he gave this talk at the visitor's center in dover, tennessee. it's 50 minutes. >> the push of today is not to give a blow by blow of the battle. i've been asked to give random thoughts if the 150 years that have passed since the battle. i'll focus my remarks on that. for more detailed analysis of that, my book, i would love for you to buy that, but there's some others out there, too. dr. kuhning wrote an excellent book on the battle itself and the short film that's involved here and the interpretation with the rangers, seek those out for the blow by blow. we'll have more of a macro level for this here. it is exciting to be here for the 150th anniversary. as historians we look back and we think 150 years is a long time but really it isn't. we're talking -- it may depend on how old you are. great grandfathers, maybe great great grandfathers. just a couple generations have passed here but the world has changed a great deal in the last 150 years. it's exciting to be here but a little melancholy as well. a number of men died in this battle. it's almo

the issue that dover is issues that the secretary of defense and the entire department we never want them to see them again. our fallen heroes deserve the highest honor and respects. and we are committed to taking steps to ensure that lapses do not occur in the future. i would note that the osc issued a zamt for rendering its decisions on disciplinary actions. the air force has undertaken the very thorough and extensive process to review not just the lapses at dover, but also the disciplinary actions that were levied. the secretary is satisfied with that process. >> do you believe any disciplinary actions are appropriate? >> he's satisfied that the air force took appropriate steps to investigate the problems at dover port mortuary. he's satisfied that they took a long hard look at the disciplinary actions. again, he has faith in the process that the air force undertook. absolutely. >> whether he thinks the disciplinary actions are appropriate. >> the answer is he has confidence that the air force took the appropriate steps here. yes. >> this morning the senate appropriations committe

actions taken against officials who have been cited in osc report for retaliating against people at dover. is the secretary satisfied with the way the air force has handled this matter? >> thank you, jeff, for the question. the issues that dover port mortuary are issues that the secretary of defense, indeed the entire department, we never want to see them happen again. our fallen heroes deserve the highest honor and respect and we are committed to taking steps to ensure that lapses do not occur in the future. i would note that the osc issued a statement commending the air force for rendering its decisions on disciplinary actions. the air force has undertaken a very thorough and extensive process to review not just the lapses at dover but also the disciplinary actions that were levied. and the secretary is satisfied with that process. >> and you believe that the disciplinary actions are appropriate? >> he's satisfied that the air force took appropriate steps to investigate problems at dover port mortuary. he's satisfied that they took a long, hard look at the disciplinary actions, and agai

grant's army lived on those supplies for several weeks after capturing dover. where all the confederate supplies were. middle tennessee, lost. western tennessee, pretty much gone after that very quickly because the confederates couldn't hold it. they just withdrew without firing a shot. eastern tennessee wasn't friendly to the confederate cause anyway, so in one swoop all of tennessee is gone in essentially a two-week campaign. again, is there any other civil war battle that is so decisive, with such short loss and so dramatic in effect? i'll pose this as no. so, it does make me sad in a way that ft. donelson does not get the recognition that it does. this is a critical event here. 150 years ago, happening right here at ft. donelson, ft. henry, and ft. hyman over that way. so, something else ft. donelson will do for the union side, you've heard earlier, doug richardson came up and gave general grant's orders. general grant in february of 1864 was a brigadier general and was charged with illinois. it's back water then, it's back water now too. but he's just a lo

yeah, there's no railroads at donelson or dover, ten. you need troops, you need a railroad. you get them on the rail, take bowling green, for example, take it by rail to clarksville just up the river, get on a steam boat, come down. so railroads are in use. the same for supplies. grant is going to use the railroads for supply. they all come down by either boat or railroad to kayrow, illinois, where they're put on a steamboat and brought up here. railroads, pretty neat. telegraph was still fairly new in the united states, too. telegraph lines will be strung up all over the place. grant, for instance, is going to communicate by two major means with hallic, who's up in st. louis. give a note to a guy, he gets on a steam boat, goes up to st. louis, here you go, general. the other is a string of line down from illinois. and he's -- there's that guy with a little key, tapping out messages back and forth to st. louis. kind of neat. something else i think is really neat, they made a movie about ft. donelson it would take $1 million to build this prop, iron-clad gun boat. iron-clad,

. >> dover is checking in at 70 north and west. fredericks and hagerstown.the northeasterly direction 17 to 14. that is creating a bit of an issue into the chesapeake. we have small craft advisories and even rough surf advisories for ocean system. 71 to 65 for your overnight lows. it turns muggy into tomorrow morning. then scattered showers and storms will be the threat for tomorrow afternoon. a lot of clouds in the area. a couple of showers tracked out near ocean city. this big bulk of moisture will stay. you may get clipped as the system moves through. one offshore will pivot in. cold front out to the west that will enhance the rain tomorrow. see this system? that is a tropical storm. tropical storm alberta with winds of 40 miles per hour. it will push offshore, but that will increase the chance of rough surfs especially at dover beaches. this is a week if you're taking a vacation, keep apprise of that situation. that storm will slide offshore. future trend, clouds in place for the overnight. we'll hold the chance of rain. a couple showers developing and t

rain from pittsburg all the way down to dover, delaware. pushing to the southeast. 57 in washington and martinsburg. low clouds and a little bit of fog. some sunny breaks by the afternoon and a few thunderstorms later today. highs near 80's. >> in maryland, no problems. in and out of baltimore looks good. 95 in virginia, normal travel times. clear if you are going out to the airport. we will take you to a live picture of 395 traffic to and from the pentagon. moving at speed. >> it is 5:00 right now. new this morning, we are waiting to learn what led to the stabbing of a man and woman in southwest d.c. >> it happened on 27 street. the woman is in critical condition, but stable. the man suffered minor cuts to his neck. so far there have been no arrests. >> new developments in the scandal in the district. harry thomas jr. will learn his sentence are taking money that was supposed to go to youth sports programs. we were live at u.s. district court this morning with the details. >> good morning. prosecutors want harry thomas jr. to go away to pr

upper air disturbance with the contrast in temperatures, 57 dover, still 70s winchester. that type of contrast in temperatures, plus the energy in the upper levels can bring up a round of thunderstorms is what we are seeing tonight and the highs on the day very different than yesterday. still quite a range from frederick to dover, about 20 plus degrees but it warmed up more and we think tomorrow even warmer still as more warm air works in. i think it's a good beat in the afternoon n to the evening because we will have the boundary. the boundary getting more diffused. not the sharp one it was yesterday. the cut off is not as sharp but still enough of a contrast here with the energy coming out of soup. i think we could see more showers or storms tomorrow. the trend capturing this, we think what we will see tomorrow afternoon coming in just north of the state line. little boundary, disturbance could sink through and that could mean showers for you friday evening. don't cancel the barbecues, you need to watch the sky and track the radar, here onto news or online any time. als

again, my name is edward isaac dovere. i'm the editor for politico which means i've been paying a lot of attention to what the administration has been doing over the last couple of months and years, as well as how it's playing out on the campaign trail so far. i think as ben mentioned, there has been a lot of talk about it in the primary campaign, and a lot of talk about it in sort of ways that aren't exactly the traditional ways for democrats and republicans to be talking about foreign policy when it comes to the general election. so i think there is a lot to discuss here. but i think to start, if we could just -- bruce, if you could sort of set the table for us. and tell us where you see the main issues, the main situations on the global stage that are of concern and relevance to the united states, and how the different approaches that mitt romney and barack obama have been taking to discussing them might play out come 2013. >> great, thanks. let me start a little further back from that and let me address that question.

>> if you're planning to go to ocean city or the dover beaches, the cheapest gas in the state is $3.52 on the eastern shore. i always tell people, if you travel to ocean city, then get your gas when you're down there. it is a few cents cheaper. >> we saw gas at $3.49 a gallon in this section of town, and at finksburg, $3.45. state police are enforcing their "click it or ticket" campaign. they are looking for a seat belt violators. tell john it is spitting a little bit out here. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what are your memorial day holiday plans? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> if former baltimore county volunteer fire company employee pleads guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from the middle borough fire company. the fire company had to missed loan payments and lost its trucks. she used the money to renovate her home and to shop online. >> eventually depending on where we are with the funds, if we cannot keep the

with the humidity levels, which are now pushing 80%, even 100% in dover, the heat index value downtown, 84, so feeling pretty warm with that heat, humidity combination as it does in cambridge right now. there are the scat -- scattered thunderstorms. to the west, that's where most have the rain has been today but some of this has gone into maryland. south of us sitting over the carolinas and virginia. a slow mover tment will drift a little bit tomorrow, keep the hot humid hair around and will -- air around and will keep the threat of a thunderstorm, especially as we get the heating of the day, 3:00, widely scattered showers and storms. into our friday maybe some isolated activity. it looks like minimal rain chances friday and saturday. overnight 62, partly cloudy, a chance for storms. tomorrow 82 warm, variably cloudy and the chance for more scattered storms. tomorrow night 65, maybe an isolated shower. seven-day forecast, as we look ahead you can see things will warm up and dry up. we'll keep the chance friday and saturday. better chance sunday no monday. this will be getting much hot

his remain arrived at dover air force base. the mayor heard about the tragedy after attending a memorial day service today. the death marks the 8th service member to have died in iraq or afghanistan. >> purpose of the ceremony is to remind us, for it to be that living, that real, that present is is a painful reminder. >> the door and windows expressed pride. inside, their walls are covered with photos and achievements of their children. there are plaques for perfect attendance for he and his sister. today the family was out of town to receive the body of their eldest child. >> his family is having a hard time believing he's gone. he was a very loved son. >> a spokesperson told me they weren't prepared to release additional information about his service or if, or how many fellow soldiers were hurt or killed in that enemy attack. >> on memorial day, a mum o of -- number of contribute united states saluting american who's gave their lives serving our country. a kc 10 from travis air force base flew over 300 people in the oldest mi

you have nascar in dover all weekend long. this is very weather dependent.aturday we're going to squeeze it in, hopefully earlier than later. the five day forecast coming up shortly. >>> the oriels were swept out of toronto. their road trip continues in tampa this week end. see birds taking on the rays saturday at 4:00 on wjz 13. >>> still to come. smelling your age. is that possible? what a new study is saying about people and body odors. >> remember wjz 13 is always on for you. here are the stories we're following on our website. for constant updates of news and the forecast go to wjz.com. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save

you can see the contrast, 54 at the beach. 57 in dover. that includes cecil county. 60s around baltimore and york. 70s west and 80 and near 90 in northern virginia. we're right on the frontal boundary. you can see fred hit -- frederick almost hit 80. rain minimal. a little bit on the radar toward the hagerstown area. 70 crisscross here to the west, some showers but i'm not expecting those to have much of an impact for most of us. so cloudy skies will be the rule both tonight and probably in the early part tomorrow. this stalled out boundary likely to drift north tomorrow. that will put us back in the warmth across maryland. it will be a close call, another day where the boundary could shift. big weather down toward the south, but, again, it's that stationary front, very warm temps south of it. cool temps north. baltimore where we're right under it we get a compromised temperature around the low 60s. the weather is active to the south. over the next few days minimal chances for rain. perhaps pop-up showers and perhaps a few more pop-up show

we're still warm in baltimore, dover and easton. downtown today pushing up close to 80 degrees early on. 78 for our high temperature downtown. we did hit the mid-70s in frederick and d.c. all right. here is that active weather to our south. i think a lot of this may direct east of baltimore. you have to look at the trajectory, a large cluster of rain here over central virginia. that is tracking north and east. so much of this rain may past east of the baltimore area. the eastern shore. the part of the rain that needs the most likely to get the most rain as we go through the latter part of the evening. in baltimore we'll get some rain. definitely know that. that area of low pressure sing the rain in our direction and a lot of it will be going up the eastern shore and just off the atlantic coast offshore. tomorrow, just some passing cloud cover, maybe a morning shower. thursday looks dry. friday looks better. overnight 56, more rain. your two-degree guarantee a morning shower but late day clearing and tomorrow night nice and clear, 48

look at the temperature contrast from 56 at dover's air force base in 54 at ocean city.e you moved west and the sun is warming things up, low to mid 80's. in the warmer air is with the thunderstorms will be tracking through the early evening. heading south in southern maryland, another batch of storms are writing as we head towards thursday morning with a lot of clouds in may be called as well. we will see clouds tonight in a thunderstorm. tand may be cooler air to the east of us. 60's to the south and west of baltimore. temperatures in the low to mid 80s across the ohio valley. in the warm air is what would be streaming in here tomorrow with the possibility of thunderstorms in front approaching in the warm air. that helps to take up the storms in the afternoon for the next couple of days. friday we will see scattered thunderstorms in the vicinity. tomorrow, a warmer day with winds shifting more to the south. high of 79-84. of the big, light and variable winds. -- on the bay, light and variable winds. low 80s on thursday and friday. eastern shore, a cool day today, but g

next sunday, over in dover for nascar coverage. we hope you join us. 12:30 eastern time from the monster mile. matt kenseth put on a good finish there last year. next on speed, victory lane for continuing coverage from charlotte. ne in to victory len on speed and everything nascar. kasey kahne wins the coke 600, capping the triple-header. dario franchitti for car owner chip ganassi wins the indy 500. mark webber of australia the monaco grand prix. for our entire crew, i'm chris myers. thank you for being part of nascar on fox. at the start of the broadcast this evening, we honored members of the armed forces, who made the ultimate sacrifice. 600 miles and victory lane late we complete our broadcast, but in the days, weeks and months ahead, we will never forget those who gave so much for the united states of america. we thank you for watching, for being part of our program. and hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend. captioned by closed captioning services, inc we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car.

the business plan being fairly, dover and one east bay city. haole new national database hopes to give them a better chance of being reunited with loved ones. and being relocated but that the letter not to wipe pregnant butterfat butterflies the direction our homes and set up somewhere else. >>> i wanted to share with you those clouds on sunset tonight there are increasing across the horizon because those types of clouds are indicative of an approaching storm. the rain and the timing as eyewitness news continues. third neighbors don't like the sign cell in martinez lawn could be forced to take it down. some people don't like seeing the words slice or laos are in the salon signs and banners for they also don't like seeing images of the insect said tonight the city council is looking over a plan to permanently remove those words and images use among cars are the bay area's special license plates for keeping tall green or supporting fire fighters. now a special place for place for pet lovers is closer to approval 7500 e. to be sold before the dmv

temperatures will be slow to cool off. 91 at bwi. 90 in easton. 90 at dover airport. when you throw in the high humidity, feeling like more than 100. it is a out there today. slow fall through the 80s. the upper 80s. with the humidity it will feel like the 90s. when do we cool off in the weather is straight ahead. >>> take a look at this, slow going. people heading back to the beach. this is the 50 at kent narrows bridge. we've been tracking it now. hope to have pay shns making that trip back. if you want to check this out, we have access 24/7. all you have to do is download the abc2 news app. we have live cameras of all the major roads in our area f you're looking for someone, take a look and see how it's moving. >>> ceremonies took place all over the country today honoring the men and women who gave their lives defending us. what about those who served but struggling to survive. roosevelt leftwich has some more on the area's homeless veterans. >> reporter: veterans are among the largest groups of homeless on the street right now. thousands are homeless. many fear wi

>> heading towards dover beach is, the cheapest gas in the state is $3.52 a gallon in salisbury. if you are traveling in ocean city, get your guess what you are down there. >> aaa says that air travel is on the decline this year, largely because airline fees are on the rise. before you head out, look at the skies. live looked from downtown on our skycam. it has been foggy and cloudy this morning. john collins has a look at the weekend ahead. >> we still have clouds out there, but the sunshine is trying to burn through them. our view from the grand hotel and spa on the boardwalk of ocean city, you can see the trends going down the boardwalk. more folks that we've seen on the beach in a longtime. for today, isolated thunderstorm could crop up. temperatures in the 70's. in a lot cooler in the beach and in line. -- than inland. saturday and sunday, minimal rain chance, lots of sunshine. nice is maybe an understanding for that kind of weather for this first weekend of the summer season. we will talk about the forecast in a few minutes. >> scare at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport dela

case for the next several days right into our preakness. 82 baltimore. 76 at the airforce base in doverthe beach. winds light from the west southwest. that's indicating that shift. as the winds turn west, northwest we see the humidity numbers dropping. we're almost down into the 20% range. hagerstown, 30% range and you have to get to the eastern shore to find the high humidity level. drier air is already funneling in. we've got another boundary pushing in, sparking a few showers to the west over pennsylvania and ohio, but this front will be arriving after the peak heating of the day and we've already got drier air in place ahead of that boundary. add all that up and we won't see much rain. we're pretty much dry for now. overall, you can see the dry air, another high pressure cell arriving just in time for our run-ins. drier air building in across the great lakes. warm humid conditions beginning to give way. the possibility of an isolated shower this evening -- yes, but very minimal. as we go into the overnight, we're left with dry, sunny beautiful conditions. don't forget the spun glass

. >> pit bulls are no more dangerous than dover men or german shepherds. >> reporter: pit bull loverswant the law changed to over rule the court. >> there are responsible pit bull owners out there. >> everybody is afraid of him but he's just the sweetest dog. >> the breed is not the issue. the people are the issue. >> exactly. >> we could get this thing done. >> reporter: democrats and republicans have this bill ready to introduce in the session. >> legislative leaders say they will address the pit bull issue when they next meet in regular session. >>> angry with the avengers. a maryland man causes a scare when he gets frustrated with if movie. he is accused of pulling the fire alarm while watching the movie at the regal theater. he allegedly got upset because the movie was closed captioned. if he is convicted the stunt could land walters in prison for up to a year. >>> on the eve of the significant moment, a the service at the catholic church downtown. >> reporter: he says they are sacred, and something for which he intends to fight. the basilica of the assumption was filled to near

you have nascar dover all weekend long and weather will be dependent on three different things. one the front through the area and getting offshore in front of the front will be beryl. beryl gets out of here, the front gets out of here, a day and a half break. another frontal boundary friday into saturday. we need a clear shot to get it in and out of here. so, a big question mark about saturday. we will have an answer in the next couple of days. temperature 76. 80 and 78 friday, saturday and sunday. throw it back inside. >> thank you very much. don't miss tonight's prime timelineup on wjz. at 10:00 a 48 hours mystery. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. you may have had a nice memorial say day but it's save to say you can't beat this one. during a memorial day parade in phoenix, new york, he surprised his girlfriend with a marriage proposal written on the side of his truck. he got out and down on one knee. after she said yes, he got inside the vehicle and finished up the parade without her. but he is coming back. >> did she go along for the rest of the ride. >> i don't

dover at 86. the real story the amount of moisture in the atmosphere making today feel like it was into the 90a. the radar, the radar is dry but we go toward the north and -- thunderstorms set up over central pennsylvania. we do have a severe thunderstorm watch in harrisburg and york and a couple of them through the evening could survive the trip. we will watch for you. right around westminister the potential a scattered shower or storm. it's 80 for the rest of the evening. muggy, mild and spot storms in the offing there. is beryl and it's starting to get stronger. this could be a category one storm. we will talk about more on b eryl and that seven day forecast in just a bit. >> thank you. the beach, the pool, the boat. not says summer more than being on the water but we have to be caution. last year maryland had 24 people die in boating accidents. that's double the average for the last 16 year as cording to the natural resources police. they joined in to provide a free boating safety demonstratio

looking at the hd doppler, it is still raining across the lower eastern shore, from dover, delaware, all the way to ocean city. basically clearing out around baltimore. cannot rule out like drizzle and sprinkles. but overall, this is the trend, drier weather rolling in from the west and cooler weather will follow. no direct impact from beryl. right now is moving off the coast of north carolina. but you can see a lot of the moisture bng drawn to the north and head of the latest cold front, so indirectly it is giving us some rain. it will continue to move offshore. no direct impact. we are waiting for the next cool front to come through until the temperatures finally drop. it is still pretty steamy. 77 and bwi, 76 at the inner harbor and 73 at ocean city. a little cooler along the lower eastern shore as it has been raining much of the day. it has kept temperatures down. everywhere that it has been mostly dry, it is shooting up. 76 in hancock. and the mountains are always cooler this time of year because of the elevation. the dew point still tell the story, in the low 70's to mid 60's i

brainerd of dover, maine, was also killed in that crash. the chief warrant officer pratt's body is being returned to the united states this evening in delaware and details on the funeral arrangements are pending. >>> and in virginia, a culpeper police officer is facing a shootings death there. he's pacing -- facing murder charges. ion henrehan is live with the latest. >> there were elements that seemed suspicious from the get go and look at this video. a 54-year-old woman's car the 54-year-old was shot to death by the police officer. he started -- she started driving away dragging the officer said witnesses but the husband said that that jeep wrangler didn't have power windows and didn't add up. the special prosecutor was called in yesterday, the grand jury indicted the police officer daniel harmon wright on's murder charge other and counts. the victim taught sunday school and her minister cobb seeds that it's been hard for locals to remain neutral. >> and we know we had to be parent with this -- patient with this. this is how it works, in

most temperatures in to the 80s, dover at 83 for the afternoon high. as we go over to -- the radar we will show you the clear sky overhead. 70 for the offer overnight low. that's going to start to change into tomorrow morning. take a look out to the west. a line of dangerous storms over the ohio valley and midwest. some it is moving our direction into tomorrow afternoon. we will break down the storm detail coming up. >> thank you it. now to a miracle caught on tape. a texas electrical engineer student was hit by a bus and lived to tell. jamie joins us with more on this. >> reporter: i think everybody has seen it by now this is nick, watch what happens, there he is. he is hit by the bus, knocked to the ground. looks like it's a horrible -- it is a horrible accident here. the incredible thing is he gets right back up. it's jaw dropping video. it shows the 18-year-old being hit by a bus during a university of texas end of semester tradition called foam sword fight . this video went wild online. its been viewed 3.5 million times and amazingly the kid jumps

. >>> his body was flown back to dover air force base for an autopsy results from that could take several weeks. >>> in a few days thousands of struggling californians will be cut off from benefits. it's all because the state jobless rate stands 11% which is the lowest it has been in three years. mark serra explains the painful side effects for nearly 100,000 californians. did weeks today has spaghetti. member grant lost her job two years ago and has been on extended unemployment benefits ever since. without assistance from a nonprofit group for some food and unemployment money she doesn't know how she would get by. >>> it's vitally important. because i like to be able to feel secure. but grant is now waiting anxiously wondering if she might soon lose those extended benefits. the federal government is cutting them off immediately to about 93,000 californians and residents of seven other states based on a complex formula tied to the unemployment rate. when california's unemployment rate dipped to 11% at automatically triggered the cut off. ungraceful as long as the last and i don't want to

hernandez' flag-draped casket arrived at dover air force base in delaware yesterday. graduated from everett alvarez high school in salinas in 2008 and enlisted soon after. >>> still spring, but fire crews across the bay area right now getting ready for what could turn out to be a very hot and extremely destructive summer. cal fire announcing the official start of the wildfire season monday. the agency says conditions unusually dry and dangerous this year. firefighters say it's not just those brown hills out there. the budget also has them worried. >> i'm nervous. and i'm nervous about the type of fires, how big they're going to get this year, and the lack of firefighters on the fire ground and it's going to proiz the safety of all the people and as well as the firefighters. >> and a little heads up from cal fire reminding homeowners to clear at least 100 feet of defensible space around their property just to make sure they don't feed into that problem. >>> well, the brown hills, that means we need rain. but doesn't look like any is in the foreseeable future. christina

only about seven miles of reduced visibility and taking you to the east further in delaware zero in doveralisbury around zero and this is the moisture prone areas that got the showers yesterday. just over and over and all that was courtesy of beryl. beryl is pushing out of the area. it is not going to be affecting anybody anymore. 66 degrees right now in baltimore. 72 in d.c. and 63 easton. 61 now in york and 64 in hagerstown. 63 in winchester. now these temperatures are mild. they are above average. but we have a cold front that's going to be working through the area and i'm going to show you that in just a minute. now the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we are under mainly clear skies. you can see the remnants of beryl just pushing away. we like to see that. now, here's that cold front. this is the first one that's going to work through the rest of the morning hours and behind that high pressure is going to really build in. we're going to have that northerly flow that's going to reinforce the pleasant weather for today. but then behind that we do have a cold front. an

dry around boston, some sprinkles south towards providence, the only rain left is heading through dover, baltimore has light rain. thunderstorms are over with. for this region of the country, looks like most of the daylight hours will be dry. we will see thunderstorms once again forming late this afternoon into this evening. if you have evening plans, there is a chance for rain so carry that umbrella to work or school. as far as the worst weather, northern in michigan, we have 2,000 to 6,000 lightning strikes in the last hour. a lot of people here were woken up in the middle of the night early this morning. thunderstorms again in then forecast. like a summer-time feel to it in the midwest. thunderstorms warm. watch out in chicago and st. louis, kansas city, much of the southern half of the country is actually pretty dry. tomorrow, willie, we will have a rare day areas of the mid-atlantic, d.c. and new york have a chance of severe storms tomorrow afternoon. >> 87 today in washington. a little muggy down there. thanks so much. let's turn to sports and really sad news. football legend juni

and also dover. and we have about seven is miles visibility now in easton, five in fredrick, three in york and also hagerstown, five in winchester. we did have some is showers is, some heavier rain yesterday at this time, but things are different today as that system is beginning to push out of the area, all those rain showers. and behind it, though, we do have a cold front that's going to move in here. before we do so, we will get some sunshine as we go throughout the day. the cold front will move in and that will be bringing us a chance for some showers, scattered in nature as we go into the afternoon. there's the cold front right there, there are the showers that we could be seeing as we go 4:00, 5:00 maybe for your commute home today. behind that, though, high pressure is going to do its thing, build in. we will have is plenty of sunshine in the forecast for tomorrow, friday, also saturday and even sunday is. so things are definitely looking up if you like the sunshine, but today it's going to be

it's in the low 50s in easton and dover. we're 67 and 60 degrees in fredericksburg.let's go over to monika santami. >>> we've been busy. already quite a few things to tell you about. we're going to start off with our maps. if you're planning to head over into prince george's county, on the inner loop of the beltway after the bw parkway closer to route 450, an accident involving a car and a tractor- trailer. the entire left side of the roadway has been blocked off on the right side of the -- right side of the roadway has been blocked off approaching route 450. be aware of that. it may slow you done early this morning with equipment there. hopefully it should be cleared within the next 20 minutes. let's go to a live picture on the north side of town. here's what it looks like at new hampshire avenue. north side of the beltway unaffected by all of this. let's go back over to the maps this time to southern maryland. on the southbound side of branch avenue, single vehicle, serious crash. the person has been transported to the hospital. they're now waiting for a tow truck.

by the time he was turned dover to the animal hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, he had nightly uncontrollablezures. >> things got different in his world, and that stress led to his seizure disorder getting worse. >> reporter: but his whole life was turned around, probably saved, by the world's most unlikely helping hand. helping paw really. >> just haven't seen anything like this ever. >> reporter: several months ago, blair arrived at the hospital. a street dog with her own problems, shy to the point of cowering. probably because she'd been shot as a puppy. when the blind, seizure-stricken tanner met the timid, gunshot victim blair, they did more than play, they bonded. blair came out of her shell. she seemed to have a purpose. this amazing footage, blair grabbing a leash and leading tanner through the yard. a sighing eye dog for a dog. is it possible this street dog knows her friend is blind? >> oh, yeah. i don't think there is a doubt. >> reporter: they are now inseparable. and what's more, tanner's seizures are disappearing. the healing power of dog's best friend. john berman, abc news, ne

this picture was taken of the flag draped over his casket as it arrived at dover air force base in delaware. hernandez graduated back in 2008. >>> 4:36, time is running out in santa clara county if you want to vote by mail. today is the deadline to request a ballot for the june 5th primary. you can request a ballot at sccvote.org. after today, you have to go in person to the registrar's office. the registrar says only a fraction of the 500,000 ballots sent out this year have been returned. >>> well, facebook is looking to clear another hurdle in its campus expansion plan. tonight leaders will go over the environmental impact report. the social networking giant says it needs the space to eventually double its current 3,600 employee workforce. the meeting will be held at 7:00 tonight at the menlo park city hall. >>> nancy pelosi being recognized for her 25 years in congress today. she headlines a special commonwealth luncheon at san francisco's fairmont hotel. pelosi was elected the first woman speaker of the house back in 2006, making her at the time politically the most powerful woman in wa

personnel came in but did not speak to his wife the pentagon is investigating clark's body was returned to dover airforce base. >> police investigating a death at church hill downs the body was discovered in a barn at the famed race track this morning the barn is not near the area open to the public during yesterday's kentucky derby, authorities are talking to workers at the track they say the victim's injuries show there was an altercation, an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow. >> grim discovery in the search for a missing tennessee family a mother and three daughters disappeared more than a week ago authorities believe they may have found some victims. david lee miller has the latest. >> reporter: authorities are searching for a missing tennessee mother and three daughters made a gruesome discovery in nearby gun town mississippi they discovered two bodys in the home linked to the alleged kidnapper adam mays authorities have not disclosed age or identities of the victims mays is still on the run, and believed to have attarred appearance of -- altered appearance of himself and captives the missing w

and it's a nice balance between development, allowing dover to survive and thrive and grow, and then preserving critical parts of the battlefield. it is really nice to see that. the exhibits here, some i remember from 40 years ago. there's some that are very new. the story of jake donelson, the rooster that was the mascot of the company h 3rd tennessee the portrait was donated by the family for preservation and for here at ft. donelson national battlefield. there are a lot of remarkable things going on here at the park. i'm sure it will continue. i certainly hope it does. but, again, ft. donelson 150 years ago, remarkable. 150 years ago. i'm not going to be around for the 200th, i assure you of that. i can guarantee. some of you will. i can see some of -- you guys will certainly, hope to see you then. but 150 years, yeah, it's a long time for all of us. we're here for a limited time. ft. donelson, it will be here after we're gone and hopefully a long time after that. that concludes my formal remarks. i'll open it up for any points of discussion you would like to make. we'll see if we

zero in dover and salisbury right now. quite mild this morning but a nice day get out there and enjoy. now a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. good morning. and are the accidents clearing up now? >>> unfortunately that is not the case lynette. we have a crash up in harford county and darlington that continues to shut down route 161 at castleton road. the accident has been cleared but it did result in fallen power lines so delmarva power is on this trying to clear it in and out. in the meantime stick with castleton road as the alternate route. no delays from harford county to baltimore county and fortunately that good news will continue on the beltway. a live look in parkville at harford road. 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. the northwest corner also in great shape. here's a look at green spring avenue. it will be clear interstate 70. for those of you using the harrisburg expressway, no delays to talk about from cockeysville all the way down to the beltway and the jfx also nice and clear. t

was either philip dover in the race and yell a certain solution in your ears so i don't truly expanding that they're older the radical change they do for us to push on neville's leslie new president of france so you brought he's the new position he represents the us political party in the middle is definitely hast to fulfill the promises these days during the continue other meetings that i had or were also helpful in answering very thrilling to us it was yesterday that i talked to the french president and today ahead of the white issue good number of meetings in the morning i met with the german leader to chancellor on go america with a stupid idea and we did not talk about soccer you may be surprised we talked about soccer later this month at first we discussed our bilateral relations so we're looking here to be with you but it's you that look at the schedule for our coming meetings with the presidential meetings and some seals in the. meetings will be promising serious discussion of the guarantee economic situation in europe i can tell you frankly i asked to hear a p.d.f. of the us of

you can see the percentage here, over into winchester, also fredrick and even dover and culpepper moree same. so, again, be aware as you step out and about today. let's head back to charley. >> guys, thanks a lot. >>> new information this morning in the trayvon martin murder investigation. new evidence regarding the extent of the admitted shooter, george zimmerman's injuries from that february night. abc 2 news' sherree johnson is here live with more. reporter: charley, for the first time a medical report exclusively obtained by abc news reveals the full extent of george zimmerman's injuries after the deadly confrontation with trayvon martin. the report revealed a broken nose, two black eyes and gashes on the back of his head. this come from the doctor who treated zimmerman the morning after the shooting of martin. now, zimmerman claims martin attacked him that night and he only shot the unarmed 17-year- old because he feared for his own life as martin bashed his head into the concrete. now, the report also show ises zimmerman told his doctor he suffered from nausea when thinking about

and baker beach, dover beach. tomorrow, sunny skies up and down the state of california. and 70 in los angeles desert will sizzle in palm springs. here in the bay area there is mid to upper 80s again almost to 90 degrees, here is the accu-weather forecast. looking at how things warm up. saturday with highs around 90. low 8 ows around the bay and mid to upper 60s on the coast. still a mild to warm pleasant day. great weather is ahead. >> coming up a big name draft pick signs with 49ers. >> and looks back with a s>@qh$ú d >>> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then developing news in mississippi a fuj if in a double murder is dead. two girls he kidnapped are safe. >> then at 11:00 here on abc 7 news crash of a russian super jet just one american on board, why a bay area wife is desperate for help. it's coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> and now on to sports z 49ers talking about. >> larry beil is here with that. >> rookies. there is six out of seven that will get on the field tomorrow in santa clara. there is james part of the draft to drive stanford crazy. now just miles fro

army team carried the remains of the specialists to dover air force base in delaware. and tonight his company commander called him " a model soldier and the rocks they could always depend on in any situation ". the specialist died saturday when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. he was 21 years old. >> in other bay area headlines, san jose police are investigating a body found in a pond. the same man was reported missing in the area of the alemeda court percolation pond last night. divers found the body of a man this morning. investigators have not release the identity nor the cause of death. they're treating this case as a homicide. a six year-old boy, seriously hurt in a car crash in berkeley has died. he and his mother or writing in the car driven by her boyfriend, when it slammed into a treat it we can half ago. his mother died at the time of the accident. police say the boyfriend was drunk and speeding. he is in critical condition. >> a new feature that has buyers lining up in one east bay development. visit: discover britvisit:

. >>> and report the of miss hundredelled remains at the dover u.s. air force base. . >>> welcome back, we have new information, a top commander, the man has been reprimanded for whistleblowers. they wrongfully tried to fire two subordinates after they reported problems that handle the war's dead. it includes partial remains dumped in a landfill and the deputy was suspended for 20 days without pay. >>> president barack obama was able to cop vince leaders to sign on to his plan for wiping down. they agreed to give afghan forces a leading roll in combat beginning next year with nato taking a supporting roll. most with draw but the end of 2014. and the ambassador ryan crocker will step down this summer. earlier he served as u.s. ambassador to iraq. no reason has been given for his departure. >>> ktvu channel 2 morning news allison burps is in our newsroom with how president barack obama is criticizing mitt romney's career. >> reporter: it shows mitt romney and president barack obama locked in a dead heat over who can best help the economist but they beli

. >> the casket arrived yesterday at dover air force base in delaware. his death marks the age service member from monterey county to have died in iraq or afghanistan. >> and this is a day we set aside to honor those who served thchl year's ceremony marks the end of one march and 70 years since the start of another. here is abc 7 news. >> this san francisco ceremony has been a tradition for 144 years meant to honor those who fought in different wars and remember struggles they went through. obi nash was in the army in world war i i. we had black and white army at that time. the president said we'll have one army. >> there are those who came to talk about their proudest moments. >> we're saying is that. >> he fought in the war, in china. >> those veterans exchanged stories with their senior counter parts. >> this is from and down efforts overseas paved a way for awareness campaign autos there is a special excel braigs for those who fought in world war i skpismt iraq. the ire back war ended this year, 70 years ago, america became involved in world war ii a