. >>> spread from downtown to northeast baltimore.ve look this morning at a pipe once again this one cracked causing problems for those living along kirk avenue. a live update coming up. >> terrifying moments in the sky over the nation's capital. why three planes almost collided. >> the special session with more than just gambling to decide. the issue of pit bulls and what lawmakers must now choose on this thursday, august 2nd. good morning, i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. get ready it's going to be out there. put on extra deodorant this morning. [ laughter ] >> am i right or am i right? >> okay, so megan is right though. yes it's going to be a very humid day. still, the change is that we are going to heat things up. temperatures are coming up in just a second but maryland's most powerful radar we have all five sweeps on this morning and scanning the skies and looking for something. a much different day than yesterday. remember we had the thunderstorms but not so much today. now millersville the temperature coming in at

yet another water main break this one in northeast baltimore. likely to tie up traffic for many of your morning commutes. this one on kirk avenue in the northeastern part of the city. in you're keeping score this is the third major break of its kind in the past few weeks and abc2's linda so is out there this morning. just how bad is it out there this morning? >> reporter: right now, public works crews you can see there the hole in the ground. that's where this pipe cracked and we're told it's a nine foot crack. what they've been able to do so far, they've turned down to broken -- they've turned the broken water main off and they're pumping the extra water out and they're digging around the pipe so that they can get to the area. bring in the new part and replace that section that's been cracked. now this is causing a lot of problems for people who live in this area. i want to bring in tim collins this morning. she lives right around the corner. kim, this brings back lots of bad memories for you doesn't it? first of all your basement is flooded ri

northeast washington, you will see some showers and can you see that getting going here and into northeast washington. another shower there to the south. right across the potomac. we will have some showers here in washington, points outing andest -- south and east and the next few hours. things will start to quiet down and this is what is going o thank you. the cold front is coming through. cooler and drier air on the horizon. once i show you the dew points, they're falling. the less humidity and cooler temperatures later tonight and along the frontal boundary, lots of showers and storms and not a great looking day at the beaches. i don't think that tomorrow is a great looking day either and probably not numerous and with some clouds for the rest of us and lots of sunshine and high temperatures, believe it or not, approaching the 90 degrees mark and today, we have not touched the degree mark. dulles, 87 and bwi marshal, 87 and we'll take the cooler temperatures while we can and that is great. 84 in annapolis and washington. rain-cooled and does in leonardtown and more sunshine to the north

he visited the northeast as a volunteer to deliver supplies. but he soon realized children there needed something else. >> they actually need to play to -- to get out their stress. and not, you know, not necessarily, stress from having gone through the tsunami, but kids have natural stress. so they play it out. >> the tsunami destroyed playground, parks, and schools. government officials have turned school yard into temporary housing sites. where kids have little room to run about. the reconstruction effort makes it difficult for dangerous for them to go elsewhere. michael was determined to make the situation better. he negotiated with a u.s. playground equipment maker and got a discount on supplies. then, he recruited a team of volunteers. >> playground bring people together. i think it is wonderful. >> this is the result of some of their hard work. the colorful playground in the city is drawing crowds of children and their parents. this playground instrument was installed in late may and is reuniting the local community. michael and his volun

it's in northeast baltimore and continues to shut down kirk avenue at abbotston street. stick with harford road or loch raven boulevard as the alternate route. still dealing with repairs to the massive water main break from last month in downtown baltimore. so light street still closed between lombard street and baltimore street. you can stick with hopkins place instead. and here's what 95 looks like at eastern after. no delay -- avenue. no delays getting through the fort mchenry tunnel this morning or even north headed up to white marsh. if you are headedout to the beltway this is what it looks like in overly at bel air road. nothing to get in the way all the way up to towson. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> wake up call this morning about the dangers of texting and driving. >> it is illegal here in maryland but some drivers still do it. we're all guilty of it from time to time but listen to the story. a college student in texas was texting on the way home. one of the last things he typed this young man typed quote -- i

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the nbc is getting clipped by a the northeast and southeast. this is pushing off to the northeast.ure-wise -- 70's locally. 73 in the district. not a bad start your day. the high today. off and on the thunderstorms with downpours as well. isolated severe storms -- there potential for some large hail. -- the humidity to you.ething it is so frustrating. it is what it is. hitting the road this morning, is what it isit along 95. that is not bad. we will give you everything moving right now. overnight construction is being the beltway. we look good here through springfield northbound on 95. getting up to the beltway -- we are good on 81, route 11, i-70 between -- nothing is of wetated in that area caskey wasat adam on the radar.ou congress stops a potential government shut down by approving a budget deal. current funding was set to expire by september. funding has been extended for six months. cover the budget with than $1 trillion through march. kwame brown is expected to make one of its first public appearances since pleading guilty to bank fraud in june. he will speak to the washingt

coming down from the beltway, northeast. far, so good. >> when you take that recess, don't get your clothes all muddy. it is wet. >> soaked yesterday. high temperatures in the mid 80's. will clear out the rest of the week. >> thank you for joining us on 11 news today. >> 7:25. have a great day.

across parts of the east northeast into the southeast you will see showers and storms today.sible travel delays out there and across parts of the northeast somef the weather could produce thunderstorms that could produce severe weather with large hail damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornadoes possible. heads up new york city, philadelphia down into the washington, d.c. baltimore area you could be seeing severe weather as we head into the afternoon hours. otherwise texas more triple digits 103 the high in dallas, 101 in san antonio. low 80s for chicago and minneapolis. meanwhile across northeast new york city expecting a high at 83. >> maria molina, thanks. >>> it is time to entertain this. after rob pat tin son making his first public pier rance sin-- a since ex-girlfriend's shocking cheating. he was there for the new movie. after less than 5 minutes on the red carpet he was whisked away with no further comment. he was so smitten with connor kennedy she spent 4.9 million in cash. patti ann just fob close to him. she purchased it and it is right next door to the kennedy

from the dakotas down to missouri, in the northeast and also out west. so still some scattered showers and thunderstorms there. more systems moving through the plains states so most of the areas that have been getting rave, through north dakota and into montana, showers and thunderstorms and that cool front will be diving southwards with a band of showers and thunderstorms and hopefully some of those drought areas. we will be back in the next half-hour with a longer range forecasts. >>> have you noticed the adds around the webpages on your computers these days? are dominated by a theme of simple solutions to difficult problems. the age-old tip to reduce your waistline and a secret trip to lower your electric bill and a clever insider gimmick that your banker doesn't want you to know. let me save you some trouble and unwanted spam in your inbox. don't go there. as hl mencken said, there is always a common solution that is clear, simple and wrong. there is a longing for some clever one step way to resolve issues that we barely comprehend. they are i believ

this is the northeast corner of the beltway.retty good at the moment over toward the west side. moving well on the west side. things are building around liberty and security. 395 and 95 looks good heading into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start weather-wise. no rain today. 70 at the airport. 72 degrees in catonsville. a mixture of sun and clouds. about a 20% chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. high temperature between 88 and 93. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. thank you >>. the orioles have an off day today appeared the travel down to tampa to face the rays. a rough day against the yankees. the yankees exploded for seven runs. this was a ground rule double. robinson cano hit a grand slam. the orioles cannot get the sweep and earn a tie with the rays. >> on to the ravens. lost dennis pitta for the rest of the preseason. they added another tight end. terrell suggs is out for a few more months and haloti ngata is not ready to pract

this is the northeast corner of the beltway at bel air road. we're looking good on the 83's this morning. we will keep you up to date on those delays once they fall into place. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. if you bust diversions. we have the 50 bus with a diversion at chester field -- a few bus diversions. the 1, 3, 64 buses diverting at lombard and light street. light rail and metro subway both on schedule. i'm kurt kronke. mta, you're right to the baltimore grand parade -- your ride to the baltimore grand parrix. >> there is a front that has stalled and will dissipate over the next couple of hours. a slight chance for a thunderstorm. maybe some precipitation later on. the skies are clear. nothing of any consequence. a chance for a thunderstorm about 20% today. 70 at the airport. 69 in jarrettsville. we will take you out to the tropics. a new tropical depression about 500 miles east of the leeward isl

you can see the clouds streaming in southwest to northeast. west and north, no clouds right over washington south and east a lot of kracloudiness but that w come and go throughout the afternoon. just a beautiful summer day, not too humid. perfect beach and pool weather. right now near 80 around the bay and eastern shore at the atlantic beaches and out of the mountains, great for hiking and the blue ridge and out in western maryland and highlands of west virginia, still, only in the 60s there. we'll take that in august and this wonderful weather pattern continues for the next several days. we'll have afternoon highs, mid-80s, just a small chance of an isolated thundershower and later today, as well as tomorrow afternoon, this great pattern with highs in the 80s and morning low 60s and not too humid and continuing each day with a partly cloudy sky saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. that is the way it looks, barbara. >> all right, tom. thank you. we'll see you, again, shortly. >>> help is on the way to prevent flooding in some d.c. neighborhoo

winds in richmond blowing south wet to northeast. if you live -- southwest to northeast if you live north -- let's look at your day planner everybody in the 50s mostly sunny to partly cloudy out to the coast at 7:00, 80 inland by noon, 70 around the bay, 60 at the coast, near 90 inland at 4:00, upper 70s aren't the bay low 60s coast low eight -- around the bay low 60s coast. today we jump two to four degrees same tomorrow and thursday, thursday and friday look to be hottest days of the forecast near 100. mid 80s around the bay, 70 at the coast. >>> check of the bay bridge toll, no delays now, things are flowing san francisco, also, if you are heading to the san mateo bridge 880 delay-free as you head through hayward to highway 92, this is westbound on the right, eastbound flowing well out of foster city and san mateo 101 fine along the peninsula this morning. traffic is slow westbound 205 out of tracy you can see that with the waze traffic app. right now you see yellow and reports of heavy traffic by some traffic spotters. around 27

. >>> still causing big problems in northeast baltimore lynette. kirk avenue remains shut down at abbotston street. definitely stick with harford road or loch raven boulevard as your alternate route if you are in that area. as we take a life look at the main lines this is what the harrisburg expressway looks like in hunt valley. no problems to report though. just 22 minutes from the maryland pennsylvania state line down towards 695. you will notice some reduced visibility though in the area and be extra careful traveling up on 83 this morning. traffic picking up on the beltway traveling the outer loop from 95 up towards 83. you are looking at a 12 minute ride. and it's going to get a little more congested over on the west side where you're looking at a 13 minute ride on that outer loop from 795 down to 95. that is a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> well, lauren just mentioned all the problems that water main break is causing for people's morning commute and it is causing a lot of issues too. that mane rupture

northeast. brandywine and south side of annapolis, a lot of thunder and lightning. and more rain across lower southern maryland. complete check on your sunday forecast in a few minutes. jim. >>> thanks. our other big story. mitt romney selecting paul ryan as his running mate. the man joining romney on the republican ticket is a seven-term member of the house of representatives, serving his home state of wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee and a member of the ways and means committee. he also wrote the gop's budget proposal. clashing with democrats over his plan to balance the budget by cutting taxes on the rich, revamping medicare and slashing entitlement programs. ryan was first elected to congress back in 1998. he's 42 years old, married with three children. romney is introducing ryan with campaign stops in virginia, crucial swing state in this election. their blue state bus tour is on a visit to manassas this evening drawing a crowd at the harris pavilion now, where news

on the northeast corridor, there is going to be a disabled car. as we check in and look at 695, parkville, harford road, that outer loop picking up as well. you are looking at a 12 minute ride from 95, up to 83. that inner loop will be clear towards 95. the west side of 695, starting to congestion from 795, towards 95. that will take you 13 minutes. if you are using the jfx, no delays whatsoever. looking at the typical 11 minute ride southbound to fayette street. >>> a woman had a rather unusual reason to flee from police. >> mandy ramsey didn't stop when police were trying to pull her over because she was topless. florida officers say the 35 year old ran a stop sign and crashed in to a tree when a patrol car tried pulling her over. she was on her way to see her boyfriend to surprise him. >> she did something stupid trying to impress me. that's all it was. that's it. >> you cannot argue with a man wearing a florida gators cap. she was booked for fleeing and alluding law enforcement. ramsey was supposed to start working as teachers aid in florida.

translates to 73% humidity and the barometer has been rising, 29.91, northeast breeze at 10 miles an hour and down the at inner harbor, temperature is up to 75 with partly cloudy skies. earlier, it was all cloudy so we running in the right direction. we will look at radar and give you the weekend forecast coming up in a minute. >> our big story this morning, the aclu is going after anne arundel county executive john leopold again. >> the group believes the republican was snooping around county databases for information on his enemies. the groups it has information that at least 16 people were targeted. >> the aclu of maryland is requesting anne arundel county police fork over documents they believe will show county executive john leopold ordered to illegally access a local criminal history database and allegedly dig up dirt on personal or political enemies. >> we are trying to find out what information was compiled and about whom was it compiled. >> this request follows a response from another aclu request earlier this year that shows criminal history searches were conduct on many of

. >>> now pleasant temperatures across the northeast. what we are really concerned about is the plains in the midwest where it has been hot, hot, hot. >> good morning. good to see you. you are right we are looking at heat across the area where we do not need it especially in the central plains triple dig get high temperatures this afternoon. across the northeast current temperatures across the region 62 in cleveland 67 in chicago. temperatures this afternoon should be around where they should be at for this time of year into the 80{caseÑ]s for mot of us. triple digit heat tomorrow 104 should be the high temperature in tulsa, oklahoma. 105 over in oklahoma city and oklahoma. generally dry weather out here. you could see a spotty shower or storm. we are going to be seeing activity across the southeast today. >>> you want to pay attention to this first story consumer report list. joining us now is lauren simonetti. lauren? >> i don't have a car. i cleared this list. when it is time for your next set of wheels avoid the honda civic. it has a

counselors and news to parents who dropped off their kids at the boys and girls club on benning road northeast for a week here. the website describes it as a fun, safe environment and one of the, quote, most trusted residential summer camps in the area. but last week, parents learned their kids were coming home one day early and they received a letter from the boys and girls club of greater washington say something counselors, quote, wrongfully insty gated inappropriate club fight-type activities. one parent said children were being punched and trained to fight back. >> did you so anyone get punchd? >> no. >> no. >> the situation was serious enough that the boys and girls club of greater washington contacted parents and police, suspended workers and stopped camp temporarily. when we visited camp brown, a man identifying himself as a caretaker told us that camp's out. >> and that is like closed. >> closed for the week? >> uh-huh. >> and a lot of work playing and stuff. and had to close it down. >> it's 80 miles from washington and named after a former d.c. police chief. it's been around for yea

not as stormy in the northeast. just a chance of showers from new england, down to d.c. steadier showers from the gulf coast to the carolinas. scattered thunderstorms in the midwest. severe weather in the dakotas. >> topping the 100-degree mark from phoenix to dallas. 90s from new orleans to baltimore. and for much of the midwest. 70s in the pacific northwest. >>> well, coming up next after the break, attention bargain-hunters. we'll tell you where you can find 700 miles' worth of stuff for sale. >>> also ahead, lining up and taking a stand at chick-fil-a. the fast food restaurant is ground zero in the culture wars over same-sex marriage. >>> and on top of that, doing a double-take in the deep end. how this big camper ended up in a backyard pool. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call an

locations include the 200 block of 17th street northeast and the 1400 block of new york avenue northeastpolice say the new cameras are going up at sites with the highest number of crashes and injuries, calls for police service and high speed volume. >> the mayor stated it. said that he wants to increase -- he said that he wants to increase the budget by $30 million from automated enforcement tickets. >> reporter: also included in the new speed camera locations 3700 block of massachusetts avenue in southeast and the 400 block of riggs road in northeast. tommy wells doesn't have a problem with the additional cameras but with the hefty fines. he's looking into perhaps reducing the fees. bruce johnson from northwest washington, 9 news now. >> d.c. speed cameras took in more than $60 million last year. about $45 million had already been collected this fiscal year. >>> today marks five years since a deadly bridge collapse in minnesota. 13 people died, hundreds more injured when the interstate 35 bridge fell into the mississippi river. the disaster prompted bridge inspections across the country

west of us and now northeast and southeast of us here in washington.little lightning and thunder up in howard county and also down coming out of the colonial beach area to st. mary's and charles county. want to show you this on live doppler 9000 hd, lots of pockets of light rain across the region but the stuff that was in montgomery county 30 minutes ago? quickly is racing in to areas in howard county and also up to ellicott city and baltimore. that's all moving to the north and the east. and this is a pretty hefty rain there anding see montgomery county -- you can see montgomery county looking much better but columbia north to ellicott city. east and northeast of upper marlboro the lighter shower and heavier iran to davidsonville in the next few minutes and then down south southern maryland i know we're slow to get to you but here it is. it is coming down in buckets. lightning and thumped all of this lifting northeast and calvert county. northern calvert and anne arundel watch out as this heads your way. it is a muggy morning. rain around. we were 80

he wanted to help people in the northeast. so he rushed there the next day with 100 bottles of drinking water. >> there was little information at the beginning of the disaster. all i could do was bring aid supplies or cook meals for the victims. >> reporter: arita set up a volunteer group. he devoted most of his weekends over the past 17 months to helping regions in need. then he started to worry about how children were coping with the aftermath of the disaster. the southern most part of minumisomo is just ten kilometers from fukushima daiichi. he found out parents in the city had been keeping their kids indoors because of the fears of radiation exposure. he decided to give some of the kids a break. he praut them to a swimming pool in tokyo last august. >> translator: they were really excited. i wanted to provide them with something to cherish or a place to go to make up for their suffering. no matter how small their satisfaction. >> reporter: then arita got another idea. instead of bringing the children to the pool, he'd brin

again, movement to the north, northeast. 15 miles per hour. the pressure has come up on this thing and what we worry about now is well, where is it going to go? it continues to move to the east and we have a holiday weekend here. so does this mean it's going to bring rain in here and we're going to be wet and unsettled for saturday, sunday, and monday? that's what i'm going to answer. >>> developing news about a mysterious murder in prince georges county. police are still searching for clues in the death of amber staley. this morning, cadets are canvassing the neighborhood where she lives. stanley was murdered where she lives. investigators say nothing in stanley's background indicates someone wanted her dead. police hope someone may know something to help solve this crime. >> so many times when we get a lead on a case, somebody will say, oh, i didn't think it mattered and it may not be, it may not seem significant to the person who sees it, but when that is coupled with something we have and they don't know, put it together, it can break the

it continues to move to the north and northeast as well. you can see in the district, maybe light rain from time to time. and we focus our attention down to the south. more showers and a couple thunderstorms headed towards culpeper and then eventually over to spotsylvania and fredericksburg. quickly over to sental radar. we have active flash flood warning in effect for howard county and baltimore city. this is going to go until 11:30 tonight. that's a pretty big complex of thunderstorms. some places they are thinking as much as 2 inches and caused flash flooding. so, keeping up to date with the storms, looks like overnight tonight, these will settle down. a chance again tomorrow for some thunderstorms and then big changes for the weekend. full forecast is coming up. >> all right gary, see you in a bit. an update on a story you saw first on fox 5. verison will hand over its 911 failure tomorrow to the washington council of government. the report details the company's emergency line failures during june's storm. verison says it will improve c

everything is moves to the east- northeast to 10 to 15 miles an hour. and i will put this in motion here. i want you to see how much more robust these updrafts and the storms and that is what that red indicates there and that is looks like they falling a part here and get, well, they're not as strong as where they were and they're in the weakening stages and that is a great benefit. they begin to break up and they're not as strong and robust. and that is a great tool there and that is to the north and west is moving and not too quickly, certainly not in our direction and there is that warning issued. this is going to go until 6:30 p.m. and let me get tight or this storm and this is coming up and to the east. the extreme northern sections of howard county here and that is on to the baltimore beltway and there is places like catonsville, ellicott city, places like that and elk ridge. that is severe for northern sections of howard county and there is a chance for more severe weather this evening and we'll have a complete forecast coming up. unfortunately,

for much of the great lakes and this to the northeast but that heat remains in parts of the plains. as we take a look at the temperature -- the precipitation for the next week going to be on the wet side for much of the eastern half of the country, that is where we have been getting the rain. we need the rain. more people with the drought -- we are looking at below normal precipitation for a good piece of the western united states. as we take a look, little further into the future, we are going to see the 30 day temperatures, because we have seen this shift in the pattern. we will continue to see the chance for below normal temperatures in the great lakes in to the northeast, little on the warm side into the southern plains up into the northwest and that is something we have been seeing across most of the areas. as we look at that precipitation, here is what the picture looks like. it's not a good one. in those drought areas because we will continue to seat same pattern moving across much of the plain states no carrierring0 . >>> you don't get into drought overnight you won't get ou

dew points in the mid 60s and winds are east northeast at around 7 miles per hour. temperatures have already cooled down into the mid 60s in leesburg. upper 60s in manassas. 63 in winchester culpeper 68 and fredericksburg 70 degrees right now. where we saw more of the showers and widespread stuff go through earlier today and just some remnants of emergency and moisture for tomorrow and into tuesday as well. so you want your umbrella for the next couple of days. monday morning also could see some areas of patchy fog and remember that tomoow morning. again some showers are possible for the morning. and afternoon. grab the umbrella before you head out the door and tuesday unsettled once again. here's a look at your 9 futurecast, here's your clock -- up here just above my head. we'll put this into motion and so monday morning with chance for some showers. again with the patchy fog. afternoon we'll see more showers as well. maybe even just a couple thunderstorms but the main threat 2010 will really be the light to moderate rain. temperatures still below average. tuesday

police are investigating a murder in northeast. officers got called to a shooting on rhode island avenue last night. police got to the scene around 10:30 and they found a man shot in the head. he died at the hospital a short time later. at this point in suspects or a motive in this case. >>> don dwyer says no one should ever do what he did wednesday evening. >> it is true that i was drinking while operating my boat yesterday. it's also been reported that my blood alcohol content was .2. >> spoke outside shock trauma in baltimore. he wore a neck brace and sat in a wheelchair. his boat struck another vessel near gibson island and six people including three children were hospitalized and some suffered serious injuries but all are expected to recover. >>> it is 5:04. time for the latest your money report. >> and jessica doyle is here with today's headlines, good morning. >> good morning i wish the color of the day was green but lately it's been a lot of red on wall street. >> yeah. >> stocks heading into the final trading session of th

severe weather from the ohio river valley towards the northeast. could be seeing severe thunderstorm activity, gusty winds and large and damaging hail. very well could be possible out of this. and behind it, cooler and more bearable weather. fight with the dog days of summer across the great lakes region. temperatures should be dropping about 10 degrees. off towards the west in the desert southwest, look at these temperatures. phoenix at 46 here on your thursday and friday. much of this region actuall under excessive heat warning. do stay inside in the ac if you can. if you have to go outside, stay hydrated and out of the sfun at all possible out here as heat streak will be very high at risk. over towards europe, we are watching the jet stream continuing to meander here towards the west of it, you have hot temperatures in and around spain. actually madrid up to low 40s. in eastern europe, severe weather. 65-kilometer-per-hour winds. thunderstorms due to the unstable nature of the atmosphere. but over the uk, high pressure is lingering and that is j

. >> supporters of the gay couple attacked in a northeast d.c. neighborhood rallied for the victims and demand an end to the violence. >>> we begin with the community joining forces refusing to let their fears ruin their quality of life. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. yoga instructor mike hall needed surgery to repair his fractured jaw after he and his partner were ambushed last month. audrey barnes has the story tonight. >> the safety walk took place in the same neighborhood where the couple was beaten by three youths july 22nd. people living nearby hope the walk sends a strong message the violence won't be tolerated. residents from eckington, shaw, bloomingdale and other neighborhoods took to the streets to send a strong message about hate and crime. there's been a dangerous spike in crimes related to sexual orientation, 22 attacks this year so far compared to 15 last year at this time. >> washington d.c. has the highest rate of anti-lbgt violence in the nation. since this time last year it's increased by 6

everything is lifting toward the northeast. williamsport right down route 15 into our neck of the woods. i want to switch it over to live doppler 9000hd. you see light green in a lot of areas. a little bit of drizzle. we have heavier showers we're looking south of town, north of town and out toward harrisonburg. we'll zoom and show you live doppler 9000hd. a few sprinkles in the immediate metro. you get into far western fairfax county and 66, we're starting to pick up some of the heavier showers out toward manassas, up through gainesville, getting in toward olney there on route 50, maybe east of aldie. between aldie and chantilly closer to the loudoun, fairfax line. you have light rain coming on your doorstep. south of manassas hearing reports of a little bit of thunder down toward the bealeton area. a little bit of thunder and heavy rain moving from fauquier county to prince william, parts of stafford, west of 95. you see the red here from goldvein north lifting that way. to our north we've seen some heavier showers into frede

begins to turn back to the north and the northeast northeast and this is a great track. that is something that is a silver lining from this storm. we'll come back and let you know if that track means anything for us over the holiday weekend. >> thank you, top. and with isaac now aiming toward the louisiana coast, the new and improved levee system will be tested for the first time. meteorologist, anny hong joins us live with what the army corps of engineers is saying about all that. anny. >> the u.s. corps of engineers finished building its levees just last september. dug deeper, built stronger, and stanged hire after katrina. engineers are confident it will be able to hold up against isaac and more. >> after katrina and more than $14 billion is this. a 133-mile system of levees and flood walls surrounded by 24 storm proofed pumping stations. >> we're in a universe different than we were prior to katrina. >> army corps of engineers helped oversee the destruction of the levee system. she deployed teams to the gulf coast so they can activate the protection system ahead of i

winds north, northeast 5, 8, 10 miles an hour. by 8:00 p.m. you can eat out on the deck this evening, 78. the air is drying out. we're down to 59 in york, pennsylvania. 67 in fredricksburg this morning. bill in newington said he had a lot of dew out. humidity levels higher well south of town. right now outside on our michael & son weather camera, we've got partly cloudy skies, 71 degrees. a north wind at 7 miles an hour and the humidity at 73%. front came through yesterday morning with the showers. they're all the way down into north carolina, south carolina now. there's just nothing that is headed our way for the next couple of days except after a nice cooldown, it's going to get hot for -- really hot for one day on friday. great today, 85. tonight we're down in the 60s. might seen see a couple of upper 50s. tomorrow looks good, warmer, still not too humid, 88. friday going to be hot, 96. yeah, that is going to be the shocker so to speak. by saturday 92. if you're going out to the skins preseason game tonight at fed ex field, it's going to be

more to the northeast. so for us, some time late sunday. i think we are going to see some of the tropical rains, make their way into areas of west virginia. around the blue ridge. around western maryland. and then on up to the northeast. pennsylvania. those are areas that need the rain. on top of that. watching another tropical storm. newly named, we have got tropical storm kirk. right now it looks as though it is going to be nothing more than a fish storm with its path to the eastern side of bermuda. some time at the end of the week. before recur. ing to the northeast. now, tropical storm, kirk, the dropic tropics, atlantic busy. team of the year. first thing tomorrow morning at the bus stop. dazzling weather. 62 to 70. crisp and comfortable. a lot of sunshine over the next couple days. high pressure moves in. so through friday, we could in fact see temperatures really warm up. for us tomorrow morning. nice start. clear sky. tomorrow afternoon. not bad. it is going to be gorgeous. 80 to 85 degrees. there its 95. heat end of the week. as we

we have 11 minutes on the inner loop in the northeast corner.eight minutes on 895 between harbor tunnel and 95 in the north side. 70 at 29, traffic is moving just fine. this is 83 at ruxton road. southbound traffic is moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has the weather. >> you can see some cloud cover but little in the way of precipitation. 67 at the airport. 30% chance for a rain shower today. it will not be a big deal. high temperature around 80. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. here is keith mills. >> thank you. good morning. the orioles in texas this morning to open a series with the rangers and they continue ways to win games. they rallied to win 7-5. not a good start for wei-yin chen and the birds. 3 run home run. buck showalter stayed with chen. he gets the win. home run number20 four chris davis. the orioles had new life. it is a one-run game thanks to j.j. hardy. he rips it to left. 5-4 in the fourth inning. nate mclouth, a shot. adam jones follows with a single. 7-5 ori

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the heaviest of the rain is moving off toward the northeast. a citywide -- a few widely scattered showers west of the d.c. area. look at these impressive rain totals. almost 3.25 inches in annapolis. we still have the class -- still have the flash flood watch in effect for the district and southern maryland along with a flash flood warning for the southern calvert county until 9:15 this evening. a quick update on tropical storm isaac -- winds up to 60 miles an hour. at the latest track will take it toward new orleans late tuesday into early wednesday possibly a category 2 storm and new orleans is now under a hurricane warning. we will have much more on the track of the storm and we can expect in our area in the coming weeks. >> the governor of louisiana has issued a state of emergency. even going so far as telling people to get out now. >> we are calling on folks who live in low lying areas and of 15 parishes in a hurricane watch area to go ahead and start voluntary evacuations today. >> the governor is expected to speak at the republican natio

still, some in the northeast are more than 70 years old. >> a lot of it is old. there is no question about it. >> reporter: today's biggest domestic fear, cyber attack on the grid. >> recently, the government held a white house level cyber exercise in which the scenario was a terrorist attack that took down the power grid. >> reporter: through their concern, regulators point out even with the hottest summer on record, unlike india, just emerging from the dark, america's grid is holding. jim avila, abc news, washington. >>> and now your voice, your vote. the presidential race. and former governor mitt romney has just returned to the united states after his big trip overseas. the candidate hoping the trip will show he is ready for the diplomatic stage. but an eruption from his traveling team stole the spotlight tonight. and david muir joins us from poland's capital, warsaw. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening. mitt romney's foreign trip is over. but not without one more unwelcome moment that you speak of. a spokesman for the campaign got into it with a member o

problem free on 95 in howard county. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 10 minutes to go south of 95 from the beltway down towards 32. here's a quick, live look at traffic. very light volume so far this morning. it is early. the j.f.x. checking out fine at ruxton road from the beltway into town. no problems on the harrisburg expressway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> hurricane isaac is causing problems for new orleans this morning. >> we have the latest on how the storm is affecting local areas in louisiana. >> the wind is howling right now. we are still in the extreme eastern portion. we're just off of old spanish trail. this is the entrance to treasure island subdivision in this area. we cannot get back there right now. the water across the highway has this road back into the subdivision under water. as you can see in the back, there is no power. as long as the wind keeps pushing the power, the folks back and treasure island and some of the other subdivisions will have some real problems. they probably have some real problems right now. this is a subdivision down

northeast of the oklahoma city people in the town of luther comeback to burned out rubble. on saturday firefighters able to gain control of the wild fire outside of town, and then tore through it when wet flams estimated 60 homes and buildings this resident lost everything. >>> you come back to this and say at all destroyed, everything you touch is ash nothing you can save. >>> investigators suspect the luther fire intentionally set. oklahoma county sheriff's department looks for a person in a black pickup truck that person seen throwing newspapers out the window after setting them on fire. >>> deadheads reunite in san francisco what makes this jerry garcia day so special. the dark night rises tops the box office for a third weekend and a row. the finality of the batman trilogy has made $355 million domestically this take was more than $36 million. a total recall remained opened in second place. ice age and a watch round out the top earners. grateful dead music and lots of tie dye it must mean it is jerry garcia day in san francisco. today the 10th annual celebration of the

and residents in northeast d.c. are concerned about a recent spike in robbery. tonight, they talked about their concerns. has had nine robberies since august 5, and six of them war involving guns. says she does not feel safe letting her daughter catch a bus alone. i am outside with her to make she gets there safely. northeast residents are for more officers on patrol, but police say they are already concentrating on the area and that nobody has been in these hurt and they have mainly taken cell phones and items. and a class at maryland's cole. student open fire. we will show you what happened there. and at the united states see how much some of congress say it will take. >> we are learning new details a shooting in a man who saysy, was bullied. police say a 15-year-old boy wounded another student at the school. they grabbed the 15-year-old he fired once. they took action to prevent more. officer ise shootingg after in the leg. police say the officer was hurt, suspectedng at a x who bit a woman in fort washington. is being treated for injuries. d thefficer shot a

this is essentially the case all across the northeast. the cold front is pushing down into the carolinas. what a different story as we get into the gulf of mexico here we have hurricane isaac, still a major impact. look at this latest radar image. notice how the eye has barely crept into louisiana. soaking rain all across the east side. rainfall rates of one to three inches an hour. it is easy to see why many these locations are going to see upwards of 10, maybe 20 inches of rain. the wind as impressive as well. 52 as you get towards -- we have grand isle at 48-mile-per-hour wind gusts. everyone at southwest. -- 71 at southwest. this is continuing as a category one hurricane now. this makes it out to a tropical storm that heads into louisiana. this will be hitting drug- stricken areas like missouri and arkansas and then possibly into the mid-atlantic by the weekend. that is something we have to keep in mind, especially with the grand prix. a lot of people may be heading to the beach or with outdoor barbecues. saturday, sunday, monday, and

northeast of all of the city people and lose their comeback to the burned out rubble used to be their home during firefighters gained control that erupted and outside of town, lines decimated nearly 60 homes and buildings residents lost everything. >>> you come back to this and see it all destroyed everything you touch is ash. >>> investigators suspect the luther fire may have been intentionally set. the oklahoma county sheriff's department looks for a person in a black pickup truck seen throwing newspapers out of the window after setting them on fire. >>> southwest airlines gives out refunds after a computer glitch overcharged hundreds of customers on half-price ticket promotion and up with customers build multiple times for their flights some people charge as many as 20 times for one booking the promotion designed to celebrate southwest getting 3 million " likes " on facebook the airline may scud on all charges including bank charges. baby news for the monterey bay aquarium the baby sea dragons gave birth to a letter. the fish is native to eastern australia it is distinguished by th

moving well. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. 12 minutes to go from 795 down go 95 on the south side. here's a quick, live look at traffic. 95 from the northeast is picking up from the beltway down towards the 895 split. this is the north side at harford road. problem free. 83 is checking out fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is preview an upcoming arts festival at the inner harbor. >> we have had a fine morning so far. we talk to a bamboo artists and somebody that uses photography but players different textures on to the photographs. we can see some mixed media. this is made out of medal. -- this is made out of me tal. over 30 states are rep. not just local artists. we will talk to somebody the came from indiana. the arts festival is on saturday and sunday downtown at the inner harbor. just north of the power plant. you can find more information on our website. check it out. so many different types of media. it is a fine time for the family -- it is a fun time for the family. let's check the seven-day forecast. things are starting to clear out. we're