the doctor will visit several schools and ben carden and ken allman.officials anticipate enrollment of 51,000 students in the system's 74 schools, here is what the doctor had to say to students. >> welcome back. it going to be an exciting year. there are new initiatives coming our way as a result of testing and compliance requirements. we have this under control. it's going to be fine. do what you have always done. >> howard county has an increase of 450 students during the the enrollment. . >>> they've had the summer off, it's time to get back to work and the classroom. fist day of school for students in the area. baltimore county has a new superintendent, who is vowing to make the school system the best in the country. sherrie johnson joins us live from carver center, arts and technology. big year for students. it's a lot of pressure. >> reporter: it is so exciting. we are here in front, carver, in front of the school he. look behind me, students have already started to arrive for the fist day of school. the 174 school centers and programs open to ab

a pushily senate ben carden for many federal funding. >> what's happening in baltimore, what's happening in maryland is happening all over. people are outraged. >> reporter: so far crews have replaced 818 feed of water main. that's out of 1,035. they're about 80% done now. reporting live, mike hellgren wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. businesses in the area are on a temporary water supply system and are open along with the sidewalks to pedestrians to pass through. >>> another big story that's got everybody buzzing is michael phelps making olympic history. yesterday he received his 18th and 19th olympic medals making him the most decorated olympian of all times. he barely missed gold in the 200 meter butterfly but got silver and he and his teammates won gold in the free style relay. he still has three events left. >>> the u.s. women's gymnast team is making room for gold of their own. they put on a near perfect performance to grab gold. it is the first time since 1996 the u.s. team has won in women's gim nas i cans. >>> after more than three decades with city police commissioner fred be

state leaders scheduled to attend including ben carden and -- cardin and governor o'malley. >>> sometudents at the university of maryland started a petition to get the campus chick-fil-a shut down in response to the comments made about same sex marriage by a company executive. the online petition calls on the university to replace the chick-fil-a in building with another dining option. >>> curiosity rover zapped the first march shoal rock it. fired 30 short laser pulses into a nearby rock burning a small hole inside. nasa is planning the first test drive of curiosity tuesday. it's going to start a year long trek to the foothills of a martian mountain range. >>> time for a check of the forecast and lynette joins us after a perfect weekend. >> it was gorgeous. >> i am glad you liked it. there you go. >> all right. >> let's talk about what's going on right now because we are looking as 63 in york. 63 in hagerstown. 68 in baltimore and 69 in dc. 63 in winchester and 66 in culpepper. let's go outside because we can see the days are getting shorter and shorter in bel air and that sun is no