words of wisdom. 6 inches of rain. standing wart can move a car. >> absolutely. turn around and don't drown. >> are you ready for this story? >> you may have to dodge the rain for the weekend but hundreds will do just that. they say it's worth it to get your hands on the best barbecue

around. and wyatt, real quickly, what have you taste tested so far? >> charley, we've been dodging the rain. i can smell this in the breeze, my friend. clouds parting, sun's coming out. the maryland barbecue bash sense 2001 put on by the downtown alliance. huge event. 20 to 30 amateur teams, more than $10,000 on the line. when you think about meat on the grill, one place you think about is mars. you're with mars, one of the supervisors. talk about mars getting involved in the maryland barbecue bash. >> we were approached by scott walker and he asked if we would like to be involved. we jumped at the chance.

we want to promote this to make this a bigger event than it's been. we'd love to be involved in the community projects. we're so proud in the communities that they're involved in. >> reporter: it relly helps out to promote the event and push it to a higher level. mars, you're all over central maryland. there's plenty for those thinking what am i going to grill this weekend. >> what you do, you're at home, go to the mars supermarket, get all your food for the weekend, and come on up to blair. >> at the end of blair road. bill sigmund, we appreciate you being involved. >> we're getting ready to cook up now. i'm going to eat really well. >> you know the pros smoke it up all night.

some of these guys don't sleep all night. >> as the days go on, it's building and building. the guys just sleep over. they cook all night long. >> got to get that smoke and spice just right. now if you are coming out here to bel air, which we highly recommend, now tonight we have another line of showers. right now the sun is out. the next hour or two you're looking good. beyond that we're looking for a clearing process. this goes until 10:00, not just tonight but from noon until 10 p.m., live ent canement, barbecue, the well nine yards. you seat crowd starting to build up. we'll be back with more from the maryland barbecue bash. let's head back to the studio. >> live out in bel air. we'll check am with him coming up in a few -- in with him

coming up in a knew minutes. >> people are looking for a man for his hand in a miracle. >> ladies, taking the gaming world by storm. details as we continue on this fry day night.

here's a story some are calling a miracle. a women trapped in a car crash with seemingly no way out. rescuers tried to free her. the problem now is no one knows anything about the woman's

rescuer. sunday morning a drunk driver let katie. she asked crews to pray with her. a man who looked like a catholic priest seemed to aper from nowhere. >> the words were to romaine calm, that our tools would not work. instantaneously our neighboring department arrived with fresh extracation tools. >> the 19-year-old was saved. we crews turned around to thank the man, he vanished. this morning she is recovering in the hospital with broken legs and ribs, but some say it could have been worse if not for that seemingly heavenly hero. do you believe in a guardian angel? let us know what you think. so far a number of you have been weighing in on your thoughts. a controversy over the

surveillance program. an anunsment was made by barack obama. you may want to the got night light out of your child's room. tips on how to help ease the first day jitters for the little ones. >> a nasty thunderstorm moving in. we'll have the most accurate forecast moving in at 5:00

all right. top story we'll bring you over to maryland's most powerful radar. this is moving toward kent, queen anne's county. if you're still watching us on the bay, you want to avoid the bay (this storm continues to push off east. as you go through severna park, it will push toward eastern anne

arundel county. we'll take a look to the north and west. there's not much happening right now but we're expecting more storms. it's a slow moving storm moving through deep creek. this will be over central maryland. more thunderstorms in the picture later tonight. the numbers range between the upper 70s to 81 downtown. most of the observations are coming off our daytime highs. 85 at 8:00. a pear of 7's at 11:00. we'll be in the 70s tomorrow. a nice are day. we'll talk about your weekend forecast. that's coming up in just a little bit. thanks to the storm shield app, you've got alerts for any thunderstorm warnings or flood watches. abc2news.com/down load. close to 1,000 people cam out to say their final good-byes

to art donovan. jamie a large and wide ranging group of people showed up. >> absolutely, from all ages. for years, art donovan made us laugh but today he made us croi and then he put that mile back on our face. where else do we remember an 89-year-old football player. as a kid he may have been your first auto dpraf. as a man you may have had your first beer. as a grenup man you appreciate all the stories because he made you laugh. now we get it. this is why we celebrated an 89-year-old football player because he was us. baltimore loves its characters. mr. dis, mi mi, but mr. donovan was the president of