a hectic scene in southwest baltimore at this early morning fire. call came in around 3:50 this morning. a home at 1916sponson street was engulfed in flames when crews arrived on the scene. the 2 1/2 story home was vacant and we know that the home was up for sale. the house next door received exterior damage to the vinyl siding. there were no injuries in the fire. neighbors actually were evacuated for their safety and they have returned to their homes. crews are putting out the hot spots. they were able to extinguish the fire and they are working on the hot spots and basically the cleanup. no word on what caused this fire but crews are investigating. back you to in the studio. >> we will look forward to more reports. >>> in order to beat the heat because the heat is a big story today, cooling centers across the state are going to be opened offering air conditioned rooms and bottled water. if you want to find out where the closest one is in your area a. list is on abc2news.com. there's -- go to the weather guide and everything is posted online. >>> k

. >>> we have breaking news out of southwest baltimore this morning. crews are working to put out a fire at a row home. it is in the 1900 block ofresponseon street. -- sponson. they believe the home is vacant but homes surrounding it are occupied. so smoke and flames have been shooting from the building for the past 15 minutes. it's near camden yards and m and t bank stadium. we will bring you more information when it becomes available so stay with us this morning. >>> now to the latest on the supreme court decision to uphold the majority of president obama's landmark health care law. that includes the mandate requiring all individuals to have health insurance or pay a fine. you might wonder what does it mean for me? when the mandate goes into effect in 2014 there will be more subsidies and plans available to low income people. several provisions are in placefor example parents can keep children on the policy as long as they are in college. you cannot be be denied coverage if you have a preexisting condition and you can't be dropped because you are sic

. >> reporter: fire in southwest baltimore has people running from their homes reach the action from neighbors on the fire. we have the story on air and online. >> and all the severe thunderstorm warnings have expired but the heat is getting ramped up. >> reporter: and we are dealing with an accident on 695. i will have more on the delays coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. @ >>> 6:45 right now and happening right now we are getting ready for a rocket launch looking at live pictures from cape canaveral war delta 4 rocket will take off this morning. this was originally set for 6:13 this morning and was delayed due to mechanical problems. on board is a classified spy satellite for the national office and it can be used for anything from eavesdropping to sur valance. it's the second launch in as many weeks. it's a live picture from cape canaveral. this is your abc2 news to go. i am megan pringle charley is off today. meteorologist lynette charles is here and there's lot going on in the weather department. >> i've earned my stripes this morning. maryland's most powerful radar

. >> we have breaking news to tell you about happening out of southwest baltimore. that's where crews right now are working to put out a fire in a row home that is happening onsponson street. firefighters believe the house is vacant but it's important because the surrounding homes they believe they are occupied. abc2 sherrie johnson joins us live on the phone with more. what can you tell us right now? >> reporter: good morning. yes, we are live here in southwest baltimore on the scene of the early morning fire. crews are still on the scene right now. the call came in before 4 this morning. a home at 1960sponson street was engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scenech the home was vacant. we are told it was up for sale. the house next door also received exterior damage to the vinyl siding. there were no injuries reported in the fire and right now crews are busy putting out the hot spots. they have extensione teng wished the fire but -- did exteng wish the fire but working --extinguished the fire but are work on hot spots. the door next -- the home next door rec

. >>> if you are waking up a fire to tell you about this one in southwest baltimore. it broke out shortly after 4 this morning in a row home in the 1900 block of spoons sponson street. there's map indicating the area. it's near came -- sponson street. there's a map indicating the area. sherrie johnson joins with us more. >> reporter: it was a chaotic scene at southwest baltimore. people were running around trying to figure out what was going on. crews arrived on the scene around 4 this morning after the call came in. there was a number of crews that responded there. a home at 1960sponson street was engulfed in flames. the 2 1/2 story home was vacant. we are told it was up for sale. the house next door also received exterior damage to the vinyl siding. there were no injuries in the fire and neighbors were evacuated for their safety. they actually were allowed to go back into the home after about an hour and a half. and right now, crews are getting the hot spot and cleaning up the fire. they extinguished it quickly and there's no word on the cause of the fire. and again

moving 20 miles per hour and moving towards this southwest. baltimore region. we just looked at it and let's look inside of it to see if there is a lot of rotation. let's go down to the lower area and we are looking inside of it. there is some rotation there, not as much as you saw earlier but there is some rotation right through there. you see the different colors, there's some neutral colors but we have darker greens and lighter greens in opposition. we don't see a lot of reds, sometimes not even seeing the indications can still mean you can still see some funnel clouds or tornadoes developing in that particular cell, from laural to maryland city, moving up towards the beltway up towards 95 and 32 right now. around the rest of the area, still plenty of activity as you can see just a lot of storms going on around the region across the area and particularly north and east of baltimore area and moving to lancaster city and south of dc, another strong line developing and concerned about that. and portions of west virginia and allegany and approaching western wash

right now, police are looking for a suspect after a man says he was shot in southwest baltimore. bullet hit the victim in the leg and he was able to get to the hospital. no word on any motives at this point. a baltimore murder case was solved this weekend. investigators say 26-years old -- 26- 26-ky -- 26-year-old kyle williams was responsible for the shooting. >> a gunman opened fire during a fight at a party held at an off- campus apartment held at all burn university on saturday night. three were killed in the shooting, including two former auburn university players. three more were injured in the gunfire. when is the current football player with the university. >> it is a sad time for the auburn university athletic department. >> the auburn head coach released a statement saying, my thoughts and prayers are with the families and all of the victims involved in this tragic incident. >> not only university students and at least -- athletes, coaches it is six young people who have been shot. >> authorities are looking for the gunmen. he is considered armed and extremely dangerous

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a pitbull shot and killed during a drug investigation in southwest baltimore. we first broke the story last night on 11 news tonight. happened at the end of a foot pursuit of a drug suspect. police said the suspect ran into a home and the pitbull came barreling out to the officer, who reacted by opening fire on the animal. >> good news for the city of baltimore. it is no longer one of the top five when it comes to the of the largest national murder rate. fbi statistics show baltimore's 2011 rate at 31.3. that means 196 murders for the year 2011. it lands us at no. 6 on the list of cities with high homicide numbers per 100,000 people. the city saw a decline in murders of 12% last year, dropping below 200 for the first time since the 1970's. now we have breaking news from city hall tonight. a controversial baltimore bottle tax has been passed. >> kerry cavanaugh has the latest from city hall. >> the bottle tax just passed a few minutes ago in a long and rancorous debate here at city hall. means the tax rate you pay on bottle water, so, an artificially flavored be

homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in southwest baltimore. police said they found a man shot in the torso around 6:15 tonight on west pratt street. paramedics rushed the victim to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. no word on a suspect or possible motive. police in annapolis are investigating the rape of a 13- year-old girl. 34-year-old alexander laura is the suspect. he is facing rape and assault charges following an incident over the weekend of a teenager was at his home. he is currently being held on $2 million bail. the anne arundel county fire marshal's office is investigating yet another bomb explosion that happened around 6:15 last night in pasadena. the bombs are being made using a combination of household chemicals could fire officials say these type of explosive devices have become a disturbing trend around the state and it will only be a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt. >> it is very dangerous. if it is close enough to your face, it will put your eyes out. >> official said that have no witnesses or suspe

raven wyatt was 5 years old when she was shot in the head by lamont davis on pulaski street in southwest baltimore. wyatt's family is suing a gps tracking company monday atorring dabs and they claim the company knew the product was flawed. >>> the gay pride parade starts at 4 in the afternoon tomorrow. we are told a section of north charles street will be close through traffic between franklin and chase streets. and also a block party will be held along eager street so things to keep in mind traveling in that area. >>> also going on tomorrow, thebalmmore diamond dash a15,000 dollar diamond is up for grabs and dos of couples will be on a refreshure hunt and the couple with the most points -- treasure hunt and the couple with the most points wins the ring. >>> a struggling nokia is struggling to keep up with apple and google and people are losing their jobs. we will explain how deep the cuts will be. plus there's an app for everything. even your dad. so we have some great apps you can show him on father's day. speaking of fathers, there's linda so's dad his name is james and he is posing with his gr

storm southwest of baltimore weakened. hartford county, still ongoing. take shelter there. break in action from westminster to hagerstown. we will give you a round of here. go to our main computer and give you a round of the warnings and watches in effect. all the yellow is a tornado watch. he read our way possible tornadoes are. hartford county back into the west virginia panhandle and western virginia. as far as rainfall amoun go over the past 24 hours, especially in the past couple of hours, that strike of heavy rain, one or two inches of rain, a look at the bull's-eye, northern parts of baltimore city where two and a half inches of rain there could have come down in the last hour. green areas over flood warnings are in effect. that is all of carroll county. the pretty boy area of baltimore county. then, down toward the sea all of this developing as a cold front roles our way. look at the cloud front. ohio and out across southeastern michigan. 49 degrees in northern michigan. you collide those air masses together, and you get the violent weather. that is the way we think

an arrest in southwest baltimore gets out of control and winds up with police shooting and killing a family dog. there were taking a drug suspect into custody on sunday when the suspect ran out of the door. an officer shot and killed the animal. no one else was hurt. searching the bushes in parkville for a python. somebody said they saw the snake on the road on taylor avenue. when officers arrived, it was gone. it was captured in a nearby bush. nobody was injured. >> a woman is behind bars, accused of kidnapping a 10-year- olmonth-old boy. no word on who might have shot and killed a teenager this weekend. a car pulled up and a gunman jumped out and shot the teenager several times. the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died. anyone with information should call police. police have made an arrest in may murder case. police say kyle williams was the triggerman in the shooting of poindexter. >> 6:08. shakespeare asked, "what is in a name?" >> when it comes to social media, how much information is too much. tell us what you think in our water cooler question of the day. >> th

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in southwest baltimore, detectives arrived on the scene of a deadly shooting. a man was found shot in the torso on west pratt street. the victim was later pronounced dead. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. more warnings about the potential dangers about trying to buy or sell off of craigslist. police say the latest incident happened on monday night on bolton straeet. a couple was met by two men with a gun. the couple brought their own gun. >> she was 6 feet away from them. >> the would-be robbers got away. the woman who fired the shots was arrested on weapons charges. >> a man is being held on $2 million bail after being charged with the rape of a girl. he was arrested last saturday when the teenager was at his home. he remains at the detention center in anne arundel county. >> just hours away from a showdown on capitol hill. house republicans prepare to vote ever called her in contempt of congress. this stems from an investigation into gun smuggling operations. hallie jackson has more on the story. >> republicans want eric holder to turn over docum

she is disabled and that shooting on pulaski in southwest baltimore. was sentence to life in prieso and what gps monitor at the time of the -- prison. and he had a gps monitor on that was supposed to track his every move. >>> people are heading down to the inner harbor for the stale spangled sallabration to commemorate the war of 1812 and charley crowson is down there with what to expect thisweekend. i know you said you would-- you were going to exer swies sailors. >> reporter: they are climbing the mast getting ready for the day's work. that ship is from indonesia. they made a run around the harbor but made it back time to get the day started. you talked about the war of 1812 and history surrounding that. centered around fort mchenry where francis scott key wrote the stan spangled banner. this is sarah because one of the big events scheduled is happening at the fort and there's a little confusion about ticket availability. >> yes. the star-spangled air show featuring blue angels takes place one of the great viewing location saturday and sunday at fort

this happened in southwest baltimore. the suspect ran into a house. the pitbull came out to the officer, who opened fire. the suspect nor the officer was injured. >> the search for a new police chief continues. kim dacey has the latest to replace commissioner bealefeld. >> fred bealefeld announced he would step down on august 1 and spend more time with his family after five years on the job. an 18% drop in homicide. there is a 10-person advisory panel in the search for a new top cop. this panel will conduct interviews for internal and an external applicants and recommend their finalists for the mayor for consideration. city residents have plenty of advice on what the mayor's team needs to look for. >> i would look outside of the city, somebody that is not from here, somebody with a different take an experience. >> just to make sure he knows the area he will be working in. >> fred bealefeld will participate in the national search for his own replacement. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> there was a bold crime over the weekend. a car pulled up alongside a

sharing their plus, lawmakers sharing their opinions concerning the >> some breaking news out of southwest baltimoreht now. skyteam 11 at the scene of a nasty crash on eckman avenue pippert -- edmundson ave. >> it is eastbound edmundson avenue just a little east of ronnie's way. it is a personal injury accident. we do not think there is anyone actually dropped in the vehicle. the problem is, there is rubbernecking westbound and only one lane is able to get by. -- to get by eastbound. the cracks everyone wants a good -- >> everyone wants a good imploding, but this one has a sad note to it. this church more than a century old was demolished. it suffered irreversible damage due to two recent earthquakes. residents there had hoped to simply prop up the tower, but the community aftershocks convince the authorities they had to bring it down. it was built in 1907. >> meanwhile, firefighters continued to rajan in hawaii, forcing evacuation is near oahu. 1,000 acres have already burned, at one. coming within just feet of valuable homes. but a last-minute -- at one point, coming within feet of valuable homes.

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oregon hills and it's basically moving to the southwest baltimore.n, let's look inside that particular cell and see if we see much in the way of rotation. take a look down around 32, don't see a whole lot and that's good news. don't see a lot of rotation at all. western crofton. don't see much in that rotation. we can both physically see that and it's just not happening. hopefully they'll be canceling this before 6:00. that's moving up to the north, northeast and around 25 miles per hour, as it continues you folks in glen burnie going to get hit with that. that's also going to cover most of the city as it moves up in that general direction. 25miles per hour. so once again still the tornado warning in effect for the next 20 minutes for howard, northern pg county. the rest of the area still lots of activity as you see. all around the state, particularly from baltimore west and baltimore north and northeast. down the dc area. now that new line of stuff coming down to eastern maryland next concern because that's where the front is located and that's wher

confirm a plainclothes police officer shot and killed a pitbull during an investigation in southwest baltimoreafford street at the end of a foot pursuit of a drug suspect. police said the officer had been running after the suspect, who then ran into a house on stafford. that is when the pitbull came barreling toward the officer, who reacted by opening fire on the animal. >> baltimore is no longer one of the top five cities when it comes to the national murder rate. it had 196 murders for the year of 2011, putting baltimore at no. 6 a list of cities whitcomb i homicide numbers. -- a list of cities with a high homicide number pig >> president obama and mitt romney are taking opposing positions on public servants like police officers. it is not the work they do that is at issue, it is their pay. steve handelsman explains in washington. >> the new battle is over public employees, firefighters, police, teachers, to put more of them back to work. president obama is demanding congress fund his plan to help states, cities, and towns with payrolls. the new obama ad shows mitt romney opposed. >> did he

. >> reporter: for these long-time southwest baltimore neighbors, staying out of the heat takes coordination. when the sun moves, they do, too. >> we stay over here until the sun comes over here and we go over there. >> reporter: while they stick to water, it doesn't hurt that their neighbor owns a snowball table right across the street. customers float in. and he says there's a small trick to working in the heat. >> once i get out in the heat, i'm good. as long as i got the shade and a little breeze going by, i'm good. >> reporter: and back here live at the inner harbor, this is the way to do it. you want to use as much water as possible. drink it, put it on you. doctors say what also works is gatorade. what does not work? caffeine. that will cause you to lose more fluid than what you take in. mary, back to you on tv hill. >> great advice. thank you. kids are having fun behind you there! stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage on the heat. go to wjz.com for instant updates any time. >>> was the use of force that killed a 17-year-old in randallstown necessary? we are live in randall

. >>> well, fire rips through a southwest baltimore home, causing serious damage. mary is in the newsroom with more on what happened. mary? >> and kai, the two-story home was unoccupied and up for sale. this is video of the home in the neans -- 1900 block. fire officials say they arrived to find it up in smoke and flames early this morning. firefighters were able to get the fire under control but stayed at the scene, putting out the hot spots. kai? >> mary, thank you. no one was hurt. and there is no word on what caused that fire. >>> if you like wine with your dinner, a new law taking effect could enhance your dining experience. political reporter pat warren explains, it will also be a learning experience for the state. >> reporter: open. or... -- pour, enjoy. wining and dining goes byob. for the first time in maryland, you won't necessarily be limited to the wine list in the restaurant. starting this weekend, you can shop for your own favorite and take it to the restaurant with you. >> a lot of restaurants don't offer -- they offer very limited selection of wine

>> plus, a two-alarm fire rips through a southwest baltimore home tonight.he search is on for a cause. please check in for all of these stories and the day's breaking news, coming up new at 6:00. guys? >> jessica, thank you. >> still ahead on eyewitness news. it's a hot night for baseball in camden yards. >> yeah, the orioles play tonight. i think we said it was going to be 93 degrees. sports director mark viviano joins us. how are you doing down there, mark? >> i tell you, what the heat is on in baltimore. and the heat is on in baltimore to get the orioles to get their act together after three ,,,,,,, >>> our weather has heated up as you know, but the orioles are cooling off. sports director mark viviano is at camden yards. >> we said it back in april and may. it's a long season, filled with ups and downs. it's inevitable. it's been a downer lately for the o's. they've lost seven of their last nine. and three losses have been decisive. it's one thing to lose. but when you get blown out, it hurts all the more. the o's are not scoring runs. and you can see th

. >> reporter: for these southwest baltimore neighbors, say it takes coordination. when the sun moves, they do, too. >> when the sun comes over here, we go over there. >> reporter: while they stick to water, doesn't hurt that their neighbor owns a snowball table across the street. customers float in and yesterday's near record-breaking temperatures, he says there's a small trick to working in the heat. he adjusts. >> i get out in the heat, i'm good. once i got the shade, i'm good. >> reporter: while he's good, doctors say some of their patients are not doing so well. one more warning today. don't forget, stay away from caffeine in heat like this. doctors say they will make you lose a lot of fluid. you'll have to replenish that and that's really not what you want in this kind of weather. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of the extreme heat. for instant updates, go to our website. >>> the jury in the jerry sandusky case has already asked to hear testimony of a key witness again. they have no idea that one of sandus

baltimore city. it is pushing toward bellaire. it is not a tornado warning until 6:30. eastern howard county until 6:30, and up into the extreme southwest part of baltimore county as well here it hard to see some of these storms when there's so much rain falling, but this is one approach in the southwestern part of baltimore county with strong rotations in jesup up toward what lawn and the selfless and part of baltimore county, may be up for baltimore city, but also, this still is very strong. it is now tracking northeast pretty quickly, is showing strong signs of rotation. when it a warning for hartford county until 6:30 this evening. it is moving northeast at 21 miles an hour. take shelter now, and all of the central part of hartford county because the storm system is pretty strong. we are surrounded by rain, and embedded within this range are strong, but thunderstorms showing signs of very strong irritation. morning for hartford county until 6:30 -- the storm will be up near victory in the next 10 minutes, and it looks like the one in frederick county has weakened, but it is traveling up toward tiny town. lots of storms to keep track

southwest and baltimore county about 4.5 inches. in the city, close to 3 inches. mount erie and carol county, 3 and a quarter inches. whiteford and harford county, 3.5 inches, simpsonville in howard county, they got just over 3 inches of rain. while there were a lot of strong winds there were stil still, there was still a lot of rainfall that came with this. we saw a lot of downed trees and that one this morning that we showed you. over there in towson. the incredible scene there. >> yeah. a lot more. unfortunately, more rain later next week. >> oh, okay. thank you. >> thanks. >> and just reminder, the interactive radar on wbal-tv.com tracks, fot follow the path of the storm and intensity on wlbaltv. com. zoom in on the radar using the new iphone and android apps. >> still ahead on the news at 6:00. hosni mubarak finds out the sentence after being charged with the death of protesters who ousted him from power. >> great britain ready to party to celebrate queen elizabeth's 60-year reign on the term. we'll talk to some of the celebration, coming up. ahhh, now that's

residence inn in southwest baltimore pleaded for leaders to -- they approved a spending plan to close two fire trucks companies and including the closing of recreation centers. people say they would more like to know about keeping these facilities open. >> how much money does it cost? let us find the money to keep the open. you can find new telephones to put on desks. you should be able to find money to keep the recreation centers open. >> a new state laws set to take effect and how they could impact your life. >> heat and your favorite foods make for a dangerous combination. clear up some 60 minutes. >> a local cause that has people breaking out their motorcycles. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. no animal by-products. no meat and bone meal. when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. that i put on my children's plate. that's why we use all-white meat, breading that is whole grain with omega-3 and

baltimore. columbia, laural area southwest of the city. this is going to be hitting toward the city probably in the next 25-30 minutes. if you are out and about particularly southwest belt way you may encounter heavy blinding downpours with this cell. the other activity we have been watching all afternoon is all the stuff northwest of the city. that particular cell is now moving out of maryland into york county. that did prompt a tornado warning officially. it does get canceled now. i haven't seen any updates on that. but i assume since it is out of the baltimore county area it has been canceled. the other cell near westminster is also a very strong cell showing rotation still at this hour. north carolton, sanderville moving around this one around 25 miles an hour. a look inside with doppler radar. there is where we are seeing big differences between winds going inside the clouds from or to the radar site, right into there. those folks there, please take shelter at least for the next few minutes while the cell continues to move across your

we are dealing with an accident in southwest baltimore on annapolis road atwaterview avenue. oad closures because of sailabration. if you are traveling in the area fort avenue will be shut down between andre street and the intones to fort mchen real estate until 11:00 o'clock. those closures extend through sunday. for a list of where to park, go to abc2news.com. congestion easing up on the west side of the beltway. beltway at bel air road, outer loop has really dissipated. it will be a ache easier ride up toward 73. the jfx is trouble free, nothing in your way. that's a look at traffic. have a wonderful day. we'll see you tomorrow. lysol invites you to take the dual action wipes challenge. try lysol dual action wipes and see the cleaning difference. because unlike ordinary wipes lysol dual action wipes have two sides. a scrubbing side that cleans tough stains better than clorox and a smooth side for everyday touchups. all while killing 99.9% of germs. now you can take the lysol dual action wipes challenge for free. check for coupons in this sunday's paper.

a pretty chaotic scene in southwest baltimore this morning.ning because crews were battling a two alarm fire that broke out around 4 this morning. it happened in the 1900 block of sponson street not too far from camden yard and m and t bank stadium. the row hope was empty but the fire spread to the house next door. so far no reports of anyone getting hurt. >>> a rally is planned for tonight to help save a baltimore rec center. this week the city council approve a mayor's budget including closing rec centers. the rally and prayer vigil on mulberry street at 6:30. now back to new york for "good morning america." have a great day. @ [ male announcer ] millions of dollars for new schools and teachers... thousands of new good paying jobs... all without raising taxes. that's what a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean for maryland. but it won't be built unless lawmakers give us the right to vote on it this november. call 1-800-492-7122 and tell your delegate and state senator to vote "yes" on national harbor... one of the biggest

an arrest in southwest baltimore gets out of control and ends in police officers telling the family dognday but the suspect went out the door with the family people chasing after him. that is when officers shot a#f#f >> we are off to a quiet start this monday. there is a slight chance we could see thunderstorms poppet. partly cloudy, warm, and humid. good chance for rain tomorrow. >> we will see yo

baltimore. and this one is going to move right across northern aa county. surely columbia is after that. moving in the southwest baltimore and baltimore county so we expect to see more heavy rain as it approach it is area in the next 15 to 20 minutes even though we've seen heavy activity already. some areas could see another quick inch of rain between now and say 8:00. further to the west. still have a lot of activity to the southeast western portions. that will be affecting eastern allegheny into fredrick county. allegwhen it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves your soil. for big beautiful plants that grow up to three times

again, seven hours it will start to move into the baltimore viewing area, so, again, southwest to northeast push, we'll see the showers and storms in here around 2:00, 3:00. some of these storms today could test severe limits, gusty winds, dangerous lightning, so we're all in the risk area from the storm prediction center from carroll county up out towards parts of allegheny county, going all the way towards the eastern shore. be aware there could be some severe weather across the area. wyatt will be here during the afternoon. hot and humid, gusty storms in the mix. tonight still humid, otherwise some partial clearing after midnight. your seven-day forecast is beautiful. take a look at the forecast going into saturday. we're going to still hit 90, but the big difference is we lose the humidity aspect of the forecast so it's more of a dry heat. 88 on sunday. there could be a spot shower for monday, 86 degrees and a nice cooldown tuesday, wednesday and thursday with temperatures that are actually going to be falling below average. we'll talk more about that coming up tomorrow. lauren. >>repor

southwest. so the chances of the baltimore region, in fact, most of maryland, looks like will miss any showers tonightature-wise, we're at 67. northeast winds at 6. the barometer holding steady. 29.89 inches. 52. that is one cool afternoon in oakland. 59 in cumberland. the warmest spot we can find. 69, 69. and 64 at ocean city. locally, mid- to upper 60s. honestly, these are more like october than early june temperatures. our normal high is 80 degrees. so we're a long way away from that. 69, annapolis. northeast winds. this is marine air, off the atlantic ocean, that is keep us in these cool temps. but that will begin to change. tomorrow, a little bit warmer than today. warmer on thursday. then, high pressure is going to build off the east coast. and the warmth will come back big time this weekend. in the meantime, low pressure is still over maine. still spinning around. driving down those clouds. chilly air aloft. sun comes out. you get clouds forming. see those showers? they're west of us. tonight, really not much of a chance of showers. maybe 10 to 15%. tomorrow, about the same thing. thursday, how

baltimore. high pressure is producing the heat and clearing skies and suppressing thunderstorms accept or the wind is blowing in the higher terrain of southwest virginia. easterly flow coming into the mountains is helping to trigger isolated storms but not around baltimore. mostly clear and warm and barely below 80 degrees. 70 in the suburbs. first sunset of summer -- 8:36 this evening. summer officially begins at 7:09. cold front stretching from eastern nebraska into michigan. behind it, look how nice and comfortable that is. it's going to take another day and a half to get here. tomorrow is a hot one all the way out to chicago. tomorrow is expected to be a repeat of today with a front moving through the area friday. friday will be hot and humid before temperatures get back to normal over the weekend. 20% chance of a thunderstorm popping up as we had past sunset tomorrow evening. on the day, a light, southwest breeze. with water temperatures in the mid '70s, if you are near the bay, that give you a little bit of each release. a thunderstorm late in the day tomorrow. the eastern shore tomorrow is just like today. down at the coast, the temper

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some thunderstorms to the southwest but a strong high- pressure squashing development around here. it is going to stay warm through the night. 100 near downtown baltimore. nineties in cecil county throughout the eastern shore. you see the cooling effect at ocean city and 86 degrees. only 81 in oakland. that is a comfortable spot. when you factor in high temperatures and the moisture in the atmosphere, it feels like 104 degrees. a heat advisory going through 10:00 tonight and it will take a long time to cool off. it will be hot again tomorrow. a light wind and sun set at 8:36. the summer solstice officially as 7:09 this evening. a cold front crossing -- a cold front cutting across minneapolis. seventies in denver. 94 in chicago. we have one more day in the middle of this hot air mass before it cools off a little bit. 95 degrees to 100 degrees over the weekend. only a minimal chance of a thunderstorm. waves averaging about 1 foot. 85 in the mountains and showers on friday. the eastern shore will be buggy tamara with temperatures in the '90s. scattered thunderstorms begin to cool things off on friday and a sunny day tomorrow. storms on friday and temperat

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german town out towards 370, headed in towards baltimore be careful accident activity reported southwest corner near wilson's avenue follow police direction in order to get by. >>> thank you very much a big day here in the nations capital, as the country awaits a major ruling from the u.s. supreme court. >>> in a few hours from now justices will review their decision on obama's health care reform law. crowds have been camped out all night long waiting for this. sherry good morning. >> reporter: good morning allison, they have. a tonne of people are out here awaiting this decision and chief justice john roberts is expected to issue this historic ruling around 10:00 a.m. this morning. this divided the country since day one when president obama signed that health care reform law in 2010. now the wait is about over whatever the decision today though you can bet the debate is not over. >> outside the supreme court all of that waiting will finally come to an end the court's nine justices will give thumbs up or down to all or part of the president's health care plan. the future of the the natio

southwest to northeast. few scattered showers, sprinkles from fairfax county down towards fredericksburg and baltimore. west of shenandoah valley getting sprinkles. here's your day planner. a greater chance by noontime of showers and thunder. then a likelihood of that after that. in fact, 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. we could get severe storms with damaging winds. highs low to mid 90s where the storms really do get going. we'll cool down a bit tonight. a look at your evening planner coming up in ten minutes. >>> a maryland medical facility will be closed today because of the hot weather. the air conditioning system is not working at the dennis avenue health center as part of the montgomery county health and human services department. employees will be working at some alternate locations. now let's see how traffic is shaping up. >> good morning. richard, things look good, fep you're traveling i-270 northbound earlier we did have road work at old georgetown road. out of the roadway. let's check things out in the germantown area. live look at father hurley bo bouleva boulevard. no issues to report northbound. as you

baltimore suburbs. it is not if we will see another warning, it is when we will see one. >> the storms to our southwest tracking no. 4. there are crossing over 95 it times as well. down by dale city and woodbridge. we do not have any rotation indicated around our viewing area at this time. that is good. the warning in frederick county has been allowed to expire. now the focus shifts back to the flash flooding. we have some thunderstorms that are severe indicated by the orange outlying counties. that will track to the northeast through the potomac into charles county. you have not seen the last of a yet. this is the next sellable watch moving into southern maryland. >> look at this rainfall. mount airy has 3.1 inches of rain so far. that is where we have flood warnings. sue land has picked up 1.5 inches. this is through 11:00 tonight. they are stretched out well into north carolina. >> it is not often that the storm prediction center issues a moderate risk in washington. today we have the set up that indicated the severity of the situation and what to expect for this. heavy showers starting to organize

southwest at about 10. record high tomorrow at dulles. that is actually in jeopardy. we might tie that. but the 99 downtown and the 100 in baltimore both set in 1931, that is probably safe. all right. well, we've got unhealthy air, so you need to carpool or use public transit. if you have a respiratory problem, stay indoors. refuel the cars in the evening. don't cut the gas. no power equipment. leave the lawn alone. bushes alone. do not use a charcoal grill. that is not good for the environment. high temps tomorrow, this may be a little overdone. 95 downtown. maybe 96 in gaithersburg. 96 in leesburg. 98 in manassas and 96 down towards fredericksburg. so your day planner looks like this. 66-76 to start. so warm right off the bat. hot by lunch time. 88-93. the 92-96 by evening. a slight chance, a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the evening. next three days, our 9 weather alert codes are yellow, yellow and yellow. they have to be. heat advisory tomorrow 95. a heat advisory again on thursday. on friday 91. that's better news. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. next seven days, really good news here. temps go do

baltimore national pike. 56 on the j.f.x. southbound. here's a quick live look at traffic. frederick road. no delays showing on the southwest corner of the beltway. everything checks out fine on the north side of the beltway. a smooth start and the parkton region. all the way down to the beltway, a delay-free start free ride on the harrisburg. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a few bus delays. 13, 19, 33 buses operating with delays. a diversion at 25th. on time commute on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail is on schedule. operating shabazz is between timonium and hunt valley. metro subway on schedule. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. one more day with the oppressive heat. you can see where the jet stream is located. watch the line of the cloud cover. this is the core of the heat. upper 90's today with the heat index between 100 and 105. a cold front approaching chicago will move through here tomorrow. it will create a few thunderstorms. right now it is not

southwest of winchester. put this into motion, everything rolls through the metro area pretty much about this time. the computer has been emphatic on taking the heaviest cells up toward baltimore. we'll keep you posted. there could be some heavy cells in the immediate metro area as well. for tonight partly cloudy, muggy, isolated storm possible but mainly west, lows only 70 in the burbs to 80 downtown. tomorrow partly sunny, very warm, a late thunderstorm possible, the commute dry, 70s and 80s, light winds and by afternoon partly sunny, not as hot. that's the good news, but thunderstorms are possible, some heavy, some severe, high temperatures in the low 90s, winds turn northwesterly at about 10. so we'll break it down. 72 to 82 to start, so darn warm by 6 a.m. by noon looking 84 to 88 and then by evening 90 to 93, a good chance for showers and thunderstorms toward evening and again at midday severe weather alert day. now the 9 weather alert codes after tomorrow go to green. we're green saturday, sunday, upper 80s saturday, upper 80s to near 90 sunday, maybe a sprinkle but really the weekend looks pretty nice. now the next seven days another frontal system comes in as we get i

southwest toward northeast. this is going to go right over the southeastern city limits over the next 35 to 4345 minutes. these are slow moving storms. we are concerned with glen burnie. ferndale, will cross the baltimoreay and right around the curtis bay area and brooklyn section of baltimore. this is a dangerous storm. the national weather service feels this could become a tornadic storm as it pushes toward the north. everybody will continue to be under a watch. it's still inside the peak heating of the day, sunset being at eight. we're about 5:30. we have more solar heating to get the storms to bubble up. you can see the line of storms -- there's one storm over anne arundel county going toward the eastern shore. we talked about flash flooding concerns, saw it to the north and west over carroll county. this is a wall of water. it's called training -- one, two, three, four, five, six storms, dumping copious amounts of rain, just toward the west of baltimore. we'll be tracking it. we'll have numerous flash flood warnings in effect and we'll talk more about the radar and the watches and warnings coming up in a little bit. >> with this first cell that wrents through, are upanticipating worse -- went thro

baltimore county. but we have a disabled car that the fort mchenry couple blocking one northbound -- blocking block tunnel blocking one lane. as far as the southwest corner is concerned, here's a live look north of route 295. you want to watch out for a disabled car along the southbound lanes at bw parkway at the beltway. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >>> former penn state assistant football coach injury sandusky -- jerry sandusky goes on trial on the account of child sex abuse. sherrie johnson is here with what to expect inside the courtroom today. >> reporter: well, yes, in a few hours, the trial of injury san desk -- jerry sandusky is set tobegin. he will face 5 # charges. he is accused of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. one of the alleged victims will be one of the first to take the stand. now prosecutors will present evidence including expensive gifts given to the alleged victim and what is described as a creepy love letter. the former assistant coach mike mccrary is expected to testify -- mccreery is expected to testify. >> there's other evidence which has not been released to the public which i believ