temps nice. most folks in the 60s already. fredericksburg 70. still pretty nice for late august. now tomorrow morning we will call it partly sunny. cool start. 50s and 60s. winds out of the north east at about 10. partly sunny and pleasant. more clouds to the south. high temperatures about 75 winds again north easterly at 10. winds not too much of a factor. a little system that will get up hung up just to our south and east tomorrow and that's why people have clouds around. in fact, look carefully, here is the satellite picture radar. moisture still in the southeast. frontal system will remain stationary just to our south and east. good news is it should be far enough to keep the showers into the carolinas and out to sea. maybe going into south eastern virginia. don't think it will get any closer than maybe the northern neck here. a few clouds back to the west. we are talking about a little mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. but dry and cool. temperatures about 10 degrees below average. that's a pretty good deal. zone forecast. all six zones on our website at wusa9.com. if you haven

bay temp, nice warm 81 degrees. as warm as it gets. tonight, any showers very widely scattered. 68 then tomorrow, muggy, warm, thunderstorms, pretty good shot. 89 degrees now 2 degrees above average for this time in august. >>> okay. >> summer. still summer. >> thanks. >> still ahead, wrong way crash. new information on a fiery wreck in new york that killed eight people. >>> a roof top wind turbine in federal hill. would it generate energy or be an eye sore. that story coming up on eyewitness news. >>> harbour east, food, fun, fabulous prices. baltimore restaurant week is back. this fiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> 5:29 p.m. 87 degrees, mostly sunny. see the comfort there, almost back in baltimore. >>> thanks for staying with eyewitness news. >>> with soaring electricity bills, more people want to consider green alternatives to po

bay temp, nice and warm. 83. tonight, widely scattered showers.hese are really showers that are coming down. upper 60s tomorrow, to mid-80s. maybe a widely scattered shower in the afternoon. 85 degrees. >>> so looks like we're going to dodge a bullet tonight. >> looks like it. >> for the game, yes. >>> activity. very widely scattered. >> excellent. thanks, bob. >>> set free. the man convicted in the bombing of the pan am flight that killed hundreds, could be released from frizon. what he's asking for. >>> i'm kellye lynn at the hyatt inn in baltimore. with essential information for anyone who drinks alcohol. a test of your alcohol-iq coming up. >>> they're calling at this time biggest video game release perhaps ever. madden 10. we're going to be there. tune in for the story next. >>> it's 5:29. 81 degrees with showers in the region. good evening. thank you for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a young woman is murdered. suzanne collins reports, decades later, police are desperate to learn

bay temp, still nice and warm. tonight, scattered shower, maybe a thundershower. 68. i think very widely scattered. tomorrow, only 81. with a lot more clouds. >>> do it in the morning. >>> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >>> i'm mike hellgren, in cherry hill, where a stray bullet went through this. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news at 5:00. stray bullet. what police are saying, as more and more unintended targets are becoming victims. >>> maryland senator ben cardin defends himself. and the healthcare reform in a rowdy town hall meeting and healthcare reform. >>> a devastating fire. a huge fire. well. >>> check in for more on these stories stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> shot in her home. a bullet strikes a long-time activist as she is sitting, watching tv in her own home. >> tonight, she spokes about the recent violence in baltimore. >> shirley is outspoken and works tirelessly in cherry hill, heading after-school program and heading the biggest housing program. she became the latest investment hit by

we've got nice temps. still shower activity and good rain from lewis down to ocean city. salisbury all moving out in the next few hours. if you are heading down that way it's really wet, particularly down by the boardwalk. take a look at temperatures on the beach right now. 72 easton. lots of places in talbott, dorchester county picked up over 2 inches of rain last night and this morning. west of the bay, bwi marshal, .0500 of an inch. the rest of us, sunny and the low 80s. 76, 74, 59 dew point. that means tonight with clear skies, light winds. many places get down into the upper 50s. right now, mid to upper 70s. more sun, a little warmer temps. low pressure moves across virginia. now offshore continues to bring rain to long island. eastern section, cape cod beginning to clear out there. most of the rain offshore as we can see continuing to move away. for us, baltimore, d.c., clear tonight a really mezzant night and tomorrow high pressure builds in. this is a lovely air mass particularly for early august. tonight upper 50s. a few degrees cooler than normal. pleasant, howe

bay temp, look at that, nice and warm, at 83 degrees. sunrise at 6:20. sets at 8:02. >>> and down to the south tomorrow, a partly sun to mostly sunny day. sort of like today. but a stray afternoon shower. not out of the question. although i think it's pretty slim. but given the time of year and the humidity that surrounds, we could see a pop-up shower. most places will stay dry all weekend long and into next week. just a nice stretch of warm. a lot of people coming before school. taking vacations. and this is kind of what you want. >> yeah. last weekend before a lot of folks do go back to school. >>> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >>> i'm mike helgren in mount vernon. you can see the skid marks in the intersection where michael phelps was in a car wreck. coming up, exclusive video of him at the scene. >>> coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00. phelps crashes. michael phelps gets into a crash. who was at fault? >>> now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem. >>> michael vick signs with the philadelphia eagles. what he plans to do.

nice and warm temps. if you're heading out to the game tonight. tim williams with a look at the outback. >> key is the high pressure is building in. with that high comes warm, humid air wrapped around it. so our temperatures will go up. and humidity levels go up. great night to be back at the ballpark. scientists say the humidity in the air makes the night lighter. makes for home runs in the ballpark. angels taking on the orioles. firstpitch at 7:05. we'll have more on your first warning forecast coming up in a few moments. back inside. >> thank you, tim. >>> it may only be preseason. but a win is a win. and the baltimore ravens kicked off the season with a win against the washington redskins. sports director mark viviano was live at camden yards, where the other birds are set to play tonight. but first, more on the excitement of last night's win. hi, mark. >> how are you doing? yeah. at this time last night, we were over at m&t bank stadium. and the onset of the football season, certainly in the air. even though it is just preseason, the fans wer

nicely. that will mean the temps will drop a little more tonight, mid- to upper 60s. but it also means the chance for some patchy fog at daybreak tomorrow. strong cooling tonight, a element of humidity in the air. it all means the chance for fog. if you get an early trip planned down to the beach as an example, keep in mind you may hit into a little bit of fog in the low-lying areas. big clear high pressure off to the west that is helping clear us off tonight. but the system we're watching actually off to our south and east. this system right here, you saw a lot of showers thundershowers associated with this earlier this afternoon. right now just a couple of showers flaring up. again, this is what will bring in the potential for cloud cover on and off through weekend, and also the threat for a shower, i think mainly from virginia beach southward down into cape hatteras, north carolina. so here is your computer model in motion here. watch this as we go into saturday afternoon. just a couple showers. again, well off to our south, down toward the virginia- carolina borde

. >> nice to so five days of temps. i know. >> we're getting a good break. >> it is a nice break.been on a bad date? listen to this one. the detroit police say paris mccoy not only skipped out on a restaurant bill but stole his date's car. the couple went for chicken wings and cocktail. that is a mistake. there police say mccoy told his date he forgot his wallet in her car and took her eys to retrieve it. when he didn't show up, the date ran out to the door to find her car was gone and so was mccoy. >> came back frantic because he took her car. she was like oh, my god, he took my car and she was shaking, she was upset. we actually bought her food that day. we felt bad for her. it was awful. >> police say mccoy stole everything out of the woman's car. police identified him using a photo he earlier sent to the woman's cell phone, as well as his phone number. mccoy's next hot date, uh-huh u is with the judge. >> you say you would have knn? chicken wings and cocktails. come on. >> they were probably watching a game or something. >> i don't know. shows you -- unfortunately -- . if i to

mississippi and anywhere north, you'll have one of the most beautiful days, very, very dry and temps are nice. a little bit of rain in texas today and rain across parts of the west and this is nice, bringing in cooler air, back to you guys. >> that weather delayed the president a couple of hours headed out to martha's vineyard. i'm sure they'll encounter a little vacation weather. >> fbi director robert mueller is expressing outrage over the release of the only man convicted in the lockerbie bombing. in an unprecedented move he wrote a letter to the scottish official who agreed him. in it, mueller called it a mockery of justice and claimed it gave comfort to terrorists everywhere and questioned the insensitivity of the move pointing to the grief and answeringer of the victim's families and the british government is denying there is any link to his release and any potential oil deal. for inmates are still in the hospital after the fiery prison riot in kentucky. a group of inmates set fire to a number of buildings, six were destroyed and 700 prisoners were bused to other jails. officials are no

nice. take a look at temps around the region. 80 in oakland. 82 in ocean city. they finally cool down. because the winds are now off of the easterly direction. off the ocean. and there's two things. number 1. it keeps their temperatures down a bit. instead of the west wind, which really rises in temperatures. and also brings in warmer water from the gulf stream. so when you have a west wind, the temperatures in the water start to drop into the 60s. when winds out of the east go back up to 70. they go to 75, 76 degrees. that's really nice. dew point down to 66. a little more comfortable. a nice summer day. east winds around the region. east winds, ocean city. at 8, d.c. winds southwest over the weekend. and that's going to allow some of this fair but warmer conditions to move in. down to the south, along the gulf. the gulf coast there in florida, and along the atlantic coast. perhaps this thing by the bahamas may join up. could be quite a bit of rain. extreme southern wind. could develop into some kind of tropical system. we'll keep watching it. but from our region, looks like high pres

the water temp is 82, no wind, and that keeps the water nice and calm.t a terrific weekend to be out on the chess peele peek or down this way. how about the atlantic association, or bethany beach or ocean city, maryland. you pick the spot. you see the people this on the boardwalk having a great time even at this late hour. 73 degrees right now down by the water. low temperatures this morning in the mid-60s. overall, this is about where we're headed tonight but maybe only 68, 69 degrees by daybreak. each night, it will be stickier and muggier for the next three, four nights. temperatures probably only drop to 70 or so by the time we get to monday and tuesday night. temperatures right now 72 in bwi. off to the west things cooling off just slightly more. although not so in hagerstown where they are hanging on to 78 degrees. this is the story right now. you talk about crystal clear skies right now over baltimore and really across most of the state. it is just nice and clear. well west of us. you are talking way out in the far western maryland out toward the

nice and warm. a little humid as well with temp chu temptures right around 90.aybe an isolated thunderstorm nopt a big deal. most of us staying dry. tuesday looking great. wednesday, that's when the front drops into the area bringing us a chance of a shower or a storm. thursday looks good. d then maybe by fridaynnhas when we could pick up another shower or storm. upper level disturbance glides across the area. at least tomorrow, lots of sunshine. >>> a team from san francisco came out on top at the street soccer usa cup in the district today. 16 teams of homeless men and women took part in that tournament. the street soccer usa conducts soccer programs at homeless shelters across the country. tournament organizers say this weekend's event raises both money and awareness for moemlessness. the top eight players now move on to the world homeless cup next month in italy. >>> coming up in sports, dan goes one on one with redskins running back clinton .fortis. news julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects

nice. >> okay. well. >>> we were looking for a cooldown coming later this week. actually, by tomorrow night. let's take a look at temps dropped one degree to 93. the dew point is up, however, to 69. humidity at 45%. nice breeze. west winds, 16. barometer just beginning to fall. we'll come back and take a look at, we'll call it a break coming up after this. this fiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> that's tonight's breeze. >> there you go. >> all of that money put into that boat. out in the water is the place to be today. at the beach, we had some high, high temperatures down at ocean city. at least at the airport. i'm not sure what the beach temperature was. but the water temperature there is like 74. that's nice. but the air temperature, reported at the airport, which is not at the beach, got about 99. heat index, around 109 degrees. right now, let's take a look at radar. storms out to the west. you folks getting ve

the next three days pretty nice nfact, tomorrow just an isolated thunderstorm but mid to upper 80s. we get a break on temps. not quite 90 on saturday and we will flirs with 90 on sunday oh -- flirt with 90 on sunday. the weekend either side of me, we'll talk about the forecast in detail overnight. partly cloudy and mild. patchy fog. low 64-72. the fog is going to develop tonight will be the best chance for fog and kim will be here at 4:55 for the latest. now, we get into temperatures, it's very nice. 73 woodbridge. 72 in gaithersburg. pretty uniform too. 72 in hillsborough. down 95 it's low 70s. now, tomorrow partly cloudy and pleasant. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warm. an isolated thunderstorm possible. but a very nice day. high temperatures 84-88. and winds generally easterly at about ten. that's really pretty nice. we'll talk about the zone forecast. remember all six zones are still on our website at wusa9.com. and we also have something kind of cool. go to petco.com and click on the power cast. it's cool stuff. 83 charles town tomorrow. 84 in warrenton. just a slight chance of an isolated thunderst

nice evening. in georgetown, our high temperature today, reasonable humidity too. 87 degrees. the last time, folks we had a rainy day, may 3rd. high temps today, 87 here, down to our south into the 80s. only a few spots into the 90s. look at brownsville. 97 degrees. it's not the temperature so much but the terrible, terrible drought that continues. the exceptional drought. now the 37th day in a row in corpus christi. if you have friends in corpus christi, ta talk to the folks in south texas. 30 days in a row of 95 or higher. today was 97 in corpus christi. and there's the weather front along the east coast and that's been the focus of showers. thundershowers to our south right around us in washington. there's nothing going on. there's where the few showers are. if you're heading down to the outer banks, there may be a few. po portsmouth virginia. 79 degrees. that will be the high temperatures the next couple of days. the little ripples will come around the east coast. that will keep some fresh ocean air in and around us but also keep it cool out on the beaches. tomorrow around here, 88 degrees. when you get up in the morning temperature

nicely for late august. overnight will stay clear to partly cloudy. low temperatures. low 70s downtown but mid to upper 60s in light winds. lis.te t winds. temps alt lyre lyalnice. but 7 frederick. 68 already in manassas. we will come back and talk about a tropical system that may or may not being tropical and tell you what that means to our weekend and redskins game coming up. >> thank you, topper. >>> new video from baghdad just in. look closely especially at the truck with the red tarp. inside is a suicide bomber. the explosion happens just as the bomber passes the camera. now this attack happened five days ago. we have not yet received the tally of the number of civilians killed in that attack but as of today at least 4,335 members of the u.s. military have died in the iraq war since it began in 2003. >>> they say if you have got it flaunt it and one dc woman took this to extremes using her proportions to conceal 2.5 pounds of cocaine inside her bra. customs agents found the cargo regardless during a pat down search after the woman came back from jamaica. andrew stack has the details. >> reporter: on the surface -- >> this was the result o

nice tomorrow. we've got another game plan. we're going to be looking at wet weather across the area. we're dry right now. high tempscross the area. for tomorrow, 79, 80 degrees. look at the trend. and tch your tv screen. down to the south over texas because that's where the big heat is. 103. triple digit readings. sizzling heat. watch over the next couple of days as it comes eastward. looks like a heat wave for us. starting on saturday, d.c. 96 degrees. we continue to the mid and upper 90s. coming up after that going into next week. jim, pat? >> thanks, veronica. >>> coming up, the police say they've arrested the infamous naked burglar. wait till you hear where he worked. >> that's an interesting story. >>> as the vote draws near a number o abrasive on dentures? look, scratches collect and grow cause bad breath instead clean without scratching causing bacteria every day >>> here are some of the top stories maybing news on the web today. >>> last week she was tweeting that she could only come back to "american idol" if the deal was fair. now paula abdul is calling it quits. last night the straight-up singer tweeted,

temps in the upper 90s and lower precipitation triple-digit readings and also extremely humid and we'll be feeling like 100 to maybe 110 in a few cases and behind it, much cooler air, seattle, nice and rapid city, nice, and the heat right here, today, and tomorrow, and then, by monday and tuesday moves across parts of east coast and we'll finally get probably back above 90 in some areas of the northeast which has not happened, rick since april, believe it or not. >> rick: thank you, rick. >> rick: you bet. >> jamie: an on-line weapons dealer that has been linked to guns tor accessories used in three mass killings including the l.a. fitness gym shooting in pittsburgh. he maintains he's done nothing wrong. buys name is eric thompson and recently sold an empty glock.9 millimeter and an pratts to george sodini and sold weapons to the gunmen in the virginia tech and northern now university shooting and he says major stores like wal-mart sell the same types of guns. . >> rick: massachusetts police have broken up a drug and gun ring in new bedford, massachusetts. and seized 2 dozen illegal firearms and 200 grams of cocaine and $50,000 and authorities say a 6-month wiretap investigation

nice. sunday back up in the low 90s. the hot day will be on monday. that will be our real hottest day of the summer, i think. >> high temps, high humidity. >> both. >> okay >> thank you, bob. >>> don't miss the cbs prime time lineup tonight. >>> how the os road trip continues. they head to toronto. this saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. >>> katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> the number of homeless people in this country is at record levels. one city is helping them, through it. that's tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> unthinkable crime, a 3-year- old eastern shore girl killed and prosecutors say her mother did it. now a judge decides her fate. >>> head-on collision. the woman blamed for this deadly crash accused of being drunk at the wheel but her family is fighting to clear her name. "eyewitness news" at 4:00 continues with denise right after this. >>> it is just 4:30. 80 degrees and sunny. hello. thanks for staying with "eyewitness news." i'm denise koch. >>> the story that continues to take unexpected turns. the husband of the woman who police say was drunk and high when she caused a deadly crash drivin

nice summery day out there. august, you can see some fair weather clouds. we have the light easterly wind. and the really -- nothing on doppler. we don't see any showers, thundershowers firing up. tempe washington, 85. zunt 64. that's okay. better than 74. our temperature is down to the south, 80s, too. warm, dry evening. i think a lot of sunshine coming up for the weekend. especially heading out around the bay. i will tell you where there will be rain showers. and the tropics are still -- finally starting to heat up. nothing to worry about. full weekend forecast when i join you in a couple of minutes. >> we will see you then. >>> olympian michael phelps is thtokhtftonig b aereing involved in a car accident in baltimore last night. phelps' black cadillac escalade was going through an intersection when it was struck by a honda accord. the driver of the accord ran a red light. she was taken to a hospital but not seriously hurt. neither phelps nor his two passengers were injured. police say that alcohol was not a factor in the crash. >>> he's suiting up with a new team. another sport superstar is stealing the headlines tonight. >> we are talking about michael vick returning to the nfl a

temps in the 70s and 60s across the central plains and around the great lakes. low humidity which is going to be such a nice break. it has been so sticky across the eastern seaboard. a look at the dew points that shows how much moisture is in the air. when you get the dark greens of 70 plus it is awful out there and that is what we have seen. by tomorrow we start to see the lighter greens move in and that is going to bring some very nice conditions. so monday, tuesday, wednesday, all across much of the eastern coast is going to be very nice. here is bill pulling off. but we have one little bit of a disturbance that has to get through here and that is going to happen tonight so we could see unsettled weather across parts of the northeast. at least a few showers and thunderstorms and then it is gone. a few across, florida, for the day today as well. focus across the west, really inactive recently. a couple of spots for severe weather. one across area of montana in towards north dakota could see maybe an isolated tornado, certainly some wind damage and some hail and one other spot down across parts of the sout