it's crab time in maryland. >> no need to worry, though. if you want crabs. >> no. no need to worry. we've got plenty. crabs are good quality right now. >> we like doing that in the country. throwing horse shoes. and eating crabs and telling lies. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> analysts say the chesapeake bay's blue crab population is at the highest level since 1993. and a 66% increase over last year. >> boy, i just had a flashback. i can't remember the last time i pitched horse shoes. >> me neither. me neither. >> have you ever? >> yes, i have. oh, yes, i've been known to do that. >>> straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. massive protest in canada. what demonstrators are demanding. >>> mothers may want to consider natural births whenever possible. we'll tell you why. >>> and what's in store for the updated holiday weekend? the updated first warning forecast when we come back. ,,,,,, still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start. glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. >>> angry studen

>> no, be gentle with the crab meat. you buy this at $32 a pound, you want to not break up the crab meat too much. >> i like steamed shrimp. you want the sweetness to come through. >> a purist here. >> and wourstershire. >> and parsley? >> i don't do parsley. >> i have done different style crab cakes, but the maryland crab cake is the classic, it is the best. there is a reason it has been around for a while. >> this is a pound of crab meat. >> fresh, local, lumped crab meat. >> you don't want to take a whole big piece of bread and have all these bready pieces in there. >> no. >> a little panko. >> a little bit of panko. >> i like the ritz cracker. >> absolutely. sal teens are good as well. >> i know you girls love your cocktails in the morning, so i brought the big daddy shaker. pretty classic recipe. the recipe will be on your web site today. little pineapple juice. about two ounces of rum or more. >> more old bay. >> a little bit of vodka. orange liquor. i like a little gramionier. >> we'll finish mixing that and take

i don't care. >> so much to look forward to, clean these crabs. this is a crab pretzel.rimp salad. ripkenlike i'm in a sandwich. tony, back to you. >> is it too early for a beer? >> you the day the weasel slugger -- you need a the resul louisville slugger to open that. >> i'm loving it. >> thank you, ava. that is a beautiful stadium. they have good food. we have what is left of beryl down to the south. it is a tropical depression. sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. it will stay at offshore and not bother us in maryland. that is thanks to the cold front coming across the mountains. it will take awhile for this to sweep the humidity and the share activity and the clouts off the coast. that will probably happen over the next couple of hours -- the shower activity and the clouds. it will take several hours to get over to baltimore. 68 in randallstown. we should be able to sneak into the low 80's today. we have some light shower activity. nothing of any consequence. give yourself a couple of extra minutes. rain showers are possible off and on this morning. maybe some sunsh

it's crab time in maryland. >> no need to worry, though. if you want crabs. >> no.o worry. we've got plenty of -- plenty. crabs are good quality now. we like throwing that in. throwing horse shoes, eating crabs and telling lies. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> sorry. i'm drooling a little bit. analysts say the chesapeake bay's crab population, the blue crab, that is, is alt its highest level since 1993. it's seen a 63% increase over last year. >>> looks like it's going to be hot for those weekend cookout fist you're going to do the grill instead of the crab. temperatures are going to climb even higher. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk show us the forecast tomorrow. and through memorial day. we'll start inside with bob. >> you couldn't ask for better summer weather this weekend, just in time for the holiday. take a look at tomorrow. it's going to start off maybe a little fog in some spots. but getting up to the upper 80s. very slight chance. some place in the region will see a pop-up shower. but as i said, only about 10 to 15% chance around the

this crab boil will begin add 5:30. you get three crabs for $21 and they also have corn on the cob and sausage and potatoes at art and soul on new jersey avenue at the liason hotel. we are doings a spare gus -- asparagus. okay you are frying an egg. >> what we have is the local asparagus radish salad. all comes from a collection of our local farms out of virginia. >> i like that. you really believe in being loyal to local farmers. >> big time. >> you are frying an egg. what does the egg have to do with it? >> asparagus and eggs my favorite combination this time of year. >> what are you putting on the aspire gas? >> we have dressing made. >> that sounds delicious. >> and here we have the bottom parts of the asparagus with an egg dressing. we basically have eggs two different ways. the egg dressing is made with hard boiled eggs and then capers and lots of herbs and then we will dress the bottom. >> that sounds wonderful. you gave me the recipe it's on my website. i don't think i can do it as well as the chef. it looks del

they have crab meat.u get that lump, raw crab cake, you're getting crab meat. >> reporter: a taste of baltimore, ready to take on the country. >> this kind of thing just -- just is a real big boost to the city and to us. and to lexington market. >> amazing. >> it's fabulous. >> best ever. >> yeah. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the episode was taped in march. it is tentatively scheduled to air on june 27th. >> and to all of you other competitors out there, bring it on. >> exactly. >> keep filling those crab cakes with lump crabs, right? we like it that way. >>> tigers, lions and bears. what is happening to the exotic animals tonight. >>> a deadly cover-up. why police believe a pilot swallowed evidence after a crash. >>> i'm bob turk. storms possible later tonight. but a nicer weekend. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. copd makes it hard to breathe,, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on

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that is going to get it an amazing flavor to your crab soup. >> crab cakes and crab soup, but it steameds your style, that recipe is on our website, wbaltv.com. wbal tv 11 news. >> i am so hungry right now. that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is new at 6:00. >> maryland taxes. the answers, straight ahead. >> i am jayne miller. critics go after a republican legislator for his comments on the inner harbor. and he says no, he will not apologize. >> and are too many students being suspended? i am tim tooten. this story coming up. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> our big story at 6:00, governor martin o'malley designed to nearly 300 bills into law. perhaps the most talked-about one is about raising the income tax rate. we are joined live from annapolis with more on the new taxes and fees. >> strong reaction today from policy and budget experts. one called the governor delusional and his rosy tax picture in maryland a lie. governor martin o'malley signed nearly 300 pieces of legislation into law.

. >>> they become a part of most meals during the summer months, steaming hot crabs. how you can tell if the crabs on your table are coming straight from the bay. >> plus, who knew. some middle aged men are suffering from mano pause. >> 91 degrees at bwi. this is still extremely hot. our weather winner, con grates to you. we've got big storms to the west. we've got a camera shot. this is what it's looking like on i-70 as you head west toward hagerstown. >>> wow. look at ocean city as we take a time lapse, a difference a day makes. it's cooler there today. wyatt has a detailed look coming up in four minutes, so keep this right here. >> and it's official, the class of 2012 celebrated their graduation from the naval academy and marked the first time in the history of the academy. it was the first foreign national to graduate first in the class. he is from singapore. the last four years in annapolis had a huge impact on him. >> it's amazing. i made a lot of friends, friendship that would last for a lifetime. >> each grad received a bachelor of science degree and was commi

soft shell crab. good to see you. >> good to see you, ron. >> what are we preparing. >> maryland soft shell crabs and asparagus and english pees are coming in season. everything is maryland on the plate. >> all local. >> all local. >> soft shells in maryland, they are so popular. >> the kind of thing where my father, grandfather started feeding them to us when i was three, four years old. what about the season. i guess the reason they are special is the season doesn't last a long time. >> no, the soft shell -- when the weather is warm enough, three out of every four weeks with the cycle of the moon, soft shell molt the skin. when they lose the hard shell, that's when you catch them. they are delicious. >> tell us about this dish. >> it's a spanish inspired dish. it's all maryland products. this is like a may i don't know face with fresh saffron underneath there. it's cooked with olive oil and sea salt. then the friday soft shells. rice flour to keep them with no breeding at all. orange peel and tiny m

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. >> from the alibi breakfast to the crab derby, celebrations are in full swing the crab derby, celebrationsre in full swing >> almost there. one day left until the preakness stakes. >> plenty of pre-race festivities going on. trainers and owners gathered at the annual alibi breakfast on thursday morning. traders give alibi's about why there horses will not win on preakness day. >> that was the only celebration. a crowd gathered at lexington market for the 22nd annual preakness crab derby. who won the top prize? here is right there. they have a bouncing ping-pong ball. >> do you get to eat the crab afterwards? >> blankets that what drape the winners. a group of kids got to try their hand at writing a horse and taking their hand. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what is your favorite part of preakness? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> waking up in the infield when everybody is gone. >> has that happened to you? >> 5:28. >> coming up -- >> a delegate finds himself in a sparring match of wo

it's the same thing with crab meat. i get this beautiful crab meat, maryland bay.entiful right now this season. >> i don't want to mix it too much because i don't want it to get mushy. >> oh, my gosh, you've down this before, jc. look at that. >> just to get it moist. >> can i hire you? >> yes. i'll come. they have restaurants in the washington area, baltimore and philadelphia. guess what? if you think the silver diner is not great, then you have not read "forbes" magazine because "forbes" magazine said you were one of the 200 best small companies in america. >> we are, absolutely. i look at all the beautiful food we v. we have turkey. it's local turkey. >> i love your turkey. >> it's all year long we have thanksgiving. you have beautiful salmon platter with argument chokes and roasted peppers and this for breakfast. these are not typical diner items. 600 calories. you'll love that. beautiful whole wheat noodles with mangos and then for the kiddies because right now we're really big for kids, we have menu items, about 70% of the items we have on the menu they're al

and crab meat. to be certified 75% of the crab used by a restaurant must come from maryland and that's tonight's fox 5 top 5. >> a busy night in the weather center getting these storms out of here. >> looks less busy tomorrow. we might have a spotty storm tomorrow afternoon but no repeat of today. these thing were juicy dropping a lot of rain. you knew that would happen because of the amount of humidity we had. taking a live look outside. in the district there's very light rain but if we look back to the west, not finding as much. give this a little bit longer, clouds in the distance. i saw a lot of great cloud formation pictures, too. a lot of you were seeing shelf clouds today and yesterday. we have them on www.myfoxdc.com. we start with radar tonight. still a little lightning on the other side of the bay and down across southern maryland. you can see from the district to the north and west it is really lightning up quite a bit. let's switch over to sentinel radar and get in fighter on some of the

and of course there's the popular preakness crab derby. i had a chance to participate last year but our own kelly will participate this afternoon. also today the trunk show for the preakness. also today at 9:00 giant food has been selected to design and create the floral blanket to drape the preakness winner. of course we cannot forget the alibi breakfast. a time to roast and toast a lot of folks there. more coming up in our 5:00 hour. reporting live, abc 2 news. >>> today also marks the beginning of the soft shell crab celebration. local restaurants will be making special soft shell crab menu items. >>> the new baltimore average bishop who was just installed yesterday will today be at the race course. he will say a prayer and serve lunch at our daily bread. yesterday women and children watched him take . >>> okay. continuing our bad medicine coverage this morning, the story about that raid about that suspected pill mill. this morning two suspects will appear before a judge? baltimore sir court. >> the affidavits for that search warrant sa

. >>> crab season in maryland off to a slow start. the state waterman's association said there are smaller crabs but not as many big ones. they said last years storms may be to blame. the annual winter survey found blue crabs in record numbers but a drop in the number of adult female crabs. >>> memorial day weekend opened the -- marked the opening of 19 public swimming pools and 11 spray parks and five kiddy pools. they will be open through the monday holiday and then on weekends until june 17th. after schools are out for the summer, the pools are open every day. for complete information on all of the washington area pool hours, go to our website at wusa9.com. >>> with many people relaxing at the beach this weekend, the red cross is warning about potential dangers. strong rip currents caused by hurricane beryl may pose a threat. beachgoers should swim only in designated areas but some vacationers are not deterred. >> we thought that with the tropical storm out in the ocean that we would have rain coming in, in bands. that's what greg

the idea is to get your crap to be the first to cross the crab finish line. -- your crab to be the firsthe crab finish line. >> they were making the floor blankets that will winners. >> we put this inside the matting and lock it in. then we put a backing on it. >> some young people were running about horses. >> she runs city rance, a program to get the young people familiar with horses. >> they learn a lot. >> absolutely. there is 1000 questions they ask. why is he standing with his foot like that? >> there were all kinds of activities for the kids from grooming of course to planning its hooves and saddling up and finally writiy riding. this is their first time they have been around horses. >> i like brushing him. at first i was scared of him. i want a farm. >> now this is a connection. i wantridden a horse, to go to the preakness or see some horse racing. >> the young folks were having a ball. this saturday, the preakness and a lot of folks will be having fun at the hilltop. >> it definitely looks beautiful out there. it is time for voting. here is your second option. b for this one and

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but that's nottwhat watermen are finding.the president of the maryland watermans lot of smaller crabs. but not many big ones. 3 another painful medical condition linkkd to obesity. how diabetes may play a parr. and student truancy may soon be a thing of the past.what they're doing at one high school to keep watch over all students. cases of kidney stones are on the rise... and new research obesity.researchers found thh number of people with kidney stones nearly doubled reseerchers say the findings suggest it is because of the rise in obesity and diabetes in america. foreclosures have gone up about 20-percent over the last year,

last minute my crab took off to the finish line., unfortunately somebody else beat me. you know what they say. there is always next year. that's the fastest it's ever moved. >> need aid little --. >> faster crab. >> encouragement. >> once he backed it up he backed it up. >> good job. >> great weather. >> i think we will ride the ñn good streak into preakness saturday. by saturday night and sunday things could cloud up. the second half, nice Ñ-çkas it once did. take a look outside. sunshine and just a minimal amount of wind. light breezy conditions, just enjoyable. we will miss the days in july and august when the humidity is a round 100%. right now 27%. dry air in place, light northeast breeze, helping keep it feeling refreshing. bright blue skies, the story all day long, just a light haze on the sky. additional clouds south of annapolis and south and east toward ocean city because of a disturbance off shore. that didn't impact areas west of the city. blue skies, a picture blue sky oaf laurel as well. on the whole it a crystal clear

picking a crab.e was an underdog. >> at the giant food store on york road, they were making the blankets that will drape the preakness stakes and the black-eyed susan stakes. >> we take a piece of flower and we put it inside the flouwr, then we push it through and lock them in. after we cover it up, we put a backing on that so that nothing hurts the horse. all the wire is covered up. >> over in west baltimore, some young people were learning about horses. >> and bring it over. >> lisa runs city ranch, a program to get young people familiar with horses. >> this is another way of exposing children to the beauty of animals and an opportunity to do something a little enjoyable as well. they learn a lot, too, as well? >> yes. why is his ear pushing up? why is he standing with his foot like that? >> there are all kinetsdz of activities -- kinds of activities for the kids from cleaning hooves and finally riding. for many young people, this is the first time they have been around horses. >> i like to groom t

thek the blue crab trying to get it to finish first. the winner gets $500 to give to their favorite charity. >> we've established this morning what we're all afraid of. frogs, snakes, rats, >> spiders. >> spiders. are you afraid of crabs? >> . >> just asking. i mean, just asking. >> when they're alive, yes. i've been crabbing before so i'm not. i like it. >> they're quite tasty. >>> very good. the weather very good today. we're going to pick up where we left off yesterday afternoon. you can start to see those clouds eroding. earlier this morning we had clouds around the eastern shore and we do have an update because the clouds starting to clear out as we blow out of here. you can see for yourself and you can see a nice shot of the key bridge back there. plenty of sunshine and blue skies the afternoon. right now temperatures are beginning to fall. 51 degrees in manchester. so that dryer cooler air working its way here. 54 in mount airy and also aberdeen now. 62 in chestertown. the last time i showed you these temperatures were around 64

crabs.re was also a drop in adult females. scientists are not sure if the number of females is down or they simply moved out of the area because of a wet fall and early -- late winter. >> this is the opening of drude hill park pool yesterday. druid hills and other pools will be open full time beginning june 23rd and weekends until june 23rd. >> a less painful way of detecting diabetes. the hopkins developed test ahead in "medical alert." >> talk about thinking outside the box, the unusual way one maryland mall is going green. we'll explain. >> first a live picture outside. ava is up next with your insta-weather plus forecast. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity ove

the true blue program will certify restaurant that is primarily serve home grown maryland crab.arketing director for natural resources says 87 restaurants have signed on, but to be sure, 75% of crab used by a restaurant must come from maryland. >>> a tennessee judge has ruled that construction on an islamic center outside of nashville, tennessee must stop. he says the public was not given proper notice of the meeting where the rutherford county planning commission approved the mosque. >> bigotry and racism in our beautiful city that otherwise should have the best reputation in the country and that's really sad. >> we're very pleased. this was a victory not only for these plaintiffs but it's a victory for all the citizens and taxpayers of rutherford county. >> the islamic center is scheduled to open sometime in late july. >>> a detroit woman who was shot and set on fire has given birth to a baby boy. it happened on the same day the child's father and his friend were charged in the attack. police say that the two bound the pregnant woman with duct tape, set the house on fire and s

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last it was the typical crab fishing excursion for the captain and his crew.s. >>> their reach down further out probably could touch it. it was june the wayward whale was untangle the netting of the orange county coast last month. rescue crews tried to free its but soon gave them the slip and dragging to buoys' swim up the coast. it was bought out a big star last week and then last night's. >>> it was the only one way to get enough of them to cut off. close to make sure in the line was a wrap around the boat or mean or micra members. >>> a tug-of-war between the animal winning over 30 t in the three sailors went on for an hour-and-a-half. >>> and went down three times we had to run back up to them and then get something amazing happened. it wanted to wanted to sink it could've i think he knew that i was helping him. >>> the crew got the win heading off the whale and june was finally freed. but it had something to do before swimming away. it came back and took a breath of air and it looked like it was and not with splenic marcus and fishing with his assets but.

. >>> do you ever wonder if that's real crab? the state's true blue program will certify restaurants that primarily serve maryland home grown crab. 84 restaurants have signed on so far to be certified. 75% of the crab meat used by a restaurant must be from maryland. >>> five things you need to know this wednesday morning as you head out the door. a special ceremony being held today for the rescue, recovery and relief workers who worked at ground zero following 9/11. today marks the 10th anniversary of the formal end to ground zero cleanup operations. that's coming up later this morning. >>> rutgers university student found guilty of using a webcam to spy on his roommate and his romantic partner due in court today. dharun ravi is set to go to jail for 30 days beginning tomorrow. his roommate, tyler clementi later killed himself. >>> two going on a shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma due in court today. all this happened back in april. they shot five people, killing three of them. two others were injured. >>> britain's supreme court

many crab -- this crab is they are exclusive to maryland.uy and tossed them in flour and corn mill. >> i feel like i am going to tear up. >> he goes right into a hot pan of oil. >> like a gingerbread man. >> meanwhile, we are going to make a little sallet with some asparagus. -- salad with some spirit is. we will make a saffron aoe -- aioli. it is only ground in the a few countries in the world. it looks like this. it is a little tiny thread. we will toste this very lightly in a pan and then put it in our mortar. we grind it up to make a fine powder. add it to aoili. it will turn this really beautiful yellow. it has a really earthy flavor. really nice. it goes well with a lot of seafood. ok. 30 seconds. >> what you do that, if you want the recipe, log onto wbaltv.com and click on food. or send us a self-addressed stamped envelope. or get in your car and go down to the restaurant or take the subway. >> take the subway to the shock to our. >>-- tower. >> strawberry shortcake rounding out the menu. everything is nice and fresh. >> >-- >> is thi

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offering many menu am whys for soft shell crab week. >> reporter: in baltimore city, soft shell crabng, with mouth watering dishes at passo and harbor east. chef tony foreman says it's menu magic. >> whenever we have them, they sell out. we only get so many. >> reporter: in maryland, we love our crabs. the soft shell season is just beginning. this is the week to enjoy. >> each restaurant does its own take. it can be a sandwich, fried, boiled. >> you can enjoy special soft shell items. the celebration, the last 12 days. >> reporter: the crispy cob of battered shells include farm asparagus salad. >> we get a call in the morning. and that's it. make it a couple dozen. and then you know if you're from maryland, that they're going to be gone. >> reporter: the soft shell, a maryland tradition, signaling the beginning of summer. >> completely up to each restaurant. there's incredible recipes that we've seen. some are making soups, there are sandwiches. it's going to be delicious. >> ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> soft shell crab week starts tonight and continues through may 28th for a qu