. >> nicaragua is home to central america's largest fresh water reservoirs.ke managua and lake nicaragua make up some eight per cent of the country's territory. for the capital managua the lake of the same name is both things in one -- the source of drinking water and a sewage basin. no surprise then that over the decades the quality of the water has deteriorated to a point of "biological collapse". but since a modern sewage treatment plant went online in reason for hope. this german -- nicaraguan initiative has managed to avert a water crisis. while the area still has a long way to go in terms of water management, the locals are relieved that their lake has re-gained its most vital qualities. >> fishing on lake managua -- for many locals it's still their only source of income. this man is collecting bait for the following day. his colleagues are still out on the water and show us their catch. they're happy that the lake isn't so polluted now. a fisherman's life is hard enough. this man must catch enough fish to feed 8 family members. the sewage treatment pla

i was doing work around central america, supporting people in central america, protecting against u.s. imperialism, and their right to live. i was doing a lot of work on campus in college. head of work against apartheid. i was involved in a lot of the efforts to push back on efforts to remove affirmative action, prop 209, all kinds of work around ballot measures that were tough, big ideas, like single payer, but i never got involved in supporting a candidate. i never thought that a candidate would be someone that i would support, but when tom and ammiano ran for mayor against willie brown, somehow, i got inspired. i thought, it someone that has integrity and honesty, that comes from the community, could run for mayor, maybe it is we something that can represent the community. i wanted to look at it from a candid perspective. >> when you did run for the border supervisors, what did you learn from that experience, from the campaign? >> from the campaign? so much. you knock on a lot of doors, talk to a lot of people. some of the things were interesting, how connected a lot of people were

the whole of central america including cuba most of south america virtually the whole of africa the middle east iraq and afghanistan india and pakistan southeast asia the whole of southeast asia and we have as observers mexico brazil and argentina from marcos soon as also america and china what does that tell you that this is the real international community trying to find solutions to pressing problems such as the runnion nuclear dossier and the war in syria and the coverage i have to talk about journalism here as a journalist the coverage in american mainstream media ranges from the that sick to the upsurge the only talk about iran trying to use credentials and show that it's not isolated it was never isolated in the first place this is a figment of the imagination of your ballot administration and european pulls the allies and the g.c.c. but your monarch is in the middle east so this is a real very important meeting hiking back to those great nam meetings wind chills if tito that was out there was still alive in her state a question here mr escobar forgive me for interrupting

those stories and to some degree these stories helped bring about change and greater democracy in central america and i'm very proud of those stories and very proud of what n.b.c. did but there's other times in which they've chickened out you know people are brave all the time i'm not brave all the time i like to think i am but sometimes i'm scared. so when your own soldiers are on the ground risking their lives when when you are or you supposed to back your own country and what so what you just said so what n.b.c. and c.b.s. were doing they were doing what most of the lou. the the majority of the american population thought thought was right was to support the boys that are cross the water risking their lives so what you did supposed to be an anti-patriotic well i mean let's define patriotism isn't patriotism wanting the best for your country and wanting the best for your fellow citizens. i don't think you're allowed to define my patriotism i only think my government is allowed to define my patriotism that's the duty of every citizen to define what's patriotic and then to work for their country

and one side was for a counterterrorism i was focused more on his central america side in covering that and dealing with where the money was coming from to fund the contras we stumbled upon his network which was this is essentially extralegal operation being run out of the white house to get money and weapons to the contras no later on it turns out that some of that money was being diverted from these arms sales to iran now how would you describe after breaking this story how would you describe the public's response well the public was outraged that especially that president reagan would deal with the iranians who had not that long ago been involved in their own hostage. case in terms of taking american diplomats and other people working at the u.s. embassy in tehran hostage back in one nine hundred eighty s. and that had been a major issue during the one nine hundred eighty campaign as as president carter tried to win their release and was constantly frustrated making the american government will weaken making him look weak and that was part of why reagan won so decisively in nove

ernesto is going to cause big problems through out central america and into central mexico. 52 miless we're concerned about. >>> it's the rush right now from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. another dis disabled vehicle to talk about on a major roadway. this makes the third one. we have a live picture of this one. 795 northbound at franklin boulevard. it's blocking the right lane. a second disabled vehicle on the inner loop at the topside of the beltway at charles creek. a third one at 295. speeds starting to slow just a bit. on the 95 southbound between 895 and the tunnel, same goes for the west side of the beltway, 49 is now your average with a 13 minute drive time. there's a live look at the northwest side at green spring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. your car, your deal, now is the time to make the jump to tooi -- to toyota. >>> or -- our coffee with sponsor, the maryland science center is offering you a special chance for a visit. simply go to wjz.com and click on contests and promotions for a chance to family a family

ernesto could become a problem for parts of central america. it could become a hurricane in a few minutes. >> it is the season for state and county fairs and ferris wheels and cotton candy but before you enter the 4-h barn, a warning. >> thousands of them will be flocking to the fairgrounds. when it comes to pigs, fair goers need to be extra diligent. many pigs are a joy to watch in show. the cdc noted an increase in the number of swine flu infections. >> almost all that is related to touching pigs at state and county fairs. this is a state and county fair season here as well as around the country, we thought we would put out on alert -- an alert. >> there have been 29 cases of the virus and they have been limited to ohio, white, and indiana. wash your hands with soap and water. people at risk for complications showed a voice -- avoid exposure and as well as a pregnant women, children, and adults over 65. pigs have the same symptoms when it comes to the flu. if the pig looks sick, stay away. >> the flu season is usually september or october unt

and coming up next except on the west coast, your local news tonight starting at 8:00, 7:00 central "america's got talent" and "wrestle mania," and svu at 10:00 eastern, and 10:30 central saturday night live with host alec baldwin. for randy moss, gary stevens, i'm lafit, saying good-bye from saratoga. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com when i look up into my students' faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor, i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives and i am a phoenix. enroll in the program that's right for you. at phoenix.edu/maryland >> florida could take a hit. we will have details coming up. >> it is a very sad day in canton. we will explain, coming up. >> we say goodbye to the first man to walk on the mend. details on the death of neil armstrong as 11 news at 6:00 start right now. >> you are watching wbal-tv 11. >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> our big story tonight at 6:00. tropical storm isaac spun across haiti. it is expected to bec

i would say savlador, central america, they always thought i was from kansas.knew where savlador was. they told me about this play, i read it and i go it's about a savladoran dad. i'm from el salvador. it's about teaching his son redemption. i was very lucky, very fortunate to be. it's never been done. it will be the world's premier. >> i don't want to oversell it, but could this be life changing for a child or parent in the audience? >> yes. i think if there's somebody who has gone through a similar process, it is life changing. we've done plays and comedy. we did the whole thing about the navy and about the military. we did it in a comical way. a young guy said, you know what? i remember going to enlist in the army. and nothing against people who are troops, you know, but he said after i saw what you did, i'm going to think twice before i enlist. and it was just because they saw us doing something. >> it's going to be playing in san francisco. you don't want to miss it. that summer, the 6th through the 16th. any final thoughts before i let you go? >> rumor ha

the cutter remains in control off the coast of central america. >> concern growing that the drought affecting two thirds of the country may be the worst in decades. the agriculture department says the drought cut corn produce and soy bean production. the united states asking the u.s. to suspend a law requiring farmers to put aside owe% of corn for bio fuel. it's not affecting northern california z locally grown is not seen a jump in price. >> there is a jump in temperatures. >> cooler today around the bay this afternoon. >> there is 85 today, a beautiful day in the south bay. taking a look we're going to pull out here, it's hard to see anything in the fog there. there is where you can now see parts of san francisco there there is our radar tracking the fog near the coastline now. you can see it's just very shallow layer. and so it's going to stay here all weekend long. 5 ain 51 degrees. and you're into mid to upper 90s and 100 in antioch. hot again inland saturday. there is temperatures going to start to come down a little bit. tomorrow morning they'll drop off. we'll see fog near the coast.

i guess that would be central america. partly cloudy and muggy overnight. 729 overnight low. your forecast. we are not doing trip. dim its this week. we'll take highs each day around 90. best chance will be around 90 with a cold front. sunshine on saturday. i know that makes julie wright smile. let's see if she makes us all smile with a traffic report. >> the pressure, right? >> things are heating up on 95 in maryland and virginia. the crew happens to be hovering above southbound i-95 at route 100. according to police, another vehicle slammed into the back side of that tractor-trailer. that is where we had the activity, southbound 95, route 100 all confined for the right shoulder. traffic moving at speed as you work out of columbia and jessup moving down into laurel. for those traveling eastbound along 66 this morning, accident activity inside the beltway before fairfax drive at patrick henry. only the right shoulder is able to squeeze by at this point headed eastbound along 66. slow traffic coming inbound leaving falls church headed over towards the accident scene. we've got

this is an intensifying system and we are going to see much of eastern and central america up to 200 millimeters -- and locally you could see 300 millimeters of rn from the system. not much in the way of rainfall in the u.s. and canada today. there is monsoonal moisture in new mexico again. that could lead to problems with flash flooding. but we're drying out toward the northeast of the u.s. unfortunately the storms continue the southeast. let's get the temperatures then. a roasting hot day in the south. 36 in houston. and one quick look at olympic weather. showers today andot much sunshine throu thursday but thtempatur will be coming up to a grand 24 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline" i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

. >>> we are following breaking news out of central america. a major earthquake has struck off the coast of el salvador. the magnitude 7.3 quake struck just after 10:30 last night. it triggered a tsunami warning for more than a dozen countries in the region. that warning was later canceled but there are reports of any injuries or damage yet. >>> breaking news in afghanistan this morning. we're now learning two u.s. soldiers were killed by an afghan soldier who turned his weapon on nato troops. that's new from reuters this hour. the attack happened northeast of kabul. a vehicle in a convoy hit a roadside bomb. when the troops got out to survey the damage the afghan fired on coalition allies. international troops returned fire and killed the attacker. this shooting is the latest in a series of similar insider attacks against international troops. >>> republican national committee officials are shortening the convention to a three-day schedule instead of a week due to isaac. a roll call of delegates will happen tomorrow evening to officially nomin

. >>> we're following a developing story overnight from central america. a 7.3 earthquake has struck off the coast of el salvador, followed by a 5.3 aftershock. a tsunami warning was issued by pulled back afterwards. >>> rural southern california has been rattled by moderate to small earthquakes. the largest one was a magnitude of 5.5 centered near the town of brawley. mo immediate reports of serious injuries. >>> with that, let's look at the weather from across the country on this monday morning. isaac could spawn tornadoes along the gulf coast. thunderstorms along memphis, little rock, and dallas. heating up in the rockies. scattered afternoon showers in the northeast from boston to d.c. >> 90s from billings to colorado spring. 70s in the pacific northwest. 80s from the midsection into the east coast. >>> coming up next, after the break, where you won't see the candidates for the rest of the campaign. >>> and two rental car companies on the verge of becoming one. >>> and you might remember former south carolina governor mark sanford, well, he's going to

we are going to head over to the americas now and look down towards central america and our -- storm ernesto, a hurricane when it made landfall in the yucatan peninsula. it is crossing the very southern area of the bay of campeche and will make landfall in mexico, not becoming a hurricane again, but staying as it is, possibly, making, hurricane stat us again before making a second landfall. the wind are still at 100 kilometers an hour. stronger gue eer gusts of that . we are expecting more rainfall up in the elevations you can see, 300 millimeters of rain. that means a very high risk of mudslides. also, taking a look now at our bigger picture, the u.s. and canada, we are going to be seeing a lot of wet weather across the east. down to the south. thunderstorms, another front heading up in towards new england. we are going to see potential for some pretty rough thunderstorms in and around the great lakes region. hail, strong gusts with that as well. so, staying pretty unstable towards the east. the west though -- some monsoonal flow, bringing showers across the four corners. unfortunat

after he visited in central america he writes that the only way to change the army is to change his doctrine and i will do that someday. in fact the case more competition going between the two come and as brad deluded, the "m," mystique, general galvin was the big "m" and general petraeus was little "m." so you know what they are talking about. the letters that the exchange were very candid and trace the development of his thinking about the organization of the military, about the grand strategy in the u.s. foreign policy. not all of that made it into the book as those that ended up on the cutting room floor but maybe in the dissertation. in any case of thing we took some of the tops and included them in the books and you could see at the various points in his life when he was thinking back at a certain point and then think back to afghanistan to see how it was playing out. so, in the summer of june, 2010, when general mcchrystal and the rolling stone article rolled out i was sitting on the couch watching television on the faces flashed across who could potentially replace him and i have fri

remember, this is an intensifying system, and we are going to be seeing for much of eastern and central america upwards of 100millimeters, maybe up to 200, and, in fact, locally, you could see 300 millimeters of rain from this system. let's head back up to the bigger picture. not too much in the way of rainfall across the u.s. and canada today. there is going to be some monsoonal moisture coming across new mexico, again, that could lead to problems with flash flooding. we're drying out toward the northeast of the u.s. unfortunately, though, storms are going to continue through eastern canada and down here toward the southeast. all right. let's get your temperatures then. another roasting hot day in the south. oklahoma city, 39 for you. 36 in houston. and one quick look at your olympic weather, then. unfortunately, showers today. not much sunshine right through till thursday, but the temperature will be coming up to a very old grand 24 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

all the models have it far to the south, some of them having it going into central america and missingly. south winds on the bay here, 5-10 knots. the bay temperature 82. overnight tonight, fair, humid, 72. tomorrow, back up in the low 90s. let's call it 93. the same forecast for the next five days, but cooler. 94 on saturday. dropping to 90, 88, 89 for monday and tuesday. >>> the ravens from one week away from their first pre-season game. we have the latest from today's practice next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> mark is here now with our sports report. >> the ravens are working in august. the orioles had a day off. we'll start with football. making progress toward atlanta. it's one week from tonight. ravens training camp has had its challenges. injuries have kept people from practicing. after several days in the afternoon heat, the coach moved the guys inside for a one-day respite. joe flacco has been working with a makeshift offensive line while mckenne y is out. offensive coordinator cam cameron says his qb pushes full speed despite not having his full squad. >> and he co

inviting him down the central america, panama, which is where seven command was headquartered at the time. six insurgences going on. patraeus flies around. most officers, or anyone as to -- anyone who has been to iraq and iran really have only known this type of work, but for a young david patraeus who was in a peacetime army after vietnam, it was quite an experience for him to walk up to the commander some in el salvador and be handed in machines and to the machine gun. he writes a letter and was really blown away by. this type of warfare is important to pay attention to. the fourth mentor, we all know, here in washington, general jack keene. and it david patraeus first met jackie when he was working for general -- the chief of staff of the army at the time. and he had been commissioned to the stand of the joint readiness training center. low intensity conflict of this type of insurgency warfare, but it was a income pressure to cut and unconventional at the time because we were really looking at -- the gall still had just ended. that was not really welcome to or look kindly upon. yo

we will keep you posted but all of our models keep it south of the area down towards central america. now, there is florence out there as well. so far, off the map, that we can't even really see it, isolated but florence is way back away from any land concerns. we will keep you posted on florence already a tropical storm as it starts to get closer if it in fact does get closer and start to strengthen. 8:13 our sunset time. and small craft advisory in effect through this evening and then through today, a strong thunderstorm possibly late this afternoon and temperatures up just around 93 with the heat index in the mid to upper 90s. and 73 degrees. the strong thunderstorms again lingering into tonight. and a strong thunderstorm tomorrow. and again, still in the afternoon. 88 degrees. and then we will start to see a bit of clearing on tuesday and wednesday. another chance of showers on thursday though. 88, 89, and 89 for tuesday and wednesday. 91 on thursday. and with that chance of showers, our temperatures go back down on friday, back down to 87, which is pretty close to normal for this

. >>> tropical storm ernesto is picking up speed as it moves closer to central america.ds are now hitting 65 miles per hour. ernesto could turn into a hurricane before making landfall tonight near the belize, mexico, border. >>> with that we take look at weather on your tuesday morning. a beautiful day here in the northeast. some afternoon showers and thunderstorms from the gulf coast to virginia and the carolinas. showers from the dakotas to des moines and chicago. monsoon storms in the southwest. scorching heat in the plains and in the rockies. >> triple digits in phoenix, dallas and boise. 90s from salt lake city to kansas city. 80s along the east coast and midwest. >>> and when we come back this morning, passenger power. airlines are forced to scrap their latest fare hikes. >>> then, when it comes to soda in school, kids are getting a lesson in change. >>> and are you ready for some football with a female referee? a historymaking moment for the nfl. >>> welcome back. u.s. markets are riding a tide of optimism after last week's employment numbers. there's also been en

because what happens in central america may not stay there. >>> then it's the battle of google versus the privacy advocates. google may be one of america's favorite stocks. but the way it snoops on users is not a fan favorite. >>> later, what garry kasparov's next move in. the chest grand master turned russian opposition leader is out of jail. he's talking to me. that and a lot more coming up. stay with us. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. [ male announcer ] isn't always the one you plan to take. whoa, check it out. hey baby goat... no that's not yours... [ hikers whispering ] ...that's not yours. [ goat bleats ] na, na

the storm is moving quickly through central america. forecasters say it could become a low level hurricane this week. in the mideast 15 border guards are dead following an attack at the egyptian-israeli border. mass gunmen approached a check point and opened fire with automatic weapons, we're told. israel says its air force targeted the gunman's vehicle as it tried to cross the border. egyptian state television sa islamist militants carried out the attack. egypt has closed the border. in damascus syrian rebels are holding 48 hostages that they claim are iranian elite revolutionary guard sent to fight for the assad dictatorship. iran wants them freed claiming they are religious pilgrims. in syria today the fierce fighting is getting worse in the streets of aleppo. syrian army tanks and helicopter gunships are pounding rebel held neighborhoods. our charlie d'agata is in aleppo province speaking with leaders of the free syrian army. what are they telling you tonight? >> reporter: jeff, we have been hearing sustained loud explosions where w

ernesto's just going to be a rain-maker in central america, so that's fantastic. as far as what we're dealing with here, we had a cold front slicing through the east and how grossry humid has it been ahead of that front for much of the eastern seaboard? and it did bring beneficial rains to indianapolis and memphis and st. louis, but the august rainfall totals from oklahoma to texas, it's still not pretty, and today it's just going to be another hot day. not as bad, but still very hot and dry throughout this region this week, so the drought is probably only going to get worse. for areas of the southeast, you'll deal with more thunderstorms today. and finally, you had the big storms here in new york. looks like we're dry in new england much of the beginning of this week. enjoy. >> great. a little bit of sunshine. thanks, bill. >>> night capital fears, china weighs in and taxing the tax snaven your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> a handful of walk-offs and the nfl preseason kicks off with the hall of fame game. you're watching

. >>> tsunami warning has been canceled for parts of central america following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake off the coast of elle salvador -- el salvador. there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quakes. >>> we are finding out more information about the deadly crash of a small plane that killed five people we first told you about on mornings on 2. witnesses say they heard the plane having engine trouble. then saw it turn, dip, and crash into a meadow near highway 50 in south lake tahoe. the plane is registered to synophrys koa delmaro. he went on a trip to tahoe with his wife, seven-year-old daughter, and two friends. the plane burst into flames when it crashed smarting a -- starting a small brush fire. everyone was killed. >>> an alarming report is out concerning baggage at san francisco international airport. according to the san francisco examiner, screeners for covenant aviation security are accused of clearing dozens of bags that were identified as high risk bomb threats at peak flying times. they are also accused of not performing inspections on those bags which i

. >>> wild weather >>> following breaking news in central america where a powerful earthquake is struck off the coast of el salvador. magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit at 10:30 last night 85 miles from san miguel, el salvador. no reports of damage or injuries. a tsunami warning was issued for a dozen countries. including mexico and guatemala. it has since been canceled. >>> syrian rebels are claiming government troops for a massacre that killed hundreds of people. they say soldiers shot and killed as many as 600 people just outside damascus. rebels claimed more than 1700 people were obtained there and they may also soon turn up dead. meanwhile, syrian president bashar assad is show nothing signs of backing down in his countries ice civil war. he says his regime will put the uprising -- put down the uprising no matter cost. >>> today we'll find out what caused the deadly air race crash in nevada. they will release the results of the nearly year long investigation. the crash happened last september, if you remember, during the national champion air races in reno. 11 people died, end cluding th

and they will feature food and music from south and central america and mexican and caribbean culture. >>> if you picked up your child's backpack it can be heavy but there's a warning about the weight of the backpacks. it can cause your child to have back peage according to the consumer product safety commission. they say the condition is more and more common and health officials are seeing it too. they say parents need to take steps to minimize the risk. make sure the backpack weighs less than 15% and the -- of the body weight and stay away with backpacks with narrow straps that can dig into muscles. if your kids school allows it take a rolling book back instead. >> it's 5 and we have the latest right now on a deadly officer involved shooting coming up. >> good morning maryland at 5 starts right now. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> a man is dead shot by an officer. a neighborhood the whole thing started in baltimore city. >> the place of learning laughter and safety and tomorrow they will be quiet. city rec centers will be closing. >> it may be preseason but it's football. raven

it's as if the entire population of north and central america combined were thrown in the dark. jim avila answers the question, could it happen here? >> reporter: shades of the great blackout of 2003, america's largest, knocking 55 million in the northeast into the dark. but this time it's twice the population of the united states without power. india, where subways are stopped and no air conditioning in 100-degree weather today. in great supply, frustration and despair. >> the whole system was at a standstill. that goes to show how vulnerable we are. >> reporter: and today at the federal energy regulatory commission's command center, a ripple of uncertainty about how vulnerable this country is. can something like india happen here? >> it can't spread to california because the grid is divided in the middle of the nation here. >> reporter: the main difference, say engineers, is america's grid is now monitored more closely than ever, checking for line surges 30 times a second. and since the northeast's 2003 blackout, 16,000 miles of new transmission lines have been added to the gr

instead of taking up that and saying, these cartels are actually getting their guns in a china and central america they are not coming to regulated mom-and-pop dealers to get theiu guns.need to they instead decided to flood mexico with guns and they went to that gun dealers and said you need to help your country by oo c inlling these to come in and buy these guns. they say okay. we are willing to t cooperate. y but to make sure these guns are going to mexico or falling intog the wrongu hands. going to m they were told by these atf guess w officials him and don't worry, the guns are not going to mexico and we will make sure that these guns are arrested.throug and i guess what happened when theed guns ended up in mexico? did they say we are going to stop these guys at the border and allow them to go through ann i apologize for the guns went to your consort? showing up in violent crime scenes and being used to kill s people? no. a turnaround in the press and public speeches andpe t said, t cartels are coming to shop forte guns in arizona, look at thepari trace data. it went back to the stores that we

it's not just about mexican unauthorized immigrants, or even unauthorized immigrants from central america. rather, there's also unauthorized immigrants from asia, from africa, from europe, from russia, from canada, from ireland, from vietnam, from india. they're from all over the world. and while hispanics or latino origin unauthorized immigrants make up the vast majority of the unauthorized immigrant population, there is a diversity among this population, too. >> hinojosa: so i find it really interesting, mark, because, you know, you devote your life right now to being a professor and to looking at numbers. but in fact, you know, we have a lot of people on our show that are devoted to trying to break down numbers and make them very human stories, whether they're artists or writers. and your very personal story is one that i think is interesting, because in a lot of ways you kind of symbolize the kind of typical latino experience in the sense of... well, your story of your... tell us the story of your parents, who both were born in the united states, children of immigrants from mexico. so

this is where they come to feed before they head to their breeding grounds in central america and that means more possible collisions with cargo ships hitting in and out of the area. they are working on a plan to reroute them and they are also checking on the whales. >>> the atlanta based food chain bought a site for $2 million. they will allow carl junior to operate over the next few years before it takes over and this will be the 53 id chick fillet in florida. >>> they are clothe to joining the american idol. >> who is that? >> that is nicky manage. >> they confirmed nicky manage has joined american idle as a judge. if it is true, nicky will be joining mariah kerry after some others will not be back for season 12. >>> we will go to that accident injury crash, involving a pole and traffic is not affected so far, previously traveled in this area, let's go to 80 and heading out to the mcarthur maze, no major problems as you head throughout the area. if you are driving on the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton, both look good as you head to the peninsular. >>> a cloudy start out there, t

as you look at the track, basically looks like it's going to be going into central america there.ot a big problem for us saturday. it's a minimal tropical storm. no big ppi >> good morning. a few scattered light rain showers today. a mixture of sun and clouds. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. 17-year-old missy franklin came to these olympics as a first time olympian. she is leaving a multi-time medalist. four gold medals, one bronze, an individual and relay world record. she was with us early this morning. i began by asking her if she was ready for how her life has changed. >> you know, for the most part i think it's stayed exactly the same. the only thing that changed i have so much support now. i had an incredible amount before. maybe a few more people know who i ambu i still have the best friends and family and teammates and i want to go home and be a normal high schooler. >> you are a normal high schooler. a huge amount of pressure for anybody, let alone first time olympian. you did not crack under the pressure. you totally delivered. how did you keep your

a tsunami warning was issued for central america and mexico but was later canceled. >>> southern california had 30 earthquakes measuring 3.5 or many. the strongest hit 70 miles east of san diego. it was enough to knock 20 mobile homes off their foundations. >>> the rattle of thunder shook parts of the d.c. region. and some of the storm systems brought more than a few showers. >> this was the scene in maryland on cob island. sure looks like a funnel you can see on the water. the national weather service has not confirmed a tornado or a water spout. but they are looking into reports and could release more details. a lot of people were not in and around yesterday. that's a water spout he said. >> that picture is confirmation to me. >>> fighting a super bug. coming up next, a deadly outbreak at the national institutes of health has raised questions. >> find out how researchers were able to use a blueprint of the bacteria to trace the information. it's fascinating. we'll be back with more on that.  >>> new this morning, there's a push to allow alcohol sales in damascus, mary

. >>> developing news, a tsunami warning has been issued for central america after a 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of el salvador. the scwaik was was -- the quake was 78 miles off in the pacific ocean. >>> and more than a hundred quakes have rattled imperial and san diego county since last night. the largest measuring 5.5. 20 mobile homes were knocked off their foundations and 2500 homes lost power. >>> now to the pride of petaluma in today's final game in the little league world series. >> the allstars from petaluma won their consulation game for a third place finish. wayne freedman was in williamsport, pennsylvania for that game. >> if you are wondering how popular the boys of summer have become, as they warmed up for their final game, more than a few young ladies got as close as they could to check out the beef. >> what do you like about them? >> i don't know. >> cute? they were anything but cute to those they beat. add the latin america champions from panama this morning. the scoreboard reads 12-4. >> petaluma! >> i want more! >> come on, more? >> yes, absolutely. the excitement

there was a tsunami warning, a local 14 parts of central america, but the warning was later rescinded. >> a deadly attack in afghanistan. nato officials say an afghan soldier turned his weapon on international troops killing two coalition service members. it happened early this morning in eastern afghanistan. government officials say 10 of their soldiers died in an attack on a checkpoint in the south. five soldiers are missing. it is unclear whether they were kidnapped or whether they went voluntarily. prince george's county police say a murder suspect turned up in this weekend. james howard braddy is charged with murdering his ex- trevor johnson several weeks ago. investigators say he entered his ex-girlfriend home in oxon hill and shot and killed johnson. he is being held without bond after turning themselves in saturday. but the d.c. task force looking whether to lower fines for traffic tickets. we want to know if increased fines have led to fewer people speeding or running red lights. the penalty -- $150. and getting caught by a speed camera could cost up to $250. the task force e

it will make it way to the southern gulf and staying close central america.ay event koz mel, cancun, the resort areas. that could impact that next week. all the models keep it away from my u.s. interest. we will keep you posted. our sunset today at 8:15. south winds on the bay 5 to 10 with no advisories. 94 today, partly sunny. maybe the chance of a shower in the afternoon, early evening. 94 tomorrow, 92 sunday, 88, 89 and 9 through wednesday. >>> here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> no major issues but some minor ones. an accident on 95 southbound at the toll plaza blocking one lane but not causing delays. watch for an accident on the topside of the beltway at the utter out -- at the outer loop. a road hazard at maryland 45. we have that water main sink hole block kirk avenue still. speeds on the beltway still looking good. 61 and 60. 95 still looking good despite that accident at the tunnel. there's a look at 95 at the tunnel. there's a look at 70 just west of the beltway. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. your car, yo

is there a drive in central america, south america, to produce more talent? focus on it?ve seen coaches like medina who's from cube what whose theory is there are -- there's a lot of talent in this countries and they're like diamonds in the rough. >> yeah. >> they just need somebody to come to these countries and polish them and what you saw in this case is that a real diamond emerged and he made it to silver. now, the hope of guatemala is that next saturday he's going to compete in the 50 kilometer race and he has a real possibility of going all the way. so that's what everybody in guatemala is hoping and expecting. >> oh, wow, that would be a happy ending, too. good to see you, rafael. rafael romo there. >>> all right. there was celebration today, by the way, in the caribbean nation. a 19-year-old nicknamed the jaguar sprinted to gold in the men's 400 meters. boy, did he win, too. that is the country's first olympic medal. also. and to mark the feat, the government declared this afternoon a national holiday. you had people dancing, cheering, waving the flags as news of