offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. and i will send it over to mikeall right, thanks a lot jess. san diego teenager has $30,000 extra to spend on deals this day. >> that's just one of the prizes she got for winning the national spelling bee. >> guetapens g. u. e. t. a. p. e. n. s.. guetapens [ applause ] >> and 14-year-old snigdha nandipati is your new spelling champ. guetapens -- >> spell that. >> really, is a french word derived meaning ambush, snare or trap. nandipati is the fifth consecutive american indian winner. she wants to become a neurosurgeon or psychiatrist. >>> now another look at the question of the day -- >> on our wusa9 facebook fan page, kimberly guesses -- post your comments and guesses, we'll reveal the answer in about an hour and paper or plastic would do well too. >> the dishwasher will you? >> will the slower pace of summer set your goals off track? we have an expert with some tips on maintaining your focus through the vacation season. coming up. >> plus, a little bit too much end of school excitement as a bear enters the last da

deal? >> i know mike is -- we've been having this whether his shirt is orange or pink. >> or salmon. >> i have to say upon further review i looked closely, it's orange. >> this picture is going to actually help solve the mystery here. it may be difficult to see. lauren, this is posted on the facebook page just a few minutes ago. we're going to come back toyota. >> i love this picture. i did find this one on the facebook friends shared it with me and it's as you can see two ears of corn. one says hot outside and the other one says shut up because it has burned and popped in the hot heat. we have very, very warm temperatures. >> keep this up if you would because you see the wall? >> that's orange. >> that's orange. >> that's orange. mike masco's shirt? might be a salmon. >> if you would please. you see the dress lauren is wearing today? >> orange. >> orange. >> if i wore that okay mike thanks for your time here at channel 2. the door is over there. >> please don't wear my dress. >> you know i defend you. i defend you. >> you do. sir. >> salmon. >> all right, all right. it's salmon. >> shade of o

that alls of dealing with the big storms. mike, our meteorologist is here. >> the saying turn around, don't drown, we will touse with a flash flood warning so a long duration, flash flood warning. we have active warnings until 6:00, another 10 minutes for northern and central baltimore county. that includes harford county you have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00. down to the south where the atmosphere is still very volatile we have active tornado warnings for anne arundel county until 6:00. we'll see if this gets expanded and down toward pg county where there are some storms rolling through pg county and still have to make it through anne arundel. i anticipate flooding into the areas. let's go over to maryland's most powerful radar. we'll show you the most intense toward laurel. it's lifting slowly to the northeast. dangerous cloud to ground lightning. we can also anticipate large to medium hail and in this area as it pushes toward the south we'll put a storm track on that. we could seat potential of a tornado. we've seen

mike, andrea, back to you. >> deal well that update. >>> the manual suspected in the first murder case in due wie beach history has killed himself. a woman's body was found monday morning at the atlantic oceanside motel. she had been stabbed death. police found suspect pawan kumar dead at a hotel in new jersey. he's believed he committed suicide by overdosing on drugs. the stabbing victim has been identified as dn yell mehlman. >>> the controversy over pit bulls in maryland continues. lawmakers are considering whether to adhere to or change a court ruling about those dogs through some legislation. the parents of dominick selesky testified before a panel tuesday. he suffered a near fatal dog attack in 2007. the case went to maryland's highest court and that's where judges ruled that the pit bull breed is inherently dangerous. that designation could lead to tenants liable. more and more people are giving up their pit bulls. >>> protesters at the university of virginia have gotten one of the heads they have been demanding. the board of visitors markington resigned late yesterday. the resi

wjz is live, mike schuh explains what issues are already in place to deal with this extreme heat. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning. today hot ter than yesterday by far. really the first dangerous day according to government officials. they want to know are you ready for it. >> the mid atlantic bakes under a hot june sun. once again today many maryland counties are under heat advisory. >> any time it gets this hot you have to be concerned about possible heat related injuries. >> these dangerous conditions make heatstroke and heat exhaustion a concern. the setting sun did little to make things more comfortable. >> it's nice. i think it's better than the afternoon. >> baltimore issued a code red heat alert. several senior centers have longer hours. >> are you concerned? >> yeah, for others well being. i know to stay hydrated and drink water. >> in baltimore workers are tested by the unforgiving weather. anyone working outside is encouraged to drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks and wear loose clothing. bge is asking customers to conserve energy. >> hold off ongoin

so that's when mike stepped in to close the deal. >> let me ask one question, chris, what would be the next step with you to keep the dialogue going? >> the question. i think maybe we -- maybe come in to my office. >> sure. >> you get a sense of what we do, and if you have a brochure, basically photos of projects you've done. anything of the kind that can show me about how you administer a project let's say. >> okay. >> let's have lunch or something like that. >> yeah, we'd love to do that. >> i heard three magic words. let's have lunch. i think we're done. you guys have lunch, and we'll continue on. >> yeah. >> by the end of the day, ken and julius had a new company name, a whole new look, a formal partnership agreement, and a lunch date with a potential client. all the things they needed to start turning this company around. >> you know, you wrote in a letter saying you needed help. do you think we delivered on what you needed? >> yeah, absolutely. i think we're really going to take a nice turn for the positive here. we're going to change the direction. we're going to have a new perc

. >> everyone hit it off nicely, so that's when mike stepped in to close the deal. >> let me ask you, what would be the next step with you to keep the dialogue going? >> good question. i think maybe we, maybe you come into my office and get a sense of what we do. and if you have a brochure or photos of projects you have done, anything that kind of can show me about how you add minister a project, let's say. let's have lunch or something like that. >> we would love to do that. we should schedule that. >> i heard the three magic words, let's have lunch. i think we are done. you guys have lunch and continue on. >> by the end of the day ken and julius had a new company name, a whole new look, a partnership agreement and a lunch date with a potential client. all the things they needed to start turning this company around. >> you wrote a letter saying you needed help, do you think we delivered on what you needed? >> we are going to have a new perception because of the name and marketing, yeah, we'll be a different company from today on than we are right now. >> twitter can be a great resou

that has developed between senator feinstein and senator chambliss and congressman mike rogers and myself. the states we deal with and issues, they are so important. we have to work together as a team, bipartisan. so we can come together and go to the administration and get issues resolved important to our national security. i have been on this committee close to ten years. one of the most serious breaches that have i seen. it puts us at risk and puts lives at risk and hurts our ability our allies to have them work with us and get information. it hurts us in recruiting assets to give us intelligence information that will allow it to protect our citizens and to work through issues that are so important to the whole issue of peace throughout the world and have you protect our citizens throughout the world. we know how serious this is. we have to deal with it and will deal with it and started today coming together both the house and the senate and intelligence committee to decide where we will go. the issue has to be solutions. what are those solutions? first thing bee have to do is change the culture of anybod

mike a serious situation there. here we're dealing with the extreme heat. >> yeah, exactly. just impressive video coming out of parts of minnesota. our weather is nothing to do with the flooding concern. it's the heat. and it's the excessive heat. 76 degrees right now. that is way above average. we should be around 64 degrees. so we are starting very, very mild and we're going to go to -- hot later today. we have an excessive heat advisory in effect for the entire viewing area and excessive heat warnings to the north and east of us. 79 degrees around the 8:00 hour and noontime 91 on the way for 100 degrees. here's the deal the real feel. that's what's the dangerous aspect to this heat wave. 105 to now it lookalikes possibly 110 -- it looks like possibly 110. still 90-degrees arnold 8:00. we have the shot of severe weather guys as we go into tomorrow afternoon. we're going to talk about that coming up in just a minute. now a check on the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >>> good morning mike, if you are going to the west side of the beltway no delays to tell you ant.

. >> i guess mike you could say we are dealing with senioritis.south bay, new overturn crash lawrence expressway northbound and southbound directions. the latest is northbound, chp en route once they get there they will let us know. they are saying it is already off to the shoulder. at this point i'm tracking northbound speeds moving at 65 miles an hour. just good news for ferry commuters or if you are thinking about taking the ferry between oakland and alameda to and from south san francisco oyster point. it starts next week, new weekday ferry service, free for a week. that will be cool, that will be something new to try. other mass transit reporting no delays. n judah line shutdown until monday morning 5:00. bus shuttles are in place. kind of friday light although we are seeing minor delay in some of the cash-paying lanes at the toll plaza. >>> 5:54. >>> we reported a few moments ago the government just released may jobs report. investors may not be so happy. >> stock futures overnight not happy. but, sweeter news on national doughnut day. here'

mike. we are dealing with a serious crash in baltimore county.has shut down route 40 between moores lane and middle river road. you will want to stick with route 7 as your alternate route. a lot of congestion on 95 moving through the white marsh area moving between route 43 and the beltway. if you are headed out to 695, this is what it looks like in overly at bel aire road. a lot of traffic out there. it will be a steady ride up towards 83. no problems to report, though, if you are using the jfx to get into the city. that's a look at your abc 2 news time saver traffic. >>> here's what's making headlines, later tonight a viewing for a baltimore county teen who died last week. 17-year-old christopher brown was killed after he allegedly got into a fight with an off- duty baltimore county police officer. you can pay your respects from 4:00 to 8:00 at von green funeral home in randallstown. >>> a plaque will be unveiled today at the metro rail crash site that killed nine people in 2009. vincent dprai will join the crash victims. >>> more weather and t

. >> mike: sefolosha, 6'7" and an excellent athlete. and had strength to deal with lebron james. by the way, westbrook and durant, had 39 points in the second half. as you see, more than the heat combined. they have turned up the defense after halftime. and now trying to hold on. wade, spinning. lost the handle, out of bounds, thunder ball. they really need to foul right away now, right? >> jeff: absolutely. trying to trap a little bit, get the original steal. >> mike: harden to westbrook, back to collison. and that will seal it. erik spoelstra calls time-out. but the thunder on the verge of taking game one. another big play from nick collison from russell westbrook. >> mike: kevin durant, russell westbrook. shining here in the fourth quarter. as the thunder now leading by nine with 29 seconds remaining. westbrook what a game he's had. 29 points, 11 assist, 8 rebounds and only two turnovers. miller. fakes a three. miller on the drive. and lays it in. shot clock turned off. sefolosha back to westbrook. and the heat not fouling. and there it is. it's going to be too little, too lat

. >> mike: they have westbrook and durant signed to big deals.you know, part of the growing process, as wade is fouled. what a growth we've seen. remember, just a little over three years ago, april of 2009, they finished the season where they won just 23 games. but each year, they built on their previous season. scott brooks' message from day one, get better every day. and, when you are led by a special talent and a special player like kevin durant, who is so gifted, so humble, it started to fall into place. and you love the line that he always uses. >> jeff: yeah, i just love their whole approach. i love that they come to work, they're hard-working team. it's set by the trio of durant, westbrook and harden. and scott brooks' demeanor with his young group, to me, gives them the core of a great coach and three very, very talented young players. but it's hard to get to this spot. >> mike: the line that you love so much is that he said, we weren't losing back then, we were learning how to win. >> jeff: how to win. and when you take that many losses,

. >> mike: they have westbrook and durant signed to big deals.you know, part of the growing process, as wade is fouled. what a growth we've seen. remember, just a little over three years ago, april of 2009, they finished the season where they won just 23 games. but each year, they built on their previous season. scott brooks' message from day one, get better every day. and, when you are led by a special talent and a special player like kevin durant, who is so gifted, so humble, it started to fall into place. and you love the line that he always uses. >> jeff: yeah, i just love their whole approach. i love that they come to work, they're hard-working team. it's set by the trio of durant, westbrook and harden. and scott brooks' demeanor with his young group, to me, gives them the core of a great coach and three very, very talented young players.'s hard to get to spot. >> mike: the line that you love so much is that he said, we weren't losing back then, we were learning how to win. >> jeff: how to win. and when you take that many losses, it's hard t

problems, i'm mike hellgren in the thick of it with the latest on getting your power back on ,, >>> nearly a half million people are without power as state emergency crews head out to deal with the aftermath of the last night's fierce storms. we're live in west baltimore. mike hellgren has more on this morning's cleanup. >> reporter: good morning. elgin avenue is a snapshot of what we're seeing across the city. you see a huge tree down on this car. you have a light pole down here. you see where it start here with a crack of lightning, rubed this scar. this car is totaled. i talked to the owner. he is still in shock about how fast the winds came up. the other huge problem is the power outages. so many people without power, a majority in the city. you see the windows open there. people are living inside in these sweltering conditions. we expect triple digit heat today. it's just a mess out here in west baltimore. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> the mayor has released a statement saying that more than 100 downed trees have already been reported in the city. she's asking residents to exercise caution on the road and to call 311 to report any other downed trees. she wan

deal. back to you. >> mike, appreciate it. an attack on highway litter today. caltrans workers and the chp teaming up to clean up trash along freeways. some of the key areas, 101 between sierra point and candle stick exit. 580 near the northland exit and 101 between 87 and 280. caltrans spends more than $40 million cleaning up all of the litter. i never understood the concept of throwing trash out of your window. >> flower seeds would be better. 5:11. san jose digging its cleats into a plan to build a soccer complex. >> the so-called shackle shoes. we'll show you the controversial sneakers coming up. >> a live look outside, beautiful, look at that over san francisco. it almost doesn't look real how gorgeous these shots are. beautiful area we live in. >> that's an understatement. for the latest news traffic and oather check us out. n go nbc facebook go nbc bay area. let's take a paint project from "that looks hard" to "that didn't take long". let's break out behr ultra... ...the number one selling paint and primer in one, now with stain blocker. each coat works

it's a tough problem, tough to deal with, and to tell us more about this issue is mike morgan. >> tellat you do by law that makes this legal and why this is not necessarily sport hunting. >> feral hogs are a nuisance in the state of texas. they cause millions and millions of dollars in economic and cultural damage. they're getting up to $5,000 to $10,000 worth of damage every night. there's not a lot of animals out there, other than humans, that will clean up their numbers. >> do you think people have problem with a hog hunting because they think of a cute pig. >> these things are nasty. the diseases they carry -- >> mike, who are these people going up in your helicopters to participate in this calling? >> we're now able to take a landowner or a landowner designated agent, so we put people through a mandatory opportunitying safety court. >> i think something like this could be very difficult to watch, but if we put ourselves in the place of the land i don't knows losing this much money, i see why they would partake in this campaign. >> we're used to seeing our buddy in russia blow stuf

mike. >> sure. look, lie cut a deal with the government, he saved his own life. valuable is that testimony he gave? >> it's extremely valuable. he put 50 people in jail, 50 people away. not only that, what you need to understand, and the viewers, he would have been killed anyway. so you have a choice of being killed by your associates, or working with the feds. and that's what he chose to do. >> wow. 20 seconds left. he lived the rest of his life under his own name. sold paintings on ebay. boy, is that norman rockwell of the gangster life? >> yeah, he enjoyed doing that. people would line up. believe me. i was at many events. they lined up outside. >> all right. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> that's "the ed show." i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. ezra klein in is filling in for rachel maddow tonight. good evening, ezra. >>> good evening, michael. how you doing? >> doing fine, my friend. good to see you. >> and you. thank you, michael. thks

rookie quarterback curt cousins which is a deal $2.5 millione in four years. mikesays that he is encouraged by his ballclub. this was always the first day talked about being hit hard at practice and run over accidentally on may 21. >> i proved i can take a hit. i did talk to the team afterwards. i don't remember the conversation i had with the team. [laughter] >> mike shanahan. the first place nationals are at home tonight to start a weekend with the atlanta braves. sports.a look at >> 5:25 right now. the news continues at 5:30. learn how a local high school is remembering a student who suddenly passed away in february. >> five children are in a hospital this morning after car in a over by a driveway. i am john gonzalez. a live report straight ahead. friday, they a live report straight ahead. friday, they first day of june. i shsh i could keep it this way. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back... but new crest pro-heesth clinical plaque control toothpaste can help. it not only reduces plaque...

state emergency crews are headed out right now dealing with the aftermath of last night's fierce storm. fox 35's, is live in northwest baltimore. mike hellgren has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gigi and everybody dealing with downed, excuse me, downed trees like this one behind me. one of the big headlines as hundreds of thousands of people without power. there was one woman in northern virginia who was killed from the storms and an gentleman here, a child in mt. washington, whose head was injured when the storm blew the second floor off of the home where he lived. and, now as the day light is coming. we're learning more about the damage there. are a number of power lines down and trees down throughout the area. that was just an incredible storm. 80 mile-per-hour winds coming through. that's, it is equal to a category 1 hurricane. that was in some areas also. there was an incident on the bay bridge are a trailer was blown to the side. these are very powerful, powerful winded and fueled by the heat. now, we have a number of people in the area dealing with no power. 400,000 of them as the temperatures going to get hot

mike. >>> and we have a good deal of slowing now for the tri-valley folks. driving through livermore and pleasanton, we have a 28-minute drive. the bulk of the slowing just past an earlier accident which is in the center divide now out of lanes, but a distraction at first and spring town. the other over off to the right that is out of lanes, so a slower drive as the volume builds toward that dublin interchange. almost half an hour now for that span. looking over here, lafayette, highway 24 moving smoothly over toward the caldecott tunnel. past that, there's an accident right around 580 clearing from lanes, a little slowing on the approach. a car fire clears from 16th and the metering lights are on. quick look at the south bay, light volume of traffic. 280/17, but i'll show you otherwise coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> coming up on "today in the bay." the man accused of killing trayvon martin back in jail, but his lawyers are set to make a request today. exactly what they're asking for. >>> and today marks the 70th anniversary of the battle. >>>

more of an issue as the night moves on as we deal with the aftermath of the storm moving through, but there's still watches and warnings left in the area. mike, what can you tell us about the areas that have active warnings remaining? >> well, joce, the last of the warnings out, and this is good news for right now, last of the warning out is extreme northern carroll county. we're talking about right around pretty boy reservoir that was producing tremendous rotation. it's now just about to cross 83 and we put a line for you on to middletown road, the southernmost extent of the storm to the maryland/pennsylvania border. we're just about to kiss this one good-bye to the north of us. the second storm that we're keeping an eye on as we mentioned on i-70, well, i just did a query on the we thinks inside the cell. well, it looks like it's starting to weaken some but we have rotation within the cell and dropped the tornado warning. we'll take a look at that and see the warning in howard and carroll county. we'll keep the county active. it could pass through. but the flash flooding concern, we showed you from the chopper shot, flash flood warnings un

you thought mike tyson's singing career was a one and done deal? wait until you hear where and why the former champ will be performing. >>> the america's yacht club rice will bring some of the world's fastest vessels to the san francisco bay. >> the san francisco bay is one busy place. ferry boats, container ships and sailboats constantly traverse it's waters. but aside the being popular with boats, it's also popular with the birds. >> it's one of the major migratory routes in the youth of america. >> experts want to know more. >> one of our complaints about the environmental impact report in the race itself was they didn't even know the impact they were going to have. >> over the threat of lawsuit by environmental groups, including the aud audobon society, mike lowons with the audobon society says the study would be conducted by biologists with the u.s. geological survey. >> they're going to use flyovers by airport which is a very common water bird and shore bird method and they'll also do surveys by lavnd and by the boats. >> this survey will las

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department officials say they cannot turn over some of the documents because they deal with ongoing criminal investigations. mike emanuel is on this story live in washington tonight. some political opponents here are pretty plain about. this they say this is all politics. >> right. shep. the deputy attorney general sent chairman issa late today expressing surprise about this move and offering to meet with issa to resolve these issues. one of the attorney general's biggest offenders in congress offered this take on it. >> what our tax would be under seal. other documents that are captured by this subpoena would be matter under investigation and involving ongoing investigations. when you get beyond that, you are really into a fishing expedition. because it doesn't say what else they want. because they don't know what else they want. >> attorney general holder is due back on capitol hill tomorrow scheduled to testify in front of the senate judiciary committee, shep. >> shepard: and you talked with the chairman of that committee today, right? >> yeah. chairman issa essentially said enough is enough. and he wants ans

. >> mike: sefolosha, 6'7" and an excellent athlete. and had strength to deal with lebron james. by the way, westbrook and durant, had 39 points in the second half. as you see, more than the heat combined. they have turned up the defense after halftime. and now trying to hold on. wade, spinning. lost the handle, out of bounds, thunder ball. they really need to foul right away now, right? >> jeff: absolutely. trying to trap a little bit, get the original steal. >> mike: harden to westbrook, back to collison. and that will seal it. erik spoelstra calls time-out. but the thunder on the verge of taking game one. another big play from nick collison from russell westbrook. >> mike: kevin durant, russell westbrook. shining here in the fourth quarter. as the thunder now leading by nine with 29 seconds remaining. westbrook what a game he's had. 29 points, 11 assist, 8 rebounds and only two turnovers. miller. fakes a three. miller on the drive. and lays it in. shot clock turned off. sefolosha back to westbrook. and the heat not fouling. and there it is. it's going to be too little, too lat

. >>> let's talk about another huge deal, involving mike tyson and spike lee and broadway. it does seem a little weird to some people. this is basically a continuation of the one-man show that tyson put on in vegas. that show did earn him some critical acclaim. and at least it was reportedly a truly unvarnished look at tyson's life. as tyson put it yesterday in new york, he had the crowd mesmerized. he is very up front about his life and what he's doing. as he told reporters yesterday, carol, i'm trying to get paid and get out of debt and stuff. love you all. see you at the show. this isn't just tyson's first appearance on broadway, it is spike lee's first broadway show as well. the show is called "mike tyson kw: undisputed truth." some seats listed at $200. but there's a meet and greet premium package for around $300. so he's trying to earn an honest living. and i give him credit for putting it out there like that. >> aj, thank you. aj will be back with us next hour with more show biz headlines, including conan getting political. he is getting ready for a romney invasion w

mike seidel starting us off tonight. thanks. >>> meantime tonight, folks out west are dealing with a weather related emergency of their own. more than 20 major wildfires burning right now, thousands of residents in colorado have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire there grows out of control, dangerously close to their homes. we get the latest from nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: billowing smoke and towering flames surrounded homes today outside colorado springs. hundreds of firefighters battled the waldo canyon fire that scorched more than 2,000 acres and is threatening densely populated communities and parks. >> our primary objective today, structural protection and continuing to hold the line that will stop the fire from coming down into that mountain shadows area. >> reporter: the fast moving blaze is 1 of 8 wildfires burning in colorado, the worst fire season in a decade. >> this isn't something we haven't seen before, but it is unusual to see a fire with this potential. >> reporter: the biggest, the high park fire just outside ft. collins has been burning for two weeks, charred nearly 81,000 acres, destroyed n

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the world's largest retailer is dealing with allegations of bribery in its mexican operations. c.e.o. mike duke told shareholders and employees, quote, "if you work for walmart, there is no gray area between right and wrong," end quote. despite the scandal, shareholders voted for all 16 members of walmart's board of directors to return. the controversy hasn't hurt wal- mart's business either. >> those stores in mexico are already open and they keep generating cash so they haven't changed our fundamental view on the company because of that scandal in mexico. >> tom: shares of walmart haven't reflected any worries about the outcome of the investigations into the bribery claims in mexico. while down a fraction today, the stock is up more than 20% over the past year. >> eligible borrowers can receive up to $50,000 of federal housing money. some see the plan as usual because it helps homeowners who are current on their mortgages. borrowers must owe more than 150% of the value of their home and must earn less than $99,000 per year. nevada has one of the hardest hit housing markets in the state.

deal. gilt city d.c. teamed with mike isabella and pay $25 and get lunch.ncludes any three specially selected food and beverage items. i got to vouch for the pepperoni sauce people. it is amazing. >>> from the meals to the movies, date night has gotten a lot cheaper. use a visa signature card on fandango and buy one, get one free. little bonus deal, it's national doughnut day. yeah, krispy kreme a free doughnut if you visit any of the locations nationwide. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. a check of the news before you go, that's up next. >>> welcome back. 6:54. severe weather alert day. a few showers around this morning. but the real concern is going to be later on by mid-afternoon into the evening hours we could have strong to severe thunderstorms and damaging winds gusts and hail and even isolated tornadoes, highs today between 80 and 85. >>> here's a check of the news before you go. five children in the hospital this morning after being hit by an suv. in pr

and mike, i think you touched on it strongly a few moments ago and it's not the heat it's the humidity. >> that's it. again, we can deal with 90 degrees. it's 90 and 100% humidity and that will prove to be a problem. 73 downtown. we are starting off an very mild note and we know when we start into the 70s we will be easily into the 90s. dew point values between 69 and 70 degrees and it's a muggy morning out there. with the heat and humidity we have some heat alerts and a heat advisory for all the counties and being see excessiv the north and to the east. again dangerous heat coming full force starting today going into tomorrow. in terms of what's going on in the satellite radar picture, you can see not much over the eastern part of the country but a big thunderstorm developing towards the northern and southern plains and that will slide in by thursday and it willbust out the heat and friday into the weekend we will get everything off the coast but today it's tomorrow where we are going to be dealing with the dangerous heat. 95, 94 along the beltways at noontime. we will add to that 97 for the projected high maybe a few

. >> even home owners like mike alexander were picking up snapped branches and dealing with power outages. alexander considers himself lucky after seeing what his neighbor has to deal with. >> i feel sorry for him. they've lived here a little bit longer than we have and they've always been nice with us and everything, it's a shame. >> he hopes to be back in his home where he's lived for 16 years but is grateful everyone was able to walk away in one piece. >> thank god we're all still alive and healthy and nobody is injured. >> nadia ramdass, wbal tv 11 news. >> it wasn't just flooding, strong winds ripped down trees and branches across the entire baltimore area. >> sure did. at the peak of the storm, bbe was reporting more than 19,000 customers had lost electricity. joining us is rob gould with the latest on the power outages. how is it shaping up this morning? >> we're doing pretty good, jen. we only have 7300 customers out. it surprised me that we didn't have more widespread outages. we were out last night restoring power. our crews are much more effecttive, you know, common sense, when

. >> even home owners like mike alexander was picking up snapped branches and dealing with power outages. he considers himself lucky after seeing what his neighbor had to deal with. >> i feel sorry for him. they've lived here a little bit longer than we have and, you know, they've always been nice with us and everything. it's just a shame. >> swinton hopes to be back in his home where he's lived for 16 years but is grateful everyone was able to walk away in one piece. >> thank god we're all still alive and healthy and nobody is injured. >> nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> i have a friend who said they lost five trees and they heard that whole thing come right through the neighborhood. very, very scary. it wasn't just flooding, strong winds did rip down the trees and the branches all across the baltimore area. >> and at the peak of the storm, b.g.e. was reporting more than 19,000 customers without electricity. joining us now rob gould from b.g.e. with the latest on the power outages. how are things this morning? >> good morning, ladies. we're making progress. we've almost restored 26,00

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. >> even home owners like mike alexander were picking up snapped branches and dealing with power outages. but alexander considers himself lucky after seeing what his neighbor has to deal with. >> i feel sorry for him. yeah. they lived here a little bit longer than we have. and, you know, they've always been nice with us and everything. it's just a shame. >> swinton hopes to be back in his home that he's lived for 16 years but is grateful everyone was able to walk away in one piece. >> thank god we're all still alive and healthy and nobody is injured. >> nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> and the heaviest damage was in harford county, particularly in fallston. >> and this went way beyond downed trees and power lines. we're being joined by the harford county executive david craig on the line. good morning. >> good morning. >> hey there! can you tell us some of the biggest concerns for residents this morning? >> right now, it's power outages and road blockage. route 1 is still blocked. route 147 which is harford road is still blocked. and i would also advise citizens to be careful when you

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that has developed between senator feinstein and senator chambliss and congressman mike rogers and myself. the stakes we deal with and the issues we deal with in the intelligence community, we have to work together as a team bipartisan so we can come together, go to the administration and get issues resolved that are important to our national security. i've been on this committee close to ten years. this has been some of the most serious breaches i have seen. it puts us at risk. it puts lives at risk. it hurts our ability with our allies to have them work with us and get information. and it hurts us in recruiting assets that give us intelligence information that will allow us to protect our citizens, to work through issues that are so important to the whole issue of peace throughout the world and how we protect our citizens throughout the world. now, we know how serious this is, and we have to deal with it, and we will deal with it, and we started today coming together both the house and the senate intelligence committees deciding where we're going to go, but the issue has to be solutions. what are those sol