the waves are really big becse of hurricane bill. it's going to keep building throughout the day. we need to keep people out of the water. >> reporter: rip currents are especially dangerous during a hurricane. they form when water flows away from the shore. the water gets sucked out creating a powerful challenge. that can pull a swimmer under water and out to sea. lifeguards say don't panic. swim parallel to the shore to break free of the rip current. david, hurricane bill is still a category 1, packing 85-mile-per-hour winds. it's a very quick-moving storm. it's moving about 24 miles per hour. right up the east coast. very interesting to see what happens in the overnight hours. david? >> the quicker the better thank you very much. we know marysol will be tracking the storm forecast overnight. she'll have more first thing in the morning on "good morning america." >>> now, we turn this evening to the surprising move by some car dealerships to end the cash for clunkers program early. this was supposed to be the final weekend. many customers looking to get in with two days left got an

hurricane bill has lost strength, but forecasters are warning, it is a dangerous storm. w bill is a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. outer bands of the storm are dropping rain on bermuda where the high surf from the storm is pounding local beaches there. also, the high waves from the storm are being felt up and down the east coast of the u.s. the national weather service says dangerous surf conditions will last through the weekend. the national hurricane weather center says that bill could lose strength as it passes from bermuda to the u.s. coast. >>> and the worst may be from hurricane bill, but there is a hurricane watch discontinued for the island of bermuda. a tropical storm warning is in effect there. people living on the island can expect strong winds and dangerous seas and rip currents for the rest of the day. >>> of course, meteorologist reynolds wolf is keeping an eye on hurricane bill. he will be here in the next few moments to update us on the strength and the position. he is tracking it. stay with hln for the hurricane b

hurricane bill passed bermuda with a glancing blow today. even though the storm is not expected to make u.s. landfall, the east coast is still feeling the effects. we have the latest. >> on the island of bermuda, hurricane bill whipped up wind dancer. -- wind and surf. dangerous waves were making their way to the u.s. mainland from massachusetts to florida. the swells are high this weekend and potentially deadly. >> this particular storm, we are worried about high speeds. we do not think the winds will exceed 35 miles per hour. >> parts of the coast could see tropical storm-force winds but the biggest issue is likely to be rip currents, which could quickly pull swimmers away from shore. >> the more water coming to the beach, the strong recurrent going out from the beach into deeper water. >> many beaches are closed to swimmers today. >> if you see the red flags, do not swim there. we are advising people to stay out of the water until the weekend is over. >> like ours could not keep everyone out of the water. they tried hard to get the warnin

4 hurricane. bill is continuing to move off west/northwesterly passing north of the islands. bill has sustained winds to 135 miles per hour with gusts over 160. continui on a track west/northwest for the day and turning to the north getting into the weekend passing to the north of bermuda and off the atlantic seaboard by the weekend. we have a few passing sprinkles to the south with temperatures in the 70s around the region. it is a steamy morning. as the day progresses, we'll have a chance for afternoon thundershowers and highs reaching near 90 and very humid. more of the same each day into saturday. then lower humidity sunday into next week. jerry, good morning. how is traffic doing? >>> good morning, everyone. we'll head out to take a live look along 395 northbound. as you make the drive north to shirlington, lanes are open. montgomery county police are dealing with an accident at route 29 and lockwood drive. we have reports of another one near germantown and the damascus area, 27 and bring. be care

here is hurricane bill right now. it's dangerous category iv hurricane. maximum sustained winds at 134 miles an hour and gusting to 160 miles an hour. there's the caribbean islands and we're going to have to watch as it moves toward the northeast and toward bermuda, definitely need to watch it. with that cold front t it's going to push it and curve it back out into the atlantic ocean. we will have to watch it over the weekend. if you're headed toward ocean city, you will see high surf as well as rip current from hurricane bill. for the forecast, hot and humid one, a high temperature of 90 degrees with the thunderstorms developing in the afternoon hours with the winds continuing out of the south at 5-10 miles an hour. central maryland a high temperature of 91 degrees, hazy sunshine, the clouds increase throughout the day and the winds out of the southwest at 5-10 miles an hour. tonight an uncomfortable one, a temperature of 74 degrees. seven-day forecast, there's relief on the way. we got to get through a couple of more days of this hot and muggy air mass.

there's hurricane bill. the two meet up and again, you just have all the energy occurring and there's so much rain, so much moisture in the atmosphere, that it dumps a great deal of rain. we're looking at one to three inches yet tonight in some spots. by the way, hurricane bill is a category 1, that is still can create a lot of damage. in our extended forecast, not so much for tomorrow. but tonight we have a couple showers around. then tomorrow the clearing day for us. this is finally when we get some dryer, clearer weather into the picture and monday looks good as well. so for the rest of tonight, a low of 67 degrees. showers and storms and flooding in some spots, particularly on the eastern shore. for tomorrow, 83 degrees. morning showers, afternoon clearing. and from the next seven days, we just have to get through tonight and then things get a lot better for us. 86 for monday and dryer. same thing for tuesday. then we start to heat up again as we head into wednesday and thursday. another front moves thro

a lot of rain there today, but it's not relative to hurricane bill. s been tropical storms passing across new york and they brought with them a lot of rain. right now, bill, though, a category 2 hurricane with maximum winds of 105 miles an hour. meteorologist jim cantore joining us live from bermuda. how are thinging looking there? >> reporter: good morning. i wish i was coming to you from a vacation site which is where bermuda is. we have lost our beach, three to four feet of beach erosion gone. with the storm pulling away now, the waves seem to be calm doung a little bit. we have to get through the high tide cycle in the next hour and that's going to break more beach erosion, but not like we had last night. preliminary reports across the island, no major structural damage, a lot of debris, leaves and branches, nothing that's uncommon for a big windstorm. unofficial gust 95 miles an hour, but all in all, the island has fared well considering the storm was 200 miles away, the center, that's a big wind deal. we're going to be in the tropical storm force

hurricane bill, first hurricane of the atlantic season. and tropical depression ana is going to remain a depression. tropical storm claudette came ashore about six hours ago. bill tracking off to the west now sustained winds at 75, gusts to 92. keep an eye on it over the next few days. looks like it will miss the islands. anday ant d y toho tomorrow.d a bit cooler friday into the weekend. how's the traffic? >> good morning, everyone. picking up volume this morning but that's about it all the interstates in uneventful, just the way we like it. check your speeds this morning. everything seems to be moving along pretty well. making the drive on the b-w parkway, had an earlier accident inside the beltway at 450. police are still on the scene. barbara and joe, backo you. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. virginia senator jim webb helped secure the release of an american prisoner overseas. >>> how social networking sites are changing the way we do business and how you can u >>> here's a look at the morning's top stories. >>> tropical storm claud

hurricane bill is expected to kick up rip currents and heavy surf. rip currents are very dangerous because they can pull even strong swimmers out to sea. >>> we're going to have more with storm tracker reynolds wolf in just a few minutes. >>> cleanup is under way in a kentucky prison. there was a fire at a median security prison just south of lexington housing 1,200 inmates. guards had to use tear gas to get the prisoners under across. eight inmates and eight staff workers were injured but no one had to be admitted to the hospital. >> right now we're happy to report to you that the facility is secure, the inmates are accounted for. we had minimal injuries which are still being assessed to the inmates. and as far as we know right now, minimal if any injuries right now to any staff or department of corrections personnel. >> state police haven't said why the inmates rioted. the prison have been on lockdown when the inmates -- prison officials decided to relax that shortly before the rioting started. >>> as long as they're in lifelong and monogamous same-

grant. >>> and we do know they left this afternoon, trying to take care of -- let hurricane bill pass by. we'll check in with tucker barns to see what we can expect. so it will be spinning up toward nova scotia, but new england could have an issue. >> bill is off to the north and eas- -rehintenheattg threinenh canadianeri time. and we had soaking rainfall tad dulles international airport yesterday. rain around here yesterday. today will be an improvement with more sunshine and drier air moving in. still a risk of a scattered shower or thunderstorm. this frontal system is very slow to get out of here. reagan national is 71 at this hour. that is better than yesterday. yesterday it was steamy out there throughout the day and we had temperatures in the 80s. 70 right now at dulles. bwi marshall is 71. here is a look at the forecast and i'll be back with details with you. but by this afternoon, we'll see highs in the mid-80s. 86 here in washington. more sunshine than yesterday and less humid. but we still can't rule out the risks of a scattered shower or thunderstorm out there. i'll have mo

hurricane bill has already been downgraded to a category one. the other hurricane obama who has also been downgraded in a sense, his popularity very weakened in the last several weeks due to the acrimonious debate over the healthcare system here in our country. watch this. the president and his family are due to arrive here tomorrow afternoon -- arrive here tomorrow afternoon weather permitting for a rare week off on the vineyard that should not be too severely impacted. if the forecasts are correct, then hurricane bill's effect on the vineyard is expected to be limited to blustery winds and dangerous surfs with waves of eight to ten feet or more. but gave a slightly tougher time to the mid atlantic island of bermuda, flooding roads there, eroding some of those lovely pink sand beaches and upsetting vacation plans for thousands of travelers, including the former first couple, president bill and current secretary of state hillary clinton who cut their trip short because of the weather. although i must say that maybe the clinton's bermuda vacation

here is the latest with hurricane bill. it's still a category 3 hurricane. it's approaching bermuda, and may passover buring burma do yo. and then this is the potential of tropical storm force winds near cape cod, martha's vineyard and nantucket, and then it will head out. for us, partly sunny. thunderstorms likely this afternoon some of them with damaging winds. highs reaching low 90s. and then tomorrow, maybe showers in the morning and afternoon thundershowers, and heavy downpours are likely. and then sunday and monday into next week, low humidity moves in and highs in the 80s. that's how it looks at this hour. barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> ande will get a final check on the midday traffic right now. jerry edwards has the latest conditions. >> boy, we are getting busy out there right now. 95 southbound delay begin at the capital belt way. don't be surprised if you see backups on the rams to go 395. that's not stop and go, but heavy all the way down to the occoquan. it's friday and summertime, you know the drill. and then over the bay bridge, we are okay.

that's hurricane bill. it's not coming in even though it's closing storm of the beaches because of incredibly high tides and also the huge risk for those riptides. and we're also seeing some bands of it starting to make their way into cape cod but the thing is it won't make landfall because of the front that's bringing us the flooding rains. so this front is going to eventually deflect bill, back out to sea. as you can see it's still making its way to the north- northwest right now at 24 miles per hour but it eventually will turn more northward and then to the northeast. winds have come down but still 86 miles per hour. and it's looking like it's losing some strength but still a very strong storm out there. so as it continues on this track eventually it's going to leave the united states. but tonight for some up and down cape cod this is going to be a rough night out there. temperature-wise, we have been down all day because of everything going on. but notice the dew points. in the low 70s. that's the amoun

elsewhere, all eyes are on hurricane bill this morning. it is expected to strepgen into a major hurricane and could strike bermuda later this week. >>> this morning a federal official says there will not be nearly as much swine flu vaccine ready by mid-october as had been predicted. a spokesman for the health and human services department says that there should be about 45 million doses by then. afterward, about 20 million are expected weekly. the delay is being blamed on manufacturing issues. barbara? >> a major development this morning on the highws of virginia. it looks like virginia's putting the brakes on plans to build h.o.t. lanes on i-95 and 395. news 4's connected to your commute with more on this one. tracee, good morning. >> the plan was to ease congestion in virginia on one our area's busiest roads but now state leaders are saying this isn't the right economic environment to support the cost efothr construction. construction of the h.o.t. lanes was scheduled to begin next summer. the h.o.t. lanes would have run from the pentagon

but a direct hit from hurricane bill is unlikely. the storm, which has weakened a bit yesterday remains energyized over warm waters of the atlantic. forecaster bill is expected to cause swells along the east coast this weekend. beach goers in ocean city are warned of rip current this weekend. for more on bill and today's severe weather here is meteorologist jessica starr. hey, jess. >> we had strong storms push through our area earlier at 2:00, 3:00. we have a cold front moving through our area with showers and storms and now dealing with showers and sunshine and we have potential to see a round of sunshine in the overnight hours and let's go ahead and get towards hurricane bill weakening just a little bit. it is a category 2 hurricane at this moment with maximum sustained winds at 104 miles an hour and pressure at 954 millibars. here it is. it will strengthen back into a category 3 and miss bermuda and bring a high surf and rip current towards the east coast of the united states and make landfall in a week and towards nova scotia and

bill is a category two hurricane this morning with winds near 105 miles an hour. forecasters say the storm could regain intensity over the weekend. bermuda residents woke up to some power outages and minor flooding. bill and hillary clinton were vacationing on the island, but they cut their trip short, and they left on thursday. people on the east coast from northern florida to new england are bracing for high surf and rip currents. we have a live report later in the hour from massachusetts. in studio meteorologist todd santos is tracking bill for us. good morning to you. >> hey there, alex wrshgs you know, for the moes part this is the perfect way to watch a hurricane, from a distance. it's certainly safe as long as we're inland from the coastline. if you want to go check it out at the beach, just don't go in the water. that's pretty much the situation. we are going to be dealing with rip current risks as well as pretty substantial wave action across the coastline. these are the first visible satellite images of the day. you need the sun to be up in the sky to get

while the united states is expected to avoid a direct hit from hurricane bill, it will be a very wild day up and down the east coast. as bill moved northward, bermuda got the worst of it. the island nation avoided a direct hit. but bill still packed a wallop, pounding the island with strong winds and rain. >> as you see, the shore's upcy-daisy. it's upside down. if he turns, we'll get a good licking. >> reporter: along the carolina coast, sunny skies. dangerous surf below. >> it was really strong. even the waves that were down by my ankles were moving me. the big ones are almost knocking me over. >> reporter: officials there were bracing for heavy flooding from raising ocean waters. swells as high as 17 feet are expected in many areas. in new york and new jersey, many beaches were closed for the weekend. those that remained open are taking extra precautions. >> very treacherous conditions. we're just letting them just get their feet wet. and it's going to get worse. >> reporter: the biggest threat, dangerous riptides that may not be noticeable to the naked eye or swimmers ignoring the

more on hurricane bill later. >> thank you. and identifying the event -- a debt-defying event you have to see to believe. >> do you think a scottish court shouldrelease the man convicted of the 1988 pan-am bombing, so he can die surrounded by his family? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> and eight year-old boy has flown into the record books over the sky. he is a daredevil strapped to the wing of a plane. his parents must be having a heart attack. they make sure every safety measure was taken. some men and women were reverting to childhood in san francisco. they have turned one straight into a board game. it is a real life in the land. -- candy land. that looks like fun. >> a seesaw can't send somebody for a ride if the person on the other end with a lot more. that happened in jacksonville after one of the trees have your limbs fell unexpectedly and fell on the back end of a vehicle. it said the person inside high above the ground. the person got out safely and no one was hurt. >> coming up, we will take a lo

this edge of the circle, that is hurricane bill. hurricane bill didn't really touch us.ou see that big area of showers and thunderstorms develop. you have that energy that helps form the storms. you have all that water vapor in the air, tremendous amounts with a lot of moisture to work with giving us heavy downpours. hurricane bill is a category one. we're looking at 85 mile-per- hour winds and it's taking a turn off to the northeast so it shouldn't be bothering the mainland in the united states. things are shaping up for us nicely overnight. by tomorrow, a couple of clouds around. maybe a few leftover showers but we're generally clearing out nicely. and for monday, looks better. look out to the west. no rain, in the even any clouds. we're looking for high pressure to move in and we're looking at much more comfortable weather to move in. for tonight, 70 degrees for an overnight low. 83 degrees a couple of leftover showers are certainly possible and clearing throughout the afternoon hours. and the next seven days look good once we get through the overnight hours. sunday c

this is hurricane bill. the maximum sustained winds now 85 miles per hour down to a category one moving to the north at 20 miles per hour. so as soon as it gets past parallel with us, the front will have a chance to move out. that should happen during the day tomorrow. there's nothing going on upstream. the weather should be fairly quiet as we head into the beginning of 'sthe workweek. tonight, showers and thunderstorms before midnight. then mostly cloudy, muggy with a low near 70. most of the day on sunday is going to be dry with a high temperaturer in 84. it can become less humid a lot less humid as we head into the beginning of the week. monday and tuesday will be nice with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. might get near 90 again on wednesday. it is going to improve tonight. it's going to take two or three hours for the stuff to get out of here. i say after 9:00 things will get better. >> thanks, tony. >>> hopefully, the weather will cooperate because it is a big sports night here in the area in

on the right side is hurricane bill. as steve was report, it is possible it could become a major hurricane later on this week so we'll keep our eyes on that. closer to home, right now here in degrees. reaturmp 3degrees. relati humidity at 84%. the wind out south at five miles per hoon. th rie re has been the rise. a look at our own satellite- radar, we he w fecs loudaout lo there making if a very pretty sunrise. there may be an area or two of f fog as our humidity has been up there during the overnight hours. your day planner for today. we are looking for lots of sunshine today. we'll call day partly sunny day. another hot an humid day with above normal temperatures. high into the low 90s. our high will range from the low to the mid-90s depending on where you are. there you go. that is the latest. >> we mentioned we'll be seeing maybe some rain from claudette in our area this week. >> we'll tk about that in a little bit. >> good. we need it. >> let's check in with julie wright. it is monday. things happen. >> things have

bill. we western getting the outer bands wrapping around that hurricane.ou can see some of the outer bands now. and the rain we've had has moved on. there's a couple of light showers, okay. right along the eastern sections of the beltway and the eastern parts of the district, northeast. they're very, very light. little bit more rain down to the south. we'll watch it and see if it tracks up here. may have some of that early tomorrow morning. let me show you what's going on out there now because we do have a slow-moving frontal system. and everything's kind of waiting on this front, and this front is actually waiting on hurricane bill to kind of move on up to the northeast. as it does, and it -- it's getting out of here rapidly, the front will be slowly moving on off to the east tomorrow afternoon. more scattered showers and some thunderstorms from the front, and along the front and off to the east. i think most of those storm tomorrow will be east of i-95. all of us at least have a chance to get a shower or a thunderstorm tomorrow, okay. not going to be com

where is hurricane bill? was telling you he is just west of bermuda and that's exactly where he is, 105 miles per hour moving at a good clip, 22 miles per hour to the northeast, going to spare the east coast but in places like martha's vinyard on the coast of rhode island, they have tropical storm warnings out as the storm gets closer late tonight and into tomorrow morning. of cours rough surf as a result, but we are being spared any direct impact from bill. what we can expect around here for today, yesterday's high 95, we won't hit that today. luckily, we will be closer to the seasonal average of 86. you can see along the eastern seaboard with the watches an warnings and some of them are expiring but because the air is so moist and because this hurricane is beautifully detailed there, it is actually slowing the progress greg of the cold front that's -- the progress greg of the cold front that's trying to come through and there will be a threat of showers and thunderstorms right on through the day today, anyw

hurricane bill, the first hurricane of the season is heading towards canada, safely offshore. there are ramifications. tropical storm warnings to talk about. we'll bring you the latest, coming up. >>> also, the wildly popular cash for clunkers program comes to an end tomorrow. pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy. sparked the flailing auto industry. but it's had a positive ripple effect on another industry. we'll tell you what you might ll a secondary stimulus.ca >>> also, the internationalunun manhunt rr way for the reality tv star, who was accused of murdering his ex-wife and former "playboy" model. investigators think he has fled the country. we'll have details on that. >>> also, cutting-edge medical equipment. really cool. giving people in small towns access to a big city doctor without leaving their hospital. it's a robo doc. >>> first, we want to get the latest on hurricane bill. it blew by the coast of cape cod in materially morning hours. that's where abc's stephanie sy is this morning. joining us from chatham, massachusetts. good morning, stephanie.

but this is hurricane bill. bill has increased in strength, became a hurricane at 5:00 this morning. winds at 92, gusts to 115. heading up to bermuda by the end of the week. we'll see lots of sunshine today and tomorrow. hot, mid-90s, and a little cooler wednesday and thursday. remaining steamy into the weekend. yreater chance of showers friday an ow humidity and cooler on sunday. that's the way it looks right now. >>> tropical storm claudette is the first to make landfall in the u.s. this year. that storm formed quickly, but did pack a puchblg. it dumd rn and brought some strong winds when it came on shore to the florida panhandle. it also spawned a tornado which damaged about 20 homes. so far the conditions have helpeded slow the formation of storm, but experts say that could change quickly. >> we're just now getting in to the time frame where we on average see our first storm reach hurricane intensity. >> and claudette may be to blame for one death, as well. man man died after being pulled from the surf in pan

. >> and wild waves churned up by hurricane bill.ir power turned deadly as bill headed out to sea. it's monday, august 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> certainly a scary and sad ending to hurricane bill in the sense people actually passed away. >> violent storm up and down the east coast. >> was the weather here bad? i wasn't in town this weekend. >> not inew york city. but out on long island i think there were bad waves. >> good morning. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. we start with major developments in the on going investigation of cia interrogation techniques. president obama has reportedly approved the creation of a new team to carry out the questioning of terror suects. according to today's "washington post,"he team will report directly to the white house. >> today's new york times reports the justice department is recommending several prisoner abuse cases be reopened. with more on the allegations of abuse against the cia, here's our john cochran. >> reports on cia interrogation tactics ha

hurricane bill after battering bermuda, bill now 430 miles east-southeast of cape hatteras, north carolina and making its way rapidly north-northwest. computer models all week long have shown this hurricane to stay away from the east coast. really making its way out to sea. luckily it held true to form as you can see how we have charted it here saturday 7:00 a.m. where we stand right now. we'll talk about this in the next couple of seconds, exactly what it is doing to the east coastline. now it is expected to barrel up the east coast from bermuda, head to new england later today. a tropical storm warning is posted for the entire massachusetts coast. deborah garcia of our new york station wcbs-tv is at rockaway beach, east of new york, she joins us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. hurricane bill is over 600 miles from where i am standing right now, but people up and down the coast are bracing for the stormy weather. bermuda is still recovering from torrential downpours that have battered the tiny island, as hurricane bill roared off shore, causing flooding and generating

major hurricane bill with winds 135 mrps. caribbean, extending out to the lesser antilles, moving to the northwest at a pretty good clip. i mentioned this first, a very substantial storm. the latest came in a minute or so. 125. but at least to give you an idea, still, there's bermuda, east coast of the united states, expected to bring this north basically into saturday, sunday time frame. it has slowed down a little bit. still expected to be a major hurricane off the coastline. primary inpact, waves will be the biggest issue as far as rip currents. very dangerous at the beaches. very significant thunderstorm activity. we will see a chance towards d.c., new york city by late this afternoon. something to keep in mind as far as you head out the door is concerned, mild air mass in place. the only reason we won't see 90s will be the chances for showers. there's a look at the region. let's check out your local forecast. portland, maine, coming in on the sunny side of things, # 0 degrees. however, a few other areas, grand rapids, mi

prep raegs very under way in eastern canada for hurricane bill as well. tying down their boats, buying up grocery. it's supposed to pass nova scotia sometime monday mond mondaying. >>> new this morning an election group has carried out a gruesome preelection threat. the free and fair election found dag has cut off the ink stain finger of two afghan voters. they were required to dip their fingers in purple ink after voting in the ee lengz. richard engle is live. this is a grsome story. what can you tell us? >> it seems to have happened on a fairly small scale and it's kind of disgusting. the ink stays on your fingers for a few days. but this attack took place shortly after the ballots were cast on thursday. >> so as awful as that is, let's talk about the declaration of a winner. that's not going to happen any time soon, is it? it could take a couple of weeks, i'm told, and there could be a run-off. what about accusation of stuffing ballot boxes, all of that. do you fear this is going to lead to more up rest? >> there are fearses there could be unrest in th

hurricane bill continues to move towards the north and west. and it continues to march towards the united states. however, the national hurricane center still thinks bill is going to be taking that turn. now, bill has lost some power since yesterday. down to 125 miles per hour. it's moving northwest at 16 miles per hour. that's the track they expect bill to take. it will be between the united states and bermuda. bermuda sits kind of right out here. it looks like we'll get some high surf as well as the bermuda area. we could see some rip tides and things of that nature. as far as impacting the united states, not gonna be happening. our satellite picture throughout the day today, lots of heat and humidity giving rise to shower and thunderstorm activity. right now the heaviest activity is in the southern portions of pennsylvania. more action here making its way in our direction. it will be seen this evening and overnight. a very massive storm system that we just showed you the video of is working through illinois and indiana into the east. it's run

they could be lethal weapons if used at high speeds. >> hurricane bill. let's talk about the latest with this storm. amazingly, dan, this storm held together and made landfall in new foundland. it is exiting into the mid atlantic. the waves down at acadia national park down the coast of maine. here's nova shoesh that. still waves reported 10 to 12 feet. i know if you're going to the beach the waves will be a lot lower. rip current risk is still pretty high. waves off southern new england, 7 to 10-foot range. gulf of maine, right around the same. the waves are coming down but there still could be rip currents. as far as the forecast goes for today, as the storm pulls out, the humidity will go with it. dry high pressure will be coming in. coastal north carolina, still storms out there this morning from richmond back down virginia beach and the outer banks. otherwise, it's a gorgeous day today from chicago to new york, back down into the south. atlanta, what a fabulous monday it will be. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weath

remember, you can track hurricane bill by -- with fox 45 sky tacker. available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use doppler radar to track incoming storms. just go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. let's see how your morning commute is. let's check in with candace. >> reporter: thank you, jessica. we're tracking the average speeds out there and it's starting to become a pretty slow go on all of the main lines in fact. 48 miles per hour now on 95 moving into the northeast corner. look at this, 40 miles per hour. now this is in the northbound direction, but it's also slow on the southbound lanes as well. i will fill you in on that in just a second. 64 miles per hour on baltimore county. it's already dipping down to begun on the west side of the beltway. better news, though, on 95 traveling through howard county. look at 63. we're definitely liking that part of the commute. as for the incident on the jfx, well, it's an accident that completely shuts down all northbound lanes right between fayette street and north avenue. as a result, you will want to stick with

hurricane bill speeds along the east coast, dumping rain, closing beaches and churning up dangerous currents. we'll have a live report. >>> holiday headache. president obama heads to a beach vacation with his family, amidst hurricane warnings there. and health care warnings everywhere else. how he plans to weather the brewing political storm. >>> divine intervention. two churches merge to save money and bridge the racial gap. but will their congregations and their choirs follow? we're there for their first services this morning. >>> and guitar hero. air guitar, taking the world by storm. from the international championships, to your bathroom mirror. why everyone is rocking to their mirror. why everyone is rocking to their own beat. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> that's really good. jimmy paige. you broke a string. good morning, america. >> good morning. it is sunday, august 23rd. >> yes. >>> despite big rains, pounding surf. looks like we dodged a bullet, new england dodged a bullet. hurricane bill, the first hurricane of the season is heading towards canada, safely offshore. there are r

paul goodloe with the weather channel. >> we're watching hurricane bill, the good news is, hurricane bill at one point was a category four hurricane with the same winds 135 miles per hour. right now it's weakened to a category two hurricane, but still a strong hurricane at 105-mile-per-hour sustained winds moving 20 miles per hour. and it continues to turn up a huge amount of waves that are heading into the u.s. and crashing across the beaches right now. again, here's a close up view. this is a reason why it's far weaker than 36 hours ago on category four. a lot more drier air on the west side of this hurricane and that little blip right there, that's the island nation of bermuda. they're getting pounded right now by strong winds, heavy rain, also the waves have been some 30 to 35 feet, getting higher as we head into your saturday, but the hurricane should pass them by throughout the day on saturday and then accelerate. it should not directly impact landfall, but nova scotia they have a decent oil and gas industry there, they will be impacted, but if they are, they will be on the west

hurricane bill's effect on the east coast should start subsiding soon. tim will be back in a few minutes with more. we want to remind you that wjz is always on. log on to wjz.com for bill's latest track, updated forecast and to see our special hurricane section. >>> in other news this morning, an investigation is underway on the eastern shore after five people are shot at an apartment complex. it happened at the pemberton manor apartments in salisbury. five men all between the ages of 18 and 25 were shot in different areas of the complex. a neighbor says she heard those gunshots. >> i've had to run up to my second floor and run for cover. i shouldn't have to do that. you have parents out here and grandparents out here. you have children out here. you have people who want to live. >> police say it appears the shooting is likely gang- related. no word if the shooter is among those wounded men. >>> an elderly couple is rescued from their house early this morning in northwest baltimore. the city fire department tells us a small fire broke out in the basement

the big weather story today is hurricane bill. still spilling with winds out to 125 miles per hour. the storm expected to continue its march to the north. the latest path from the national hurricane center brings that forecast showing it going more to the north, then veering off to the northeast as we go into sunday and monday, skipping along the canadian maritimes, but away from making direct contact with the u.s. heavy waves can be expected and also rip currents. the shot we have of hurricane track shows the shoreline along the outer banks in north carolina. you see this hotel and see a little deck here. a couple of people enjoying the view. if you look at the what you're edge, water coming right up to the shoreline. it may cause more erosion along the outer banks. certainly something we are going to be seeing for a good part of the day. something else, rip currents all along much of the eastern seaboard. you see the track of the hurricane stay well out at sea. from maine to florida, you'll have rip currents. if you are not a st

down there to sue palka, watching hurricane bill. >> we'll watch bill closer, but last night brian we were tracking three system, one on shore, one went away, anna, but bill is getting stronger. let's look at the radar, showing you the systems. bill is the system on the right. a note about claudette, the one that went into the florida panhandle this morning, essentially going into fort walton beach at 1:15 in the morning with winds, five inches of rain. they did okay, the circulation with claudette is now going away over alabama and doesn't look like it could cause big problems. here is the system that could cause big proble. what you see on the right is hurricane bill looking more organized, and expected to it has 90 miles per nse. it has 90 miles per hour winds. and on the other side the cluster of storms you see going across the southeast of miami. that is what is left of anna. hurricane center says that went away now but it is still an area of low pressure. and i think we need to watch that even though there is not circulation. what we showed you with bill, the spaghetti models, t

hurricane bill batters bermuda and speeds toward u.s. shorelines, unleashing heavy winds and major waves. we are live, up and down the east coast. >>> pregnancy and depression. for the first time, doctors say it's okay for expectant mothers to take antidepressant medication. what it means for women and their babies. >>> the man who turned up in a seattle park claiming to suffer from near-total amnesia speaks out for the first time. who is he? what's his story? we'll talk to a doctor about his rare and terrifying condition. >>> and $500 million are at stake this week in two, major lotteries. with so many americans watching every penny these days, dreams of the big payday are still irresistible. of the big payday are still irresistible. ♪ luck be a lady tonight captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning, america. >> good morning. it is saturday, august 22nd. >> we're hoping luck holds when it comes to hurricane bill. there's a shot from space. a storm as big as texas. looks like it may veer north and not hit the east coast directly. b

still a category 3 hurricane. bill is approaching bermuda, but the latest track does look like it will take bill just to the west of bermuda, but bermuda may be lashed by avy, dangerous surf. winds are at 120 and gust to 150 near the center, which is in this dark zone here. now, as bill continues tracking north and turning to the northeast it will be just off our atlantic beaches on saturday. dangerous surf there. then outer parts of cape cod, nantucket and martha's vineyard could be lashed by tropical storm force winds on sunday as it pulls away farther to the north and east. if you're traveling today, could be flight delays from the gulf coast to new england as well as the upper midwest. and then farther to the west, don't have any travel problems. for us today, hhs reaching the low 90s. likelihood of afternoon and evening owers and thundershowers. and some of which could produce damaging winds and maybe some lingering showers into tomorrow morning as well. here's your forecast for the bay. on saturday, could be some

bill. >> we went to category four just moments ago. that means a major hurricane. i do not think it will go to a category five. it has bermuda in its sights. it will probably stay off the coast. a few sprinkles south and east of town, over near ocean city. temperatures will go to near 90's. mix of clouds and sunshine with some later de storms. hot and near 90 degrees. >> overnight construction is being cleared out of the way. no accidents to report as far as interstate or beltway travel. 95 north to get into springfield. this is the springfield traffic. headlights heading north on 95. newschopper 7 in just a little while. >> thank you. >>> . a recent supreme court case has forced a special general assembly session. >> lawmakers may face a new distraction -- new budget cuts. matt brock has more with what to expect. >> we will talk about the budget cuts in a moment. the reason they are in richmond today for a special session, it is too close a loophole in a law. the special session in richmond has everything to do with ko'd to with -- has everything to do with clogge

hurricane bill looks like it will miss it and stay out to sea. the max numb sustained winds now clocking at about 120 miles per hour. the national hurricane center shows bill possibly brushing up past bermuda and getting our coastline rough surf this weekend. while we will dodge hurricane bill, it doesn't mean we should not be prepared for a direct hit from a storm, hurricane at some point between now and november. here he is, chris strong coming back. how are you, christopher? >> good to see you. >> good to see you, man. listen, everything is calm out in the ocean boom, boom, boom then one after another. >> hurricanes need a few things, warm water over the ocean, over the tropical ocean, a lack of atmospheric wind and just need triggers rolling off the coast of africa or developing in the caribbean. and it really took until just about now for all thee of those things to come together. now we're seeing all of those storms forming. we've gone from hardly having any storms to all the way up to hurricane bill or claudette obviously, earlier. here we

the latest on bill, currently a hurricane category two. will continue to jet up, way up, across the north and northeast across the atlantic over the next few days. with but what bill will be providing is for some heavy surf in ocean city. scattered storms, mostly cloudy. the ripken world series, final game at 3:00 this afternoon, 84 to 83 degrees. chance of a thunderstorm. rip currents are very, very high. it is not a great beach day. if you can prevent it, maybe do some other things down in ocean city. temperatures in the mid 80's. your seven-day forecast shows another slight chance for rain showers early on sunday before we start to clear out. monday, tuesday, and wednesday beautiful days, even into thursday with low humidity. temperatures in the low 80's. >> our wbal radio colleague "detour" dave is hade heading home after being in the hospital. why what most people don't know is that he literally died and was brought back to life. lowell melser has more on his remarkable road to recovery. >> it was here on this softball field in owings

a rogue wave from hurricane bill crashes into a crowd watching the rough surf if maine, pulling at least dozen people out to sea, including a 7-year-old girl. >>> first vacation. the first family is now on mar than's vineyard, though the president won't get a break from the health care fight. there's talk of a side trip to go see his ailing ally ted kennedy. >>> the new math. colleges swamped by last minute pleas for more financial aid. a record number of students can't pay their tuition. >>> and, leap of faipt. tough times force two churches, one white and one black, to merge. can two vastly different congregations find common can two vastly different congregations find common ground? captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. we're going to start tonight with breaking news out of maine, where a huge wave kicked up by hurricane bill pulled at least a dozen people out into the at late tick ocean. the storm had been losing steam all weekend, as it spun north, but the wave hit a spot in acadia national park, called thunder hole, where as one guide book puts it, visitors can experienc

we're keeping an eye on hurricane bill out in the atlantic. it is expected to become a major storm with winds topping 110 miles per hour. >>> the u.s. will not have nearly as much flu vaccine as officials predicted. 45 million doses are inspected -- are expected. there will be a month behind schedule. more doses will be swept -- will be shipped. 5:16. >>> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we will start with lisa baden. >> we will show you live in the camera that things are moving along swimmingly. 70 out of frederick. travel tes are with us on 95 between richmond and baltimore with no disruptions around the wilson bridge. we are in good shape on 66. good on the dulles greenway and on the dulles toll road. >> outside we're looking at bill, a category two storm. winds 90 miles an hour, gusting to 110 miles an hour. it is off of virginia beach. here is off bermuda. the models and to keep it out to sea. locally, you can feel mugginess in the air. maps do show outside we do have some passing clouds. we could see some thunderstorms

you can track hurricane bill with fox 45 sky watch weather. tacker is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler to track incoming storms and bill in particular. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on hurricane cracker. now lauren cook is back with another look at the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. well our average speeds are beginning to drop. they're still in pretty good shape. take a look at north other of the cordorf 95 -- corridor at 95 miles pe95. 56 there in randallstown and the west side of the beltway, and 63 miles per hour on the south side of 95. now we do have a serious crash reported. this is going to be on the outer loop lanes right there at 83, so you do want to keep that in mind. we also have some fallen trees in owings mills at cave's road at park heights avenue. that is leading to some delays. as we take a live look at 695 at liberty road, no problems to report, cars zipping along the inner loops and outer loop lanes just fine. as for the tunnels, all is clear at the fort mchenry and the harbor