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rescue crews say a small boat sank this morning in the columbia river in washington state.oard a grandfather, a father and his 13-year-old son. a nearby boater raced to pull the older men out of the water, but no sign ever the teenager. dive teams could not locate him either. officials say the teen was not wearing a life preserver. >>> the man who confessed to the decades-old cold case of oton pace patz said he confessed to it. he confessed to a prayer group in the early 1980s. that would have ban few years after six-year-old eton patz vanished in lower manhattan. a leader said he never went to police because the confession was to a group, not to him one-on-one. that case changed how we search for missing children in this country. he was one of the first missing kids featured on a milk carton. he told police last week he strangled the boy in a store where he worked. also new today he said he stored the boy's body in a freezer in that store's basement before dumping it in the trash. >>> well, on this memorial day we are getting word of more nato forces killed in afghanistan.

use sonar equipment today as they try to find a 13-year-old boy who presumably drowned in the columbia river grandfather were rescued after their small fishing boat capsized. the youngster was not wearing a life jacket. divers could not get into the water because of some pretty rough currents. >> hoping for the best in that situation. >>> after spoiling memorial day plans, the remnants of tropical storm beryl are still soaking coastal florida and georgia. beryl's winds continue to taper off, but it could trigger strong thunderstorms and tornadoes as it stalls over georgia for much of the day. beryl will drift back out to sea by thursday. beryl did knock out power to tens of thousands of people as it barreled ashore near jacksonville with near hurricane-force winds. it toppled trees, flooded neighborhoods. some areas got a half foot of rain but so far the overall damage has been relatively minimal. and the folks down there are trying to look on the bright side. at least we got some much-needed rain. trying to stay positive. >> that part of the country, tropical storms, they don't sweat it too

he moved his company, istores, from portland, oregon, across the columbia river to vancouver, washingtont nine miles away. >> it broke down to taxes. oregon has the highest income tax in the united states, and washington has the lowest at 0%. >> istores is the largest online retailer of paintball equipment. [paintball gun clicking] stites has been hiring staff for a new company he acquired that sells prank novelties. this for halloween? >> it is for halloween or for any times that you need to be a man-eating shark. >> under the new tax, he would have to pay $50,000 a year. and that, he says, would hamper his ability to expand any further. this money, if it passes, will go specifically to education, 'cause they've been cutting schools and things like that. so what is washington state supposed to do about its schools in terms of revenue? >> i think that the state in aggregate needs to take a look at its expenses. >> like? >> i've had opportunity in portland to see cars being washed by third party washing firms cleaning cars on the weekends for state vehicles. i don't have someone who comes

hagerstown 59. 59 easton and ocean city. 61 dc and pax river. 63 annapolis. 60 columbia. 61 rock hallpper 50s westminster and bel air. the cold front winds shift this time -- can't really say cold front. wind shift this time of year but it is compressing moisture from the south and southeast. and it's moving it right into the area. once this front clears the coast and it will, skies will clear out thursday and here we go for what's going to be a fabulous mother's day weekend. 75 degrees the high today. showers and thunderstorms later on. 61 same forecast tonight. tomorrow we'll call it 78- degrees and maybe get a couple of peeks of sun later in the afternoon. sunny thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. 7, 73, 72 -- 73, 72, 72, 7 # for mother's day. >>> it's slowing down in a few places the west side of the beltway still the worst spot right now all because of the went just here at -- accident right here at liberty road. the backup to 795 that will cost you about 15 minutes. meantime we have a delay on 795 because of that accident. the back up at 15 minutes also running from owings mi

river. the speaker was a professor amitai etzioni, at that time of columbia university.t was the height of the energy crisis and it was a marvelous discussion about how we could live within the available resources we had, not history sources of energy, but all resources. i am lucky. this man that i wanted to meet, and i read his articles in the wall street journal -- in "the wall street journal call ends up in washington as a professor at the george washington university and i have gone to nell amitai etzioni. -in the very fortunate position to be able to introduce you to him. i will be back with the extraordinary amitai etzioni in a few moments. >> many have spoken out on the need to transitioned into a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting, by 2020 we are committed to replacing more than 1500 million metric tons of gas emissions annually through greening operations, helping committees reduce emissions, and offering more low-carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action, and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced i

accident in columbia twin rivers road. speeds slow on the beltway.ght to you by home paramount pest control. back over to you. >>> another incident in downtown baltimore puts the spotlight on out of control groups of young people. this time you won't see video of them ransacking a 711. monique griego stays on the story. >> reporter: good morning. city police and 711 have refused to release that surveillance video. witnesses told us what happened. it all started wednesday afternoon with the nationwide slurpie give away. 35 to 40 kids took over this store. witnesses say the kids were out of control and while some lined for the free slurpie others raided the shelves. the kids were all from more began votech. back to you. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next a break for your wallet at the >>> people ask the question why is china so dominant in comparison to the united states? we try to provide answers to this question. a little segment we call why china is kick our ass. >> reason number 933 -- >> what is that? dance party friday? is it?

columbia. slighter warmer near pax river naval air. work our weather but working weather over a huge portion of the united states with temperatures averaging 15 to 20 degrees above normal the next few days. that high pressure is going to be a kissing cousin to a real bermuda high. through the winter we had areas of high pressure get offshore and act as heat pumps. this is getting offshore and locking in place for a while. take a look at the numbers. 83 the high this date. 13 above normal. the sun comes out and that will make the difference in the world. mostly cloudy, mild, 58 overnight. a couple of showers with a high of 80. a couple of showers thursday, 74. temperatures fall back to the mid-70s. amazing to say when you talk about the first weekend of may. >> raindrops keep falling on your rush. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> big delays out there. 100 east at coca-cola drive. an accident working 97 at general highway. 295 northbound with a minor delay to 175. second crash in the city south mount at west pratt. 7 minutes bet

still mid 40s oakland, 50 cumberland, packs river 53, 53 westminster and columbia, 55 bel air and rock hall. cold front wipes the coast clear. pleasant weather iffer the week eend -- for the week's end and weekend. of course we kick off preknes week. 73 the high today. tomorrow is going to be another beautiful day with a high of 73. the normal 72 and 50. 78 on saturday, 80 mother's day, monday partly sunny, 79, maybe a chance of showers tuesday, 7 of. -- 76. >>> here is sharon. >> brett -- pretty busy out there already. we have an accident on the west side of the beltway. also an accident on the jfx at saint paul street. another one in laurel on 198 at 295. a water main break in rose call blocking king avenue. take rossville boulevard instead. speeds still at full speed, close to it at least. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you. >>> all right. ron matz joins us from sill burn arboretum. how are you? >> reporter: we're doing great. it's a beautiful morning to be outside. green spring avenue, the sill burn arboretum, big doings here saturday, the

to the southwest near the district of columbia, a cluster of thunderstorm activity. it was bigger earlier in the ohio river valley and west virginia earlier this morning. also, a cluster just north of frederick. this is all moving to the east slowly. we could be eclipsed by something in the early afternoon hours and maybe later on this afternoon as a cold front approaches. we will talk about the potential for storms and some better weekend weather coming up. >> another big story this afternoon, the police commissioner, fred bealefeld has announced that he is stepping down. after 31-years with the department, he says it is time to move on. he talked about the decision this morning on 98 barack. >> i want to go out on top, no mean -- knowing that we did great things. and i want to have some gas left for the next phase of my life. i'm going to be 50 in august. >> he said no one asked him to resign but officials in city hall asked him to reconsider. many said the announcement came as a surprise. baltimore county police are investigating a suspicious death in west baltimore. police responded around 7:30 p.m. th

the mid to upper 50s oakland and cumberland. 67 dc, 68 packs river, 64 easton, elton television hill, columbiae a disturbed weather pattern. is it easy to understand? yeah. we have an stalled frontal boundary over the area. we're going the put a chance of shower in the forecast today, tomorrow and friday. that's alberto. i'm thinking by tomorrow morning we're going to drop the story. we have been covering it because it's the first accelerate tifrty -- activity in the tropics. the hurricane season doesn't start for another week. 80 is going to be the high today. a couple showers around. maybe a lot of peaks of sun. over night mainty cloudy 6 -- mainly cloudy 62. moving up to 84 tomorrow, 87 on friday. 90 92 the -- and # 2 for friday -- and 9 2 for friday, saturday and sunday. >>> here is sharon gibala with traffic control. >> we have an accident on the harrisburg express way in the northbound direction. another accident at bren brook, another one in at emergency parkway. a how fire on old mills road. there's a look at your speeds. downtown -- down to 34 on the west side of the beltway. on the j

come her band 64 -- cumberland 64, 70 dc and packs river, 66 easton, 65 bel air, 78 columbia and rock hall. we've had this frontal boundary press offshore. in a perfect world this dome of high pressure builds in, runs our weather through the five day. notice that frontal boundary starting to become stationary offshore. on the computer model it's on the lower right hand side of your screen. they are putting an area of low pressure along it and running it up the coast keeping moisture offshore. not that far from the neighborhood. we're not going to change the forecast. it's a reason to keep watching the weather and stay tuned. 77 tomorrow after an over night low of 50. 80 saturday, 82 sunday. 80 on monday. 80 on tuesday. i think it's going to be a fabulous weekend for the preakness, blue east festival. >>> here is sharon gibala with traffic control. >> not much to worry about for the moment. preakness, some closures that's going to go into effect at 10 p.m. tonight. rogers avenue between winter avenue and northern parkway. also at 10 p.m. tonight, 10 roads will turn to one way for preak

state, 66 degrees in cumberland. 71 in elkton and down in ocean city. 73 at patuxent river. 72 in westminster and in columbia. 74 at annapolis. southwest wind are pretty uniform across the state. we've seen a shift off water which kept us pretty cool for a few days toward the end of the week. the neighbors to the south had been about 10-degree warmer than we were but now everyone is sharing the same air mass. we are right in line with those temperatures. everyone just around that 09- degree range as daytime highs up and down the eastern seaboard. we do have a few fronts that moved through, one right behind the other across the northern tier of the country. right across the great lakes and a few moving across right into pennsylvania and we started to see just some clouds increase and a few pop-up showers along the mason-dixon line yesterday. right around the state line. only a few that came through through the afternoon. most of us just saw the clouds. but what we're going to see over the next few days, a better chance for some showers. we'll have another front moving through coming in from the west on tuesda

temperatures. 80 near deep creek lake, 83 at ocean city, packs river 85, cumberland 85, 83 elkin, rock hall you're at 82, 84 westminster, 86 columbia, 83 bel air. this was a screen cap. as those storms started to fire thementss -- themselves up last last night they moved through. the next chance of thunderstorms is tomorrow. frankly, it's going to get offshore and do to beryl what xapd what happened -- what happened to alberto, block the storm out to sea. we're not going to get a drop of rain from beryl. it's going to be sending some rip currents our way. lifeguards will be taken care of locally. everybody is now in agreement that the storm is going to head out to sea. forecast today calls for a high of 91. sunny, hot and humid. 69 s is going to be your -- 69 is going to be your over night low. tomorrow another little steamy day. watch for thunderstorms in the afternoon with a high of 91. it's a significant part of our forecast and we will continue this discussion with the five day forecast coming up shortly. >> thank you. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, the slim crowd. does your child's friends influence his or h

snowden river parkway, and oakland mills road in columbia. cash and other items were stolen. anybody with information should call howard county police. >>> well, what's left of tropical depression beryl continues to cause headaches. take a look at the damage in charleston, south carolina. trees toppled. thousands of people lost power. but we are told no one was hurt. here in maryland, a wild change in our weather over the last 12 hours. we have gone from extreme heat to heavy rain in some areas. and now it's almost back to normal. people are enjoying the more comfortable temperatures here in annapolis. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods has more on our change and the dramatic temperature change. but here's bob turk. >> this is the last advisory, just issued a little while ago. take a look at radar. south and east of us. that's where the rain is. particularly over the norfolk area that is moving out to sea now. ocean city, the heaviest rain offshore. and that will continue to head off to the east, away from that region. the latest t

southeast 29.97 the barometer. 56 oakland. 63 hagerstown. 66 pax river. 67 in d.c. 68 in annapolis. 66 columbian westminister. this area of low pressure just slowly but surely continues to chug its way up the east coast. it will clear the region by dinnertime. skies clear out. the weather gets fantastic for this weekend which is weather dependent in this state. 77 the high on this date. slow clearing. mostly cloudy overnight. 60. the sun comes out tomorrow with high clouds. 80 a high. maybe a thunderstorm. look at this run of great weather. thursday through sunday, sunshine, 77, 77, 77 and 80 degrees. it's preakness weekend. the weekend of the chesapeake blues festival. 4,000 cars hit the delmarva. the weather will be great no matter what you are doing. >> anything complicating the commute? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> we had plenty already. rain is the big thing. it's causing problems. we can take a live look outside at the rain and the west side of the beltway. accident on the west side outer loop in the area of old court past 795 is off to the shoulder. no longer blocking the ri

maryland right now in the low to mid 40s. 47 hagerstown, 50 elkin pack river ocean stay 56. 54 westminster and rock hall. 51 columbia48 degrees in bel air. we have this big dome of high pressure running the show an keeping clouds ash and keeping -- and keeping clouds and showers knot south at bay -- to the south at bay. this block is going to break down into sunday. you will start see clouds moving into the area as we move through saturday night into sunday. i'm not sure dallas cowboys i don't think we'll -- i don't think we'll see any rain. it koib more over cast sunday. 77 your high today, 50 over night. tomorrow a high of 80. here comes some of those clouds later in the day. mostly cloudy by sunday after a sunny preakness post time with a temperature of 80. sunday 78, 77 mondays, tuesday 70, wednesday 80. >>> if you're personal post time approaches here is sharon gibala with traffic control. >> good morning. your speeds should be good unless you're on the west side of the beltway. we have an accident on singer road at glenn ross drive. watch for that disabled vehicle at 95 northbound approaching 32. it is blockin

columbia. on uesday night... suupeets shattered glass at eleven pestaurants and bussiesses &palong dobbin road.... dobbin center way... snowden river parkwayy.. and oakland mills road. the suspects also stolee cash.right now, police have no leads but do beeieve all of the incidents are related. a warning for parents in hhrford county... after a strange incident involving an iceecream truck. truck.it happened last baseball game at reckorr road park in fallston. police say two men offered free ice cream to three 8-year-oll girls ... if theyygot inside the truck. one of the girls started to ssopped her..the hildren then ran awwy and the truuk took off. 207 i'm happy her friends did pull her away but as a parrnt you really do need to make sure you keep an eye on yyur ccildren no matter how old or how young they are 16 harford county police are investigating the incident. they're asking anyone with firsttand information to give them a call. new york's mayor has a new target in his fight againss the city's obesity problem. problemm michael bloomberg wants to ban those super-sized &psoft drinks available at fast food restaurants, arenas a

river. washington 68. annapolis and kent island 68. 64 westminster, bel air and rock hall. mid-60s around greater columbia. we are stuck in the middle, two systems. wind shift will clear the coast, what is going to get your attention is a push of warm and humid air moving our air defining your weekend. going, going and gone. heading out to sea and downgraded, spaghetti models are going to agree, the reason we keep not poisoning out alberto, wave action, along the shores as we move towards the beginning of the holiday weekend needs to be noted. 78 degrees the high. showers and thunderstorms mainly later or early this evening. calm 62. sun and clouds tomorrow. cloudy with a high of 88. showers and thunderstorms around. here is the push, maybe a thunderstorm thursday, 84. friday, sat and sunday. 87, 92 and 90 degrees. don, take it away. >>> rush now from sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >> good morning, we have two delays working now and three accidenting there is a look at one of the delays, no accident, just heave volume on 295 southbound, that delay will set you back between arun dale arundel mills and

river. immediate metro area. 50 in bel aire. 52 in west mintier and 55 in columbia to rock hall. >> talking about the north, northeast wind. bit of a northwest flow in some areas, but the high is to our north. we are going to be watching this system moving into our direction. rain from the dakotas all the way back to nevada. starting to movie our direction and starting to fill in with some of the moisture down around the carolina coastline and extended toward the gulf. as it gets here, we'll start to see the clouds increasing. but in the meantime, all of these storms that are down off the eastern shore of carolina and down around florida will stay down there. just some high thin clouds ahead of it. what we are going to be paying attention to, a chance of thunderstormses heading into monday. pleasant conditions until then. as the systems start to fill in, the low gets pulled to the north. the front from the west starts to movie our direction, bringing a chance for thunderstorms monday, scattered showers tuesday an wednesday and we'll start to see improvement on thursday. temperatures staying

river naval air station there in southern maryland. cold spots loudoun county 43 lovettsville. 46 reston. 48 in columbia and crofton now to andrews. 47 inort belvoir. so definitely a brisk out there this morning. about a half hour or so before the sunrise. we've got clear skies for the most part. a light east wind at 5 miles an hour and that barometer continues to rise 30.14. this is what i'm talking about down here low pressure spinning off the south carolina, north carolina coast. some showers continue to come on shore in the outer banks and southeastern north carolina. a few high clouds coming up toward us but what's giving up the nice weather protecting us here for the next couple of days this area of high pressure. that as low pressure comes up the coast it's sort of going to give it a little kick inland late into the weekend and early next week. the futurecast nice and quiet today. it will be nice and quiet for tonight as well. and your saturday morning starts out great. going for a run early? want to work in the yard, no problems here on saturday. don't forget the sunscreen. 6:00 p.m. still high and dry. but look how these clouds

restaurants and businesses in columbia, maryland. 11 restaurants were hit in the past couple of days most of the businesses are in the area around to be bin road and snow den riverkway and many of the crimes glass was shattered. among the businesses targets, pizza. sushi king and l. a. boxing, at this point police are not sure how many people are responsible. >>> a babysitter is being held without bond tonight on charges of felony child neglect. 22-year-old lasheika harmon is accused of letting three kids in her care wander a mile from home. a fast food restaurant manager found one boy, age 7 alone in the restaurant on saturday. his sibbings were found in a nearby field. she was caring for a baby inside while the older children played outside she said. >>> the jurors at the john edwards trial went back at it today but still no verdict and tonight there's word the deliberations could stretch beyond friday the a verdict is not reached by then. and that is because some jurors want to attend family graduations. the former presidential candidate is accused of conspiring to violate election laws to cover-up an affair. he could get up to 30 years in prison if he's conv