th she changes her mind and tells me larry ripley a speci case.e needs more money because he has a wife and a kid to support. but , i ve a husband who makes about the same as i do so i don't have the same responsibilities as larry. [voices in background] [narrator] >> when candy heard all this, she felt confused, hurt, and angry, all at the sa time. thinking thing over a little later, she began to wonder whether she had any legal protection, or was the company's policy perfectly correct. >> the equal pay act, which was passed bcongress in 1963, is a guarantee that you will be paid the same wages for doing the same job, regardless of the sex of the employee, and it's unlawful to discriminate, and there are penalties provided for in the act. so that if you are doing the same job, that the issue of sex will not control the salary factor. salaries may be different depending on the level of employment, the level of seniority, and merit pay, but not different if the employees are doing the same job. [narrator] >> in the case of candy sesco, the court de

i am live outside of ripley's believe it or not moratorium. i'm here with tim o'brien, the vice president of communications. this is exciting. >> this is a great way to kick this place off. nick l ave the make: that wa wallenda walk, 300 feet out over the harbor. we are going to have the legends of the themes galleries. unusual.and the in us we have everything from a 10,000 ball on one meter of water. we will have baltimore engraved on that. we have the mini cooper car covered with 1 million crystals . we have a 12-foot dinosaur. >> you have a castle made out of matchsticks. >> the hogswart castle. >> we will kick off with the tight rope walk over the inner harbor. he will be walking america falls later this summer. we will go back to tony. the auditorium is going to have a movie theater that has 3d movies. >> i have been to one of those theaters. your seat actually moves and then during a rain scene, you get sprayed. >> we should forecast for that. >> you can do that if you're pushing a button. thank you. great to see new stuff coming in at t

the new ripley's about the same. it's the availability of workers that's attracting them. >> we've had some experiences, working in the larger communities. we think this is an ideal location for us. >> reporter: the new ripley's is slated to open up june 1st. the city hopes to have it come ploated sometime in the -- completed sometime in the next few weeks. >> are we going to see fast cars in city officials are hoping the third time's the charm to run the grand prix race. they will be the third to take charge. back in february the city approved a contract with another company but city officials decided to move on. a new state park is in the works on kent island. state officials bought 75 acres of waterfront and. now they're looking at ideas to plan the park. people who live in the area got to give their two cents. so far ideas include trails, even building a center for waterman. >>> sheriffs have made an arrest in the shooting in edge wood. jamar jefferson is charged with second-degree murder. it happened on tuesday

and soon they will open the doors of ripley's believe it or not museum. >>> also, toasting the reopeningf the charles veg pub after fire destroyed it in january of 2011. owners decided to rebuild it bigger and better. now it has a rooftop deck and a pat yes. >>> first, we have new information in the case of that mississippi man accused of killing a daughter and kidnapping two other daughters. jamie costello has the details. >> reporter: adam mayes was added to the fbi's top 10 most wanted list after killing jo ann bain and daughter adrienne. the

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will the way, the ripley's be the 32nd location for them. a lot of different things.t should do well for them down there and be like st. pavillion. nik is from the famous family that is famous for its high wire acts. this will be his final performance before his historic attempt to walk across niagara falls on june 15. he will go to baltimore and go directly to niagara falls to start training for that dangerous high wire act, and this is no walk in the park here either. >> he makes it look easy, it does not? >> he does. at one point, he will be some 300 feet over the inner harbor. >> and he has recreated so many andts grandfathers's feat, his grandfather did that back in 1973. i was not hear them, but he likes to go and do things that his grandfather has done. >> let's get a vantage point from down on the ground, where rob roblin is. -- are people's mouths hanging open? >> you can see the cable giving. it will move. nik was telling me earlier. you really have to the unbelievable balance, and he was talking earlier about the physical condition. you have to have very st

megan is out live getting ready for the ripley's believe it or not opening. we will check in with her and it's a wet start to the wednesday. how long will that stick around? let's ask lynette charles. >> off and on throughout the morning. but we will have rounds of showers going through the day. we zoom in around baltimore and we can see showers light in nature around owings mills and a little more moderate just to the south of randallstown. we are getting the action in essex overly and all this is sliding towards dundalk. the heavier rain in the orange is here and also some of the red colors, the yellow colors around port deposit around i- 95. perryville and elkton and cecil county and kent county. so, if you are in the areas this morning, you will step out to wet times ahead. make sure to have the rain gear. also, we have patchy fog to contend with this morning as well. we have reduced visibility. only 8 miles in baltimore right now. let's get a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren. >> reporter: so far so good on the main lines. head being to the

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in a little over an hour, he will start over at ripley -- the new site of ripley's believe it or not, which is set to open in june. and he will walk -- the walk should take about 15 to 20 minutes. he will walk over on a high wire, to where we are standing. here's a preview. >> reporter: at the inner harbor, crews secure the wire, as nick wolinda prepares to walk over the inner harbor. for seven generations, the wolinda family has performed death-defying stunts. wolinda's walk today is a tribute to his great grandfather carl, who in 1973, walked over the harbor, on a rope between two cranes. now, at 100 feet above the harbor, nick will walk the length of a football field. >> this is very special because he had walked here. almost 40 years okay now. so it's always exciting to come back and recreate something that, you know, my great grandfather had done a while ago. >> reporter: wolinda tells me, it's the first time anyone has ever walked a high wire to a crane in the middle of water. his walk is to announce the opening of ripley's believe it or not, here in baltimore. >> i think it's g

the rip lay believe it or not auditor -- ripley's believe it or not auditorium. tim is going to tell us about it. >> we are believe it or not. >> reporter: we are. >> nick wallenda is going to walk 300 feet out into the harbor to a barge that's 100 feet tall. a crane and he will be walking uphill. and it starts at 5:15. everybody is welcome to come down. we will have is a little ceremony here in front of the building at 4:30, announcing details of the museum. it involves a many cooper car covered have one millioncrystals. >> reporter: what else can people see. >> we have a 12-foot tall dinosaur made out of pop tart wrappers. >> reporter: oh. >> and 10-foot diameter penny made out of pennies. and we have of course we have the typical shrunken head and the two headed animals. one thing we have is 11 galleries and we have 120 interactive activities. so it's just not walking around and reading. it's a lot of interaction. this is our biggest museum as far as having interbeing atives. and this is our 32nd believe it or not museum in operation. >> reporter: we are looki

this latest stunt is designed to drum up interest for the june 1st interesting of a ripley's believe it or not museum opening up at the harbor place. >> didn't they used to call them the flying wolindas a couple years ago? >> you are correct sir. >> the winds are going to pick up, not want to do any type roping then. there's a couple heavy thunderstorms that we'll look at in a second. going to be a slow commute home especially westbound 66 and northbound 270 with the rain and showers. some of the rain will be hefty. here's live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. winds out of the north at 6. pressure very low, 29.67 inches of mercury now beginning to rise. a second front has to go through later tonight. here's live doppler 9000, up 270 wet, out 66 really wet and really slow. even now down 95 southward fredericksburg we're seeing light activity beginning to cross i-95. heaviest activity, though, show you this again, very heavy storm in poolesville heading off to the east, northeast. so up in boyd and germantown, looking at heavy rain, red indicating rain 1 inch per hour. so

>> reporter: well, it says ripley's believe it or not across the front.hat's exactly who he is promoting today, the new ripley's believe it or not, opening here june 1st. he makes money there, of course. and he also has a show debuting on discovery channel, called man on a wire. that will debut later this month. and he said there were news crews and people from all over the country. and of course, that walk in niagara falls is also involving stations in toronto as well. so he's got many people around the world watching him today. >> and jessica, you talk about -- i asked him, does he feel any responsibility when he does, i call it a stunt. i know he is well train and this is what lei does for a listening. but when he does an act that could potentially beness-- potentially be witnessed by children, if things didn't go well? >> reporter: to be honest, mary, i'm not sure. i think because this is what they've done their whole life, he didn't touch on that. i asked him about his own kids. and i said, do you think they'll get into this?" yhe said, of course. th

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it comes as ripleys begins to -- is preparing to enter a ripleys believe it or not odd 'tis museum in baltimore next month. let's take a moment of zen as we watch this guy -- >> is this live? >> yeah, it's live. >> a little golf thing. >> doug, how windy is it up there? >> jim, right now, he's dealing with 5 to 10-mile-per-hour winds, this could definitely throw him off balance. and the you notice here, the bar he has is about 25 feet long. and that's a normal bar for -- >> is it normal? >> you see tight rope walkers using these bars. and he's not barefoot, but he's got these socks on -- >> they're special socks made specifically for this type of rope they're using, that is now out there -- >> do you even know? >> don't listen to him, people! >> the flying wallenda family, if you grew up back in the '60s and stuff, this family could balance like 400 people on top of a bicycle and then do this. >> this is nothing. >> and a unicycle. >> this is what they do as they get to their bed to the coffee pot in the morning. >> how much farther does he have to go? >> currently, jim, he's got abou

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crossed the river on a high wirement he was 300 feet acontract. 80 feet up t represented the opening of ripleys. tell me your heart did not jump out when you saw him slip. what a crowd to see this. you can understand why. watch this. can you see this. >> this is it here. hold on. watch this. now this was not -- you know what we knew it was coming. one said baltimore should do this every day at 5:00. >>> a small accident turned into a deadly situation for a student. amy cope land was on a track when she cut her leg using a zip linement she went and got stitches. she was back because of pain in her leg. she was diagnosed with a flesh eating bacteria. doctors had to remanufacture her leg,. >> there were a lot of things that she has gone through. >> doctors say she contracted it from the creek she was boating in. to keep this from happening. clean out any wound you get and never ignore any pain. >>> our consumer alert. and orange juice will cost you more prices are coming back down a lot of factors that forced it up. they were out of grower's hands. >> you had in the winter conditions where there h

just think about this, 300 feet across the inner harbor right from where the new ripley's believe it or not museum is going all the way to a barge 300 feet away sitting in the middle of the water. there were thrills chills and almost a spill has wallenda got near the end. he said i'm almost there but had a little slippage. just to see him do that and their heart goes up into their throat as they see the man almost slip off. first we thought that may be part of the show but when we talked to him after, he said that was in the a piece of showmanship. >> i looked up and was talking to a friend of mine, he turned pale white. are you okay? are you okay? i'm okay. that's what matters. it definitely shows me i can't lose focus. that what happens when i lose focus oar loor losing focus is something he's not going to do on his next trick. that's june 2nd. he will trito walk from the u.s. side of niagara falls to the canadian side. he said this was a little warmup as he gets ready for that big trick which is something even his grant father, great -- grandfarther, great grandfather or even fath

announcing the opening of ripley's believe it or not. >> this is an amazing market. so we're here. >> reporter: ripley's auditorium will officially open june 1st. >> and just a few blocks away, here at power plant live, there are several new restaurants, including a tattoo in kettle hill that are unpopular to tourists and locals as well. >> reporter: retailers are paving the way for new stores like j. crew and anthropology. coming across the water in harbor east. >> this is all part of a trend that i hope will continue. >> reporter: with more in store, people are once again excited to visit the inner harbor. >> it's kind of, you know, construction-y right now. but once that's all done, i think it's going to be fantastic. >> reporter: mccormick's world of flavors is set to open in light street pavilion, as well as three brand-new restaurants in harbor east. should be a good time to be down here at the inner harbor. i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, jessica. bubba gump is the first restaurant group based on a movie. >> i've eaten at several of t

that's to help open up the ripley's believe it or not museum. i think they have a lot of attention, thousands. you can see thousands of people who are here in the harbor to watch the feat. he's a little more than halfway over and it's something to see. reporting live from the inner harbor, roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. by the way, we'll have him after his big walk across the harbor. >> all right. we'll check back in with you. >>> you give them the dose that this says on the bottom. we're talking about your kids. who makes up that close to of medicine. we'll tell you why one researcher said it's a guessing game. >> we all know that yogurt is good for you, but can this make you look sexier? that's what happened to mice in a lab. that's coming up in tonight's health alert. >> again, we're taking you back live to the inner harbor. we'll let you know how it turns out and follow his journey. >>> in our health alert, questions about the amount of medicine that we're giving our children. a research letter publishedded in the journal of the american med

the tight rope walk will start here at the ripley's believe it or not auditorium and will end at a crane 300 feet into the water. he'll do it without wearing a safety harness or without a net and he'll be a hundred feet above the water. the boss on may 9th comes just one month before he plans to cross the tight rope before niagara falls. >> i remember thinking i'd like to be the first one to do that. >> reporter: he said he's not worried about falling. >> i've walked in heavy downpour and all of that is part of our training regiment. i'm prepared for the worst case. >> reporter: the walk should take for 15 to 20 minutes. at the inner harbor, i'm jessica kartalija. wjz eyewitness news. >> takes on niagara falls on the 15th, with no safety net. that's not such a big deal. we've been doing our own stunts on wjz for years. >> where have i been? i show up everyday. that's a stunt. >> can you imagine? >> no. >> all right. >>> let's take a look at radar. it just might propagate southward enough to the morning. if the trend continues, you might see showers continue north and east to the baltimor

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. >> nik wallenda went over the baltimore harbor from the new ripley's believe it or not odditorium. >> the good news, everything went smoothly, and that is the good news. right at the end, there was a little slip, and that have everybody go -- including yours truly. it was exciting to see him walk across the inner harbor, a 300- foot walk. his father -- grand -- his great grandfather did the same walk back in 1973. karl, the great grandfather, and nik made the walk today. no problems. a lot of people walking. everybody had their eyes on him as he made the walk about 100 feet high at times. he says after the walk, it was not as easy as it looked. >> the wire was a little more unstable than i am used to, with the fact that i was hooked at a barge. it was moving. i am sure you could see it moving. at the end, i had a split, which is not fun. my heart jumped into my throat, but i was able to recover. there were a couple of points. you saw in the middle, balancing pole went out. i started to get into a rhythm. i was getting in a rhythm, and i started looking down. i started calling it, a

. >> ripley's auditorium will officially open june 1st. and just a few blocks away, here at power plant live, there are several new restaurants that aren't popular just among tourists, but locals as well. >> reporter: next, a ripley's, retail chains; like h&m are paving the way for new crew and anthropology. coming across the harbor. >> this is all part of the trend i hope will continue. >> reporter: with more in store, people are once again excited to visit the inner harbor. >> it's kind of constructiony right now. but once that is all done, i think it's going to be fantastic. >> reporter: mccormick's world of flavors is also set to open here at light street pavilion, as well as three brand-new restaurants in harbor east. going to get exciting this summer, guys. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. bubba gump is the first restaurant group based on a movie. and the mayor had some company today. >> she did. >> she handled that quite well, i thought. >> dignified. >> yes. >>> still ahead at 5:00 on eyewitness news. neighborhood panic. an el

nick walked 90 feet above the harbor to promote the opening of the new ripley's believe it or not auditorium. he will walk on a 1 inch thick wire. it should take about 15 minutes. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> i hope there is not too much rain around. we have been tracking some showers. mostly it drizzles and drips. occasionally tracking across the region. in some spots, remaining relatively dry. other areas, some persistent showers. the heaviest of the rain continues to show signs of weakening. this has been the pattern the past couple of days. the left over rain showers make their way into baltimore. that is what we're dealing with. all through the night, the potential is there for some wet weather. our computer models are indicating the heaviest rains have been in ohio and the mountains. the green and yellow you see are more substantial. east of the mountains, a few tenths of an inch. 72 was normal for this time of year. 93 is the record high. 33 degrees, back in 1997. 50 is the grass pollen count. all indicating pollen levels and the high range. downt

. >> this is in anst to promote the upcoming ripley's believe it or not. >> so you're looking at a picturehim. he'll walk the harbor next wednesday. it's happening around 5:15. it will take him 15 to 20 minutes. it would take me 15 to 20 years. and the baltimore walk is a warmup for a scarier walk over niagra falls over june 15th. >> lynnette could you do a high wire walk? >> yes, in stilettos? >> i don't know about that. >> how about with a catch net? >> yes with that. easy. it's a little breezy this morning but not as breezy as yesterday. but if you get stuck in one of the thunderstorms that rolled through yesterday and this morning, possibly we'll see windy conditions there. and we have a slight risk of for severe whether. but let's zoom in on some of the storms that we're seeing this morning. we're getting wet around garrettsville once again. another round this morning. and bel air you're on the wet side this morning. and we're seeing showers and thunderstorms around mill river. this is back off moving past towson and baltimore this morning along i83. it has been a wet roadway this mor

ripley's entertainment organized the event to promote the opening of the new ripley's believe it or not museum in baltimore. >> we've got that going on at the inner harbor, those people hanging from the old post office building. what's going on around here today? >> i don't know, but a lot of suspension, right? suspense, suspension, whatever. >> both! >> "nightly news" coming up next. >> see you at 11:00.

. >> reporter: the walk to celebrate the june's opening of ripley's believe it or not.for this daredevil it was just the start. this was the last walk before he tries to cross the niagra falls. >> here a boat can catch him. but at the niagra falls, it's more difficult. >> reporter: those challenges inspiring young fans. do you think you could walk like that. >> yeah. >> reporter: you can? >> if i was bat man or spidey man. >> reporter: rolinda will leave for niagra falls to begin preparing for that walk. >> looks a little more like you were taking a sobriety test down there. >> i don't think it's a new career for me. >> thank you very much. to make rolinda make his entire walk, go to wjz.com. >> let it be known she passed. >>> coming up a close call, a car goes flying into a car. the even bigger surprise after it happened. >> i wouldn't call myself a hero. i just did what anybody else would do. >>> the unlikely person who wrestled a thief to the ground and the training that paid off for him. >>> the rain is coming, but a beautiful day to our week. i'm bob turk, i'll hav

riply's entertainment organized the stunt to promote the opening of the new ripley's believe it or not museum in baltimore. got to go. >>> if that didn't give you the chills, this story might. it's a home grown urban legend of man beast that roams the wood of prince george's county devowering anybody caught out there alone. there's a movie that's now giving new life to that legend. derrick ward tells the tail of the goat man. >>> no one can quite pin down the day the legend started, but by the late '60s and into the '70s, it was thriving. >> experiments took place back in the '50s and '60s. animal genes and human genes created a concoction. >> reporter: one of the places the goat man was said to frequent was the grounds of the old glendale san any tori up wielding an axe and exacting an evil toll for his misfortune upon wild pets, and the occasional prince gorges county resident. he is he was borne out of an experiment in bellsville. that's where derek parks was bitten, so to speak. he was working as a contractor. >> once we started cleaning out one of the buildings and talking to one

walking the tightrope 100 feet in the air to get us excited for the ripley's believe it or not museum. >> however, that was just the warmup. the daredevil is practicing for the walk across niagara falls next month. he walked above a cloud of hundred over the weekend. >> he will hold the two practice sessions a day and that's happening for the next week and a half. all are free and they are opened to the public and he is going to walk the walk across the falls on june 15th. if you can't make it to the falls, abc is devoting three hours to the walk. we will have more on what that special will entail and when it will start. >>> time to look at traffic. nothing that scary with traffic. >> reporter: nothing that scary. that video makes me nervous thinking about it. if you are ewing the jfx to get into the city, watch out for all that construction. crews are working to repair all of those damaged drainage pipes. one lane is blocked in both directions. right here near 28th street as the morning continues. falls road and charles street not looking like a bad alternate. everything will be up t

ripley's believe it or not auditorium. this opens up on june 1st.re going to be walking across the tightrope. well he is going to be walk across the type rope without a safety de-- tightrope without a safety device. he will give us a lesson and we will ask you to stay with us. and this is all a preview to something he is going to be doing that's never been done before. he will walk across niagara falls. we will talk to him about all of that. what makes him do it and the excitement behind it. and also get a preview and hear more about the museum that's opening up. stay with us this morning, we will talk to nick and try our own tightrope and i have seen it and it's lower to the ground. so no worriesch it's. >> the death defying act. but we will be safe and check in later. >> thanks so much for that. now a little more sweet tooth -- now a boy's sweet tooth got him in trouble. what it took to get his hand out of gum ball machine and it took longer than it should have. bge will test the peak rewards program. we will tell you when to expect to see your ac

a brand-new exhibit at the ripley's center near the smithsonian castle on the ional patents and trademarks over the years including the first macintosh computer and the first ipod. no. 3, they say the eyes are a window to the soul. researchers say women found squinty eyed guys were less appealing for long term relationships and heavy lidded men were more appealing for flings. no. 2, soon you may be able to learn your status at home. the fda is considering approving the first over the counter hiv test. reviewers believe the quick at home test could play an important role in slowing the spread of hiv, but it only has a 93% accuracy rate. no. 1 could be a huge break-through in preventing hiv. an fda advisory committee endorsed the use of the drug truvada to prevent infection. a final decision is expected in june and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> let's get to this all important mother's day weekend. >> gorgeous day obviously. it looks like tomorrow not too terribly bad. i hope you were able to step out this evening because it was good. it's continued to be pretty mild here in the city. s

. >> absolutely i will be here at 5:15 pm and this is an exciting event for the ripley's auditorium opening up in baltimore. >> reporter: your family has an amazing history and it's cool. we will look forward to seeing you and hearing more about the museum coming up. charley are you impressed? >> i am so impressed by this. show me the socks one more time. >> reporter: you like them?>> yeah. >> reporter: be thankful i kept them on i was going to take them off but i can't remember the last time it's a pedicure and this is the best option. >> that's awesome. thanks a lot. we will check in one more time this morning. >>> imagine being home bound with only way being out or going anywhere is by ambulance. that's the case for a locally disabled girl. we will tell you how you can help this girl see a brave new world. construction workers turn into weather watchers off the coast of corpus christi in south texas. what they caught on the cell phone that was too cool to miss. >> and maryland's most powerful radar is active. i will tell you when the calmer weather moves in through for the weekend coming

we're live outside the ripley's believe it or not order a torrent or you can see the fine, the bizarred the strange. this is a high wire walk across the inner harbor. you're the seventh generation member of the wallendas too high wire walk. what is going through your mind? >> i'm very relaxed. this is life to me. >> my stomach is turning. >> i have done this for 31 years. this is normal. this is something we do four or five hours a day. >> you're up on the wire at 2 years old. how long did it take for you to prepare walking over it high height? >> i broke a world record at 19. the sky is the limit. i'm walking across niagara falls. >> you have a petition to let you walk over niagara falls. >> it was banned for over 100 years. we needed a new law. it is part of the process. >> people have a chance to see this on the air. .> i'm starting at 5:15 >> the wire will be starting here and you go out 300 feet. >> i tried to make every walk unique. i decided to go out to a barge in the middle of the water. >> we are so excited for you and we wish you the best of louck. you concede this later tod

that exhibit which opens may 11 at the ripley center is called the patents and trademarks of steve jobsdocuments as well as some of jobs' famous products like the 1985 apple macintosh computer and ipod. it is the first in a series of smithsonian exhibits planned with the patent office. >> i still have my ipod mini. a first generation. >> really? >> it works fine. it's pink. i still like it. i use it. i don't need a new one. >>ed ed igood for you. we go back to the apple 2e and nobody knows -- the macintosh was right after that. steve jobs, smart guy. lot of great stuff that's taken us a long way into the future. >>> sus, "news4 today" continues right -- stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> a day of violence in afghanistan following president obama's surprise visit to the country. >>> you may notice an increased police presence this morning if you ride metro. why the agency is stepping up security. >>> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, may 2, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside, 4:59. 66

stay silent at the guantanamo military tribunal hearing refusing to answer the judge's questions all ripley he had four other men appear in court for the first time in three years to be formally charged with planning to cross streets. american secretary of state hillary clinton is described relations between the u.s. and china as the most consequential of the century after two days of talks in beijing but despite the upbeat talk her visit was overshadowed by a number of serious disagreements china accused washington of meddling in its internal affairs after sheltering a chinese dissidents activist briefly in the u.s. embassy but is also wary of american military buildup in the asia pacific and what looks like an apparent effort to contain china's growing plant financial analyst an expert on the region francis lund told us the u.s. is slowly things closing in on a vast country so i mean how the u.s. strategy is really trying to encircle china from ordering from japan to. india three quarters so the u.s. is calling china an expression in its south china sea where you have military exercise so

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. >> their opening and wednesday's opening of ripley's believe it or not as part of a bigger picture of the inner harbor, which is evolving with the times. no longer is it just for local tourists -- not only in -- no longer is it just for tourists, but for the residents here as well. >> you are also seeing a special place in the gallery and at lockwood place and more room for local residents. >> new tenants show the harbors ability to change with the times. >> we have to find new ways. new ways to attract visitors, but also to make this a year- round destination. nationally recognized restaurants and amenities will help us continue to grow. >> new amenities also means new jobs. the president of the chamber of commerce says that it speaks volumes. >> when you look at 300 jobs in one location, i am as pleased as punch. >> it is not all cheers and smiles. there have been problems at lockwood place, across the water here where filing space used to be. that one out in january. and as i should go out in the next couple of days. but they should be announcing a new tenant within the next cou

it was an opening for ripley's believe it or not. >> if you are afraid of heights, this is not no yout all the way to the end. he did it. pretty impressive. like a high wire act every day here on the show sort of. just sort of balancing ourselves. >> the computers. >> always something. >> issues continue. the good news, we'll see plenty of sunshine today and it will be a beautiful day for you and tomorrow will be beautiful. sounds good. >> saturday will be beautiful. time to get the car washed. >> most of the mother's day will be beautiful. should be just fine conditions here, low humidity and a nice breeze out of the north and west. >> there you go. it is better for you do it yourself. >> if youer lines and smudges. >> fork over the ten bucks. >> if you can't tell, i'm stalling because i only have about 40 seconds ever weather to show you. let's show you hd radar. we are done with the shower activity. it is out of here. the cloud cover still hanging in a few spots. we'll see that lift off too and we should be in for a nice sunrise in about 45 minutes. we're looking at gradually impro

you'll start at the new ripley's auditorium, and end on a crane about 300 feet away. the entire stunt will be done without a net or any safety device. you can see nick wolinda do this, coming up. he's a 7th generation acrobat. >> his grandfather carl did a big walk here. >> okay. >> way back when. i think 1973. this will be very interesting. >> it will be interesting. >> he says he trains not to fall, he just trains to make it. >> and we'll talk to him about the stunt new at 5:00. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. in the grass of a gumball machine. the unusual situation. a boy gets into. and how he gets out. >>> dangerous stunt. a student climbs onto a roof and attempts to jump into a pool. see what happens next. >>> he made the wild things come to life. remembering a popular children's book author. >> outside now. it's raining. could we see these storms? meteorologist bernadette woods has your updated first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 68 degrees with light rain in some places. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up

. >> reporter: walinda's tightrope walk will start here at the brand new site of the ripley's believe it or not auditorium. >> and will end in a crane 300 feet from the water. he will do it without wearing a safety harness, or without a net. and he'll be 100 feet above the water. >> i think it's awesome. i'm glad like daredevil the are making a comeback. evel knievel is when you're a kid. and you don't see it too much anymore. >> i'm stoked. >> when it comes to hair- raising stunts, you know what we're talking about. >> i guess if we're making puns. >> reporter: walinda's walk on may 9th, comes just one month before he plans to cross a tightrope over on niagara falls. >> i remember going, i'd like to be the first person ever to do that. >> reporter: walinda says he isn't worried about falling into the harbor here in baltimore, which has been considered unsafe for swimming. >> it's exciting. different. other cities do stuff like this. so why shouldn't we? >> and again, he says he isn't too nervous. he also isn't too nervous to walk across niagara falls. but we have to mention, several

. >> reporter: his tightrope walk will start here at the ripley's believe it or not auditorium. >> reporterand will end 300 feet into the water. he'll do it without wearing a safety harness, or without a net. and he'll be 100 feet above the water. >> i think it's awesome. i'm glad like dare daredevils are making a comeback. evel knievel when we were kids. and you don't see it too much anymore. >> when it comes to hair- raising stunts. you know what we're talking about. >> i guess if we're making puns. >> reporter: wolinda's walk on may 9th, comes just one month, before he takes a tightrope over niagara falls. >> i remember at 6 years old, thinking, i'd like to be the first person to ever do that. >> reporter: wolinda, who holds five world records says he isn't worried about falling into the river here in baltimore, which has been considered unsafe for swimming. >> it's exciting. other cities do stuff like this. so why shouldn't we? >> reporter: the entire walk should take anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes. it starts promptly at 5:15, wednesday may 9th. live at the inner harbor, i'm jessica kar

. >>> the smithsonian's dillan ripley center is offering up a new exhibit honoring the late steve jobs featuring technology patents and trade marks that change the way people communicate. the apple computer founder got more than 300 patents and trade marks in his career. the exhibit features a display of 30 panels made to resemble iphones and a special display case featuring the 1985 apple computer and a 2010 apple ipod. >>> washington gas is billing it as a first in the nation. today the utility held a ribbon cutting ceremony in four of its new state of the art eco friendly center in springfield which features compressed natural gas filling stations and a fleet of natural gas vehicles. almost 1/3 of the building materials are made from recycled stuff and it is located on 20 acres of land just inside the beltway. >>> h2o everywhere at one local elementary school. d.c. water held its annual children's water festival at ann beers elementary southeast. >>> coming up a high school baseball team from a catholic school forfeits the state championship because of who was on the opposing team.

that exhibit opens may 11 at the ripley center.s called "the patents and trademarks of steve jobs." it includes copies of more than 300 documents as well as some of jobs' famous products like a 1985 apple macintosh and an ipod. the exhibit runs through july 13. it is the first in a series of smithsonian exhibits planned with the patent office. >>> if you're looking for a fun place to take the kids, try virginia. the nonprofit group called can boom named for -- kaboom named four cities on the list of playful city usa communities. the group recognized alexandria for its childhood obesity network, checked its 86 playgrounds. norfolk made the list for play day. danville received the honor for the summer camp fun day. and hopewell is on the list for working with organizations to enhance parks and playgrounds. the group recognizes communities that have taken action to increase the quantity and quality of play and playground. sounds like a really good cause. >> yeah. and that list covers every part of the state. you can find someplace eve

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