very slow connections going away from us in the outer loop towards edmondson. rain showers to catch up to us later on this morning or afternoon. 66 the airport at the top of the hour. 61 in parkton. tould be able to sneak in the 70s this afternoon. we have some rain in the mountains. this little batches evaporating before it hits the ground. the rain that is reaching the ground will, to the mountains and drift towards the city later this morning and afternoon. good idea to take an umbrella with you even though it is not raining at your house right now. variable clause with a chance for a few rain showers mainly this afternoon. high temperatures between 75 and 80. tropical system passes south of baltimore friday and saturday nine. the could get some rain around baltimore good -- rain around baltimore. we should wind up with a decent tail end of the weekend. sunday looks good as well. >> back with another update at 8:56. it's like lightning in a snowball. it's like an iceberg volcano. it's like a hot chocolate coolatta! i just read the cup. hot chocolate goes chi

those delays stretch back to edmondson. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> 6:18. president obama has a busy day on the west coast today. wherevels to palm springs he will meet with the chinese president. there will be it wide range of issues focusing on security. 50 people are arrested. equipment andary drugs were seized after a raid. there was armed dealings and more. >> when it comes to the workplace, cheerfulness does not necessarily equal success. men and women were asked to rank who would be the best leader. cheerful women were ranked the least likely to lead. shoulddy suggests bosses be uncompromising. we have jane king with this morning's bloomberg business report. good morning. >> happy rainy friday. $39 millionwill pay in a salomon. hud opens and investigation last year. allowed homes it foreclosed on to remain in dilapidated conditions. wells fargo will invest in efforts in minority neighborhoods nationwide and that includes baltimore and .rince george's apple will try to get users to turn an older phones. apple is teaming up with the company to run the

other accidents include north rosedale at edmondson avenue, east 25th at lock raven boulevard. let's take a live look. traffic moving along but at a slower pace. this traffic report is brought to you by erickson living. visit charlestown in va tonsville. visit ericksonliving.com. >>> tampa rays pitcher eric cobb is out of the hospital after getting hit in the head by a line drive. this is the latest head injury in the sport. it has some asking if major league baseball to do more to protect pitchers. >> it's one of the most disturbing sights in many baseball, a pitcher denseless, getting h hit in the head by a ball traveling more than 100 miles an hour and reaching the mound in 1/3 of a second. alex cobb said he woke up with only a minor headache the day after being hit by a line drive. he's hardly the only victim. last month j.a. happ had to be removed on a stretcher. brandon mccarthy got hit and now has seizures. >> when you see it happen and when you see line drives and hard ground balls go up the middle it crosses your mind. >> it's not just major leagueers. gun ner was 16-y

and all cook's lane at edmondson avenue.as delays go, they have just gotten heavier. 32 past 100 at this point. it slows down again from the 895 split to whitemarsh boulevard. as far as the beltway goes, the top side inner loop, crawling along. and the west side inner loop, bumper to bumper there, from 895 past liberty. let's take a live look. you can see, very heavy, much slower on the beltway there, on dulaney valley road. this traffic report is brought to you by duke's mayo. made with the same recipe, since 1917. duke's mayo is the secret to great food. you can learn more at duke's mayo.com. back over to you. >> all right, kristy, thank you. >>> hundreds of truck drivers made a stop at fedex field. normally the home of the washington redskins. it was road check 2013 that was being played out. >> trucks of all shapes and sizes were directed off the capitol beltway in the parking lot of fedex field in prince george's county. waiting for them were inspectors. when police looked for mechanical defects that could look for flaw

as you travel the west side, delays in place on the outer loop from 795 down to edmondson could waltheriberty road and milford mill road -- that is due to utility work area 14 minutes on the north side stretch. 19 minutes to travel west side outer loop. 95 out of the northeast, showing delay southbound from white marsh down to the 895 split. in the weather department, things are pretty quiet right now. in thee north this upper 60s at this point. 69 degrees in sykesville. patches of sun. showers are developing and continuing across the lower eastern shore into southern maryland. we have let showers making their way towards garrett county. area is what we have to focus on around baltimore today. scattered showers and storms into the afternoon. high temperatures from 84 to 88. 40% chance for a thunderstorm even tomorrow afternoon. we should see drying weather into the next couple of days. friday does begin our very first day of summer. still a? -- still a question mark. 86 degrees the high temperature. the storm should be far and few between. >> >>> 8:00 now on a monday morning. it's the 1

it's at the centennial recreation center on edmondson avenue.ery important for everyone, especially senior citizens and children, to stay hydrated and cool. >>> well, if you thought it was hot here in the bay area, imagine standing outside in 126- degree heat. that's how high the temperature got at death valley national park yesterday. i just looked it up and the national park service says death valley is the hottest place on earth. it's expected to climb to 129 degrees today. as you can see, people were still walking around, despite the record heat. >> it's hot in australia, but it's completely different. we would be massively soaked if we were in australia now, which this is a dry heat. it's completely different. >> as hot as it gets today, probably won't break the record. the hottest temperature recorded in death valley history was 134 degrees, back in july of 1913. >>> starting out with a live look there over the delta region. no influence from the delta breeze today. it is going to be a scorcher. temperatures, even hotter than yesterday for