in the way that the cold war was studied and treated in the middle east. by and large people looked at it in terms of advantage. this worked out to the advantage of the united states or this didn't or this worked out to the advantage of the soviets or this didn't. most of these things incidentally whether they worked out to the advantage of the united states or the soviet union did not work out to the advantage of most middle easterners and that is one of the major points that i try to make in this book. the competition between the superpowers, whatever it may or may not have done for them did not have good consequences in many respects for middle easterners. there's a chapter in this book write talk about how conflicts in the middle east were affected by the cold war. they weren't started by the cold war but how they were affected and by and large they were affected in a very negative fashion. they were exacerbated. they were made worse. they were envenomed. they were made much, much more violent in some cases. and i deal with the israeli conflict, the leb

we are looking at the storm to move past the east coast, winds sustained 100 miles per hour. gusts up to 150, moving to to north wets at 17 miles per hour. and the pressure is fluctuating a little bit. we will keep you updated on this storm as it moves on up the east coast. so for now and how it's going to affect us and what we are expecting to see for this rest of this afternoon, we send to it marty bass. >> reporter: what is going to keep bill at bay is a cold front that is moving our way. it's going to kickoff pretty big risks of rain showers and thunderstorms in the area. well frankly starting from now through possibly much of tomorrow. this is first warning doppler we're radar. wide scan. harrisburg is getting beat up right now. tim and i over the past half hour watched thunderstorms train, one and another moving north to south over the past 30 minutes, we are seeing vigorous shower activity in and aroundthermont, hagerstown to the east of cum ber land. it's a matter of time before this begins to press in an easterly direction,s that front which will ultimately move throu

democracy, in the middle east. if you look at the count that is made by freedom house of what they call the electoral democracies around the world, you will see that if you subtract what you might call the muslim middle east, the 23 countries, 22 members of the arab league and iran, together, you put them in one basket and you take all of the rest of the world, the likelihood of being a democracy and all of the rest of the world is 70%. and the likelihood of being a democracy among those 23 countries in the muslim release is zero, although you know, at the margins lebanon, iraq, there are some that are closer than others. and it is this startling contrast that i think led to my having to put up with so much teasing while i was writing this book. but the fact is that although there is no democracy in the middle east, there are democrats. first of all, we have public opinion polls which show when asked the question, overwhelming majorities say they want democracy. granted, that we don't know always what the term conno

danny is going to be really a nonfactor for everyone on the east coast. it's going to stay along the coast and very weak. so even up in boston looking a lot better. but that doesn't mean it's not going to rain. there's a trough and a big cold front moving into the east. a lot of humid air out there. this is not from danny. this is typical rain that's going to be in many areas today. it's going to be damp out there with hit or miss showers and storms. if you're watching wcau nbc 10 philadelphia, pennsylvania, prepare to be swept away by a cutting edge mix of jazz, with pop, latin influences on smooth jazz summer nights. that's your eastern event of the day, dan. >> you might want to bring the umbrella for that. >> unfortunately philadelphia looks pretty well. >> thank you, bill. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> at the box office this weekend, pretty simple, whoever gets closest to $20 million wins. first, there's the reigning champ, quentin tarantino's "inglourious basterds." so "inglourious basterds" should earn somew

and we begin with one of the redskins' biggest rivals in the nfc east. on the bears. and the home opener for dave cutler, yeah. the much ballyhooed offseason acquisition from denver. and here in the second quarter, going up top is denver -- and he does. makes the great leaping catch right there. bears down the one. and that sets up cutler, play action. desmond clark in the back to the end zone for the easy score. and the giant lose, ye. the bears all over them. 17-3. >>> to cleveland we go now. the first start for the lyons' first-round draft pick, quarterback matthew stafford in cleveland. taking on the brownies -- first pass, not a good one. that's why he's a rookie. matthew stafford, growing pains. 5-13, 35-yard. the browns easily dispeas -- dispose of the lyons. >>> once again, dave feldman all over the big story. the redskins beat the steelers 17-13. jason campbell not a strong outing. one of seven for 10 yards. clinton portis, five carries, 26-yard, chase daniel, of course, the two big touchdowns that you're seeing here. running to a second interce

a quick turn to the east and northeast and gets into colder waters. mall craft advisory, south winds, the bay temperature around 82. showers and thunderstorms heavier rain around 72 and tomorrow, could be some flooding tomorrow, dryer and turning cooler late in the day. >> thank you. wjz's great prostate challenge continues, there's another free screening this weekend, it's sun sunday from 9- 3 at 4501 old frederick road. >> still to come. playing politic, surprising allegations. >>> casey anthony back in court, find out why defense attorneys are calling for depositions about the day her daughter's remains were found. >>> she looks like a baby, how this simulator replicates real- life medical emergencies. that story ahead. >>> this is mark with the ravens winding down the training camp. when we continue. >>> this is wjz tv, wjz d t and wjz.com, baltimore. >>> from the city, to the county, to your neighborhood, now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. >>> it's after 6:30. 77 degrees and partly sunny. good evening, thank you for joining

all along the east coast and especially along the upper east coast, people are being urged to stay out of the water at the edge. wjz is always on for complete coverage of first morning weather. any power outage numbers there may be and where they will, go to wjz.com. >>> also making headlines this morning: anne arundel county police say they've discovered a severe case of animal abuse. firefighters had to use haz-mat suits as they removed 21 dogs and puppies from an orchard beach home that was filled with piles of feces. they say social services is now talking with the man and wife who lived inside. so far no charges have been filed against anyone. >>> 50,000 people filed past the coffin of senator ted kennedy in a public tribute at the jfk presidential library in boston. the viewing was followed by a private celebration of life service last night. the president will deliver the eulogy at a funeral in boston today and wjz and cbs news will bring you live coverage of the funeral starting this morning at 10:00. >>> the space shuttle discovery is on its way to the international space stat

but fact is although there is no democracy in the middle east there are democrats. first of all we have public opinion polls which show when asked the question overwhelming majorities say they want democracy. granted that we don't know always what the term connotes for them in polls, but then in addition there are people that we do know who are devoting their lives work and to working and fighting for liberalization and democratization of their country's. and there are not enough of them, but we know how much too little about them. and they are not unique. they exist in the hundreds or thousands. we wish they existed in the hundreds of thousands. but we also have a lot of evidence that their views are more widespread along the younger generation that is coming up and it is among the middle-aged generation of the people that i have written about in this book. and these people are the analogues of the sakharov's or whole full's or to put it in american context of the medgar evers's, james meredith's, rosa parks's and their like who are also few and numbers all of them

we cannot also separate the government systems from the political realities of the middle east of the middle east right now is defined by huge conflict that is unresolved. so back to the point that was made about, if these people who are democrats are not perceived as idiotic and defending something of value and worthy of the support of their country then they will be discredited. that is pretty much what happened i think to the liberal democratic movement is they were perceived as a pro-western, not genuine and not connected to their country. so the need having stated that, the need then is to combine people who are for reform, as they are for moderation on international policy issues. if such a thing is formed and it is perceived to be patriotic and will have something legitimate than people can support. i don't think it has happened so far. >> also, i think that is an important question. and just when you raised the question, the first thing that came to my mind without thinking about it too much, i do believe where the region is having people what life with dignity. it is somethin

on the east side of the capital. members of the public are invited to gather on east lawn. the motorcade will continue to arlington national cemetery for the burial. rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >>> final preparations are underway at arlington national cemetery. senator kennedy will be buried near the eternal flame, where john f. kennedy is buried. as part of the cemeteryilmbl be close to the public all day tomorrow. to her people are expected to attend a private burial. -- 200 people are expected to attend the private burl. >>> tropical storm danny is weaker tonight but is still lheing up the east coast. hitssis a live look atot rehobh beach,ehaw delare, where everything is igll d redow r n. at appears nan -- d appea - the south wall feel the worst. steve rudin has what we can expect this evening. >> we are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm danny in the belfort furniture weather center. the latest storm track shows it going off the north carolina coast overnight as it moves toward the north. right now, six m.p.h. is the movement, maximum wind at 41 m.p.h., wind gusts o

way further to the east. temperatures right now are pretty steamy all up and down the east coast, with cooler air toward the northwest. it will take a little while to see those kinds of temperatures. 88 at the airport, 91 downtown. 82 at westminster and annapolis. 90 at frederick. high pressure in control right now, providing a lot of the clear skies. it started to lose its influence. ec the clockwise flow, bring at -- you see the clockwise flow, bringing in a lot of the moisture from what was tropical storm claudette. the humidity level will start to feel a little oppressive over the next few hours, juicing up the atmosphere for a potential thunderstorm into the afternoon and evening hours. a quick look on our satellite picture. we are waiting for those clouds here. but out towards the atlantic, we are watching what is now hurricane bill read it is a category 2 storm at this point, and has the potential of becoming a category 3 hurricane. this has shifted a little bit further to the east, closer to bermuda,

what you are seeing here are storms off to the east. what that's going to mean fours is that as this storm starts to progress to the north and northwest, the storms to the east stay away from the coastline. although the circulation is pretty close. this cone of probability is still going to couldn't pretty close passing by we expect about 140 miles off to the east of the east coast, and as, does it we're still going to see the high surf, the heavy waves, and potentially a very light storm surge, but as the storm moves on by it knocks that water back out so we're not talking about any really big problems with storm surge, but we will be talk about higher than average tide as it moves on by. the storm is going to be picked up by some other storms that are going to be moving into our region that we see a front moving by. it's all going to lift danny up and move it into the canadian maritimes. with that said, temperatures up to 80 tomorrow, temperatures cool for the week ahead. vic. >> okay, thanks a lot, tim. >>> coming up next, the orioles

you can see the officers are following the boston man up i- 95 near east haven. the suspect started weaving and it flip. the officers have the suspect in custody. >>> a man causes an emergency landing when he takes off his clothes on a southwest airlines flight. it was in route to missouri when the man exposed himself to the woman sitting next to him and he punch her in the face. he was completely naked during the arrest after the flight. >>> arguments for the upcoming murder trial for casey anthony. she's accuse of killing her two- year-old daughter. they believe newly released photos could change the case against her. >> reporter: if casey anthony's defense team can raise doubts whether haleigh her body were in the woods it could change the case. >> they're important foreseeing the truth whether it's for the defense or the prosecution. we're not taking sides. >> reporter: but the pictures tell a story. >> it shows dense underbrush. dense foilage and in some areas a wall of foilage and it shows that the area is wet. that would make it consistent. >> he told the n

danny looks like it's staying to the east of us and movement to the north at 6 miles an hour. not even forecast to become a hurricane and stays offshore. the position tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 and east of washington now and well away from the shores. the minimal effects for the beaches here and as this front comes in and the upper level trough fills in, it's going to be pushing dano off to the east- northeast -- danny off to the east-northeast. the temperature depends where the rain is. 83 for norfolk; 77 right now and showers and thunderstorms possible overnight tonight and heavy rain, too, especially in the thunderstorms and then showers for the morning and afternoon thunderstorms with some sunshine tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will get up into the middle and upper 80s and then some drier air will start to move in tomorrow evening and that will help things out for sunday. monday new looks cloudy with some showers and maybe a thundershower. but cooler. 74 and optimistically, tuesday and wednesday sunshine. temperatures still a little bit below normal, stayin

to the far west of town and to the east of town as result of ace train chances. some clearing will happen this afternoon. much better tomorrow. >> thank you. dozens of people risk their lives to help the victims of a fiery crash. >> oh, my god. >> a cadillac slammed into a toyota suv in alabama avenue in southeast yesterday. the suv club dover and the cadillac caughtre fi. ifhat is when witnesses jumped into action. >> the seat belt was around her neck, strangling her. it was a mess. >> her back was hurting too badly to move her anymore. >> were you worried dicarlo explode? >> i was, so i tried to get her out. >> both men stayed with the victims until the paramedics and police came. one victim was hurt critically. if a pedestrian it is being treated for serious life- threatening injuries after being ruck by a vehicle. montgomery county fire officials say an adult male was hit by a passenger car this morning at the intersection of norbeck and avery. the victim's head came through the windshield. injuries to the head and leg as well. a police report conflicts earlie

now it's making its way on towards the north and east. , it's right along this line right there. and what it's doing, it's making its way on towards the north and east at about 20 to 25 miles an hour. so there is the towns it's going to be hitting. should it be in jarrettsville in about 6 minutes. 7 minutes from park on the. 16 minutes to hickory. fawn grove 18 minutes. and 20 minutes up in the perryman area. if you live in that region, get the kids inside, because this is one powerful storm as it heads towards the north and east. look how much the temperatures have dropped, just fallen right off the chart. parkville was at 91. now 71. 20-degree drop in a very short period of time as the system makes its way towards the north and east. that system will continue to move north and east overnight. a few scattered showers are still likely, but then tomorrow afternoon, more thunderstorm activity pops up once again, and the same kind of a situation on thursday. here is your forecast for the overnight period. showers and storms, you just saw them

people along the east coast from northern florida to new england are bracing for the high surf and the rip currents. we'll have a live report later in the hour from orleans, massachusetts. todd santos is here with more on bill. good morning, todd. >> good morning, alex. the latest advisory that came in and one piece that's changed is that the motion instead of north-northwest, we're talking north. still the same speed, 22 miles per hour, wind speeds sustained around 105. still a nasty storm. at this point category 2. the north movement what we're looking for. the perfect way to look at a storm moving away from bermuda, towards the northwest. still you can see that southeastern corner kind of touching the edge of the island. we'll be checking in with jim c cantore. here's a look at check, today into tomorrowly, substantial effects on the beaches. rip current risks and waves upwards around 12 feet, potentially high of across the new jersey shoreline. something to keep in mind. stay out of the water with the system, you're likely to be all set across the area. we are looking at high surf

how close will it get to the east coast? we'll have more on how it could impact us coming up. >>> a bizarre story out of arkansas. dad is in trouble with the law, accused of nearly drowning his daughter while baptizing her at home. police say the child was held under water, until she passed out. the dad says he was only doing what god told him to do, but the child's mother was horrified and described what happened. >> i just can't imagine, that your tad, holding you down underwater is supposed to protect you. and i just can't imagine the way that felt. >> the father has been charged with endangering a child, kidnapping and battery. he's currently out on bond. >>> the death of massachusetts senator ted kennedy has brought about a new spotlight on the nationwide healthcare reform. healthcare was one of the issues the late senator was most pash not about. >>> for four decades, senator ted kennedy fought for healthcare. in 1970, he wrote the first universal healthcare bill. and later, he would refer to universal healthcare as the

li . >>> hurricane bill is moving up the east coast this weekend. meteorologist reynolds wolf is keeping a close eye on the stoerl. you mentioned were you in miami feeling the effects of it. of 105 miles an hour gusting to 125 but with very warm water ahead there is a chance it could strengthen again not out of the realm of comprehension for the storm to go to a major hurricane status, category 3 or so. still impressive on satellite and radar with winds of 105 miles an hour gusting to 125 but with very warm water ahead of it there is a chance it could strengthen again. certainly not out of the realm of compression for the storm to go back to a category 3 or so. the reason i say that, plenty of warm water ahead of it, in the 70s and 80s, 80s farther north it goes and once it gets east of new jersey hits an area of much cooler water where we should begin to see it deteriorate again. the latest path we have from the national hurricane center the storm going a bit more to the north and veering off to the northeast. one of the reasons we anticipate the st

so as it continues to move towards the east and northeast. i'm thinking, a lot of trend indications. more and more that it will not be, not be a big threat. would i change my plans if i was heading to the beaches for this weekend? no. would i make any big changes in plans? no. because now the -- the cone of uncertainty if you will the area where it is most probable to track continues to be more and more towards the east. not towards the coast. that's the good news. there will be some high surf. a lot of -- nasty weather in the form of some showers. at the beaches over the weekend. but not anything that will have a major impact on us nor do i really think for the beaches even on the weekend. tomorrow, we'll have the humidity. and with that weather front near us and then sort of sagging to our south, as we get into friday there will be some rainshowers not anything to do with tropical weather or danny. this time of the year in august. meantime. tomorrow morning. partly cloudy. temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s. we'll see a day with

the region cleared the area with the rains well to the east. another batch to the west. looking at radar, in between things, kind of quiet, one shower developing but most activity east of us, south of us and for the time being, looking at the area, you can see how it is move to the northeast and all of those watches and warnings have been cancel. that's the good throughs. that will be approaching you folks in southern maryland is the next hour or two. out here, that's what we're looking at, all that off to the east and northeast and may lose some punch because it's evening time, the sun's energy is gone, the heavier stuff to the east and moving away from the region, it's cleared the entire state. seeing one popup shower across the western portion of the city. you can see it here and one just not too far from the airport at the watch, severe thunderstorm watch canceled from the bay, west. i think they dropped it and institute some watches tonight. keep watching the radar. very humid and we had the thunderstorms. looking at temperatures where it's raining, temperatures in t

it's stationary overtop us and it will set up shop to the east. we'll see these areas with a lot of rain through the morning. the rest of us not seeing as much. here's bill. the advanced picture moving closer and closer to the eastern sea board and as bill's sitting from the national hurricane center, it's a category two storm and gusting winds to 127 and moving north, northwest at 22 miles per hour. and as you see, it's moving on through right about 150 miles and 200 miles offshore of ocean city. the rip currents will be a big factor and of course, the high surf with one to two foot tides around the mouth of the bay. as that moves on out of here. later in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night. we'll see nice conditions into monday. less humid conditions and good sunshine sand a good forecast for the week. today is the worst of the two days and tomorrow, better. >> sunset at 7:52 and sunrise at 6:26 considering we haven't gotten there yet. the next high tide around noon and we're in high tide right now with the south wind on the bay at 10 to 15 knots

alex mentioned the greatest threat to tus east coast will be the wave action as well as the rip current. you can see the system itself. nearest bermuda i marked there on the map. still the outermost corner of the rain bands picking up some significant winds and thunderstorms. the scope of the wind field with this system is just absolutely massive, and to put it in perspective, at least the tropical storm force winds skpening out from the center as far as the scope is concerned. now, it looks very close to the u.s. coastline and that's why we're seeing some of the effects as far as the wave action, the rip current risk and especially across cape hatteras. we're going to see the waves increasing as well as pretty significant wind, especially offshore, but, again, the tropical storm force conditions could actually kind of impact some of those areas along nantucket, martha's vineyard and a few spots over the next day or so. a few things to keep in mind as the system passes the coastline is expected to basically bend along the coast, thanks to a trough there. that should keep it at least at

. >>> he's huge, powerful, and is moving closer to the east coast. hurricane bill has now grown into a category 4 store. these are the latest pictures from nasa of the massive hurricane. bob turk is tracking hurricane bill live from the first warning weather center. >> an 11:00 report just coming in, bill now 880 miles southeast of bermuda, 350 miles northeast of the leeward islands, winds as high as gusts of 161 miles per hour. the track, aussie, hasn't changed a whole lot. very consistent of taking it just to the southwest, that little dot there just south of the word saturday, 8:00 p.m. it should pass 450 miles east of our east coast, eventually making a right turn, probably brushing nova scotia and newfoundland by the weekend as a much weaker storm, probably category 1, but up there they are probably going to see some wind and heavy rain. for us, rough coast will be the he key, so watch out for that. >> bob, thank you. stay with eyewitness news for instant updates on hurricane bill and all of the season's storms. log on to wjz.com for the latest s

floodwatch into effect for some counties to the east. green are covered by the floodwatch. it includes delaware, eastern maryland, cecil count way, queen ann county because of the rainfall. -- the counties in green are covered by the floodwatch. we'll he show you the moisture, some of the rain showers that moved through. heaviest rain is off the coast right now pushing into new england. we've dried out for now. we do have lingering louds off to the east but across washington, we are seeing clearing skies. here was is going to happen today as far as the surface map goes. there is that front just hanging out there. not much happening with that. areas of low pressure do move along it. that is what brings the rain showers across portions of the region. and again today, there is another one so we could see more of the same, more scattered showers and thunderstorms, perhaps primarily to the east again. here is your forecast for today. widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, particularly to the east. 85degrees and about a 20 to 30% chance of

spinning up the east coast with winds up to 85 miles per hour. surf warnings from florida up to connecticut. in fact, look at the view from the international space station tonight. bill is 550 miles wide the distance from new york city to detroit. the track at this hour, the good news, it's expected to remain offshore as you see there. the bad news the treacherous rip tide. we have two reports tonight. beginning with abc's stephanie sy. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. we have been given special permission to stand on one of many beaches closed along the east coast. people have been driving here to catch a glimpse of the swelling sea, they're turned away because it's too dangerous. you can hardly see because of that fog. the ocean is growing by the minute. in the next several hours, those waves could reach as high as two stories tall. bill blew through bermuda with 100 mile-per-hour winds. cutting power to thousands of residents and sending massive waves crashing on shore. >> they went like 20 feet in the wall. >> reporte

so again, no rain west of the bay. east still shower activity, and a couple rumbles of activity here and there. widen the view, and i think you'll get the idea what's going on. you see those circular bands of rain? we see half the storm, bill, moving through the maritime provinces of canada. some rain bands moving across extreme eastern massachusetts including cape cod where i guess the president is. so he ran right through -- not the eye of the storm, but ran into one of the heavier rain bands associated with that storm. we can only see out 100 miles over the water but you can see the eastern seaboard still has some rain. let's look at our own situation here, as we look at our sky cam view. a couple watches of fog here and there. temperatures have cooled a bit, but we're still -- we're still not rid of this tropical air mass. 74 at the inner harbor. barometric pressure is rising. an indication that the low pressure area and a cold front trying to go through are beginning to move away from us. and the winds are calm. let's

we have clouds there primarily to the east. the west, you see more sunshine early this morning. there is some precipitation. that is to the east. this is perfectly aligned with a stationary front that is to our south and east. it is just stalled out there. you look in d.c., we saw some showers including heavy showers overnight. that is nothing that is showing up right there. a couple of little spots of madge down moisture down to our south. here is your forecast for washington for today. about a 30% chance so not everyone will see it. 85-degree for yoncurhigh. five-day forecast, over the course of the weekend, we'll see warmer temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s. and again being every did i a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. monday, don't worry. no asteroid. high, 88 degrees the way it look right now. all righty. that is the weather. time now for ask the weather guy. it is the suggestment where tucker barnes and i put our big, geeky weather heads together to we are your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwis

we are up and down the east coast. >>> pregnancy and depression. for the first time, doctors say it's okay for expectant mothers toake antidepressant medication. what it means for women and their babies. >>> the man who turned up in a seattle park claiming to suffer from near-total amnesia speaks out for the first time. who is he? what's his story? we'll talk to a doctor ant his rare and terrifying condition. >>> and $500 million are at stake this week in two, major lotteries. with so americans watching every penny these days, dreams of the with so americans watching every penny these days, dreams of the big payday are irresistible. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning, america. >> good morning. it is saturday, august 22nd. >> folks along the east coast, hoping for a little luck. trying to avoid this. take a look. goofy name, hurricane bill. impressive size. storm the size of texas. very powerful, making its way toward the east coast. look likes we'll avoid a direct hit. but it is likely to produce heavy rains, dangerous rip currents. and

. >>> tropical storm danny slowly but steadily moves closer to the east coast. 've been tracking the storm all week watching to see if it could affect maryland's coast. if you take a look at this video you can see it is already kicking up the surf along ocean city. it will only get worse over the next 48 hours. the weather is coming to us from all directions. the storm slammed into baltimore. it's believed lightning sparked a fir at this baltimore church last night. no one was hurt. a lot of people spent the day cleaning up fallen trees. tim. >> good evening, vic. a lot to talk about. as vic mentioned, we have several different components. first warning radar will show you the storm, but danny still a very disorganized storm with most of the storms to the east of the center of circulation, which is a very hard center to pick out but that east -- well, that location means that as this storm continues to move on past us most of the storms will be off to the east, away from the coastline of the u.s. danny as of the 11:00 update from the national hurricane center is

tropical storm danny expected to clip the east coast. >>> and digging for the story. a reporter knocks on the wrong door at the wrong time. >> wait a minute! wait a minute! get out of my [ bleep ]. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle guillen. >>> this morning a black shroud drapes over ted kennedy's senate desk. later following a private ceremony at the family's hyannis port home, it will be moved to the john kennedy presidential library in washington to lie in repose. hari sreenivasan is here with more. hari, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. all the places that ted kennedy's body travels through over the next few days have a special significance in the life of the senator. the grand sendoff for the late senator ted kennedy will begin this afternoon with a procession through the streets of his beloved hometown. >> what we're going to do the next few days is celebrate his life. >> reporter: kennedy's body will be taken here to the john f. kennedy library in boston. he'll lie in repose until friday night when

mary's county moving to the east-northeast. most of the activity is south of the metro even though there is a chance of more thunderstorms this evening, it's definitely looking like that is the strongest storm moving to the bay and will be over the bay in the next 15 minutes or so. >> check in with you in a few minutes. >>> more on the power problems in one arlington neighborhood. crews have been on the scene for hours. residents, a safe way supermarket and animal hospital in the dark. when will the power come back on? wisdom martin with the story. >> reporter: they are working on it right now trying to restore power to the area but the accident happened before 11:00 today. three cars were involved. one of those cars ended up crashing the dark brown pole. dominion is out here working. while they are working to restore the power, we can tell you that wilson boulevard is closed for several blocks between north green briar and north emerson. 500 people are still without power. we are talking about homes and businesses. most offices

we had a ton of rain today especially to the east of d.c. prince george's county, calvert county, ana rundell county a ton. fortunately things are set ling down. we are looking down pennsylvania avenue right now. the wind beginning to pick up just a bit out of the north. but the streets are beginning to dry out juit l at lle bit. we have sspoit oilyfhe possibility of unthto rsnodes rmthr ande overght hours but thnier ovtghut nothing that's goingo add up no to what wearlierod .tarli.ayerod t three stops on our weather bug now. our first one his, maryland. saint mary's school almost over 3 inches of rain since midnight. 2.5 inches in hunting town, maryland with a daytime high of 82. alexandria nearly three inches of rain and a current temperature of 72. here's what's going on in terms of our almanac page in reagan international airport. an inch of rain fell. 88 degrees for official high after a morning low of 72. average high -- record 99 set back in 1938. satellite and radar perspective shows the cold front slowly moving toward the east. earli

here are the stars and thunderstorms to the south and east -- shower is and thunderstorms to the south and east of the sea. gaithersburg and montgomery county, everything is slowly moving to the north and east at just around 10 miles per hour. we have all of these flash flood warnings that we will talk about in just a second. look at the weather -- look at the rainfall totals. these totals are just from midnight. fed ex fieldouab.5 0th i abouth of rain. s o i ghaoing on outside. montgomery county is under the but severe thunderstorm watch at this time. as ooh fld fltch avweloe h tt a abaltoouk weherehe is the procter to see t ngoi g on. there we go. -- here is the prompter. we also have a flash flood warning for this county until 8:45 p.m. we're going to look for the flash flood watch to expire just around midnight tonight. the verdigris for a high at reagan international airport. for the most part of the tenders are holding off in the 70's 366 degrees in detroit. satellite and radar shows cold fronts. it is not going to stick around forever, but tonight and into early tomorrow morning

we have a decaying front along the east coast. we're not alone. it will be the focus for stray convection we get as we head to the weekend. nothing too widespread. basically it takes the heat of the day to generate popup thunderstorms and today as i mentioned the best chance is off to the east. as you make your plans for tonight, things will calm down. lows around 70 like we have been seeing almost every morning with a north breeze. tomorrow a decent day, a stray thunderstorm. a smidge warmer in the upper 80s. east winds between 3:00 and 7. the seven-day forecast is up. 80s in here until saturday. by then flirting with that 90- degree mark. in to next week a bermuda high pressure system backs in. and that will bring the type of weather from bermuda our way. best chance of thunderstorms on wednesday afternoon. kenny burns is in for angie goff. he has the traffic. >> we will start in annandale. getting word of an accident at rose lane involving a police cruiser. if you are traveling through the area take extra caution. eastbound 66, smooth trip. leav

most of it is off the east coast. hope that is the case. look at the hurricane center's official track. winds of 90 miles an hour. we hope it will miss the lesser antilles but look at somehow strong it gets. tomorrow a hurricane strong as 125 miles an hour. we will have more in our local forecast in a couple of minutes. >>> take a look at your credit card bill. several changes in the fine print because there is something that is set to go down this week. find out what it means for you. >>> a police break down, police caught a guy and kicking and punching him. find out what to that attack next. >>> and chances are you have drugs in war wallet. wait until you hear the amount of cash tainted with cocaine. the news edge at 6:00 is back after this.  with more eligible models to choose from than anyone. qualifies to brecycled, your c you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. and just announced! if you fuafylify tor clunker rebate, you may also qualify for 0% apr for 72 tonths. that means you can buy a '09 bulima for $271

still about 2500 miles to the east of miami. but it's a powerful storm that continues to grow in intensity. we'll have a look at where the national hurricane center thinks bill is going to be going in just a couple minutes. >> thanks, norm. >>> baltimore's housing authority is catching heat tonight from senior citizens steamed over broken air conditioning at their high rise building. terry owens is working the story to find out why it's taking so long to turn the air on. terry? >> reporter: residents at the mccullough homes are going through their fourth straight night of air condition, and they're not at all happy with the folks here at the baltimore city housing authority. after inquiries from abc 2, we can report that housing authority officials have gone door to door in the high rise building, checking on the condition of residents. many of whom are elderly and frail. but there is still no word tonight when the air is going to be restored. with temperatures hovering near 90 degrees since friday, the senior citizens who live a

in the 1600 block of east lafayette. the driver of another car fired into her car shooting her in the leg. they're in police custody but no other information is being released this morning. >>> an over the top marriage proposal as lapped baltimore city police officers in in hot water this morn. the use of a police boat and heel copper this month. officers used the boat and helicopter during a fake raid on a boat in the inner har bough. it carried john cardin and his girl firemen. it was a set up to motor vehicle pose. >> this morning about the number of swine flu vaccinations, official once quoted 120 million doses but say it can be cut in half. as susan roberts reports, production problems are to blame. >>> less than half of the the vaccine supply by the time flu season kicks off. >> we are in a race between the vaccine and the virus. and this gives the virus a little more of an glang the government originally ordered 120 million doses to be ready for mid october be another 80 million to follow. drug companies have run i

high as 35 feet can be expected up and down the east coast. the storm will likely produce recurrence, strong enough to pull even the most experienced swimmers out to sea. >> risk for a storm like this will be 10 times more dangerous. >> the best advice, keep your kids and yourself very close to shore. >> we have had stormy weather today, a couple rounds of severe storms. it wound up being mostly just a lot of rain, over 2 inches in some cases. you are the two bands of storms that are out now. one runs from just west of philadelphia across cecil county and down the eastern shore out to the bay. out west of us, but in baltimore county, hartford county, most of it is in carol and western howard county. i will briefly put in motion so you get the sense of where everything is going. there is not as much lightning on the one just west of the city. we are not done with rain chances either tonight or tomorrow. before the rain began it was hot, 93 at the airport. once the rain started up, the temperatures dropped to the mid 70's. we just have not recove

he has called on the freeze of all israeli settlements. our middle east correspondent. >> the spokesman has been giving a briefing. he said i think we will get a bridging formula. that is code for they will make some kind of agreement. it will enable them to restart talks between the palestinians and the israelis. we should not get too excited about what is calling on here. that's what they're talking about. these are all talks about talks. if they are successful, they're hoping that israelis and palestinians will once again get around the table. it is all building up. it's all building up to the next moves in president obama's attempts to try to bring peace to the middle east. >> that was our middle east editor talking about the meeting in central london. the palestinian government media office. what do you make of this idea of phrygian formulbridging formul? >> i do not think this is an issue that can be compromised. i do not see any of earlier compromise. especially the road map, the document that a serving in terms of reference for the current efforts

and also the bermuda high that's affecting the east coast. looks like we'll get the warmest starm throughout at 76 downtown. 68 at the airport. 73 in ocean city. surging to a high of 92 this afternoon with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies in the charm city. 91 on the eastern shore. 88 the forecast high in ocean city. tropical storm claudette is still moving over the panhandle of florida. it made landfall before 2:00 am ax with 50 mile-per-hour sustained winds. those winds lessened a bit. but hurricane bill, first hurricane of the atlantic season is churning far out in the atlantic with 75 mile-per-hour sustained winds. details on how it is expected to intensify and head in the direction of the east coast. that coming up. back to you. >> see new a bit. thank you. hundreds laced up their running shoes for the first annual 5-k rin this weekend. the event was sponsored by nick markakis, his wife and heir foundation. they fowbledded that organization to help improve the lives of distressed children across the state. >> and orioles' second basema

now this whole batch of clouds that you see, that's going to make its way on towards the east. that's what we're going to see during the day tomorrow. a mostly cloudy day with scattered showers and thunderstorms. but the heavy activity will pass into the carolinas and not bother us. we have had our share of a few scattered showers around the region making their way up the i-95 corridor. there is that one little system right there. some more showers right here making their way through winchester, virginia, and there has also been scattered showers on the eastern shore in southern portions of delaware and right here going across delaware bay into portions of new jersey. but again, very spotty shower activity on and off. the showers will be more general tomorrow. you can always good to our website, check out our interactive radar at abc2news.com. right now no showers around our region. but when we kind of zoom back in again you do this at home in your own computer. log onto our website, click on the weather tab, and you can kind of mosey around. there is some showers out there. por

the winds coming from the east and northeast. the and result is we still have a couple of isolated thunderstorms. it looks to the storm is trying to caught up around baltimore county, said the risk of an isolated storm is going to linger through the early evening, but most locations will stay dry. temperature-wise we are at 85 degrees in downtown baltimore. 75 in lancaster. 81 degrees at dover, so there is more muggy air out there. most often in central and eastern maryland are dealing with warm, humid conditions. a risk of an isolated storm popping up tonight. the front is pushing into northern virginia. tropical storm danny sitting to the northeast of the bahamas, and high-pressure trying to deliver cooler air. it looks like we will be protected from danny getting too close because this pressure is from canada and pushing east toward the mid atlantic, and with the area of low pressure, look at how this carries danny the coast of cape cod. we are kind of a protected from the storm moving very far inland, and if the weather patter

all the way through westminster, all heading out to the east-northeast. we'll be dealing with this lightning and thunder. take a look at temperatures. 70s most places, ch oakland. ocean city the hot spot. no rain there. 84 degrees still. a warm night in the low to mid- 70s around the region. still very moist, very humid. there's a front across illinois and michigan. that actual cold front will move through the region during the day tomorrow, and that's what's going to kick up even more showers and thunderstorms. any of these showers can have heavy downpours. a little over an inch. some spots only a 10th of an inch, but there's a big cluster of rain to our east-northeast. more down around virginia and kentucky. another batch out to the west. the good news is, by saturday night, this front should be just offshore, less humid air starts moving in for sunday afternoon. monday and tuesday look very nice with low humidity and nice weather conditions. now, not so nice, of course, with bill this is puerto rico. bill, the eye, clearly showed earlier this afternoon,

parts of the east, northeast :re included in the watch tiw l 0, h0lltoe'ave 11 wch avthe thunderstorms. you can see the watch box to the north of us, and stju ddstd within the last 10 minutes or so. this watch doesn't include the nostrict but points to the he ast,the east, including anne arundel county. it does not include prince 'sgegeor county. and i believe that just came out gea couplof moments ago. i'm only looking at this partoof the watch as it comes on true view. heat the e ofth temperatures out there are 96 so far the high temperature for national so far. 90 for lees best sburg. and here is the het adsory, for montgomery county, fairfax county off to the east as well in effect for tomorrow. the tomorrow. the heat will last a couple of more days, details in the full forecast, back to you. >>> and several bodies found after a plane collided yesterday in the hudson river yesterday. fox 5 news' laura ingle has more. >> reporter: investigators working at the site over the hudson river. they recovered several bodies and wreck from what is believed to be the helicopter. >> there are

up and down the east coast. basically have a big ridge of high pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. you can see how the moisture is pushing up and over that area of higher pressure. there's that little disturbance right there. as this makes its way southward. it could affect us and bring us some active weather. especially north and east of the belt line. so here's future cast. basically high pressure will be the main player again tomorrow. it will continue to pump in the heat and humidity. tomorrow, temperatures around 100. with the humidity it will feel like 105. then we'll be watching this front right here. it drops into the area tuesday bringing us a chance of a shower and thunderstorm. behind it we start to cool things down for the middle of the week. here's the situation. for this evening, partly cloudy. maybe a thunderstorm north and east of town. otherwise warm and humid. temperatures in the upper 80s to right around 90 for the next couple of hours. for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. we have tha

but it is expected to pass, just to the east of the island. a few hundred miles east of the island late tonight and early tomorrow morning. this will be the closest path it will make to the united states. for that we do have tropical storm warnings in effect for the cape and the islands, we can expect gusty winds, 30 to 50 miles per hour. again, the biggest concern will be the rough seas and the large ocean swell, especially around high tide. rip currents. certainly not a beach weekend. if you are on the vineyard, nantucket or visiting cape cod, it's not going to be the best water weekend. here is bill. it is heading to the. >> no you can see the rain sitting on the east coast. that's courtesy of a cold front that's moving through the area. that's what's keeping bill out of the picture for us, which is good news, but we do have very heavy rain up and down the east coast. flooding is also going to be a big concern with these two events combined, we will have coastal flooding possibilities from the mid atlantic all the way up to new england by to