the city. steady rain off to the east will be moving our way.a watch, warning and advisory graphic shows a flash flood watch in effect for rain that has fallen and is expected to fall. 73 right now on tv hill, 4 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. 79 at lunch going to a high of 82. passing showers and thunderstorms. >>> now over to sharon gibala at traffic good. >> good morning. we still have some problems to talk about. the roads are wet so we've had some accidents. three of them in the city. one of them on east center at saint paul, another one at cars well at kennedy and homestead. we have that water main break downtown still blocking light street. streets blocked for art scape, charles is one of them. the ramp from the jfx to saint paul street is blocked. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway. still no delays out there. 56 is slower than we were seeing on the west side, but over the speed limit. there's a look at the jfx at cold fringe lane. another look outside -- cold spring lane. another look outside at 95. for your best deal

through the chesapeake and will be offshore in the next couple hours. 6:00 status sitting at 89 in the city east. 91 down towards solsbery. again a new record of 100. we tied that 1993 record of 100 degrees. but we are done with heat and humidity for the next several days as we get cooler air moving in. 105 here in charlottesville. 90 degrees around the 8:00 hour. and then notice it gets drier by tomorrow morning. 76, to 87 through tomorrow. again this cold front is moving from southern new jersey through delaware and back into the ohio valley. we are again going to shift our focus towards the north as opposed to the southern direction, and that will bring in the cooler hair. we are right between this cooler area and this hot humid air mass to the south and that will maybe bubble up some showers and storms. so for the overnight, 74. warm and steamy with a thunderstorm threat through the overnight. 87 for tomorrow. seven-day norcast looks like this -- seven-day forecast looks like this. more humidity by the end of the week going into next wend. >> and your money tonight. sudden whiplash at the ga

right now, it's off to the east of the city. heavy activity toward earlville and just east of the bay there. another batch across northeastern maryland. it's moving off today. for the rest of tonight, maybe a few more showers. there's still a watch in effect for hartford, pg county until 1 a.m. the flash flood warning for the city took effect until 2 a.m. we will see more storms into the weekend. i'll have the forecast in a few minutes. >>> a manhunt is on for the gunman who kidnapped cal ripkin's mother and held hers to damage for nearly 26 hours. police need your help to find out who he is and we he abducted vi rbi companionship. >> reporter: police have released this flier and w surveillance picture of man they say aa ducted vi ripkin. >> reporter: this is the man police say kidnapped vi ripkin at gun point. a surveillance camera captured these immaterialenings. >> he was wearing a long white shirt, blue jean, had a hat on. >> reporter: the suspect tied up ripkin and forced her into the backseat of her silver lean con town car

chief of police for the city of east palo alto, california, since 2005. before that, 19 years with the oakland police department, where he rose to the rank of captain. chief davis served on the federal monitoring teams, overseeing police reform consent decrees between the u.s. department of justice, washington, d.c., and detroit. among other publications, he's co-authored the justice department monograph, how to correctly collect and analyze racial profiling data. your reputation depends on it. he has a bachelors of science degree from southern illinois university in carbondale. he testified at both the previous senate hearing on racial profiling, and sorry it's been so long since we've resumed this conversation, but it's an honor to have you return a few years later, to bring us update. at this point, chief davis, the floor is yours, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning, mr. chairman, and distinguished subcommittee members. i'm ronald davis. i'm currently the chief of police for the city of east palo alto, california. i am humbled to

we're here at olympic park in the city's east end. e three days away now from the opening ceremony of the games of the 30th olympiad. i'm willie geist. this is a special edition of "way too early." i'll be here for the next three weeks reporting as the united states does what it does best as the summer olympics crushing without mercy the hopes and dreams of athletes around the world. most people it's safe to say don't follow olympic sports in off years. this year i'm going to give you three things you'll need to know as the games begin on friday. going to call it cocktail party knowledge of the summer olympics. i'll get you ready for that later in the show. i want to know what you're up to at this hour in the dead of summer. it's 10:30 a.m. over here. i'm pretty good. 5:30 back home. e-mail me. you know what yaur doing up at this hour. we'll get back to the olympics in a little bit. the news today is back home. >>> authorities in colorado on monday released the mug shot of the man accused of going on a shooting rampage in a movie theat

we're here at olympic park in the city's east end. we're three days away now from the opening ceremony of the games of the 30th olympiad. i'm willie geist. this is a special edition of "way too early." i'll be here for the next three weeks reporting as the united states does what it does best as the summer olympics crushing without mercy the hopes and dreams of athletes around the world. most people it's safe to say don't follow olympic sports in off years. this year i'm going to give you three things you'll need to know as the games begin on friday. going to call it cocktail party knowledge of the summer olympics. i'll get you ready for that later in the show. i want to know what you're up to at this hour in the dead of summer. it's 10:30 a.m. over here. i'm pretty good. 5:30 back home. e-mail me. you know what yaur doing up at this hour. we'll get back to the olympics in a little bit. the news today is back home. >>> authorities in colorado on monday released the mug shot of the man accused of going on a shooting rampage in a movie t

they were hit when gunfire erupted at crowded block party on the city's east side in toronto. >> it was an altercation that took place within the event itself and there were many people fleeing the scene but pry preliminary information is it took place in and among the crowd at the event. >> the incident was-- an infant is among 19 people injured. child is expected to be okay. police took one person and say it's a person of interest is in custody. they continue to look for possible additional shooters. they now turned to twitter for new information as witnesses are hopefully going to be able to help them. continue following this story at abc2news.com at the top of the web page at breaking news, shooting in toronto is your spot to go. at the bottom of the story we have for you a clip that will snd you to the cbc website a news bureau agency out of thetoronto for the latest as it comes to them and it will come to you as quickly as possible. by using abc2news.com. this is an increase of violence. violent crimes in toronto more than 33% higher in year over year statistics. >>> it's 4 minute

this is what we're trying to do in a larger south of market block and due out the city. the east-west works for the interior courtyards. i like the concept for hickory alley and the manner in which they're going about that, exactly what should be done. using three different architects for one building is something we do not always find. the architectural expressions relate to each other and yet the center of the project has a little different feel to it, as do the two bookends. they have the presence of being so in a different iteration. that is very pleasing. i am satisfied with the explanations from moh and economic development. i understand differences and repercussions there. i look forward to the development. i am glad to hear from -- i am glad to hear that it is coming soon. i look forward to seeing that. it will complete what will be, to my knowledge, the largest true in feel -- infill situation that this city is likely to see. in the middle of residential. here is a massive site that is in the middle of a residential area. if it was not for the freeway coming down, we wou

using jfx in to the city, no delays from the beltway downtown to east fayette.traffic is up to speed traveling through the fort mc henry and harbor tunnel. this is what the topside looks like in towson, delaney, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. >>> high speed racing returns to downtown in a few weeks. first, we got to get the track ready. a live report coming up. for those of us working the overnight shift, this is not good news at all. what employers can do to help those working the graveyard shift stay healthy. you are waking up to what is new, now and next. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex.

the city now. that one is on north wolfe street at east north. some debris on 95 northbound at the beltway.till have that downed tree at build win and 165 -- at baldwin and 165. take 152 instead. watch for a traffic light out in hanover on dorsey road. a water main break on york road. take beaver dam or 83 instead. 63 is your average on the top and west side. not so bad there. there's a look at 9 a5 -- 95 just north of 195. there's another look outside. that shot is going to be the beltway at old court road. remember wjz 13 is always on so for traffic information log onto wjz.com. >>> here's what people will be talking about and hopefully living through today. the heat has already proved deadly around here. today won't be better weather wise. the heat comes as tens of thousands of people approach a week without electricity and air-conditioning. mike schuh is live at one of the problem areas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're on lake and charles street. when the storm came through it took a giant tree that way, moved it there. there's another oak over there. it took out that pol

. >> san jose arson investigators say someone intentionally set a fire on the city's east side. firefighters were called to independence high school just before 7:00. a sprinkler prevented the fire from spreading any further. investigators say there is no major damage to the interior of the building >> one man is dead, the victim of a shooting in the oakland hills. police say he was shot near mission boulevard and cooley drive. police found him dead on sun kiss drive. so far, no word on any suspects or motive >> and man convicted of a triple murder in san francisco had reportedly killed before. a gang leader who became an fbi informant reported six years ago that edwin ramos had killed a rival gang member in 2006. nobody has ever been arrested for that. more than one dozen deaths are being blamed on severe weather in the midwest and the mid- atlantic. >> millions are without power dealing with sweltering heat and no air conditioning. the challenge this morning won't be simply getting to work because in that area, stop lights are out which means traffic delays and more storms coul

which sits at the city's east end the park is 600 acres strong, build on the site of an old industrialat site has nobody been trmpld into something beautiful, with lavish gardens and venues. >> the next couple days we'll take you back to the park, we'll talk about some of the venues there. i took along a friend as i mentioned, we took along flat dan, we're going to call it. we had a good time with him. >> was he carry-on? >> we fedexed him over. >> at great expense, i heard. >> folded me into pieces. >> you didn't make it back, unfortunately, but you're going to like it. >> i can't wait to see it. >>> you're going to set the scene before the olympics even begin. >> the excitement is just overwhelming. >>> more tomorrow. thanks, doug -- dan, doug. >> dan, doug, whatever. >>> first we're going to talk about the wizards, badri shows off his new stuff, and adam oates is also going camping. >>> plus the nats' all-st [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is trouble

the cluster of storms to the east of the city. get off the bay. we have a special marine warning, rock hall, centerville. they're getting smashed producing 1700 to 2,000 bolts per 15 minutes. that's a tremendous amount of lightning. we'll slide it over to the wide view crossing northern baltimore county. there's more storms and showers. they have to be monitored. all the action just to the east of the city limits. take a look at the temperatures. 99. frederick, 73 degrees. your 30-degree is in the 50, 60-mile radius. it feels like it's 107 in salisbury, feeling comfortable. we hit a record. we'll share that record in the seven-day forecast. >> this is the shot. the bay bridge is shot down. remember the last storm we had. we had cars overturn hitting the sides of the bridge. they have shut the bridge down. that's the reason for the backup. nobody is crossing the bay bridge until this storm passes through. we'll keep monitoring the situation and give you updates as we go throughout. get off the bay because of that marine warning. we're in the kiddin

city. and what better way to demonstrate to the world the openness of this city than to offer, in some future year, to hold the olympic games here in berlin, east and west. [ applause ] in these four decades, as i have said, you berliners have built a great city. you've done so in spite of threats, the soviet attempts to impose the east mark, the blockade. today, the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit in the very presence of this wall. what keeps you here? certainly, there's a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant courage. but, i believe there's something deeper, something that involves berlin's whole look and feel and way of life. not mere sentiment. no one could live long in berlin without being completely disabused of illusions. something, instead, that has seen the difficulties of life in berlin but chose to accept them. that continues to build this good and proud city in contrast with surrounding totalitarian presence that refuses to release human energies or aspirations, something that speaks with a powerful voice of affirmation that says yes to this city, yes to the future, yes to freedom. in a word, i

a few accidents in the city, south president and kennedy at east north. out still in columbia, 108 at columbia road. speeds slow on the west side of the beltway, 29 your average. that's the outer loop to the left as we take a live look outside. that's on 95, stop and go at best from approaching mountain road down past little gun powder falls bridge. today please join us for open house at our location, july 18th at 6:30 where good cooks become great. back over to you. >>> three young boys drowned in a caroline county creek. people are calling for action. two 12-year-olds and an 8 -year-old was reported missing. rescue workers discovered them head in the marshy section of hope creek. neighbors say that creek is dangerous and they want the county to take steps from something like this happening again. >>> stay with wjz maryland's news,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ telephone rings ] how's the camping trip? well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. ♪ the best part of wakin' up what are you doing? having coffee. ohh. ♪ is folgers in your cup trust icy hot for p

wires down in the city, east bounded at bonn view.out at ordnance at arundel corporation drive. lights out in middle river road. if you're headed out on the beltway, speeds looking good. there's a live look outside 79 a at owens -- 795 at owens mills. 95 back up to speed. we had an earlier accident that was blocking the northbound direction at the right tube. everything is running smoothly there. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. visit your toyota dealer today. now is the time to make the jump. >>> it's 6:22. a lot going on this morning. we're going to take a break and be coming right back. >> how well do you think your protecting your skin. the fda has new regulations for sunscreen that's s [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt. juicy steak, crispy bacon, and melted cheese with creamy santa fe caesar. or try adding egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt -- a favorito for breakfast but muy bueno any t

the city which is east of the los angeles has a budget shortfall of $45 million. ity leaders warn they may not be able to pay workers. >>> the future home of the oakland a's will not be resolved any time soon. they formed a committee to analyze the laid number issue. he is concerned about lawsuits no matter if they move from the out bay -- south bay. >>> pablo sandoval smacked a bases loaded triple and milky cabrera had a two run home run most valuable player and in the american league, it is 8-0. 4:45 is the time. hopefully the giants get to the world series and they have home field advantage. >> i don't think i have ever seen the giants dominate. i have been watching baseball for a long time. i remember it was the other way when the giants 0 got in there and didn't do well. >>> good morning he have one, traffic is moving a long well. you can see some flashing lights, it is not causing a big traffic jam but it is there. also we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and that traffic continues to look nice with no major problems and 4:46 we are off to a departmen

the city. from the many police centers in the city by the opposition members of. syrian free army. as you know. there are some clashes in the city in some parts of the far east. side of the city syrian retreat for. the freighters there are just some. by some helicopter we can't break through the fences are very full. fossil organisations the volunteers that are trying to help those people government in the trying to help by opening the school they are trying to help these things to work and to give them what being the berries are really knowledge for to see changes but not the people will. change but a gun or change by force you know they will. because we are full of examples in other cities like dance like. other cities. i think we ring in for people in syria is think the change in. peace in a political way by council forces the focus of the conflict shifted to aleppo off the army flushed i want to describe these militants from the key districts of the capital damascus but the u.s. has shaken off the setback handing the rebels actions in pledging additional support from the investigative website who was why the com says the mainstream media is singing in choo

the city. work ... is... underway... in... east baltimore ... to. ..repair... a. ..15 ...foot... sinkhole... that... led to ...a... broken gas line. line. this... the scene... wednesday.../ when ... the city... was forced to close... 4 blocks... from east monument... to... milton street .../ and... more than... a... dozen businesses.../. the sinkhole... was... caused by.. .a... storm drain... culvert.../ that... acted like... a washing machine... under... the road,.../ swirling... tons of water... and trash..../the... city... is... sending crews ... to... assess... the damage .../ but... the... road... could be closed... for weeks. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report. mapmapmdot- 695 at wilkensfiber- 895 poteemap 3 3 he is the owner of the company and he sets policy for the comp" company."fallout from comments made by the president of chick -fil- a.which city says no thank you to the company's desire to build a restaurant there. and the jerry sandusky case has brought sex abuse to the forefront.coming up in our take action thursday... we talk wit

there are several that are feasible, aeven if the side solution like many east coast cities. -- facade solution like many east coast cities, it is possible. what we need is professional leadership from professional planning commissioners, planning staff, to help guide san francisco and chinatown into the future. in the short term, we all feel we need certain programmatic needs. in the long term, those programmatic needs do not preserve the very culture and the essence of the people's that comprise it, then perhaps we have not been very successful. chinatowns in the united states has been disappearing. we do not see it on a daily basis, but several have disappeared. the big east coast cities are being nibbled away by adjacent downtowns and financial districts. washington, d.c.'s old chinatown has virtually disappeared. most of that is gone. in five years. we like to see some sense that the city is looking in the long run. make this building a model of that. where we blend the modern with the historic that is part of our chinese-american memories. thank you. vice president wu: any furthe

the olympic games in the largest construction project in europe sits on beautiful grounds on the city's eastut just six years ago that land looked much, much different. >> we built 600 acres of what essentially was very tired industrial area and railway lines running through it, old waterways. some pretty unkind photographs around of what it looked like before but it was almost a bit of a no man's land. >> reporter: sir john who was knighted by the queen just last year has been the man in charge of tearing down that old land and reconstructing something completely new and beautiful that london can be proud of for years to come. >> the intention of the site was to create something people want to come to. all these sporting facilities, the biggest park that's being built in london for 100 years, brand-new shopping mall on the doorstep going up at the same time. the new village for the athlete. so hopefully in the future lots of jobs, lots of opportunity and places to live, places to come and enjoy yourself. >> reporter: we had a fantastic time touring around the park while the last of the cons

the city. eastern parts of the city moving to the east.gsville, that eventually moves across the bay. this is i-70 along here. heavy rain, thunder and lightning. along the eastern half of 70. pretty good rains. this last rain producing over 1 inch of rain. we are also beginning to slide this whole thing itself. it does not quite extend to the pennsylvania line. let's switch to a wider view of the radar. as you can see, this band of yellow and red right along the front. ocean city is getting some pretty good rains. we take a look at the radar estimates. off to our south west, this was last night. this up here, this occurred just this morning. it is concentrated more on the city of west word. over 3 inches of rain there. that stuff that is falling right along i-70 to the east. temperatures, annapolis, 73 degrees. edgewood, alton, 74. 60's out in western maryland. the cold front is right along us. it is in the 60's. eventually, that filters in. no 100's during the day today. right now, it is a stalled front. eventually, it moves to the south.

the city. from the many people. in the c.p. by the politicians members of. syrian free army and as you know b.p. there are some pressure being the city in some parts of the far east and with side of the city syrian military force are these papers there are just some of them by. helicopter we can't take the truth sensors of those of the military for we shan't see the mosul organizations the volunteers that are trying to help those people from government in the trying to help by opening the school they are trying to help these things a chance to work and to give them what they need their is a really knowledge to see changes but not the people will be changed by gun or change by force you know they will just because when we pull of bad example in other cities like dance like um our. other fifty's. i think the big we ring it for people in syria is seeing the change in. peace in a political way by counterforce of the focus of the conflict shifted to aleppo of the army flush to what it describes as militants from key districts in the capital damascus but the u.s. has shaken off the setback hailing the rebels' actions and pledging additional support to russ baker from t

the scene. east bound 80 is currently not accessible. we do not have an estimated time of when the lanes will reopen. if you are planning to go out of the city heading over to the east they will probably have to find an alternate route. that could be the san mateo bridge or the dumbarton bridge this morning. we will keep you informed on any breaking of states--on any breaking of this. we do have yolie on the scene. we will have more information on this developing story coming up. i also wanted to tell you about this figure alert. this is east bound west bound interstate 80. we do have all the lanes shutdown there as well. this is due to some police activity that just occurred about and how were ago. if you are watching in the bay area and you're heading this way you may want to use east bound ag. --east bound 80. >> erica: again, we have no estimated time of when the lanes will reopen. we will have more information coming up in a further report but as you take a look at the traffic cameras, all is well of open into the city of the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. there are no metering lights to deal with and traffic is flowing freely. her

widespread 60s to low 70s in the city tomorrow. mid-70s for the east bay. you get inland and numbers will warm into the mid- to upper 80s, areas near walnut creek and concord. north diablo. when i come back i will show you that long range model for the fog forecast and i'll detail the numbers, i'll see you back here in a bit. >>> people who don't like froi gras are not going down without a fight. they are now fighting the law. they argue that the law is riddled with ambiguities. >>> and a reminder that you can get ktvu news to go on your cell phone. download the ktvu act, click on the live icon and you can watch all of our newscasts live and be connected any time, any where. >>> a big disappointment for the tahoe area. up next why the area is no longer in the running for the 2022 olympic games. >>> we're in one east bay city where it's tradition to celebrate the 4th on the 3rd. we'll bring you the highlights of tonight's spectacular show. america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- &

using 95, to get into the city, this is 395, no delays through the fort mchenry tunnel. but watch out in east baltimore the sink hole is a huge problem on monument street. look this is the repairs underway -- look at the repairs underway. the city said this is such a huge problem that it may turn off some residents' water within the next week it should be repaired. until then use or liens -- oral -- orlean street. >> you think you would be safe walking your dog. >> that's what 574-year-old thought until she was attacked. this woman fought back and has a incredible story. >> reporter: its appears the robber had her eye on the 74- year-old taking notice of her morning routine and her age. but gwyn sirota was willing to fight the woman who attacked her in her home. you may find the video graphic. show was walking her dog around8:30 like she does every day. she lives in the valley crossing community in cockeysville and said hello, to a woman and noticed the woman turn around. that alarm her and she went back to her house and walked inside the unlocked front door and sought woman inside her home.

the rain reaches up into the city, primarily to the east. en to the ne counter carroll county and baltimore county. there is ocean city with blue skies. couple hours ago, we showed the picture of the beach. it is not raining down there, 68 degrees at the airport and down at the ocean, partly cloudy skies, 79 degrees. the northeast wind is at 5 miles per hour. where it has been raining, temperatures have dropped. annapolis is 73 degrees. they had arranged her go through their earlier. there is 79 degrees at ocean city. there is more sundowns out. -- down south. this is a cluster of rain that reaches the northeast corner of maryland. there's not much out to the west. there is not much rain that there is clouds. totally done with the rain yet. the system over tennessee and kentucky is dissolving. more warm air is coming into the area and that will leave an unstable atmosphere. the one from will probably trigger some more showers of least a chance. mostly cloudy skies today, we will see a few sunbreaks, showers and thunderstorms are in the foreca

the third time in two weeks in california city is filing bankruptcy. the city was not able to make this city of about 210,000 residents is 50 mi. east of slots angeles. o appear in the some largest >> there were two other cities prior to this. the file for bankruptcy. >>darya: the man and shot last night and oakland was a 15 year-old boy this happened at a 1500 block at leon in drive. >> earlier yesterday and am was found dead inside his car near highway 580. police believe he was shot and given to the allocation could >> investigators wrongly dealing with other shooting in the last few days with five people were shot and jack london square on sunday he can see city will use are hearing from the police she was the talk about to the crime. they're not the provide >> were also going to consolidate some of the problem solving offices for crime reduction team and encourage them to be corrected. dive >> there is a timetable in which the layoffs will happen in >>mark: this san francisco city college vice to stay open. they could lose its accreditation and set down and does not find a way to cover the budget deficit. >> the city college board met trying to c

the area. really from baltimore city on east heading for the chesapeake good downpours of rain. we have been watching this moving along 70 heading towards 695. rainfall rates between 1 to perhaps 1 1/2 inches of rain. that's for the radar and middle river towards dundalk seeing pretty heavy rain at this hour. so certainly heavy rain in the forecast through the morning but watch that taper off during the mid-morning. 73 in town. dc at 75. easton at 75. and everything running along the cold frontal boundary that got hung up between baltimore and dc and that's why we are seeing this wave of moisture running along. but this front drops towards the south for the afternoon hours. and that will allow for cooler drier air mass to come into play. 68 up towards central pa. beyond that upper 50s. that's the cooler air mass heading into the afternoon. the searing heat towards the south. we have a dip in the jet stream and that's going to funnel in cool are air. maybe a little unsettled with the clash of the air masses that canadian air mass and heat down to the south. 87 the two degree guar

spokane, well into the 90s. 99 degrees in salt lake city. we are paying the price here in the east as the cooler temperatures come in. we have the severe thunderstorm watches in effect including washington, d.c. unfortunately, watch out for damages winds and possibly hail with some of these storms as well. as we've already noted, golf ball sized halt with some of these storms into nashville with a severe thunderstorm warning still in effect. >> kelly cass with a picture from home. thanks. >>> we are looking overseas to europe. we have an update on the severe flooding there. in southern russia, the death toll rose to at least 153. most victims were from one town and were sleeping when the floods hit. more than a foot of rain fell on the area in less than 24 hours. president vladimir putin took a look by helicopter. and ordered an investigation into whether there were sufficient flood warnings. >>> to syria where the deadly crisis shows no sign of ending. today there was tough talk from the united states and syria's president. martin fletcher is following the story from cairo for us

people might want to reconsider setting off illegal fireworks not only in the oakland but in the city of eastto. police in both towns will be listening using their shot spotter technology. that's a series of microphones that can triangulate the sound of gunfire, immediately notifying officers of that location. turns out shot spotter works for fireworks and it distinguish between the two. fireworks are illegal in east palo alto and oakland. even the safe and sanes. they encourage celebrating be done without breaking the law. >> the concern is the fire danger, and that's what we're really looking at. we remember the firestorm many years ago with the significant fire here in the city of oakland, and that's something that our fire department and the city works very hard every year trying to reduce the amount of fires and the damage that it can cause. >> reporter: opd will set up specialized patrols in the eastern and western parts of their cities specifically because in the past those are areas where they had problems not only with illegal fireworks on the fourth of july but celebratory gunfire.

the mid-90s. we'll be right there again this afternoon. a live look at your radar. one or two showers and sprinkles around particularly east of the day and south and east of the city. i don't think we'll see a whole lot of rain unlike the last couple of afternoons and evenings. today, just the isolated risk of a late-day thunderstorm but most of your day just kind of hazy, hot and humid with high temperatures forecast to be in the mid-90s. ava little morning haze here, i think we'll quickly see the sunshine. we know the routine by now. right now at reagan national, 77 degrees. humidity is way on up there. that is my way of saying i'm going to check it. it is 76%. more details on the forecast and we'll talk about this little mini heat wave upcoming in just a minute. back to you guys. >>> if you take metro, you may notice some additional staff at the stations during your morning commute. they will be there to quickly respond in case the system has any more technical difficulties. now, this is all in response to the computer glitches that took place over the weekend. that is when metro shut down twice after controllers could no longer see where the trains were located

the city has been doing work on the east end of the square for more than a year and with this new construction phase stockton will be closed for years, perhaps five years. that is according to the municipal transportation agency which is moving into the next phase of building the central subway, an underground train running from chinatown to union square and points beyond if they eventually find the money >> our model has been short-term pain for long-term gain >> she says she does not think the construction will have that much of a negative impact, when is completed in 2019 he will bring huge numbers of people to the district >> we will feel vibrations and it will be very dusty. >> kevin hershey of spectacles does not quite see it through rose colored glasses >> maybe it will be fantastic but while they're doing the construction, it will be a nightmare >> construction and road closures will take a break during the holidays. the mess is expected to be cleaned up by 2017. the subway itself is projected to be up and running in 2019. >> metal thieves have a new target, a gaping holes they are lea

the peninsula, across the east bay, mid-50s inland. afternoon highs tomorrow, 60s long the coast. into the city, low 70s. east bay low 70s. concord, 80s. mid-80s and inland antioch, low 90s for the second half of the day. coming up, we will look at your holiday forecast and into the weekend. >>> it is the first of its kind experiment, starting today what some riders can do on muni buses. >> and a funding change could effect san francisco traffic whether you live there or just visiting. >>> starting today san francisco muni is expanding its backdoor boarding policy to include buses. passengers with a clipper card can board all muni vehicles through the backdoor. some passengers like the idea but say the plan could give people a free ride. >> well, that means it will get people on quicker. quicker. you know, there will be lot of cheaters, of course, as always. >> the boarding is expected to improve their runtimes. by 75-150%. it makes muni the first transit agency with an all door boarding system. ktvu channel 2. >> muni's monthly m pass costs $64. single ride tickets are still $2. bart is up 5-15 cents. transit increases by

the city council of san bernadine no has voted to file for bankruptcy this is now the third bankruptcy for a city in california and the last two weeks. they have 210,000 residents is about 50 mi. eastf los angeles. this is now the second-largest city after stockton file. danon are short $45 million for the next year. you may recall that stockton filed for bankruptcy last month and that is the largest u.s. city to do so. >> darya: berkeley city council will let voters decide on the controversial sent--"sit lie"late last night and they decided on this and dozens of people spoke out against it. >> you really think there is now one-third of berkeley that would be against attacking the homeless? >> they are trying to cut things like they do not have the shelters open in the summer all the time so with a push the people into? >> darya: if this becomes law, there will be some exceptions. >> mark: synthetic turf was at the golden gate park last night they decided to replace the soccer fields with new turf. supporters say the changes will reduce injuries and increase the amount of playing time. >> mark: last night the giants players put on a show. public centimos--pavlo sandavol helped pick

the city. several inches of rain out there. some flooding. moving west to east. in is thinning out in west virginia. this will taper off. it will be sliding slowly. the further south, how much rain has occurred with this? yesterday, there are some ran off to our west and south. you can see a ban right in here. this is that heavy rain that occurred. out in frederick county as well. the rain was not quite as heavy. hear on tv so we only had one quarter inch of rain. and then on to the east. a lot of thunder and lightning earlier this morning. current temperatures, but around 80 degrees. at cambridge, 72, 75. it is in the 60's out in far western maryland. there is a front. 60's to our north. this green area is that cooler air. the rain is running right along the front from west to east. it will slide to the south. it will take the highest air and how this committee. a steady improvement in the weather today. there is a chance for thunderstorms. that will be pushed to mostly to the south. a progression of rain to the south of us today. our forecast, 87 today. but that

the coast. but it's going to be downright hot. 100-degree weather in some of the east bay cities where it will be the warmest. we hit the 90s yesterday in livermore. we're headed toward triple-digit heat. make sure you're ready and it's a spare the air day. so keep that in mind. 4:31. here is mike and your drive. >> spare the air but no free rides, try to carpool or take mass transit. a lot of folks reducing it to one lane. that's the biggest impact northbound 101, sounds like some of the temperatures. 101 through palo alto, we have construction restricting you to one lane. no slowing. a few cars on the road right now. similar with the dumbarton bridge, construction crews but no slowing at the scene as they continue overnight road work. and south, 85 has crews. the transition onto 85 in either direction, you can use 237 getting onto the same highway and 101 or the fremont entrance. things are moving on other roads. that's a smooth drive for the south bay. >> no question about it, this one was one of the bay area's biggest murder trials. >> now the defendant hans reiser is back in court facing a w

moment and that is around the area here and some showers includings good thunderstorms to the south and east of the cityand into fredericksburg as well and that includes the city of frederick and you had some heavy localized rain. moving west to east here and there you can see it and that is with us for the morning hours. the front is to the south of us. i think, much of the focus of the showers and storms to the south and that is some clouds in the forecast, cooler temperatures with highs in the mid-80s and that is a degree or two below normal. 85 today and some morning showers and storms and some clouds out, there a couple of showers possible and the storm early and that is continuing for the week. the temperatures all week long in the 80s and into the 60s and 70s and this is going to feel great and that is a look at weather. and got some -- i don't know what we have. just take it away. [ laughter ] >> and whatever you have, i hope it's not contagious. >> and we'll see that and that should be easy enough for me. not a lot is happening on the roads and you can see the raindrops, southbound 270 and to 1

majority of the squad on ice settling into the athletes' village based at the olympic park in the north east of the city that is where the majority of medals will be won and lost over the next two and a half weeks and to give us a flavor of what it's like up there is that you've ample flipped over sparsely furnished just behind me there will be five ten thousand sportsman and official state individual hoarsely games including the four hundred also russians these two thousand told me i don't walk around. but we could go also but again as i was very very impressed with the whole sense that it was a much improved from beijing years ago that's all now face to. face with the press or. someone who speaks the truth so help us really we should enjoy this story speaking small but not competing for russia will be hoping for a more improved performance of the vancouver games ok that was winter olympics this summer olympics russia something they'll be hoping to try and get around twenty five gold medals and try and seal third place in the middle table over all i mean to trying to match the likes of china or usa of

the radar. i want to mention we have a severe thunderstorm warning. yes, here we are south and east of the city, severe thunderstorm warning just went up for parts of dorchester county, somerset county in maryland until 5:30 this morning. so that storm has turned severe. some winds with it have been clocked close to 60 miles per hour. and it is racing off to the east at about 35 miles per hour. so lower eastern shore, if you are out towards cambridge and alsobury, perhaps ocean city here, you have to watch this storm carefully as it has a history of producing a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning and very gusty conditions. a little closer to home in washington, we are quiet at the moment but we are warm and humid. 80 at reagan national. 76 at dulles. going to be another hot day. today will feel a little better than yesterday and the reason why, the humidity, the dew point temperatures have fallen just slightly so high temperature will only top out in the mid-90s. sorry. small consolation, a little better than yesterday, we were 99. >> i still see the flashing hot there. >> could be one or two stor

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