annapolis city solved 75% of the homicide during the past decade. that's well above the national average. with the federal monies, they hope to improve on that number even more. the additional money is helping families and saving time for detectives. >> the incoming cases or anything that happens this day, 100% of my focus is on cold cases currently opened in the agency. >> overall crime is down 40% in annapolis and that statistic is based over the recent few years. >>> construction is underway on a new visitor contact station in the maryland district of island national sea shore. this is west of ocean city where you can camp on the beach with bonfires and all. the new facility will replace a rup down building that served as the ranger station since the late 1960s. this is the photograph of the beach where you can camp out. the number of lanes leading up to the entrance will be expanded and the new entrance will ease congestion during the summer months. the new station will be largely completed expected to be done by mid-june. >>> in a few hours, ba

annapolis city police have receive and grant of over $220,000 to deal strictly with cold cases. this expanded their capabilities greatly. >> good police work requires resources, funding and time. this grant has enabled us to provide that. >> reporter: they chan submit cases for -- can submit cases for dna analysis. >> we're looking at obviously rapes, sex offenses and robber ris. dna is a large component, a large piece of evidence that's reliable but it does take time oar detective tim hall is able to help. it adds to the work load. >> not tasked with the incoming cases. 100% of my focus is on the cold cases that are currently open. >> reporter: in the last 10 years, annapolis has solved 75% of their homicide, well over the national average. with the federal grant money, they hope to improve that more. >> overall crime is down 40% in annapolis in recent years. >>> tonight at 11 we'll talk about a cold case in baltimore county. she was beautiful, young and pregnant with her first child. 25 years later the murder of janice potter remains a mystery. >> why did someone feel the need

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there is another ride tomorrow in annapolis and a dozen other cities. >>> you'll get a look at some special k9 said have been through major wartime missions. >> some of us may see some showers over the mission. -- over the weekend. >> gary williams officially retired today. >>> one of them was part of the team that took out a osama bin laden. we are getting a firsthand look at the special military warriors. >> meet this german shepherd, bruno. he is one of nearly 3000 dogs in the canine corps. this exercise at fort myer, burn attacks without command. his bike is so powerful, it leaves its mark. >> it is 400 pounds per square inch. >> he is a trade protection and dog. dodd camera said it is no surprise the navy seals brought a dog with them. where dogs are trained to get early silent warnings of danger. >> they could be somebody that is hiding inside a closet. >> the sport like heroes are trained to be the best of the best but passing the test is not easy. >> if they miss one, they're walking a line of pass or fail. >> depending on the mission more dogs could be outfitted with night vision g

setting the program up and we look forward to doing more with them and everybody in the fine city of annapolis who is very proud of the u.s. naval academy this morning. and the entire navy and servicemen and women. looking in annapolis a. few showers on the way from the west. that will be part of the morning ride and on and off showers pushing 72 and a stray thunderstorm this afternoon. it's 6:44. let's go to the road with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. expect minor delays on the outside of the top side of the outer loop coming from bel air road heading towards york road this morning. again, no major incidents or problems around beltway. looking at volume starting to pick up. and that's slowing things down a tat. now out -- tad. now northbound riverside parkway closed at pulaski highway because of an earlier accident. a pretty serious crash. and police are on the scene directing traffic. you can use route 24 as a alternate. reisterstown an accident remains at worthington road and timber knoll road. now back to you. >> thanks a lot. >>> news time is 6:45. after nearly a decade of hiding, osama

actually a mix of sun and clouds but for the most part kind of overcast in places like annapolis, the naval academy, ellicott cityhere, kind of murky through the day. a few peaks of sunshine late in the afternoon but not a lot of sunshine to be found. look at some of the temperatures here at some of our weather friends night. a warm 77 in centreville, westminster up to about 75. state-wide the numbers warm all across the state all the way west out toward deet rick lake and oakland 72, 69 in ocean city. tonight we see temperatures cooling off very slowly, even north and west, still in the mid-and upper 60s toward frederick, 61 down cambridge way. let's take you into tomorrow's forecast. taneytown close to 80. the showers and storms set to arrive will come in from the north and west. a better chance for a little earlier arrival maybe a little cooler but 80 or beyond a good bet. including denton where i think you quit at 84, that northwest wind picking up over the chesapeake. it may bring your temperatures down a little bit. much more active north and west. pretty quiet around maryland, cloud cover coming in, you do

it's got to get to the 55- degree mark to get us out of the city. 67, westminster and annapolis.el air. rock hall. southerly winds over the region. kept us in nice, warmer air. normal high is 71. we're right on the money and got to 72. winds won't be a major factor. although we still have a bit of a breeze. that system last night out in missouri and kansas has moved off to the east. but it's quite windy. you can see there were shower activities in the carolinas. this system has really weakened as you can see. it's scattered showers. most of them down across southern virginia. there's a batch in ohio. if that continues, we'll see showers. tomorrow, most will be gone. we expect to see a mixture of sun and clouds on your saturday. unfortunately for sunday. yet another system is going to be come down from -- coming down from the northexpeft. -- northwest. and you can see from the model here of a scattered shower or two. mother's day. temperatures around upper 60s to low 70s. temperatures will be fine. it just means that saturday and sunday, we'll have clouds. more on sunday than satu

there is where you see kind of the green shading. 54 annapolis. 58 on the boardwalk at ocean city.wn to 49 at parkton. 48 at westminster and frederick. here are the clouds overhead. some breaks in the clouds north of us and south of us. so a little band right over us. generally not making any rain shower activity. there is fog in this area as well. the cooler air never quite comes down this far south. in fact, along that front, a weather disturbance will come in and generate again later this afternoon or this evening a chance for rain. the threat of rain is hanging there, but most of the day will be dry or rain free. we'll call it a mix of clouds and sun today. i think the clouds will be a more dominant feature today. 68 to 72 the high. a west wind at 10 miles per hour. insta-weather futurecast shows the situation this morning with the rain to the east of us and new rain to the west of us. you can see that new rain drifting in here by 7:00 this morning. the bulk of it passes to our south overnight. so tomorrow morning we'll probably still have clouds. there might be a shower or two

we're quite mild this morning. 59 in annapolis. 57 in cambridge. 60 degrees in ocean city at the boardwalk. 54 in westminster. look at the readings in western maryland. frostburg, 50. hancock, 51 degrees. the clouds are rather thin and low. they are not making rain. all of this should be hung up and dissipate to some degree. rain chances are there today. the main weather maker is out to the west. the brain changes will increase as the day warms up. sully float will keep pumping moisture income -- a southerly flow will keep pumping moisture in. in our part of the world, things will be relatively quiet. we should see a change in temperature. chilly temperatures out to the west. 20's and 30's west of the cold front. mostly cloudy skies today. there could be some sunshine breaks. we cannot ignore the chance for the front of aging in from the west slowly. we could see some scattered showers. the rumble of thunder, although that is slight. the wind will be 10 to 15. the south wind that will be pumping in some relatively mild air. a son break or two will help spike the temperatures. -- a sunshine

show you some of the current temperatures. 74 in the city, 77 in frederick, we have 70 at the state capitol in annapolisnd georgetown delaware 77. one of the warmer spots on the map. tomorrow we will take you to carroll county. we think our next round of showers should arrive here first. going to take longer for baltimore and eastern shore, but you see new windsor a warmer day in the 70s. the central part of the state could get above 80 tomorrow. fair weather cloud cover edging in. one cluster toward carlisle and more rain brewing out over the central part of the country. you see it here. cool frontal boundary draped everywhere from western upstate new york through tennessee and kentucky extending into east texas. behind this thing we have some overrunning moisture here. some showers and storms flaring up. and the whole ball of wax set to make its move southward as we go into tomorrow and arrive in our area. it still looks to be a slow mover. as we check out our in house computer model here -- actually, we just skipped past that. bottom line is that line will come thoroughfarely slowly. and i think the

but temperatures will warm up on the delmarva, 63s from ocean city to easton and across the bay bridge, back to 60 in annapolis from baltimore up 83 towards york, p-a. we have a lot of rain towards the west. in reference to baltimore it's on the other side of the mountains. but we expect the rainth rain to sneak into -- rain to sneak in our direction. planes -- the places getting wet will continue to get pounded with the slow moving system but slowly edging our way and developing a thunderstorm during the afternoon hours a warm high ahead of the front to 82. and showers more likely overnight through tomorrow, wednesday, and winds may pick up. check out the wider view. rain from western new york through ohio and through kentucky. down through central tennessee. we have talked about the flood from nashville through memphis on the anniversary of what happened last year. and down into the gulf coast states. we will watch that edge in our direction. our future radar highlighting showers that will erupt in the mid to late afternoon. and typically this type of setup keeps it west of the area. but annapolis listen up.

city. dewpoint is about the same temperature it was earlier. 69 it was earlier at 60. 67 at annapolis.ild night. probably only dropping a few more degrees, probably in the upper 50s to low 60s, that's about it. by afternoon should be back in the low 80s that could cause some problems. right now east-southeast winds generally. there's a lot of rain out there. luckily no severe weather reported from this severe weather. with these winds coming out of the south tomorrow, we're going to see a good deal of sunshine and the clouds will build. late in the afternoon by early evening maybe showers, pop up thunderstorms that could be locally strong. very isolated but they could be local to strong. later on we get you steady rain into early wednesday. then it clears out in the afternoon, thursday looks good but presently cool or cooler than we will see tomorrow. south winds at five to 15. tomorrow a look at clouds and sunshine. probably won't see any showers till after dinner time. back in the 50s tomorrow night with showers and thunderstorms. 64 rain early then clearing out. 42. 68 on thursday.

city. columbia, westminster in the upper 50s. rock hall, kent island and annapolis in the low 60s.he cold front is moving our way. it will be a 22-degree difference. this day 81, 83 tomorrow. certainly cooler. clear skies, and big time thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. 83 degrees. dinner time to bedtime, maybe a couple of strong thunderstorms. clouds brace for sun, maybe a lingering shower. 61 as a high. 68 thursday. beautiful, a bit of a breeze. saturday and sunday. 70 and 74 with a ton of sun. >>> here's sharon. >> we have a little more to talk about. we have two accidents. the latest one on the inner loop, this one at camp meade road. edgewood working at pulaski highway. delays in place already. 795 to 95. average speed 41 miles an hour. there's a look at the west side. that's liberty road. there's a look at 95 north of caton avenue, no problem there, except for sun glare. there's a look at the beltway. that's camp meade road. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota moving forward. back over to you. >>> this morning's coffee with is with jeremy w

annapolis. from then, they head north to new york. thai they will play the new york cityire and police departments. >>> and listen to the final score of tonight's game, the wounded warriors, 35, the fbi, 10. >> that's called stomping them. >>> coming up tonight, a really bad situation about to get even worse along the mississippi river. that water is continuing to rise. >> experts tell us how quickly they think gas prices could begin to fall after the price of oil tumbled this week. >>> and a front-row seat became dangerous when a horse veered off course just before a jump. >>> we had a couple of showers out there this evening. could that translate into some showers this weekend as well? showe[ male announcer ] well? washington, d.c. a landmark of liberty and opportunity. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches and atms. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion... from supporting the arts and howard university to helping revitalize anacostia and downtown d.c. because when you're giving, lending, and

just trying to work my way up and interning at city council. host: annapolis on the republican line. tim, you are on the air. caller: regarding the president's speech, he has provided this funding but i want to know what we get for this funding for egypt. it seems the president is a horrendous negotiator. he took the missiles out of poland and got nothing in return. we are now giving funding to egypt. i do not understand what we will possibly get in return. it seems to me that he is enjoying this bit of an uptick an upswing in popularity because of the osama bin laden thing, but in terms of his ability to be able to promote democracy in the middle east, promote american initiatives, he has been awful at it, absolutely awful. i am amazed at the callers this morning. number one, i did not know if it is your fault or not, but practically 10-1 democrat and independent to republican, and number two, they seem to be fawning over our president that a middle east and foreign policy. our president's foreign-policy -- and one other thing i would like to talk about is th

city, 57 down in d.c. around the immediate metro area, everyone is starting to cross the mid 40-degree range, 53 in kent island, 53 in annapolis west wind at the airport is really one of the more substantial winds out there. we have a 6-mile per hour wind in d.c. and 6-mile per wind from the northwest around elkton, and calm readings around the state today. even after gusty thunderstorms that rolled through last night, we are looking at calm witness starting off this morning with temperatures around the entire region in the mid-40s to about the mid 50s and that's a good thing. we are still focused on the kentucky derby. of course there are going to be showers rolling through kentucky today and that is going to make for potentially a wet track. already seeing that there are light showers rolling through the midwest and that could time just around the time of the race, which is around 6:00 typically around 6:05 or so. we'll keep an eye on that. for us a few clouds around for us. we are between systems now, high pressure is in control for today and early tomorrow and then the next system coming through is going to take off for --

annapolis. from then, they head north to new york. they will play the new york city fire and police departments near the anniversary of september 11th. jackie bensen, news 4. >> and one other note for you, the final score in last night's games, wounded warriors, 35, the fbi, 10. >>> the new york fire department also receiving an artifact from 9/11, but it's not from the twin towers. the department was presented with a stone from the pentagon yesterday. the 800-pound piece was originally part of a 19-foot long stone. it was cut into three pieces and given to the fdny, the arlington county fire department in virginia, and the fbi's washington field office. >>> a brewing controversy in charlotte, north carolina, this morning. two muslim imams were asked to the leave a plane they boarded in memphis to fly to charlotte with no explanation given. mehsud aram were on the plane in memphis getting ready to take off when the pilot returned to the gate. the two men were then asked to get off the plane and searched again, which they agreed to. when they were finished, the pilot

. >> 58 in seattle. 60 in salt lake city and near 100 in phoenix. annapolisadly unrest in yemen has the u.s. pulling most of its embassy staff out of the persian gulf nation. over 40 yemenese have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of the yemenese president. in addition to the american diplomats being sent to safety, the u.s. is also urging all americans in yemen to get out immediately. >>> in political news now, republican lawmakers say they're sticking with a plan to overhaul medicare despite a surprising election loss here in new york state. >> democrats managed to pick up a congressional seat in a strongly conservative district after the republican candidate backed out and, not backed out, backed a controversial medicare plan. karen travers is now joining us from washington with more on what is at stake. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, peggy. this was a very big win for democrats in a very republican district. just a few weeks ago, it didn't seem likely that they would be able to f

city, lines of showers in frederick. over to the eastern section of baltimore county. down south of annapolis. shady side. east of town, now. right around long green valley. and one shower, right on the beltway there, at pikesville. not a whole lot. but that one shower, eastern baltimore county, may have brief downpours. take a look at this. 60 degrees now. 46 at oakland. but compared to yesterday. 21 degrees. dropped from yesterday afternoon. 25 degrees colder. most places. now, tim is in the outback. there he is. clouds right now. but also, a look at the rainfall numbers so far this month. tim? >> definitely, i can say that it is chilly out here. and those showers don't appear to be heading toward bwi. of course, the official reporting station. we'll keep these numbers for now. for may so far, we're looking at just over a quarter of an inch of rain. .28 inches. that takes us up to almost 3- quarters of an inch. takes us to .72 inches to be exact. and that, of course, is provided that no more rain falls by the end of today. bob will talk about the forecast. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness n

annapolis. and yet right after for its under and the patriotic exuberance it reported in new york city the new york times ran out of patience with abraham lincoln certainly for the first and perhaps the only time in the succeeding four years. they wrote an editorial called wanted:a leader and lincoln was so upset by it he started a new file on his desk called phyllis articles and put this one in the file. to conceal the fact the administration so far has not met public expectation. tours carrying the country through the tremendous crisis which so rapidly and steadily selling down, the union will not only be severed but the country disgraced. in a crisis like this there is no policy so fatal as that of having no policy at all. lincoln pulled the editor to washington, took him aside and put his arms around him and said you're absolutely right. i am so busy making a point that i don't have time to deal with this crisis. somehow lincoln's personal magnetism was enough to win the day or at least l.a. the antagonism and the times when don to reliably support lincoln throughout. after that at least public

so if you are east of the city and along the 95 corridor, quantico into prince william's county and up toward annapolisou might get a band of good rains. there is the pack side of the rain shower activity and again all shifting to the east. should be winding down in the next couple of hours. and then we'll see some clearing this afternoon, although it will be on the cool side. check out the temperatures. really fallen back overnight after enjoying highs yesterday in the 80s. let's switch maps and i'll show you the temperatures. and again, as we got the cooler air moving in, temperatures have cooled off. in the 80s yesterday, 47 at reagan national. 45 in gaithersburg. 46 in leonardtown. off to the north and west, hagerstown martinsberg, 85. winds out of the north and west gusting to about 25-30 miles per hour in the last look and still out of the north and west. so a breezy afternoon and even with the sunshine highs only in the upper 50s to about 60. there you go. forecast for today, 60 degrees, a little afternoon sunshine. we'll get rid of the shower activity and tomorrow looks great but a cold one ton

city. clouds not making ground around here. the barometer up as well. pp 53 in annapolis. 47 in parkton.tle range of temperatures. a couple spotty showers out there. satellite shows nose of clouds coming into the baltimore area and a lot more sunshine or clear skies on the eastern shore. again, it made sunrise pretty this morning. we'll see more stuff moving in. here's the warm front. high pressure, though, essentially tries to keep the air dry. the bulk of the moisture will still be west of the mountains -- mountains. this is around new severe weather we'll see. there will be an outbreak again of bad thuerstorm activity to the west of us. our forecast, as i mentioned, fairly quiet. we could pick up a shower by the end of the day, and rain totals less than a half inch. not even a .10 inch of rain here. it gets heavier as we move west with most rain out in the ohio river valley out in the great lakes and back toward the mississippi valley. our forecast partly cloudy today. more of the partly this morning and clouds this afternoon. afternoon and evening showers, 55-69 the high. the insta-w