chief meteorologist wyatt everhart is here with maryland's most accurate forecast. >>> i'll fire the grill. you bring the steaks. purpose 70s to -- purpose p-upper 70s to low 80s. we have a tropical rain maker now named, tropical storm andrea south of tampa. the center of circulation right out here. the bottom line is the heavy rain is headed our way. we'll detail that for you coming up. >>> new at six, it was supposed to be a joke early this morning but one friend ended up shot. another is charged with assault. police said patrick staple ton thought he was picking up a beebee gun at a friend's house but it was a handgun. the victim ended up with a bullet in his rear. >>> mrs. . new tonight at 6:00, a story that's hard to hear and hard to understand. a baltimore city man is accused of trying to drown his 3-year-old son. he admitted to holding the boy and the wart. he then took the boy under the water, dried him off and left him in the bassinet. the child is now in critical condition. >>> police said a school bus driver was going too fast when the bus crashed with a van and a car in e

chief meteorologist wyatt everhart is hanging by. what can we expect here? >> first thought, this kid need a -- heavy rain. that's what we mainly concerned with. the flood latest on tropical storm an -- andrea. the center of the circulation. the rain shield is way out ahead by 700 miles. we're already seeing the heavier rains much further north where that center circulation. as we take a look at tropical storm andrea, you see heavy rain band offshore. the storm getting a little more diffused less continued. heavy rain still coming right up the coast here. you look at the radar perspective, very tight circulation there in north central florida. look at the pictures today, what andrea has done so far. it's impressive. clear water beach big waves rock into the beach here throughout the day. anything but clear water here in clearwater beach, florida. tonight florida beginning to clear out. we're watching more active weather in orangeburg in, south carolina. look at that heavy rain just pelting the camera here. we got one more for you here in wilmington, north ca

but everhart admits he never imagined his career would be linked to snoopy and friends. >> it was thed i wasn't interested in cartoons. i was interested in coloring books. >> reporter: in 1980 he met the peanut's creator charles schulz and the two became fast friends. >> we did nothing but drawing lines for hours. thin lines, fat lines. >> is he a good artist? >> phenomenal. >> he became so adept at drawing the characters he did commercial projects for schulz and schulz kept encouraging the artist to explore the comic strip in his own work but the painter wasn't ready. >> you were scared. >> yes. absolutely scared. >> then in 1988 everhart was diagnosed with stage four colon and liver county and he had an aidea. >> i realized what does it matter if the art world excepts what i'm doing. this is for me. >> reporter: he was intimidated. he would only incorporate iconic things from the strip. first the piano and then woodstocks nest and then lucy's hair do. >> maybe this is the start of something big. >> reporter: one day it happened, a character pigpen, finally slipped on to the canvas.

wyatt everhart will be back. for now we'll send this back inside to you guys. >> we may get rain. >>> rote now that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be prepared for some serious rain and andrea certainly won't be the last major storm we deal with the hurricane preparedness kicked off on jiewnt 1st. anne arundel county officials used it to remind people how much damage was done last year from superstorm sandy. they're recommending that every family put together a disaster kit. >> i'll have 15, 20 cars weighting in the parking lot -- waiting in the parking lot for the door to open. >> there's a system called code red that they use in the case of severe weather. but they use landlines. >>> now as hurricane andrea makes its way to maryland, we'll continue to update you. just head to abc2news.com slashdown loads. >> an intrude are assaulted students. >> jeff hager has more. jeff? >> police believe the man who terrified the school in elkton may have felt his on measure of terror to realize that he was the threat. >> as w

. >> let's check in with chief meteorologist wyatt everhart. wyatt? >>> partly cloudy skies across the state. nice weather and temperatures comfortable, upper 70s. 81 in the harbor. we continue this streak of unbelievably nice weather. big tropical rain maker down here, still not a named storm. perhaps that could happen before it comes to shore over florida. it will shoot up the coast and bring rain through the day on friday into friday night but for now enjoy a nice evening. we'll have more coming up. >>> now to a consumer alert affecting nearly 3 million drivers. chrysler is defending its jeep grand cher re kibe and liberties, despite a recall. 2.7million can catch fire in a rear end collision. that man bradley -- tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: the detroit automaker insists the vehicles are safe and no recall is necessary but the government said that's not so. at least 51 people have died in fiery crashes model year 1993 to 2004 and the jeep liberty, 2002 to twef. the problem, according to the national highway traffic safety administration it

. >> i'm chief meteorologist wyatt everhart, a few passing clouds from time to time. we had a stray shower toward cecil county. things will get more active tomorrow. we'll talk about when you might see a storm straight ahead. >>> it has been burning for a week and the danger isn't over. >> reporter: nearly a week after this massive black for rest fire started in colorado, authorities think they finally have the upper hand . >> the good news is new lost structures. >> reporter: investigators trying to figure out what started the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. it has already claimed two lives and wiped out nearly 500 homes near colorado springs. mother nature somewhat cooperating. sunday's raiferl helped to contain the flames. yet, the dispaz zone is still too smoldering to allow some evacuees to return to what's left. >> the people who lost their homes, they're going to hit bottom again when they see theirs for the first time, which probably will be this week. >> reporter: a few found a my ne for three days. >> reporter: it's a nervousness now shared

. >> chief meteorologist wyatt everhart is here to tell us what we can expect. >> bottom line is thisis rain will get heavier and steadier. this is a tropical moisture cap. some of the tropical moisture already shooting the coast. there's also a frontal boundary in ohio squeezing in some of the moisture. here is some of the mane players -- plain players. she makes landfall let rally as we -- literally as we speak. it's about 120 miles north of tampa. you see the tropical storm wind concerns all the way up through cape at terrace and flood -- cape hatteras and we'll keep a close eye on it. we will have more on andrea. we'll send it back not news desk. >>> team coverage. >> mike masco has the umbrella. >> it has started raining at 6:00. that means probably the beltway. we'll be talking about a storm that's moving up the coast. her name is andrea, dumping two to four inches of rain. let's take a look at

. >> chief meteorologist wyatt everhart is here with hopefully some good news. >> i think short term good news is a way to put it. slightlywarmer day tomorrow, but the humidity will stay at bay. fortonight, we're still dry and clear, 74 in the city. muchcooler to the west. 63 inhagerstown. other than right around the cities, dc and baltimore, things are cool off rapidly. not clear down. thisis our next big rain maker brewing. we'll talk about when that gets here but realize you're off to a sunny start tomorrow. >> police say a man pulled over for not wearing his seat belt ended up in a fight with stoop state troopers. t police say he was stopped in stevensville, when asked to exit the car, he took off. police found the car empty, they tracked him down on foot. troopers say he faught with them. he is under arrest. >> -- [technical difficulties] csx wants to are you new its permit to discharge waste water. the state department of the environment held a public hearing tonight to hear your concerns about the impact on your community. >> people who live in the brooklyn, curtis bay area li

everhart.poses of this broadcast. you replaced mr. everhart. i'd like to give you a moment to respond to the problems the organization has had and how you plan to clean things up. >> well, first of all i read mckay's piece of fiction between the taco bell fired, and 18 most insane sex toys. that was on "buzzfeed." i want to congratulate mckay. he shred the pretense of any journalistic -- >> mr. tyler, i'm happy for you to make judgments about my journalism and mr. coppin's journalism. what i'm keen to hear from you is what you think about what has gone wrong? after all, a former president has been kicked out and is now in a legal fight with the ceo. tell us what happened. >> the former president was kicked out through his own doing. he violated company policy and, look, he is a former employee and he's now gone. there is no civil war at the strategy group for media. we are stronger and more capable of getting conservatives elected than we've ever been. and that's really what this attack is abou