. >> now, your insta-weather-plus forecast with ava marie. >> good afternoon. it is a toasty one out there. we have blazing sunshine across the state. the clouds are starting to creep in. there are clouds in pennsylvania near the pennsylvania turnpike. this is what we are worried about. as this cold front gets closer to us, we have enough heat and humidity to strike up these storms. thunderstorms will be scattered across the area through the afternoon, into the evening hours. it is the same storm system we will worry about tomorrow as well. this other system will swing back around through here, and that is where we start to talk about storm's being likely in the area. because of the moisture in the atmosphere, they could bring heavy downpours. here is a look at the futurecast. around two o'clock p.m., and noticed the scattering of showers and storms. that could trickle down into baltimore and into the eastern shore. we have a possibility of storms into the evening hours, which is a problem on the roadways. things will change drastically into tomorrow. showers a

hi, ava. hear.an't >> come back to her. >> ava? hello? if we talk louder, do you think -- is she there? she had a problem. we will decide whether. -- we will do some weather. we have some nice weather coming up today. i pushed the wrong button. this whole segment. i did not mean to go to the seven-day forecast. this is what you want to s ee. mostly sunny skies. high temperature around 90. a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow. it will be warm and humid both days. by the time we get to the weekend, it will clear up. the temperature goes down to a 86 on friday. warm and dry. the next chance for rain will be on monday. i could do the whole show over if you want. yeah? yay! again.o weather >> i vault aftermath to last night its fourth of july celebration leaving one man dead and a child wounded by gunfire. jennifer franciotti joins us live from city police headquarters with that story. >> we have heard from baltimore city police about the plans for keeping the inner harbor saved. for the folks who came here last night, they were hoping it

now get the latest from ava marie who is cooking it up. i have a feeling that food truck will be invaded soon. >> it is an amazing smell. this is a food truck. there is a rally tomorrow in little italy. we're inside the chow hound. i'm here with bill. he will teaches how to make the famous hamburgers. >> now you're in the kitchen. i will put you to work. this is the sauce of the month. we picked the fresh basil yesterday. squirt that on there. you need some mayonnaise. this will be great. >> very good. this is a coleslaw of hull piwih jalapeno. >> these are made for us by mr. schwartz. hamburger coming up. >> bacon, onion. >> red peppers. >> this hamburger is for tony. a chance of thunderstorms today and tomorrow. the weekend is shaping up to look pretty good. it is hot in this food truck. we're getting excited for the food truck rally. >> medium well. 6:38. they may be too young, but these ostrich chicks might have some questions for their new mother >> 3 bb cadence -- three baby were presented. this is part of a rare animal breeding prog

first, let's put ava on the side. people want to cook out this afternoon. i hope you are not out right now cooking but in the afternoon, well, the cookout could have thunderstorms mixed in with it. cook in. because we have a chance for thunderstorms at any point today. i don't want to specifically time them because i don't want to let you down. thunderstorms are possible at any time today. but it is a better bet this morning and then again as we get towards the afternoon. we have a front rather approaching the area, a cold front that is, and as that passes by this evening, we will see another round of thunderstorms, but those should start to clear out as we head today fourth of july. out towards the west. tures will be in the 80s throughout the afternoon.

i'll give this one to ava. >> this is our top pick for younger kids.the bells and whistles that the other cameras have. it's also a gaming machine. it has a couple built-in games and has settings that you can set and a volume control, which none of the other ones have. >> arthel: that means mom will have to hear the ring, ring. >> the electronic noises, you can tone them down. >> arthel: what age group? >> 3 and up. >> arthel: what else do we have here? >> rick: we're dealing with very, very -- >> this is very important. >> rick: here is one by kodak. >> we use that as our control camera. some of the older kids we talked to liked that better. like if kids are nine, ten, 11 and tech savvy, they might prefer like a low end adult camera. they can do more with it. >> arthel: basically, the price range here was from what to what? >> least expensive was 35 and it goes up to around 70. >> arthel: you did a good job. ava and lyla are enjoying it. >> rick: you like them? what do you like about them? >> the design on it. >> arthel: of course. >> rick: every girl

first we say good morning to ava marie. she is at valley view farms and talking about keeping mosquitoes away. >> good morning. the mosquitoes have been bad this year. it has been pretty bad out there. t spring. a wellspr >> we are paying the price for that. she will tell us how to use some products and some of the natural ones. >> there are some things. this has been around for awhile. this is not natural. this is something that does work. this will kill them. this acts as a repellents. it has cedar oil and lemon grass. this can be sprayed around the grass. this will keep them away for up to three weeks. >> what are some things you can use on your body? >> we have seen this advertised on tv. there are some the difference praise you can use. there are some liquids values. i like these because you don't overapply. you put them on your neck. >> it does help to put an even layer. ugs.hese are mosquito bo what is cool about this is is a natural bacillus. you can throw this in your pond. it will last about a month. it will kill

the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> ava joins us with one last look at the forecast. >> we are already in the mid-to- upper 80s. we are expecting to push to near 90 this afternoon. thunderstorms in the forecast, pretty isolated in baltimore. for the most part, in the southern tier of the state. ring the evening hours, a strong chance is definitely decreased. things look ok for the weekend. it will start to dry out with high pressure this weekend at. >> thank you, and thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> watch tonight at 5:00 with donna hamilton and stan stovall. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.

we say hello to ava marie, who is in catonsville this morning. big parade later today. >> i'm new here so i'm just getting the sense of all these activities that happened. this is a big deal. chairs are lined up on the streets. they have been lined up for about a week. nobody messes with them. the tradition that people get ready for the parade a week in advance. i have frederick, the official town crier for this event. what does it mean to be a town crier? >> you have to have a big mouth and be loud and carry the news of the day. >> maybe i'm a bit of a town crier. i have a big mouth. you are participating in this event today. >> i will be leading the parade today. the last couple of years, i was a bit in the background. i am the official crier and i'll be leading the parade. there'll be an official proclamation making me the official town crier for the city. just celebrate this wonderful day of independence. >> how long have you been a town crier? >> since 2006. unofficially, for maybe about 10 or 15 years to crack for anyone who was not been to

the spike beijing's protest last month part of two chinese fighter jets intercepted a uti spy plane ava taiwan which china claims other terror conaghan of and from the american base of foreign policy in focus think tank says the rift is a part of the competition for energy rings in the region. right here on the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and trade is the number two and chinese oriel eighty percent of chinese energy supplies were moved by c. that you move through the streets of four months which is controlled by the americans who sleep well in move straits which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they they worry about the fact that the united states could serve pretty much on their energy juggler vein this is part of a worldwide competition for energy resources between the number one two powers now energy users in the world and the fact is the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china with bases that are always from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. to live

two spy plane ava taiwan which china claims as a tariff conahan and from the american based foreign policy in focus think tank says the rift is a part of the competition for energy rings in the region right now in the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese or oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies who've by sea that you move through the straits or from once which is controlled by the american ships leak oil in move straits which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it on their energy john miller again this is part of a worldwide competition for energy resources between the number one lumber two powers now energy users in the world and the fact that the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china with bases that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. but livia's president says he fears us all foreign is my plug on his plane and link him with dr

but first let's say good morning to ava marie. she has been running down the food trucks in front of the building. is that an ice-cream truck? >> food trucks have arrived in the baltimore. this is not what you think of what you get in a fast food truck. we will talk about that. i have built irving -- bill irving. tell us what this is about. >> bring awesome food to people on the street. we can go anywhere we want to go. we have the grill rolling. you can get the taste cheeseburgers around -- you can get the tastiest hamburgers around. we hand make everything in the morning. we're able to take it out on the street pick you can get restaurant quality food on the street. this is where you find comfort. it is hard to find cover on the street eating a greasy water dog. this is hot, melted cheese. then we have fries their crispy and warm and delicious. >> thank you for being with us. i make it inside and start frying up some hamburgers. now we check out my weather skills. there's a possibility for some storms later in the day. not a lot

first let's say good morning to ava marie. she's done at the maryland food bank. good morning. >> this warehouse is a gigantic and it is -- they're hoping to get more food as they continue to get food from local farmers. the farm to food program. we're talking about the new program. john is the coo of the maryland food bank. >> this is a program we have been working on. we work with area farmers, most a long the eastern shore. 27 farmers are bringing produce to the food bank. we rebox it and sending out to all the locations. >> what does that mean to the food that doesn't goo market where does that normally go? >> buyers that go to commercial farms that say they want cucumbers an exact size or potatoes a certain way, it would go to waste. we of trailers all over the state that pick up the food. it will go into the bins. it will go out to our pantries from the eastern shore and we have a mobile pension program will were privy produce two neighborhoods. >> there are some misconceptions. people think i'm not homeless and i do not need help from the food bank. >> most

ava marie joins us live to tell us what is going on in catonsville. >> it is full of excitement. we have family games coming up. a hot dog-eating contest. the parade and fireworks. let's get some excitement. we have the official town crier. >> oh, yay. me lords, me ladies. welcome to cannes so, maryland, july 4, 2011. -- welcome to catonsville. >> i wish i have those skills. i'm here with ms. peggy. she is a local celebrity and she will be in the parade. >> i have been at the same restaurant for 30 years. in catonsville. >> you have served just about everybody. >> at one point or another, on have waited on just about everybody. >> you memorized everybody's order. it never write anything down. ou do it?u doi >> memorization. te.we have patriotic pe i call this mannequin a dummy. i'm sorry. thisis matter can's -- mannequin' is here to protect the chair. you want to get a good seat for the parade. she is here to guard a chair. she keeps disappearing. we found here underneath the goals of the high school. >> people will be out celebrating in catonsville. we do have a chance for a thu

our producer, bethany owens' daughter, baby ava. congratulations to the family. >> welcome to the world. thank you for watching abc news. we'll have more later with "this week" with christiane amanpour and "world news" with david muir tonight. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. what people don't know is what a fun guy ron claiborne is. [ male announcer ] it's 2011 and everything is different. different jobs... ♪ ...different challenges. ♪ different opportunities. ♪ so why would universities stay the same? ♪ university of phoenix, because an educated world is a better world. university of phoenix,

our producer, bethany owens' daughter, baby ava. congratulations to the family. >> welcome to the world. thank you for watching abc news. we'll have more later with "this week" with christiane amanpour and "world news" with david muir tonight. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. what people don't know is what a fun guy ron claiborne is. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >>> good morning. it's 8:56. in the news, there are more calls for prince georges councilwoman leslie johnson to resign. last week she pleaded guilty to conspiracy and evidence tampering charges. the charges are in connection with a corruption investigation also involving her husband. four council members and the county's executive say she should leave office. >>> police in prince georges county are investigating a deadly crash. officers say a car hit a man on richie road near central nav avenue in kent before midnight. the driver stayed on the scene. >>> one woman is dead and her mother is in the hospital after a fire at an ebl edgewater house yesterday. the women were trapped

our producer, bethany owens' daughter, baby ava. congratulations to the family.o the world. >>> thank you for watching abc news. we'll have more later with "this week" with christiane amanpour and "world news" with david muir tonight. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. i knew the two of you before. ron claiborne, surprisingly entertaining. >> isn't he? >>> good morning, america, surprisingly entertaining. >> isn't he?

payton ava kaine was born. that's going to wrap things up for us this morning, but the conversation continue jos onlin. send christine your questions on facebook and twitter. i'll be back today at 1:00 p.m. eastern and tomorrow at 3:00 for "your $$$$$." >>> now back to "cnn saturday" for the latest stories making news. have a great weekend. >>> good morning! congress is in session on this saturday. working on the weekend to try to beat the clock. that clock is aticking. we are now less than three days away from a possible u.s. default. i'm t.j. holmes. glad you could spend part of our weekend here with us. we've been talking about that clock. we didn't think it would get down to this, but it keeps on a-ticking on congress. both houses in session today. here's a rundown on what they plan on doing today. and there's that clock that we speak of. just under two days away from a time when we're told by the treasury, this country will not be able to pay all of its bills. so let me give you the rundown of what's happe

bettany owenings has given birth to ava lea.a. >> stay tuned for "world news" with diane sawyer later the southbound lanes have been reopened. in virginia, word of the crash in the eastbound lanes of 66, just before fairfax county parkway. for downtown travelers, there closures downtown, including a long bomb mall and along theon avenue -- mall and constitution avenue. >>> typical july 4 weather in washington. muggy.d scattered mixture of sunshine -- mixture of sun and clouds. scattered evening thunderstorms. mid-70's.the low to the list is at 75. the highs -- dulles is at 75. highs will be in the upper- 80's 2 lower-90's. rule out isolated and illegal and -- lingering storms later in the evening, around fireworks time. >>> preparations are underway on the national. night, the rehearsal went scheduled. glarend the rockets' red ♪ >> that is jordin sparks,

bettany owenings has given birth to ava lea.a. >> stay tuned for "world news" with diane sawyer later points are in the upper 60s and will be around 70 and we are looking at 73 in easton the culpepper around 72. more in winchester. upper 60s from frederick and we are feeling the air that you wear. the satellite and radar not picking up on a lot. but we have clouds out there mixing in with a little sunshine as we go throughout the day. so i am going to call it partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and going into the afternoon, we have a chance for maybe scattered to isolated showers to pop up in the forecast. we have a cold front out to the west starting to slide a little bit further to the south and east. and with that, it will stall out a bit going into central virginia. and then that is going tonight focal point for showers and thunderstorms popping up into the afternoon. i think most of the action will stay off along the eastern shore and if you heading to the beaches, coming back from the beaches, yes, you could get in on some of that wet action. so make sure to have the rain gear handy

bettany owenings has given birth to ava lea. >> stay tuned for "world news" with diane sawyer later onsitions lenses are right for you. transitions lenses are available at a site for sore eyes location near you. your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> authorities and around richmond are investigating four separate shootings that left four people dead. they took place between 8:30 and 11:15 last night. two other people were injured. no word yet on any suspects or if the shootings were gang-related. mike is here with the 4th of july forecast. >> good news, it's not spare-the-air day but tomorrow will be. mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys. 90 around san jose to 84 in oakland. 92 in santa rosa and look at the coast, near 70 degrees. temperatures 10-20 degrees cooler by the weekend. >>> live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, one of the best driving behavior as you make your way into san francisco. checking with

ava in tennessee, wait, isn't the ceo of ge supposed to be obama's top jobs guy? why, yes, he is.it's official, no one in power cares about getting people back to work, all they care about is keeping their profits and offices and status quo. the real question is how long will it take the rest of america to realize this and then do something about it. brad in oregon writes, it tells the u.s. that free trade is a scam and we have to have fair trade instead. it's too easy for companies to outsource to china and bring the goods and services back to the u.s. with few restrictions. we need to have tariffs on imports to account for the difference in labor costs between the two countries. then china could compete with american manufacturers on the basis of quality instead of cheap labor. frank in mill valley, california, writes, the message is eloquent and wonderfully concise. it consists of only two words. it starts with the letter "f" and ends with the letter "u." donna writes, does anybody see a conflict of interest here? why would a corporate chief executive move an arm of his busines

i would be very surprised, the film version stars gregory peck and i think ava gardener and i would beery surprised if you couldn't find it on video if you looked for it. it's kind of a classic film and somebody out there must have it on video, about the home in idaho -- >> when did he live there? >> he lived there very briefly, 1959 up to his suicide in 1961. >> it was caused by politics, correct? because he to leave cuba? >> he really enjoyed idaho and actually, from the 1930's, on toward the end of his life, he always liked to go to the american high west in the fall to go hunting and fishing. and so he bought a little home that was supposed to be an escape for himself and mary when they went hunting in the fall anden joying the winter ski season there. when they lost their home in cuba because of the bay of pigs, that became his final home. i think it's a little neat. the reason why the house isn't open to the public is that after himingway's death, mary kept the home and lif left it in her wilo the nature conservancy in idaho. they have it now. he had a deep appreciation for natur