artscape runs through this sunday. for more information about artscape, you can visit our website, wbaltv.com, and click on entertainment. >> and we'll get to those artscape closures in a moment, but first, we want to talk about what's going on at the moment in terms of incidents. we have several of them that we're reporting. southbound 95, traveling through howard county, you may see delays right at 216, a crash. center street at st. paul place in the city, we have an accident. southbound on the j.f.x. just prior to cold spring, right lane is taken up by standing water there. stay to the left or center lane, and you should be all right. eastbound pulaski highway in joppa, we're hearing about a disabled vehicle to avoid. artscape closures in effect through the evening, along mount royal, also southbound j.f.x., the ramp to southbound st. paul is blocked. we have closures in effect on all of the roads in that mount royal area. also want to remind you, light street shut down between baltimore and lombard for the next cou

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artscape usually brings in more than 300,000 people to the mount royal and station north areas north of the city but this weekend's weather hasn't been the best and put a damper on the crowd. george letis has more. >> as they say, the show must go on but it seems so far, the rain is trying hard to drown out the attractions at artscape 2012. the nation's largest free arts festival usually brings more than 300,000 people to midtown baltimore over a weekend. this year, even organizers admit the crowd numbers are down thanks to wet weather. >> here's the italian market, locust point. my best sell of the block. >> art is imitating life for victoria salvana who is trying to sell her water color paintings in baltimore. >> but the rain is just -- we have to wrap everything up in plastic and people are afraid to take it. sales are ok. not phenomenal but ok. >> but what's ok to those who came out is, well, the rain. it's a welcomed sight compared to the oppressive heat that's been a staple of artscape the past several years. >> yes. >> it's a nice change of pace. >> we don't care. >> doesn't m

it's the 31st annual artscape. i'll take you inside just ahead. >> we're tracking more storms this dreary day heading our way. the updated first warning weather forecast is coming up. , >> rainy and 73 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> a gunman opens fire in a crowded movie theater killing 12 in colorado. our complete coverage on the aurora tragedy continues with vic carter. with more on an emotional story of survival. vic? >> it was a scene of chaos and confusion. the moment after the shooting walked into the theater and opened fire. the shooting murder was at the showing of the new batman movie in aurora, colorado. there's a great deal of attention on the suspect's apartment. >> we're concerned about getting any evidence there is. >> witnesses experienced an emotion tragedy that will last longer. one man said two of his friends were hit by gunfire. >> one of my friends was skinned on the neck. he's okay but at the hospital. and another skimmed on the long,

artscape closures in effect through the weekend.ount royal is closed from north avenue to charles street. here's a quick live look at traffic. the beltway at york road. outer loop traffic is building. this is the j.f.x. at coldspring lane. a smooth ride all the way down. this is 95 at the fort mchenry. harbor tunnel traffic looks good. there's a view of the j.f.x. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we check in for a look at the buses and trains. >> expected versions around lombard and light street. 35, 46, and 64 buses will be diverted downtown around lombard and light street as they continue repairs on the water main breaks. number 21 at cathedral street estimate preparation for artscape. now back to ava marie. >> thank you. another hot day in store. today will be more humid. 100 degrees was the high temperature yesterday. we keep our normal records for the city, and 101 was the record yesterday. extreme weather pattern that we're dealing with right now. normal high for this time is 87 degrees. we're already starting off i

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artscape is here. the 31st artscape.t started out with a few artists and vendors, and now 150 vendors and artists, bigger and better than before. >> we are expanding in all that farther up charles street this year -- a little bit farther out charles street this year. a lot of things going on in artscape. >> how many as a stage is now? >> three outdoor stages, and went inside as well. there is plenty to do inside as well as outside. >> as we all said, it is friede. -- fee. >> -- free. >> you don't have to pay for any of the shows. you can see a dance company, major, major world-class entertainers in baltimore. >> it is not cold. usually it is and burning hot. >> very nice weather. >> not like it was last year, and it seems like almost every year, 100 degrees or so. >> pretty good. >> thank you very much. rob roblin, wbal tv 11 news. >> i will be there tonight to introduce brian mcknight. coming up, it could have been a parent's worst nightmare pretty little girl grabbed by a stranger. where the suspect is now. and on the

day two of the 31st annual artscape festival has wrapped up.endance is lower than in years past because of the wet weather. we are live on the festival with more. >> day two, all day was dominated by the rain. that had an impact on attendance and sales. they are hoping for a comeback on sunday. ♪ as they say, the show must go on but it seems so far the rain is trying hard to drown out the main attractions at artscape 2012. largest free arts festival usually brings more than 300,000 people to baltimore over the weekend. this year, even the organizers admit the crowd numbers are down thanks to wet weather. >> there is the italian market. locus point. >> art is imitating life for victoria who is trying to sell her watercolor paintings of baltimore. >> the rain, we have to wrap everything in plastic and people are afraid to take it. they/''re ok. >> what is ok is the rain. it is a welcome sight compared to the oppressive heat that has been a staple the last several years. >> yes. a nice change. >> this is not make any difference. heat does not both

this year's artscape features some unique displays. artscape is where the unusual is the usual.ere's something you don't see every day -- a large human head sculpture, and the audience controls its facial expressions. >> it's a 12-foot-tall radio-controlled face, where all the -- or most of the facial movements that are responsible for expression are mechanical and controlled by the people standing here. >> over on charles street, they were decorating port-a-johns with yarn. it's called yarn bombing. >> that's what people don't normally pay attention to, and we covered it with knitting. it's yarn bombing. they do it all over the world. we've done it for years on the shops. so, just bombing the port-a-potties. >> lots of people come for the food, and there's all kinds of that, but it's the art they come to see and buy. and as always, there's art for every taste. >> some are just imaginary friends, and we have art forms. >> so, this is a renaissance flute. i make these for about 40 years. made of bamboo. >> this is my artwork. she has -- her title is woman laying. it's essentially

in the artscape area, not royal between north and charles, we have closures in effect because of artscape through the weekend. another accident on the west downside of 100. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is 95 at 395. this is the ramp of 395 into town. we will monitor this as a volume picks up. this is lombard at light street. right now we're not seeing any traffic. traffic is getting by. a little bit of improvement on lombard at light street. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. yesterday we had 95 at the airport. it was in another warm day yesterday. a very similar start today. 87% humidity. we have a little bit of clouds and a lot of sunshine today. that will be the forecast and it will be another hot one. highs of 99 degrees. 95 for ocean city. there is a chance for a thunderstorm. the rest of the state is looking mostly at dry. we have higher humidity tomorrow and we will detail that coming up in the fall forecast -- in the full forecast. >> it took longer than many fans might have hoped for. the ravens and ray rice get together on a new contract worth rep

in his 31st year, artscape features the works of craftspeople. there are big people like brian mcknight and others. from a 16 foot sculpture in the shape of a human face allowing people to change the expression to live music in every genre. it has something for everything. wbal tv-11 is proud to join the mayor to present a weekend of and entertainment. if you like dance, opera, classical, rock, or alternative music and a fabulous many of food and beverages, artscape has it all. it all. for details go to chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save.

closures in effect in advance of artscape. that is this weekend they are doing some preparation for artscape. you will need some extra time because delays expected. we have an accident in sykesville. this is the east side of the beltway just prior to the key bridge. you can see we have several lanes closed on the inner loop. we may have all lanes closed. we will keep you posted on this. the inner loop is where you're seeing those closures. the northeast corner of the beltway is looking pretty good. pass peninsula expressway, one lane is getting by if not all are closed at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> there was a big water main break last night. it is expected to cause some big problems for this morning's commute. >> that problem is centered at lombard and light streets. kim dacey is live downtown with the details. >> we're right at redwood and light street and that is where the road is shutdown. you can see a huge sinkhole in the middle of light street. it is expected to cause big problems. people alm

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in place for the artscape. >> many areas have already closed. for a complete list and alternate routes, go to wbal .com. >> are big story this morning, a major impact for police in maryland. the robber -- judge roberts says they can collect dna samples after arrests. jennifer franciotti is outside police headquarters to explain. >> good morning. it is a temporary change but it is being considered a victory by law enforcement. the court of appeals ruled -- ruled that police could not collected dna samples after arrests. it was sparked by a request to take a look at the case of holon soaking -- alonzo king. they rolled his rights had been violated. >> the supreme court took the position that until we have a chance to take a look at this, we're going to put the brakes on the court of appeal's decision. >> the order allowing dna collection to resume will stay in effect until king response to a petition to the supreme court. more on that part of the story coming up at 5:30. >> an update now, authorities say a half-dozen marijuana plants were found. t

the 31st annual artscape is under way right now. wjz is live in mount royal with what's going on this year. >> reporter: at artscape, there is something for everyone. food, music, and its namesake, art. >> i really like art, because it shows how you express yourself. >> look at all the art! i like to draw. >> reporter: one of the most popular exhibits is an interactive piece. >> i like when i was controlling the eyes, it opened and the eyes moved. >> maybe one of them will realize that they could be an artist or it will turn something on in them. >> reporter: thousands are expected to attend artscape, which circles several city blocks on mount royal avenue. and this year's weather is a relief for many visitors. >> not too hot. a little fine mist, no rain. >> reporter: if it starts to rain, there are lots of things to do indoors, like dance performances at the lyric. n]♪ >> reporter: with visual and performing arts for all ages and a price tag of free, it's always a hit with families. >> it's a very family-friendly event. we have kid

artscape, here we go, kicks off later this morning at 11:00.uns until 9:00 tonight and then again tomorrow from 11:00 to 9:00, and then it ends on sunday. the hours on sunday are from 11:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night. now, one thing to keep in mind, a lot of the areas, a lot of the streets around this area are closed off because of artscape, and then if you remember the water main break from a few days ago, a couple of streets down just from here, you're going to expect traffic delays in the area, they're expecting 350,000 people to come to artscape this weekend, so just keep that in mind, try to avoid the area where they have those ongoing water main repairs, and this area, keep in mind, there'll be a lot of streets that will be closed, so traffic could be a mess this weekend as artscape gets under way. live in ploor, linda stow, abc 2 news. >> linda, thank you so much. lauren cook has put together a list of road closures and alternate routes you may want to consider if you're heading down for art scape. you can find that in the traffi

. >> despite the rain, the show must go on as at artscape. "11 news sunday morning" starts right now. >> good morning, welcome to "11 news sunday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. >> and i'm lowell melser in for lisa robinson. we'll take our first look outside with meteorologist ava marie and i guess some folks will understand this. we're still under the influence of some of those winds that are bringing some of that rain here to us and probably will for much of the day? >> yeah, that on-shore flow is what kept us so damp yesterday and kept our temperatures down and kept the clouds in and we saw some pretty heavy rain across the area. fortunately, this is going to start to break apart. while we are starting off with that pattern once again, we're hoping to dry out. again, it's the afternoon. yesterday, high temperatures barely made it into the upper 60's and low 70's and with that very moist low coming off the northeast. today we're starting off in the 60's once again but expected to move into the mid 80's this afternoon. fog and drizzle to start off the day. if i'm optimistic, after

the on and off rain showers did not stop people from going into artscape. features's artscape unique displays like this he aren't covered port dejon -- port- --- yard covered port-o- john. >> it makes a great fruit bowl or a nice decorative piece. >> that is beautiful. artscape includes music and the contras began this evening. it runs through sunday night. more than 300,000 people are expected to visit. although whether dried up for the start of the weekend, yesterday was a different story. rain storms began at about 7:00 in caused major problems for motorists. trees were down and flooded was reported throughout the downtown area. state transportation officials warned people not to drive through standing water. >> a lot of people do not realize that manhole covers can dislodge and you can step into one and fall in. that is a dangerous situation. >> a terrifying thought. the storms dumped up to four inches in cost over 7000 power outages. most of them have been restored. >> now your into whether plus forecast with tony pann. >> the kings were busy in the we

i love artscape. i've always wanted a booth here. made it in this year, so it's really exciting. >> reporter: but she's still selling art anyway to a crowd full of locals and this guy from pennsylvania. >> these people. it's the best of the best. baltimore gets a bad name, but this is why baltimore is awesome. all the arts and all of the culture. >> reporter: it's the celebration of quirkiness. >> it's tomorrow from 11:00 to 8:00. >>> some new additions, two cuban crocodiles. kind of cute at that size, huh? they were born at the zoo this week. the mother is dorothy, 55 years old. so you can imagine the surprise when the zoo keeper saw her lay eggs. so far, it's in good health and so far they're already nipping at the handlers. >> every time we show the baby animals, it's cute. >> almost every baby animal is cute. >> i think most of the ones we see. >> not a lot of reptiles. i mean, what a crazy day it was. >> what a wild day. >> it felt like fall. >> it really did. in the air, sell a lot of ravens sweatshirts. >> we started out with

once again, artscape kicks off 11:00 this morning and runs through sunday night. it's known as the largest free arts festival in the nation. more than 300,000 people are expected to pour into baltimore for this year's event. >> president barack obama wraps up his two-day campaign swing through florida today, while hit romney will talk to voters in new hampshire. national polls show the candidates in a virtual tie. both camps are engage nag daily war of words. 11 news reporter halley jackson live in our washington bureau with the commitment 2012 report. good morning, halley. >> good morning, manipulatedy. we are taking a look this morning at the accuracy of some of the claims out there, attacks which are valley shaped the tone of this campaign so far. president obama is campaigning in florida, reiterating what's become a familiar attack on his opponent. >> governor romney's experience has been owning companies that were called pioneers in the business of outsourcing. >> but is that campaign, repeated in a campaign ad, really true? only partly, pointing out he left

the streets of mount royal were filled for the artscape festival. entertainment featured live concerts and vendors from all over the country and selling art and crafts and unique itemsp if you missed this year because of the rain, no need to worry. it will be back in full swing next year. >>> well, it must have been a tough decision for a mother to make. the loss and a horrible boating accident. >> they were taken while on a missionary trip. the reunion a pastor and congregation were waiting for. we will take you there as we continue on this monday july 23rd. >>> the 82-year-old mother of michael jackson was reported missing late saturday. a nephew of katherine jackson reported she was missing late saturday night after her grandchildren why unable to get in touch with her for a week. sher her son tweeted to fans that his mother is fine and resting in arizona. the missing person's report was several days after dispute between her advisers and several of her children over the finances and legal affairs. >>> sources close to the family of usher raymond

artscape, or the unusual is usual. here is something you do not see every day. >> a 12-foot tall animatronics radio-controlled based. most of the facial expressions or movements are mechanical. bair controlled by the people standing here. >> on charles street, they were decorating porta-potty is with yarn. >> it is something people do not pay attention to. is called yarn bombing. we have done it for years. so, we are just yarn bombing the porta-potty. >> there is all kinds of food. but it is the art they come to see and by. and always, there is hard for every taste. >> monsters, imaginary friends. there we have aardvarks' and been winds. -- penguins. >> this is a renaissance fleet. i have made these for about 40 years. is made of bamboo. >> this is my our work. it is all sculptures made out of forks. the title is "woman laying." it consists of 175 to 200 forks. >> i love it. everyone has expression and they like to show it. >> it is an opportunity for every one of all ages to explore. there's something for everybody he

closures and mount royal leftover from artscape. 58 on the north side.ide past baltimore national pike. 10 minutes on southbound 95 for the beltway southwest's to 32. five minutes to travel south of 95 from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. here's a quick live look at traffic. we switch over to traffic on 50 at 424. there is some police activity off to the side but may attract some attention as you travel west. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to dave allen. >> the 61, 64 buses are still diverting at light street and lombard because of the water main. number 36 and 51 bus are detoured from washington boulevard at monroe because of construction, along with the number 50 bus. the 16 bus is delayed. the artscape display will be cleaned up and everything looks good for metro and subway. i'm dave allen. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. after a cool weekend, temperatures will get back to closer to 90 this afternoon. 71 at the airport. 69 in parkton. the dew points are running in t

that is the fun side of artscape. you can come, and it is for the whole family. >> it is free, you have a lot of food and entertainment. it is a great time. >> activities take place indoors and outdoors. fine arts and crafts. >> we will go get our face painted. >> file of your umbrella. >> thank you si -- i love your umbrella. >> thank you so much. >> have fun out there. >> thank you. >> are you feeling lucky? the maryland lottery is here next. >> he is hoping to make his mother proud. the anne arundel county resident gearing up to make his olympics baby. >> look at this. the news is not good if you are headed toward 50 and sandy point. >> welcome back. it is time for the lottery and tell -- a lottery's hot 5. let's start with hoards of cash. >> the percentage of tickets sold as 75%. there are three top prizes remaining and three of $3,500 or more. >> crack the code. >> it is a three-dollar ticket. percentage sold, 71%. there are three top prizes remaining. >> strike it rich. >> we love this ticket. it is a $5 ticket.

the weather was rough on our ski -- artscape. architecture students were busy building a stage. it is made in tire -- entirely out of shipping pallets. most of their work never leave the classroom. >> that is what is exciting to see how well our design integrates with people using the space for what we intended. >> i have never been in this kind of project. >> the project is an assignment for the summer architecture class. artscape kicks off tomorrow and runs through sunday night. more than 300,000 people are expected. firefighters from all over the country are in baltimore for the firehouse expo. their time here is not just spent on training. they took part in a remarkable and touching event to remember the newark city firefighters who paid the ultimate price on 9/11. >> at the downtown hilton hotel, firefighters were suiting up for what would be a 120 story stair climber. >> it is forced to come out and remember our brothers and sisters and make sure they are not forgotten. >> this is in honor of the new york city firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. firefighters were we

streets of will fill for the 31st annual artscape festival. some really unique item. >> it's my first time here. we came down from new york. we heard such good things about it. yesterday it was foggy and it's a beautiful day. >> you haven't totally missed yet. you got about 1 hour and 15 minutes left. >>> today was a little too sticky for you to be out and about at artscape. you could have stayed in the ac and learned a little polka. the celebration of all things polish at the maryland fairground. festival goers were able to enjoy food and good old fashion poker games. >> it's family oriented. we have plenty of tables and chairs. people can sit and relax and enjoy themselves in a nice air- conditioned venue. just have a good time. >> eat a lot of good food too. the celebration goes on until 9:0 0 tonight. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather. >> good food downtown. we were talking about the clouds early on. this is the shot downtown. notice the clouds, temperature right around 81 de

because there's so many plans to go downtown over the next three weeks including this weekend with artscape. >> reporter: that's coming up this weekend. people may begin to change their plans. the two lines being replaced this is the ground zero issue of this massive hole on light street. crews not out right now and willcome out as the morning progresses to get the two lines replaced. one of the lines more than a century old. now today on the agenda, for the board of estimates meeting, there's an item for the bureau of waste water and water. this is a group in charge of getting things like this fixed including working on water treatment plants. the request is for 30,000 dollars to work on emergency repairs, things like this but work on light street is continuing two lines are being replaced. you talked about that and this is going to take a number of weeks to get repaired. right now, we are being told it's going to take three weeks. >> we are going to remove those lines and replace them with new lines so once we go in, we can close this road and not have to come back again. >> reporter: the

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artscape and the attractions down at inner harbor, you've got to recrowd traffic. to go for that. but right now, up here, we spotted this while walking down the road on light street beside water main break. bus stop and mass transit is being rerouted too. this soon says it's rerouted to the fayette street plaza. we will put it on abc 2 news.com a little later to let you know where you can get around. this is what we are talking about. this water main break for monday afternoon around rush hour. crews for dpw beginning to make their way out. and they are supposed to go on the clock around 7 today and continue working on this. estimates have it at a 3-week project. later today, though, dpw and water treatment management will go before the board of estimates asking for $31,000 and from those monies they will work on emergency projects. we can only assume this is whatthey are work on because since -- work on. because since -- working on. because since june there's been more water main breaks. >> we see water main breaks but maybe not this big but wouldn't it be cost ef

artscape this weekend a lot of fun. if you are heading downtown this morning, do watch out for the massive water main break it continues to shut down light street that's going to be between baltimore street and lombard street. if you can use mass transit, other alternate routes include hopkins place or fayette street. all is clear if you've going through the fort mchenry tunnel or the harbor tunnel. and we do unfortunately have some problems on the west side of the beltway. there's a crash right now on the inner loop at reisterstown road. expect some delays in the area. for those of ow going to the harrisburg expressway, this is what its look like in hunt valley at shawan road. no problems you're looking at altogether a 22 minute ride from the line down to the beltway and it will remain clear to the. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. uh-uh. >>> all right, the water main break be the heart of downtown baltimore still an issue this morning. particularly in the financial district. it's affecting a lot of busine

hopefully it will cool down a little bit for artscape this weekend. >> mike? >> i have a couple of e-mails about that. it is going to cool down. lower humidity and into the 8 #s. how about the winds damage yesterday charlie? that was crazy. keep as you head just south and west of the bray bridge you saw the wind gust around 60 miles an hour. we had multiple loan warnings issued from yesterday's storms. 76 in town rather. 70s out over the eastern shore. ocean city not seeing the sun just "you're at 76 degrees, i'm -- yet you're at 76 degrees, i'm really dyslexic with that one this morning. 78 around 8:00 hour. we're on the wayer for 92 degrees your two degree guarantee. and notice there could be a couple of scattered showers and storms in the mix. we'll time the storms out for you and show you the seven day forecast in a little bit. >>> mike thanks. storms rolled through the area you probably kept a really nervous eye on your house. your car and hoped that the power would stay on. there was not the case for everybody in and this morning some people are waking u

well hopefully the storms will cool everything down for artscape this weekend. if you are hitting the roads we have some trouble in anne arundel county there's a four car crash on route 295. right along the southbound lanes another interstate 195. you want to expect delays in the areament 95 will be the best alternate route. heading to downtown baltimore that yolk still causing -- water main break still causing big problems on light street shut down between baltimore street and lombard street. use mass transit if you can, if not hopkins place fayette street are the best alternate routes. out on the beltway a crash actually cleared on the west side on the inner loop at reisterstown road. here's a live look at overly. starting to pick up on the outer loop up to loch raven boulevard. but inner loop nice and clear down to 95. white marsh at route 43. only a four minute tripe down towards 695 and no delays and that will remain the same heading all the way into the city. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> that downtown water main break is a mess if you work in that a

artscape closures in effect for the weekend. mount royal is closed from north avenue to charles street. here's a quick live look at traffic. right now looking pretty good on the harrisburg expressway. no delays from the maryland line all the way to the beltway. 295 shows building volume in the southbound direction. no official delay as you approached 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a suspect in a colorado springs steals a plane and kills himself. he was a pilot and jumped over a gate on tuesday and stole a passenger jet. police say he clipped a wing before crashing into cars in a parking lot. a police officer and later found him inside. he was wanted in connection with the stabbing death of a former girlfriend. the fda gives approval to a new diet pill. the drug will not be sold as qsymia. more than half lost 10% of their body weight in trials. indiana drivers could see a new fund for throwing a burning cigarette out of the window. there have been a number of brushfires because of drought conditions. there could b

normally when you think of artscape you think of hot weather...but not this year.t the crowds down at america's largest free arts festival tonight. janice park is streaming live in mount vernon, where opening night is winding down. down.hi karen,it's projected that by the end of sunday, 350 thousand people come here... the rain definitely meant smaller crowds...but the people you see here...say this day filled with arts, food and live music was worth standing in the rain. under a steady stream of rain...artscape got off to a slow start.umbrellas were out....nd the roads soaked... soaked..."it mostly has to do with the weather, no one wants to come get a lemonade when it's raining out" out"police were also talking strategy...inncase severe weather hit. hit."it's been quite interesting...with the rain he's got blue face haha"but it didn't take long...for the arts to warm up this night. night.with each chord and drum beat, that's what baltimore baseddband this the rescue did. did."it's been a big difference...with the rain ere hasn't been as many people"and there was

in baltimore, the scene to see was artscape. some got a lesson on distracted driving. the program uses a high-tech single-a-2 to show how dangerous trip is to tax and drive -- text and drive. >> it was good to have my daughter here. she just finished driver's ed. >> i knew it was bad, i knew you could not look at the road and the texting, but i have seen people to it before. i knew it was that, but not that bad. >> officials say drivers under age 20 have the highest amount of distraction related to a fatal car crashes. the jackson family matriarch was reported missing. they say they have not seen her in more than one week. we are tracking the latest details. plus, getting a grant on a cruise ship. youth groups honored today for up in baltimore's kids. >> the weather pattern is dry, but the forecast is just ahead. some clouds are out there this weekend -- evening. 74 at the airport. 79 at the inne still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start. glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. carmax. start here. >> the

. >>> it's kind of a rainy weekend for artscape. that didn't stop thousands from attending. it's america's three largest event. scuplture, art all up for sale. the festival ended tonight. people said they had a great time out there. reemy unique. people posing for pictures on facebook. >> >> still to come, fast-moving floods, torrential rains slammed china leading to dramatic river rescues. >> >> left to die, a nine-year-old girl in massachusetts discovered hanging from a tree. find out about the couple accused of leaving her there. >> >> michael jackson's mother vanishes. then reemerges. what is behind this bizarre disappearance. >> >> after a break from the heat this weekend, summer time weather is returning to maryland. more on the first warning forecast coming up when "eyewitness news" returns. . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a shot of downtown, partly cloudy. bernadette has a complete forecast coming up. >> >> first, look at this in china. only one person inside of the truck made it out. it took rescue crews hours to get that soul survivor to safety. he suffered injuries and the

artscape kicks off with a big award ceremony. and the grand prize. >> and two weeks before the opening ceremony of the olympics games. is london ready? we will check the progress coming up. >> slight drizzle around the airport and we have more rain chance in the forecast. details right after the break. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey t cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. your mouth has sipped, snacked, ...yellowed... giggled, snuggled, ...yellowed... chatted, chewed, ...yellowed. and over all those years, your teeth...have yellowed. fact is, if you're not whitening, you're yellowing. crest 3d white whitestrips remove over ten years of stains by going below the enamel surface. and, they whiten 25 times better than a leading whitening toot

they will be performing this weekend at artscape.low from winslow dynasty is joining us live in studio to give us a sneek peak at what they can do. - how did you two meet?- how long have you two been singing together? together? for more information on the winslow dynasty log on to fox baltimore dot com slash morning. - can we hear something? 3 ((break 4)) 3 3 3 3 fiebr map anger and frustration conttnue to grow in the wake of massive power outages caused by recent . storms.one lawmaker says the problem isn't just b-g-e and pepco... but the people who are supposed to be watching them.tom rodgers is here with more on this plus your other top stories of the day. councilman... hans riemer... started an online petition.his goal is to fire every member of the public service commissio. commission.he says utility companies are monopolies... only because they're regulated by the p-s-c.riemer's online petition calls for the governor to start over and replace everyone in the state agency... with people who will work for the consumer.so far 3 th

it is an annual announcement that gears up the arts community for artscape. i was pleased to join mayor rawlings-blake and the baltimore office of promotion in the arts to announce renee as this year's winner of the prize. she received a coveted $30,000 prize for her work explores for african-american heritage and a variety of media. five other finalists received a $2,500 honoraria established by m&t bank. it starts on friday and wbal-tv is a very proud sponsor. >> now your 1 insta-weather- plus1 forecast with john collins. >> humidity is up today and temperatures up at 84. at the airport. the inner harbor did make it to 90. it got sticky. 67 and 69 the morning lows. there was some rain this morning. 1/2 at the -- inch at the inner harbor. it was terrible this morning with thunder shower activity moving through the area. the rain has been to the south of us and the west of us. it has been avoiding the immediate viewing area. and there are, if you watch this batch of rain, there are some that -- thunder showers moving into garrett county. we have a chance to c

artscape closures in effect through the weekend.yellow on the west side to the left of the screen. that is the outer loop delay. here is southbound 28 -- 95. pretty heavy. here is a check on the west side as things open up at baltimore national bike. that is the latest. back to you. >> warm and humid start to the day. 82 right now. 78 currently in pasadena. the humidity is in place. the cold front will bring drier air by the weekend. we still have a chance for storms. variable clouds with highs in that mid-80's. not as hot as yesterday. we are cooling down as we head towards the weekend. 88 by saturday and sunday. tomorrow, the showers looked tomorrow, the showers looked over -- sunday will be it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in to dunkin' and try the new oreo coolatta and donuts today. >>> you're looking at a terrifying child abduction attempt in the act. in broad day

. >> the artscape is in a good area where it will not be impacted by the road closures. >> crews have already closed streets in the mount royal area ahead of hardscape. for complete list of street closures, the road to wbaltv.com. decision from the supreme court today that has a big impact on maryland. the police department can resume collecting dna sample from people after arrest. kai reed is live downtown with that story. >> that supreme court decision effectively reverse is a previous maryland court of appeals ruling. a temporary change for now, but considered a victory for law enforcement. in april, the maryland court of appeals ruled that police could no longer collected dna samples from suspects after arrest without a warrant. now supreme court chief justice john roberts has reversed that ruling, at least temporarily. a victory for maryland law enforcement. >> it is back to business as usual. >> the change was sparked by it or request by the supreme court to take a look at the case of alonzo king jr. the court of appeals ruled that his rights had been violated. >> the supreme co

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for some it was polka than the artscape. [ music ] ♪ the festival goers enjoyed food and poka dancing>> it's great place and an all around family oriented event. we have table and chairs and people can sit and relax and enjoy themselves at a nice air conditioned venue and just have a good time. >> it was a celebration of all things polish at the maryland fairgrounds. earlier mike talked about a great polish sausage he enjoyed. there's the tie-in. you sure you weren't at the poka festival. >> i may have been. at this point they all look the same i wish they would cut back to you doing the poka dance. >> don't give out my trade secrets. >> look at this. that's scarry. annapolis camera filled with the spiders this morning. 7 degrees in annapolis. little fog out there this morning certainly on the bay that may reduce the visibilities in nautical miles. 71 in town. 76dc and 70s over the eastern shore and that's the launching pad. around upper 80s to 90. two degree 91. few spotty showers and one in dundalk and notice everything pushing towards the chesapeake n terms of clouds we have them a

artscape closures are in effect through the city.g at a nice start a car for it. once again passed harford, that is when things back. timonium road, and the harrisburg expressway, problem- free from the maryland line to the beltway. >> clouds in the area. rain is moving to the east of us. we have a chance for rain, possibly heavy. humidity way up, barometer down. forecast today's generally just clouds and humid. chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms are developing. we have a flood watch in effect for the area. 82 to 87 for the high. sunday looks good bit more rain chances late monday and tuesday. chances late monday and tuesday. >> oreo and dunkin' are the perfect match for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> 8:30 on a sad friday morning, the 20th of july, 2012. we are following that tragic shooting in a movie theater in aurora, colorado. the suspect, who police believe acted alone, has now been identified as 24-year-old james holmes from aurora. right now police are

mike masco joins because check of weather and traffic a lot of rain might have threatened artscape but hundreds showed up. >> we were at 69 degrees on saturday. that's like in may. >> it was a comfortable weekend but the rain it was something to deal with. >> it was very comfortable but not comfortable today. a whole big change. 71 right now on the way to 91 later todaych let's look at graphics showing you starting off mild across the area. 70s over the eastern shore and a couple shoty -- spotty showers over the southern zones and towson seeing the showers and more showers as you find yourself around glen burnie towards annapolis this morning. so spotty showers part of the forecast again a lot of humidity in place right now. a cold on the is out to the west and that's going trigger scattered showers and storms. 74 goes to 86 around the lunchtime. and we are on the way to 91 and muggy conditions again late day shower and thunderstorms are possible. another check of the weather coming up in little bit. let's check on traffic this morning and we go outside and look at 695, at bel air road

we asked city transportation officials how it will impact traffic for artscape this weekend. >> it is in a good area where it and all -- will not be impacted by road closures. but there are closures in place for the event itself. >> ministry tiny mount royal area have already closed because of the event. -- a lot of the streets in the area have already been closed. head to wbaltv.com for more information on our home page. in today's educational large, high school and college students are marching across baltimore today to raise awareness about the maryland dream act. the umbc president joined local faith based civil rights and labor organizations on the campus wednesday, calling for the law to stay on the books but the dream that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-day tuition. the issue will be on the november ballot for maryland voters to decide. >> they will get good jobs. there will pay taxes. that can help us all out. i believe that. i have seen it. where would we be without educated people? we need to support all of our children. it is the american way. >> his comments

so many people head downtown baltimore for artscape which is this weekend. >>> looking at news aroundthe nation, surveillance video he caught a motorized school -- caught a motorized scooter mishap. woman tried to take the up escalator despite the fact there was a lift just 50 feet away. you can see her tall back -- falling backwards on other passengers a subway worker pushed the escalator emergency stop button. it turns out the woman managed to walk a-- or the worker managed to back away from the incident. pretty amazing sight. >>> a man near pittsburgh jumped on from a moving vehicle to get away from some kidnappers. the whole thing is caught on camera and it's incredible. you see a maroon van goes through the intersection and the man jumps out rolling on to the ground in his underwear and he starts running towards police to get help. >> i just seen a guy flying out the van running in his boxers like they just robbed me and they just you know robbed me help me screaming. >> the man said the van pulled up someone inside asked him for directions to a bar when he he told him he didn't