of laurel. this is moving right towards b.w.i., glenn bernie. tornado warning in effect for northern prince george's county, northwestern anne arundel county, southeastern howard county. a sudden increase in the wind speed. this is your queue to seek shelter in the basement or and interior room in the house. >> this is right at the heart of this. this is a little area of rotation we're indicating. this is the intersection with 29 and along with the bottom. this is the primary area of concern. this is moving off to the northeast as well. that is our main area of rotation. we could potentially see that tornado, time to see shelter. >> it will keep happening over, over, over, until the areas of the storms to the south clear the area. tomorrow, it will be in the 70's, partly cloudy skies. we're looking at torrential rain there. you really don't have to travel very far to get away with it. the ground is saturated. it will not take much of this rain falling to cause more flooding. we're back to lookin

"uss constitution" earned her first laurels during the barbary wars. she was patrolling off the mediterranean. most know this from the theme song for the marines "from the halls ofmont zuma to the shores of tripoli" that's the moment when this was head of the mediterranean squadron and the "uss constitution" is the big flagship and the whole squadron was attacking on tripoli because the ships sailing into the mediterranean were stopped and some of our sailors were in prison on the north african coast. used to be common to pay tribute to the north african leaders. most governments did, that britain and france and we can d that at first. we spent up to 1/6 of our national budget on tribute to the north african coast. finally we decided we didn't want to do that anymore so in 1803 "constitution" is the there as the flagship of the squadron and we were able to negotiate a peace with tripoli and the release of our sailors who were held captive. "uss constitution" earned her greatest laurels during the war of 1812. now, war was declared june 18th, 1812, and

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we see that north of laurel. so again, anne arundel county, howard county, prince george's county, a tornado warning until 7:30. let's go to bruce. >> bruce leshan joining us live. bruce, what's happening? >> reporter: well, pretty scary. i mean this is by far the most significant damage that we have seen so far. you can see the flooding. look at that, that nissan right there, obviously tipped over by the force of some of the flooding here on eastern avenue at about olive street. we're near 295, not that far from 50. you can see this is actually under the metro line. you can see that the windows on the passenger side of that vehicle have been broken open, the windows on the back side of it have been broken open, and my suspicion is that the firefighters had to come and knock those out and rescue people, but we don't have a lot of details on the scene, but imagine what it would be like to be coming down through here and either having the force of the water tip you over on the side or simply start floating, trying

laurel bowie road and powder mill lane. for now forced on to powder mill road. police avoid the area if possible. heading over to fredericksburg, virginia. harrison road at salem church road. construction blocking from the outer loop, inner loop of the beltway to the dulles toll road, those are shut down. in the process of clearing. outer loop eastbound 66, that ramp is shut down. again, that should be clearing shortly as well. erin and eun, over to you. >>> still to come, the young suspects behind a crime spree in of fluntd neighborhood. >> next, new evidence this morning in the hunt for thatter >>> 14 before the hour. he's already pilinked to murder and sexual assaults. the potomac river rapist is responsible for yet another attack and they hope there leads to a break president dna evidence helped them link to lap rapist to a sexual assault in 1996. a woman was attacked and pushed into a ditch in northwest. all of the attacks came between 1991 and 1998 in montgomery county and the district, including the murder of 29-year-old christine musuon. last year the fb

this will move through laurel. we have to watch this cell because this could become a tornado warn cell. this will cross 70 and 695 coming up in the next 35 minutes, everything moving to the northeast. out toward the eastern shore you're starting to seat storms popping. the majority has been to the west. this will move right from talbot county to, stream queen anne's county and extreme western kent county. be aware of that. we're keeping an eye to the north and west sighing -- seeing heavy rain, southeastern carroll county. we flash flood warning fromno carrierringconne0 >> then a couple storms popping toward the eastern shore. this band of strong to severe thunderstorms, just to the west. this is lifting from south to north. it's doing what's called training. these storms are lined up. you can see one, two, three. it's seeing heavy rain, flooding threat just toward north and with the of 83. this is a line of powerful thunderstorms. winds associated with this line. as it pushes into frederick county and harford cou

everything from as far as laurel, all the way up to hartford. all the way up into almost into cecil. they have just moved across the area and it's just been a absolute mess. we will throw it over to mike to look at what we can expect. >> we are going to continue. there are a couple of warnings, north and east of the city limits, we are starting to get some of the reports in to the weather center. movement of them have been wind reports. you can see this down at bwi, an swerver reported a possible tornado so they will investigate that. a lot of wind damage across rare roll and baltimore, benson, we will continue to assess the damage and certainly the national weather service will be out into tomorrow and also sunday to see if we did have a few touchdowns from those tornadoes, flash flood warnings continue for much of baltimore and we still have a severe thunderstorm warning for cecil, that's set to expire at around 11:30. we will show you the radar in just a basement. >> thank you. one of the things to watch foro power outages, they are ranging f

laurel rigartos, a professor. a professors professional on the subject of our panel, ethics. an associate professor at northern illinois university. another illinois person i'm glad to say where she teaches about professional responsibility. she will have good insights into our subject. she was an associate at my old law firm, jenner & block and a partner at michael, best, and fred lic frederick. let's set the statement fge for questions i'll ask the panelists and they may want to ask each other questions as well. we'll look at what were the ethical dilemmas that lawyers involved in the watergate case had to face and what were the dilemmas that actually got them in trouble? and we'll talk with whabout wha the rules they were operating under at the time. what the rules are now. whether the rules are an improvement. whether it will would have changed the outcome, the same either way or maybe even worse. and i also want to make sure they address whether they really think these were ethical lapses or straight out criminal violations. i would say a lot of what happened was not an

savidge area, columbia area headed towards laurel. doug? >> we'll switch over to graphics 22 here if we can, guys. we'll show you where that storm is. you can see on this is on our doppler and what we have here is showing that that storm system right on top of areas such as that savidge and right along 732 and there's north laurel and savidge and you can see the intersection with route 1 as we make our way to the north and east. this is around 32, so that is that exit right there and also 732. if you live in that region, severe thunderstorm warning for this storm and we're watching that storm very, very closely for the possibility of a possible tornado there. there is some rotation there. once again, no tornado warning, just simply a thunderstorm warning. another storm, big-time storm with the potential for hail back here towards you'll continue to see the heavy rain there. right on down to our next storm. this one does look like it has some hail with it. this is right around the remington area. if you live in remington, you want to stay in

eventually up toward bwi and jessup and laurel. so folks going up 95 north and 29 north, not a good time to be on those, either. hail and rainfall rates one to two inches per hour, and you might have a little tornado. you can have gusty winds with this storm anyway, because that's the direction it's moving. we know it's really beginning to haul now, and we're seeing more and more shear markers pop up. let's go through some of the neighborhoods. we're looking at sea brac now at 5:31, which is right about now. bell 5:32, good luck at 5:33, huntington at 5:36. this storm itself is headed really through a populated area of the metro area. another concern of ours. it's moved through the southeast part of town, and it's moved through western prince george's county, now it is going to go up toward bowie and eventually up 95 and up the bw parkway toward baltimore. so tornado warnings in effect anne arundel county, prince george's county, and howard county until 6:00, and that has just been extended. so that's the storm we're tracking. hope

pierre is a beautifully kept a sunrise over laurel, 79 degrees at the high school. bright sunshine shining through the holes in the clouds. -- that was a beautiful sunrise over laurel. thunderstorms likely later on today, some strong to severe with gusty damaging winds and flash floods. 93 degrees for the high temperature. >> a plaque will be unveiled today at the site of the deadliest incident in the history of metro. >> the deadly train crash killed nine people near fort totten in june of 2009. john gonzalez joins us near the memorial,. good morning. >> good morning. today's ma does mark the painful anniversary. it was on the charles ball langley bridge on new hampshire avenue. below is where the two trains collided on the tracks. later this morning the mayor will join transportation officials, first responders, and relatives of the victims here on the bristol unveiled a memorial plaque in the same spot where a makeshift memorial of floors pictures, and cards existed two and a half years. nine people killed and 80 others injured when the two trains collided. the n

harder from annapolis toward laurel.and across most of montgomery county is wet, 270, 355, wet this morning, and up to southwestern frederick county too. most of loudoun county, route 7 to tyson's corner is wet. and northern fauquier county, and going over the next 48 hours, we'll have the areas in color, potential sfwloenz of rain. picks up by noon time. in the afternoon, most of the area ought to get showers and thunder and lightning, maybe some of them will be brief at times. by midnight. over most of the is over, passing to the east. by dawn tomorrow, sunshine breaking out. lower humidity moving in. and as we get into the rest of the week, looking very nice. how much rain will we get? areas we see in the blue, lavender, areas that might pick up maybe one to two inches, maybe parts of loudoun, and all of the areas in green, a half inch at the most around the metro area. points north and east of us. heavier amounts to the north and west. lots of sun shun by the afternoon. low 80s. fresh northwest browse. thursday, frid

. >>> sky 9 was over the scene after rescue in laurel, maryland. a worker fell ten feet down a hole on wfsc property on canada and way. rescuers pulled the man from the hole and rushed him to the hospital. his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. >>> a georgia law school graduate accused of killing a 27-year-old from laurel, maryland wants his bond reduced. stephen mcdaniel has been charged with the murder of lauren giddings about a year ago. her body was found in a garbage bin next to her apartment building. at a hearing today in macon, georgia, mcdaniel's attorneys will argue the $850,000 bond is too high. >>> nine years after the alleged crime, montgomery county police say that they have found a man wanted for attacking a woman in silver spring. investigators say that d.n.a. evidence linked david martinez to the 2003 attack. a national database informed investigators of the match. martinez was behind bars at the time in texas. montgomery county authorities escorted part nez back to maryland -- martinez back to maryland last week whe

he grew up in laurel and graduated from high road academy. before he turned 18, his dad signed the papers for him to join the marines. a mission he had sent 9/11. >> the recruiter walked in the door. and then i did not see him for 13 weeks afterward. accredited baby. >> after boot camp, lance corporal mills went on his first appointment to southern afghanistan in 2009. the second started five months ago. he was able to call home more frequently. the last call came three doors -- days before the dreadful call. >> he said one more mission and i will be home. he always ends with i love you, pops. and then i'd tell him i'll let him back. that was it. then the world changed. >> the world changed with this five from 9/11, a picture that he gave his that. now it is a treasure. so are the dogtags around his neck. the family is sharing stories like the one he told her that a man. >> i would say that he would carry his groceries. he would see his grandpa loved and he would say he was going out to help him. >> that same spirit as how he served the count

we are looking at 64 degrees this morning in laurel.go ahead, wait until you hear what's jerry sandusky is accused of telling a young boy to try to keep him quiet. >> and a special reason these tall ships are sailing into maryland. >> a great site not far from here. but first, we will check the traffic and w >> we want to extend a happy birthday to the u.s. army. today is there to hundred and 37th birthday, trace -- 237th birthday when the continental congress authorize its creations day before the battle of bunker hill. events are planned all over the world including the secretary of the army blamed a brief this morning -- laying a wreath this morning. >> news chopper seven overhead as tall ships began arriving in baltimore. they came from all over the world. to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. other events this week include an air show and other activities for families. >> are those people standing on the mast? unbelievable. >> brave souls out there. time for a check of traffic and weather at every 10 minutes. >>

this is out of laurel, maryland. again, you can see some of the bottom most, a part of the cloud there with possible rotation being taken, starting to develop, even around northwest d.c. this one from kevin in northwest d.c. and woodbridge, virginia. look at that. a lot of folks looking out of their back windows and on their decks today. amazed. green belt, maryland. just out back of a shopping center where we tell you all the time, even if you're out and about and not at home, you still want to seek shelter. so, for folks who are in their cars today seeing that, that type of thing, you want to still seek shelter. try and get to the interior of a building and even the lowest part of the structure. now, the second part of the line coming through. romney down south. just west of toms brook area and still the possibility of more tornadoes. back to you folks. doug? >> thanks. >> all right, if you're waiting for somebody to get home tonight, either on the roads or also on metro, there could be, they could be late in arriv

. >> it lawyer in the laurel area today. erica joins us with the latest. >> reporter: police say he's been on the loose since 11:00 this morning and he is nowhere to be found at this hour. authorities tell us the 5'9" convict weighs about 160 pounds, last seen working with a road crew off 197 and morekirk road in laurel wearing an orange jumpsuit, white t-shirt and jeans underneath. authorities have stopped their use the canines and choppers and are focusing their efforts solely on the ground. thames is serving a ten-year sentence, and according to the correctional services, had just about a year left to serve. now, dpscs tells me that criminals selected to work in the road crew program have extensive background checks, and this is all done months in advance, so it's not unusual for a criminal that has manslaughter charges to be on a road crew, what is unusual is, plea say, someone so close to being reintegrated into society would make such a daring move. what they are suggesting is that if anybody should see this individual

here's the proof into laurel. look at this beautiful sunrise this morning.e could see a few high clouds out there. and we're mixing with a little bit of sunshine, absolutely gorgeous, take advantage of this. ' yamsville some more clouds out there. a few thicker clouds but those are working out of the area as well. and temperatures this morning, are on the cool side once again. we're looking at 55 degrees right now in baltimore. 51 in laurel. 59 glenwood. barnesville around 51. more of the same in rockville. bel air coming in at 54 and elkton good morning middletown 57. goldsboro right around 54 and 59 degrees in centreville. so temperatures are going to be on the cooler side. so what that means is basically you need a jacket as you head out and about this morning. but the fast several days we've needed a jacket or sweater something long on our shoulders. now as we look @ weather pattern, we will have high pressure that begins to build in across the area. so that's going to basically keep can t clouds away -- the clouds away into tomorrow. still out there acr

reporting from laurel, monique, wjz eyewitness news >> while secretariat is the fastest horse to run a preakness, the record held by farmaway who won the special in 1991 >> they're going have to change the end of the movie, put a different time >>> still to come, the praise you have to see to believe. a teenager with a spear in his head. his surprising prognosis >>> i'm al exdemetri. coming up a shipment of a huge cranes is going to make for a tight squeeze under the bay and key bridges. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> murder at due we beach. i'm marry bubala. more on the suspect and the victim and what police know tonight. >>> feeling like summer once again. stick around for the weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is 86 degrees, mostly cloudy in central maryland. the forecast is coming up right away >>> a popular summertime destination then for its beautiful beaches is now the scene of a murder investigation, and mary jones us with more >> reporter: a woman from philadelphia found dead, and tonight we learn the suspect in the case is also dead. an arrest warrant went

laurel to glen burney western areas. let's look inside it once again. that's the only way you can tell there's rotation to the north. see that little chart to the top of there, look through there. not really seeing a whole lot of rotation. i mean, if we were seeing reds and green in direct oppositions that's when we're seeing rotation. this cell still could produce something, a funnel cloud or something akin to that that's why they've issued a tornado warning. i'm not seeing looking at it with doppler radar inside i'm not seeing rotation. although it does seem to be something going on around here. around 32 and 95. that's heading right toward the city. we're going to see at round of storms. that is a lot of rain and the flood warnings currently in effect for the baltimore region. many areas fredrick area, carol county another extended thunderstorms warning in effect also for harford county. that cell moving through the bell air area, over toward joplin moving at 25 miles per hour. that's also creating very heavy rains. not a tornado but severe thunderst

today's meeting will be held at laurel park at one. >>> 6:04. after seven days of celebrating sailabration the ships will be shoving off later today. abc2 news linda so is live this morning with more of what we can expect. the crewmen are out working out. >> reporter: yes, the sun is up out. these are the sailors the mexican ship getting ready to do the morning exercise. you can see them all lined up over there. joining us to tell us more about when the ships will be leaving jill with the star- spangled sailabration. a lot to see. this is it they are leaving. >> this is the day they depart. it's been such a great week but at 6 a.m. three of the navy ships will get underway followed by the rest of the navy ships at north locust point and around 11a.m. we will say bye to the tall ships. >> reporter: lots to see. where are the best points tocatch the action. >> fort mchenry they open at 8 a.m. top of federal hill. canton waterside park and in downtown building go on the roof and look outed window it will be a beautiful view. >> reporter: the past 7

so far, not a bad ride. 295 looks good coming in out of laurel. will find the lanes are open working your way past university boulevard headed over towards georgia avenue. if you are making your trip along 66 eastbound, traffic remains heavy and slow leaving 50 fair oaks to 123. again, approaching the capital beltway. the beltway starting to slow approaching gallows road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. etraffic. >>> we are following some new developments in the ongoing federal investigation involving d.c. council chairman kwame brown. >> the chairman is now speaking out about his future. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the wilson building with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you know, it is just distraction after distraction here at the wilson building. so council was scheduled to meet yesterday. they had to pes a budget. they are all looking into emergency legislation about immigration enforcement and council chairman kwame brown instead was fending off rumors he may be forced to resign and also apologizing for shoving a r

. >> and laurel, did you have an opinion on this? >> i can't remember the original question. >> all right. let's move on because i do have a specific question for you, which is in your writing you talk about the third party's interest, and i would like you to talk about some of the pros and cons of putting a lawyer in the position of having to be responsible not just for protecting their client, but for protecting the public, which might be in contradiction to their interests of their own client. >> i was sort of reading a lot about watergate and thinking about some other contemporary cases. >> and she was 2 at the time. >> i was 2 at the time of watergate, so i'm also approaching it from just learning about it from a historical perspective, but the interest of the rights of third parties was a theme that kept coming up in my mind, and that can come up in different ways, and i don't necessarily know that it's the lawyer's role to take on the responsibility of protecting the rights of third parties, but we should certainly be mindful

a beautiful sunrise right now in urbana, more of the same in laurel. nothing but sunshine, wall-to- wall sunshine, if i may add. but temperatures are still a little bit on the cool side this morning. so don't let the sunshine fool you. you do need that jacket as you step out and about. good morning westminster, you're at 55 degrees, 54 in laurel. and we're at 59 degrees in aberdeen. the 59s, that's where we should be for this time of the year. we slide over toward the eastern shore. you see 60s in goldsboro and also denton, good morning to you. now, our future trend not picking up on a whole lot. you'll have to really follow the timeline to see some changes here. not a lot of change as we head towards the weekend. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine in the forecast as high pressure is really going to do its thing this weekend for us. now, your hour-by-hour forecast looks nice. you go ahead and pick an hour, do what you want to do. at lunchtime you can eat the lunch outdoors, at 4:00 p.m., 86 degrees, maybe do a little bit of a boot camp, boot camp alw

hearing is set for one this afternoon at the laurel park facility. owner of the horse requested that hearing saying there is now "compelling evidence" based on advanced technology to the horse's winning time. >>> the government struck out again in trying to convict one of the greatest baseball pitchers of lying to congress about taking steroids. as the 6 counts of not guilty were announced in a packed courtroom, roger clemens bit his lip and it appeared he was wiping tear ace way from his ice and a judge told him he was free to go. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career and so again i. appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and pone calls. >> the verdict which came on the second full day of deliberations in the united states district court was a significant defeat for the government in the second failed attempt at convicting clemens. >>> news time 4:56. they were-- if you are traveling, be gracious when helping those helping you. house keepers to bellhops and tipping caof the vacation and is a must. just like with airfare trap

. >>> now to laurel, where a fight inside a bar spilled out into the street. two people were stabbed just after 7:00 tonight at the starting gate bar and lounge on laurel fort meade road. police sigh the guys who were stabbed weren't hurt badly and chased the suspect across the street into a nearby shopping plaza with a pool stick. that's where they held him down until police got there. >> it doesn't happen often much here, but you know, this neighborhood is getting kind of bad. they do need a little more security around this area. >> both of the victims are expected to be okay. all of the businesses are back open tonight. >>> news 4 exclusive now. police have released a man they thought was responsible for one of the oldest cold case murders in montgomery county. bobby coley walked out of jail a free man. he was arrested earlier this week for the murder in 1975 of a man named leopold cromak. today the state's attorney said there was not enough evidence to charge him. >> 28 years ago you know where i was at? 28 years ago you should have came and got me then. d

the 21-year-old marine was from laurel, maryland.ns hearing today in fort meade for the key figure in the wikileaks case. bradley manning facing numerous charges including aiding the enemy transmitting defense information. is military trial is scheduled to begin in september. >> the head of the reston zoo is accused of animal cruelty. officers arrested meghan mogensen on friday and was charged with animal abuse and possession of a controlled substance. they began investigating her in january after receiving a complaint about the deaths of zero wallaby. -- death of a wallaby. >> jerry sandusky's lawyers could say more about how they plan to appeal his decision. the retired coach could spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty. they say they did not have enough time to prepare their case and used a misleading interview. >> jeopardy host alex trebek recovering from a mild heart attack. he was admitted to cedars-sinai medical center on saturday. the 71-year-old king show host is expected to fully recover and will

there's a look at laurel, a mixture of sun and clouds, 58 degrees currently at laurel high school. 63 washington. mainly in the 50's in outlying areas. it is refreshing to start the day. 52 in cumberland, 53 in martinsburg. that's good running weather. low humidity. that's the case not just this morning but for the majority of the week. 77 for the high temperature at 2:00 p.m. we will make it to about 77 degrees. of his body showers later on today. not talking anything heavy. nothing widespread. -- spotty showers later on today. nuisance showers all the way through thursday. here's a look at the satellite and radar. upper level disturbance circulating over new england. there's energy rotating around that. showers here and there around the upper level low. with that energy circulating, we will have a few spotty showers every day all the way through thursday. only a 35% chance of seeing it. we are not looking at anything threatening, nothing heavy. if you have a compact umbrella, that's your best bet, the kind you can slip in your backpack or your briefcase. a little breezy today. cooli

let's start with a live look in laurel, maryland. i've been watching a few folks out there utilizing it. getting there morning workout in. temperatures are right near 70 at this time. verizon near 80 this afternoon. a little bit lower humidity today. it will fit -- near 80 this afternoon. temperatures should spike at 80 degrees around 4:00 p.m. occasional showers. it will not be raining everywhere at the same time. right now on a live super doppler 7, number maryland, southern pennsylvania, especially in the shenandoah valley, we have some areas of rain. but it the metro area. a few light showers. ride along 301. -- right along 301. on the left hand of your screen is were we have some light-to- moderate rain. nice little moderate shower at this time. here is the cold front that is moving in. behind that cold front, the dryer, less humid air. here is the future cast. what i like about it is it does not show reigned everywhere today. just off and on showers. it will clear tomorrow. on thursday morning, with an on share flow of the ocea

a laurel marine becomes maryland's 6th service member to ie in combat thii year.r.theedepartment of defense announced the deeth of 21-year- old ... eugene mills the third , sunday morning.he served two tours of uty... fireffght ... in afghanistan. he was a graduate of atholton high school in cclummia. friends say he was inspired to join the marines after septemmer 11th. meredithhmancini, neighbor: 12:31:04 "aad had told him me goodbye."robert mancini, with his head up. there was no reason not to. he was very proud of what he was as a marin" carryyng mills' body was er delayee, yesserday.plans for services have not yyt been released. pbout 30 maryland air national guardsmee are returing home today...after being deployed for 90 days in afghannstan. they were helping with the on--oing combat missions there. 2 o'clock today... at the unn - parrield national guaad base... in middle river. a ggoup of wounded soldiers &pgets a chaace to swim with some exotic creatures at the national aquarium. aquarium. eight soldierr peamed up with tte national aquarium divers tt explor

see a warm-up beginning tomorrow. .5 degrees in laurel as well national.eagan average is 81. back in 1925 in record of 100 degrees. the weekend we could get 90 degrees. the progression to the across the area. every now and then, a sprinkle to the west. comingbits of energy through. to the it will stay south. move out to sea. is going to allow high to start easing into the areas. by the weekend we will be back summery patter. high pressure building in the deep south. as that system moves out, we flip the direction to the southeast. see a few short opportunities. but that the west. 80's and 90's. will transition back into the pattern. partly cloudy and cool. 56 tomorrow morning. check out the next six days. it 30% chance of passing showers. 75.s of rain in the friday forecast. sunshine and the appeal of summer in the air. what is the deal with cloud cover? view ofssing with the transit of venus. are you having any luck? >> we need to have you doing dancing. getting brighter. the transit is starting. is with me from the air and space museum. quite a big crowd here. thet of peopl

. >> in laurel, maryland the flags are flying at half-staff to honor lance corp.ial gene mills iii. he was killed last week while conducting a combat operation. his remain arrived back in the u.s. yesterday afternoon and his family is planning to bury him at darlington national cemetery. the family is mourning but they are also celebrating mills' life and focusing on the good times. his father remembers him as a loving person and feels fortunate to have had one last phone call with his son. >> one more mission, i'll be home in a month. he goes, hey, pops. my world changed on june 22nd. >>> with these latest deaths on the battle fooled, the associates president says at least 1892 members of the u.s. military have died in the war in afghanistan. more than 16,000 others have been wounded in action. >> price of war. it is so sobering. >>> two major stories this morning. in the world of sports, the washington caps, the search is over, they've got a new head coach. >> and after years of debate, college football is finally getting a playoff system. so how will it work? that is all coming u

bright sunshine over laurel high school. 68 in vienna. bethesda, 71. washington, 64 and winchester, 63. 88 a high today. a little cooler than yesterday. still warm and muggy. a few thundershowers will develop this afternoon and evening but i will -- think it will be west of the metro area. tomorrow, often on showers. not good outdoor day tomorrow. often on rain tuesday. should be heavier a times, too. >> we are following a developing story from california where investigators are looking at a series of crashes allegedly involving commerce secretary john bryson. >> police say bryson was driving near el a saturday afternoon when he rented a car waiting for a pass in -- passing train. he talked to the three men in the car before leaving and then hit a car a sect -- hid it a second time and then hit a second car. he was essentially found alone and unconscious in his car. he faces felony hit and run charges. police say it does not appear drugs and out of all were involved. police treated two people in the first car and one person and the second car complaine

been a controversy all those years and important enough for the owner of the forced to travel to laurel today to make her case to the maryland racing commission. >> i know how good he was. all his fans know how good he was. but for racing records, it is best to have the right information. >> the problem? a disparity between the electric recording devices in the time captured by the track and racing writers. pimlico throughout the recorded time and used instead 1, 54, /4 he set records in all 3 triple crown races. >> it is very important to have something for this course, as important as secretariat. it's only fair that it's an obligation we have that we feel it's the right accurate informations. >> just to make sure what we were finding was accurate. >> the group analyzed frame by frame film of the race using technology now common in other sports. the presentation to the racing commission took much of the afternoon. the commission took just 10 minutes to decide unanimously in their favor. >> the time should be one minute, 53 seconds flat. >> fast enough to claim the record and the celeb

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be roads now, out -- on the roads now, all lanes open, 95, 2 -9d 5, no problems to report out of laurel. 50 looks great from annapolis to buoy, inbound new york avenue, on the brakes approaching blatcheens burg road. delays 95 across the occoquan, 395, from the belt way, toward duke street. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> guess who is also back from vacation >> is it dave ross? >> my five year high school reunion, in virginia beach. >> your five year? [ laughter ] >> keep going. >> is there video of you and con norplaying football? can we get it? >> seriously there is not. >> there might be. >> didn't you get injured the last time you grid that. >> we play weekly -- did that. >> we play weekly. >> you are off the -- >> 8 and 9-year-old kids that is a work out >> i played whiffle ball this weekend, very tough. >> what a man. >>> i know. >> whiffle ball. >> good weekend for nats and os great three games almost 130,000 people, they were not playing whiffle ball they were playing actual baseball we talked about this, with the kid you got to make a stand. >> he is a little

the convict weighs about 160 pounds, last seen off of 197 and merekirk road in laurel.nitially maryland state police and prince georges authorities were using canines and choppers to find him. now the efforts are solely ground level. police presence is high in the areas. thames is serving a ten-year sentence, and according to the maryland department of safety and correctional services, had just about a year left to serve. does it make you nervous? >> we're all linked up. i haven't gotten an alert all day. i have young dulles that work evening shifts that walk dogs during the day. this is more of a concern to me, the communication to the neighborhood than the convict actually working off. >> reporter: i'm told that it is not uncommon for criminals that have a background like his to be on a work program. however, what they do say is uncommon is for someone that is so close to being reintegrated into society to make such a risky move. they are advising the public to not approach him if they see him, but to simply call 911. in laurel, erica gonzalez, news 4. >>> coming up t

the body of a marine from laurel was transported back to defense annouuced the death of 21-year-old ... eugene mills the third , sunday morning.he before being killed in a fire- fight in afgganistannhe was a graduate of atholton high school ii columbia.friends say he was inspired to oin the marines after september 11th. meredith mancini, neighbor: 12:31:04 "and i had told him &pto be careful, and he hugged me gooddye." goodbbe." robert mancini, neighbor: 12:50:36 "walked with his head up. there was no reason not to. he was verr proud of whatt he was as a marine." marine." plans for services have nott yet beee released.mills is maryland's sixth service member to die in combat this year. people yelling mom hugging kids friends and fammly werr filled with emotions as mmmbers from the air national guard returnnd home.aaout 30 mmmbers froo the guard's á135th air lift groupá were greeted at guard baseá afttr a 90-day deploymmnt in afghanistan. thh men nn women were elping with ongoiiggcombat operaaions. "i was a little scared before i left because i didd't know what i was getting into but p

through the day in laurel we did capture the hit and miss storms. you can see that the clouds give way to -- sunshine give way to clouds. there's a passing thunder shower. more unique per specttives. here's one crossing the chesapeake from the other side dousing the bay bridge. things look unsettled. so hit and miss showers and storms. dangerous. keep that in mind. winds from the west light, five to 10. temperatures mid-70s. spots with a shower, upper 60s. humidity is light to moderate. that's helping to limit the thunderstorm activity out there right now. tomorrow we're going to be in the mid-80s with plenty of sunshine. glen burnie, weather looking mighty good. still, more scattered showers, a rum billion of thunder at -- rumble of thunder at times. we had one warning for western maryland. other than that, things have been benign. high pressure to the west, pushing in will clear the skies tomorrow and make for a hotter sunnier scenario top and the week and go into the weekend. here we go, looking good. friday, generally sunny and getting hotter, m

backups as far away as laurell on the bwi parkway. >> warmer weather is coming our way. it may start to feel too warm for some. ocean city, that you hear from the top of a hotel there. nice day down at the beach, not too crowded. check out the temperatures around the region on our radar which shows a little shower approaching ocean city. it may get a little stormy here as the showers move across the region. a lot of lightning strikes in howard county, a little weaker now is it heads toward ocean city. temperatures a little warmer today. on the coast is still only 70 downtown baltimore is 81 degrees. 75 in cambridge and westminster. hit and miss thunderstorms will drop the temperature and then it bounces back when the storm moves by. no measurable rain at the inner harbor. the futurecast shows the cloud cover in the area diminishing as we head to midnight and on rare. once the skies turn clear, overnight temperatures will be cool again, 50's in the outlying suburbs and 60 downtown. high pressure is beginning to gradually strengthen over the area. as the high strengthens o

irving street, laurel village, chinatown, and the presidio, among others. because we do things differently, people have taken notice. we'll recognized by a leading trade publication, with many women in senior management. we have one of the highest percentages of women in any bank in america. this is one of the most responsible corporate citizens in the city. we support other nonprofit organizations. we would benefit for two important reasons. first, we would be more vibrant, economically. many people now take care of this on the way to the first public office. and they would benefit package from the republic, already very involved in the neighborhood. let me touch on both of these very briefly. we would serve many clients already in the neighborhood, with 3500 households in the area. fewer people would travel elsewhere, and it would be more likely to drop by for a cup of coffee. that is a lot of business on 31st street. we have 3500 clients, and currently, these 3500 clients go to the closest offices, urban street on the inner sunset. they are running this

this accident happened in laurel maryland at 9:30 this morning. a worker fell about 20 feet into a concrete trench and was flown to the hospital. at this point we do not know any word on his condition. this afternoon, the heat is on for most of the nation. the majority of the united states is dealing with sweltering august-liked temperatures. the scene and chicago -- temperatures were in the mid 90's all weekend. that he is creeping east. will have a look at how hot it is going to get. >> we are already seeing a bit of that heat. it is not that bad, actually, a couple of degrees above average. tomorrow the heat is really on. if you have any outdoor activities planned or physical exercise you want to take the necessary precautions. not only will be in the 90's, but well into the 90's, especially on thursday. right now is 79 in washington, 80 in bethesda. mid to upper 80's 4 highs today slight chance of a thundershower. here is your travel forecast. a -- 96. chicago, 95. el paso, texas, 106. denver down from 100 to 94 today. some severe weather poss

this was supposed to lab slot parlor at laurel park. then the jockey and the licensing fee and now look around. it is unbelievable. i'm standing in the vip room. some of the tables have hundred dollar minimums. these are not actual table games but they're all technically slot machines connected to a central lottery. the money goes to the state, much of it for the state's education fund. tonight there will lab vip reception inside maryland live!. that starts at 7:00. we'll have a number of politicians. at 10:00 -- well, at 9:15, there's a ribbon cutting. at 10:00 it will be open and will stay open until 2:00. i happen to have a little bit of cashier as pete o'neill zooms in on president lincoln. they tell meet machines have been turned on already. if they haven't, don't blame that on me. i'm saddling up. i put my money in this one. let's see. maybe, maybe. we know it takes the money. then what happens? let's try. no. i think i have to press something else. good. okay. there they go. okay. i have no idea what that means. >> you didn't win

clarksburg over 2-inches of rain and laurel 1-1/2 inch of rain. some thunderstorms are developing out of those clouds. let's show you doppler radar because off to the north there are severe thunderstorms warnings with storms coming from the north. they're taking a bit of a southeasterly track. we'll probably have more north eastern parts of maryland and over to the northern sections of the eastern shore. this around chambersberg is starting to go back toward maryland. we're going to keep you up to date on what's going on now with our storms in addition to what happened, adam. >> certainly a lot to keep up with, thank you. be sure to stay with wjz for severe coverage whenever weather hits. bernadette will have more on the weather coming up. >>> now to a man who says he shot and killed a teenager is back behind bars. george zimmerman turned himself in this afternoon. >> reporter: george zimmerman arrived at the jail hours before his deadline was about to expire. zimmerman is accused of killing trayvon martin had been freed on $150,000 jail. but frid