i spoke to the mayor of ocean city. marketing and great weather and an improving economy lead to the record breaking tourism numbers. >> it was tough to find a place on the beach. >> reporter: ocean city had the busiest independence day weekend since 2003. >> it was horrible getting into a restaurant. >> reporter: that's great for this jet ski business. compared to last year, the numbers have jumped 70,000. it's looking good. >> reporter: not all of the new visitors are using the bay bridge. more are coming from delaware as ocean city increases the out of state marketing. >> reporter: tv ads appear to be paying off. hotel revenues are also up 10%. >> we've positioned ourself well in the marketplace. this is going to be a banner year. >> reporter: what keeps people coming back? >> the beaches are nice. >> it's well worth it. the weather was great. >> if this trend continues, ocean city could have a top five year since 1992. >>> and thank you, adam. a few weeks ago, ocean city gas promotion. >> well, we don't have the int

friday at ocean city, 81 degrees, 51% chance of thunderstorms. things are going to be a little unsettled these next couple of days. cold front near our area as we get to thursday. friday as well, the cold front passes by as. possibility of showers and storms as well, at least around 40%. temperatures dip down a little on friday. it will be especially cool as we head into saturday morning. for now, we are calling for a mostly dry weekend. sunshine in the area, lower humidity. early next week, those storm chances will increase once again, as will temperatures. >> in today's "medical alert," the obesity rate in america is alarming, but a lot of people don't know that millions of women are starving themselves. some suffer from debilitating and even fatal eating disorders. it is not just young women affected. >> carrie did not expect to be here, in treatment for an eating disorder at the age of 41. >> you don't fit into these pairs of pants anymore, so you are a big fat cow. my sister said, "you are spiraling out of control." >> what made you hear the

this is ocean city. coastal highway looking very nice. in looks like a beautiful sunrise and the ocean it looks great. a clear debate to go to the beach. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. it could be the largest settlement in maryland history. homeowners could be in for our hundreds of millions of dollars. >> jennifer franciotti is live with more on out exxon is going to have to dig deep to settle this major lawsuit. >> after six months of testimony, jurors awarded 150 families compensatory damages totalingattorneys have not yet totaled up how much punitive damages will be. we're told that number is also in the hundreds of millions. exxon mobil attorneys are disappointed and disturbed by the ruling of punitive damages. they say there will be an appeal. in the meantime, for families who say they've been waiting for justice, this verdict is welcome news. >> i really hope that they -- that the world has learned that you just don't do this to people and get away with it. >> as for individual amounts, we're told

more and more people are coming through delaware as ocean city continues increasing its out of stateket and pennsylvania, new york and new jersey. >> it's rodney, i'm out to rescue the entire east coast and bring them to ocean city maryland. >> reporter: the mayor says tv adds like this appear to be paying off. hotel revenues so far this year are also up more than 10%. >> i think we've positioned ourselves well in the marketplace. looks like this is going to be a better year. >> reporter: so what keeps people coming back? >> the beaches are nice. >> even when it's busy? >> even when it's busy. >> well worth it, the weather was great. >> if this trend continues, ocean city is on track to have one of its top five summers since 1992. so it will be busy out there on the beach. reporting live adam may, wjz eyewitness news, vic. >>> thank you. a few weeks ago ocean city cancelled plans of free gas after concerns about cost. >>> and police stop a stop a woman trying to board a plane, she had gas in there. >>> keeping stink bugs out of maryland wine. that story as eyewitness news continues.

very muddy at ocean city -- muggy at ocean city. 60's tonight as the winds shift to the northwest at 5-10. high-pressure is sitting out west of chicago and will build them. it will stick around for the whole weekend and pushed the tropical air out of here for a couple of days. the minister levels will drop. the showers are leaving ocean city early tomorrow morning and then it will be clear statewide. what some sunshine tomorrow and even into sunday and monday. with the northwest breeze, it will feel more comfortable with the lower humidity. waves of around 1 foot at the bay tomorrow. western maryland is in for a beautiful weekend. lower humidity, and nice weather for sunday as well. improving weather conditions around the chesapeake tomorrow. ocean city will have a nice, summer weekend with rain ending early tomorrow and the rest of the weekend should be dry. around baltimore, a temperature stay warm but the humidity comes down, with sunny skies. cooler temperatures by the middle of next week. >> the winner is nobody yet, but a curiously timed decision in st. louis today makes things

the next a scam aimed at ocean city beachgoers. -- >> a scam aimed at ocean city be >> 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd continues now. >> what happens when the vacation home you are renting does not really exist, or was never available to rent? >> unfortunately, that is what some people are learning the hard way when it comes to an ocean city get away. debra wiener investigates. >> these days, getting burned at the ocean can take on a whole new meaning. consider this girl's weekend at the beach, organized by becky. >> the price was good, the pictures were beautiful, it was in the location we were looking for. it was everything we were looking for. >> becky had her eye on this 3- bedroom ocean city condominium. she founded on craigslist and quickly contacted the individual goes to the ad. in the mail, a woman calling herself lisa said she was the agent for the rightful owner of the house. and despite the notice of just a couple of days, the house was still available. $150 per night for the roomy, beachfront condominium. >> it was like, how could this be this cheap? >> that was red flag no. 1.

starting off in ocean city. we are not on the boardwalk but we are by the airport. a hint of what the whole general area is dealing with. and you know this time of the year you can get along the immediate shore -- you get along the immediate shoreline and it will be hot. garrett county, full of sun. deep creek lake and ocean city, we are watching the water currents building up the water temperature. 70 in ocean city and into the weekend, we should have a mostly sunny day tomorrow, 88. there may be some renegade showers and oftentimes they skirt around ocean city but we have to throw in the chance especially on sunday. overnight into monday morning, it could be something off the coast that lingers and showers. but overall holiday weekend look good with temperatures down there trying to ramp with a few degrees above and below the 90 degree mark. what does that mean for us? we may have some scattered showers as we build up our heat and humidity. check out our holiday weekend forecast in just a moment. right now let's get on the road with -- first out the door with tony

a fake real-estate agent for an ocean city property. it is even worse for others to pay up front for rental and show up and realize there is no rental at all. >> technology is incredible, and we are all susceptible to a really good deal, but sometimes you have to say is it really too good to be true? >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmire. >> temperatures above normal again today. it is actually more humid to our south and east, and that is where the showers and storms have been dominating the atmosphere today. around baltimore a warmer than normal day. we hit 89 of the airport. 95 downtown. the record high was just one year ago today. not the hottest. the hottest is one of seven. -- is 107. last year we were within two degrees of that. and the record low is 51 in 1979. 1.3 inches is the most it has ever rained and that occurred in 1931. temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s in downtown baltimore. 90 at rock call. 89 originally. it is actually a little bit cooler, but very muddy. the temperatures are down be

. >> they had one storm that sat between destiny and ocean city. i think 120 or something like that. literally right in there, and it just sat there for quite awhile. if you were south of the board walk, you were pretty good. this one little cell out there decided bethany beach was the place it was going to be for the fourth. in terms of here on the mall, it was good. a little hot, humid and lazy today but that's july 4th weather around here, and we had fireworks going off without a hitch this evening. silver springs was canceled tonight but whether or not they'll reschedule those for tomorrow or a later date is yet to be determined. right along 66, a few showers there, the thunderstorms have really calmed down. we haven't really had a thunderstorm in the last hour or hour and-a-half or so, up to the north and northwest it's dry. i do not suspect that we're going to have any problems out there this evening with any more thunderstorms. a lingering shower is pretty much going to be it. listen, this is where we have been this evening. this frontal sys

bethany and north ocean city that should begin moving out to sea. to the west these are the storms that have the potential to impact central maryland. optimistic number one i'm seeing that these are weakening and they tend to be moving a little bit southeast. we certainly could see hit or miss showers especially fredrick and down towards gatorsburg. a little light rain coming on i 270 l. optimistic that we will see a brief passing shower and most of us should stay storm free and maybe nothing more than a brief passing shower. we'll take that for fireworks tonight. 87 now. 90 in eastern. 89 in ocean city. it is a steamy one. little cooler to the west. for the most part it is another muggy classic july evening here. dew point of 70 in annapolis. that is muggy. as you go further north and east towards like elkton things are not quite as oppressive humiditywise. early look at what the weather will shape up to be. tomorrow federal hill about 90. 88 or so. as we take a look at the overall regional perspective here the good news for us is we have been just

we will go to ocean city where just inland, 63. this is interesting sometimes we have cooler temperatures inland overnight and heat up during the day and moderated along the beach line. and the sea breeze kicks in. that's the air conditioning this weekend. high uv index expected statewide. i want to give them respect. we will show you some of the weather conditions back into the mountains in the next half- hour. but for right now, we are focusing on on ocean -- focusing on ocean city. we started heating things up to isolated showers and trying to really pinpoint some of the disturbances. one might reach late sunday into monday morning. and daytime temperatures should still be aim for 92 even on the 4th of july. let's see what's happening on the road with tonya. >> reporter: we are still doing okay. accident free on the major highways. at least that's always good news. let's look at top side of the beltway where we have trafficflowing freely. no problems to report. volume is building but no major incidents. the only thing we have go

temperatures will be in the 80's at ocean city. , morse humid on saturday. a nice day and partly cloudy. 92 on sunday. rain chances increase for some scattered storms. a few isolated storms with the highest chance will be south of us on monday. the fourth looks good for us. the humidity will be dropping as well. >> 39 million americans estimated to be traveling this july 4 holiday weekend. kate amara has more on the troubled outlook. >> with gas prices about $1 higher per gallon, more americans are staying home for the holiday. >> the gas prices are high. >> i think the gas went down below a bit but it is still expensive. >> more americans are staying home this fourth of july weekend. 1 million more. according to aaa, gas prices are too blamed. >> down 3% compared to a year ago. we're expecting 33 americans to take the road. >> aaa says driving skills dominate the fourth with 84% of holiday travelers hitting the road to correct we're trying to nantucket. >> 44% of travelers said the rising cost of gasoline will lead to pinching pennies elsewhere this weekend

and ocean city beaches, four stars. officials feel ocean city should have received 5 stars like its delaware neighbors did. >> we think there is what law -- what appears to be an error. the fifth star is for frequency of sampling. if you sample more than once a week. the ocean city beaches sampled more than one so it should have five stars. >> the report goes over all 70 beaches all over the state and we provided a link on our website. wbaltv.com. >> a new decision could get more than 12,000 federal inmates are released. >> president obama has talks around the idea of extending the school day. why he wants students in the classroom on saturday. >> the defense rests. >> jurors in the casey anthony murder trial one step closer to ending the case. her father's alleged mistress had a lot to say. >> an unusually comfortable air mass to wrap up june but jul comes in with changes on the way. the insta-weatherplus forecast ahead. 67 at the airport but much 67 at the airport but much lax we were over an intense seen in west balt

it's earlier in ocean city and later back in western maryland. the hottest temperatures of the year often occur in the second week of july. hey there's more fun facts to come. so stick around. maryland's most powerful doppler radar, we have a dry sweep that's good news. we get a chance to see the sun. we watch that come up yesterday over the hillside. west towson and it's 60 where we are waiting for the sun to come up. there it is right there. which means sun glare is an issue again for those of you heading out on the roads this morning. ocean city, you are sitting at 63. and a lot of us in the upper 50s and low 60s. but the heat will be on. in fact, we are watching some national temperatures in the 80s this morning across pourings of the nation's heartland. and while there's a cluster of clouds you may see this. there's clear air behind that. and the heat will be building as the wind shifts. we are in the northerly flow keeping us nice but we will be warming up letting the july sun do its thing and we may get the influence of some disturbance ri

we shall're probably going to see one or two around ocean city. this one is making its way to the south. we'll switch it over and show you, we have showers around. those got out of here. this morning, they were beautiful. here's the next round with clouds building up. the reasons that the thunderstorms aren't moving up, there's not much wind out there. it's sort of out of the northwest. it's so light, if you pick up a thunderstorm, it goes in different directions. 92 degrees now in baltimore. 89 in d.c.. the dew point isn't all that bad. it's in the 60s. it's humid, but it's not in the 70s. that's one good thing going on. also, it allows the temperatures to drop overnight. 69 last night and topping out at 92 degrees today. we'll continue the trend of warm weather and because of that, the air quality alert is extended for a lot of places. a you will of the counties -- all of the counties are code orange. we have a front in the area. that's giving rise to the showers and thunderstorms. it's in here. here's a new front moving in our direction. the wa

hard to tell on the satellite around ocean city but fair weather. the rain-making stuff is out to of us.t i have shaded in blue the high pressure over us that has given us this buffalo weather. as we say in the business, it is beginning to erode to the west a little bit. the high will weaken and slide further east and this storm out to the west of us the cold front will begin it edge closer. that means the rain chances will increase but at the time we are done with the weekends. also as the front gets closer the warm humid air gets closer, too so the temps go up and humidity goes up. today we will be into the low 90's or upper 80's near the bay. isolated storm mostly west of us. south winds 10 miles an hour. for boaters a one-foot chop on the open waters and high tide about 8:00 this morning and then again 8:27 in the evening. winds start to swing around to the south and rain chances increase. by evening we will see showers in the mountains and future cast and the front approaches sunday so the rain chances will increase during the day for scattered

61-degrees in hagerstown and 59 in elkton and 63 in easton and ocean city. almost 70 in d.c. and 71 annapolis and kent island. greater columbia at 60. 62 bel air and easton at 68 degrees. high pressure out of the great lakes and that gives us a beautiful day yesterday. the air's about that much closer though. the high pressure slips down to the south. that becomes the bermuda high. the big heat pump sets up and it will be steamy and hot. again, the 4th of july is supposed to feel this way. 89 is the high and 62 is the low. 92 tomorrow and more humid. same deal on saturday. that's tomorrow, 92, same deal on sunday. watch for a popup afternoon thunderstorm. monday, july 4th, monday, 92 is the high. 88 and 90. i mentioned this last half hour. it's worth mentioning again as

he's in ocean city. his body's here, but his mind is on the other side of the region. >> won the that be great? the beaches have been perfect the last couple days. they're about five to ten degrees cooler right there around the ocean because of the cooler water temperature. >> that would be nice. >> let's just all go there real fast, ready? come back. fine. >> let's take a look out there and show you how things are going around our region as far as the weather is concerned. 89 degrees out there, on the hot side. a little humid. not too bad. humidity right now, 94%. we're going to see plenty of sunshine throughout the rest of the evening, temperatures around the region 90 in sterling, manassas. out toward annapolis a little cooler. ocean city coming in at a nice 83 degrees. as far as the weather's concerned, radarwise, there's nothing on the radar to talk about. live digital doppler radar all clear. the only showers are out toward southern portions of delaware. clear skies from our area up toward the nort

we have showers moving towards pocomoke and ocean city getting doused with rain. back in this area, bottom line is temperatures are warm, upper 80s and 87 in easton and the rest of the evening, we'll fall into the 80s we'll stay warm and hazy. when may we see more showers and storms? we'll talk about that, coming up >>> you stand on a street corner and you see more people with phones up to their's. -- up to their ears. >>> well, verizon is getting rid of their 30-dollar unlimited plan. current customers get to keep the plan, but all customers are looking at data usage. it's the fastest growing use for cell phones. at&t and t-mobile got rid of their plans last year. this change only applies to new plans starting tomorrow. under the new data system, users can choose from three different programs. if you go over, you have to pay 10-dollars. for consumers who rely on their phones, it's a tough pill to swallow. know how much you use so you don't overpay. >> first of all, don't get a lot of data coverage that you don't need. it's great to have the phones that have the v

scam artists targeting ocean city vacationers. city vacationers. >> a new iphone appears to be on the way. apple has placed orders with vendors. the new phone is expected to be thinner and lighter than his predecessor. insiders say it will have and 8 mega pixel cameras. apple hopes to sell 25 million units by the end of the year. the facebook ceo and failed a brand new feature. -- unveiled a brand new feature. people can start the call. if no one is available, users can leave video messages. this allows them to chat with multiple fronts at once. what happens when a vacation home you are renting is not really exist or maybe it never really was available to rent? >> maybe you cannot say it on television but that is on sick people are finding -- that is what some people are finding. >> these days, getting burned at the ocean can take a whole new meaning. >> the price is good. the pictures are good. they look beautiful. it was right and allocation. it was everything we were looking for. >> she had her eye on this condominium. she found

it is just north of ocean city right now. how warm did get today? not quite as warm as yesterday. 89 at the airport. inner harbor, 94. right now, just about everybody is at mid 80's. 89 at ocean city. 86, a frederick. the clouds are a little heavier. satellite pictures showed a bigger storms are in virginia. they are headed toward southern maryland and the lower eastern shore. that line of storms, that stuff is drifting in this direction. here is baltimore. it could be kind of close. a cold front is just south of us right now. there really dry air is in pennsylvania. it will take a while for that's less humid air to move in. no big storms less -- was of that. thing should quiet down for a day or so. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy skies. thunderstorms mostly to the south. here in baltimore, it could be a close call this evening. if you are going to be out this evening, fireworks watching, you might want to bring some kind of portable rain gear just as a hedge. by 8:00, we do have most of the activities south of us. at 9:00, the computer says nothin

the population in ocean city yesterday was just over 354,000. that's a new record for independence day. >> it's too bad it can't stay that way. now, it's going to drop right back down. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news, a game of cat and mouse. a popular professor murdered, the suspect still on the run. the reason they simply can't arrest him. >>> in trouble again. the new accusations against dominique strauss-kahn and the reason it took the woman years to come forward. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, keeping stink bugs out of maryland wine. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> and you may want to turn up the air conditioner because it's another summer scorcher. how hot it's going to get. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> montgomery county police say know who killed a popular american university professor. they just can't arrest him. we have the problems that police are having. >> sue marcum was murdered in her home last october. now, the suspect is apparently taunting police in mechanisms from his mexican hideout. >> reporter: jorge lander

i love going to ocean city and the beach on the 4th of july. it's tough to be coming up here, just an hour and a half north, it's a beautiful spot. so much to do here. we'll be back talking about animals, my friend. it's good stuff. >>> thank you, it seems like you're having a good time. >>> we haven't started the weekend yet and maryland has more boating fatalities than all of last year. the coast guard is telling people to take extra precautions. they'll have extra boats patrolling and they want to see everyone in life jackets and they're urging people to drink responsibly and to remain aware of their surroundings. >> the water environment is treacherous, fast. for you're in the area and swimming, there could be fuel and debris in the water. it happens quickly. the reaction time the critical. >> so far, this year, maryland has had 13 boating fatalities this year. >>> tonight, in an hour, a vigil will be held for a baltimore woman and her 4-year- old daughter found dead in their pardon me this week -- apartment this week. they were killed by t

regan national, 75, 69 baltimore, 66 winchester and 77 in ocean city, your forecast for today generally a good one hot this afternoon highs approaching the 90-degree mark but we have taken at least temporarily the threat of a shower thunder storm out of the forecast, we will look ahead to next weekend coming up in a minute. >>> good morning tucker want the talk about the accident, arun dell county watch for police activity there. travelling route 50, inbound, things look good live look at 50 through 202 reports of traffic but from the angle here looks like things are moving shouldn't be too bad. new york avenue, inbound, let's look at traffic land. here we are definitely volume, brent wood parkway and florida avenue and again at the 3rd street tunnel as you travel in bound elsewhere, canal road, chain bridge. lights reportedly on flash. add to some congestion no problems i-95, here we are 395, delays to seminary and again at the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> we are following breaking news from iraq this morning the toll is rising death toll after

ocean city where a lot of folks are this weekend, already seeing showers. again, it's going to be a bit of shower activity maybe for the next few hours, and then a little bit of a break. we'll have your five-day forecast coming up. >>> first back to some of the other stories people are talking about this morning. a storm packing strong winds catches holiday campers by surprise and caused many homes to be heavily damaged. an 11-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree and 37 other people were hurt. >>> an exxon pipeline that runs under the yellow stone river ruptured yesterday. a 25-mile pool of water and 40,000 gallons of oil have spilled. the spill forced hundreds of people to evacuate the area. >>> a baboon is back in captivity after making a run for freedom. the animal escaped from six flags. an animal expert shot him with a tranquilizer gun. he seems to be doing well, but no one knows how he managed to escape. >> i hope they figure out how this he escape because if they don't know, he can do it again. >> he can do it again. >>> a blast from the past a

ocean city at 63 degrees. the low 60s in westminster and bel air.h, the heat is going to expand because of the pressure dropping down over the carolina capes becoming the bermuda high. we'll be set up with the warm and humid air. i think for the next four days, not counting this one. it will be a comfortable afternoon. temperatures under clear skies, dropping to 62 tomorrow. we'll kick the temperatures up and add the words to the forecast. the high of 92. the same deal on sunday. watch for the chance of an afternoon thunderstorm on monday. tuesday and wednesday, back into the upper 80s with sun. >>> let's go to sharon gibala with traffic control. >>> hi, don, well, it took a while, but we've picked up the first accident. watch for equipment on the road at wheeler avenue. everything is still at full speed, including on the beltway. there are the average speeds. we can take a live look at frederick road. no issues on 95. there's a look at 50 at the bay bridge. that's if you're heading to the shore, you won't run into any problems at the moment. this i

temperatures in the 80's over the weekend at ocean city. thunderstorms today could be heavy, severe. there is a flood watch in effect as well. tomorrow, high temperatures same as today, but lower humidity. >> at least the weekend will be good. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.

. >>> the crowds have come back to ocean city, maryland. "the baltimore sun" reports ocean city tourism officials estimate more than 330,000 people came to the shore over the 4th of july weekend. it is estimated that the crowd grew to more than 354,000 people on independence day. many of the shops that cater to tourists say business was brisk over the weekend. >>> the mascot of a rockville restaurant resembled a chicken with its head cut off because the mascot is a chicken and its head was missing. last week, someone stole the head off the custom made chicken costume in front of the kickin' chicken. he returned it and even wrote a letter saying he was sorry. >> he apologized. we think that's really nice because he wrote a letter. you can see the letter outside. >> the restaurant has posted the apology letter on its window right alongside the mr. chicken head and all. >>> an unusual block party is taking place this saturday in the district. there will be the usual games, music and food but at this party, you can get free medical screenings f

ocean city forecast? monday, mostly dry in the morning but showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. could extend into the evening, highs in the 80's. 7 day forecast. 90 the next couple days. rain chances sell on monday. tuesday looks dry. late wednesday and thursday and friday, another chance of rain could >> we are talking the nfl top 100. >> a peer review loaded on the players. where do ray lewis and ed reed said in? navigating today's real estate market is complicated. you've seen the signs. that's why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that's good news, whether you're trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is "sold." nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >> nopw 11 sports. >> the orioles last said multipliers to the all-star game in 2

here's a live lack at the ocean city -- look at the ocean city, maryland boardwalk. you can see they're going to have a really nice day today there today. 64 degrees right now and i love going for a bike ride along the boardwalk, it's so much fun. >> what do you think of? >> fries and vinegar. >> okay. >> i any they have the best. they do. >> then there's the place where you can get all the hot sauces you know me. yeah. all right, where are we talking food? thank you for starting your day with us. >> i'm surae chinn in for mike hydeck. and howard -- >> he was here. >> i'm andrea roane, angie will have traffic in a moment. but first olga breese right to the friday forecast. >>> a hot day today. very much warming up today. little bit warmer than what we saw yesterday. our day planisher going to get us right to it. we'll get out of the 70s at national airport right now. we're going to keep moving on up into the lower 80s through midday and the afternoon. expecting temperatures by the 6:00 hour and then we'll begin to back it down just a little bit. if you're just gettin

ocean city beaches, four stars. e officials feel ocean city should have received five stars like it's delaware neighbors did in dewie. >> i think there is what appears to be an error. they listed ocean city as having four stars. the 5th star is for frequency of sampling, specifically if you sample more than once a week and the ocean city beach is sampled more than once a week. we think it should have five stars >> if you would like to take a closer report to the report, go to wbaltv.com >> former imf chief dominic strauss-kahn have a future in nance? >> we head to florida as closing arguments are set to begin in the casey anthony trial >> first, a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. >> jurors in the casey anthony murder trial will be back in a florida courtroom to hear closing arguments, get instructions from a judge and begin deliberations. the judge says he expects to have them working july 4th as well trying to decide whether the florida woman is guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter. jay grey has

later today right now regan national, 74, 76 ocean city. your forecast for the 4th of july typical weather expected highs, low to mid-90s. let me emphasize the heat bring along a lot of water a few storms possible later today the timing 3, 4, 5:00 p.m. today. >> more details on the forecast, a look at the rest of the week in a minute, your latest with lauren. >>> if you are heading downtown keep in mind a lot of road closures, take metro. more on that in a moment first i want to talk about roads dealing with effects from last night's storm in arlington video of north glibe road, between 32nd and 38th street, power cables across the roadway, crews trying to get that cleared out for you, north glebe between 32nd and 38th in arlington. >>> nice light volume out there, 56 inside the belt way, 270, no problems frederick through german town and rockville toward the split travelling the belt way everything is incident free route 50 making the trip across the bay bridge nice and easy right now of course later today between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

ocean city, 79. let's see, we've got 160 on the map. 69 in hagerstown and 70 in hagerstown. showers and thunderstorms developing, better chance this afternoon than this morning. some with heavy rain and again we have a flash flood watch in effect. sarah, back to you. >>> taking a look at the top stories this morning, a lot of action on the vw parkway in maryland this morning. this is a live look we are taking right now. first, both directions of the parkway are closed at kennel worth avenue because of a carjacking it actually started in anne arundel county. meanwhile, also following a deadly accident that closed northbound lanes of the parkway in laurel all night. it remains shutdown this morning. a car carrying four people you? crashed and ended -- somehow ended and ended up in the woods. >>> meantime, casey anthony will now be released from a florida jail a week from sunday. that's different from the date announced yesterday by the florida corrections department. authorities recalculated the time and after the judge sentenced her to four years for lying to investigators, s

ocean city's high, 80. 82 tomorrow. the difference between the beach weather and our forecast is they have better odds of seeing showers and thunderstorms on the july 4th holiday, a 30% chance, where we have a better chance of see something thunderstorms tomorrow. a 50% chance. here is how the weather will unfold. this high pressure cell will head into the ocean. it will allow our winds to shift to the south. the key to this forecast, those outed southerly winds bring in warmer weather and higher humidity. this front will scoop that up on sunday and provide us with the thunderstorms especially by the afternoon and evening. we will be north of the front on sunday, so i'm thinking july 4th we'll be dry, but it's going to be very close. you folks just south of d.c., southern maryland over to the beaches, and the northern neck of virginia, could still see some thunderstorms on the july 4th holiday. keep that in mind. this afternoon, we take a trip up to the lower 90s. by tomorrow morning, we'll be in the lower 70s with clou

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they opened their first restaurant in ocean city back in 1956. since then they have expanded the popular restaurant to six other cities including the north harbor. he was 90 years old. >>> time for a quick look at stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. an audit turns up improper dealings with the highway administration. if you think you are see more fire flies than usual this year you are right. find out why. >>> a new look for the college of noter dame in maryland. the school unvailed its new logo. it is the latest change as it makes a transition to the university this fall. they'll become a university in september. they'll have a new entrance on charles street to mark that. >> it is our worse nightmare. it is an experience that you don't want anyone to ever have to go through. >>> not giving up hope. desperate plea to find a missing college student. >>> putting together exclusive first warning five-day forecast that takes us through the holiday weekend. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> parents of a missing indiana student ma

everybody headed to ocean city or thereabouts. we can tell you that the backup starts just past the drive and it is solid from this point until you get over to the eastern shore. right where the outlets are, you have the problems out of 404 and route 50. we have problems at interstate 95. it is heavy in both directions as well as the tunnel. both north and south about has delays as well. -- south bound has delays as well. i'm captain roy taylor. >> lots of sunshine and temperatures in the 80's. the eight degrees, will drop back to the 60's to ninth. a little warmer and more humid tomorrow. there could be a leftover showers may be on independence day, but i doubt if it has that much of an effect on the fireworks displays. we will talk more about it in the seven-day forecast in a few minuets. >> what are you doing on independence day? click on the flag at wbaltv.com. >> the ceo of the baltimore city school system is staying put. he has accepted a four-year contract. he will be paid $260,000 a year, a multi-car side and an undisclose

mid-70s d.c., ocean city and annapolis and kent island and rock hall. and bel air, 68 degrees. we involved a wind shift through the area last night. it will be a comfortable 90 as opposed to a stuffy, hot and humid 90. it will feel like the way we want it to feel. high pressure into the area. lit control the weather for this week. this is one of the biggest vacation weeks of the year. it's comfortable in the morning. we'll call it a high of 92. maybe a thunderstorm in the forecast for wednesday afternoon. 90 is the high. thursday, friday, saturday, just gorgeous. don, take it away. >>> once again, here's sharon gibala with traffic control. >>> well, good morning. we cleared up the one and only accident for the morning. we have two closures to talk about. one at 7:00 a.m. it's oregon avenue and arbutus. that's for the parade. then a second closure attaboysly avenue. that's goingtoo be bosley avenue. traffic is still virtually nonexistent. and then a look at the westside of the beltway at liberty road. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. buy rig

high gas prices weren't going to stop her as she fills up for ocean city. >> we were going to go no matter what. >> reporter: though many are choosing to stay put -- >> hanging around the house. >> we sleep. eat. >> reporter: aaa expects it to be a busy one. >> this is the fourth highest travel holiday we have seen over the last 10 years. >> 47,000 marylanders are expected to take the bus, train or boat when they head out for the weekend. stay with wjz for complete coverage throughout the weekend. we will keep you updated on travel and weather conditions. >>> still ahead, want to kick the habit? grab your cell phone, find out why in health watch. shocking death, the results are in on how randy died. >>> in dundalk where the fourth of july celebration begins today. a parade, big name entertainment and a lot more. the story coming up here in wjz. >>> and the weekend is here with the weather work out for your holiday plans, don't miss the update. >>> complete coverage continues with t.j. honey, why aren't you playing with your friends? i am playing with my friends. hey, mrs. d... joseph? sara

and 78 ocean city and easton and pax river at 75. upper 70s at annapolis and columbia and bel air, low 70s and 68-degrees in westminster. we have a front stalling over the area. that's allowing the moisture to run along it today. today, more widespread rain. this is going to clear out rather quickly. we have a pressure from the great lakes. it's going to govern the weather. we're not getting into a cooler flow but a stable flow. gray, cool, damp at times. kind of a bit of a relief. slow clearing overnight and tomorrow, 90 and a mixture of clouds and sun. we'll keep it into the low 90s throughout the week. >>> thank you, what awaits you on the way to work this morning? here's sharon with more. >> well, we have a few problems out there. we have an accident in towson involving a pedestrian. watch for it on central and west pennsylvania. we have the downed trees to talk about. that's on old york and paper mill. another one on merry man mill road. take paper mill instead. and we have fire activity on route 23 on shyster road. no delays th

looking down at the shore, ocean city at 81 degrees. dew points are low and that creates a low relative humidity. it's comfortable out there. the winds continuing from the northwest. that's going to change as we head into the long holiday weekend. for more on how it plays out we'll send it to marty. >> reporter: happy new month to you all. there's a big dome of high pressure giving it this bermuda high. it's slipping from the northwest and out of the south east. where's the air coming from. it's wrapping around the high. that will expand the heat in the south. that's up towards the 95 corridor. as a matter of fact, the graphic says blazing hot saturday. we're going to take the temperatures into the low 90s, but let's throw the heat index down. we'll get a buildup of humidity with the heat. we're up the 95 corridor looking at maryland. we're getting back to it. to be honest about the deal, it's the refugee weekend -- 4th of july weekend. if you want a weekend to feel like summer, it's this one. we're getting the wish. tim williams has th

that's accept for a little bit around the very pretty area south of ocean city. they're getting the rain now south eastern maryland. the last showers moved off of calvert cliffs. it's really a lower eastern shore thing. they're getting big storms down here. we have a lot of lightning down here. we're optimistic that this boundary and this storm activity will be closer to us come tomorrow. in the meantime, we're talking about air quality as well. so, again, it's the afternoon period and the hottest conditions, that's where we get the highest ozone levels that trigger the code orange alerts. temperatures are in the low 90s now. that's the cooler spot with the showers. that's north of 95 in the harbor. that's a steam bath in the city. tomorrow, neighborhood by neighborhood, similar tomorrow and a better chance of afternoon storms. canton, 91 and into anne arundel county. you'll hit 92 before the storms change in the afternoon. most of the activity is to the south. you can see the boundary pushing in. you're optimistic we'll get storms tomorrow. take a little bit of

right now it's 84 hagerstown and easton, 81 washington, d.c., 82 pax river, 86 ocean city. in cumberland 81, low as abel air, rock hall, annapolis and columbia. we're still looking at that larger frontal boundary sitting out to the west. here's that light shower activity. it appears it will get across the bay, move in an east- northeasterly direction. there is a clearing line not that far away. that front is going to mean some business in the form of a better chance of widespread showers and thundershowers at points tomorrow and then again on thursday. it won't be real rainy, but it won't be real sunny. 92 degrees is the high today. tonight 70 is the low, partly cloudy. tomorrow i don't want you to think it will rain all day. there will be a shower or thundershower around mainly later. friday's forecast very much the same. >>> still ahead, imagine a time when on your 100th birthday you would still be considered middle aged. a new theory just ahead. >>> here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates anytime, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> more screening

rain right over there. 81, ocean city. and they'll get rain in the city. from the city on west. temperatures actually recover with sunshine. 76, hagerstown. low to mid-70s and warm spot, bel air, coming in at 79. northeast winds now. tomorrow, generally, we'll expect a north to west wind to bring in that dry air. looks like a good weekend. it will be sunny and warm. but a lot less humid. here's the front right through the region now. pennsylvania through new york. new jersey through maryland into virginia and west virginia. all sliding off to the east. later tonight, may just sneak in a shower. i think most of this will pass to the south. and this is where the heaviest activity is now. from the heat of the day. a lot of sunshine down there. getting pretty strong storms. but north and west, you can see it's clearing up nicely. that front moves through the area tonight. here comes less humid air, but plenty of sunshine for saturday and sunday. on the bay tomorrow, back to the north, at 5 to 10 knots. and the bay temps, around 80. showers and storms. most of them you saw, east of u

salisbury, ocean city, probably not quite done with it yet. southern maryland, you might see a leftover shower in st. mary's city. here in washington, points north and west, mother nature is trying to give us some slightly trier air and that is causing a little cooling and a little fog. be ready for a little fog as you get into the mountains off to the north and west. reagan national, one the warm spots, 75. humidity, 73%. there are your winds out of the north at nine miles per hour so that is a bright spot. here is your forecast, mostly sunny skies. warm, still rather humid with a hig degrees later today. we'll take showers and thunderstorms out of the afternoon forecast for a change. they will return tomorrow. i'll have details on that coming up. >> thank you. senate some folk living in arlington, virginia still cleaning up after sunday night's big storm. a slew of trees and power lines knocked down. the wind were estimated between 60 and 70 miles per hour during the storm in arlington. dominion reports about 2400 soft mores without power in

he opened his first ocean city crabhouse back in 1956. he is survived by his wife. 68 years, shirley, two sons and several grandchildren. >>> starting today, people who live in baltimore city have a new way to receive emergency alerts from the police department. the new system uses text messages and e-mails to keep residents informed about public safety issues and crime in their midst. people can sign up for the program by their individual police district or their neighborhood. to subscribe, go to our website, then click on our links and numbers eye conditional. >>> baltimore schools ceo keeps his job for the next four years even though the school system is in the middle of turmoil. gigi has more or the contract in tonight's school watch report. gigi. >> reporter: dr. alonzo's contract is worth $260,000 a year. by the time it expires in 2015, it will be worth more than a million. four more years at the head of baltimore schools. city schools ceo dr. andres alonso's new contract has fresh ink. his previous contract expired last night. in a

ocean city at 84. the dew points up to 69. still very humid. 89, kent island, annapolis. 82, bel air. they had thunderstorms earlier. a lot of reports coming in somewhere where there are some places that have these storms. dow know -- now down to 69. southerly winds keep that warm, moist air coming in. tomorrow, we might see a bit of a shift of wind late in the day, as the front of the north begins to get a little further. that means the winds are eventually going to turn back to the north and northwest. but that is a saturday. that's when it should dry out. meantime, see all of this activity across the maryland pennsylvania border, still tonight and tomorrow. another storm system coming across. it will give us another shot of showers and thunderstorm activity. warm, moist air riding over that front. look for a dryer weekend. but wet friday, perhaps. 80 degrees. tonight, scattered storms. down to sphon. tomorrow, what happened to tomorrow? we lost tomorrow. tomorrow will be a good friday. tomorrow, we'll see again, some late a

south an east of the city down towards ocean city. here in washington, i think we'll see a teasent amount of sunshine. more sunshine than yesterday. should be a nice bright day and highs will top out in the upper 80s and low 90s. right now at reagan national, we are starting off on the warm side. 75, humidity 71%. that is a combination for much uncomfortableness. that is a word? >> it is now. >> thank you. there is your forecast for today. 90 in washington. 88 in frederick. 91 in la plata. 92 in fredericksburg. showers and thunderstorms will stay to our south. >> let's check in with lauren to see if there is good news on the giant foods good morning. thank you for having me on the man show today. an accident at the dulles airport access road. watch for police activity there. elsewhere, things are looking pretty good. let's take a live look. volume builds from woodbridge across the occoquan. the hov lanes heading northbound here and things starting to slow there. on the beltway, looking pretty good. up towards 66, your lanes are open a

ocean city, 66 degrees. warm today, plenty of sunshine during the afternoon. highs in the mid- to upper 80s. we'll go 87 degrees at 5:00 and again, a nice one tonight. should be nice and dry if you've got outdoor plans tonight. >> if you are heading to the beach, it will be a nice weekend. >> we'll do the beach forecast in a couple of minutes. >> let's check in with julie wright. we looked at the springfield interchange just a few minutes ago. some people getting out early. >> our busiest travel times are between noon and 6:00 so we are hoping folks will leave early this morning or late are on this evening, plus it will be cooler for you as well. this is a live shot coming from woodbridge. lanes are open and this is the time you want to go. if have you to make the trip into work, all lanes are open, no problems reported in the main line or over in the hovs. southbound overnight roadwork cleared out of newington, woodbridge. no problems reported headed south into fredericksburg and continuing out towards 295. light traffic volume out on 50. lanes are open conti