asked by general oliver otis howard, the namesake for howard university, to go to overland and recruit the first graduates for the university. so this was an institution that wahl really took pride in building. and their home was a beautiful house. it was right next door to john mercer langston's humes. >> langston hughes' great-uncle. >> yes. they could look out onto the street and say, that tree was planted by the great abolitionist charles sumner. this tree was a gift from another great abolitionist. so this was an amazing block. and he had -- you know, the people who had come to his home and the spent time with him and with his children were amazing. so there was john mercer langston, who was the first dean of the howard university law school and later was the first african-american elected to congress from virginia. but he was family. frederick douglas was someone -- >> not bad dinner company. >> frederick douglas was a frequent guest. susan b. anthony and o.s.b. wahl and his wife amanda wahl were not just civil rights activists, but they were really suffrage activists for the vot

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>> thanks, howard.aiting now for authorities to release the identities of three boys who drowned over the weekend on the eastern shore. authorities pulled the bodies of two 12-year-old cousins and their 8-year-old friend from marshy hope creek in federalsburg, maryland. the boys were playing basketball at a church parking lot before they disappeared yesterday morning. it's believed the boys went into the creek to cool off and that's when they drowned. a third body was recovered with the help of a dive team. >>> charles county, maryland launches its speed camera program this morning. the cameras are posted at nine school zones. there's a 0-day warning phase. -- 30-day warning phase. speeders will get a warning in the mail if they go 12 miles an hour or more over the speed limit. after that expect a $40 fine. >>> later this morning hundreds of landscaping volunteers will begin work at arlington national cemetery. for the past 16 years landscape professionals have performed this day of service. volunteers

thanks howard.time is 6:47. >>> the capital area food bank has deal -- has been dealing with a spike in people needing food ever since the economy went south. well, now it has a new facility to handle it. today the food bank opens its new distribution facility. it's on puerto rico avenue near buchanan street northeast. the $37 million center is just a few blocks away from the old facility. overtime it will allow the food bank to double the amount of food it can handle. right now it distributes more than 33 million-pounds of feed each year -- food each year. >>> at the london games and thought that's not a sport. but they used to give out medals for things liking techture and -- like architecture and painting in the olympics. it was the first year they gave out medals for arts competition. this sculpture here in stockholm. it's called american trotter. a silver the same year in the shooting competition. the last average medicals -- art medals were awarded in 193- 8689. >> who knew is that? >> the que

the family is from western howard county.eople just don't realize that this type of thing can lead to something that tragic. >>reporter: and what do we want parents and students to take away from this event? what do we want them to get out of it? >> really a rareness and dialogue as well as community togetherness to be a part of this as well. so awareness about bullying, cyber bullying and the dialogue between the community, between the government officials, between police, between parents, between teachers, parents, students and realizing they need to communicate this and how to solve the problem. >>reporter: just how big a problem is this? >> as you mentioned, we had an event already in howard county. that was a howard county on only event. we had hundreds of people attend. after listening to parents and students talk about the types of things they've incurred within the schools and with cyber bullying, we had over 50 kids waiting in line to tell their stories when the event ended. >>reporter: wow! thank you so much for joi

take it away. >> reporter: thank you howard.ou have a bit of yellow forming inside the beltway on 66 and south of town here in springfield along the beltway as well. we'll take a look right now, zooming in to northbound i-95. this is northbound 395. you have the brake lights through landmark and here at seminary road and king street you can see the traffic is moving well up to the 14th street bridge. we'll go back out live and head over to the west side of town. american legion bridge running smoothly. we'll show you what it looks like inbound 66 here near route 123 as you head inside the beltway and the wrote vellet bridge. >>> palestinian leaders called mitt romney's comments on israel absolutely unacceptable. >> they are upset with this comment. >> it is a deeply moving experience to be in jerusalem, the capital of israel. >> now palestinians lay claim to part of jerusalem and then to put their capital there. the united states keeps its embassy in tell asleeve right now -- in tell asleeve right now. >>> carl highway rose is i

it is special because it's howard's birthday. >> stop. >> it's howard's birthday. >> happy birthday. >> stop tomorrow. >> stop tomorrow. >> we have a good day going. happy wednesday to you. weather wise it's comfortable. some folks could even open a window and enjoy that. 60s in many areas with low 70s in town after tremendous rains right over d.c., parts of fairfax and montgomery and prince george's that storm from 7:00 to 9:30 just sat there. let's get you going with a look at the day planner this wednesday morning, july 11, my birthday as they have alluded to. 77 degrees here at 8:00. by noon we'll be in the mid- 80s. a mix of sun and clouds out there today. there's a slim chance we'll see a stray storm this afternoon. yesterday we didn't have many storms. it just happened to be over a densely populated area. highs in the upper 80s to near 90 and 84 still at 8:00. winds generally east at 5 to 10 miles an hour. here's a look at the doppler radar. again virginia beach, norfolk, over toward raleigh and roanoke seeing a few showers. a quiet morning here in washington and off to the so

howard., i haven't been to hawaii lately. >> didn't understand a word i said? >> no. no. >> that was japanese. not speaking the language is only the beginning. just standing up makes sir howard stand out: he's a foot taller than everyone. do you ever just get out and walk around in tokyo? >> i do, though i don't-- i don't shop. there's nothing my size. >> the two weeks a month he spends in japan are filled with cultural disconnects. whether it's a shaky interpreter during a speech... >> sorry. >> that's all right. were you lost in translation too? >> or an upside-down business card exchange... >> oh, sorry. >> oh, wrong way. there you go. take one yourself. >> thank you very much. >> or a just-not-done peck on the cheek for a factory worker... >> [nervously giggling] >> it's clear that sony has never had a leader quite like howard stringer. sony long defined the leading edge in gadgetry: transistor radios in the '50s, trinitron tvs in the '60s... >> from sony, the one and only. >> and, in the

howard! excuse me. >> dad? >> i -- >> howard's hitting me again. >> don't make me come over there.iday. >> that's what my dad would say. >> how's it look, out there howard? dark and early at 5:15. >> bets out there than -- better out there than in here. weather-wise a humid day. a little uncomfortable this morning and it's going to be another hot one although not 100. 95. so we'll -- we'll tone it down. >> that's hot. >> it is hot. you're exactly right. it is hot. let's show you that day planner because we're in the 70s now. and we're going to get up into the kind of like that sigourney weaver character in galaxy quest. low 90s by noon. there's an obscure reference for you mike. by 3:00 93. high about 95 and you'll notice the thunderstorms there by 6:00 p.m. later in the afternoon, mid to late afternoon, early evening, that's when we'll have a few storms passing and some of those could be on the strong to severe side. looks like the best chance of that happening is going to be south and southeast of town. this morning, the showers and storms are slivering here across parts of west

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howard says 105 possibly on saturday. delia goncalves in the cabin john area of montgomery county. >>> dominion's outage numbers are going back and forth. overnight, it dipped to 96 but jumped back up to 14,000 after the storms moved through. it is no relief from the heat. in reston, they are on day six without air conditioning or elevators. >>> bgi restored power to 650,000 costs but 55,000 are still without power. most of them are on the north side of baltimore city as well as towson and owe wigs mills -- owings mills. andrea? >>> right now, we focus on the district and efforts to get peak power back and cleanup after the storm. joining us is muri al buzzer. you are probably still getting complaints. >> absolutely. we have still people with very hot homes and downed trees. many people have completely left their homes since last friday. we know we're now to the areas where a couple of houses are on a block or several blocks. we have one area near 18th and quincy street where we have about 24 homes continuously out. so we

anne arundel and howard county.could be the end of the week before people get the air conditioning back on here. there are out-of-state crews, more than 1,000 workers now, trying to get the power back on. and while there's no dollar estimate for the damage that this friday storm did yet. the insurance commissioner did talk about the number of claims so far. >> we have some very preliminary and early information from some of the largest property and casualty insurers in this state, who tell us today, they have received upwards of 11,000 claims, insurance claims. we would expect that number to grow substantially in the coming days, weeks and months. >> reporter: many people lost all that food they bought for the fourth of july. many people had their cars smashed, had damage to their roofs and their trees down. we don't want anyone to lose more lives, though. and top state officials are urging that you check in on your neighbors, especially, especially in this heat because this has gone on for quite a long time. and th

now we go to howard. >>> a mix of clouds and sun. south and east of town the clouds have been a little thicker. we'll make a run to the 90- degree mark. winchedzs will go east, even southeast at 5, 10 miles an hour. so not too much of a breeze this afternoon. 85 by 7:00. and 82 at 9:00. by tomorrow morning, we'll fall into the low 70s in town. even some 60s once again north and west. you can see all the high clouds that continue to stream over us. they've thinned out enough right now that we've got a good deal of sunshine. to the south and southeast especially, those clouds have been thicker. temperatures this morning started in the low 70s in town. 74 on the bay. look at the 60s off to the west. many areas in the mid and upper 60s for lows. right now we're in the low to mid-80s across the region. although cumberland holding on to 79. luray is up to 8 a degrees. also -- 85 degrees. also 85 in cambridge. 82 in gaithersburg. and 86 at the patuxent river naval air station. taking you to northwest d.c. this is friendship heights n. is be

definitely. >> thank you very much, ryan howard. now playing again for the philadelphia phillies as well as state farm insurance. we will take a break. ,,,, oreo and dunkin' are the perfect match for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. >>> 7 1/2 before 7:00. delightful day start. our second in a row after the week of intense heat and humidity. feels good outside at the moment. sharon is standing by with traffic -- excuse me, kristy is in for breslin. >> sharon wasn't feeling good. kristy will be with you in a second. we were talking about the intense week. really intense 2 1/2 weeks if you look deeply at the numbers. first warning doppler radar shower activity to the south. a shower or thundershower around at times. for the most part, for all of us, we have a relatively dry day. a high of 88 degrees. just shy of 70 now. and here is kristy breslin wjz traffic control. >> good morning. we have traffic out there now on the outer loop. if you are traveling on the outer loop, expect 15 minutes there from libe

howard about prop h. i saw that the mayor proposed pulling the trigger, which i think reduces the cash contribution fo. i know in the past we have done that because of awful budget years, not at this year is perfect, but it does improved. maybe i could get the mayor's rationale for pulling the trigger once again. >> i can mention the role and then ms. howard can comment on the policy implication. the voter mandate for proposition h. did allow for the mayor and the board of supervisors to reduce the voter adopted funding allocation to the school district. the shortfall exceed $100 million. that leaves this option open for the board and mayor. >> supervisors, a kid howard. budget director. the threshold was met. as you recall, the projected to shortfalls at the time of the report were $170 million and $312 million. for that reason this seem to be an appropriate part of balancing. you will note the budget does on the full transfer of the rainy day fund to the school district. supervisor wiener: i am not expr

good morning howard. >> good morning mike and andrea.s a chance for a storm later on this afternoon and this evening. so probably not, but i can say with 1 -- i can't say with 100% confidence we are going to skate by. we have temperatures this morning which are going to be climbing quickly into the 90s there. in fact by 3:96. isolated storms this afternoon and this evening. with all the heat and humidity, temperatures getting up into the upper 90s. we have the threat for thunderstorms. you see some of the showers and storms diminishing as they move in toward western and northern maryland. we have one heavy shower and thunderstorm actually with that headed toward frederick. temperatures running in the 60s and 70s, going into the upper 90s. heat advisory noon until 9:00 p.m. >> reporter: it has been very, very tough this entire week with the power outages, the hot weather and now a serious accident on the bw parkway. this is northbound, it happened at 4:20 this morning. one motorist struck and killed the crews have been on the scene ever s

tonight his tv son opie, ron howard, on the loss of a national treasure. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm natalie morales in for brian. on the eve of the july 4th holiday, a time usually for fun and family, but for many, there is no escaping the extreme heat. adding to the misery in the mid-atlantic region, patience is starting to run out with power still out for more than a million households. we begin once again nbc's with tom costello in the nation's capital. good evening, tom. >> good evening to you. we could have picked any one a number of neighborhoods here in d.c. and virginia. we have a tree down, cars crushed, power lines are down. they're slowly getting power back, but it could be until the weekend until everyone has power back. in the meantime, with the death toll at 26, the concern is, it may rise with the heat taking a toll. across a huge section of the country today, the growl of chainsaws filled the air, and neighborhoods still trying to dig out from a storm that passed four days ago. >> it surprises me tha

>> reporter: people were without power in howard county. and this is what you'll find scatter across the neighborhoods here. trees broken. and their limbs scattered or broken across the lawn. and you also find homeowners trying to pick up the pieces. >> reporter: tonight, howard county residents like tyrone giddens are spend their time on the phone. >> we have the tree came down and broke the deck. >> reporter: talking to insurance agents, in hopes of getting their homesy paired after friday night's storm. his lawn is covered with branches and trees. >> branches are rolling across the roof. and after that, i just heard this big whoosh sound, like something dropped. >> reporter: tyrone said friday night, he could hear the trees and branches, cracking in the wind. this pine tree is more than 100 feet long. it barely missed his home. >> the height of the tree, to me, is like twice the length of the house. >> reporter: across howard county, dozens of lawns are littered with trees, yanked by their roots. >> i've seen so many people comeby and ta

howard bernstein, he has the details. howard, what should we expect? >> we could be seeing some strong thunderstorms in spots. other areas are seeing showers. it looks like the worst of it will stay well west of us. you may be reading stuff online and people saying another derecho. if there is one, it will be well west of us. i'm watching this area in kentucky. it may get into parts of virginia and southwest virginia but i think this would be the most damaging stuff. locally we're watching a severe thunderstorm. they've put a tornado warning out on it. this is in mineral -- when i say they, the national weather service. watching the storm which is now coming through kaiser headed toward romney. this is doppler indicated. storms got some rotation but i want you to take this seriously. again till 12:30 for grant and mineral counties here. this is route 50. we've got route 220 coming into 50. this is coming out of garrett county in that direction moving southeast at 25 to 30 miles per hour. tornado warning till 12:30 and locally on live doppler 9000 hd, s

howard? >> jc, heat advisory went into effect a little while ago. stays until 8:00 tonight for everybody east of the blue ridge. and frederick, maryland you're not in it but you're still going to be plenty hot. just not hot enough. to fall under the advisory category. temperatures already soaring at the noon hour. 97 degrees. you know we're just five degrees shy of the record for the day? 102 set? 1999. it's 95 at the naval air station. easton 93. a little bit cooler but still low 90s now in the shenandoah valley. when you factor in the humidity. well, the heat index values are pushing 105 up at bwi and 99 here in town. and this is why we've got the heat advisory the combination of heat and humidity. something we've been dealing with for days and it looks like we're going to get some more heat at least for two more days high heat 678 thunderstorms this morning moving out the west virginia, kentucky. strong to severe ones, that watch goes until 7:00 although we'll have to see. see the clouds here? little boundaries and they can be focal points for ot

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talk a little howard, howard -- talk a little louder, howard. >> we have the garbage truck. wait a secretary. i'm -- wait a s.e.c. i'm on tv. temperatures in the 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. could be a stray thunderstorm with a mix of sun and cloudiness. all right, winds east 5 to 10. big storms yesterday right over d.c. for about two and a half hours. anywhere from one to three inches mclean, tysons corner got hit hard, parts of the district. partly cloudy skies out there. temperatures in the mid-70s in town. we've still got upper 60s, mid- to upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. easton checking in across the bay at 68. 74 down in southern maryland. pretty sky this morning with those high thin clouds out there giving us 74 degrees. humidity at 85%. right now national calm winds. again expecting them out of the east at 5 to 10 miles an hour. lots of showers and storms not only right across the district yesterday. they were isolated across the region. but right over a populated area. texas, the gulf coast, deep south numerous showers and storms yesterday. this mornin

>>> thanks howard.ok one quick listen of redskins' training camp yesterday to find out who the fans were there to see. they were chanting rg3, rg3. >> and amazingly he seems still really humble which is kind of cool. camp started yesterday. redskins park ashburn, virginia. this was the first full day of practice. and it was a little different from years past. all the heavy lifting was done in the afternoon. in the heat. they used to do these big practices in the morning and walk in the afternoons. kristen berset found out how things went. >> i lick it thus far, obviously a little bit tough today with the heat but the nice thing about the bubble is we have the opportunity to go in there if it does get too hot or if we have you know inclement weather. so it's nice to have that facility as well. >> when the coach calmed the shots you have to go with them and i feel that you know a couple more days dealing with it not much to talk about. >> thousands showed up yesterday afternoon to watch the practice. the

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hi, howard.appy birthday. >> i should have taken the day off. >>> weather wise, it's going to be another warm day. seasonably warm. highs upper 80s to near 90 degrees. your day planner, one thing we had yesterday, these isolated storms. they were isolated. they just hit a very populated area yesterday evening. some spots got close to 3 inches in about 3 hours. that's why we had flooding issues yesterday in the evening. 79 degrees by 9:00. by noon we'll be in the middle 80s already. as we head toward 5:00, upper 80s, near 90 for the high. there's a slight chance of a thunderstorm today, although i only think it's about 20%, 30%. looking at the radar, everything is down south of us. this is where it was yesterday morning. in fact, even farther south than yesterday morning. temperatures have fallen into the 60s in many areas. nice. 66 in reston right now along with manassas. it's 70 in rockville. 70 in leesburg. 70 also in alexandria. columbia this morning 69. we're looking outside. here in northwes

howard bernstein. >>> pictures on facebook. cruised to baltimore. much more convenient than flying. >> what was the highlight? >> just being somewhere new, seeing new stuff. it was all very cool. >> the food is great on the cruise ship they say. how was it? >> it was quantity over quality. it was g. i don't know about great but it was good. just a lot of it. >> chocolate fountains? >> there's a ben & jerry's on board. let's get you moving. we have a couple of sprinkles. a little on the muggy side, too. the muggies are here with the high humidity and some sprinkles. bad hair day. monika, i can hear her screaming in the back already. we have temperatures which are going to be warmer than they had been. had an usually cool weekend. if we get enough sun, we'll be in the low 90s. a couple of sprinkles early and a couple of thunderstorms early this afternoon with winds out of the southwest for the most part at 5 to 10 miles per hour. want to show you the big picture. we've got some showers and clouds across areas, especially west virginia and ohio. see ho

howard is back. >> some hot weather coming, especially after the weekend.way to come back to town. barely hit 70 on saturday. 82 yesterday and today. probably 10 above that today. into the low 90s. the muggies are back in a big way. really sticky out there. here's a look at our day planner. we're expecting a mix of clouds and sunshine this monday. temperatures warmer than they were over the weekend. we'll be in the upper 80s in spots by lunch time with a mix of clouds and sunshine. winds south to southwest at 5 to 10 miles an hour. we had a few sprinkles early this morning. most of that is now east. we're looking at a threat late this afternoon, this evening. going to be a couple of thunderstorms around with the high about 93 degrees or so. that's just a few above average. got this northwesterly flow. you see the showers and storms in ohio and west virginia approaching areas well to our southwest. maybe the lower shenandoah valley may get a sprinkle out of that. locally we've had a few showers north of town. they've been tracking east. now we're seeing them

here's howard county. lots of heavier rains from olney east. another batch of heavier rain from poolesville to germantown. northern loudoun into southern frederick county. this actually stretches all the way in toward jefferson county, west virginia, cross junction, northern frederick county, virginia all moving to the east and a little bit of lightning at 5:22 near the virginia-west virginia border. another stop taking us to huntington county. south of dunkirk, north of prince frederick. even coming out of harrisonburg, culpeper, make fauquier -- maybe fauquier county, orange, you'll see some of that as well. temperatures this morning still warm. they're not in the 80s but the 70s. we'll have highs in the 80s the entire week. right now still wet out there on our michael & son weather camera. 75 at national with a northeast wind at 15. dew point 72. so it is still rather muggy with the rain around. we're seeing a lot of showers and storms stretching from missouri actually to nebraska right through the ohio and ten valleys. -- tennessee valleys.

. >> they opened up pools to everybody in howard county. the ellicott city cooling center will stay open. >> county services, trying to help people without power. >> reporter: in howard county, wart is a necessity. >> in power. >> no drinking water. >> nothing. >> reporter: nick was one of plenty of people who stopped by howard county's water buffalo here at the community center off 97. since friday clean fresh water is hard to come by around glen els high school. >> definitely, for sure. >> how many trips do you think you will make. >> this is our first trip today. this will probably last us at least two days, day and a half. >> reporter: then hopefully the power will come back on. look no further than the downed leans and the even bigger trees that caused them, one of which which landed on and damaged debbie's car. >> big trees everywhere. my neighbor has been here many years. trees are up from the roots. just got to make do. >> reporter: people making do from howard county to baltimore city where government officials work to get it right

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howard county general is one of two in maryland that's part of a program that promotes the use of breast feeding for new moms. roosevelt says more on one step they are taking setting it apart from others. >> the hospital is giving out free samples of baby formula provided by the makers. they say the aim is to do all they can to promote breast feeding for their new mothers. >> like right now. >> reporter: mad lynn is sleeping. the newest howard county resident came into the world just this week and will demand the best. according to studies for the cdc the who, the american academy of pediatrics her best start will come from breast feeding. >> i knew about the advantages of breast feeding as far as -- i knew there were a lot of health benefits. >> the benefits part of the reason why the hospital is stopping the general practice of giving new mothers a gift basket with formula samples inside provided by formula makers. the hospital is one of 90 hospitals that is taking part in the select program, the best fed begin beginning program. >> we just want to important them the best we can. our g

>> howard stern was tough on you.not funny and you have more talent in his big toe. >> that's howard being howard. i take it with a grain of salt. i got a thick skin. it doesn't bother me that much. that's what started the brouhaha between the two of them. >> i love the height differential between you and howard. >> that was great. he and i had fun. i mean, you know, off camera he's really a fun guy. >> so you've come between howard and howie. >> yes. >> you're kind of a howard sandwich at this point. >> i know you sing at your home in florida. what are some of your favorite songs? >> i like to sing "new york, new york." it seems to be new york songs. >> give as you little "new york, new york." ♪ i'm leaving today, i'm going to be be a part of it, new york, new york ♪ >> big barry, bring it. >> we'll be looking for you and howie mandel together, an act soon to come. thank you. and 12 more contestants compete for their chance to win the million prize on "america's got talent," tuesday at 8:00 right here on nbc. >> let'

county, abc2 news. >> way to go howard county. also, the cooling centers are offering up running water. >>> let's start off with a check of maryland's radar. we clear around baltimore, the eastern shore and west to ago heaping. further west there are storms lining up from southwestern pennsylvania right down the i-81 corridor toward charlottesville and harrisburg. the more significant storms west of lower gan town. the line that could hold together, this cluster to bedford if this line were to maintain its strength, potentially it could bring thunderstorm action into maryland. scattered storms. this is not an unbroken or intense heavy line like we had on provide day night. this is not another duration despite what you may have seen. we average one duratio every four years. we're seeing scattered storms to the north. that could disrupt crews. that's why we hope they stay at bay to the north or potentially lose their strength. we'll keep an eye on it. 94 at bwi. winds are northwest at six. the weather was relatively quiet for the mo

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lowell melser joins us from howard county police headquarters of more details on the story. >> there has been a lot of mystery surrounding this case. we have been able to confirm that howard county police officers are looking into one person at the nonprofit columbia housing corporation but that will not release exactly what the investigation involves. if you did not know where to look, you would probably miss it. tucked away in a corner lot in this industrial park in colombia is the headquarters of the columbia housing corporation. according to its web site, it is the premier nonprofit agency in howard county, providing safe, high-quality affordable rental housing to low and moderate income families, individuals, senior citizens, those who are physically and mentally challenged. >> we can confirm that we did receive an allegation a possible improper activity, and we are investigating that. we have not arrested or charged anyone, but we are still looking into the possibility that there might been something inappropriate. >> howard county police are not saying much or exactly what inv

so far so good out in howard county. interstate 70 nice and clear from colombia pike all the way over to 695. once you do make your way over to 695, here's exactly what it looks like at baltimore national pike. no delays whatsoever. so it will be a nice easy ride if you're traveling down towards the key bridge or up all the way towards 83. if we take a look at some drive times, fortunately no delays, all is clouter loop from 95 up towards 83. that stretch will take you 11 minutes using the jfx to get into the city you're also looking at an 11-minute ride southbound from the beltway all the way to downtown baltimore. and on 95 everything up to speed traveling northbound from the beltway all the way to the fort mchenry toll plaza, you are looking at an eight-minute trip. that is a look at your abc 2 news time saver traffic. charley, over to you. >>> if you're just waking up with us, back to a developing story out of columbus, ohio. five train cars have derailed shortly before 2:00 this morning. a live look this morning as

what howard dean said is a politically potent and of the-repeated statement.acare is copying what mitt romney did in massachusetts. briefly, senator hutchison, what is your response to that? >> well, you can't have it both way. i do respect governor dean. but he can't have it both ways, criticizing mitt romney's record, creating jobs and taking a very small percentage of the population that was uninsured and trying to fix it with a state program. we don't have a minuscule number here that we're dealing with. we shouldn't tear down the people who do have health insurance and use that as a way to give other people coverage. what we need to do is create more affordable health care access, which we can do without tearing down the system we have. that's what mitt romney will do and it's what he said he will do. >> seems to me just a few tax credits for some consumer choice across state lines and risk pools for those who are already ill. we don't have to -- >> i'm with you. >> you don't have to take over 16% of the economy. and if we have 12 million people that need

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lowell melser joins us live from howard county police headquarters with details. >> we have been able to confirm that howard county police detectives are looking into one employee at the nonprofit columbia housing corporation. at this point they will not reveal what it is about. if you did not know where to look, you would probably miss it. tucked away in a corner lot in this industrial park in colombia is the headquarters of the columbia housing corporation. according to its web site, it is the premier nonprofit agency in howard county, providing safe, high-quality, affordable rental housing to low and moderate income families and those who are physically and mentally challenged. so why would police served a warrant their wednesday? >> we did receive an allegation of possible improper activity. we have not arrested or charged anyone, but we are still looking into the possibility that there might been something inappropriate. >> we have served a search warrant to gather information that might be useful in the case. >> which tried to seek comment from the workers inside, but they locke

of course howard has been checking his maps so he has details. howard? >> the heat advisory just went into effect at noon. it lasts for another eight hours. we're worried about the heat- humidity combination pushing the heat index to 105, maybe locally higher than that, especially south of town. the cloud cover this morning, that gave us a little bit of a break. had showers and storms in western and northern maryland. those clouds around this morning have limited the rise to slow it down at least in northern sections. but down south, still very, very hot already. low 90s fredricksburg, tappahannock. we're trying to catch up. 88 at national. gaithersburg and hagerstown only in the low 80s at this hour. they may struggle to get into the 90s in the far northern sections. however, we still have a heat veriry. that's -- heat advisory. that's one problem. there are pretty strong thunderstorms expected off to the north, ohio, pennsylvania, maybe western and northern maryland if they can slip down south of the mason-dixon line. you notice the orange area to the

we have a light shower across howard county now moving. about it on the scan for right now. 77 on tv hill. 79% humidity, calm winds. it looks warm, human and stuffy again. when you -- humid and stuffy again. when you walk outside there's not a lot of tension to the atmosphere. 61 oakland, 68 cumberland, 76 elkin, the mid 70s easton and ocean city, 81 in dc, 80 annapolis and kent island, 77 rock hall and columbia, 73 in westminster. we've had that frontal boundary sag down. it's still in close proximity. because of that there's going to be an occasional ripple move our way. we may see a shower or thundershower, nothing severe expected. drive an hour and a half north, very refreshing. the thinking today is you may see a passing shower or thunderstorm, nothing severe expected. 90 the high, mass heat index 96. tomorrow maybe a couple thunderstorms, but i'm in the going to put that -- i'm not going to put the symbol up. 84, more than just a couple of showers around saturday. sunday 87, monday and tuesday 92. take it away, jessica. >>> how over

howard bernstein is here with some -- is here. is was a lovely night last night.reshing compared to the oven we were in just a few days ago. >> this morning it's kind of sticky out there. dry air, that's really in western maryland, up near the pennsylvania border, parts ever the shenandoah valley. in southern st. mary's county, just heard from brian on facebook. heavy rain, lightning, thunder. so it's really coming down there. this extends back toward richmond. we start with the day planner on this tuesday morning. we're looking at a mix of clouds and sunshine today. a little more sun north. more in the way of clouds south. spotty showers even here in the metro can't be ruled out for the afternoon. i think the morning activity will stay well south of washington with places like fredricksburg seeing a couple of light showers. seeing the activity from southern west virginia moving across southern virginia into the carolinas here this morning. we want to zoom in. we'll focus on ciewsm things. the lighter -- couple of things. the lighter showers and then south of town

. >> another driver, howard absets, also sees the car trying to plow through the flooded road. >> forplit second i think, this cannot be happening. it is unreal. >> the woman in the car loses control and the suv starts to drift. >> both rocky and howard know if they don't act there's no one else around and she could be in real trouble. luckily, rocky is a doctor trained in trauma life support so he doesn't hesitate to help. >> the front starts to go under pretty rapidly. i decided i'm going to go out there. >> the water was freezing cold. it was unbearable, actually. rocky and i were actually holding hands because we don't know what the water is like, and about that time we get about halfway out and the water is getting deeper. the vehicle really starts to sink quicker and at that point there we start swimming. >> the water is at least 10 feet deep in spots and by the time rocky and howard reach the car it's almost completely submerged. >> i just remember looking at this woman screaming on the other side of the window thinking, that's got to be the worst thing you can ever go through.

>>> here's howard now with weather. >> we've got showers and

we will be talking with his former co-star, ron howard, just ahead. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in aspen, colorado. in our daily fix today, the public is sharply divided over week's supreme court ruling on health care. according to three new polls, although support for the president's health care law has now ticked up slightly since the court's decision last thursday, that advantage comes largely from democrats. the percentage of democrats who now say they have very favorable views of the law is up 16 points since may, up 19 points among self-described liberals. mark murray is nbc's senior political editor and joins me now from washington. mark, let's go through the numbers. you're the expert on polls more than anyone. you have been going through these all day. what are you seeing in this and the new abc news poll about health care and this election campaign? >> the first thing, it is a little bit early in this process. the decision just came out on thursday so these are the first polls that we're really seeing on instant reaction to the health care ruli

welcome, howard. >> thank you very much. i am delighted to be here representing the men and women of the national park service here in san francisco. we are privileged to manage the western edge of this magnificent urban corridor, world class urban corridor. and, mayor lee, i appreciate your shout out for the importance bird. our former superintendent --on current superintendent reiterates what our former superintendent said, that it all begins with a vision. i think the ocean beach master plan constitutes a magnificent vision for this corridor. we, too, look forward to moving on into the implementation phase and bringing some reality to this. but it has been our honor and privilege to work with ben and the excellent team at spur that he has assembled with our colleagues, from the business sector, from the cadres of wonderfully elected officials we have, our colleagues with rec and park, and public works and the other agencies here in san francisco. it has really been almost a poster child for a collaborative effort, and we'

it is going to be in the high 90s, which howard is talking about. wring your -- bring your water and in case you are curious, yes, there are port a pottys. lots and lots of those. >> jessica doyle reporting live from the national mall where she will be joined by a lot of sweaty people. >> that is true. thanks jess. >>> an investigation is underway into a deadly overnight house fire in southeast washington. dc police officers have been directing traffic around the scene, which is on 17th street. the fire was reported shortly after 2:00 this morning. it was located on the top floor of a four story building there. when firefighters got to that top floor, they found a woman's body inside that apartment. that was the only unit to get serious fire damage from this. >>> eight families in a prince william county in a mobile home park can stay in place for now. last week the holly acres residents were asked to leave after a county inspector determined their mobile homes were unsuitable for living. the park was flooded out last september by tropical storm lee

howard, carroll, harford, you're slowly coming back to normal. you'll see under this there's a car. joce sterman came upon it today. >> reporter: that car is one of the stories. these people in the 1100 block of east northern parkway, they have a sidewalk to contend with. worse than that they can't get into their house. four huge trees are blocking their house as we speak. they have lots of cleanup. their story is one of many we saw over baltimore city today. if you want to get to judy willie wells' house it's going to take worth. >> this is the path way. >> reporter: four fallen trees have trapped wells and others. they have been yanked from the ground and pulling sidewalks with them. >> this is like hitting the lottery. >> reporter: not in a good way. >> no, not in a good way. >> reporter: you can't go a few blocks without finding another problem tree. in hamilton they've taken down power polls -- poles and wires. they are trying to get the electricity flowing again. after three days without air conditioning, patience in this neighborhood has grown thin. >> it's really frustrating