. >> the reagan democrats, the eastern baltimore county democrats. ryan has the type of social views and economic views that appeal to that group. >> political observers say his controversial tax and medicare reform plan will deepen the debate over how the country should operate. >> what is the role of government? obama is going to say government is here to help you. >> vice presidential candidates do not make or break elections, but can paul ryan bucked that trend? >> he really is a representative of the tea party. >> there are no scheduled campaign stops in maryland for mitt romney. >> john collins is here with a first look at the forecast. >> the rain has moved farther to the east. some folks got a pretty substantial amount of rain. some rain along the i-95 corridor. the rains have diminished for the most part. but that french will continue to move out of the picture. -- that front will continue to move out of the picture. >> athletes will begin to compete in the last day of the 2012 olympics. track and field, boxing, and men's basketball. tonight'

the mountains through west virginia. pockets of heavy rain there. letter mounts around baltimore. almost nothing in parts of the eastern shore. imore has been encircled by the showers that are moving through. there's a potential for another shower or two as we head toward morning. nothing at the airport. the total for july will end at 3.27 inches. 0.8 of an inch below normal for the seventh month of the year as we go into august. temperatures were cooler than normal. 90 degree days so far. we have had 35 of them. the normal by the end of july would be about 20. last year we had 24. we're well ahead of last year and ahead of normal as we head into august which can feature lots of 90-degree days. showers and storms from upstate new york through pennsylvania through central maryland and into virginia. they're not dying very quickly so with the clouds and showers, temperatures will not drop dramatically. we're still at 82 in downtown baltimore. temperatures are cool and western maryland. around baltimore, will not get much below 75. the risk of a shower continues overnight. this front has cleared cleveland and the skies had cleare

the maryland science center. it is mostly dry around baltimore. we have some rain moving south of the city and i think it will stay south of baltimore. down across the lower eastern counties, you guys will see some heavy rain for a while. a good dose of rain to start the day. sprinkles expected around baltimore. we could see a few scattered thunderstorms develop. take an umbrella with you. high temperature of 87 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes >> when you are trying to drop a few pounds, a weight-loss program is probably a good idea. >> 43% of people quit their weight-loss program early. patients who have gone through weight-loss surgery are more likely to complete the program. they may be more committed to shedding pounds. >> it seems it coming to work sick could make you more prone to injury. workers with access to paid sick leave are 20% less likely to get hurt on the job. sick employees that continue to work may be fatigue and that to put them at an increased risk for injury. >> and offensive explosion at yankee stadium. >> ava marie continuing my journey through the olympic sports. today i learned the sport of tr

the storms. thickest clouds south of baltimore, across the lower eastern shore so those areas will get the heaviest of the rain. area of low pressure sitting to the south, enhancing rainfall this morning, this tracks up the coast and then we will dry out. a cold front on the way from the west, enhancing chances for rainfall tomorrow into tuesday, then high pressure building in. it will be beautiful by the end of next week. temperatures starting in the 70's, into the upper 70's, low 80's towards the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies and showers likely, especially early on, may be more isolated in the afternoon. if you have outdoor plans, account for the chance of showers but especially in the morning hours, 9:00 a.m., by 1:00 p.m., rain in the forecast and it tapers off. if you're going to the orioles game later on today, i would

currently, a lot of clouds, the thickest of the clouds with showers along the eastern shore. from baltimore up towards north, we may get breaking in the clouds later in the afternoon. high pressure to the north, low to the south moving our way. this will track up the coast throughout the day. once the low gets north of us, our rain chances taper. the week, a cold front making its way here. you can see the clouds across the midwest, that will move in monday and tuesday, bringing a couple of rain chances. today's forecast, chance of showers, especially benefit -- before 12 clock. if we plan your day, the best chances of rain happening now with temperatures in the low 70's. towards lunch time, starting to taper off but that's not to say we couldn't see more rain. this afternoon, showers will be around but maybe not as widespread and heavy but still a chance. if you have outdoor plans, maybe the orioles game, i would bring the rain gear. showers possible tonight, dropping into the 70's downtown, 60's in the suburbs. quickly we will look at isaac, tropical storm, 65 miles per hour, traveling tow

they kicked up again crossing the bay on to the eastern shore. here in baltimoreu can see that little dry spots around the inner harbor. not a whole bunch of rain in downtown baltimore for the ravens. not the worst of it. less than a 10th of an inch at the airport. the monthly total to 1.51 inches. the 42nd time this year the temperature has gone to 90 or above at the airport. temperatures are still miles from baltimore south and east. look what is coming in to the north and west. mid-50's out in garrett county. this cold front is bringing in some fall-like air. that high pressure system should put -- should push the front through. the farther east you go, eastern shore, will have to do with the shares for a few couple of hours tomorrow. scattered storms ending tomorrow. tomorrow, the skies turn partly cloudy in the afternoon. highs will only be 78-83. out on the day, when to be picking up on of the north and north east. in the mountains, feeling like fall, a 55 right now. showers are possible, but it is only 20% chance. on the eastern shore, the rain tonight mail

the eastern shore. when you total up the rainfall amounts since midnight, 3-6 inches from baltimore to anne arundel county. the bull's eye around the eastern shore. the raid are estimating 10 inches of rain in some spots. flood warnings remained in effect for part of queen anne's and caroline county. it will take a while for that water to drain down into the bay. some rough weather. there was some strong rotation indicated. no reports of tornadoes. we'll check the forecast coming up in a little bit. >> thank you. from bad to worse. a mass of baltimore sinkhole has reopened it because of today's storms. the wet and messy day around town. >> so far, two homes on east monument street have been evacuated. the two residences are on top of businesses. and officials say they had to evacuate them because the road there decide what may become unstable. >> it is ok right now. we are hopeful that everything is going to be all right in terms of that, that everything is stable. but we are concerned enough that we have to get people out. >> the sinkhole was caused by aging infrastructure. they had been working to repai

the area. this is weakening as it moves through eastern baltimore county, heading through the middle river area and up toward white marsh. that will track toward this area. the storm is loaded with lightning in central sections of delaware. that may produce some wind damage. this is because of the hot and humid weather that will hang with us for friday and the weekend. the seven-day forecast will be tell that in a couple of minutes. crack's a terrifying few minutes for moviegoers at a theater in annapolis after a man ran in and out of the showing cursing and pretending he had a gun. kyle tanner is in police custody and charged with misconduct. he entered the center while the show was playing and sat down in a row at 4:00 p.m. yesterday and that is when he started cursing and darting in and out of the theater. >> there is heightened awareness in light of these recent incidents and will take this extremely seriously. we will conduct periodic checks at that theater. >> police said they are taking that into that very seriously. -- incidents very seriously. >> we have late breaking details regarding

. >>> and better lives, americans had to meet them and the deferred action policy, they held a clinic in eastern baltimore with dozens picking up the documents and if they meet the criteria, they may be able to hire them. and here in the united states many of them happen to be able to go to college. >> still the clinics are being held all over and department of homeland security and a coach and mentor, he will be remembered -- she will be remembered after dying in a crash she crossed the double yellow line, and she started at a very young age and it inspired her to become a cheering leader coach. she will be remember -- remembered. >>> police took in jason paul sunday in an area off of 120th street. the man had been staying with people when he got into a fight. he was also involved in a sexual assault involving a 15- year-old girl and there are and they are in trouble this morning after slamming into a concrete parking garage. marlin state spell and police blow the driver may have suffered some sort of american industry. >>> and police are over on the eastern shore and it happened late wednesday night. th

the eastern shore. michael shoulderburg lived in baltimore. he was serving a sentence at the eastern correctional, facility for assaulting another officer. he walked away from the prison yesterday. he then broke into a home and stole a gun. police tried to stop him initially he fired at them and then ran away. after police got him again he wouldn't give up and reached for something in his waistband and that is when the officer shot him. >>> make sure you know who is knocking at your door before you let them inside. that warning from baltimore police after a man posing as a bge worker made his way inside the home of an elderly man. the man said the man knocks on the door wednesday morning dressed in a white shirt, tan pants and a neon yellow bge vest. after talking his way inside he pulled out a gun and the two started fighting. he hit the man in the head several times with the gun and then left. bge said it rarely seconds people out unannounced. >> for the most part we will not come to the home without being scheduled to come unless it's a gas

the eastern shore. michael shoulder bug lived in baltimore. he was serving a three year sentence at the eastern correctional, facility. he walked away yesterday. he then broke in it a home and stole a gun. when police tried to stop him he initially fired ran away. after police surrounded him he wouldn't give up and reached for something in his waistband and that's when an officer shot him. >> warm summer like day, not bad, 88 the inner harbor. 85 in washington. isaac continuing to go in to the sea, showing pretty strong convection on the western side. that headed toward florida we think as early as monday. if you are watching us in hd. you can see the second system out here. this is joyce, joyce and isaac. it looks like much less in harms way. there are a few changes for its weekend outlook. >> thank you. after a tough loss last week the purple and black is back and so jamie. . >> reporter: welcome tote third pre-season of the year. this is called the dress rehearsal. the starters will play about three quarters. gates open at 5:30 along ravens

on the eastern shore, it is just plain old baltimore summer. if the beach is in your weekend plans, saturday, sunday, monday are looking like some thunderstorms in the area. we are watching the next tropical storm, that wave we were talking about yesterday had strengthened. now has 50 mile per hour wind. you can see the various tracks going generally to the west, northwest come into the favorable areas of the open waters of the caribbean. this is likely to get stronger as the storm moves out over the caribbean. the computer models are saying that it is a category one hurricane as it is making his way towards can carry over the next three-five days. we will keep an eye on the tropical storm. 93 tomorrow around baltimore. the weekend features some scattered thunderstorms. temperatures dipped back into the upper 80's. >> the ravens' new defensive corridor brings the focus on all things new to training camp. you will hear why next in sports. real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run ar

this is the storm that's prompted our second tornado warning of the evening for eastern baltimore and southern hartford. earlier tonight it was actually just for baltimore and baltimore city, shouldn't say just but a different area, different part of town. the northwest side area of the beltway. extreme severe weather. now a different cell. headed toward apg and a secondary cell a severe thunderstorm warning -- now we have just gotten the update from the weather service. good news. our tornado warning has been dropped. the rotation has minimized but we still have intense thunderstorms and flash flood warnings. the number one weather killer. we have swift water rescues, several times already tonight across the baltimore area. now we have flash flood warnings for hartford, howard, baltimore and baltimore city. we are going to have much more on these coming up in just a couple minutes but i think for the most we can head back to the news desk. >> that's good. now we are hearing most of west townsend is out without power. they -- what did you say? >> 14,000. >> why don't you use your mobi

the eastern shore. calvert county and most of it in the bay yes still lightning and thunder after an incredibly busy sunday with heavy rainfall, especially toward baltimore and the eastern shore. 70 in culpepper, as we look outside on our michael and son camera. 71 but the humidity is high at 90%. frontier this is going to get close to us tomorrow. this may touch off a shower or storm that is isaac and unfortunately it looks like it is headed toward southeast louisiana by wednesday. looking aour forecast, today high temperatures in the upper 80s. isolated storm, tonight 60s to their 70. 89 tomorrow a straight afternoon -- stray afternoon storm. wednesday looks nice, 84. we warm up again through the end of the week. maybe 90s, friday and saturday will that be isaac's moisture? >>> good morning. volumes could be heavier than you are used to especially can school starting. on the outer loop of the beltway there had been construction from new hampshire avenue they are beginning to clear that up. let's take a live look right there on new hampshire avenue. that is good news for you if you are just now heading out the door. back to the maps this time to souther

the eastern shore. heavy rainfall since midnight. in those areas, flood warnings remained in effect for baltimore county on to the eastern shore. be very careful if you live near a small stream. do not drive on a flooded road. at the airport, over 3 inches of rain today. that takes the monthly total to 5.5 inches. a surplus for august. we are running a deficit for the year. that is a very soggy day. it is a record amount of rain for the 26 of august in baltimore. with all of the clouds and showers, we did not even hit 80 today. 79 the high. 68 at parkton. 70 in westminster. will stay steady through the evening. the storm developed over the carolinas and moved into western virginia. it is bringing that band of moisture into the eastern maryland. this is going to stick around until cold front to get through here tomorrow night or tuesday morning and kick all of this out to sea. in the meantime, isaac will be coming up from the gulf of mexico. that could complicate the forecast towards the end of the week. tomorrow, some breaks in the clouds and showers. after that, we should be able to enjoy sunshine for the middle of the week. t

mostly on the eastern shore and baltimore. the sun is trying to breakthrough. here are the clouds.west. eventually that will push the rain out of the forecast. we do have it in the forecast. scattered showers and thunderstorms. 80-88 for the high. with a west to southwest wind. rain chances tiest, tapering off tomorrow over the weekend. highs will be in the 80s. seven day forecast here in baltimore. dry on sunday and monday, more rain on tuesday and friday. >> thank you. thanks for joining us. we'll have another update at >>> we are back now with more of "today" on a saturday morning. the 11th day of august, 2012. day 15 of the olympic games. the xxx olympiad. gorgeous shot, olympic park packed once again. and many of the folks here have found their way past our studio on the road. we thank them. >> hi, guys. >> i think it's american television. >> it is american tv. >> it's the "today" show. anyway, we're glad you're here. if you're not familiar with us. just ahead, olympic wrestler jordan burrough, what an impressive thing he did yesterday. nothing short of gold, that's what he g

the 90s. maryland's most powerful radar, spotty storms over carol and baltimore, that's slid towards the north, out toward the eastern shore, cecilton, a huge storm developed south of chesapeake city, running in to northern delaware, an active warning extreme, this shouldn't say baltimore but extreme southern cecil county in to new castle county. there are warnings from that storm. 91 in town. 94 dc. easton checking in at 90 degrees. those dew points running between 69-72, impressive number, feeling like it's 99 in town. feeling like 99 dc and easton. the forecast, hour by hour, through the rest of the evening will be in to the 80s. storms out there, more on the isolated side. by 11, still near 80 degrees. 76 by 8:00 in the morning. chance of isolated gusty shower and storm. all the humidity coming up on the southerly wind kick, that's the deal in to the weekend. upper 80s from new york, 90s along the mid atlantic coast. a little bit of rain cooled pocket over parts of lexington. look at the heat cranking over oklahoma city, tulsa 111. average daytime high, last 7 days, 110 degrees, impressively hot. your forecast nu

the eastern portions of our viewing area. as it spends, it will keep bringing rain to the baltimore area. we're watching the frontal system in the midwest. that will make things interesting as what will become a hurricane isaac moves into the mid-atlantic by the end of next week. with that front coming through and the high pressure systems it could make for interesting weather friday and saturday and next week. these are things that are just unfolding. we will have to keep a close eye on them. this evening, cloudy with on and off showers. 65 to 73 degrees. the orioles game should not be too bad. you will need a raincoat. you might get some sprinkles. we should be able to get through the game. the forecast shows on and off showers into the afternoon tomorrow. at around 4:00, we will start to see heavier showers moving in. the ocean city forecast, 80's. it looks good on sunday and monday. there is tropical storm isaac. it will move up into the golf and probably will be a category two hurricane by the time it reaches the southern portion of alabama. that will be interesting. a quick look at

the south carolina border area. ystem likely tos ripping north, keep things cloudy especially from baltimore eastward off the eastern shore to kick off the weekend. for beach goers there will be showers for sat date sunday looks better. 80s and variably cloudy. we'll talk about the very latest on isaac. that's coming up in a few more minutes. >>> it was already a busy rush hour in midtown manhattan when gunfire erupted outside the empire state building. >> reporter: investigators worked quickly today to figure out who the gunman was and why he would have opened fire outside one of the city's most iconit began as a normal busy dy when all of a sudden shots rang out. >> we heard multiple gunshots, about 12 of them. everybody started running for cover. >> reporter: police identified the dunn man as jeffrey johnson. he had been laid off from hassan imports and within the back to confront his former employer. he shot a colleague three times and fled. a worker followed him. >> he pulls his .45 caliber semi automatic pistol fired. >> reporter: witnesses say the police were on the scene within seconds. new york mayor michae

not much showing except for the on the eastern shore, all baltimore, light rain and montgomery countydownpour moving toward tulsa county and close to ripon. a few scattered sprinkles here there around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge, especially in clark county, virginia. light rain between gettysburg 270 andville long towards the northeast. some action on the radar screen now. widespread and numerous showers, storms, and downpours later on today. 90.n washington, this 90 >> normal backup in eastbound in6, manassas and centreville at 50. before adapter the occoquan. in lorton and newington. now one 395 in landmark. 270 southbound. two accidents on the outer loop between new hampshire avenue and holy cross hospital. nothing blocking now. 197 at the baltimore-washington 197 is blocked because of an accident. a tractor-trailer and a vehicle involved. looks like the vehicle rolled hit by thet was truck. is 197 between powder mill road and the b-w parkway. more from newschopper 7, but now news.o >> thank you. congratulations to john crawford from suitland, maryland. fo foury's winn

the rest of tonight. scattered showers and storms, some of which could be strong. i think baltimore city toward the eastern shore you'll start to see the storm close to the 8:00 or 9:00 hour. partly cloudy skies. you'll head up the beach. be aware there's a chance of a scattered shower with the temperatures around 83, 84. 86 tomorrow. 88 on sunday, a beautiful day, mixture of sunshine and clouds and a nice day on monday. temperatures close to 90, low humidity, muggy, mild. wednesday, thursday and friday, you know, i was going to put the 90 but for get about it. close to 90 in spots. we'll watch the storms through the rest of the evening. some could be strong to severe. could be gust storms -- gusty storms. >>> are you hungry? i'm starving. the thought of going home and eating leftovers, that's not right. barbecue can make it better. it's the 11th annual maryland barbecue bash where the gates opened about an hour ago. wyatt have you sampled any of the barbecue? i can smell it from here. >> reporter: this is a maryland tradition, 1 years running -- 11 years running. i want to bring in scott walker, my good f

baltimore. heavier thunderstorms going across the lower eastern shore counties. you guys will see some heavy rain to start the day. just sprinkles around baltimore. temperatures in the low 70's and will make it up to the upper 80's today appeared we could see some thunderstorms today. >> progress to report at powder mill road. all northbound lanes were closed. the accident is off to the side. there is a northbound problem at caton avenue on 95. an accident at 295 and the inner loop of the beltway. light street is closed between baltimore and lombard. also monument street because of the sinkhole repair. moving well on southbound 95 down towards the fort mchenry. york road is building in of volume. we switched to the accident scene on the inner loop of the beltway at the b-w parkway. a lot of activity. all of the right shoulder is squeezing by an it is causing a backup. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. -- only the right shoulder is squeezing by. >> michael phelps now has the most medals in olympic history. >> he won his 19th medal, anchoring team usa to gold.

most of the activity is staying south or east of baltimore. moving over toward the easternhore locations slowly. there is a strong tercel down over the bay moving over these -- a stronger sell over the bay moving over the eastern shore right now. gusty winds and lightning in northern virginia. overall, things are beginning to quiet down in the baltimore area and north and west. conditions are most favorable to the severe thunderstorms down in southern maryland in st. mary's county doniger dorchester county. -- down into dorchester county. we can start to see the change in the air mass. while it is 85 downtown, 85 in chestertown and 86 degrees in salsbury caballo 70's in the western maryland mountains. -- in salsbury, loh 70's in the western maryland mountains. it is dryer to the north and west. the 57 degree dewpoint in oakland. that cooler air will be in rate -- invading our region overnight. tomorrow is looking like a beautiful day. you can see from ride around the front back into this high- pressure system that the temperatures do not change much. that is the atmosphere

center of the basic circulation would be right around here. this is extreme north eastern sections of baltimore county, up into hartford, too. just south of i-95. all the communities along i-95, all the way up to edgewood under the gun. the cent of circulation is right in here. and it's continuing to move to the east and northeast at 20 miles per hour. the tightest circulation was a few minutes ago, but it is characteristics of a particular tornado producing thunderstorm. they continue to watch that up to the north of us. again, here in town, we are all dry. nothing going on. everything that tried to move in has fallen apart. some light rain right now for culpeper. the heaviest of that is south of you guys. it is moving to the east as well and that will move toward stafford county, spotsylvania county. over the next few hours, we'll dry things out substantially. tomorrow, there's a slight risk of thunderstorms to the east and to the southeast of us. it looks like for the most part tomorrow, everything we get will be fairly spotty. showers and thunderstorms moving on through. it is dry air back

the radar around baltimore. a few storms down at the lower eastern shore and in all western maryland.he atmosphere will be unstable this afternoon. take an umbrella with you just in case. there's a series of fronts and going through the great lakes and in canada that have to sleep through before we get to the beginning of the weekend. this will come through on friday. maybe some severe weather late on friday. we don't expect any severe weather bank today. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperatures between 88 and 93 degrees. a chance for rain goes up tomorrow with some strong thunderstorms late in the day. high temperature around 90. leftover showers on saturday. the weekend is looking ok. the mayor did she go down. temperatures in the mid 80's. >> you'll be on the golf team in 2016. >> i am training for right now. >> 72 degrees on tv hill. is our nation back on the top spot? >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. hope you have them. >> time for a look from the latest medal count from the london olympics. . china leads the gold medal cou nt. great brita

blocking all but one westbound lane of route 50, if you are traveling in the area, expect heavy delays. east baltimore, eastern avenue, nothing to get in your way, it will be a nice calm ride in to the city. as we pull up other drive times, 83, that's in great shape, 11 minutes, traveling southbound from towson, all the way downtown, 695, no concerns, traveling from parkville, up to towson, it's going to take you 11 minutes to travel travel from 95 up to 83. west side clear, 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795, towards 95. >>> you won't be able to drive on east monument. the sink hole forming back in july has collapsed further sunday afternoon, take a look at this from curb to curb, 50 feet deep. crews are getting ready to pave the road but have to start over from scratch. >>> three people rescued and one firefighter injured in a fire that started at carryout and spread to a church and chinese restaurant. it happened on frederick avenue. more than 100 firefighters were called to battle the fire, chicken and trout. the fire spread to a church in to a chinese restaurant. it took two hours to get the fire under

showers mainly on the eastern shore. 70 in baltimore, five inches of rain this weekend. stly cloudy skies, 72 here in dc with calm winds. dew point almost 70, humidity at 87%. more sunshine into the afternoon, 88 today tomorrow and wednesday. tonight 60s near 70. warm 89. wednesday and thursday looks nice. wednesday upper 80s thursday. back in the 90s a couple of days friday and saturday. >>> poisonous snakes may be a lot more common than you might think. >> a herndon man was bitten by a copper head snake in his garage. >> reporter: john hannah stepped on the snake in his garage. the bite sent him to the hospital last week and he spent three days in intensive care. >> i didn't turn the light on and the dog went running out and i followedhim. -- i followed him. >> i felt an excruciating pain up my leg. >> reporter: the venom shot up his leg. >> reporter: his foot swelled. doctors gave him antivenom and kept a close eye on him in icu. >> i grabbed a huge knife from the kitchen. >> reporter: he still has the snake that could have killed him. >> i thought it would be a lot th

the showers. it will make its way through the baltimore area tonight and off to the eastern shore tomorrow morningmeans all my mom, the risk of a share will be in central and eastern maryland. look how probable it is out there. 75 and low humidity in chicago. feeling might fall in the upper midwest. tomorrow morning, some of the rain mailing your near the coast in getting some sunshine in the afternoon. another weather disturbance developing to the south. monday's when we pick up another chance for a few showers moving in. we will be in and of the rain chances over the next three days. tonight, scattered storms, 63 suburbs, 71 downtown. partially clearing out and it will be cooler. some spots to the north of baltimore may not even get out of the upper 70's. 83 tomorrow downtown with northern wind occasionally gusting to 15 knots on the open waters. temperatures tamara of around 70. most of the day in the 60 boxes with partially cloudy skies. 20% chance as sprinkles on sunday. into the 40's for the lows. eastern shore, 82 tomorrow, a partially cloudy. ocean city featuring a chance to maryland in me

the mountains right now. dry baltimore, ocean city, eastern shore. starts of the day want to show you frost burg seechlt the clouds break up a little bit then. get that shower we were just looking at on maryland's most powerful radar. a nice looking sunset here at st. john regional catholic in frederick. how about that? and one last check, i want to show you here moon set, look at that moon going down as we go past sunset tonight. the day is getting shorter. i'll tell you that much. right now in baltimore we've got current conditions at 68 for air temp so that is much cooler than this time last week even pt this hour. 84% on the humidity so it's still somewhat muggy and again those getting shorter sunset at 753. all right. here's a look at the temperatures statewide. low to mid 60s to the west. 55 in oakland. 72 in's ton. pretty comfortable stuff relative to where we've been over the past several weeks and the humidity levels drops as well except for southern maryland where there's still on the moderate to high skied south of baltimore. clear skies we

the records of 85 and 65. 86 degrees in baltimore. fairly pleasant and warm. lo 80's of into seven pennsylvania and on the eastern shore. cooler with a sea breeze on the coast. they have had some clouds and around here on the west virginia-virginia border, at temperatures being kept cooler there. in downtown baltimore, not bad for preseason weather. parly cloudy and temperatures in the 80's to start and cooling into the upper 70's during the game. winds out of the southeast. dropping to the 60's in the suburbs inducing some patchy fog. high pressure will keep friday looking good but this friend to the south has worried. high pressure moves east of new england over the weekend. the easterly wind will start to back up this front and a weather rest -- a disturbance may develop bringing clouds and showers into our area. again, this threat looks fairly tame down to the south but it may become a problem for us over the weekend as far as outdoor activities go. some showers will sink back into the forecast. hope ou can get outside and enjoy the partly cloudy sky tomorrow. light southeast winds. the wind out of the east averaging

baltimore. we have had heavy to moderate rain across the eastern shore counties, sprinkles around baltimore. ouds and we will get a few thunderstorms to develop again this afternoon. good idea to take an umbrella with you. there will be scattered thunderstorms later today. high temperatures expected in the upper 80s. we will drop the chance for rain to 30% tomorrow. >>> a 48-year-old record! number 19! >> that's a call we could be hearing for many, many olympics to come, the moment when michael phelps became the most decorated olympian ever. his family, of course, overjoyed. the crowd is so excited here this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm gu gusavannah guthrie along matt lauer, al roker, and natalie morales. he could add to this record. he has more events. >> he could pad it. another athlete in london getting a lot of attention, some positive, some negative, a 16-year-old swimmer from china, ye shiwen. she won another medal last night and was forced to answer questions about doping allegations. we'll talk about that in a little while. >>> and the men's defending gold medalists in beach

the lower eastern shore. ocean city affected by them. right now, light rain south of baltimoreapolis and west of hagerstown. the bulk is over virginia tracking over richmond, heading north. let's take a wired view to see happening here. the storm system, coastal storm moving into the mid atlantic. you can see the rain off the atlantic so the heaviest of the rain is passing through north carolina, trying to move into virginia and all of this moisture will track towards the north. this is definitely going to affect temperatures. we are staying mild overnight because of clouds. westminster at 68 degrees. temperatures will have a hard time warming up because of the rain and because of the clouds blocking sunshine. clouds building in across the shore. high pressure to the west but that low moving up the coast, pressure in new england, strong pressure gradient set up, a high competing with a low, giving an on-shore flow so stronger winds could be expected along the coast, possibly increasing rip current risks at ocean city. the future cast in the evening, the wettest part of the day

the eastern parts of the united states. >> so amazing, though. so laid back in baltimore and the first show is tonight.it's happening and this one was called. this one -- this one actually uses 3,000-year-old art. now the show runs through sunday here in baltimore. >> here is lanet. >> good morning, everyone. let's take a look at what's going on out there today. we have that trough of low pressure across the area. so with that i'm going to keep an chance of isolated shower to pop up. all and all most of us will stay dry for today. as q2 look back off towards the west, we video that sinking air, high pressure is building in across that area and that will begin to slide off towards the east as we head tomorrow and into the weekend. slide to the south as we head to the tropics we are looking at tropical storm isaac as of now. you can see it right here it's pushing over the western an tilllies making its way off towards the west. looking pretty good as of now undergoing sheer. but now it has strengthened some, the wind sustained about 45 miles an hour. it's moving to the west about 16 miles an hour. look a

the morning, not a whole lot of clouds now. across baltimore. south north. but along the eastern shore some clouds still hovering. you were in more clouds a little bit earlier and starting the see the clouds decrease a little. some sunshine in here throughout the day but don't think we're getting rid of the clouds all the way. we have a cold front from the west and ahead of that the showers and storms will begin to make their way in. especially as we go into tomorrow a chance for some severe weather. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning len et. well, we have a few problems that could get in the way this morning if you are in baltimore county. we have a water main break in essex that's blocking one westbound lane of route 150 at wilshire road. and problems on the beltway. we are dealing with a crash on the inner loop last blocking one lane at the key bridge. do expect a slow ride all the way back to be a roaning highway. live look at the west side of 695, traffic picking up in the area but overall. just a 13 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down

we will be dealing with them for a couple of hours in baltimore and over to the eastern shore. the threat of showers will not be lingering around much past that. total precipitation is not bad. we're not talking flooding rain. where the showers have moved through and a few pockets of rain, we're talking a couple of tenths of an inch. the rain has been a lot lighter. officially, not enough to measure just yet. a few traces since midnight. the high-temperature today was cooler than normal because of the cloudiness and the showers in the area. we only get 80 degrees. 105 the record high in 1983. the hottest it has been this late in the year. a lot cooler than that tonight in western maryland. only in the 60's. westminster has cooled to 64. the temperatures will cool a bit as rain showers move through. there's a broad area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere triggering the showers but gradually, high-pressure near the surface will be from the west. temperatures will stay below normal. 58 tonight, 68 downtown. showers ending before midnight and partly cloudy. some fog may form.

rain extends from the eastern shore counties the baltimore city. thundershowers, moving through the area. what you see is what you get, at least for the drive time. the point of 72. good chance for rainier to start the day. a batch of storms will come in later this afternoon and evening. still a slight chance sports images, mike jordan's soaring. we'll show you that unforgettable moment. 7:30 tuesday morning august 12. >> nice uniform. >> he looked a little better in his uniform in 1998. >> also ahead they wowed the world winning gold, now the u.s. gymnastics team is taking over the plaza. we'll catch up with them. later on another treat for the crowd and our team, a concert from nicki minaj. >> news you can use. every summer backyard decks collapsing without warning. it could have something to do with how your deck is built and attached to your house. we're going to show you how to spot the red flags. >> then celebrity news robert pattinson makes his first public appearance since his long time girlfriend kristen stewart admitted publicly to cheati

. >> and a lower eastern shore just west of ocean city, some sheriff have broken out in the late afternoon. no threat to the baltimore area, but to the north and west of us there is another band of shower stretching from upstate new york to western pennsylvania, eastern ohio, and moving toward western maryland as we speak. that is liable to reach us overnight and early tomorrow morning. the total for the month is by 0.79 inches, almost 3 inches above normal. it went from a deficit to surplus just like that. still below normal for the year by about 5 inches. the eastern shore got drenched yester day as well, part of the driest regions of the state. 84 is the average high for today, 87 is what we actually measured. nowhere near by high and 1948 when it hit 102 degrees. chur to the north and west of us behind the front that is moving in from the north and west, picking up the showers. once we get past that, the weather will be beautiful here. high pressure from canada will bring us some superb summer weather. this area of high pressure will block isaac from immediately coming our way. right now it looks like isaac will

the eastern shore. you can kind of see some stuff on the delaware beaches. south and east of baltimore is the best chance for a thunderstorm today. a mixture of sun and clouds. 20% chance for a thunderstorm. best chance on the eastern shore. high temperature between 86 and 91 degrees. watch for lighting if you take the boat out today. the seven-day forecast -- the chance for rain will go up by the end of the week. a good chance for thunderstorms on friday and some could be strong or severe. the front goes through on saturday morning. most of the weekend will be dry and comfortable with temperatures in the mid 80's. >> your energy bill tends to skyrocket in the summer because of the high cost of keeping your summer school cool. close the curtains and set the thermostat at 78 degrees. turn it up to 85 degrees when you're out. the price of meat is skyrocketing because of the devastating drought. >> buy now or pay more later. customers have every reason to be concerned. >> we eat a lot of buffalo burgers and i worry with the price of grain going up that it will skyrocket. >> beef prices ar

most of the rain activity is light to moderate rain activity. eastern part of baltimore, most of the city, on down in to a cluster of shower activity and the heaviest in southern maryland, crossing the potomac river. it's moving to the east. we still have a chance of rain. the rain chance will be moving eastward all day long. those of you in the west, the rain will be tapering off later today. we'll talk about the details of the forecast in just a minute. ♪ ♪ >> new development in the race for the white house. this is our big story. in just about four hours from now, mitt romney, the presumed republican nominee, is set to announce his running mate. >> it will be announced at 9:00 in norfolk. sources are saying it will be wisconsin congressman, paul ryan. >> mitt romney off of the trail today in boston. he's choosing a running mate with his campaign in a slump. three new polls show romney trailing president obama by seven points or more. romney's put up an ad about welfare and about religion. he took an overseas trip that was marred by gaps. conservatives are demanding ro

most of the rain has shifted out of the baltimore area but we still have showers and thunderstorms cropping up along the eastern shore. here is a look at ocean city where a thunderstorm is headed their way. these are a few cells to watch out for as we take a wider view of the radar. not too much happening behind that despite a few light sprinkles just south of taggers down. as we get near the afternoon, -- hagerstown. as we get near the afternoon, the son might break out a little bit. we're expecting temperatures in the mid-upper-80's. we do have a slight risk for severe weather. we will continue to talk about that in the seven-day, coming up. >> meantime, police arrest a former owner of the senator theatre in north baltimore at the theater itself. police tk him into custody at the historic theater on york road. he is charged with trespassing and harassment after police say his behavior was unruly and inappropriate. a piece order was issued monday prohibiting him from having contact with the current owner. a hearing is set for september. the movie business is expected to give a boost to the maryland economy. an

the ribbons kick things off in downtown baltimore. from 8:00 p.m. to midnight, the storms move on to the eastern shore but leading up to that, could be some strong storms. cooler on saturday, slide chances of showers redeveloping on sunday. temperatures are getting back to normal. look to mid-80's for next week. the degree or so below normal. they will clear the field if there is lightning. >> thanks for joining us. see you

flooding of low-lying areas could be occurring in the eastern part of our county. in the western parts of baltimore county, storms are drifting to the northwest. we see east of howard county, moving up toward liberty reservoir and southern carroll county. out in western maryland, thunderm

the central and eastern part of the state. starting to cool things off in the mountain. from baltimore down to cambridge, salzburg, still running near 80 degrees. while we have the warm weather here, look at this pocket of cool air. it was 38 friday morning. that cool air is still moving in. these are the current temperature is now. that will slam into the warm conditions we have had and generate another round of showers, maybe some thunderstorms through the afternoon tomorrow. on sunday, we should be through the other side of it. we will notice a dry air coming in behind that fraud and temperatures at or may be below normal to wrap up the weekend. sunday looks like a better day for outdoor activities. we should see some break in the cloud cover and the rain tapering off. sunday we will have more sunshine around here. the transition happening as the front moves through tomorrow morning. still a risk of a thunderstorm tonight. tomorrow, 83, 88 degrees. the south wind on the bay at 10- 15 knots, waves of to feed. cooler weather coming into the mountains. 67 tomorrow, 71 on sunday. for oc

the rape -- rain near baltimore is finished. a few showers left in cecil county. most of the rain on the easternhore the past hour, hour and a half, with a little bit of thunder in delaware as the line of showers crossing the bay and showers in the lower eastern shore, southeast maryland, around ocean city. let's take a close look at the board walk. the lower part of the screen shows how wet the boardwalk is now. it's been showering on the boardwalk this morning with the temperature now at ocean city at 71. but here at bwi, 68. 87%, the humidity, barometer rising and north breeze at 7 miles an hour. shower activity is pulling out. there are low 70's on the eastern shore but as you move to the west, west of the cool front which is crossing the bay and moving eastward, most of the readings are in the 60's and the mountain regions are in the 50's. the cooling trend to the west of us, the yellows represent mostly 70's and the green shades cooler, 50's and 60's out west and each 40 in the great lakes. that's the cooler air filtering in behind this cool front. we won't get into the coldest of it becau

you'll see rain showers covering the entire baltimore area, southwestern baltimore county seeing heavier rains up on to the northern portions of the easternthey are seeing some stronger rains. taking a look at what it's going to look like when you wake up tomorrow. mostly cloudy with isolated showers. by noon, we'll see some clearing. then by 4:00 in the afternoon, sunny skies hopefully. we'll keep our fingers crossed. we'll break down the forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> all right. lowell, thank you. >>> the storm system proved to be deadly. we are hearing that lightning snuck the racetrack at the nascar nine. one person died, nine were injured. not clear if all were stuck by lightning. >>> another mass shooting inside a temple in wisconsin. it's being called an act of domestic terrorism. seven people are dead, three others injuries, including a policeman. >> police searched a home where they think the suspect lived. looking for a motive, background, anything to answer the question why? >> what did we do wrong? what's the guy who flipped? did he hate us for our appearance ? >> reporter: the shooting happened between services at t

the humidity, it feels like 100 in downtown baltimore right now. triple digit heat index in frederick feeling like 98 on the lower eastern shore. overnight, warm and muggy with isolated storms early. the light southerly wind is drawing moisture out of the gulf of mexico and off of the atlantic keeping a very human through the weekend. the bermuda high strengthening off the coast will pump in heat and humidity and our hottest temperatures will be the next few days. under terms possible during the afternoon tomorrow. high temperatures 89-94. sunrise at 6:10. on the day tomorrow, when dot of the south. i qaeda for mccann rain at 8:51 a.m. . still humid in the upper western maryland mountains. scattered afternoon storms, high temperature of mostly in the 80's. the tropical seas and is getting closer to the peak of the season. mid august and mid september in the heart of the season. this is a tropical storm ernesto. conditions look favorable as a track through the caribbean for this to perhaps become a category one hurricane. it moves out pass toward jamaica and making a turn towards cancun and perhaps get into the gulf of mexico so

the history making space event coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in baltimore the showers are lingering at 75 degrees still have severe weather on the eastern shore. bernadette has the first weather forecast coming up. >>> first, check this out. we're not the only ones getting some storms. very impressive lightning in st. louis. the video was shown friday night. >>> now to oklahoma where families in one neighborhood are picking up the pieces after a raging wildfire devours their homes. here you can see what is left of some of the homes in luther that's about 30 miles north east of baltimore city. today the mayor toured the remains of one neighborhood t. fire damaged about 56 homes and other buildings. >> you practice the rules at school but you don't have to follow them very often and you don't know what you're going to get. >> a man was shown throwing burning newspapers out of his truck. >>> a man was accused of shooting his wife as she layed in a hospital bed. police say the 66-year-old walk into his wife's hospital room at akron general hospital and opened fire hitting his wife. she did survive and she's in critical condition. no one els

the skylin improving. baltimore city had a severe one. the rain came in after 5:30. spotty showers for much of the viewing area. notice the severe weather near elkton. much of the eastern shore getting slammed with the thunderstorms. winds in excess of 50 miles per hour. look at the lightning. 900 bolts of lightning from this line of storms that blew through here. that will continue the progression towards the east. new castle county thunderstorm warning until 7:30. the storms are putting the break brakes on. we'll watch the skies until 9:00 and the course of the evening. rain-cooled 75 in town. 90s over the eastern shore. we have another band of showers and thunderstorms towards deep creek maryland. we'll track that coming up. >> thank you. >> for the second time in less than a month we are reporting on another mass shooting on the south side of miwaukee. let's go to scott for the latest. >> reporter: the shooting started outside miwaukee. a morning worship service suddenly became a crime scene. >> first officer on the scene is a 20 year law enforcement veteran and accomplished tactical officer. when he aarrived on the scene he engaged an active shooter outside of the

the northeast. isolated stuff i don't think your morning commute will be impacted by some of these storms except for areas east of washington, d.c. and baltimore. easternart of the carolinas dealing with heavy downpours this morning. light in the rockies and heavier stuff later on this afternoon. >>> it is time to entertain this. tom cruise and a new york state of mind. the star is looking to rent this $13 million mansion so he could be closer to his daughter. suri is living in manhattan with her mom katie holmes. >> the oscar winner shoved a female bartender on bush bonn street. if they catch up with him he will be busted for misdemeanor battery. >> the top spot on vanity fair will go to kate middleton. the dutches is on the list for the third year in a row even her brother, brother in law prince harry made the cut as well. >>> time for a look at the roundup. sports stories making headlines at this hour. the u.s. taking home more gold at the olympics. the women's gymnastic team winning its first olympic title since 1996. the team not botching a single routine. all but three scores were 15 or higher. more records broken and more suspicious of cheating