ben carden, who was a third congressional here, and now john sarbanes. so if you're a member of the 3rd congressional district, this is your congressional district. we pass the baton and we pass the fort. the story of fort mchenry in the battle of 1812 and the battles of '13, '14 and '15 that have been fought in our country are well-known and told. you've heard them all weekend, and you will continue to hear them. because of the great historic significance of what happened here, it was the job of the maryland congressional delegation working with our fantastic park service to continue to tell the story. that's why we worked so hard and fought so hard both in the federal law books and the federal checkbook to have a brand-new visitors center and to be able to have the historic path to tell the sfoer and to be able to have commemorative coins to pay for it. i want to salute specifically senator paul sarbanes who initiated this in the senate, and i was his abled ally. at that time congressman ben carden was in the house where we worked together along with m

. >> reporter: for years ben carden tried convincing colleagues to make a better investment in water inwith a structure but his bills blocked -- infrastructure but his bills blocked by government. >> it is like a no win situation, they nickel and diming you to death. >> reporter: some literally getting soaked in the process. once again live pictures sky chopper 13, that huge hole in the ground you also see a lot of workers standing around there trying to work at repairing this. the senator says if the country were to make a big investment repairing water systems across the country you could create tonnes of jobs but senate republicans say they are concerned what effect that would have on the federal deficit, live downtown adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you stay with wjz for complete coverage the latest on closures and repairs any time log on to wjz.com. >>> repair crews were among those working today in this intense heat anyone outside for any reason in triple digit weather, had to find a way to stay cool. number one rule stay hydrated drinking lots of water. if you do have

to ambassador duer and bams dor westcot and tina orcutt and senator ben carden and senator barbara mikulskiyou for your presence here today. it gives me pleasure to welcome i understand mrs. hazel manning, former first lady of trinidad, is with us somewhere today. miss manning was a descendant of the mary king community in trinidad, which was settled by former slaves who left maryland and the chesapeake during the war. and she recently participated in a collaborative project between the united states embassy and the british and canadian high commissions which documented the cultural heritage of the mary king community. i also want to thank all of the members of the war of 1812 by centennial commission. chip mason, who is with us. senator paul sarbanes, also mark feting with legg mason and also of those are friends from underarmour and gallagher and aviles and jones and so many other people including our sponsors who made this weekend an outstanding kickoff. on behalf of the people of baltimore and maryland, we are honored as a city and state to usher in this international by centennial comm

. >> senator ben carden is expected to visit american taylor company in westminster. >> the nationalium marine animal rescue program staff is going to hold a public dolphin count. >> already making news, flash floods, more severe weather in our area. >> car chase caught on camera. the exclusive video you'll only see right here on wjz. >> water woes, how the massive water main break downtown is getting the attention of lawmakers on capital hill. >> more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in just a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. >>> one of the many clothing manufacturers in baltimore getting a visit from ben carden.l talk about the need to keep more jobs here in the u.s. >>> spend the day at ocean city today to help the dolphins. this is done every single year to see how well dolphins are reproducing and get a feel of the overall health of the ocean. you can count the dolphins along the beach. this is happening at 40th street. >>> the holy month of ramadan begins today. it is the holiest period of the islamic year. muslims may not eat or drink during daylight hours. >>> a lot to talk about as far as the weather goes. mike has going to update us on that, but, first, traffic because lauren cook is here to get you out the door safely this morning. >>reporter: unfortunately the weather is going to really have an impact on your commute this morning. we've got a downed tree in anne arundel county, that's going to be right in pasadena on magadispl ee bridge road. a lot of standing water on the jfx. if you are traveling on 83 this morning, do be extra careful. we, of course, are dealing with art scape cl

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