a bit of a land breeze, not the sea breeze in combining the heat and humidity, we see that it feels like 108 degrees in fredricksburg. dangerous heat. on the eastern shore we typically get a bay breeze but it feels like the upper 90s. serious stuff. we will get a little cooling later tonight but not a lot of cooling. so, that will be important to keep an eye on as well. temperatures wise and we will keep going -- temperature-wise, it seems stuck. ng through the we will jump to the five-day forecast. can't do that. i will step out and see if we can get this going. there we go. beach forecast popped up. take a look. notice the seas. we are worried about the beaches this weekend, not because of a chance for a thunderstorm here and there, especially ocean city, the waves could be really impressive. i'm alking dangerous impressive, maybe as high as 8 feet or higher. that will lead to rip currents. bethany beach will see thunderstorms. we are trying to portray the water as choppy as we can. rip currents will be dangerous. we have a page on myfoxdc.com to help you with that. go to the beach zon

grapefruit sea breeze. - uh, could i have a bay breeze? - [waiter] you got it. thanks. it's an impressive talent, though. very close. - you know, breaks the ice. - yeah. - so are you headed home? - yeah. trying. yeah. flying's so much fun these days. fun for me is just getting off that plane in one piece. - oh. fear of flying? - yeah. just a little. were you in texas on hotel business? no. my grandmother die oh. it's ok. she was 91. - ninety-one. - yeah. that's respectable. what was her secret? grape-nuts. and a guy named duke. excuse me? yeah, she said the grape-nuts kept her arteries clean and duke helped with the rest. yeah. she was a great lady. she founded two charities. she ran for public office never slept. except with duke. [laughs] wow. a dynamic woman. nothing fazed her, you know? she was so optimistic. "always look forward." that's what she'd say. - there ya go. - thanks. [over pa] ...heightened security measures are now in place. - that taste ok? - it's fine. you sure? 'cause we can always get you that sea breeze. you sound like my dad. i say i'm fine, he sa

a bit of a breeze this morning. we'll average it into the low 60s around the beltway. we'll get up to 73 this afternoon. the low end of our two-degree guarantee and skies will remain partly sunny with more clouds around the bay and maybe showers on the lower eastern shore. >>> 6:30. first day of school for some. second week of school for others. lets check the roads with kim. >> day 275 of work for a lot of people today justin, as we check in anne arundel county, route 50 moving along nicely past the severn river bridge. no real problems at this time. the beltway looking good, so are the tunnels. doubt -- downtown could be a bit of a challenge, still challenge fayette street closed between park and eutaw and greene and mlk. and 152 at bel air road, the crash remains on scene but off to the right so it shouldn't impact travel times too much. jfx at cold spring lane, building volume southbound headed towards downtown baltimore city but no real problems at this time. back to you. >>> 6:31. it seemed like everybody was on the water yesterday, crabbing, fishing, sailing. >>

light east breeze. not even a foot of chop out there. sunrise 6:55 tomorrow morning. overnight tonight, looks like a great night to head out for your friday evening. partly cloudy, should stay nice and dry. it will be muggy out there. i'm not going to sugarcoat that. sultry stuff overnight. about 88 or so in the heart of the city. a little cooler out towards the beach areas. but it will be getting hotter through weekend. into sunday we go, talking about 90 or so late in the afternoon. and hovering around 90 degrees for terrellly part of next week. but you see, not a lot of thunderstorm activity. so some pretty nice weather here over the next few days. >>> on wall street today, stocks are down, but not as much as they had been after investors were disappointed by reports that consumers continue to cut back on spending. the dow jones fell 76 points. the nasdaq fell 23. the s&p dropped 8. the competition is heating up in harford county, and we mean smoking! the 8th annual maryland state barbecue championship is underway in bel air. all the grilling and chilling happens r

you get that nice cooling onshore breeze. sometimes we can see the wind, see the breeze. a line of clouds all the way to the jersey coastline, then down to the eastern shore. if you look close, up around long island. here we are in washington. there's chesapeake bay. this was a couple of hours ago from that great nasa satellite. there are the beach areas. you can see that onshore breeze from both sides. a little bit of convergence. there are clouds over the eastern shore. but also nice and sunny for your friends that out there on vacation at ocean city. there's that onshore breeze. a southeasterly breeze. only 79 degrees right now at ocean city. but in the meantime, things will be changing. an area of high pressure moves off. so tomorrow as that does move off, we'll begin to get back into southwesterly winds. the humidity will be coming in. and then there will be a weak weather front as we get into wednesday. sort of setting up. along that, there is the risk of getting some afternoon thunder showers on wednesdaer temperatures tomorrow, low 90s. so for the remainder of the

northerly breeze at 3 and barometer 30.08. warm, humid, 87 ocean city. beautiful, 74 degrees, in between the upper 70s to lower 80s. now the forecast for the day in baltimore call as far as good amount of sunshine, thunderstorms in spots this afternoon, 86 degrees is the high. i want we start to cloud up and tomorrow and saturday there will be showers around the area, steady rain in the region. >> still to come, a warning about medical imaging tests. why a new study suggests they could do more harm than good. >>> here's some of the stories on the web site this hour, go to wjz.com. >>> a warning about ct scans and other tests. a new test shows that some could be getting cancer-causing levels of radiation from the tests. one out of one million people, 2/3 had one medical imaging test in exposure. >>> there are other facebook and privacy, the changes taken to protect your information, the free bottles that still contain the dangerous chemical. what you need to know, these stories and more at 4:00, right after >>> we'll ply into the weather starting tomorrow

there it is, the shot tower, barely a breeze this morning. bit of a breeze, lightening rod, not a bad thing. he specially this afternoon. right now on tv hill, 73 degrees. 94% humidity, barometer 29.93. ocean city, maryland, right now, steamy, in the low 80s. cumberland, talking 67 or 68 degrees. essentially in low 70sent big frontal system out to the west moving our way and humidity temperatures like this that you see this morning and pretty much prove it out of the picture, with you not until saturday, this front is slowing up just a bit. it's friday night into saturday morning we are going to see clouds, showers and thunderstorms, saturday, primarily going to be cloudy, but we'll start to lose -- we will start to lose the humidity, beautiful sunset by saturday night. 88, today, stuffy, watch for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. mostly cloudy, 74, stuffy tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, front moves through the area. heavy thunderstorms, 90 degrees the high. very slow clearing. down to 82 degrees, sunday, sunny, nice breeze, 84

general east to southeasterly breeze around the bay. water temperatures up there. and temperatures on the east -- west side of the bay, a little tn lower than on the west side. heading out to the beaches, fair amount of shine especially sound. an onshore breeze on rehoboth and ocean city. in the 70s for being out there on saturday. that will cool you down. here's how the next seven days shape up for us. humidity a little bit at bay tomorrow. but i think it will be back with us and a lot of sunshine as we get into sunday and monday and even with the humidity and temperatures near 90, we are still overall into a dry pattern. we could really use rain here in washington. some of that rain is right over baltimore now. next chance for any showers, thundershowers to speak of, i'm afraid not along until next wednesday, thursday. back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> we are following breaking news out of northwest washington right now. two groups of children have been stung by bees. rock creek nature center in northwest. 14 students in all were stung by yellow jackets this af

north early breeze, as well. elsewhere, temperatures here in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's counties are in the mid and upper 70s. a beautiful day into the mountain, as well, high pressure drifting over our region from the west. in the mid 70s from southern maryland. and due points all around our region are in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. dew point in washington is at 52. that is comfortably dry. here's what's been happening over the last six hours. just had aew of these high clouds coming in moving southwest to northeast. and lots of sunshine over the mountains and throughout much of virginia into the carolinas. we will have lots of sun through the afternoon with a high ultraviolet index, quick burn without protection is likely. highs reaching the mid-80s. overnight tonight, partly cloudy, we'll be in the 60s by dawn tomorrow. still not too humid on saturday. perhaps by saturday night is when the humidity will really begin to move in. it will be hotter tomorrow up arou

west, northwesterly breeze keeping us cool, comfortable, and really a nice little stretch of weather for most of the evening tonight. tamara, a warm front bringing more heat not just the heat from the deep south, but also the moisture from the gulf of mexico, combining to make a sticky situation. mostly sunny, low humidity, comfortable. mostly in the mid 80's 4 today. upper 90's for sunday and monday. early next week, afternoon thunderstorm chances by late next week upper 80's for the delmarva beaches. . >>> on tonight's "20/20," we followed doctors and families trying to answer questions about some of the world's biggest medical mystery. juju chang joins us >> how are you doing, greta? that you are doing a story that is absolutely incredible, about a boy who was born with his heart outside of his body? >> absolutely, and you can see when he is an infant, his heart beating just outside his body, and it took doctors years and 21 operations to get it inside of his chest cavity. but because he did not have the breastbone, you can see it beating under his skin. everyday he survives is an

and an onshore breeze on saturday especially. we will keep it a bit cool at the beechs or pleasant, i should say. temperatures in the 70s. >> investigators across europe have joined the search for missing ship called the arctic sea. the cargo ship last heard from july 28. sailing through the english channel carrying nearly $2 million worth of timber. t the ship is operated by a company based in finland. four days before it disappeared, it reported being attacked off the coast of sweden but the crew said the attackers left after 12 hours. investigators say piracy is rare up in european -- europe's frozen waterand more likely scenarios include insurance fraud or a commercial dispute. >> a police chase in michigan turned deadly when it ended in a fiery crash. it happened in detroit. take a look. police were chasing a pickup. the truck collided with a minivan that turned in the path and you can see the collision. the pickup caught fire. there is nothing police or firefightkers do for the driver. he was killed in that crash. police sa

nsofsu, nehilo ithink, onwithne breeze, ly breeze,sh oroneez bere a ho city, temperatures on saaytu7,rd 0s. water temper70s. right now looks like nice beach weekend. even though they had quite a few showers. as saw at vginia beach. >> okay. >> thank you, bob. >> still to come tonight on "news4 at 5:00," sweet survival. chocolate fans find out why you can say enjoy that sweet treat could be matter of life or death. >> live tonight, a wet field awaiting the redskins' spreen which is about to kick off. more live game coverage c >>> mourners are gathered to pay their last respects to eunice kennedy shriver. a hearst carrying her casket left the family's home in hyannis important this morwake d a wake was held at lady of victory catholic church. shriver, sister of former john f kennedy, was the founder of the special olympics and died early tuesday. todayutside the church shriver's nephew spoke about how the family has been doing. >> that's what we have, i don't know, probably 50 members of the kennedy family here and we got to spend the last week together at eunice's bedside. and series o

nice, little breeze. barometer holding steady, 30.12 inches. 75 in garrett county.is weekend if you are heading up to the mountains. 85, 86, 87 degrees. we're gonna get in the 90s. ocean city may get to 90 on sunday, monday with the winds off the land. right now they are at 82. we're at 86. around the baltimore metro. temperatures upper 70s. just great former spring time temperatures. west winds all day long. kept the clouds from forming. just a few fair-weather clouds this afternoon. now to the west, we -- sort of a warm front beginning to develop. a lot of showers forming. the warm air is running into cooler air. we're getting these showers and storms breaking up. some of these are gonna pass to the north saturday night and sunday. they will probably stay just to the north. it's possible we might see showers saturday night. once sea showers pass to the region, they will get into the heat and humidity. tomorrow, pretty pleasant. back up in the low 90s. by monday, there will be a lot of 94, 95, 96-degree temperatures. down in virginia, some spots may get up to the 9

we'll stay mostly clear, warm south breeze, muggy. we'll talk more about where the temperatures are headed tomorrow and in the first part of the week, coming up. >> thank you. a hometown hero and nba star is making sure kids are prepared to go back to school this year. memphis star forward radioedee gay hosted a back-to-school event at the espn zone at the inner harbor. more than 150 kids from baltimore city and county picked up backpacks filled with school supplies. >> definitely a thrill for the kids. [not understandable] i think that's half the battle, to be prepared. second half is -- so i try to help as much as i can, whatever i can. >> the former archbishop spalding high school standout also played basketball with some of the students, which they really enjoyed. >>> firefighters are working to get control over wildfires burning in california. find out what governor arnold schwarzenegger is urging people living in that area to do. and it was a concert like no other in history, woodstock de find a generation and now we look back i

and for the afternoon, lower humidity with a light breeze. highs reaching the mid and upper 80s to near 90 by the next two or three hours. then this evening we'll have that nearly full moon rising and a clear sky near 80 by 9:00. by midnight, should be upper 70s. by dawn, upper 60s. tomorrow, a little hotter and maybe a little more humid. highs in the low 90s with lots of sun. getting steamy again wednesday and thursday. could get passing afternoon storms both days as well as on friday. right now weekend's looking nice. partly cloudy, highs in the 80s. see you tomorrow morning. >>> finally, a group of dogs in southern california set out to prove that good things really do come in small packages. >> that's right. hundreds of chihuahuas took part in the national chihuahua race in anaheim. enthusiastic spectators cheered as the pets scampered toward their owners in lanes that were roughly 30 feet long. the winning chihuahua and its owner received an all expenses paid trip to new york city where they'll compete in the national finals later this m

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ocean ty, believe it or feels like 110 degrees th e eels like 110 degrees th breeze not off the water but off the land. so that keeps their temperatures very warm there. excessive heat advisory is still in place until p.m. tonight. that means we could still have heat index readings between 103 and 105. i just showed you heat index values warmer than that. take caution the next few hours. we will see them with the setting sun in the 80s, upper 80s and mild overnight. better news ahead this the forecast. not so hot. >>> it is high priority work. testing a swine flu vaccine. it has to be ready in just months some of the testing is own area. in our the university of maryland taking part this the trials. beth parker got a look oat the research today. here with more now, beth. >> most people get their new shots in the fall but some are taking swine flu shots safe and effective as possible. >> reporter: devon has weighed in and had his blood pressure checked. he's a college sophomore but on this day a volunteer. >> not really a fan of shots, but i mean it is just one little quick prick. i wi

there's a bit of a breeze going. a.m.'s a lot cooler than that. 95, the last report in washington. still have a temperature of 88 in cumberland. at least the last report. now, the dew point has come up at least in the last hour. to 69. and that makes our heat index around 99 here. ocean city, coming in here. we had the showers across the mountains. mainly because of the lifting action across the mountains. all of this humidity. they are dying out as they cross the mountains. here in the baltimore, washington, annapolis area, chance of an isolated shower. maybe until about 9:00, 10:00. otherwise, just a few clouds. tomorrow, however, that batch of clouds. along that frontal boundary. we are expecting a good chance of showers showers and thunderstorms that will cool things down. even had a chance of scattered showers again here on wednesday. probably thursday as well. along with cooler temperatures. tomorrow will be the last really hot update. and this current heat wave. sunrise, 6:16. then any showers here mainly widely sc

that's when danny will breeze by giving us rainfall. tonight 71 for the low. during the day tomorrow, another warm day. partly cloudy with showers arriving probably 3:00 in the morning. so after midnight. and the extended outlook for the next seven days, the shower and thunderstorm activity on friday and saturday. and then on sunday some scattered showers. same thing on monday. cooler temperatures with sunshine on tuesday and wednesday. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. let's throw it over to rob! >>> john harbaugh would not bite when asked about bart scott's comments after the game monday night. bart had said rex ryan was the real head coach of the ravens last year. harbaugh just said, quote, we don't have any rear view mirrors in our car, so let's look forward. after a long training camp in westminster, most of the starting positions are already sewn up. but as always, there are spots available at the end of the roster. the next two weeks will take care of that. >> we have a lot of battles going on. there is a lot as you call them bubble guys right now. guys t

and sea breezes tend to fire up some of these afternoon thunderstorms as well. you could have more of the same tomorrow so don't let that take you by surprise. all right, headline time. let's talk about what you can expect with you our max hd weather headlines. again the chance of a shower or storm is mostly showers. in fact, let's just call them downpours we're seeing. very little lightning. that will lead to a little fog later tonight. our 80s are back. we'll see actually mid-80s tomorrow and maybe a few spots will be cooler than that but the humidity is going to remain and that means each afternoon we get some sunshine and that boundary that's going to be stalled over the eastern shore we could fire up some afternoon thunderstorms. best chance thursday. isolated storms friday, saturday and sunday. just kind of a hit or miss typical summertime stuff. your planner for tomorrow, hard to believe it's thursday already. we're going to see temperatures around 73 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun in the morning. maybe some fog before that. by noon 80 degrees. by 4

and just describing sitting down in wet sand and the breeze and the moon. it takes a lot more work than commenting on something that already exists. >> but you liked it. you liked the process. >> liked it i don't think i would have ever finished it if i hasn't pitched my publisher at hyperion another nonfiction. and they said, you got anything else? i was a little taken attaattacb. and i said, no. but i do have a partial murder mystery and gretchen, my editor, said we read it. we want two haley deans. and then i was between a rock and a hard spot. if it hadn't been for that, i would never have finished it. ith not like on tv, where you see people kicked back on the front porch with the breeze blowing in the air. the twins are up at 2:30 and 5:30 every night. and i would right after i got off the show until 3:00 in the morning. it was hard, very hard. but that's what every working mother in the country does. it ain't easy. >> let's talk about some of the other things in the news. michael vick signs with the philadelphia eagles. should he play football again?

light east breeze through the day. and the water temp right now still about 80 degrees. so it is warm out there in the bay waters. look for sunset just after 8:00 tomorrow night. satellite radar pictures close in view here. again, if you look closely, there is not a lot of rain. some really isolated pop-up showers. but of course the biggest one passing right through the heart of downtown as everyone gets ready for the game. that's how it goes sometimes. hey, at least it's blowing out in time for kickoff a little later this evening. and your satellite broad picture here showing really the most active weather is actually offshore, out over the atlantic ocean right now. we have a broad area of high pressure back across the upper midwest. and you do see the showers basically lining up from hatteras, north carolina right offshore right now. the boating interests off ocean city really, the biggest threat for any kind of bad weather. right now the forecast area keeps us pretty dry for the next 24 hours. a possible shower at any time overnight. not much rain. and then as we go i

and if you are heading out for the beaches, out there, i think, with the onshore breeze, temperaturesill only be in the high 70s. around town tomorrow, high 80s. and near90 on sunday. but reasonably comfortable. a nice warm evening. temperatures, 80 to 85 degrees. if you are having a little dinner and outdoor cafe, beautiful evening for that. no rain showers and no thunderstorms around. tomorrow morning, some of that patchy fog and low cloud may be around with that easterl wind but once again, i think we will be seeing a lot of shine and a nice afternoon with more blue skies because once again, we will get a little bit of that ocean air in on us. and uv index is 8. make sure to latszer up the sun block. even though we are into the middlef august. temperatures mid to high 80s and tomorrow evening another very pleasant saturday evening. sunday, too. a lot of shine. lot of events going on this weekend. day by day, the temperature will crp ddup a bit. still nothing really sizzling like we had earlier in the week. the next chance for really some needed showers or thundershowers, little wea

got a little bit of a breeze. temperature are comfortable this morning. humidity is up there as it has been but today overall won't be bad. i by showg g inyby showing you and we've talked by a floodwatch in effect to our east. ehe t rain or mh ucof much of the rain that we've seen duringourse othee c la t s farw o far back does oe this go? 4 hours. has been to the theast. er the period of a fewaie rn or el the east up report rtreof woo toa ofwof -inch amount well off the east. generally speaking, from a quarter inch totone and a f es chin. so that is chwh y, withthe popossibility of some more scatted showers and thunderstorms over there, we could see some flooding here and there. now, let's get to the graphics. right now, reagan national airport, 7 # degrees. relative humidity is up there at 84%. there is that slight breeze out of the north at sssick miles pe hour naithis morning but there n ore sdse oucltoou the east f th itcy and we could see -- those clouds are align wade frontal system. weoulds e ea few more showers and thunderstorms pop up later on t

they had an onshore breeze. beautiful day out at the beaches. look at where the heat is. again today in the pacific northwest, portland for a time thought they probably wouldn't get to 90. now they've had ten 90-degree days in a row in portland, oregon. 91 degrees and seattle wasn't too bad. but, still, a few of those days were over 100, too. look at the departures. much of the country, there's not a huge, huge range. even northern maine was about near average. we were close to average, a degree below average. so you hear a lot of these things about extremes, well, this has been a summer where some places have been unusually dry, like the poor folks in south texas. here's the pattern we have been having with a rather seasonal pattern. i think as we get into late in the weekend and next week, finally that jeting to our nort. big ridge may be forming. and that means the possibility, possibility for the first time this summer we will be seeing and especially the mid part of the country above or perhaps much above average temperatures. in the meantime as we go through the nig

on the bay gorgeous day, light east breeze. looking good for you there. tonight watch out for little patchy fog at daybreak. other than that nice looking weather. 67 degrees overnight. tomorrow we're going to call it 87 or so. it should be a nice looking day, just a little hotter. lots of blue sky mixed in with the clouds. the seven-day forecast shaping up like this. i think we push up closer to 90 on sunday. and the hottest day yet probably 91 on monday. but overall these temperatures not outrageous for mid-august, of course. we're always have that weather for you online as well. abc 2 news del mar. >> perfect weather for this event. mouths were watering in bel air this evening as the 8th annual maryland barbecue bash got into gear. thousands stopped by to try a sampling. but the big barbecue cook-off is tomorrow, and that's expected to draw a huge crowd. we asked one visitor what the key to win willing be. >> it's got to be calling off the ribs, and it's got to have a real good taste. >> yeah. and as anyone who has ever thrown some ribs on the barbecue,

there's not going to be a lot of breeze in contrast on the bay today.ust variable at five to 10 knots. water temperatures in the chesapeake, 81 at baltimore harbor at thomas point. rather like a bathtub, if you will. as far as the record high, 100 greers. 2006 is when that was set. it's going to hold steady for another year. 55, the record low in 1998. 1e6 what we should be overnight tonight. 87 is our normal high. in both instances, above that, you can see clouds around will insulate us and keep us anywhere from 67 in our northern and western suburbs, to the lower to maybe mid 70's downtown. very balmy. an isolated thunderstorm is possible tonight. the front still moving offshore throughout today. high pressure into ohio valley will drop the humidity there. we'll see things a little bit less sticky today but not a big difference. high pressure going to build in tomorrow. another dry day then. we're keeping our eyes on the front that's out to the west. that will be changing our weather pattern by the middle part of the week. and namely, the best chance

nice onshore breeze keeping you cool. water temperatures in the mid 70s. yes. nice weekend coming up. >> great. >> we thank you. good timing. >>> still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," dog flu is spreading through local animals. animal experts will tell us everything you need to know. >>> the infidelity scandal surrounding former presidential candidate john edwards is in the spotlight again. he was expected to make a statement today regarding reports that he fathered a child with his mistress. but edwards' lawyer told reporters his client will not speak on the maer. last year edwards admitted he had an affair with rielle hunter. he has denied he's the father of her 18-month-old daughter, a grand jury is investigating whether edwards used campaign money to pay hunter to keep quiet. >>> a smart fearless leader who stood up for the voiceless. that's how family and friends remembered eunice kennedy shriver. a funeral for the sister of former president john f. kennedy was held in hyannis port, massachusetts, today. the private service was at the st. francis xavier catholic

that breeze keeps you cool.n the other hand, boy, it's been warm and humid down into florida with the temperatures up into the 80s. pensacola has had over seven inches of rain today. here's where the heat is on. i think we'll really begin building as we go through the week. because here's the pattern that we had so much of this summer. that is seasonable where we see the jet stream near us. it hasn't allowed things to build. as we get later into the week, the weekend and next week, it looks like the ridge, that is the overall pattern, will be building, allowing the heat to build up in the midpart of the country. as a matter of fact, for next week -- for the folks that prediction center, the outlook is for temperatures very likely to be above average. that would be into the 90s in the mid-part of the country and also for us. if that builds, we may be looking at a hot week, a very hot, humid week next week. not this week until late in the week. look how much of the country is cloud-free. there's a ripple in the at

o 6f o we actually breeze. it icte s tht breeze. stgu we wehad l morning. had l morning. suitland, 74.llsu ha, lyil70 hi. sunshine. bo 5bout a 50% ae cnchaof seng showers and funds -- showers and thunderstorms later today. these storms should be a slow- moving. there could be a few lingering into the nighttime hours. we could be well into the mid 90's by sunday. now lisa b. >> ok. not much happening on the beltwa give it the big thumb up rythveoo learc betweenhe t arica legion bridge. a good ride into vienna on 66. the beltway is quiet between springfield and tysons. normal travel times on 95. more headlights spotted out of del city of to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:43. >> heavy rains in kentucky leave churchill downs under water. >> we will be back with your fr fr ee y nigt,sm free nights from hotels.com. how? well, funny you should ask. you see, after i book 10 nights, i get a free one. say i spend 2 nights at a big name hotel, 3 at a boutique, and 5 at a beach resort... and boom! free night. ( dings, monkey chatters ) ( in a baby voice ) aren't you a

. >> yes, you do get a nice breeze. >> you start getting a breeze from a kindle.wondering the latest release is available for download. >> i am glad it is out there because any form that people want to buy it in is fine with me, but i don't -- i just don't tend to read digital books, but that is because i am 114 years old. >> you won't have to wait 114 years for the next generation of digital reader. like this one from plastic logic, and on the horizon, a reader so thin it is strangely paper like. >> so is it time to the turn the page on paper? >> dfuoubtl. back in 1975, business week magazine improve situated a paper less office as the office of the future. where pc's would eliminate the need for pesky paper. so what actually happened? between 1980 and 2000, the use of paper in american offices doubled. today's office worker burns through 10,000 sheets each year. what helped get us into this paper jam? the copier, created by xerox. >> when we say the xerox 914 makes copies on ordinary paper, we mean ordinary paper. >> the explosion when we created the plain paper

it's not like on tv, where you see people kicked back on the front porch with the breeze blowing in the air. they're having a little herbal tea and the news, you know, flips across and they have -- no. the twins would be up at 2:30 and 5:30 every night. i would write when i got off the show until, like, 3:00 in the morning and get up at 5:30 with them and start all over again. it was hard, very hard. but that's what every working mother in the country does. it ain't easy. >> more about the book later on. let's talk about some of the items in the news. michael vick signs with the philadelphia eagles. should he play football again? >> well, i think what's getting lost in the story is looking back to the brutality that was inflicted on -- don't laugh, the victims in the case. the dog victims. anders anderson, a lot of people get more upset about animal victims than they do people victims. many dogs were drowned, electrocuted. female dogs on a rape stand, where if the dogs did not want to mate and pro create, and the fighting was absolutely vicious. here is the reality. and our justice syst

as always in the summertime you see that back on in with the sea breeze and the gulf breeze. another hot day when you get to the southwest. texas today, 105 to 110 for you in dallas. >>> be careful, our folks in texas. >> another scorcher. >>> the mother of the world's famous octuplets may have walked away from court with a big win. we're going to tell you what she may win and how it's tied to her babies' money-making potential. t >>> in our sa salute to the troops, congrats to chief matthew boldt. his girlfriend says she misses him. sa salute someone. go to cnn.com/robin. >>> nadia sole man a won't have anyone. soleman a appealed that. well, an appeals court overruled the guard ian for now. there is another hearing in two weeks. >>> earlier this week we told you about a man who was determined to keep a tattered flag flying until his son came home from work. new to you in about 30 minutes. he kept his promise. you had to see the emotional raising of a brand new flag a. >>> it is 11 minutes after the hour. more are reportedly using credit checks to screen potential hire, somet

quantico likely getting the impact of a little river breeze off of the potomac. overnight tonight, a couple of showers possible. generally speaking, a partly cloudy sky, temperatures in the 60's and 70's. sunset's this evening at a quarter past 8:00. severe storms from canada into the ohio valley, the front will impact us tomorrow. showers and storms will become more likely. that looks like tomorrow night, there is still a risk of a shower even into friday -- even into thursday morning. friday, we should see some sunshine. we could see temperatures in the mid 90's by late in the weekend. tomorrow, upper 80's, low 90's. it will be a bit of a muggy day. keep an eye on the storms that developed during the afternoon hours. 89 with thunderstorms tomorrow, a shower in the morning on thursday and then some afternoon sunshine. a hot weekend shaping up, almost 90 on saturday and then made 90's for sunday and monday. >> a recall for thousands of washing machines. about 30,000 are being recalled. the recall involves several models. these washers were sold nationwide between

during the day on tuesday, mostly sunny, hot, light breezes, highs in the low 90s. still not really very humid. a lookt the rest of the week and the weekend at 5:21. now, jerry, how's the traffic? >> hey, tom, let's look and see how we're doing along i-270. so far, so good. germantown all the way down. all the overnight road work should be wrapped up. northeast doing fine. barbara and keith, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> time now 5:12, 72 degrees. why the harvard professor who was arrested at his home is again making headlines and cracking jokes. >> plus, we have some advice for those looking for work. next at 5:15, what most job seekers don't know thatot (announcer) fact: kitchen grease happens. so does bathroom scum. fear not. there's lysol 4-in-1 lemon all purpose cleaner. it's unbeatable on tough grease versus the leading all purpose cleaner. the leading bathroom cleaner can't beat it either... and it kills 99.9% of germs. lysol 4-in-1. disinfect to protect. for money coupons look for lysol products. in this newspaper. only >>> it is now 5:14. updating ou

a bit of a breeze at 5. temperatures cool and hadn't moved in 8 hours.ding steady, here is first-warning doppler radar and steady rain is now a part of our picture, but i don't want to say they're isolated showers, but let's say scattered showers that will continue through the afternoon. temperatures in the region, again, really haven't moved. here's how it squared away this morning, easton at 72 degrees, 72 d.c., down from 75 this morning. 73 in hagerstown. it's going to 64 to 68 in oakland. cumberland jumped from 68 to 77 degrees on the western edge of this moisture, a little bit of sunshine peeking out. 68 bel-air, 68 columbia, rock hall and kent island 69 and 70. this morning, 72 degrees. temperatures remaining steady. you can see sunshine out in western maryland. up to 77 degrees. so we have going the bust into sunshine this afternoon, it's not impossible. i don't think we're going to see a lot of sunshine, but if we see some sun, we may generate a light thunderstorm. nothing severe. this high pressure that has my attention, it's going to help to de

not much of a breeze. even with the little bit of rain we had yesterday, still more than an inch below average for the month. temperatures across the area are now on their way up. 76 degrees here at nbc 4. 74 at the air force base, manassas, prince william county, 73 there. low 70s across the higher terrain. one or two lonely sprinkles but on the whole, most of the rain for this morning has now tapered off. we're going to wait, get a break or two of sunshine. that will destabilize the atmosphere. as a result we'll have more of a chance for storms and there's a chance some of them could reach severe limits. satellite review around the east, there's that first little cluster of showers. here's the next little batch starting to develop. that will be intensifying and coming our way for later on this afternoon. so do keep that in mind. we will have another pretty good ance for rain later on today. there's hurricane bill churning now in the western parts of the atlantic ocean. the latest forecast is it is to sta

breeze picks up a bit when the sun breaks through.ther futurecast shows some clouds in the area, especially to our south. and that's where our little shower could pop this afternoon or this evening. and then as we go into monday, we see more activity to the south. so we have to keep the rain chance alive to the sowlingt of us over the neck couple days or so. basically the forecast is a good one with the hugh mitity dropping and the temperatures dropping as well. there's that rain chance south of us for the next couple of days. 80's today, but 70's for highs on monday, tuesday, and wednesday. we do get back into the low 80's for highs by the end of the week. >> well, if you haven't heard, the fair is here, the maryland state fair is now open. >> jennifer franciotti loves the fair. she told me that yesterday. so she went there to show us more of what to expect from what some call the 11 best days of summer. >> it's one of the most looked forward to events of the summer, especially if you love rides, animals, and good food. the maryland

so he breezed, got three quick ground balls out, struck out marco scutaro looking.hat was a breezy 7th for him but he gave up a leadoff base hit to aaron hill in the 8th. >> jim: pulled foul. >> buck: look out. >> jim: the other part of the development, as we have been talking about this, that, without a doubt, will factor in next year because they are starting to have more prospects show up at the same time than there are roster spots, you can envision some of the starters coming through the orioles systems being relievers in the big leagues and that means there could be a turnover in the bullpen next year as well. this one hit to right field. it's happeninging for markakis, diving catch, as it hung up long enough for nick to get there. airport hill is robbed. one down. >> buck: nick has really played well in the outfield recently. he has made some spectacular play, made another diving catch here to take away a hit from aaron hill. this past gets past him, no tell where hill ends up. he made a couple of diving, sliding catchings here in this ballpark. made a couple

but we have a nice breeze. if you're in the shade, it's not that horrible. west wind, barometer beginning to fall a little bit. around the region, 94 here. only 72 in oakland. 91 in cumberland. but they'll be dropping. the hot spot, with the wind off the land, and there's a lot of water west of ocean city. 98. it's humid and hot down there. really, really tough o. the beach, -- tough. on the beach, it's really tough. 99 is our heat index. some of these places, we'll fix the computer. 100, 107. some places got back over the 100-degree mark. showers out to the west, probably won't be making it into our region. but all of these are kind of drying up. a big batch over west virginia. and a stronger area of showers showers and storms this. is what we expect to be in our region. tomorrow afternoon and behind it, it will get cooler. one more pretty hot day. with temperatures in the low 90s. probably not more than 91 or 92. front going through. showers and thunderstorms. a good bet. some with gusty winds. and then a chance on wednesday. with the low pressure not too

in northwest breeze on the day tomorrow. waves 1 foot or less. western maryland, thunderstorms again tomorrow. look for a thunderstorm with highs only in the 70's. temperatures continue to fall back to the normal around the chesapeake bay ocean city, a thunderstorm in the forecast tomorrow and will probably linger for the upcoming weekend. this tropical depression could soon become a tropical storm. as it moves over some favorable conditions, light winds and warm water, 40 miles per hour winds means it will become a tropical storm. 16 more per hour winds are possible if it strengthens. a couple of -- 60 miles per hour winds are possible if it strengthens. the chance for a thunderstorm will linger into the weekend. >> 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the ravens are closing in on the start of the regular season. two days out of the start of preseason, a far more simpler approach. four players, the game day means they will come to break of two- a-day practices. joe flacco has traveled light years since his first preseason game last summer but even

it even on the beach and ocean city, no sea breeze today. the west wind is keeping the cool air out over the ocean. it is 92, a hot one. clouds start to slide as we head toward thursday morning. it will call it a partly cloudy night that will keep temperatures up. not much below 72 in baltimore tonight. the wins will be shifting to the north. high pressure produced of the sunshine today. tomorrow and friday, slightly cooler air will try to come in on a northerly breeze. in a few of these thunderstorms might also fall of the front. hit and miss storms along the front tomorrow. on friday, we complicate the weather pattern. here comes the outer bands from tropical storm danny which may become hurricane danny of the mid atlantic coast. the storm is forecast well offshore with bands of rain produced around long island saturday morning with scattered showers as it crossed the mid- atlantic coast. -- scattered showers across the mid-atlantic coast. it kind of steals all the moisture, and if you get far enough west, we may end up with a dry pattern

and a breeze, 5 to 10 knots from the south. your forecast looks like this. 70 degrees, partly cloudy, with a stray thunderstorm this evening. warm and humid. tomorrow, 88 degrees. and clouds and sun with a stray thunderstorm. and as part of the ocean, again, people stretching out these last few weekends before school starts. 89 tomorrow. 88 on friday. 87, and then 84. less humidity, more sun on saturday and sunday. water temperature, 78 degrees. >> looks like a great weekend down there. if we can just make it through the next few days. >>> don't miss the prime time lineup tonight at 10:00. >>> and the orioles' road trip continues in chicago this weekend. it's masn on wjz. see the birds in action against the white sox. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. missing in florida. a girl disappears while with her father's girlfriend. why police say her story has holes in it. >>> wave of violence. dozens are dead. hundreds injured in iraq. >>> shocking scene. new developments in the case of a florida woman, who set herself on fi

good sailing weather i think with some of the breezes coming in.nto sunday temperatures mid to high 90s with southwest to westerly winds. humidity will still be increasing. and the next seven days. i'm afraid by monday and tuesday it will be impressive that humidity with temperatures for the first time i think this summer will see more than just two days of a row of 90 plus. it will probably continue on into wednesday. then thursday and friday not quite as hot or humid. enjoy the remainder of the evening. it's delightful. back to you. >> thanks, bob. don't at 11:00, the latest on eunice kennedy shriver as they react to news of her. the road trip that will take them to several national parks. and national air guitar championships are on tonight in our area. >> there's nobody of aertain age that doesn't have this in theillcoontieccollection. u royo pynblurba figlle out where it isig ht fnow. august 8, 1969 that8, that icon photo was taken.ha the pho forto the photo for f t c abbey road album in london. tomorrow, beatles fans will be at that intersect

it is a little bit humid but, as gurvir has been mentioning, breeze.73-degree here in washington. 70 in baltimore. dulles airport as 72 degrees at this hour. fredericksburg, 7 #. one chest are, it is cooler out to the west -- fredericksburg, 73. floodwatch into effect for some counties to the east. the counseled count usc in green are covered by the floodwatch. it includes delaware, eastern maryland, cecil count way, queen ann county because of the rainfall. -- the counties in green are covered by the floodwatch. we'll he show you the moisture, some of the rain showers that moved through. heaviest rain is off the coast right now pushing into new england. we've dried out for now. we do have lingering louds off to the east but across washington, we are seeing clearing skies. here was is going to happen today as far as the surface map goes. there is that front just hanging out there. not much happening with that. areas of low pressure do move along it. that is what brings the rain showers across portions of the region. and again today, there is another on

with a breeze out of the northwest. and we will have your forecast when we come back. >>> that would be a nice place to be tonight. >> that's a beautiful shot right now. oh, what a great afternoon for that. and overall, for most of us, it's been a great afternoon to be outside. the one exception, southern parts of the eastern shore, we do have thunderstorms around. and it's from the same front that has broughtub problems -- brought us problems the past few days. now, it's starting to move away. but the tail end is still causing showers and thundershowers. and eventually, it will leave us overnight. the reason we're finally starting to move is because hurricane bill is out of us. so behind that front, this is what we were dealing with. 85 degrees here at bwi marshall. above the average, which is now down to 84, definitely taking a turn downward with those averages. and temperatures right now, we're seeing a trend that is changing also. 82 in baltimore at this hour. take a look at oakland. 75 degrees. and the dew points a

beaches, south to southeasterly winds, might be a bit of an onshore breeze on saturday. temperatures, water temperatures in the 70s. as always, a slight risk that there might be an afternoon thunder shower. by and large a summery weekend coming up. >> anks, bob. >>> it is a half ton catorch wth a whole l of cash. rort w ferris caughts hi tuebl marlin, 1,062 pounds. it tek t mhannhr tee hours to ireelt eein. his prize for snagging iintt a e annual white marlin tournament is $550,000. >> that's a pretty big fish. >>> coming up, it could be another blow to the housing market. news about the percentage of u.s. homeowners who own more than their homes are worth. he y alunlinkthetween high cholesterol in middle age and alzheimer's disease. >> and what do you think about someone special? e-mail us that person's story and clear close-upicrtu ore video to today at >>> what's the best college in the country it? isn't harvard or yale according to "forbes" magazine. it's west point. the u.s. military academy topped "forbes" annual list of the nation's top colleges. the magazine work

then breezes to our watercooler question of the day. -- that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think of the idea to bring an irl indy car race through the streets of downtown baltimore? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i think that would be lots of fun. >> better you than me. >> coming up, a routine visit to the dermatologist may be beneficial to you. >> and video games could take a toll on your health if you are an adult. >> which are not seeing any delays just yet but a few hot spots in one dimension. we will >> good morning. a mall start today. 76 degrees as we look at the inner harbor there. or he'd and humidity is expected today. it will leave us with some thunderstorms later on this afternoon and evening. here is our satellite picture. overall, we should start with a mostly clear day. an increase in plows today. you will see them later on this afternoon. some afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms will occur. we will talk about this storm pattern more in your seven-day forecast. that is coming up later. >> in this morning's medic