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s. now to lisa baden. >> i have to flip my calendar to june.a pretty good for 95 virginia 10.thbound at 6 accoun only the right lane is getting by construction. thefic is getting by project on the inner loop. traffic getting away from us, aree lanes to the left getting past the construction zone. nothing in springfield, virginia in this camera. 395 north of the beltway. now to steve. >> a 14-year-old pro from winner of this year's the scripps national spelling bee. up lastion wrapped at national harbor. there she is. snigdha nandipati correctly the word guetapens, snare or trap. she beat out eight finalists. what has been a rough week for bieber, he is now from a concussion after he fell into a glass wall concert yesterday in paris. said he felt lightheaded, but was able to perform his last backstage anding out for about 15 seconds. this comes one day after he was by thousands of fans in norway. he oklahoma city thunder say wane -- lil' wayne the games.at he posted on twitter that he was going to the game. did request tickets but that he sit in

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s thursday, june 2 i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. first, lisaaden. >> jumping to travel times. still giving you the green along the interstates. 270, 66, the dulles greenway, included. toll road out of maryland and in virginia, one lane available. on 50 in maryland between annapolis and north avenue. quiet is ride on 95 between rich baltimore. heavier volume spotted 95 virginia out of woodbrige. now to adam caskey. >> here comes the need to again. today marks the beginning of another heatwave. mid 90's this afternoon. too humid. humidity is a big concern tomorrow. at this time we're in the '60s almost everywhere. 63 in bowie, 69 in gainesville, 61 in clarksburg. upper 50's off to the northwest. frostburg and berkeley springs at 59 degrees. mid 90's today for the high temperature. 90's in the potomac highlands. have an excessive heat watch effect tomorrow because the heat and humidity will combine make it feel like about 110. the heat index values up to 100 expected tomorrow afternoon. air temperatures near 100 with chance of a few thundershowers

we're in the 60's right now. >> lisa baden going decaf. i wonder how that's possible.f the hour. that does it for us. good morning america is next. >> we will see you here at noon. have a wonderful day.

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warming up by the weekend swimming pool weather, and 80's with a return to humidity. now to lisa. >> pretty good shape as far as 270. the beltway in montgomery county is moving nicely, even where they change the traffic pattern if on the inner loop at montgomery boulevard. 28 is closed, dickerson maryland. an accident happens in the 1:00 hour. the detour is near monocracy road 20. aid is not a viable option. what is working is not only 270 but 495 across the american legion bridge. 95 in and out of baltimore in good shape. no worries from park police on the b-w parkway. our friends in the district are welcoming you on york avenue, kenilworth avenue, route 1 rhode island ave. that's all in good shape. back to you. >> thank you. the diamond jubilee continues this morning to celebrate in london. >> a star-studded concert last night paid tribute to queen elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. ♪>> ♪ still standing after all this time ♪ >> the occasion was tempered by news that prince philip was hospitalized with a bladder infection. after the concert, the queen lit a beacon and fireworks

s. water temperatures about 71 degrees. in the outer banks, mid-'70s. let us go to lisa with a commit. >> the beach forecast or the drive to the beat. we go to our picture where it is quiet right now heading to the bay bridge. traffic heading away from us getting ready to pay the toll and have a wonderful weekend eastbound. eastbound traffic coming off the eastern shore is heading for annapolis. any prospective needed in virginia? for that, we go to the geico traffic center picture. we are loaded up from dumphries heading into springfield. good here at ackley road -- at blebe road. >> 63 degrees. >> after >> good friday morning. a deadly outbreak of e. coli >> -- takes the life of a little girl. a disease -- detectives are on the case. the woman who lied to give her man back. she told people she had cancer. the most shocking thing of all may just be that she is not sorry she did it . we will hear from her. that is next right here on "good morning america." >> it is an amazing story. we will learn more about that. 6:53 a.m. it will be a long day in court for former d.c. c

tomorrow, highs in the mid 70's, slight chance of rain daily through thursday. now to lisa. >> they changed the traffic pattern a couple days ago on the beltway at university boulevard. three to the left and one . to the one this is live through springfield, moving nicely. no problems on the beltway. out of springfield through tysons in good shape. here we are on the greenway the dulles toll road, and we will keep an eye on the beltway at the wilson bridge. back to you. >> thank you. montgomery county police looking into what caused a fatal car crash. >> it happened before 1:00 this morning on 128 at dickerson road. a woman trapped inside a burning car in poolesville. was pronounced dead at the scene. victim is not been identified. the investigation continues. now to the penn state scandal. jury selection begins today in the trial of former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he faces more than 50 counts related to the sexual assault of 10 boys over a 15-year. -- year-period. he says he is innocent. they turned down his request to delay the start of the trial. >> 22-da

s memories. >>> time for our first check of weather. lisa argen is in for mike nicco. >>> good morning. live doppler this morning does show a little in the way of cloudiness we will be high and dry not only today but the first part of our weekend will be the warmest where we are expecting temperatures to really climb into the triple digits tomorrow. today we have patches of coastal fog, especially along the san mateo coast, low 50s there. elsewhere, upper 50s and by noontime, more numbers in the 60s, warming up into the 70s in fact, by the afternoon, plenty of 80s and low 90s returning for concord and livermore. breezy at our coast. the golf tournament today featuring sunshine with numbers in the 60s there. this is the feature that will be bringing the warm-up high pressure building in the north coast hot and dry weather especially for inland valleys today and then the peak heat will be tomorrow. we are looking at only part of the weekend being toasty. today expect a high of 70 in san francisco and i'll be back with your extended outlook in a few minutes. >>> good morning. just got new

he got behind one and did the handle and it didn't go off he hadn't turned on lisa says he's raised his concerns with g four s. but was told to mind his own business no one from the company was available to comment for this report meanwhile the organizing committee remains resolute about safety security is absolutely the top priority for us and we want the people you know come to visit london. to be absolutely confident we're going to be safe and secure and you'll go security and thanks for a machine to look at anything you produce. that way we can check that anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything with them that could do anybody any damage that's not lee's experience of the operation and he's pessimistic about the safety of visitors to the olympic park huge knife in there you know if one round of ammunition gets through by one person and fifty people go through different piers that's fifty rounds of ammunition in the olympics and that's a massacre right then and there if a terrorist or a terrorist organization is intent on getting into the olympics all they have to do at the moment is with a mon

we a s tell us how this new drug works.>> repo, lisa sutter started png on weht. a trial of the new diet drug in lorcaserin. >> honestly, lik a switch was flipped in my brain. the first day i took it i was able to stick the to the number of calories i was supposed to eat everyday. i didn't feel an urge to overeat. >> reporter: the drug, which will be marketed as belviq, works by fooling the brain soti. sutter lost 40 pounds- 20% of her body weight. most of the 8,000 patinents i the trial did not he the same results as sutter. on a who took belviq along with diet andlost y weight. the drug was rejectedn 2010 over concerns about tumors in animal studies and worry about damage to heart valves. today, the f.d.a. recommended patients who have congestive heart failure use belviq with caution. dr. jeanmarie peron who reviewed data on the drug for the f.d.a.'s advisory committee sthas h doubts about it. >> the benefit of the drug doesn't really outweigh the risks of the drug in terms of the benefit being so modest in most of e pnts who w exposed to it. >> reporter: but fo

lisa and a moment. >> comfortable outside. low humidity. let's get the latest. we are mostly in the 50's. berkeley 57. maryland's only 51 degrees. arlington 60. comfortable start today. it to be a pleasant afternoon exception of the gusty wind. mostly sunny with low humidity. highs near 80 degrees. average height is in the middle or upper 80's. tamara 86. hot and sticky by friday. >> i'm going to talk about canal road. we're hearing that a tree has down and taken a power line parent we're going to have to plan accordingly. this is going to be an alternate for a lot of people. and so they're able to resolve situation, not as simple. clearing construction. there in the process of picking it up. the construction is northbound here. they are working on 270 southbound. going to give you the boca ok. we've will have more information about canal road in our next report. now we will go back to a new. >> new this morning, investigators looking into what caused an apartment fire. >> we are told the fire affected or 12 units. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. about 100 people are displaced. with the f

s education policy, when lisa murkowski says the solyndra attacks are just a little bit, you know, outwe still need these programs, how's that not off-message for mitt romney? >> those are off-message, the booker thing, particularly, everything they had done was about bain capital, and he says, oh, that doesn't matter. he's talking about tax policy overall and the policy overall. he rarely says mitt romney's strategy is wrong. so i think it's different, but a little bit -- >> i was just going to say, where's this media bias that everybody's talking about? right? >> how about marco rubio on immigration? the guy -- >> any governor that talks about job increases, who's a republican. it kind of -- >> bottom -- >> are on the message -- >> on the stimulus? >> they're all as off-message, and yet it's the -- >> chuck, stop distracting from the story line. >> we'll see. you know, one other thing i want to bring up, the other big story of the week, you wrote and we wrote about it yesterday, the president's had a bad week, okay, trying to change the narrative, get back in control of things with t

lisa argen will have more on your forecast coming up. >>> a judge s to approve a settlement facebookions were sent out to tech journalists. >>> this morning the u.s. supreme court could make a ruling on patient protection health care act often referred to obama care. the act expands coverage to millions of americans and requires everyone to have health insurance call the individual mandate. experts believe maybe most vulnerable to legal challenge. justice ruth bader ginsburg warned the high court was deeply divided. a ruling could come as early as today. >>> a man who says he was attacked by a deer is suing the state of california. the 5-year-old man says the animal jumped his fence and tacked him twice. he blames the department of -- fish of game for mismanaging the deer. last year the same man filed a federal lawsuit against marin officials who were trying to collect property taxes a judge dismissed that suit. >>> coming up the president's message to world leaders at the g-20 summit mexico. >>> positive signs why investor breathing a sigh of relief over greece's decision to stay in

s on the weekend. mid to upper '80s. that's a forecast. now to lisa baden.say that temperatures it is time to make sure your vehicle has been taken care of and that you get it service and make sure you have plenty of antifreeze and that you don't have any problems as far as breaking down on the highway. the temperatures rise and folks are sitting in back up overheating, all kinds of issues can start to happen. i will talk about 270, which is getting off to a a good start southbound on 15, in good shape. normally this is where it starts to bog down. that's leaving 70 to get through 109. downstream looks beautiful. no worries across the american legion bridge. traffic moving well at father hurley boulevard to the beltway. looks good in montgomery county and fairfax along 495. back to you. >> thank you. 4:52, 66 degrees. >> one of the most anticipated movies of the summer. how much are you willing to pay to see the first showing of "the dark knight rises that fridge in your kitchen may have crossed this bridge. your new car probably rode these rails. that shipm

lisa robinson. >> i think we will make it into the upper 80's today. the humidity will go up. it will feel about the same. 67 degrees at the airport. the winds are calm. it should stay at dry this morning. high temperature of 88 degrees. tomorrow, the chance for rain will go up considerably. here is sarah. >> thank you. good morning. looking good on the roads. speeds start to build -- volume builds on the west side from 75 down towards seven-day. volume is picking up. problem free on southbound 97. so far so good on 295 as you make your way on the b-w parkway southbound. here's a quick live look at traffic. an update at harford road. no problems to report as you travel to the harrisburg expressway. problem free on 83 at padonia road appeared a nice start on the j.f.x. southbound into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> opening statements expected in the trial of jerry sandusky. he's charged with 52 counts of child sex abuse. it is expected to be a difficult case for the jury with his accusers taking the stand. >> after months of tawdry charges and accusations agai

s for the weekend. now let's check in with lisa baden. any new problems?>> 270 at a crash southbound between 80 and 109. police are on the way. they're slow traffic developing in that area. no worries to report on the beltway at the american legion bridge. travel times still working for us between father hurley boulevard and the beltway. not bad on 95 and the b-w parkway. pretty good if you take new york avenue, kenilworth avenue, rhode island ave. looks good through southeast as well. back to you. >> thank you. turns out >> you have a chance to see the king once again, virtually. >> of visual production company says it has signed an exclusive deal to resurrect elvis via hologram. is is the same one that did tupac shakur in april. elvis presley and paul brown will be used for a range of projects but it has yet to announce any specifics. get the feeling we will see a lot more this in the future. i think so. i guess michael jackson will be next. but that is a safe bet. 5:57 right now. much more to come in the next hour. >> another scandal rocks of the d.c. c

lisa robinson. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> it is in the 50's this morning.ou about yesterday. did you check out the sun? >> you might be more geeky than me. it was pretty cool. there's all kinds of video on the web. 51 degrees at the airport. will be looking back in july and august saying this was great stuff. we have a 30% chance for a rain shower but most of the would not see any rain. you'll like the seven-day forecast if you are a summer weather fan. >> this is national running day. >> i am prepared. tennis shoes. issue >> you are running the half marathon. >> maybe i'll run a mile today. we are tracking a problem in the city at fulton avenue. we have some fire department activity. 61 in the outer loop as you approached 70. looking good on 70 making your way in towards the beltway. 59 traveling southbound on 83 towards the beltway. here is a live look at traffic. this is 95 at 395. no sign of any delays. a nice start on 95. here's the north side at dulaney valley checking out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> and historic win in wisco

, noticing the drop in humidity and by thursday upper semi's and near 80's for highs friday and into the weekend. let's go to lisa baden. >> we started off with a real toughie, 95 virginia northbound, collision close to what the marine base has been removed from the roadway. now a vehicle that rolled over on the beltway in prince george's county. ritchie marlboro road. the vehicle is on its side in the median, meaning it will affect north and southbound traffic anywhere near pennsylvania avenue and richie malraux. the belt way close to landover is moving ok. at 202, not too bad in and out of baltimore and metrorail reporting normal service. >> 62 degrees in leesburg. >> you are >> coming up here, a member of president obama's cabinet under investigation for felony hit and run after a car crash of the weekend. was a pre-existing medical condition is something else? five people injured by bombs hidden and flashlights and police in a race against time to find out who is behind these random attacks. we will have the latest. all next right here on "good morning america." >> see you in a couple of minutes. first, our t

lisa robinson. another chilly morning. >> this weekend will feel like summer. there is a chill in the air. upper 40'sia line. the abyss and chance for a couple of rain showers. most of the one not see any rain -- there's a chance for a couple of rain showers this afternoon pickwick good news for gamblers. we're hours away from the maryland live! casino at arundel mills. >> jennifer franciotti will give us a sneak peek. do you have those nickels i left for you? >> i have them. they can not to run machines for less. they will not open tonight until 7:00 p.m. for a vip party. people love to come to casinos for the food. joining us is the executive chef. good morning. you are in charge of every operation. >> i am responsible for the entire operation. >> what can we expect? >> there will be eight spectacular party at 7:00 p.m. for our invited guests. of partner with the phillips company -- we have partnered with the phillips seafood company. >> crab bdip. >> tomorrow is the big day. we will have three restaurants opening tomorrow. palaurger palace.r we have some hispanic food, an american grill. there wil

s by thursday. friday, sticky and hot upper 90s with a slight chance of lateday storms. let's check in with lisaen. an issue on 270? >> there's an accident that was on southbound at 118, but that is completely gone. traffic is starting to recover slowly out of clarksburg to get to germantown, where the pace will improve dramatically. around the region, no major problems on 70, 81, had bet on 66. there's a collision eastbound in manassas on 66 and has been moved to the shoulder. in springfield, 395 delayed to the beltway at king street with the sun in your eyes. metro rail is on normal service. back to you. >> thank you. 6:48. this ruling could have a wide reaching effect on immigration policies in the u.s. the supreme court tossed out a number of parts of arizona's controversial law that kept a provision requiring police to check the immigration ofstatus of suspects pulled over for another offense. from a political perspective, is this a plus for president obama? >> it is interesting. candidate mitt romney has not taken a firm stand on immigration. he has not put out a statement that outlines wh

lisa robinson in for stan. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> will have a stretch of five days with temperatures in the 70's. this will be a good stretch. 59 at the airport. there was some rain last night. i think the morning commute will be dry. we could see a couple of showers this afternoon. high temperature only 75. we will come back and check the forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> good morning. an update on accident on the eastern shore. that has been cleared so all lanes are open in both directions at 404. we have an accident in harford county. this is a vehicle fire at chester street. calvert and baltimore street, watch for an accident. looking pretty good on the north side. continuing to move well and 50 miles per hour from 795 down towards edmondson. eight minutes to travel from 895 down to the tunnel tolls. look at quick live traffic. this is in the area of greenspring. no word of an incident. let's switch over to a live view of 95 at white marsh. southbound traffic moving without delay down to the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a busy overnight for baltimore

s. cooling off tonight. upper 80s on the weekend. then adam caskey has the seven- day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks. lisahat we got to see steve cooldown the building. that was thrilling. and it's a good cause. way to go. on 95 we go to newschopper 7 getting down to brass tacks. a crash is off the road near route 1. delays out of dale city. this is upstream in newington, light volume. no worries on 395. looks good on 66 this morning. loving life on metro rail. we will go back inside. >> thank you. we will be right back. >> top stories after the break. >> good friday morning to all of you. chris's interview with real hunter on her new memoir, talking about the night that her affair with john edwards began the day their daughter was born, and what she thinks of his deceased wife. that's next on good morning america. >> first, a top stories. memorial plaque unveil today to honor the victims of metro's deadliest crash three years ago when two redlines collided at the fort totten metro station. nine people died in the collision. dozens more were injured. >> press tour does county police trying to piece togeth

s tomorrow, cooler, less humid, breezy at times on saturday. pleasant weekend overall. keep a low humidity levels from the weekend through week. lisa. >> traffic moving at all light volume. us headingping the wilson bridge where give you travel times in alexandria onugh in oxon hill,ood not bad on 15th between bowie and new york avenue. main break repairs continue and repairs to the of dupont circle, ablecticut avenue traffic to get by. block between bowie and upper 301borough, southbound tradee of a collision at avenue. >> 68 degrees outside. the redskins lock up their rookie quarterback with a multi-year deal. >> the most memorable moments, controversial guests. you admitted doing is an personal way of killing somebody. everyone's hair breaks. ♪ oh oh oh oh you see it in the brush... ♪ oh oh oh oh ooh oh ...and then there's the pillow. ♪ i dare you to dare me so they dared me to try this papantene. [ female announcer ] pantenanti-breakage the keratin protection system makes hair strononger reducing breakage up to 97%. ♪ think only salon brands can do that? i dare to compare... will you? [ female announcer ] anti-breakage from pan

s by sunday. sunday is when you will notice an increase in the humidity. next chance of rain is not until next tuesday. lisabaden, it's good beach weather, by the way. >> enjoying the ride across the bay bridge, south into richmond north into baltimore clear around the beltway. except for lingering work out of tysons to 66. still quiet. we will start with a picture of 270, headlights are southbound moving at. speed of falls road out of rosslyn and ballston, looks good and looks good across the roosevelt bridge. it's graduation time at constitution hall, keep that in mind. they usually start at about 10:00 a.m. for graduations. starting to impact traffic out of rosslyn beginning around 9:00 or 9:30 as people are looking for parking. >> you have to get there early. looking at 59 degrees. . -- >> it was too much lebron james. he was sensational. >> he was fearless. >> lebron james kept miami's season alive, forcing the game 7. tim brant has highlights. >> stopping a mother from compulsive warn -- horading -- hoarding. >> there's the second goal. >> reason visiting what happened at fedex field when the u.s. men

. >> lisa baden >> . 395 northbound, there was an accident between the beltway and edsall road. if we saw that together. let's go again. everything is moved to the shoulder. 395.s it is a struggle to get out of things to clear out at duke street. now to maryland. no problems have been reported on the beltway at andrews air force base. good at the american bridge. normal volume out of frederick past 109th coming into montgomery county. now to the weather center. >> doug hill is joining us from the weather center in calvert county. >> good morning. big changes coming this way. changes. en hot.4e showers and stunned as storms -- shall was and thunderstorms and this morning through midday. degrees right now in annapolis. a little cooler out west, 69 degrees at washington dulles. 74 degrees reported in the nation's capital. see showers and thunderstorms across eastern pennsylvania and southern new england. we are on the back edge. that will swing all the way through central ohio. showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. any threat of severe weather will stay south of the metro area today. less humid air later in the day. here's the upside down forecast. pl

lisa thank you. >> bob welch former member of the iconic rock band fleetwood mac dead at the able of 66 welch who went on to have solo career in the late 70's with hits like ebony eye found dead today by his wife at the nashville home. police say the musician shot himself in the chest. he had been suffering from health issues and reportedly left a suicide note. welch was guitarist and vocalist from 1971 to 1974. >> u.s. marshal service says it is still searching 50 years later for the only 3 prison investigators escape from alcatraz without ever being found. trio slipped out of the prison the night of june 11th 1962 and vanished without a trace. most experts figure they drowned. but the marshal service says it will continue to hunt for frank morris and brothers clarence and john engler land until they are arrested positively identified as dead or reach the age of 99. morris would be 85 now. the engine land boys 81 and 82. >> still a great mystery. wonder what happened. >> lets talk about the weather forecast. weekend almost here. >> good idea of is what shaping up here. sandy. >> yes. it's a warmer forecast for the weekend. let's check out

s by wednesday and thursday of next week. if you don't like the intense heat, but time will come by next week. that's your forecast. lisad coming out of the district into cheverly is where police are on the scene of a crash. that's eastbound near 410. travel times working for us across the wilson bridge. 50 is not bad between bowie and the beltway. in good stead is virginia, the greenway, the toll road, 66 between centreville and the beltway, more of your neighbors on the road, would still giving you the green light. 270 in this picture, southbound traffic under the word "live" on your screen at west montgomery ave. travel times working for us. i am trying to talk like the kids. >> we got you. coming up, we will talk about the controversy surrounding attorney general eric holder, about the winners and losers. >> the house could vote next week whether to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. the house panel yesterday voted to cite him after president obama refused to allow the release of documents related to operation fast and furious which sent guns to criminals in mexico. is the president inserting

s so we will be close. we will wait and see what mother nature has in store. >> lucky us. >> i will be outside. let's check in with lisaen. how many pairs of sunglasses to you have? >> i have a bag full. these are all from be yours. i like these because they have a shelf over them so it is a bit of a visor built-in. on 270 through the sunshine you will find dealers often on out of gaithersburg to get into rockville. we're still good in virginia, 66, 95 and a normal slowdown out of dale city and manassas. this is traffic on the dulles greenway where it meets the toll road that leads decent. >> 65 degrees at 6:51. >> you are watching "good morning, washington." we will have a check of >> coming up, the latest in a race against time to contain wildfires out less. we will be live on the front lines plus a heartwarming abc news exclusive. her emotional meeting with the man who started a fund to center on vacation, that is next on gma. >> it is 6:54. republican presidential candidate mitt romney will make a campaign stop in sterling virginia today. the presumptive republican nominee will visit an electronics manufacturer and

s by tomorrow morning. near 80 degrees on tuesday, a little breezy. low humidity through the mid- week. heat on friday and saturday, and 90s. >> thanks so much. 5:52. lisa>> just relaxing. you have time to take a shower this morning because we don't have much to report on the highway. let's start in virginia with 750 out of gilbert's corner listed on 66 from marshall into vienna. looks good out of manassas on 28 to the battlefield and 29. maryland looks good on the beltway and at new hampshire, moving at speed. heavier volume on 270, but still good out of frederick past old georgetown road. back to news. >> folks willing to pay big bucks four pieces of history. documents belonging to president >> a book containing president washington's copy of the constitution and bill of rights has been purchased for $10 million. >> it was the mount vernon ladies' association and had the winning bid at auction in new york. a world auction record was set for an american. book or a american. it will return to mount vernon, president washington's virginia estate. , that's where it should be. >> we have an update to a story. there was a young new york giants fan who spent

s..- "it's 200 years. this will history buffs have to sttp to - catch a glimpse.llsa egeli, peeinitely not aalonelyyday out herr."or paint a picture, in lisa'sase, to last lifetime...dutch: "the kids are getting a little restless." purning back the clock two centuries.jaak luckhardt: 12.07.46 "there's the tugboat ranger (yelling) 13.24.45 "(that))is the uss ft. mchenry landing ship dock!"to see the ships spanning generations. reggie olt: 14.22.28 "to see the grays go past, thht's the new. tten to ee the tall ships go past, that's the old. kinda of the respect for history."lisa egeli, arrist: 12.34.10-18 "you can't help buttbe moved by being here at fort mchenry and it's reaaly-- it's inspiring."at fort mchenry,,utch holland: coming out of thhse guns! isn't that neat?! (cannon blast) wow!"cannons alute to the 40 bbats from 11 countries. 14.12..2 (cannon shot from boat) "wow!"reggie holt: 11.20.42 "doesn't get any better han this. thhs is awesome..thh flag atop the pride of baltimore may only attention his week for ite baltimore's "sailabration." rrggie holt: 14.21.20 "kind of puts you in the mindset of the battle that took place here. the imp

lisa robinson. mindy. to be in for 9 you can fill in for me. here we go. >> it is refreshing to wake up this morning. >> if you like the cool weather, you'll enjoy this. los 50's in the northern suburbs. we did have some rain last night -- low 50's. the average high is 80. i will show you the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> it is national hug your cat day today . >> the roads are a little wet. church road, an accident in the dundalk region. on the north side, 60 miles per hour. no problems on the west side just past liberty. on the b-w parkway, problem free at the moment. eastern shore accident. 309 is shutdown near route 404. this is the west side. outer loop traffic is building but no delays in making your way down towards 70. this is a 50 at maryland 8. problem free over towards the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> many people across maryland begin their week cleaning up from the latest dorms. >> kim dacey has a look at where things stand now. >> the damage is widespread across maryland. a tree fell on this home. harford county is one of the areas that was hit hardest. the damage was estimated at more than $1 million. days

well into the 90's. 96 by thursday but when you factor in the humidity, it will feel like about 100 to 102 by thursday amp. we get into the hot and sticky conditions. let's go to lisaaden with some wet roads. >> before you get to the portion where the lanes divide at the graph road for the wilson bridge, a problem with the tractor-trailer. and southbound direction is blocked. that's because of a trash truck that rolled over. we have traffic moving very well on the other side of town. we'll give you travel times working for you along the green way and the toll road. nothing on 66. and a good run on the 70. and now back inside. >> lisa, thank you. former d.c. councilman harry thomas will start serving his prison sentence this week at a federal prison in montgomery, alabama. it starts on wednesday. thomas pleaded guilty of embezzling city funds. he spoke to about 200 supporters at a church in northeast d.c. saying he's been humbled by his prosecution and he thanked supporters for their forgiveness. >> it turns out even the mayor can't get out of jurisdiction. according to vincent gray, he's scheduled for jurisdiction at d.c. superior encouragement he still has other e

lisa robinson. >> and i'm jennierfr franciotti let's go to ava marie. ä 80's. >> sheldon dutes has more on the economicautiful tall ships. thousands of people have been flocking to downtown baltimore for all of the sc labration events. >> we came to see the tall ships and experie hae history! >> sc labration seems to be helping businesses. >> the numbers, i would say are trsee le. seriously. we have used it as a "sellabr ation." we have been selling out of food. >> they have been serving up more food than eipected. even though they say they haven't seen a dramatic i hareae in business, it is still better than the grand prix weekend. >> we kind of got cut oef from it. it was slower than normal, rompared to this week. we have an increase in business. >> not every business along the harbor is as fortunate. j. patrick's pub is not getting as many customers as usual. ä business from it, but a lot of our customers i think are afrc d they couldn't find parking when they came down. we picked up a few people from the court. >> back in little italy, gia is grat eul these crowds are bigger than they were for the

s. high temperatures around the 80 degree mark. next week, that is when it gets hot and humid. by tuesday, back up near 90. that is the forecast. let us go to lisae will take it from here. we're looking at 63 geise. >> coming up, president obama asking celebrities for help. we checking to see f.if it will make a difference. >> follow us on twitter. >> president obama attended a fund-raiser with celebrities complete with red carpet arrivals. tickets cost $40,000. it brought in about $2 million. republican candidate mitt romney spoke at a factory in ohio. he said the president is "along on words and short on action" when it comes to the economy. ohio is a critical battleground state in both 2012. joining us to talk about their race is "politico." we start with president obama. they both spoke in ohio yesterday. we were expecting to hear a little bit about obama's revision of -- vision of economics. it was a revision of his whole election strategy. >> but he wants to do is really kind of get people to think about the economy in a different way. to talk about how big the problem was and how it really has not gotten any better. it is a different mess

s. the weather looks good by the end of the week. >> in our last hour you saw lisa and celebrity chef bobbying about the burgers you can find at the md -- maryland live casino. >> now bobby and i talk sides. bobby and i are at his restaurant maryland -- in the maryland live casino. >> we have three side dishes we like to serve. we have our beer-battered unon rings. we have our fries which come with sauce on the side which has honey mustard and horse radish. then we have our hand-cut fries. we start with potatos. it is a two-day process to make them the old style way. we do that here. we serve this with a sauce which is a spicy red pepper. it has roasted red pepper and smoked chilly -- chiles and mayonaise. >> everybody says we have the best fries. everybody will say, oh, mcdonald's, their fries. what differentiates a fry from one to another? >> first of all, our fries are fresh. a lot of restaurants in this price point are lower serving frozen fries. >> do you hear that? they are cheering for us. >> they are cheering for the fries. coming right up. [applause] so like i said, this is a two-d

administrator lisa jackson said recently that is simply a coincidence, the e.p.a.'s rules are coming out at the same time that natural gas prices are low so utilities are naturally moving toward natural gas. well, you know, her message was don't blame the e.p.a. the truth is that the e.p.a. itself has admitted that the agency deliberately and consciously made a decision to kill coal. the e.p.a. region one administrator, curt spaulding was caught on tape saying lisa jackson has put together a powerful message to the country two days ago, quoting now, "the decision on greenhouse gas performance standard and saying basically gas plants are the performance standard which means if you want to build a coal plant, you've got a big problem." he also went on to say the decision by the e.p.a. to kill coal was -- quote -- "painful, painful every step of the way because you got to remember, if you go to west virginia, you go to pennsylvania, he could have included the other states in there such as ohio, illinois, mows, but he said -- missouri, but he said you have coal communiti

s legislator down here. he finds what's on the agenda to push across the country. and you can see these relationships have been pretty deep for quite some time down here. >> now, lisare fighting and many of us in the civil rights community including me have asked corporations to look at what a.l.e.c. has done here. they've had stand your ground as a model bill which quote, based upon florida legislation enacted april 16, 2005. so when we say a model bill, they actually took this bill around the country as the template for other states to really duplicate this and pass legislation. >> that's right. a.l.e.c. is a group that calls itself the largest group of independent legislators in the country. 98% of funding comes from corporations and foundations. and when that bill came to a.l.e.c. in 2005 after it passed the florida legislature, the nra brought that bill to a closed door meeting in grapevine, texas, where that meeting was cochaired by walmart and other corporations were present. other legislators were present and it was adopted unanimously as a national model. after that time, a.l.e.c. extolled that as a bill. it counted it in voter score cards and it talked on

lisa sylvester is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." >> hi, wolf. everyone loves good news. the dow and siggest gains of the year with investors encouraged by hints of more stimulus in the u.s. and eurozone. all indexes gained more than 2%. the dow is up 287 points, putting it back in positive territory for the year and the s&p rose 30 points. the nasdaq added 67%s. >>> a drug smuggling ring out of puerto rico's main airport. police raided the san juan facility. federal indictments accused 45 people accused of funneling cocaine through the facility any on to the u.s. mainland. >>> business social networking site linkedin confirming reports that hackers have stolen 6.5 million passwords. the company won't give details of how the passwords were stolen, but says it's continuing to investigate the matter. and science fiction writer, ray bradbury has died after a lengthy illness. his books include the iconic "fahrenheit 451" and he predicted atms to live television car chases. he said i started writing every day and never stopped. ray bradbury was 91. >> thanks very much, lisa. >>> and you're

lisa. >> he did look like a high roller. he looked like he belonged there. coming up, the insta-weather plus forecast. selcome back to "11 news sunday morning." thanks so much for joining us. >> i wen to the grape festival yesterday. it was packed. a nice perfect sunny day. >> and we earned that after our weather friday. unfortunately there was a tornado. the national weather service confirmed a tornado. we'll talk about what severe weather did occur. first let's talk about what weather hit yesterday. 77 at the inner harbor. compare that to the normal low of 79. right now 54 at the airport, humidity at 83%. right now we have mostly sunny skies. there could be a shower or a thunderstorm. we have an upper level storm system. we will continue to talk about those rain chances which increase in the next few days. details coming up. >> covering its -- the protest, hosni mubarak getting a life sentence for corruption charges. this set off protests. our report from cairo. >> protesters protested in cairo in the city square after the decision that convicted former president hosni mubarak was given a life sentenc

s in downtown they are getting set up for the first lady. tohelle obama will be there of her book. it is set to begin at 11:30. let us check in with lisanner loop. better to exith walter reed and the medical center. a relief? how about i-395 and the 13th bridge. that excites me. >> i was going to say, it is the that excite you. we love you for. here is a book of the areas of rain. and frederickin county. wider rein elsewhere. temperatures in the '70s. storms today. near 80 and humid. low humidity the rest of the way. comfortable forecast. thank you for watching. atare going to be back here noon. in the