get us going. >>> here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. i will not try to confuse you, kristy. >> oh, well. i wouldn't mind. but we're off to a pretty good start so far on the roads. if you are traveling on the north side inner loop, minor slowdown there at charles street. west side inner loop. minor delay there. as far as 95 goes, in the northbound direction, we do have a disabled vehicle right past keith avenue. that's going to catch your eye. as far as accidents go, plenty of them. route 24 at singer road in the harford county area. bel air road at madison avenue. and also, northbound richie highway at 11th avenue. let's take a live look. as you can see, not a bad drive at all for you on the beltway there, at dulaney valley road. and we'll take another live look. moving very smoothly as well. moving west at wilkens avenue. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm, or visit them online at cochranfirm.com for your free consultation. back to you. >>> as the 2012 olympics continue in london, a new push

let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. kristy? >> hi, kai. hi, everybody. 91 northbound, not a good start at all. 395 to the fort mchenry tunnel. thing dos slow down again. that begins at the beltway to whitemarsh boulevard. and we also have an accident in the harford county area. the ramp to route 24 is completely closed off at this point. as far as the beltway goes, on the north side inner loop, slowing there at charles street. the west side inner loop, stop and go there, baltimore national pike to liberty road. about 15 minutes to get through. accidents include caton avenue at wilkens avenue. then we have the water main break, east lombard at light street. still blocked. also, the sinkhole has east monument closed from wolf street to patterson park. let's take a live look. as you can see there, spaghetti junction in good form. everything seems to be moving along just fine. this is brought to you by home paramount pest control. call today for your free home inspection. you can get them at 1-888-home. or visit them at home paramount.com. bac

kristy breslin is up at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. a couple of accidents to start off this rush hour. if you're traveling in the forest hill area. 543 blocked in both directions. we also have a crash in glen burnie. on the harbor tunnel through way in the southbound directions only, blocked, approaching the tunnel. traffic is being held. and we have delays on the north side inner loop. they begin at the jones falls expressway, around to harford road. the west also slow at this hour. baltimore national pike to security boulevard. and northbound 95, slow traffic in that direction as well, as you make your approach over to route 100. let's take a live look. you can see, not a bad drive at all. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. rid your home of pests. call home paramount pest control for your free inspections. 888-888-home. >>> if you're frustrated with the repairs to the bridge near the harbor tunnel, it's going to get worse. an eight-week project is under way to replace the concrete. up until now, the

kristy, i'll start with you. huge majority in the house and senate for two years o'clock but he failed to act on immigration until now. what is your response to that? is the president pandering for votes from a much needed contingency? >> the president is certainly acting from a place that is doing the right thing for our country. we're about to become a majority-minority country. i think he's recognizing this is an incredibly humane policy for children who came here through no fault or desire of their own, who are friends with our children, who pledge allegiance to our flag and he would like to get a job here and contribute to our society some day themselves. but yes, it's also very smart politics for him. there is no question he's going to win the latino vote bay significant margin. he in current polls wins like something by 40 or 50 points. it shows the extremist nature of the republican party oners of immigration reform. >> heather: and trey, critics say it's amnesty, although it does not offer a path to citi

here's kristy breslin. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. being friday, of course, 95 is going to be a mess. in the northbound direction, the delay begins on the southwest freeway. goes over to the 895 split. traffic does ease up a bit. as far as the beltway goes on the west side inner loop delays from edmondson avenue delays to security boulevard. northbound inner loop, goes over to delaney vealt road. average speed about 35 miles per hour. on the outer loop, watch out for a disabled vehicle there. right there at the key bridge. 70 eastbound also moving very slowly as you make your way towards the beltway. and timonium, a road tbloked at- - blocked at lincoln street. also, as far as accidents go, pulaski highway. let's now take a live look. as you can see, things very heavy there. northbound 895, approaching potee street. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. rid your home of pests. call home paramount pest control for your free inspection. dial them at 888-888-home. or visit them online. back to you. >>> sti

hi, kristy. >> things are getting busy out there. traffic does slow down there. frederick road to security boulevard. right now with 30 miles per hour. heavy there from perring parkway. and northbound 95, slow spots there. the first from eastern avenue to whitemarsh boulevard. it slows down again there from 32 to route 100. as far as accidents go, liberty road pikewood drive. 97 at old hanover. emerton road at singer road. and also edgewood. let's take a live look. as you can see, everything moving just fine there. and we'll take another look there on the west side of baltimore national pike. everything seems to be moving along. this is brought to you by baltimore county restaurant week. enjoy local flavor. for lunch or dinner at over 30 restaurants throughout baltimore county. back over to you. >> thank you, kristy. >>> a 30-year-old plan to link two parts of baltimore county is one mile closer to reality. mike schuh reports on the opening of a highway. not wanted by the immediate neighbors. [ applause ] >> reporter: a joyous moment for the county executive. thi

here's kristi breslin. >> route 10 is closed in both directions we have northbound traffic on richie highway being diverted. south richie highway and waterford boulevard also traveling southbound 10 that's being diverted. if you need an alternate route 97 would be a good place. slowing from 29 to marysville road. traveling on the north side of the interloop, stop and go over to harper road. the west side interloop that delay has been building. it's now from south western boulevard over to liberty. as far as 95 goes, some congestion there as well in the northbound direction from the beltway on the north side side over to marsh. old eastern avenue at eastern avenue. things are moving along but it continues to slow down and speed up. this traffic report is brought to you by baltimore county restaurant week. enjoy local flavor, delicious deals at over 30 restaurants throughout the baltimore county, august 10 through 19, back over to you. >> kristi thank you. >> the sun is coming out a little bit here. take a look at temps we just dropped 1 degree. but the dewpoint came down three. east w

host: hello, kristie. i have three questions.i would like to know if there is a branch of your company in connecticut where i live. i would also like to know how all i may participate in your workshops. the last thing i would like to know is as an artist, how do i go about marketing my artwork? guest: yes, we are in connecticut. we offer all of their benefits in connecticut and we partner with your local small business development centers to bring you workshops locally. you can find that information online. we also do a lot of things web- based. especially marketing training online via webinars. we have a program where we have a marketing expert that you can ask a question to 24 hours a day and they can help you with different questions that are geared specifically to your business. we have a whole host of different techniques for marketing. one of your best tools is to really display your work at local art festivals and fairs as well as create a web site for you and your our work so you are able to direct people somewhere to see

we're fortunate enough to bring one of the authors to the school, kristi yamaguchi. i recognize her as a gold medalist. the student recognized her as a champion from dancing with the stars. education is the heart of targets of living. target is on track for 1 billion dollars in education giving. we are responsible for the asian heritage street fair. i am so proud to be part of a target and got out of our involvement with the asian community. and the target is pleased to be a sponsor. we also want to remain vibrant and visible throughout the month of may. my visit has little to do with my day job, but rather than experiencing how target can really make a difference, and i thought, i don't know i could give up a couple days. i got a lot more out of it that i've put into it. thank you for allowing me that opportunity. target looks forward to the continued partnership with the city of san francisco. >> we have an appreciation gift from her target, a very unique japanese origami in the shape of the target logo. i would like to invite susan poland representing them from th

call 1-888-we joust. >> kristy, thank you.ith over 100,000 people waiting for organ transplantszs each year. and only 30,000 getting them. the survivors find every opportunity they can to celebrate life. mike schuh travels back to the home of a little girl who recently embarked on an amazing journey of celebration. >> reporter: you need to know something about giggles here. >> what are these? >> sads. -- saddles -- medals. >> reporter: she won four medals in the competition. she got these two in the transplant games. but the only reason she can compete in those games is because of what she calls her zipper. her competition was against other transplant kids. at 9 months old, her heart rapidly began to fail. and then a donor was found. >> my heart was very sick. >> was it? >> uh-huh. >> and what did they do? >> they give me a new heart. >> reporter: four years later, she's well enough to win. >> i run. and then i jump. >> reporter: over the weekend, olivia, and 28 other recipients from maryland again competed. and today, she's b

hi, kristy. >> traffic pretty much crawling all over the region.n the west side of the inner loop, we still have a significant delay there from edmopped -- edmondson avenue. york road to perring parkway does break three after -- free after that point. 70 westbound, crawling along. also slowing there in the eastbound direction as you make your way towards the beltway. northbound 95, that's been a mess all afternoon. the first delay from the southwest side of the beltway, over to the fort mchenry tunnel. and then it slows down again from the 895 split over to whitemarsh boulevard. as far as accidents go, caton avenue at civic there. merric boulevard. tremble. and red pump at route 24. let's now take a live look. as you can see, that doesn't look like too much fun there. traffic moving very slowly there on the beltway, just west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by medieval times. new show. more action, feast, fun, for the entire family. you can call them at 1-888-we joust. or these them at their website. >>> right now, thousands of

back over to you. >> kristy, thank you. >>> early next monday morning, the largest, most advanced rover in nasa's history will land on mars. it's called curiosity. alex demetrick reports, a critical piece of that was built here in maryland. >> reporter: it weighs in at one ton and is the size of an suv. and when the rover curiosity rolls on mars, its mission is a curious one. >> we're looking for parts of mars that are inhabitable. >> reporter: and doing the analysis is sam. its job. >> to better understand the surface chemistry and the atmosphere chemistry. >> reporter: and to make sure it will work, engineers at goddard built a mars chamber, with martian air, carbon dioxide and 15 chambers. >> we went down to minution fri. >> which is relatively balmy. it can reach 245 degrees below celsius. >> we had to make sure they would be able to survive the martian environment. >> reporter: curiousity will explore a different layer, where rocks and materials are exposed. what is collected will then be use the i by sam's instrument. >> we're looking at carbon- based molecules that comprise life

we see state trooper kristi menzie following motorcyclists traveling at speeds up to 135 miles an hour. >> i don't see any motorcycles, though. oh, there they are. >> she's trying to pull them over but they are not obeying so she pulls right in front of them and slams on the brakes to try to get them to slow down. a maneuver called the rolling roadblock. >> but they just went right around her when she tried that. >> they went right around her. she is eventually able to pull two of the motorcyclists out. later they apprehended a third motorcyclist and a fourth ended up getting away. the reason i'm show you is the officer got coaching and counseling because she violated two different policies during this chase, which included not notifying their communications center that she was part of a ase, but also doing the rolling roadblock twice in this chase without having permission from a supervisor to do it. >> they're not going to charge them with anything because of her mistakes in this case? >> no, they were charged. all the drivers that were apprehended did have some charges, but after re

. >> tonight at gop convention, ann romney and chris kristi stole the show.hrist christ crass was the key note speaker. while is behind many ads in they are called super pacs and jim others pond tells us about the game changing groups. >> reporter: it's the sting of those adds. >> even more americans jobless. >> that pack of heavy political punch. >> what would you do. >> reporter: john dunbar of said that the new machines behind them have changed everything about this president alley election. >> >> paid political ads, paid to get a specific reaction. >> reporter: many created by super pacs where money flows freely. a 2010 court ruling paved the way for the creating super pacs. they can take unlimited contributions from labor unions, corporations, and people. they can spend whatever they want to work for against a candidate. >> air time, they use millions of dollars to place ads. >> reporter: liz of the sunlight foundation, a nonpart son watch dog group said the ruling makes them super powerful. restore our future, backing romney, tops the list. racing a who

the trial of the russian punk group kristie riot of auxerre chorus of responses from his son politicians from all around the world when members could spend up to seven days interesting for performing and on to putin's stunt and the country's main and that's causing trouble. down the regime protests are gathering some also in the gulf region at least twelve people have been killed in saudi arabia supplying down on the sun while dozens have been arrested and the injured in bahrain where demonstrators demanded no freedoms all that. up next will give you an insight into how ordinary iraqi people have coped with the u.s. invasion that country. i got him on my side. if. i didn't agree. with. the two thousand and three war in iraq was the bloodiest of the last decades almost one million soldiers and civilians were killed and four and a half million iraqis became refugees. a war trying thousands of journalists and media personnel complete load with. a war that was broadcast live or around the block. or complex or even the first time to instantly and insist the put me to see. after eighteen days

course did adjourned double grand slam champion kristie it's always set in this next week's u.s. open as the russian continues her recovery from a knee injury. take your pick we wrap up the best of the strikes that mom heard last weekend in the russia. but first it is advantage spartak moscow in their champions league qualification tie with turkey's fenerbahce the red and whites winning two on home turf in tuesday's first leg. fall in the final qualifying stage of the competition for the past two years but the trend moved towards being shocked when the money will emanate kinetic right before the hour mark but despite dominating the game the hosts saw the score on a level through former liverpool. just half a dozen minutes later. you know where the final stage we treat come borrow bullying home even that mcghee in one corner. of the russian side busts heads next week to bowl with a few want to advantage knowing anything other than the feat will see them into the champions league proper elsewhere here. take all of the respect that feet into the fifty just after securing away wins w

kristy murray has been studying west nile since the first u.s. outbreak in 1999. she has found that in about a third of patients like shaw with severe illness the virus remains in their body. their symptoms can become chronic. >> it's incredibly surprising. it's actually something we've never... it's not what the textbooks say about west nile at all. >> reporter: about 1 in 150 patients infected with the west nile virus become seriously ill. of those, about 60% have long- term effects including fatigue, blurred vision, trouble thinking, kidney disease and paralysis. the current outbreak is likely occurring because of a combination of a mild winter followed by a soggy spring. perfect conditions for breeding mosquitoes. >> 80% of our cases occur between august and september so we're just still kind of at that beginning of understanding how this is going to end up playing out. >> reporter: john shaw has built a new life for himself and now runs his travel agency from home. he doesn't complain, but if pressed, does admit one thing. what do you miss doing now that you

. >> we will have joe and mika's entire interview with joe and kristy coming up in a few minutes on "morning joe." >>> oil companies are evacuating offshore riggs and shutting down refineries as isaac heads for the gulf. nearly 80% was shut down. let's take an early look at the markets as we get all up in your business. geoff cutmore live in london for us. jeff, what can you tell us? >> good morning to you. >>> gas prices are going higher. i don't think that's a revelation given how you have introduced me. it is worth about a quarter of the u.s. gas consumption, this region in the gulf of mexico and inevitably, if the refineries shut down, that means it is going to have some impact on supply. we have seen a significant spike in the price, the aaa average for the united states, $3.75. the analysts are saying, we could see $3.80 before the labor day weekend. keep your eye on those gas prices. isaac is doing some damage to the wallet already. back to you. >> geoff cutmore in london. >>> still ahead on way too early, we talked yesterday he about that monster trade that sent three supersta

performance though was a step too far for many in a nation where the majority of people orthodox kristie in search of a foremans in the country's main cathedral saw some accusing the group of blasphemy however some of russia's most ardent anti-government activists who agree the women took things too far. i also said they shouldn't be punished too harshly and they don't deserve it by the way i strongly disapprove of their act i'm old enough to be their dad so i would just spank them properly and let them off and now when they face up to seven years of prison this is going to far feel. the call for clemency was repeated by president putin the man who was the targets of the protest. but i hope the court will rule with a just decision if the bonds let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties when attempting to leave the country or to for example they went to the caucuses and defaced a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. nevertheless i don't think we should judge them t

. >> whether or not kristy missed the mark. >> what is my reaction to paris? >> the e-mails. >> let me close my e-mail. they are not thrilled. i think the presentation of it was a belly flop. i think the feeling of it was there were negative reactions. not everybody will agree. they get praise from some people. the problem is, if you compare the speech last night to what paul ryan did. we talked about how he envisions the republican party. if you look at how his speech came out, it was not poorly done, but it was like a new jersey state of the address. >> they have acknowledged it fell short of the mark. crisscrossed the giving his speech to the governors' association today. he said, people have been saying this is too subtle. who did they think i meant? is that less subtle? >> he is part of the speech in the beginning. people recognized it. he did not get to romney until 18 minutes into the speech. look ahead to tomorrow. mitt romney's moment. we have had the build up. we have had paul ryan introduce him as a leader of the republican party and a person who ca

you have got chris kristy speaking. you have nikki haley speaking.itt romney will give the most important political speech of his life. up to 70 million people may watch this. 5 romney is closing the gap nationwide. he may get a large bump if he can get it done thursday night. that's what we will be covering. it will be very exciting. >> is there any concern regarding the agenda itself when we begin to introduce mainstream and independent voters. you are you concerned that the independent voter is scared away? >> i don't think that's going to to be much of an issue. i favored the commission. we had one back in 1981, 1982. it never went anywhere. i am perfectly happy to have a sound money commission. it doesn't mean anything yet. it would have to be legislative. it's not going to mean anything here. why is the employment situation so bad? and most importantly, the growth message which will be carried by paul ryan and more importantly by mitt romney. they have got tax cut reform and proposal. spending reform proposal. actually favor paul ryan's medicar

also the trial of the russian punk group kristie riot of bucks a chorus of responses from artists and politicians from porn around the world the three members could spend up to seven years in prison for performing an anti putin stunt in the country's main that's the central. andante regime cross has gatherings also in the gulf region saudi arabia's crown down on dissent it's claiming more lives while dozens have been arrested than injured in bahrain where demonstrators demanded more freedoms from its more like a. bandit last year and it's here with a supporter and i know the london games are keeping you know this of course but there's also plenty of the ball going on here in russia and indeed there is yeah the russian premier league is in full swing already this summer three weeks in no already the holders and meets in petersburg looking like the team to catch more not coming up in just a sec. thanks for joining us this is lead sports today and we have plenty ahead for you this sunday afternoon including these stories and bring. on grass serena williams claims olympic gold in ladies t

young people are not interested then politics and one of the big aims of the pirates is direct now kristie which is something our democracy is desperately need we need people to be. more responsible juan cole shaping their own societies what would have what we're having today we need to get rid of bank secrecy we need to get rid of any sort of secrecy where information is withheld from the general public that it's actually should be long in the public domain and so forth so it's very exciting to see i think the last number of countries that have. pirate parties being established or formally or informally are sixteen now you know with basically you know reported to the world and i think that is extremely positive positive to to be a part of that sort of movement because if you know we have all these we know where the problems but we haven't figured out how are we going to get from the problems to some sort of solution and i think more people that's come. to call share their knowledge and passions in order to create it's baby steps out of mass where own. i think we'll be more successful and

foreign policy chief hillary clinton is in turkey as i'm kristie threats to weigh in with force if it feels threatened from across the border washington's also pledged a further five and a half million dollars in aid to syrian rebels bringing the total end to eighty two million total funding to the opposition since the conflict began last year riot police clashed with protesters from a leftist party trying to reach the building with clinton was to meet prime minister edward officers responded with batons and tear gas at least five people were injured let's get some thoughts on these latest developments and talk to antiwar activist and journalist on the batteries on the line from the u.s. side on hillary clinton's visit comes. threatening to step up the use of threats in the. in force of the syrian conflict meantime they're also saying they're preparing for the worst case scenario that as i just mentioned maybe a chemical attack is that scenario a chemical attack a real possibility. there's been some discussion of the possibility of a so-called black ops chemical attack where some of t

spoke exclusively today to us on his mother kristie and here's what she had to say you know if you think of the last twenty four hours that the previous government beating of the u.s. but it doesn't bring measures in breach international law it wasn't sure how it was good but i knew that the. that we were honest both working in the. secret specs which was. doing most things. and i was also very happy by the fact that the door in government was willing to look into it and they knew i was done on and on that the truth is done that. for the very latest on this case r.t. correspondent laura smith is on the ground in london. the reaction from us and his supporters here was unequivocal when his asylum was finally granted by ecuador that which is that what chance there was a big contingent from the ecuadorian community actually saying hands off ecuador that's still behind me still chanting but not everyone was as pleased and a statement from the foreign and commonwealth office they said that they were disappointed and the foreign secretary william hague later made a statement in which he said t

kristi kristina kristina -- >> it could be. temperatures are going to be very, very comfortable. 80 degrees at 4 p.m. in oakland. 68 degrees at the coast, so, yeah, if you were planning that wedding yesterday, sorry about that. triple-digit heat. today much cooler. first, let's see how your drive is shaping up. any wedding bells on the drive? >> no, but we did have the debris. no major crews, right around sir francis drake. other side of the bay, it should still be of the canal boulevard on-ramp. i do see some slowing. there may be crews right now, flashing lights might be the distraction. a live look over here. that's wednesday, guys, back to you. >>> still to come on "today in the bay" caught by something his victim created. how police were able to find the man accused of ripping off the home of steve jobs. >>> new clues in a december shooting that killed a young boy in oakland. what police are now saying about the suspect. until i had the shingles. it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my nec

. ♪ just dance, it will be okay, just dance ♪ ♪ just dance, it will be okay, just dance ♪ >> kristy hadu can catch it on the nbc network at 2:15.