out toward the west, a better chance for showers, especially in southern pennsylvania. even in baltimore, there may be of -- an isolated showers in the afternoon and evening. a chilly start your day tomorrow and we will be in the mid-70's by the afternoon. isolated showers chances tomorrow and thursday as well. this weekend, we drive out, the sun comes out, and temperatures should warm up. >> carrying all from valley view farm's is here to answer your plant and guarding questions. >> this is a great planned for summer heat/ hummingbird's love it. -- this is a great plant for summer heat. hummingbirds love it. butterflies love it. i love it. it is pretty drought resistant. >> let's get to the questions. how can i get rid of wisteria? i cut it off at the base of the trunk but it is still shooting vines. >> there is a product called cut the vine and stump killer. i college -- i use it for poison ivy. it will kill it down to the roots. it is nice because you're only targeting the plant you want to get rid of, not spring it on everything. >> it sounds like a lot of work. >>

-- finding more showers through southern pennsylvania as well.shower in the forecast especially if you live across maryland. don't be surprised if some of these are floating around in the early morning. for the most part we'll see afternoon showers tomorrow and probably not much in the way of thunder. we have our own cool weather pattern in the mid-atlantic and northeast, not far south because you can see raleigh was 83. d.c. was 75, rochester only 57 and boston 52. we have a big whirlpool of cooler air here that's blocked and not able move. it will sit here a few days. meanwhile it's so hot across much of the rest of the country, high temperature in st. louis today 93 degrees, dallas 94, even omaha 90 degrees and this wants to get in here. look at the triple digits in the desert. it will get in here for the weekend. we'll be pushing 90 as early as sunday and maybe into next week. enjoy the brief break from our sizzling heat and humidity. temperature now 68. hagerstown is 59, culpeper 57, so we're headed for a cool night, overnight lows dropping

we're watching a new cluster on the march out of southern pennsylvania into northern maryland, storms impacting northern frederick county, had a brief shower or storm. a new one toward taneytown. these are sort of garden variety. any lightning is dangerous and it could cause brief ponding of water. look at this storm. big thunderstorm. you see is spinning. hemingway, kent island coming at us. our abc2 weather bug camera, capturing some amazing images with these hit and miss storms from annapolis to kent island. winds from the west around five to 16 and temperatures comfortable mid-vest development tomorrow -- mid-70s. tomorrow we'll warm up. reisterstown to about 85. right now on the map wide shower, especially north of the state line. some of the showers likely to make this across the border. we could see a decent round say toward 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, maybe at times, axd rumble of thunder, not anticipating severe weather. across the east coast high pressure will become the story. it's settling in. we're on the edge of the high. as this makes its move further into maryland tomorrow clea

there are the rain showers into southern pennsylvania.ose will move into the washington area here i think by about noon and be with us here through the early afternoon hours and then we'll probably see a little late day clearing. so after early sun, we'll quickly cloud up with a few showers and storms around. behind the front, clearing here by late afternoon, early evening and you will notice the win picking up out of the west and north and west. but that is good news. that will bring in cooler, drier air for your nighttime hours tonight. tuesday and wednesday look fabulous around here with high temperatures tomorrow about 80 degrees with low humidity. best chance between about noon and 3:00 this afternoon. there are your wind behind the front picking unout of the west- northwest gusting to about 25. -- picking up out of the west- northwest gusting to about 25. tomorrow, our high temperature will only be near 80 degrees. wednesday looks nice. thursday and friday getting hot again. julie tells me it is nice and toasty in her cubicle this m

. >> the bear likely came from western maryland or maybe southern pennsylvania. it's a rare site. >> many, many years i've been in the system and i have never encountered a black bear before. this is one in a million for me. >> last week a couple saw a bear near manchester. a 2-year-old male. >> out of the side of my eye i looked over and there was a bear. i told my wife, oh, my god, there's a bear. >> we couldn't believe it. >> at the elementary the worries are over once school lets out for the summer today. scomblsz it can go -- >> it can go anywhere after summer vacation. go back north come august because school starts again. >> reporter: students were leaving class yesterday and they sing a familiar children's song what else but bear necessities. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. there have been recent bear sights in howard and montgomery counties. >>> local pharmacists held at gunpoint. baltimore police are looking for the man responsible for robbing several pharmacies in the city. you're looking at pictures of the suspect. he works alone. he demand

the heat advisory continues on the eastern shore and in southern pennsylvania. the cooler, drier air to the north and west of us is moving in. we will talk about that in the forecast, coming up at a few minutes. >> bge is giving customers a heads up on how it will deal with these extremely high temperatures. >> the pool here at druid hill park is a welcome sight, and is pretty empty. there were so many people this afternoon we tried to jump in this poll, but we had to tell them the bad news that the pools will not be open until saturday. in the meantime, many of us will continue to use our air conditioners, and bge says they are ready to accommodate us. john says it is no-brainer how he and his kids are beating the heat. with thousands of people across maryland blasting their air conditioner in their home, there is concern and may put a tremendous strain on electric grids, forcing baltimore gas and electric officials to activate its emergency conservation program. much like last july when many customers without air conditioning for hours. >> everybody needs to b

southern pennsylvania seeing a few sprinkles this morning that have drifted into northern maryland. look at this stuff in northern frederick county. pretty light. goes back to martinsburg here, washington county a stray sprinkle. that's t. temps mid-60s north and west. 71 annapolis. winchester one of our cooler spots at 63. it's 5:00 a.m. monika samtani stepping in. it's been a pretty good morning but things are starting to pop. >>> in virginia there is an accident that involves a tractor-trailer on the northbound side of i-95. north of route 1 but before you get to lorton. it's in the hov lanes. it's sitting on the shoulder. waiting on some help. let's go back over to our maps. this time out west where there are no problems to report on the dulles toll road or i-66 coming in from anap liss or the airport. we'll take a look inside the beltway 066 where there are no issues at spout run. in my next run we'll update you on the accident in lore ton at 5:09. >>> -- lorton at 5:09. >>> are certain breeds of dogs inherently dangerous or does it depend on the humans and how they treat those

folks up in central and southern pennsylvania might get some showers by tomorrow evening. the further north you go, the better chance for an afternoon's storm. from baltimore south and west it should be dry and warm right into the upcoming weekend. sunshine is the forecast for friday, 82-87. the humidity is down to a more comfortable level even though the temperatures will be rising. light winds on the bay and the northwest. a beautiful mountain weekend. derrek and allegheny county with highs in the seven's. we will be in a's all weekend long on the eastern shore. 70 tomorrow, 8's on saturday, right around 80 on sunday. the water temperature down at ocean city ranging from 65-69. 's tomorrow and then pushing into the middle and upper a's saturday, sunday, and monday. showers and thunderstorms will cool things off back to near 80 for the middle of next week. >> the orioles are going for a record. could this week the red sox again? highlights next in sports. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> tonight's jackpot is an estimated $900,000. 11-24-13-25-4-7. if no one

the activity is to the north where we have the lightning up toward the mason dixon line in southern pennsylvania and again some of these have prompted severe thunderstorm warnings. so these storms are heading due east around 40 miles per hour. if newer those locations, take cover -- if you're in those locations, take cover. you hear thunder, go inside until the storms passed through in. d.c. lots of sunshine, looks nice on our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. it's 79 degrees, has been a bit breezy, temperatures in the lower 70s for manassas, support of 6 gaithersburg, 73 in -- 76 in gaithersburg, 73 la plata. our satellite and radar is showing us mostly unstable energy to the north of us, a chance for more pop-up thunderstorms around the area. we're expecting cooler conditions in the next few days, a few showers and thunderstorm tonight, monday more showers and isolated storms possible. tuesday still possibly unsettled and then we'll be cooler through wednesday. here say look at your next seven days. -- is a look at your next seven days, each day a chance for some showers, cou

same case in southern pennsylvania. as for central and southern maryland, this is more of an afternoon event, but even then activity should be isolated, including in baltimore and cease. eastern shore, mostly a dry day. dover a high of 76. if you plan on being out on the bay today, winds west at 1 to 6 knots. no major concerns today as far as small craft advisories go. the next high tide at 6:08 this morning and then 6:18. shoast shows should be isolated. 77 on tuesday. seven-day forecast. dropping into the low 70's mid week. rain chances increase. even then only a 30% chance. >> when we see the linesmen come out to repair lines. >> the job of a linesman is not easy. you have to be in top physical condition, and you have to be able to work in all kinds of weather. rob roblin gave us an idea of what it is like to be a lineman. >> b.g.e. decided it would be a good idea to demonstrate what it takes for their linemen to make repairs when your power is lost. here at their training center in white marsh, they got me suited up

a heated by dree from southern pennsylvania down to st. mary's county. the actual air temperature, 94- 99. not much of what went on the bay, but the cooler water temperatures as you get near the bay. the same thing with the higher elevations out west. air temperatures in the mid to upper 90's. and i see breeze at ocean city, a good place to be the next couple of days. 98 wednesday and thursday, the front comes through thursday night and friday starting to drop the temperature back. highs in the mid-80's over the weekend. >> you have to go all the way back to 2005 to see an outcome like the orioles had tonight in new york against the mets. we will show you why, next in sports. >> it is tuesday, june 19 and tonight's jackpot is an estimated $47 million. you must match these five white balls plus that gold megaball. let's see if we can make you a millionaire tonight. 53-11-30-27-21. tonight's megaball number is 11. if no one matches all six numbers, friday's jackpot will be worth $55 million. and that's our quarterly wrap-up -- any thoughts? wow. outstandin

southern delmarva now. we have a few more sprinkles up in pennsylvania, southern pennsylvania, just starting to down down in toward northern maryland, north of myersville, up toward thurmont and north of frederick. we'll see what holds together. even martinsburg you'll see a slight sprinkle out of this in a little while. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we've got 63 winchester, cumberland this morning is also 63 along with easton. baltimore 68. fredricksburg comfortable, 64 but the heat, the humidity, they're definitely on the way. this morning good visibility on our michael&son's weather camera. although cloudy skies. humidity at 81%. the winds south, southeast at about 6 miles an hour. talk about the heat, big dome of hot weather from nevada and california deserts here all the way in toward some of the southern areas of the lakes up toward southern michigan, chicago, southern wisconsin. north of that, this is where the main jet is getting. this is where the main storms are falling here in the northern part of the country. then on the periphery of this big, hot air mass, got some thunderstorms that are com

the entire area on the left-hand side of the screen from southern pennsylvania on the way south the entire line has been classified as a severe thunderstorm complex. >> even if the system's lose their rotation and a tornado warning does not get extended, there are gusty winds embedded with them. that can translate to cause some gusty winds which is one of the primary threats. we will take a closer look it that as a move toward the potomac. that will be repeated in many areas. >> after that the rainfall from last week, prince william county the flooding there. this on top of it. it makes the situation even worse. look at outside the studios. iranan inch and a half an hour. >> that will continue. there is a lot more storm in this to come our way. there is a tremendous storm and downpours. all of that is lifting to the north. that is the very latest from the weather center back to you guys. >> thank you. >> we want to get back to the situation on the orange line. >> they have been waiting about 10 or 15 minutes. they are waiting for these buses to arrive because of that tree that is down on t

a couple of sprinkles in southern pennsylvania this morning.hey're starting to show up on live doppler 9hd from hagerstown to thurmont. we're seeing some of these. maybe toward myersville and boonsboro. these are tiny little sprinkles right now. visibilities tiny bit of an issue out west. those temperatures still 71 in annapolis but middle 60s, even low 60s in winchester at 63. as far as today, much warmer than yesterday. even though we've got the cloudy start. highs mid- to upper 80s. if we get to 90 in manassas and culpeper, that would require a little more sunshine but we'll make a run for it. let's go to monika samtani. >>> good morning, everybody. we really just got the construction and one accident to talk about. i'll get to that in just a moment. let's start off with actually the southbound side of the bw parkway. no problems here as you travel on the bw parkway or route 50 through cheverly. this is one accident on south dakota avenue near route 1 so be aware of that. if you're traveling in that area. otherwise the beltway looks good. we

you can see it there just to the north into southern pennsylvania now stretching into northern maryland and the yellow you see, that is a severe thunderstorm warning for places like carroll county until 5:00 a.m. you can see the thunderstorms not terribly well organized but some are pushing to the south and east so it is possible that a few of us here a little closer to town could see or hear a rumble of thunder and see a little lightning. very warm, very sticky conditions out there to start your day. 79 right now in washington. 83 in quantico. 81 in annapolis. you get the idea, the heat moved in overnight and here to stay. 77 in leonardtown. 7 # in baltimore. let me show you the heat sites. look how much of the country is under some type of heat advisory including excessive heat watch. that is what is in red. we are under the heat advisory today. heat index will feel like 103 to 107 degrees later today. lots of water. take it easy. there is the thunderstorm activity. this won't bring much relief. no actual cool air behind it. we are in for i ahot one not only tseveral days. that should

and up into southern pennsylvania along the maryland border. a lot of high cloudiness coming through the region. all the areas in green in the 60s for the mountains all of the way to the atlantic beaches. reagan national now at 69. right now in waldorf it's at 66. and partly cloudy there. and here's the hometown forecast for charles county, waldorf, by mid morning, low 70s. by noontime, around 80 and partly sunny. for the rest of the afternoon, mid and upper 80 there's for a brief time. mid to late afternoon. just a slight chance of isolated thunderstorm popping up into the evening hours. back down to the 70s by midnight. and even hotter tomorrow. we'll look at that and the week and weekend in ten minutes. >> tom, right now looking at an accident. this is if you're traveling 95 nn as you approach the 11th street bridge. use caution. have a crash in that area. over to the beltway and prince george's county road work. it's on the right side of the road for you. traveling along i-270 north and southbound at old georgetown road. road work on both w

i'm here with cindy and you're a farmer in southern pennsylvania. you brought a lot of great items straight from your farm. >> i have lettuce. we're coming into the summer season with sweet corn, lots of nice baby squash, blueberries, green beans, cucumbers, potatoes. maters are just getting started -- the tomatoes are just getting started. >> the difference between buying food at a grocery store courses at a farmers' market. everything here looks fresh. >> this product will last just as long or longer than a grocery store products and it is fresh. to eat it at its peak. >> the food was picked that morning so it is absolutely fresh. you know you pick up orders at the grocery store and you cannot tell if it it is ripe. we >> will not pick things that are not ready because we don't have to worry about shipping. >> this looks amazing. tuesday from 3:30 until 6:30. they are open the tuesday before thanksgiving. that saves so much trouble. you know it is ripe when you come here. >> you can get fresh baked bread. >> we will show more when we come back wit

southern pennsylvania, low 50's. york. eur 61 in annapolis. we will make it up to 73 today. a mixture of sun and clouds. about a 30% chance we will see some rain showers. most of you will have a dry day today. better news if you like the warm temperatures in the seven-day forecast. >> a new study finds those with damage in certain brain networks are more likely to experience the oppression. >> people were more likely to be depressed three months later. they can use this information to help patients whose scans show they may be a risk for depression. children with staph infections bring those germs home. >> with the half of family members have the bacteria then sells. one in five had a difficult to treat version of staff. that is higher than the general population. it spread easily through household items. >> 5:40. 56 degrees on tv hill. the baltimore orioles building project continues. keith mills has more on their top draft pick. >> we have a game of going behind us and we're waiting for the italian festival. >> a nice start to what should be a cold day. tony will tell us h

the damage stretched from southern pennsylvania down into virginia. you will note with caution there is another storm leaving chicago that is similar. it is interesting in this direction. do these things survive? yesterday it did to survive. some do not last as long as others. we will have to see whether the next storm makes it all the way to this area. we had it yesterday and the day before, too. today will be the third day in a row we are a target for this time of storm. -- type of storm. >> our parking lot is littered with the tree limbs. it is going to be a big day of cleaning up. >> there is a lot of damage. thank you for waking up with us. what is the situation right now? >> right now we have agreed downed wires, probably 122,000 people without power. thirties' thousand has already been restored. 15 homes with fallen trees. three of them have been deemed uninhabitable. we are trying to assess the situation and tried to get more calls as people start to wake up. >> have you heard any reports of injuries? >> at this time only minor injuries. no on

southern pennsylvania, 77. warm spot will be out in the mountains on the mostly sunny skies. more on the forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> thank you. more and more kids will be taking to the streets with nothing but time on the hands. >> the mayor's office and city police are taking steps from keeping things from getting an of hands. jennifer franciotti has more on the story. there has always been a curfew. now there's some place to keep the kids that are violating the curfew. >> it will be easier for police to do something with these kids. he mayor's office is saying they want these kids to get involved in their communities or they may find themselves in a curfew center. >> this is not about us trying to tell you what to do. it's about us trying to make sure that you are safe. >> the mayor, flanked by police, school and juvenile services officials, opened the city's curfew center, which is located at the success academy on north avenue. the mayor says the center will be opened from june 15 through august 11 on fridays and saturdays from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. it's a

right now on a live super doppler 7, number maryland, southern pennsylvania, especially in the shenandoah valley, we have some areas of rain. but it the metro area. a few light showers. ride along 301. -- right along 301. on the left hand of your screen is were we have some light-to- moderate rain. nice little moderate shower at this time. here is the cold front that is moving in. behind that cold front, the dryer, less humid air. here is the future cast. what i like about it is it does not show reigned everywhere today. just off and on showers. it will clear tomorrow. on thursday morning, with an on share flow of the ocean, there is a slight chance of a few showers. a few sprinkles and even a little bit of drizzle. near 80 degrees. we're not looking at 90 and humid any time soon. >> all right. thank you so much. coming up, we will have a check on the top stories. what to expect in the jerry sandusky quacks welcome back. 6:55 right now. -- >> welcome back. the children said they were molested by the former penn state coach and are expected to take the stand. sandusky has pleaded not guilt

this includes southern pennsylvania, down into d.c., northern virginia.red shading is the excessive heat warning for metro philadelphia including new castle county in northern delaware. as a light. over 100 with the combination of temperature and humidity. 69 in augusta, maine. this is the heat building in wit high pressure on the gulf providing humidity. summer begins tomorrow when 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. -- at 7:09 p.m. he really on thursday will be out in chicago. this will get into baltimore late in the day on friday. more showers breaking out ahead of that front. when the front itself slide through, we should get temperatures back closer to normal on the weekend. will feel like 100-105 tomorrow. bay water in the low 70's. it will feel more comfortable there. thunderstorms thursday evening. thunderstorm chances holding off until thursday evening. down on the coast, a sea breeze keeping temperatures in the 80's. seven-day forecast -- how long will it last? friday, char's around than the temperature starts to back down. then we are back in the mid 80's where

speaking of the rain and light showers, along 68 from cumberland through hancock and moving into southern pennsylvaniaidge around front royal and south of winchester, a little rain pushing northward, about to cross over 66 at interstate 81. we could see a few more showers develop off in the shenandoah valley and points west later on this morning. locally we could have storms in the afternoon. possibly even around lunchtime but especially afterwards. that is when they could become strong to severe, in the mid to late afternoon. a cold front will give our atmosphere a good punch later on today. that could help give severe storms. less humid air behind a cold front, so relief is on the way for tomorrow. the primary risk is gusty damaging winds today. tornadoes are not likely in this environment. flash floods are a bit of a concern. 93 today. upper 80s on the weekend with lower humidity. now to lisa baden. >> vdot is sending somebody to north avenue and to south dakota avenue because of broken down vehicle. a multitude of crashes on 95 in virginia, the main lanes coming out of woodbridge to get into lorto

there is a tornado warning still in effect for southern york county as well in pennsylvania. let's look inside that cell, look in the colors. when you see reds and greens in close proximity through there, that's where the strongest rotation is with the cell, northeast of ham stead right in there. melrose, auburn town, millers, alicia to lime borrow, north western baltimore county, western sections, that's where that storm is located and it is headed off to the northeast around 22 miles an hour. it will be entering york county slowly. if you are in southwestern york county this is the second storm that will be affecting your region. you have the first one near fell ton north of shoes bury already. there is a slight break and a second cell headed to the area. into harford nothing is going on. still a lot of activity around the state. we have more activity southwest of the city. this will move toward baltimore shortly. the western sections downtown baltimore, western section of town, eastern say from pikes ville, that cell is moving to your area. more activity south of dc. anoth

if we get the severe weather, this will park itself in southern pennsylvania.will create the instability. with the winds changing direction with height, some of the storms could start to rotate, and there's a possibility we could see some tornadoes develop later this afternoon. there's a chance for some large hail and wind gusts over 60 miles per hour. just because all the ingredients are there for severe weather doesn't always mean it's going to happen, but we have to prepare for that possibility. so our forecast, a chance for showers and scattered thunderstorms later this evening. high temperatures in the upper 70's, and lower 80's. a chance for some light rain tomorrow morning, and then it should clear up the rest of the weekend. if you're up real early saturday, but then skies will clear with highs in the mid 70's. we'll be below-average temperature-wise on saturday and sunday. >> time for a last look at our big story. a crime out of harford county takes an even more gruesome turn. jennifer franciotti joins us with details. >> this story begins two weeks ag

showers in southern pennsylvania. a few north of town coming through during the middle of the day.ooks like most of it will be south and east of d.c. and then you're talking by 6:00 p.m. ocean city down toward norfolk would more likely see the showers and storms than here. we should be done mid afternoon. 86 today. a yellow day because i think the storms today could impact your outdoor plans. low 60s tonight in d.c. with 50s north and west. beautiful tomorrow at 82. nice on wednesday, 87. here comes the heat. thursday 94. potentially low 100s by friday with an afternoon storm. it's 5:48. beverly farmer, how are we looking so far? >> so far so good if you're heading north on 95, howard. you have the volume delays heading north of 610 aquestion came harbor -- aquia harbor. brief slowdowns in woodbridge. heavier volume in springfield to get to the beltway on to 395. the pace is accident heading to the 14th street bridge. the new traffic pattern on the outer loop as you leave springfield heading past van dorn, very shortly after van dorn is where you'll find the lane question for the o

west southwest southern pennsylvania, adams county area over the next 15 to 20 minutes.ctive storms and the rest of the region, another one causing a severe storm warning in effect in this area. you see it approaching bell air. that's a strong cell as well. some areas are seeing very heavy activity, other areas getting sunshine which is not a good thing because the sun is just going to help destabilize atmosphere. we have risk of more storms. looks like we'll be tracking these storms throughout much of the region. >> it's going to be a long night. >> it is indeed. >> first warning weather ,,,,,, juicy johnsonville sausage. made with only premium cuts of pork since 1945. johnsonville. sausage is all we do. >>> coming up on wjz eyewitness news, wild weather. more storms on doppler radar and a tornado watch still in effect. >> storm damage and power outages throughout the region. >> check in for these and all the breaking news, wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. >>> hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm denise carter. here is what people are talking about tonight

. >> lot of activity north of the baltimore area and some stuff across southern pennsylvania. we've had reports of strong hail around rice'stown. watch all this activity as it continues to roll off to the east and southeast, at around 20 miles an hour. now, just to the northwest of cockersville, closer to 83 there. as you see, that batch, butler, gamburg, owens mill, all north and west of the beltway. very shortly i think this will be approaching the city, at least the northern sections of the city. and also, folks up in cecil county, that's moving in your area. that area has reports of hail, rising sun, all across northern hartford county, where we expect that action to be happening. after this, this will probably do it for the baltimore-washington area, although this in washington area will affect the dc area, particularly southwest of dc in the next hour, moving to the east as well. activity this evening, but drier air and more pleasant temperatures headed our way. mary? >> bob, thank you. stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of the storms. for instant upstates

the heat advisory continues over in the eastern shore and delaware and across southern pennsylvania. the criteria for that has not quite been met across central maryland. in other words, you have to have a combination of heat and humidity to reach 100, 105 degrees. we didn't quite get there today, and that's good news. tomorrow we won't see that at all. it will be cooler. it will still be humid, but we have storms on tap. up in the philadelphia region they still have an excessive heat region with the high temperatures. right now we're at 91. 90 in ocean city but the dew point has come down to a relatively dry 62 degrees. yesterday our dew point was as high as 70. so it has gotten dryer. 85 in oakland, 9 4 in cumberland. ocean city at 90. the hot spot, 97 in easton. detroit, which was in the mid- 90s yesterday, now down to 85. chicago was in the mid-90s. down to 80. 75, low to mid-70s with drier air. maybe not that cool, but that air is headed in our general direction. if you want heat, phoenix 106, but it's very dry out there. very light winds now around the region. we're not having

. >> the bear likely came from western maryland or maybe even southern pennsylvania. it's a rare sight. >> many, many years i have been in the system. and i have never encountered a black bear before. this is one in a million for me. >> reporter: last week, a couple saw a bear near manchester, carroll county, a -- 2-year-old male. >> i said, my god, there's a bear. and told my wife, there's a bear. >> we couldn't believe it. we just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: at jacksonville elementary, the worries are over, once school lets out for the summer today. >> it can go anywhere for summer vacation. but please go back north or wherever come august, because school starts again. >> and the students sang a familiar children's song. what else but "bear necessities ." mike hellgren, week eyewitness news. >> -- wjz eyewitness news. >> there have also been recent bear sightings in harford, harris counties. >>> bge customers, you may be giving back some of the rebates you received. bge is expected to ask for a rate increase this summer. our media partner said bge held off on

you see some patchy clouds in southern pennsylvania and northern maryland where it's 55 in frederickg. 54 winchester. culpeper, a little fog for you up toward warrenton and manassas. we sit at a very nice 58. it's 6:30. let's find out how the volume is affecting the morning traffic. here's monika samtani. >>> certainly slowing everything down but you know what? we'll take that over any big accidents because we don't have them this morning i'm happy to say. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head over in from the west right now, no problems to report on 66. we're looking good. no problems as you come in from manassas. you're just going to find the slow traffic right now. we'll take a live look outside if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95. here's what it looks like. very slow and heavy leaving route 644 and heading for 395. once you're there it's going to be slow basically from duke street to seminary road so we can take that. let's also go to a live picture on the other side of town. here's what it looks like again 395 at duke street slowing down up to

maybe a shower across parts of southern pennsylvania.ndre came and jess, over -- andrea and jess, over to you. >> there will be game seven in the eastern conference finals. >> robert griffith iii talked about making a big leap forward. >>> good morning. i've only got a chance to see robert griffith iii three times during the last three weeks. the redskins only make one day of practice available to the media. the last time we were all there was last thursday. what a difference a week makes. rg3 seemed a lot more comfortable, calling plays and making plays. maybe they had a -- maybe it had a little to do with an aha moment he had on wednesday. he didn't pinpoint one specific play but said he was starting to settle in as the starting qb, getting used to the speed of the n.f.l. >> it's not faster in practice by any means because on game day everybody is a little bit faster but i think i have gotten a little bit of a grasp of what it's going to be like on game day just based off of practice. >> he's learning really well and learning fast. we'

thankfully, no fatalities. 12 tornadoes were reported from southern pennsylvania down to the delmarva region and especially with the worst of the storms near the norfolk area, virginia beach. that's where a powerful waterspout came ashore and did significant damage. also notice all the blue dots on the map. those are wind damage reports of downed trees on homes and cars and all sorts of wind damage. so what are we dealing with this morning? that line of showers and storms has weakened and is pushing off the coast, but new england still has rain from the storm system. happy to report we are not dealing with any severe weather today in areas of new england, but we have a gloomy saturday out there with lots of rain from boston to portland and to bangor. burlingtop, vermont, a cloudy and cool day for you. cool weather in the great lakes. the only rainy spot is new england. then late afternoon storms in florida. here's your saturday forecast, we have morning downpours to deal with up in new england. we are looking at a beautiful saturday in the southeast and the midatlantic trying to clean

it extends from south-central pennsylvania into southern maryland.hat is where the heat index is likely to top 100 degrees. a cooler sea breeze and they are not in the in advisory. excessive heat warning and urban areas will be even warmer. the only storms around here are in the mountains of west virginia. it should stay mostly clear tonight. 18 degrees warmer today than yesterday. yesterday's high was only 70. we hit 88 today. the record today, 99. we will probably not hit that tomorrow, but it will certainly feel hot as a factor in the humidity. 91 in frederick. 90 in college park. this is where you get some of the natural heat relief. temperatures stay mild. 93 in chicago. even hitting 90 in green bay, wisconsin. expects temperatures to continue to decline. even into the rockies where it is 96. all that pushing is down. the combination of temperature and humidity will feel like anywhere between 100-1 05. as place to be because water temperature will only be in the 70's. a little bit on the muggees side. a thunderstorm may pop up around deer creek

see showers and thunderstorms across eastern pennsylvania and southern new england. back edge. that will swing all the way through central ohio. showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. any threat of severe weather will stay south of the metro area today. less humid air later in the day. here's the upside down forecast. pleasant for the next couple days. humidity, highs near 80 tomorrow. humidity and mid 80's on wednesday. on thursday, upper withy friday and saturday humidity ason of well. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you. 6:42. >> a desperate search continues for three railroad workers who missing after trains collided. and a closer look at what the from health care to thegration, rulings by could play a big role this november. let's find out from mike allen, joining us now. happy monday. likewise. this is the last big news week before the convention at the end of august. you will have capitol hill working and then headed out for july 4. the reason the white house is so the health care of the health law, if part of it is down, the president sta

this is radar but you can see the flashing into central and southern pennsylvania, all associated with a cold front which will be working into the washington area by late morning early afternoon. this timing on these unusual they will arrive earlier today. we will cloud up here shortly and deal with the possibility of those storms. temperatures regan national the current temperature is 74 degrees. 74 washington, 59 baltimore and dulles, 76 this morning in ocean city be ready for a period of showers between 12 and 3:00 p.m. high temperatures mid-80s behind a front weather looks fantastic, the 5 day, i will have that for you in a couple minutes, julie wright sweating all morning. julie. >>> well, the current sky fox hovering above 395 northbound, they happen to be above what was an incident you will find your lanes are open travelling north you will back up leaving the belt way northbound 395, taking it back inside a live shot 66 into bright sunshine heavy, slow, steady, out of vienna, you will find the belt way starting to slow before you reach gallows road, southbound 270, slow moving

couple of flood warnings up across the northern edge of the state into northern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, as we look at some of the set ups here, 72 degrees, the current condition, i want to show you the weather through the day and you can see it was -- murky to finish the day. in belaire sunny early and then the storms rolled in. yeah, more stop, annapolis, starting off with sun and the storms rumbling in. much of the central maryland area with it -- a severe thunderstorm warning you can see why. there are storm clouds there as we pushed toward sunset tonight and the state capitol. temperatures in the low 70s. 63 oakland. humidity levels moderate. around 90%. i should say high. there is moderate and dryer air coming in. more moderate on the way. now in the wake of the showers and the storms, come up a bit tonight. it's quite sticky and muggy. highs today look at these. they reached well above average. average mid80's this time of the part of june. we hit 100 today. in the inner harbor. 95 frederick. hot stuff. no question about that. storms to the east right now. it was inter

best chance will be in southern pennsylvania and back into the mountains. weekend, if you are a summer weather fan, you'll like this. upper 80s to rank 90 on sunday and monday. up next chance for rainan ♪ i've waited my whole life for this one night ♪ >>> 8:00 now on a thursday morning, the 7th day of june, 2012. we have a very nice-sized crowd out there on the plaza this morning as we show you the happy faces. a lot less room out here tomorrow and 24 hours from now because one of the biggest pop stars around, chris brown, will be joining us outside here on our plaza, taking to our "summer concert" stage. and we also saw -- there he is, in fact. and there's going to be a huge crowd, we think. we're excited about that concert. and i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer and al roker. also tomorrow, we've got chris rock actually this morning joining us. that's why we have all of these people in wigs. that's why. >> apple circus. >> that's on youtube and is such a big deal. "madagascar 3" is in theaters. >>> also in our studio, we have a musician with an incredible

some of these were severe in southern pennsylvania. 64 degrees at the airport. 59 in jarrettsville.ne and clouds. a 30% chance for a couple of showers. same thing on tuesday and wednesday. temperatures below average for this time of the year. by the end of the week, upper 70's. over the weekend, temperatures in the 80's. >> another updateth ♪ >>> we're back now at 8:30 on a monday morning, the 4th day of june, 2012. the weather has turned decidedly chillier here in new york area. had a little drizzle in the air. but didn't stop these people from stopping by and sticking around behind us. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie who is here while ann is on assignment. and natalie is joining us, as well. you know who else is in the house today? martha stewart. >> she's here and she has a basket full of craft ideas. >> look at this. >> things your kids can do all summer. she says it's easy enough for any of us to do so we will not have to hear the kids say their favorite refrain, i'm bored. >> that's a good tie die. >> also how do you make the perfect sandwich? well coming up we're g

raindrops for us are across northern pennsylvania and southern new york. not coming our way. we'll be dry today for anything and everything you want to do. a mild morning turning into a sunny afternoon. highs today mid to upper 80s for most. a few spots out toward charlottesville in central virginia may touch 90 degrees for today. then tomorrow more of the same. plenty of sun. plenty of warmth. a touch more humidity on your sunday. we'll talk about the workweek coming up in just a couple more minutes. >>> we are following some breaking news in northeast d.c. it is sneaker madness this morning. this is a live look at the line outside dtlr in northeast washington. hundreds, hundreds are lined up with the hopes of getting their hands on the new nike air easy 2. this store is one of a few in the area selling them. the newest must have shoe is a collaboration between nike and wrapper kanye west retailing for $245 a pair. some are being sold for thousands on ebay. >>> maryland state police are in the process of reopening all of the lanes of the outer loop after a deadly accident th

everything eastern pennsylvania and southern jersey. that is all gone. baltimore 59.lso 59 in winchester, gaithersburg, culpepper in the mid-50s right now. as we look a little bit closer, upper 50s in columbia, 58. 60 in arlington and springfield 59. in our michael and son weather camera, just a couple of clouds off to the east. 63 degrees with a calm wind right now at reagan national and the barometer 29. 29.67. in the 70s the next few days, with mainly afternoon showers mainly becoming a little bit more than just the afternoon on a wednesday. it is a thursday, still a shower threat through thursday. as we head through the weekend, we will be much warmer. highs in the mid to upper 80s for saturday and sunday. locally we have the storm system, this is what brought us the severe weather the tornadoes on friday. still bringing rain. behind it these disturbances are following one last night. we'll get a couple moreover the next few days, what that means is we are going to pop the afternoon showers here and there, especially north and east of town. you lose the daytime he

nearest drops to us are in northern pennsylvania and southern new york and not coming our way. here's your saturday planner. a mild start. plenty of sunshine today. it will be toasty warm. afternoon highs into the upper 80s. a few spots might touch 90 today. more spots get up to 90 plus tomorrow. be ready for that. and the return of everyone's favorite summer partner, humidity. >> yea. >> starting to come back tomorrow. >> we'll give you the seven day in a few minutes. >> i love it. so does the hair. >> we're following some breaking news right now on the beltway. maryland state police are investigating a deadly accident near the wilson bridge. that accident shut down local lanes of the outer loop for hours. troopers say a tractor-trailer and two other cars were involved in this crash. two people died at that scene. rescuers took two others to the hospital. >>> this morning police are trying to sort out a very strange situation. a man drives an suv right into a downtown office building. it happened off connecticut avenue near the metro station. jackie benson explains why this ca

. >>> here at southern middle school in reading, pennsylvania, concerns about air quality closed theent gym. and mold is visible in the computer lab. >> let me see. 1078 colonies, there's probably two or three different kinds of molds there. >> and take a look upstairs. >> when it rains heavily, the water actually rains into the room. we take these buckets and we collect the water. >> it's raining outside and inside. >> a teacher shot this video. >> what about mold? >> one of the residual effects to the water would be mold, certainly. >> drew miles is acting sup superintendent of schools. he's seen the video. he seds there's no money to fix that roof. >> the building continue to deteriorate when we only have a small amount of dollars to do minimal things like new roofing. >> there are some who say this would never happen in my school. >> how big of a problem would you say air quality, in-door air quality is to a student's health? >> right now, the last estimates said about a third of our schools. about a third of our schools have some kind of problem that causeserer pir toir problems

southern west virginia. from northwest pennsylvania through ohio back to eastern kentucky, that's the cold front that will berriving later. but you see the light showers which are coming up i-81 here, weakening as they get toward winchester, cross junction. you may see a few sprinkles that way. in western maryland, we've been watching the activity coming through from paw paw to berkley springs toward green castle and toward the west side of harrisburg this morning. other than that just awfully sticky out. temperatures in the mid-70s in fairfax county. leesburg is 79 at this hour with 75 for gaithersburg. 78 in columbia and crofton. university of maryland college park 80 along with alexandria. 76 at fort belvoir. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera from tysons corner looking east, hazy skies out there. temperature 83 with a heat index already 87. that humidity 65%. the air still very muggy but drier air is on the way. behind this front, the air dries out. temperatures have dropped into the 60s. in chicago this morning. that front is really going to give us a pretty nice weekend. first thing