so we added a whole section of the exhibit just to orient people to first of all, what did baltimore look like around 1812, and what was the history just before that and why was it so important? so baltimore in the 1750s was just a village. it was just a cluster of houses and taverns and more taverns almost than houses, but it was not a booming city. the time period that we're talking about in this exhibit baltimore had grown to be the third most populated city in the united states. as a result of that, the landscape of baltimore was changing rapidly and in the paintings of francis guy, we begin to see these wonderful grand houses that are being built both in town and outside of town by merchants who are making tremendous fortunes in trade and this it really brings us to one of the core issues of the war of 1812 which was the conflict about trade with britain and the perpetual disrespect the americans felt by the british at sea. and so it's very important to see the homes and this environment that in large part was a reflection of the wealth that was growing in baltimore and the surroundi

traffic stop in baltimore. look at that picture. >> you are so dumb, you are really, really dumb. >> you went way back for that one. >>> breaking news on the roads. things getting better, though. >> this is clarksburg. looking a lot better. we are moving out of frederick. isn't this a nice gift for us on this friday. 66 headed into town as you're heading in to fairfax, a little slow. there was an earlier crash. it should be out of the way now. 95 this virginia, otherwise look quite good. not quite as good as the weather, but maybe pretty good second place. >> this is a gift, as well. stop brushing your hair, look at your tv. gorgeous morning under way. live view from the tower camera. you can see the golden sun lies streaming through. temperature right now 65. we'll be in the mid-60s by 8:00. 50s in the suburbs. by noon, near 80, bright sunshine, sunny, low humidity. going out tonight, it will be a beautiful evening. 60s this time tomorrow morning. a look at the changes for the weekend at 6:51. >>> this morning we'r

thunderstorm most of them in the afternoon although we have that little shower right now by baltimore that looks like it's trying to head in toward wilmington. a hot, strong storm tomorrow, 91 degrees is the high. any storm that could form could produce drenching downpours. if the front is slow to disparate we might have a shower at the shore wednesday morning, otherwise it's partly sunny and there's a union game at night. 82 comfortable in the afternoon. 82 on thursday, and 84 on friday and a thunderstorm on saturday afternoon. >>> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >>> a water main broke in new britain township bucks county. the break took place at schoolhouse and cedarville roads. the i incident was reported at 7:00 p.m. 0-inch line and 12-inch line runs side by side at that location. water service has been ♪ come have fun at sesame place with everyone's favorite furry friends. enjoy rides where you can splash... and whirl. and, play in the all-new cookie's monster land. with 5 exciting rides, a

this is traffic getting on from baltimore pike. it lookse that scene is starting to completely clear right now. both lanes of traffic on the blue route are just beginning to move. but this did create a really big delay out there for drivers. it is something we'll continue to follow. we just lost that camera. the delay on the blue route southbound goes from route 1 north. leave yourself extra time. as traffic gets moving like it did now, delays will start to thin out a little bit. a disabled tractor-trailer on the ben franklin bridge. it is blocking that right lane. it's on the westbound side. drivers make their way into philadelphia, just past the toll plaza as you approach mid span. two lanes are getting by right now. good news about this, we're not seeing any delays on the bridge. >> thank you. we have a warning for you. light rp the sparklers on fourth of july, they may not be legal. depending on which state you're in. delaware, new jersey, fireworks are illegal without a permit. it is legal to celebrate with fireworks in pennsylvania, h

it is on the way right now moving over baltimore, d.c. area lookthe wind direction, it is in the terribly breezy but because we are seeing that northwest flow take over a dryer, much more comfortable air mass is also starting to settle in. so that does bode well for forecast here as skies clear, feels better, tomorrow looks fabulous. temperatures back in the mid 80's, bob, over to you. >>> 5:54. off to a good start this morning. we will deal with sun glare. roads are damp and wet from the rain. live look at platt bridge as we use platt to go to the baseball game 1:05 start there is a new speed limit on the platt bridge. they took it from 45 town to 35 miles an hour, crash out here in warminster county line road at blair mill red and watch for delays today both directions on route 100 they are diagnosis road work near route 113 at downingtown interest change, you'll find construction delays, stay a mystery tipper known for leaving huge tips is in the big easy these days. >> one new orleans waiter is $10,000 richer, wow, that is a heck of a tip this

do you have this lil rounds of showers and storms, that fired up outside of baltimore, and it looks like that will hold together at least into the western suburbs, chester, lancaster county, has good shod to fizz well time. good news. all part every bigger push picture, very significant trough is digging in, in other words, some much cooler, drier air, trying to take over, but it is running into this clash of really hot and steamy air. so that's how you get severe weather going. this is our time of year to get it unfortunately. we look ahead to 6:00 a.m. no huge deal. may still be few showers, if not rumble every thunder out there, but pretty spars in terms of coverage. then we get it going. sure enough, i mean, like right on cue. 3:00 p.m., in central pennsylvania, very heavy thunderstorms begin to ignite. they will survive as they head our way. some of them may be very heavy here, when you see the magenta showing up on the possibility of the future weather scenario, dealing with real strong storms. there will be that scattered variety even lingering into later on tonight. tomorrow, ano

as we head throughout the fourth of july near washington, baltimore, d.c., it looks like we could have some of the worst travel impacts again in raleigh, charlotte, and d.c. as well. so travel impacts there. a huge storm possibly there for the eastern coastline. but back here at home. looks like an awesome fourth of july forecast. >> okay, thank you very much, jeff. >>> still ahead at 11:00, southwest goes international. and wildlife rescues search for a marmont here in the bay area. back in a moment. >>> you are now free to move about the country, and internationally in fact. for the first time in its 43-year history, southwest airlines is flying outside of the u.s. it's now taking off to jamaica, the bahamas, and aruba. it's a route once serviced by airtran. it will have flights to mexico and the dominican republic. >>> talk about a summer road trip. tonight wildlife workers in san francisco are searching for an animal that took an unexpected trip here to the bay area. a rescue group says a marmont is on the loose in san francisco's potrero hill. it was spotted today hiding under a d

has a key cam on-line where you can look at baltimore see whata day live and francis scott key saw -- well, not exactly. he was an amateur poet, francis scott key was. amateur poetry. it was never meant to be seen outside of family and friends. died, somebody published a book. you can read it. if you go on google books, you it.read don't take my word for it. the poetry was bad. but something -- so he was write a poem that night by what he saw and into the morning. an rote on the back -- not envelope, a letter that he had in his pocket or he started it a letter.k of what did he see? bombs, the 500 tremendous thunderstorm, it all ended at 3:00 in the morning. rainy, was dark, it was they couldn't see. they didn't know who won. they t me if i'm wrong, didn't have twitter back then. no one tweeted out, british away. they couldn't see. so they waited until the dawn's early light. oh, that's a good phrase. when -- but, when dawn happened, it was still -- the storm hasn't gone away. they still couldn't see. they had their looking glasses. dawn rises enough, they can see a flag, but they can'

onlinere has a key cam where you can look at baltimore 24 hours a day lives and see what francis scott key saw. well, not exactly, but anyway, he was an amateur poet, francis scott key was. he wrote that amateur poetry. it was never meant to be seen outside family and friends. after he died, somebody published a book. if you go on google books, you can read it. so don't just take my word for it. the poetry was bad. so he was stirred to write a poem that night by what he saw and into the morning. he wrote it on the back -- not an envelope, a letter that he had in his pocket. or he started it on the back of a letter. what did he see? well, the 1500 bombs, this tremendous thunderstorm, and then it all ended about 3:00 in the morning. but it was dark. it was rainy. they could not see. they did not know who one -- won. correct me if i'm wrong -- they did not have twitter back then. they could not see. they waited until the dawn's early light -- blue, that's a .ood phrase but when don happened, the storm had not gone away, and they still could not see. finally, don rises enough. they can see

pretty big dea a's is going to be in baltimore tonight. look who came b mr. -- and dave parker.s a beautiful story last week. parker though battling parkin but back tonight. dennis gave his thoughts about the four games sweeping the giants and the bay bridge earthquake series. >> it is hard to remember when you throw a ten day gap in there. i remember we came back and smoked them. that's when i remember of it all . i didn't have a lot to do with it but i got the las. >> the different style players and entertaining ball club and when fans came out to watch the play, they got their money's worth. >> by all concerns, welcoming him back and those of you remember he's the guy who blew the whistle on steroids and at the end of the day, he was only the guy that was not lying about it. >>> tiger woods rough day from the gecko for woods. he had to birdie the 18th hole to make the cut. here he goes, shot a 77. the last whole of birdie so he will play this weekend. phil mickelson, shot a two under 70 and even for the tournament. the hottest guy right now. oh my god, is roy macker roy rolli

so in baltimore it's baltimore city. but then you look at the surrounding counties, they're seeing a decrease in the millennial population and in some of the suburban counties. philadelphia county is seeing a big increase in millennials, but other counties have seen a decrease. and in jacksonville it's duvall county that has seen an increase of millennials while most points around that are seeing a decrease. the core counties are seeing the big increase. and that's why they float up to the top of the list because of the big increase combined with the good rate of return on rental properties. >> darren blomquist, thanks for being on the program. >> thank you so much. >> more american households are ditching the telephones. a government survey shows four out of ten use only cellphones. that's twice the rate from five years ago. one reason for americans holding on to their land lines it's part of their internet and cable television package. the center for disease control say younger people rely on cellphones more. nearly two-thirds of people

no problems between here and boston or toward the baltimore/washington corridor or virginia. atlanta looking fine and florida chance of a couple of showers. places like north dakota and northern minnesota. there's a cluster of thunderstorms that's heading toward the east. looks like this is affecting places like minneapolis, getting past des moines iowa and perhaps pushing in towards places like chicago and milwaukee later on today. although, again, it may die down a little bit and not be fear weather. if you have plans to fly into the upper midwest there maybe some issues. 84 in philadelphia, are lots of sun, high pressure low humidity a gorgeous day on tap. >> 4:52. funeral arrangement were announced for the four young victims who died in a house fire in southwest philadelphia. they died in the early-morning fire on gesner street on july 5th. >>> a montgomery county family is suing new jersey and a shore town over 2012 drawning. 52 brad smith was walking along a north wildwood beach when he was swept in. a jet skier managed to rescue the girl. the widow alleged the sand collapsed beneath t

looking good. the a's have the best record in baseball and take on baltimore orioles. ers by one game. they are on the road tonight. >> looking to oakland, there are clouds and it will feel damp but temperatures going to be warmer with the warm-up going this weekend into next week with possible triple digits by wednesday. >> aids walk on sunday? >> it will be beautiful, bring the layers and it will start off cool and it will be warm later on. can muggy. >> join us. >> these do. >> we continue online and twitter and facebook and all the mobile devices. >> back in 25 minutes with news and weather and traffic with "good morning america" and see you back here on >>> good morning, america. a special edition of "gma" breaking now. >> shot down, not an accident. blown out of the sky. >> disaster in the sky. malaysia flight shot down. vanishing from radar at 33,000 feet. 298 people on board. >> it's a pretty grim sight. >> new details. about the missile that took down the plane. >> this is terrible. >> and who was really behind it. new clues at the crash site. big questions abo

in that closure and for the gang in delaware, an accident that has old baltimore pike closed right near 896. mass transit looking good with no delays. ukee, back over to you. >> an unusual explanation for an ohio woman accused of stabbing her husband. judith jones reportedly told investigators she was dreaming that she was playing fish when the attack occurred. police say they arrived at the home on saturday, after a call from her 16 year old daughter when officers got there they found her husband stabbed in the neck. >> i've seen stabbing before. but i never had anybody tell us that they were dreaming that they were playing fish when they commit add crime. this is a first for that. >> now the sheriff says there were complaints against jones in february after she allegedly made threats against her husband's life. >>> well, a couple of would be thieves pick the wrong business to rob. they tried to take a bank bag filled with cash, from a texas gas station. they were roughing up an employee, but his co-worker quickly came to his aid and how about this, that second employee also happens to be five-time mixed martia

. >>> caught on camera, a woman attacked and robbed, while getting off atrial on baltimore avenue. take a look, the argument starts as the woman walks through the door and the man behind her lashes out, outside, a man appears to hit her, then take her headphones. that woman ultimately needed stitches for her lip. police say this man is about 20 years old, 5-foot 11. >>> meanwhile, detectives are looking for a man who they say broke into a cafe and carol park july 21st. you can see him here in the surround ill ends video taking a crowbar. once inside, police say the man loaded up pillow case with juice, wine, and a tv. he was last seen on south 52nd street. he's described as having a thin beard and large tatoo on his right forearm. >>> well, now the latest on the crisis in the middle eels, break in the fighting today, but did not stop the palestinian death toll from reportedly climbing, at least 55 israelis have also been killed in this month's conflict. cbs news correspondent alphonso van marsh with the latest now from the gaza border. >> in war ravaged gaza today, death came as quickly before

baltimore. a's pitcher makes him look silly. many chases another bad pitch in the fifth.y allows two, he is 11-3. many wasn't able to make a play in the fifth inning. throwers offline. giving jeffries a single. gentry lands on third, the a's win big 10-2. they get off tomorrow before hosting houston on tuesday. >> >> giants pitcher, tim lincecum has been looking like the cy young winner like he is, but he let one pitch in his win streak come off. watch this fan make a one handed stab and the son said "that's my dad and that's my ball." >> last four starts, but he hangs a pitcher into casey mcgee as wheel house. the second homer of the season. for mcgee, but he make it is 2- 0 marlins it was 2-0 in the third when the giants put two men on base. posey reaches out and pulls a double down the line. michael scored, tieing the game at two. that was the last run of the date for san francisco. he just might have been out there too long because inth inning, he bounces his pitch and catcher sanchez can't block it marlins win 3-2. giants head to phily -- >>> 25-year-old rory mcelroy

this is a live look at 476 near baltimore pike. moving along just fine in both directions. your drive times are looking really good on the blue route between 76 and 95. it will take you about 17, 18 minutes. no issues or accidents to report on the northeast extension. we're still accident-free for drivers in new jersey and delaware. >>> new from overnight, this is the scene of a double shooting in newark, delaware at the village windover apartment complex. two men were shot just before midnight. they were rushed to the hospital and we're still working to find out how seriously they were hurt. police are looking for three men seen leaving the scene. >>> new from overnight, investigators are looking for the gunman who opened fire in chester that left five people hurt there. it happened just after midnight on the 1400 block of western congress street. two 14-year-olds and three adults were shot. they are all listed in stable condition. >>> police are looking for the gunman who shot two women in west philadelphia. this happened on nort

baltimore. but everybody else in the 70s. thursday is looking nice even though we get a little warmer. rain on the radar right now but there are a few showers and thunderstorms just back to the west. satellite and radar picking up on those. to the west you can see this frontal boundary moving in. this is part of the same system, the deep trough in the east bringing in the storms. i do not expect qñp to see much in the way of showers orc stor tonight. any storms that continue across western virginia and maryland may move in this evening but that is about it. as i said, this is part of that deep trough. and it's been cool just about everywhere. minneapolis, st. louis, washington, new york, very cool this time of year. to the west, completely different. hot and extremely dry. one of the warmest julys ever in california. and for us cooler than we've seen. and this pattern doesn't look like it wants to leave any#ñ/Ñ soon. low temperatures on the cool side. 66 in d.c. not quite as cool as last night. 574 gaithersburg. some areas maybe a little cooler but tomorrow afternoon warming back up.

you can see it in baltimore, inching along getting closer to wilmington. let's head outside and show you when it looks like right now. sky 6 live, checking philadelphia international airport. no weather-related problems impacting your early commute. we expect gusty thunderstorms a little later. the temperature is 75. the dewpoint, 67 degrees, feeling humid today. the winds out of the west/southwest pumping up that hot and humid air malice. the pressure 29.92 inches. as we look at satellite and radar, we see lots of cloud cover throughout the region. you can see a front that's trying to limp its way through at this point with showers and thunderstorms popping up here or there, behind it. as we look at future tracker 6 and advance this, we can see what happens later on today. look at 4:30 this afternoon. we can see this line of storms trying to develop. you can see very colorful i am annuals here, the red, the orange is indicating heavy downpours associated with this. as we advance this to 7:00 p.m. we see it crossing the i-95 corridor. areas of purple, indication of such heavy rain that pulls down hail

looks heavy. we have not seen any lightening showing up in new jersey but it could happen with again this cluster of storms just to the north of baltimore and east and maryland getting some rain. we are talking about a lot of cloud cover and occasional showers popping up. it looks like that will be that way for the rest of the day as we look ahead to very limited sunshine and stronger thunderstorms popping up let's say after five or 6:00 o'clock tonight. that line moving from west to east. but it still doesn't get a whole lot better after that as we look at tuesday we will see some clouds and some showers, again, late in the day. maybe even lasting into wednesday morning. it is late in the day on wednesday, through friday, that we will get some relief. today 90 degrees. cloudy and mug which scattered showers and thunderstorms, yes, we will make it to 90 even though we don't expect a whole lot of sunshine. now tonight we are down to 68 degrees. muggy night. we will probably get some fog here and there. that is the way we start our week. we had nice weather over the weekend on the saturday, starting to get iffy yesterday and then humidity

but this cell in baltimore and washington very strong. when we take a look at the the lightening, about 562 strikes within the past hour or two, another line of storms developing, and continues from allentown, reading, berks county where flooding is occurring through lancaster and extending south. do i think that these two lines will merge and all this will move through the philadelphia area throughout the evening period. new lets take assume in because this is a trouble spot through northampton county, allentown, lehigh county, red, berks county and moving toward the north east and will continue to move between 20 and 30 miles an hour. at that speed it is going to be in bedminster by about 6:08, alexandria 6:22. raretan in new jersey at 6:43 and montgomery by 6:57. very heavy rains associated with these particular storms, still more to go during the late night hours as well. we have a flash flood warning in effect for northern parts of the bucks county through berks and now allentown and lehigh rally into northampton count which these slow moving storms, th

wow, look at that out of baltimore on the southbound side, this is all because of an overturned tractor-trailerppened at around 1:30 this morning at route 100. police have been on the scene. crews are on the scene clearing it up. again, this is what you should expect on the southbound side of i-95 in maryland. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. tough commute there. >>> time to see what our partners oaf at cbs this morning are cover -- over at cbs this morning are covering. >> good morning to you. ahead mark philips is in ukraine and elizabeth palmer is in netherlands with the effort to return the victims of flight 17 to their families. plus, you're going to hear from the woman who won a $23 billion ruling against the nation's second largest tobacco company. and it's been nearly 40 years learned not to go in the water. remember the movie jaws? sharks now have tourists flocking to new england where in cape cod -- to new england. we're in cape cod where how great white sightings out of business. >> we saw you last night on the letterman show looking very g. i set my gvr and ended up waking up an

let's go down into delaware county, that i know are looking good so far this morning along 202 baltimoreou see a couple of friends out and about but no one is reporting any problems at this point. matt. >> that is good. thank you, matt. >>> breaking overnight israel has launched a military offensive against hamas. israeli leaders say it has hit the gaza strip 50 times to try to suppress rocket attacks since israel. the violence follows the abduction and murders of both israeli and palestinian teens. president obama wrote an editorial which was published in an israeli paper calling for both sides to put an end to the acts of retribution. >>> investigators in georgia want to review the medical records of the toddler who died in his father's sweltering suv. 22 month old cooper harris died on june 18th. boy's father justin ross harris is charged with murder. police are reviewing computer drives and other electronic devices recovered from harris' vehicle. both harris and his wife have admitted to researching hot car deaths online but say it was not with criminal intent. >>> and happening toda

take a look at this video of ray rice from the baltimore ravens dragging his fiancee unconscious out of an nfl. t they are calling it a slap on wrist. >> by most accounts the nfl was caught off guard by the harsh pushback. did it address the seriousness of what happened? ray rice, number 27, not just the nfl star running back for the baltimore ravens, but a major part of the league's tv image campaign to attract women. >> find your look at nflshop.com. >> reporter: but it's this image of rice that tarnished his reputation and for some tarnished the sport. tmz sports surveillance footage taken inside an atlantic city casino of the all pro running back hovering over then dragging his girlfriend, unconscious after he assaulted her. they questioned what would the nfl do? today's reaction to his two-game suspension continues to snowball. the sentiment is not much. >> frankly it's a terrible message that the nfl has sent. it was a stunner to me. >> reporter: consider this, the nfl's punishment for steroid use automatic four game suspension, one was suspended three games for a bar fight and

another crash here along the baltimore pike at oak avenue. otherwise bridges lookine at the moment. mass transit running with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank upment police waiting for word from the medical examiner on the mysterious deaths of an elderly cup nel strawberry mansion. rufus and now gladys perry found dead overnight by one of their six children. the couple showed no signs of trauma a there was also no evidence of forced entry into their home on spangler street. couple's family said both were in good health. >> the authorities continue their search for a peeping tom who spied on woman inside a department store dressing room. it happened at kohl's on west state road, warminster bucks county. "eyewitness news" talked exclusively to libby allen, says the man called into her fitting room around 30:00, she is 28, but using the junior sitting room. that leads her to believe the man was look to go attack a child. >> the hands come around the door. i see a man's head come underneath. if i had just been afraid of this man, and curled up in the c

take a look at this video of ray rice from the baltimore ravens dragging his then fiancee unconsciousan elevator. the nfl has now suspended rice for two games which critics are calling a mere slap on the wrist and abc's byron pitts is on the story. good morning, byron. >> good morning, dan. and slap is right. by most accounts the nfl has been caught off guard by the harsh pushback and questions, did it address the seriousness of what happened? ray rice, number 27, not just the nfl star running back for the baltimore ravens, but a major part of the league's tv image campaign to attract women. >> find your look at nflshop.com. >> reporter: but it's this image of rice that tarnished his reputation and for some tarnished the sport. tmz sports surveillance footage taken inside an atlantic city casino last february of the all pro super bowl running back hovering over then dragging his then girlfriend, now wife, unconscious out of an elevator after he assaulted her. they questioned then what would the nfl do? today's reaction to his two-game suspension continues to snowball. the sentiment is

baltimore. it shows what the storms can bring. look at this line of storms off toward the east right now. very heavy storms around the annapolis region and toward the west. this line, coming through the annapolis region to pasadena. right now, very heavy rain associated with that, a ton of lightning and more to the south. waldorf getting hit by this right now making its way into charles county. la play da, waldorf, take cover, the storms are moving to the east very, very rapidly. to the west, more storminess in loudoun county and frederick county, maryland. heads up for these as they continue to the east. once again, a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 tonight. we are not done just yet. we have the first line here, then another line that is trying to form back to the west. we'll continue to watch that one, too. could be more storms in here around 10:00, 11:00. >> thank you, doug. to stay ahead of changes, download the storm team weather app. it's free. search nbc washington wer.

it says look for an event soon in baltimore. >>> well, it was one small step that has had a lasting impression on history. today nasa honored the first human to ever walk on the moon. the kennedy space center just renamed the building to honor the late neil armstrong. that building was the one armstrong stayed in before the apollo 11 mission. ron mott looks back at 45 years ago to that one small step. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: when first neil armstrong, then buzz aldrin stepped out for a sunday stroll on july 20th, 1969. >> beautiful view. >> reporter: the world watched their every move, hung on every word with wonderment. >> the scene that i immediately saw was the brightness of twith shadows because the sun was at a low angle behind us. and the horizon was so clear. visibility was perfect. because there's no air up there. >> reporter: up there on the moon, 238,000 miles from more familiar terrain. the apollo 11 mission was ground breaking on so many fronts. >> it was arguably the most technological event in the 20th century. >> reporter: jay cov

looking good here. how about some other areas. in newark we've got this problem with old baltimore pike closed shut down all morning an accident was here and also brought down a pole. whenever things bring down a pole it will take longer. this is happening at old cooches bridge road. in the suburbs in new jersey gloucester township in camden county white horse road closed between station avenue and burnt mill road so watch for this one. remains closed for awhile here stick to the black horse pike. clues landing road closed between lower landing road and somerdale road. this began yesterday. it lasts through tomorrow while they do construction out there. so, old black horse pike is a good alternate for that one. let's check your commuter traffic report which you can be a part of when you download the free waze app. finding someone in pottstown complaining about something shot road here. inn pottsgrove so look for that one. how about temperatures. we mentioned how cool it is in the city. in the suburbs we're in the mid 50. what? in in quakertown 55. 58 in pottstown. 57 in saint davids. 63 in center city. looking at some of the subur

baltimore pike. owners were out taking stock of the damage. >> i haven't looked at mine yet but her car has broken windshieldmage to the fender and hood. >> reporter: the road was blocked on the 8300 block of mansfield in mount airy. a telephone pole had split, wires were hanging low. drivers were weeks ago diverted. in east mount airy a heavy branch dropped down to the 600 block of vernon and landed right on top of a white mustang parked below. in wissinoming the storms were strong enough to tap pell this massive tree. it fell across the roadway on the 4500 block of mckinley street. neighbors said it all seemed to happen in slow motion. >> a big gust of wind just came. then we seen this tree just tip over. >> reporter: and back here live on the 300 block of east mount airy you can see some of this tree has already been chopped up into logs and sectioned off nearby. we have seen peco crews around. they have been working here and across the area trying to get the power back on. we're live in mount airy, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks so much katherine. >>> you can keep track track of the

looking to the states for help. this vacant army reserve building outside baltimore might have been a temporary shelter for some of the thousands of children streaming across the u.s. border until residents and local officials said no. >> the bottom line is the communities don't want it. the representatives from congress don't want it. the department of health and human services shouldn't be looking at it. >> it's one pushback the obama administration is facing as it tries to with the growing backlog of children and families coming into the country faster than they can be processed. >> there has to be a halt to this. that's what we want. >> on capitol hill the house and senate are racing to find a middle ground in the days remaining before the august recess. >> when we see the children, we see the faces of our own children, we see the faces of our own nieces and nephews. we see the face was our community. >> while washington searches for a solution, the obama administration is looking for help from the nation's governors. at the conference in memphis, several met reportedly behind closed doors with president obama's h

baltimore, orioles and angels. manny machado is your batter. he gets a good, fat one here. look out, get a new baseball.hat one is a souvenir. walkoff home run. orioles win 7-6. the controversy over the redskins continues. polls show the majority of people surveyed want the name changed. the oneida people want it removed. politicians say it is a slur. there is an article about visiting reservations to find out how native americans really feel. it is an interesting read. the team was off today after three straight days of full pads and tackling drills. they will be back on the field tomorrow. jay gruden is working hard on fundamentals. the players like his style and they seem to be buying in. no one says that -- i think out here on offense, you have to win in the trenches. if you don't win in the trenches , -- >> it was a great night for tennis. if you did not go to the citi open, shame on you. it was like fall. i showed you sam's match earlier. hewitt moved on. straight sets. the final, 6-4, 6-3. the cool, breezy weather refreshed those in attendance. the manchester united-milan match. darren fletcher k

look right now, storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region. we're basically quiet. we can see a sprinkle there to our northwest suburbs and in baltimorewer that will migrate towards our area but the real activity once again doesn't happen until the afternoon hours. let's go outside and show you what it looks like as we go live at philadelphia international airport. we have lots of clouds and some low clouds with all that moisture that came through with those severe storms yesterday. that temperature 75 degrees already in philadelphia. the dewpoint 70 degrees. it feels oppressively humid. the winds south-southwesterly, hard al breeze but really pumping up that warm and humid air mass, the pressure dropping 29.80-inches. satellite radar showing we'll be in and out of the clouds. you can see the showers starting to pop up. nothing heavy just yetly we'll wait for daytime heating to help fire up the atmosphere and we'll watch this progress on future tracker 6 giving you an idea of what it's going to look like. at 2 o'clock this afternoon maybe a spotty shower in a couple places. by 4:30 it starts to get a little more organized. once again

baltimore ravens. in santa clara, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >>> looks delicious, thank you for joining us, i'm ama daetzbc 7 news gives right now with dan and cheryl. >> it was unbelievable. >> ama, thank you, victory for the family of beating victim brian stowe, their reaction to today's verdict in the civil trial against the dodgers. >>> plus, call girl murder, the bizarre new details about a prostitute accused of giving an executive a fatal dose of heroin. >>> and we have another round of patchy drizzle coming up. details straight ahead. >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. >>> it is not going to be 100%. not for a long time, maybe never, but what he gets is going to help him through now. >> an $18 million civil verdict today for the family of brian stowe. the man left brain damaged after he was beaten at dodgers stadium in 2011. >>> but only a portion of that money will come from the los angeles dodgers. i'm dan ashley. >>> we have team coverage for you. >> we begin with felix michaelson in los angeles. >> reporter: well, dan, this trial has been under way for several weeks

looking to the states for help. this vacant army reserve building outside of baltimore might have been a temporary shelter for some of the thousands of children streaming across the u.s. border. until residents and local officials said no. >> the bottom line is, the community doesn't want it. the representatives from congress don't want it. the department of health and human services shouldn't be looking at it. >> reporter: it's just one example of the pushback that the obama administration is facing as it tries to deal with the growing backlog of children and families coming into this country faster than they can be processed. >> there has to be a halt to this. that's what we want. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the house and senate racing to find middle ground in the days remaining before their august recess. >> when we see these children, we see the faces our children. we see the faces of our nieces, nephews. we see the faces of our community. >> reporter: while washington searches for a solution, the obama administration is looking for help from the nation's governors. at the conference in memphis, several of the

here's one line that was dying but this cell in baltimore and washington very strong. when we take a lookthe the lightening, about 562 strikes within the past hour or two, another line of storms developing, and continues from allentown, reading, berks county where flooding is occurring through lancaster and extending south. do i think that these two lines will merge and all this will move through the philadelphia area throughout the evening period. new lets take assume in because this is a trouble spot through northampton county, allentown, lehigh county, red, berks county and moving toward the north east and will continue to move between 20 and 30 miles an hour. at that speed it is going to be in bedminster by about 6:08, alexandria 6:22. raretan in new jersey at 6:43 and montgomery by 6:57. very heavy rains associated with these particular storms, still more to go during the late night hours as well. we have a flash flood warning in effect for northern parts of the bucks county through

baltimore now at 60 and la plata very comfortable 61. so this afternoon what can i say. doesn't get much better than this. 82 at reagan national. look at all the 70s still on the board, places like easton and baltimore and gaithersburg to hagerstown only 74. a woerful tuesday coming up. we do have storm chances later in the week. i'll tell you about that when i see you in about 15 minutes. >>> a couple of things going on right now. good morning, everybody. the beltway looks good i'm happy to say but if you're planning to head into landover hills on mcdonald's, the 6200 block, let's take a live look. a car went right into the drive- thru. it's the result of a carjacking and pursuit. police presence of course and they're assessing the damage to the building as well. so no breakfast at the mcdonald's here in landover hills this morning. let's go over to a live picture at 270. this looks good at montrose road in damascus on damascus road at crow mill road. apparently an accident where a pole came down and it started a brushfire. montgomery county police are on the scene there so you may for the be able to use damascus road up there. i'l

baltimore museum. i wentn we got there, inside the museum and i looked at paintings and they did not know any of the artistmatisse. know i would have known picasso and dali. i felt like i survive that moment and a lot of people don't survive that moment. i wanted to work where people did not feel they had to bring anything to the table other than who they are. that they are perfect. that art is about them. not to disempower that. point about you really caring about how people respond to art. what impact does it have on them? experiencebout my first. i love the transcendence that i feel expending -- expanding my parameters and interests. i want to share that. it is not that i set out to make something. it is not a conscious way of going about it. it is very intuitive. i follow my interests and a focus on those interest. it takes me to a kind of metaphysical place. >> if somebody writes a thesis and says his work lacks its electoral rhythm, do you give a rhythm, dolectual you give a damn? >> i don't want to lose anybody and i don't want to lack communication. to make the best work i can to try to bring about

traffic using baltimore pike for the morning rush hour. ukee, erika, back to you. >> here is a look at the headlines on cbs36789 keeping our eye on the storm, last night's heavy weather brought down trees and power lines in voorhees, camden county. but that wasn't the only location. the national weather service will check out burlington county later today looking for evidence of a tornado. >>> also, a man is under arrest this morning, charged with caring real looking fake guns and very real knives on the broad street subway. a person on that subway saw the weapons and called police. >>> our breaking news from overseas, israel has accepted a ' proposal for 12 hour cease-fire between israelis and palestinians in gas a but overnight, hamas reject the the proposal and fired missiles into southern israel. at loose 185 people have been killed, we're told, in a week of heavy fighting. >>> well new this morning, we're getting new look at one of the boston marathon bombing suspects shortly after attack. find out why we're just seeing the video now. also this: >> my daughter said: dad it, sou

baltimore's trendy neighbourhood. they worked hard for success. doing. >> you look back. and you are doing that. can you believe where you are, family. >> i shouldn't be here. i have been in so many situations growing up. i have been standing on the corner and people blew the guy next to me's brains out. so every day is lucky for me. >> all right. >> this one is done. >> i never forget where i came from. i know where i'm going. that's the difference between me and them. they don't know where i'm going. i know where i'm going. myself. >> in the research group, ed-cline is a rare exception. one in 12 children raised in poverty see this type of financial success. we have been told if you work hard and go to school, you can achieve the american dream. is it possible. >> it's fascinating. you pull yourself up by the bootstraps. the world is available for you. in some abstract sense everything is possible. >> on the ground, it doesn't work that way. the prospects of moving up in the united states, in relation to where you started in life is limited here in the united states than in most of the industr

look. >> on a snowy day in the of seasons, the training camp for the baltimore ravens football team seems deserted but a j.b. rigans, the senior advisor to player development is at his desk as he is every day. >> you come here to work several times a week, and one wouldn't blame you if you wanted to stay at home. what keeps you coming here? >> sure, i could have stayed home and gone into seclusion after my als diagnosis. but coming to work is about refusing to give up. if we are isolated from human interaction, our spirits will wither and die. >> a driving force on the ravens 2001 super bowl winning team. oj was diagnosed with a paralyzing and incurable disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. network. >> they say the average life span is two to five years. 40. okay. well what am i going to do? you can lay down and say whoa is me and go in the corner? >> never been my attitude. >> als, a neurological disorder is also known as lou gehrig's disease. from raven rookies to harden veterans, this is brimming full of men who appear to have super human strength. no matter who they are, they all ag

baltimore was already under a blockade. it was very hard to get materials. when you look at the flag, you can see the number of seams that are in each of the stripes. you can see the number of piecings that were done to the stars to create enough fabric to be able to create this enormous size flag. >> when mary pickersgill received this commission she was paid $405 for this flag. that is a massive amount of money for anyone in 1813. so the amount of money also helped her purchase much of the wool that needed to come to be made for this flag. most of the wool came from britain, i believe. so you have to think about, okay, we're using british wool for an american flag, yet we are blockaded by the british and we are at war with britain. >> there is an aside of mary pickersgill. she was a much younger woman when she made the flag, but the photo image we have behind us is a sketch hanging in the pickersgill home in baltimore. she wasn't just a flag maker and confident businesswoman, we was a philanthropist. she set up a home for women. economists have estimated that mary picke

baltimore pike. the storm hit quickly but it packed a punch. >> loud wind came through and crashed, boom. power went out. look outside we see a big tree. >>reporter:this was the scene of the wissinoming section on the 4500 block of mckinley street. another tree came crashing down. we are dealing with massive power outages across the five-county region. you have over 209,000 customers without power. the crews are busy trying to get the power restored and the situation back up and running for customers. i am one of those customers without power. it's a hot night. it cooled over a bit. there is quite a bit of damage. the cleanup is somewhat extensive. i am chad pradelli "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you, chad. >>> a baby is among four victims injured on a crash at i-95. it was near island avenue. two vehicles collided. this was 65:00 tonight. the crash flipped over the red car against the guardrail and threw a 21-year-old man over the vehicle. they are not sure what caused the crash. >>> they went to great lengths to defend the actions of firefighters and the dispatchers the night that a blaze killed four children in south philadelph

baltimore. i caught him by the arm, spun him around. that flung open his cap. he looked calmly at me. is that you, tim? samson was overjoyed to see his old friend, timothy webster. he had been on the force less than four years and knew him to be a man of exceptional honesty and courage. samson told webster how close he had been to shooting him. for the last five minutes, my figure has been on the trigger of my pistol. webster was in no mood for small talk. your life is not worth a cent. there are 20 men after you. he helped the two men out of the city. later, he made a verbal report to pinkerton. they were both very much frightened after receiving news and left their hotel without paying their bill or getting their baggage. tw also called on judd at his room. shortly after this -- this is tom samson, the detective in his later years when he relayed this story, and this is the hotel where much of it took place -- shortly after this incident, abraham lincoln was inaugurated. the country fell into civil war. pinkerton was placed in charge of the secret service. his main tasks were the de