it is a long stalled out front which is to the south of central maryland. in southern maryland there are a couple of hours. unlike ocean city is getting ready to get wet as well. looks like we're going to get up to 74 degrees in central maryland. a mix of sun and clouds. 71 and mostly sunny in pennsylvania. slight chance of showers at ocean city at 75. tonight you'll feel the cool, dry air. 52 degrees up to 58 degrees. 52 an outline northern and western suburbs. 58 downtown. the seven-day forecast is coming up. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> researchers have a better idea of how acupuncture can relieve pain. experts at the university of michigan had 20 women suffering from fibromyalgia undergo acupuncture. the look that brain scans and found that there be increases the function of receptors that effect pain signals. >> feeling insecure about your job may be a stronger indicator of poor health ban smoking or high blood pressure. -- then smoking or high blood pressure. experts say it increases stress levels. the most recen

central maryland last hour over 5000 strikes. effective,000 strikes over the last hour over the metro area as we see the lightning pushing through. this is all moving along the frontal storm that will continue to move through the next several hours here and looking at this in motion the line of red indicating the heavy cells in northern baltimore county and northeast portion of the city and up i-95 belaire an folks next to see the storms pull through and it's pretty gusty storms as we 10 to head through the overnight. expecting to see the temperatures cool down a little bit behind this but nonetheless a lot of energy. closer look at how long this weather will stick around and also we still have to talk about hurricane bill out there about hurricane bill out there in the atlantic coming >> the burial for singer michael jackson i to beaches vacations, cash and live nation vip access. play scrabble at subway... where winners eat. ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the m

some clouds are just trying to infiltrate the central maryland. . a mostly cloudy afternoon, as the hours progress. a good chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and more so into the evening. low eighties for the most part around the area. not quite as bad as we were yesterday. we will see you monday it stick around until the front gets through here. -- we will see the humidity stick around to the front gets through here. we still have the potential to get into the upper 80s or even 90 around the bay. then the cloud cover will hold the temperatures down a little bit more with the rain. 87 for the shores of ocean city. a chance of scattered showers and storms as well. this is nothing compared to the 82-degree readings in the chesapeake bay. quite mild as far as the waters go with their bread wins at the south, southwest, at about 10 knots. it has been an incredibly quiet hurricane season. this is hurricane felicia. it is a category 4 storm. it is moving to the northwest, away from baja mexico. a pretty oppressive hurricane as a category t

lightning and heavy downpour as they track across central maryland. moving across the baltimore county line, another heavy showers skirting the town area, and we've got some showers in montgomery county that will likely get to howard county in the next hour or so. the main threat would be storms as they slowly tracked their way across central maryland. you can kind of see a bit of a boundary. cooler temperatures, made 60's, low 70's. only 68 in york. near 80 degrees in our south and east. it is that boundary were storms are popping up, so the possibility of an overnight storm will continue. another dry day and almanac with high temperatures and 80's. sunrise behind cloudy skies at 6:32. the front stalls behind our region to the south. to the north, it is starting to feel like fall. frost a advisories'. temperatures going into the 30's, so you have got fall trying to invade the northern parts of the nation. we are caught right in between, so all eyes will be on danny. it does not look very impressive on our satellite imagery. it is still a tropical sto

namely, the uniteed way of central maryland.john rydell explains why. >> as america's economy continues to struggle. so do many non-profits. that find themselves serving more of the needy. the uniteed way of central maryland, donations are down by $3 million. and forced the agency to deny grants to many area non-profits like the baltimore area council of the boy scouts. field directors are assessing the impact. >> we believe that scouting provides a preventative approach to some of our problems. and we believe that through seeking out other funders, will help us overcome the devastating affects of the funding laws. >> but uniteed way officials say many of the non-profits that did not receive grants in year are receiving just as much if not more from so called designated contributions. >> that's when donors specify where they want the money to go. allowed the boy scouts to receive more than $200,000. meantime, the uniteed way has shifted the focus to groups that offer emergency help to those in need. >> the need is to keep famili

in central maryland we are far removed from that.ome showers in ocean city and showers in the lower eastern shore. around baltimore, lovely. low 60's in the outline suburbs. the mid 60's in the city. highs around 75 today. deals likely september. the sun has risen. partly cloudy skies. the sun will set the night at the 7:38. a dominant area of high pressure is over the great lakes. that will control the weather patterns for the first half of the week. we will be high and dry. we will continue with this fall trend. 76 tomorrow. mostly sunny skies. a couple of clouds on wednesday at 78. low 80's by thursday and friday. still dry and stable. by saturday as the kickoff the labor day weekend, a lot of people looking for that weekend looking good really it in the low to mid 80's. a nice weekend. >> 60 degrees on tv hill. coming up, what is the first step. more of this amazing high wire act. we will have you on edge of your seat. >> a new leader in the debate over health care. i'm traci potts in washington. who will step up to the plate? i

partly cloudy skies about monday in central maryland. -- about 90 in central maryland. >> we have a few problem starts -- spot. we have been talking about westbound i-70 past route 29. the truck fire is now out. it is off to the side and no major delays with that one. not seeing many delays. the drive * look good. -- the drive times good. we are looking at a nice ride as well. that is the latest. back to you. >> thank you. a to alarm fire ripped through a baltimore county apartment complex. >> it happened in essex affecting a total of 16 units. our reporter is live at the scene with more details. >> good morning. among those displaced, 21 adults and nine children. the fire started in unit 24 which is behind me. one man lives there tells us that the whole thing was his fault. >> he cannot believe what happened late wednesday night. fire crews were called here to a fire call. they arrived and found a permanent or 20 pork in flames along with adjoining units. -- found an apartment in flames along with the adjoining units. >> i that i can't. i went to bell. -- i lit a candle. it got knocked

. >>> good afternoon, the projected rainfall totals tomorrow through tomorrow night for central maryland and the mid-atlantic. looks like none. the bulk of moisture is going to be north of the mason dixon line and into the valley primarily because of low moving our way from georgia. danny is not really a player in our moisture content. it appears right now, the bulk of rain we're going to get is frankly going to be this day because of that upper-level low and that is why we have flood watches in effect for almost every county in maryland. note along the coast, just as a matter of precaution, we have a surf and ocean advisory, no warning, what right, we want to talk about the flood watches on the shore. for a bigger look at that, here's meteorologist tim williams again. >> to further illustrate what marty is talking about, looking at radar, we have an active afternoon shaping up, late last night we had an inch half of rain, you can see the moisture coming in from the gulf along the panhandle of florida. rain from west virginia an all this converging on maryland. thunderstorms kicking up a

flash flood watch in effect for most of central maryland. late tonight until these storms roll on through. and that is one of the things we'll continue to watch as the afternoon progresses. temperature at bwi marshall. 72, the dew point. relative humidity, now at 87%, with the winds at the northeast at 7 miles an hour. that northeast wind is helping to bring in a bit of a disturbance. we have a front draped over our region. and that from the south to the ocean, it's all kind of mixing over us. but the temperatures have been in the cool zone. 76 degrees. 66 in oakland. and we're seeing those winds coming in just a little repressed. but it is this front that is sitting just over us. and we're looking at that hanging out for the next day or so. and this is starting to mix things up. now, this is going to wipe everything out of here come sunday afternoon. and danny will be moving in here in the meantime, moving across the shore, bringing with it high wind and rip currents. we'll keep you posted. sunset today is at 7:43. looking at temperatures t

a minimal impact in central maryland from this.e could see some heavy downpours and some scattered storms. it will be unsettled this weekend. we are on the good side of this potential hurricane. we will got a bullet here. 79 and they called it tomorrow. and settled over the weekend was scattered showers and storms. we get a brief glimpse of a fall on monday, tuesday, and wednesday. the humidity and ice temperatures. >> shooting involving one of their own. >> just before midnight, two officers tried to stop a late model toyota camry on hazelwood ave. the car did not stop until one particular road. the driver, an unknown black male put the car in reverse and tried to run the officers down. the least one officer fired his gun. the car raced off to arizona avenue where the driver went on foot. the female passenger was hit in the right arm either by a bullet or shattered glass. she was taken to the hospital. no officers were injured. police are still looking for the driver of the car. if you have any information, call baltimore county p

we are monitoring a stalled out the boundary to the south of central maryland. a chance of showers does exist this morning. there's rain in the carolinas and virginia. and at the southern shore of maryland. 63 at the airport. about the same on the eastern shore. partly cloudy skies today with highs at 74 degrees. not normal for the last day of august. more on the trend and a pretty quiet weather trends as well coming out. >> good morning. we still are dealing with a problem we have been seeing since last week. there's a water main break and this is -- and the city, qwest bown saratoga street is closed between martin luther king street and reed street. and there's a gas main break at fayette street between park avenue and utah st.. 50 miles an hour on 70 and 60 downtown. looking good on the road. all green this morning. we will look at the beltway at liberty road. the inner and outer loop is moving fine. 95 in white marsh in both directions moving fine. that is the latest. back to you. >> our big story this morning, the last two districts return for the school ye

before it is all over, it looks like a statewide, we will be in the low 90s. 92 in central maryland. downtown potentially of the '94 and '95. 91 in southern maryland. crossing of the bay bridge in to ocean city. as far as the almanac information goes, the record for today is going to be stable. it was set back in 1997. in 1979, a 53-degree record low. we will be about 65 to 70 overnight tonight. we all have high pressure at our surface, the bermuda high, keeping us high and dry. the cold front will move through and stall and to our west, and that will give us more caught by thursday and friday. low pressure, topical aipac -- tropical depression over the deep south. we have several things in the tropics. anna is unimpressive as a tropical depression. it will go into the panhandle of the big bend area of florida. it could dissipate today and reemerge as just a pile of showers and storms. of more concern is for mccain bill, the first name hurricane of the season -- is a hurricane bill, the first name to a hurricane of the season. we are talking about a category 3 hurricane. with an exces

forecast for central maryland today, partly cloudy to mostly sunny.sonal temperature range between 84 and 87. winds very light and out of the east. sun not setting tonight until 8:02. ripken world series taking place in aberdeen. welcoming people from all over the world. make sure you stay hydrated, but looking good for august. i have more for you coming up, including your seven-day. >> baltimore city police say they have wrapped their investigation in a car accident involving michael phelps. thursday night's crash was not michael phelps fault. police will cite him for not having a maryland driver's license. the driver of the other car, amanda virkus, will be cited for failure to observe a red light and causing an accident. >> authorities are searching for a prisoner accused of assaulting a howard county sheriff's deputy and escaping. devin champagne was being arrested for burglary, but he used the hand cuffs to attempt to strangle the deputy and then limed out a window. >> baltimore county police are investigating an accident in middle river. sky cam

by this afternoon, a high of 92 in central maryland. we're going to be high and dry. o measurable chance of precipitation or rainfall today. 88, ocean city. 91, southern maryland as well as on the eastern shore. winds generally out of the southeast at five to 10 knots. waves a foot or less. water temperatures still up there in the low 80's. tonight's forecast keeps us very mild, dry, partly cloudy, 65 to 70 with that southerly wind flow. high pressure at the surface keeping us hot as we're going to be into the 90's. the next big weather maker may be a better chance of scattered showers. a front to our west now. not going to make it through until wednesday. it's going to stall to our north. about a 30% chance of scattered showers. in the meantime, the trip toics the real weather story. claudette will be moving to the northwest. it will probably be in northeast mississippi by this evening. 40 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it is losing its punch as it's now overland. more concern to us is basically hurricane bill. also want to let you know that tropical depression anna w

a mile down there. 84-87 it looks like in central maryland some moisture in coming for an isolated thunderstorm. also a front that is all about. and that will serve as an end but as for some of the showers. tropical storm danny, 60 miles an hour sustained and it is headed in this direction. we are on the good side of the storm. that time it will be parallel. looking at that, friday night into sunrise saturday morning. a more on all of that in the fall weather report. >> thank you. new this afternoon, police are looking for a suspect shot a woman several times as she sat in and as you be in east baltimore. the victim was found in the driver's seat of a ford explorer and 4000 block of kenhill avenue just before 730 this morning, one block from ford worthington elementary. the victim within a 30's and was pronounced dead at the scene and has not yet been identified. city police are investigating a shooting involving one of their officers. detectives say a pair of officers were patrolling the area of hazelwood avenue in northeast baltimore when they tried to stop a late model toyota camry. when a c

those groups include the boy scouts of central maryland. last year they received a grant for 150,000 dollars. the boy scouts and many other area non-profit still receiving so-called designated contributions. that's when donor specify where they want their money to go. some non-profit actually receive more money through that process. and because of the decline in donations, the united way has shifted the priority to groups that offer emergency help to those in need. >> the needs to keep families together in their home, home, mortgage crisis hitting a lot of family and a lot of single mom and kids being put on the streets. we want them to keep them in their home and day care program available to children so parents can work to keep the family together. >>reporter: non-profit that did not receive a grant this year can still apply for one next year. by then they hope the economy will have improve improved. donations will be up. this is news at 5:30. >>> thank you john. dream home in baltimore county means it's being raffled but deal not as grea

we're going to see a hot high today of about 89 to 90 in central maryland.louds around this morning, but they'll be overtaken by the sun this afternoon. winds out of the north. then by this afternoon, shifting to the south as well. there you see the temperature range. partly cloudy to mostly sunny. 86 to 89. the sunsetting at 8:16 tonight. tomorrow, 91. just a slight chance for an isolated thunderstorm. then the weather pattern will somewhat change late in the day an wednesday. we hit 90. scattered showers and storms roll through. thursday, more refreshing. only about 85. more on that forecast in a little bit. >> crushing 85. >> coming up, they weren't afraid to make a little noise in order to win a very unusual competition in thailand. we'll show you more. >> did she pass out there? >> i'm nikole killion in washington. will the cash for clunkers program get a fillup from congress? that story is coming up. >> and we're still taking your answers to our "watercooler question of the day." did a store owner go too far with his psycho donut offerings or was it al

temperature at 91 degrees here in central maryland today with peeks of sunshine and thunderstorms later maryland and you're wondering, okay, give us cool air. we're tired of the hot air both on the map and from yours truly, 88 on sunday and temperatures are going to feel downright nice, 82 and 85 degrees. now you can track hurricane bill at fox 45 sky watch hurricane tacker available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 doppler radar to track coming storms. go to fox baltimore.com/hurricane. and here she is and i don't know if there's ever been a hurricane candace, but we have one here in studio with your traffic edge report. >> reporter: [ laughter ] , thank you, tony, we have much better news on the roadways. a pretty comfortable ride out there. i definitely have a glimmer of fohope for you if you are headig out and hitting the roads. as for the northeast corner, it's going to be a calm ride. 695 it's starting to build a little bit on both the inner and outer love lanes heading all the way down toward 70. as for the 95 stretch, we do have favorable conditions heading through roseda

but off shore we're seing a little disturbed area, kept abay for our central maryland area thanks to high pressure but along the lower area and parts of the eastern shore, a few more clouds. but pretty comfortable temperaturewise all across the state. it looks like we're at 79 downtown now. low 70's in western maryland. mid to upper 70's on the eastern shore. over in the mountains of western maryland, nice refreshing air, 79s the forecast high and the heart of central maryland 87 our forecast high. 85 is our benchmark for our august 15. that's what's normal. with a mix of sun and clouds. as we head over to the lower eastern shore around ocean city, a few more clouds around but no real significant chance of storms. surf temperature is 78. looks like on the bay no problems. great day for boating. on the waters of the chesapeake, waves unimpressive at a foot or less. and water temperatures in the 80's. 103 record high set back in 1988 and a nice re freshing low of 49 degrees set on this date back in 1964. 64 is our average low for the overnight and 644 to 68 the temperature range. mostl

in central maryland pretty much the same story, we will wake-up sunshine right now. will increase, and a story developing. a high temperature an uncomfortable 91 degrees with the dew points reaching into the mid-70s for today. an overnight temperature of 74 degrees with the winds out of the southwest at 5-10 miles per hour. the 7-day forecast, the relief on the way. the next couple of days we will have to deal with the 90s and thunderstorms in the nighttime hour. 89 degrees on friday, 85 degrees on saturday, and then look at the end of the weekend, we dry out and cool down as well. remember, you can track hurricane bill with fox 45 sky watch hurricane tacker. it's available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 doppler radar to track incoming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. so let's check on the morning commute with candace. go ahead, candace. >> reporter: thank you, jessica and good morning. well, if you're traveling out and hitting the roads right now, you need to listen up about 95. look at this, we're at 21 miles per hour there heading in the northeas

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shape of showers and to the west, we had the showers moving through the airport area around central maryland and now that what we're going to watch until the front drape along the coastline gets out of here and we're going the see a chance of showers every day for the next few days. the watching and warnings will be in effect for the afternoon. we'll deal with a flash flood watch in effect. >>> interesting weather day. wjz is always on, here's some of the stories on our web site at this hour. for updates on the day's news and the first-warning forecast, go to discussing a life saving procedure known as colon oscopy. people who have them in the morning rather than the afternoon could have cancerous growths detected. they found the rate of detection was higher in the morning. >>> getting too little sleep could put you for risk of diabetes. they developed higher blood sugar levels. these findings suggest that a healthy lifestyle doesn't just include eating right and exercise, but getting enough shut eye. >>> another reason to keep medication out of a child's reach. it's responsible for 2/3 of a

a good chance of showers and storms. 93 degrees here in central maryland. we hit 94 degrees at the airport yesterday. some scattered showers and storms this afternoon. 94 degrees in ocean city today. we will see a thickening of clouds southwesterly flow of the bay today. -- clouds. southwesterly flow of debate today. around 10 knots. 100 degrees is the triple record high set back in 1900. it takes a lot to get to that threshold. 54 was the record low. we will not be near that for a while. 67 degrees-72 degrees tonight. the heat will be trapped right where it is. in front is moving through. it will clear things out nicely. we have a shot of showers and storms late this afternoon. some storm activity tomorrow. 86 degrees. a low pressure will develop as we head into the weekend. check out the temperatures, mid- 80's by the middle of the week. >> the infant mortality rate is down in baltimore city. thanks to a healthy start, the program has accomplished a lot. our reporter has more. >> baltimore city healthy start is the only federally funded program of its kin

by the afternoon, we will be up to 92 degrees in central maryland. nice sky conditions. more of the same under the presence of high pressure. maybe an isolated evening thunderstorm. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. our next live update, 8:25. and replace your old mayo with the full flavor of kraft mayo with olive oil. made with the rich, delicious taste of imported olive oil. kraft mayo with olive oil is the new standard in mayo. >>> we're back now 8:00 on a monday morning, the 17th day of august, 2009. it is a sticky one here in the northeast. already warm, going to get even warmer and more humid as the day progresses. but you know what? these people don't care and we're just happy to have them here in new york. nice to see them. >> at the moment it's kind of perfect. isn't it kind of perfect? >> it is a little sticky. >>> i'm matt lauer along with ann curry. ann's here while meredith is taking a little time off. >>> coming up in this half-hour, an issue a lot of parents are worried about. >> we're talking about the swine flu.

in the heart of central maryland, the dew points are going to lower.ngs are going to be nice for the first half of the week. >> thank you for joining us. we will have another update at 9:55. ♪ ( slurping ) ♪ ( child giggling ) ( both slurping ) ( laughs ) ( giggles ) why just make a snack? make fun. jell-o. cash for clunkers is available at your chevy dealer. with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. if your clunker qualifies to be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you qualify for the clunker rebate, you may also qualify for 0% apr for 72 months. that means you can buy a '09 cobalt for $168 a month after a $3500 government rebate and no down payment. go to chevy.com for details. ♪ every step i'm taking every move i make feels lost with no direction ♪ >> she was born destiny hope cyrus in 1992. of course our kids know her as miley. she started acting at age 11. now from hannah montana to her own breakout success, she's a star and this friday on "today" miley cyrus will be live on our plaza. a ve

a high of 93 degrees in central maryland. a good chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. but when a new cold front is starting to slide through the state. on the chesapeake bay, a southwesterly flow at 10 knots. the water temperature is 83 degrees. the yellow air quality means that if you are sensitive to things in the environment, it is not good to be outside. it is not as bad as yesterday. the record low is 54 degrees. and we will be a well as 67 degrees-72 degrees tonight. we have affront to our northwest. it will be hot today. once the front gets through here, we will cool down. we are right where we should become 86 degrees tomorrow. a slight chance of thunderstorms as well. 85 degrees on thursday. a slight chance of a thunderstorm on the eastern shore. a five degrees on friday. for the weekend, normal temperatures with a slight chance of thunderstorms each state. >> in the consumer alert, the consumer product safety commission has announced a resale roundup. it there are the top 10 recall products including four adams recalled in the last year. reselling recall prog

people showed up last night that the senator is thinking of holding an additional meeting in central maryland. >>> today, president obama is holding his own town hall meeting. he is going to portsmouth, new hampshire. brooke hart tells us what to expect. >> before leaving for mexico, president obama acknowledged that passions on health care are hot. could the president faces own town hall fray? this was virginia last night. it is not just democrats getting food. -- booed. the south carolina republican is against the public option but wants reform. at his town hall, he urged to quit listening to right wing bostick glenbrook -- right wing host glenn beck. worried it is losing the message war, though white house launched a new web site to deduct rumors. >> one of the worst i've heard is that this bill is going to force euthanasia. >> democrats to propose an of life counseling for those who wanted. -- 52-of-life counseling for those who want it. >> what the country wants is an honest discussion about what the problem is. we are going broke on health care. >> it is the cost of change that worries

. >>> we have some clouds in central maryland. the complete forecast is coming up. first, the aftermath from a powerful storm system is being felt across the midwest. homeowners are cleaning up. tornados were confirmed in at least four states. tens of thousands of customers from minnesota to illinois were left without power. in northwest indiana, many homes were damaged when a twister touched down. there were no reported fatalities from the storms. >>> gruesome details of his ex- wife's death. the man hunt continues for a reality show start. her fingers and teeth were removed when they found her body. her former husband ryan jenkins was charged with murder today. he was only one of her questioning when the body was found on saturday. however, that's when jenkins disappeared. they believe he traveled to canada. >>> is one of the the world's best female runners really a man? the 18-year-old was asked to undergo gender testing. the teen burst on to the scene this summer and just won the finals at the world. championships. when asked, she dismissed the question about he

these little cells might impact central maryland through the evening, but for the most part, areas will remain dry. the high temperature today of 88 degrees, just one degree above the normal of 87 degrees. it is 86 degrees in westminster. down at ocean city, 85 degrees. much cooler in the mountains to the west. cloud cover up their keeping afternoon readings in the 70's. it partly cloudy sky, maybe an isolated showers in pennsylvania tomorrow. low temperatures are mild, 67 to 74 degrees. winds will be coming out of the south at 5 miles per hour. an area of low pressure near hudson bay kicking up stored in canada. it is that front driving south and east that will bring us a good threat of storm tomorrow. 60% to 70% chance of your neighborhood getting hit by a storm. thursday morning, a few showers could be passing south and east of baltimore before the skies clear up thursday afternoon. the deeper we get into the weekend, the hotter the temperature may become. 86 to 92 degrees tomorrow. a good chance for showers and storms with west winds up to 10 miles per hour. waves averaging one for

this will have minimal impact especially on central maryland. we will be an settled throughout the weekend. then it quickly raises up into it the cape cod area. today will be the driest of the next several. better chance of showers friday night into saturday morning. by monday, fall makes a comeback. 78 degrees, partly cloudy and mostly sunny. it should be very nice outside. >> thank you. two other $12 million is how much it is going to -- $212 million is how much it is going to cost to make a new development near a park. some residents are not happy with the timing or the placement. our reporter has the details. >> wednesday afternoon, members of the baltimore city entertainment group unveiled plans for the celebration casino and the very attractive land it wants to build on, this lot near the stadium. bceg wants to install the maximum amount of machines allowed, over 350 which should generate over half a billion dollars in revenue over the first year. that would mean close to $400 million to the state in nearly $20 million to baltimore city as

and 2:00 p.m., that is the best chance for rain through baltimore and central maryland. we are heading to the eastern shore until 5:00 p.m., that is the best time for rainshowers. plan accordingly. scattered thunderstorms to mark. mostly cloudy. east of i-95 has a slight chance of seeing a severe thunderstorm. that is some gusty winds and the potential for heavy downpours. not anticipating a tornado or tail. temperatures in the 80's. a dry monday and tuesday. temperatures will reach into the upper-80's and load-90's. we get a break thursday and friday before another system moves through saturday. >> are big story once more, derrick mason is back with the ravens. he is in shape and ready to play. he took physical fitness test and will practice with the team sunday. that is good news for the ravens' as they wrap up their first week of camp. we will find about more -- we will find out more about his retirement. landry almost lost his career last season and is back in the field looking like he never left. brief paralysis scared him beyond belief. we have went smoothly. he lo

we have most of central maryland under a flash flood watch. you can see loot -- the light green. on down to the middle eastern shore. how will all of this play into this one-two-three punch, we have been talking about moving over the mid-atlantic? for more on that, we send it over to marty. >> let's get to the bottom line. good afternoon, everyone. we're in the exact same scenario as last weekend. however, friday night is taking the part of last saturday, where we've got, you know, a decaying system, being somewhat pressed offshore by a weather blockage over the mid-atlantic and then a cold front coming in with its own problems a little later on in the progression. this is danny. it is loosely organized at best. manufacturers go ahead and take a look at the numbers. winds of 45 miles an hour. those two up 39. danny loses his name completely. still expected to meander along the same northerly event, northeast track over the next 24, 36 hours, coming a beam of ocean city. let's say in the middle of the afternoon. frankly, as a big nor'easter. i'm not trying to diminish the storm wh

surging to a high of 96 degrees in central maryland. these are dangerous categories, especially when you factor >>> now to the latest on that tragic wrong-way crash here in new york. guy and michael bastardi were among the eight people killed two weeks ago when a mother driving her minivan in the wrong direction on a highway slammed into the bastardi's suv. in a moment, we'll hear exclusively from members of the bastardi family. but first nbc's anne thompson has more on this story. good morning. >> good morning. police say before the wreck, 36-year-old diane schuler was both drunk and high. but her husband refuses to believe that. insisting something else caused the accident. was 36-year-old mother diane schuler hiding a secret addiction? >> gi to bed every night knowing. my heart is clear. >> reporter: daniel schuler says no way. he insists his wife was stone cold sober before she drove on new york's taconic parkway in the wrong direction. >> she's not an alcoholic. something medically had to have happened. >> reporter: toxicology resu

that is in central maryland. it is going to be a blazing hot day today. the winds will be light and out of the west. weights only 1 foot today. mostly sunny skies. the record high was set back in 1948. we were at 85 yesterday. we are nowhere near the high. the record low was set in 1977. 62 is where we should be for our forecast an tonight. we will be above that tonight. 65 in the outlying areas. the winds are out of the west. and as high pressure is over the area. the cold front is to ever west and will continue to come through here. it is weak in nature. more klaus tomorrow. a tropical system -- more clouds tomorrow. a tropical system could be on the way. if it does develop into a tropical storm it will be named danny. in front is pushing its offshore -- it off the shore. the tropical system interacting with the front. a good chance of storms later this week. >> maytag which recalled 1.6 million refrigerators is recalling more. a series of electrical failure is causing the unit to overheat and create a fire hazard. you should schedule a free in- home re

here in central maryland, it looks like 86 degrees. 86 is our normal high for august the 14th. it looks like we're on target to hit that benchmark. partly cloudy. slight chance for storms on the shores closer to the water. water temperature is now anywhere from 72 do 76 in the atlantic. scanty warm in the in the chesapeake bay. waves a foot or less. east-northeast at six to 12 knots. set back in 1985. the record low for this day is 1981 and it was set back in 1961. tonight in the mid to upper 60's. partly cloudy and dry. so any friday night plans, outdoors, no problems whatsoever. high pressure we can thank for the stabilization of this weather pattern will take over full force and basically make for a dry weekend. a good shot of some showers and storms, at least until monday. that's because the temperature will increase. for the weekend, all clear, and that applies to the beaches as well. 84 today in ocean city. mostly sunny saturday. 86 and 88 on sunday. the cal ripken world series begins this weekend. absolutely awesome baseball weather. mid to upper 80's over the weekend. a

. >>> it is 70 degrees and partly cloudy in central maryland right now. your complete weather is coming up. >>> the bomb squad was called to oprah winfrey's studios this morning. streets reopened after a few hours. a represent for oprah said she was not in the bidding at -- in the building at the time. >>> the body of boxer ogadi has been exhumed to do a second autopsy. the death was ruled a suicide. family members say they don't believe gaddi would commit suicide. his wife has been ruled a suspect. >>> on tuesday night, a 17-year- old says three baltimore city police officers ran him over with their unmarked car at moser and pennsylvania avenue. >> it's just a shame how they do our youth today. >> i have become pain. >> reporter: he was sitting on a dirt bike, those are illegal in the city. >> it's almost like a routine standard or practice by baltimore city police to run over young people as they are riding motorcycles or dirt bikes in community streets. >> reporter: before hearing about the lawsuit, the police department tells wjz it launched an intern

but in central maryland it's partly sunny to partly cloudy. 67 degrees. a brisk wind out of the north- northeast. 64 degrees in easton. 75 and ocean city. hyde today of 74 degrees. it will remain below the norm of 82 for this last day of august. the rest of your week's forecast coming up in a bit. >> thank you, sandra. a busy week for city police. 3at 8:30 last night shots were fired at the intersection of harford @ old harford road. the unidentified victim was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the test. in north baltimore's camden community, a man and woman were shot in the 1000 block of 36 street after 11:00 saturday night. nonthreatening injuries -- non- life threatening injuries. no word on a suspect. >> ♪ i know god is watching for me ♪ >> in memory of michael white jr., songs of praise. he was killed on peston street at fremont ave. police have not made any arrests. there's no word on what led to the violence. a 16 year-old bicyclist was struck by a suspected drunk driver on a howard county road. ben wortman was riding on route 100 april f

couple of days starting with last week, actually, where we saw strong storms put through parts of central maryland. we had tornado touches. in fact, this imagine showing a very strong wall cloud with potential rotation that a viewer got and sent it to us. we encourage you folks if you have a camera nearby take those pictures and e-mail them to us as soon as you can so we can put them on the air for you. this is from last friday. we had a report in frederick county of an e-f1 and e-f0, which caused damage. this wall cloud was moving in to play and it was potentially causing damage out there. we saw activity out there across the area. let's take a look at our radar. it looks like we are going to continue to see showers and thunderstorms where there was severe weather west of salisbury. we had tornado warnings over there. a lot of activity now has lessened in intensity. usually that's fuel to the fire. most of the athtivity pushing over the atlantic right now. over the basin there are showers and thunderstorms down there towards lexington park. all this activity will move south. it looks like we'll s

that cool air out of the northeast trying to slice across central maryland.pened to be under the target as the ingredients came together in the atmosphere. pull back and look at this circulation pulling off. partly because of this upper level feature that's spreading more of the moisture and more than likely to spread heavy rain our way, it's been helping to cut down on danny offshore, and ripping this thing apart. 40 mile-per-hour winds. it's barely a tropical storm this morning. our forecast leading in through tomorrow. this will be tomorrow afternoon passing well offshore of ocean city. a closer pass regardless of what has been said in tracts throughout the week, most of the energy on the east side will be a small pla player on the coast. 77 today. look out for more potential 80 tomorrow. saturday 77 and heading to ocean city. let me show you this. temperatures in the upper 70s, expect the chance of heavy rain through sunday. getting word of more roads closed. philadelphia road chosed between route 543 and abingdon road so just be aware of that as we check

looks like 96 for central maryland. so when you combine the heat and humidity, we're looking at heat index values anywhere around the baltimore metropolitan area between 100 and 105 depreeze. that's why the heat advisory is in effect. that's why you need to stay inside if at all >> we mentioned from car-b-q's. that could be the technical term. southbound 95 approaching 100, we have a medical call coming in there. that could cause delays. also columbia, at phelps luck drive and thurso court, an accident. police on the scene there. harrisburg expressway and the rest of the major roadways leading up to the beltway. 95 and harford county. let's switch to a live view of traffic. the west side checking out fine at this time. mindy and stan, back to you. >> a grief-stricken family mourns the loss of a loved one after a plane crashes in carroll county killing the two people on board. >> it happened about 7:30 friday morning about a quarter mile from the keymar airport where it took off. we have reaction from general from letty

all night we will be watching the heavy showers and storms try to make their way through central maryland. the main threat is heavy downpours. the almanac and warnings in effect will show you we are on the edge of it here in baltimore city. the main threat is off to the north and east, with a flood warnings in cecil, kent, and new castle county. in baltimore, zero in the rain gauge at the airport and the inner harbor. it shows you how isolated the heavy storms can be. right now is 84 in downtown baltimore. cooler temperatures in the higher elevations to the east -- to the west. the risk of a shower will linger through the evening and even into tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon we will see a few more storms generate. 72 tonight with a north wind at 5. the front is moving off the outer banks but showing signs of stalling, maybe even backing up and wandering through the mid- atlantic. afternoon thunderstorms will just be a threat for this area for the next few days. friday we think we will see less storm activity, very isolated, but we cannot eliminate the threat. it looks like things wil

in central maryland, very quiet. high-pressure still to our west. getting a better grip on things. it will be parked over the state for the entire weekend. 79 at the airport and downtown. not terribly bad. dew points are still in the upper 60s. still pretty elevated. as the afternoon progresses, we will feel more of a dry air mass in place. better chance of showers and storms potentially. late day storms developing there. we will be dry today, with a mix of sunshine and clouds we have in the area right now. 86 is the forecast high. might not quite make it this afternoon. 86 is the normal high for august 14. 82 on ocean city. temperatures are 72 right now. temperatures in the bay waters are considerably higher. 80s on the chesapeake bay waters. waves only a foot. east and northeast wind flow at six to 12 knots. 99 is the record high, and potential to read these high numbers this time of year. that was set back in 1985. 51-degree record low will hold steady, set back in 1961. pall mall low for this date is 64. we will be above that, but just buy a couple of degrees. 66 to 69. dry and

in central maryland, a high of 83 degrees today. chance of showers and storms this afternoon and 82 degrees on the shores of ocean city. northeast wind at 10 knots. waves of 1 foot or less. water temperatures in the low 80's. 99 with the record high set in 2002. the record low was 54 degrees in 1950. we will be in the realm of normalcy tonight in this 60's parikh scattered showers and thunderstorms again. mnc bank stadium will be okay, i think, as the ravens play. comfortable temperatures then. the high pressure will be our savior for the weekend. we will see stable conditions, thanks to a diminishing front. this will wash out later today. highbridge will stablize the atmosphere. there'20 -- high pressure will stabilize the atmosphere in the 80's on the weekend. 50% chance of a pop-up thunderstorm on sunday. another chance for afternoon storms on monday through wednesday with highs in the upper 80's. >> dr. hammond is from the animal hospital. here to answer your pet questions. this one is handsome. >> his name is italian. it means

we could see the temperatures, because of the thunderstorms pushing through central maryland over baltimore down toward bwi thurgood marshall airport, 75 degrees. warmer north of us. harrisburg at 81. 85 in richmond. kind of hot out there. seeing the temperatures in the 70s back over the great lakes. and it looks like that is the air behind the front that will be heading our way. so continue to see this activity pushing ahead of the front. so it is still on the warm side of the system. but you can see the instability firing up ahead of the system. so tomorrow, we are not out of the woods with the potential for some gusty thunderstorms. potentially. looking at the current temperatures across the middle portion of the state. again in the mid 70s. 79 in salisbury. 84 in dover. back in hagerstown, 82 degrees. and winchester, northern virginia at 81. another look at the thunderstorms. lost strength just west of hagerstown and fired back up over carroll county into baltimore city. so we can see this activity push across the bay. pretty good cell there making the way into talbot cite now. easton g

there you see it, mostly sunny to partly cloudy. 92 in central maryland. winds light and out of the southwest. 91 southern maryland. 88, ocean city. and this is the first hurricane of the season. hurricane bill churning in the far atlantic. we've got details as far as coordinates coming up in your full weather forecast. we have the latest on tropical storm claudette. it looks like the same location with tropical depression anna by later this week. more on all of that just ahead. right now traffic with sarah. >> good morning, everyone. a little bit busier. we have an accident coming in at whitehall road in baltimore county. if you're heading in and out rosedale, route 7, philadelphia road at middle river. we have downed wires. that's shut downing that area. so just use caution. traveling on philadelphia road this morning. everything looking good as far as our speed sensors go we'll check drive times this morning. 11 minutes on the outer loop. eight minutes inner loop between 79 # and the 83's. let's give you a live view heading out at the ft. mchenry. comin

that is just stall ago cross central maryland and the bay. and we brought in some showers overnight. and we have clearing around parts of the beltway where we had fog develop north and south of annapolis in the bay bridge and eastern shore with the shower overnight. and the patchy fog gives way to a partly sunny morning. and some scattered shower popping up this afternoon with a 2-degree guarantee high of 83. but it will remain in the 70s north and west of town. but right now, we've got to get to thursday. -- get through a thursday. >>> the bw parkway is running without any incident. southbound 29 looks good. in howard county, the crash is on the scene in ellicott city as eastbound route 100 approaching route 29, you'll see the police there. it should not cause you any delays. and kateville, an accident off the side of the road. and we have a crash on route 27 and route 26. cold spring lane running pretty good running into downtown this morning. >>> lay and joe cooler all be there tonight. >> it will be great to catch up with all those guys o

this woman with family and children's services of central maryland was shocked by the story. she says more and more, the children are coming aboard to help put child abusers behind bars. >> i believe there is a lot more education out these days. children are telling quicker than they used to. >> police would not elaborate and on how they were able to track the suspects down. they say it was part of the investigation. >> nicklas is being held without bond. as far as honea, she is being held on $5 million bond. police are asking parents who may have had children near the couple or anyone who might have any information to call the baltimore county child sex crimes unit. we are live tonight, wbal tv 11 news. >> a paramedic is under investigation tonight after a man shot by city police was declared dead even though he was still alive. the incident started at 4:30 saturday morning when baltimore police were on routine patrol. they worked at shon's food market. a suspect, 51 year-old man, was swinging a knife-like weapon. someone on the scene pronounced him dead. but police saw him

central maryland we had a few pop-up showers down in the southern tip of the state. looks like more activity southeast of richmond towards norfolk. back to the west of ohio, indiana and michigan, high pressure is going to continue to move in. around high pressure we have this clo clockwise rotation of air. we're going to continue to see a refreshing, cooler air mass in place. that's going to make it feel much better the next several days. as far as the temperatures we can see, 75 in baltimore. 74 in new york city. only 58 in buffalo. 58 in pittsburgh. 63 in cleveland. we'll continue to see cooler air coming out of the great lakes. we're starting to see those transitions of cooler temperatures coming in. it is around the time for football season. you get school starting. you have to break out the jackets and winter gear. cooler fall-like temperatures in the neighborhood the next several days. let's zoom in closer. as far as the future scan, this is the model data. as far as the next couple of days, no activity to talk about. monday morning we'll probably see plenty of

up to 89 degrees it by this afternoon with a wind shifting out of the south in central maryland. 85 in ocean city. 67 tonight up to 71 degrees. the 7 day forecast coming up in a bit. >> the president is urging the senate to continue support of one of the most popular economic recovery programs. president obama said without an infusion of an additional $2 billion, "cash for clunkers" will disappear. republicans say enough federal money has been spent already. >> the democrats controlling congress have been spending money and racking up debt at an unprecedented pace. >> the house has already approved an extension of the cars program. the senate has a week to vote on the funding before going on their august recess. after several delays, the jacksons go to court today to finalize a custody agreement that gives katherine jackson guardianship of michael's three children. who gets control of his massive estate is undecided. we are outside a los angeles court house. >> it is judgment day in the cases involving michael jackson's children and as a state. a judge is expected to sign off today on

. >>> it is 75 degrees and mainly clear in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. >>> but first, an air traffic controller was joking about barbecuing a dead cat minutes before the midair collision over the hudson river. transcripts show the joke was he made during a phone call to another airport employee. the controller was guiding a small plane at the same time he ended the call with a curse word just before the plane collided with the helicopter, killing nine people. >>> it was another heated town hall meeting on health care. this time mass which you says representative barney frank lashes out at a woman who called the plan a nazi policy. >> trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it. it is a tribute to the first amendment that this type of vile is so freely propagated. >> frank was referring to the poster depicting president obama with a hitler style mustache. >>> meanwhile a bipartisan group says that they are on track to write a