we are starting to get some information from the hartford county area conforming with the county executive said about some buildings being down. east of south of 152, this must have been a tornado or winds. cady in hartford county says several buildings collapsed along route 1. they are not sure. people are trapped, but no injuries. >> there is an e-mail from someone in bel-air, who says it is raining very heavily with lightning flashes. we have had the silent alarms for tornado warnings. on our facebook page,, lexie says this is a scary storm. there is something else been mentioned -- we have been talking about the people who are commuting. there are a whole lot of people who work in the d.c. area who are stuck because the metro and the subway and the bus system in d.c. is not working very well because of wireless data and trees down. people who are stuck on amtrak on union station are getting, social media. >> maybe we can go back to david williams with mercy management to explain the sirens. >> for now, we will send it back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. began word -- we

[applause] >> senator richard blumenthal told that the university of hartford commencement. he talked about giving back to the community in leading the nation to a better future. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> i cannot imagine a day that has meant more to me and i know that is true of many of you. after that wonderful introduction and a summary of some of my accomplishments, among 100 united states senators in seniority, i am #97. i am glad you're laughing. any data get a chance to speak is a good day for me. -- any day i get a chance to speak, it is a good day. for those of you who think it is messy in washington, i'm always happy to be out of washington, always happy to be in the hartford come always happy to be in the university of hartford, one of the greatest learning institutions in the united states of america. you should be proud, every one of you. [applause] i am especially proud to accept this honor. degree from my good friend, curtis robinson, who has given relentlessly and tirelessly to the university of hartford and all of connecticut with his efforts on

. >> senator richard blumenthal told that the university of hartford commencement. he talked about giving back to the community in leading the nation to a better future. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> i cannot imagine a day that has meant more to me and i know that is true of many of you. after that wonderful introduction and a summary of some of my accomplishments, among 100 united states senators in seniority, i am #97. i am glad you're laughing. any data get a chance to speak is a good day for me. -- any day i get a chance to speak, it is a good day. for those of you who think it is messy in washington, i'm always happy to be out of washington, always happy to be in the hartford come always happy to be in the university of hartford, one of the greatest learning institutions in the united states of america. you should be proud, every one of you. [applause] i am especially proud to accept this honor. degree from my good friend, curtis robinson, who has given relentlessly and tirelessly to the university of hartford and all of connecticut with his efforts on

the three. very strong sell up in hartford county. folks should be taking shelter as we speak here right now, the source systems crossing 152 and heading up toward 23. the system is a dangerous storm system. just about everybody in hartford county should be taking shelter right now. the damaging winds right smack across the middle part of hartford county. south of baltimore into ann arundel into hertford county, and on up into our viewers in catonsville, this is a storm system the radar is taking as a strong of rotation to identify as a tornado. trekking through self was in baltimore county in the next few minutes. again, several severe thunderstorms in the region. three of them perhaps percent of votes or tornadoes. one southwest of the city coming up around ann arundel county. the one is a very strong sell as well. not as big and well organized as the ones we saw earlier in the afternoon when we could separate them nice and individually, but still very strong, and one in frederick county moving up with the western and northwestern pa

a live report this morning on more of the cleanup efforts here in hartford county. rter: still a lot of work to get done here at the falston pharmacy and all the other medical offices in this building. i'm linda stow. why they're

everything from as far as laurel, all the way up to hartford. all the way up into almost into cecil. they have just moved across the area and it's just been a absolute mess. we will throw it over to mike to look at what we can expect. >> we are going to continue. there are a couple of warnings, north and east of the city limits, we are starting to get some of the reports in to the weather center. movement of them have been wind reports. you can see this down at bwi, an swerver reported a possible tornado so they will investigate that. a lot of wind damage across rare roll and baltimore, benson, we will continue to assess the damage and certainly the national weather service will be out into tomorrow and also sunday to see if we did have a few touchdowns from those tornadoes, flash flood warnings continue for much of baltimore and we still have a severe thunderstorm warning for cecil, that's set to expire at around 11:30. we will show you the radar in just a basement. >> thank you. one of the things to watch foro power outages, they are ranging fr

and there was a lot of smothering going on across the border to canada and when the hartford convention people came to washington, do you think it was a matter of bad timing because of the battle of new orleans or did they ever really have a chance to secede from the union over the war of 1812? thank you. >> briefly, i think the idea of cessation has been somewhat overblown historically. it probably was debated at hartford, but it was never really the truly sort of serious goal of the federalists. federalists wanted to see an end to the war, and what you have to realize is that washington, d.c., was burnt to the ground in august of 1814 and the treaty of gent is signed december 24th of 1814 and the battle of new orleans happens january 8th of 1815. so at the moment the treaty of gent is signed the u.s. has gone with the treaty table with the capital in ashes and that's the negotiating stance, at the moment that they're saying we have got to get out of this war, they have a pretty good reason for making that argument. things are looking pretty bleak and that's a huge shot in the arm for

right now on the beltway, here's a live look at parkville and hartford road. everything up to speed. no delays to talk about as you travel the outer loop up to 83 or the inner loop down towards 95. the west side also going to be pretty clear. here's a look at liberty road. no delays to talk about on that outer loop as you drive down towards route 40. >> lauren is talking about your commute in. take a look at this, ferrari coming out with what they call a family-friendly car. i don't know about that. the new edition is an all-wheel drive ferrari ff comes with four seats. the difference is you can now take it around the race track or on a family vacation. what family vacation is going to be held in that? the base model, by the way -- i should get one, the base model starts at $300,000. a little out of my price range. if it were $300 i might be able to afford it. i know you like that car. >>> have a great weekend, everyone. >> happy friday. let's get our creativity running. then get some blades spinning, paper sanding, and bits turning. let's motor to the only pla

it will reduce traffic to just one lane in both directions right near the hartford tunnel. you will want to use the fort mchenry tunnel or the key bridge all the way through the end of the summer as your alternate routes and that construction won't be finished until the fall. if you are headed out to 95, no delays to talk about. it will be an easy ride from white marsh all the way into the city. as we check in and take a live look at 83 in northern baltimore county, no problems to report here at scwann road, making for a nice easy ride down to the beltway and it will remain clear as you get onto the jfx. that outer loop starting to pick up just a little bit. all in all a 12-minute ride from 95 up to 83. that's a look at your abc 2 news time saver traffic. megan and charley, over to you. >>> a gut-renching day in the trial that has already rocked one of america's most powerful universities. >> it was a day packed with emotion, even tears report from some jurors. and abc 2 news' sharree johnson has more on what's expected to happen today in the trial of jerry sandusky. >>repo

as far as the beltway is concerned, here's a live look in parkville at hartford road. everything up to speed. actually, no problems to report as you travel up towards 83. and a huge milestone in all of that construction on the charles street bridge overpass, the round about is actually going to be moved later tonight, replaced a traffic signal. as far as the northwest corner, there you're looking in pikesville right now, green spring avenue, no concerns. it will be an easy ride as you travel down towards route 40 that. is a look at your abc 2 news time saver traffic. megan, over to you. , 6:17 right now. look at this, a black bear sighting in northern baltimore county. it was spotted roaming outside of jacksonville elementary school in phoenix yesterday. a viewer sent us this picture. while the animal may look cute and cuddly like they always do, you always want to stay away if you see a black bear. no black bears in the studio this morning, but an adorable kitten, from the maryland spca. thanks for bringing sandy in. >> yeah, sandy is a handful, a very fun little kitte

severe thunderstorm warning for areas in the city and extending northeast into hartford county. warnings go until 5:30 for the city, for the county of work very bill, perry hall, and that has been moving along pretty quickly. one in northern baltimore county should be expiring as we speak. but there is a warning for severe weather up in parts of york and lancaster county's for those cells that cut right across carroll county about an hour or so ago. to the south, severe storms in eastern washington area, coming up out of the d.c. beltway. when the warning in effect, and the storm system would have a tendency to move toward baltimore in the next hour or two as it makes its way up the 95 corridor. rough weather in our area, damaging winds, flooding rains, large hail and possibly 20 damage associated with some of these storms. one of the biggest cutting right across the central and northwestern parts of baltimore city. captain roy has been getting a bird's-eye view at some of these nasty storms appear first and foremost, stay safe for sure, and keep sending back these amazing pictur

. >>> a shocking development in the case of the hartford county man who confessed to killing and eating his roommate. he may have tried to do it before. another potential victim talks exclusively to wjzs mike helgren about his encounter with the confessed can it ball. >> reporter: just days before police say alexander kanua carved his roommate with a knife and ate his heart and brain inside his families home in hartford county, he was arrested for attacking gash was caesar on the morgan state university campus in baltimore, beating him with a bat and then according to reports, standing over his body with a knife. it fractured caesar's skull. he spoke to wjz about the attack in his first television interview. >> i was able to turn because i felt him. >> what happens next? >> he had a black shield over his head. that's the only thing i remember. he had a black shield off his head. >> what's going flew your mind. >> i was in utter shock. >> caesar now believes he would have been the first victim of the cannibalism. >> regardless of whether i heal up, if my eye sight comes back or not, it's

ron matz in the newsroom with the latest on this. >> the hartford county grand jury indicted alexander tino, the indictment charges with one count of first-degree murder in the death and one count of carrying a weapon. the indictment comes after hearing the district court. attorneys request for a competency evaluation. the judge ordered that he will be transferred to the list and t parkins hospital for an evaluation. back to you. >> they give him much. even women with a family when he was killed. >>> the city council votes to increase the already controversial tax to go from two to 5 cents per container. the bill will go to the mayor for her signature. it's expected to create millions of dollars for school construction and repair projects in the city are you the text takes effect july 1st of next year. >>> the sun, as you can see in the report, is trying to make its way out from behind the clouds. we take a live look outside right now. and overcast day with clouds covering much of the sky. the sun had to come out for the ships. it just had to. completes -- complete first warning weathe

now he's being held without bond at the hartford county detention center. >>> he's been charged with ling funds but harry thomas junior has to repay the city more than $350,000. at the same time, though, that federal judge says thomas will not have to repay another 90,000 bucks diverted from a city drug program to pay for a 209 inaugural balance. >>> it could have been a series of odd moments turned into a good thing. laura bush and sdwrorj bush returned to their -- george bush returned to their old home for the unveiling of their portrait. it reminded them of the significance of these presidential pictures. >> when the british burned the white house in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of the first george w. [ laughing ] >> now, michelle, if anything happens . [ laughing ] >> there is your man. [ laughing ] >> good stuff. now, president obama has spent a better part of his presidency blaming mr. bush for leaving the country in an economic mess when he inherited it, but both sides set apart political differences today for today's portrait ceremony. ♪ music playing ♪ don

triple shooting. >>> later this week the hartford county 11-year-old shot by his brother will be laid to rest. his 8-year-old accidentally shot him. viewing will be held in delta pennsylvania. the other will be on thursday at 11:00 a.m. funeral services will follow. police are reviewing it but no charges have been filed. >>> a woman will spend life in prison for her role in the murder of a man in a gas station. she was sentenced. she supplied the gun that killed william porter. it was a murder for hire blot arranged by her wife carla. dotta is her sister. carla goes on trial next year. >> cubs council approved a bill with three stations facing closure they proposed the idea to race money. he as already gotten a few calls from health care providers and it would be done tastefully. >> if you limit it to one ad per truck, then it gives an increased dollar amount for the ad on that particular truck and it makes the advertiser a hero. >> they hope to prevent the closures. tonight they will be able to sit up a committee. >>> also at council the city one step closer to banning children from

the beltway is concerned. here's a live look in parkville at hartford road. just 11 minutes to travel that outer loop from 95 up towards 83. unfortunately the west side is going to be the same case, no problems to report from 795 down towards 95. that's a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. megan and charley, over to you. >>> a developing story for you this morning, baltimore county police are investigating after a man's body was found in a car in parkville. abc 2 news' sharree johnson is here with the latest on this investigation. sharee, what do we know at this hour? >>reporter: charley, i've been checking in with baltimore county police this morning. detectives are still trying to figure out why a man's body was found in a car. police have been busy gathering evidence for more information. that car was found in the 100 block of mopeck circle. that's in baltimore. police say a man's body was found who had been shot to death inside a car in this parking lot at this taylor park apartment complex. detectives searched the back seat of a black sedan. a number

. >>> the hartford county man that confessed to killing and eating parts of a house mate may have triedomething earlier. a man who had an encounter with the cannibal is speaking to wjz and mike hellgren. >> just days before police say alexander kinyua carved his roommate kujoe bonsafo agyei-kodie with a knife and ate his heart and brain inside his family's home, kinyua was arrested for attacking josh casa on the mar -- caesar on the morgan state university beating him with a bat and then standing over him with a knife. he spoke to wjz about the attack. >> i was able to turn because i felt him. >> what happens next? >> he had a black sheet over his head. that's h only thing i member -- that's the only thing i remember. >> what was going through your mind? >> utter shock. >> see caesar -- caesar believes he would have been the first victim of his cannibalism. >> regardless if i heal up, my eyesight comes back, it's going to be in my mind. >> this video shows kinyua speaking in january talking not only about the virginia tech masacure but human sacrifice. >> it's international interri inte

once again we are getting word of a possible tornado touchdown in hartford county. that's theideo you're looking right now is from hartford county. this visit yes was just sent into -- this video was just sent in showing damage. we're gathering more details we will update you of course throughout the night. >>> let's go back to bob turk now, he has more from radar on the storms and the tornado warnings still in effect and what may be coming, bob. >> there's two warnings, one across allegheny county that's south of the cumberland area, and we have a second in dublin. that's going to move quickly out of the county into lancaster. let's take a look at the latest advisories just coming in right now. we have a tornado watch continuing for the area. but that tornado warning remains in effect for harford county until 7:00 as we see. it's actually near delta, it's now about a 12-mile northeast of bell air moving at about 20 miles per hour. perhaps some of the damage in the fulsome area as it moves out of that region. but it's moving rather quickly now. you should be done with that sho

so let's take a look back at some of the footage we're talking about. this is video from hartford county in folston, damage seemed to be the worse there. before we take a look at how things are one week later, we want to see how things are today. we'll send it over to meteorologist lynette charles. not a pretty sight last week. a much better picture now. >> we're still dealing with preliminary information, so by next week things will start to -- we'll know exactly what's going on. but for now we are dealing with 12, so we do have this tornado followup for you and we can see four ef-1s ald 8 ef-0s, 65 to 85 miles an hour. we did have one watersville road, mount airy, more of the same in fingsburg, that's all in carroll county. we're also looking at one for hartford county. we talked about that one, that's the falston ones pleasant hills. this is in allegheny county, 41. everywhere else we're talking about ef- 0s. one that touched down in kingsville was an ef-0 that was karen drive, and we also have one fort meade, dutchess county as well and we have -- montgomery county as well, we

. >> the hartford county man suspected of cannabilism faces more charges. charged him with a tempted murder. the 21-year-old faced assault and reckless endangerment for a may attack that happened at a dorm. a man was hit effort head with a baseball bat. he allegedly told police that he ate the heart and part of the brain of a family friend that he is charged with killing. >> the celebration is in full swing. look at all the people. there you are. all right. tonight we are all celebrating history. getting a taste of charm city. the harbor packed with ships from they are here to celebrate the anniversary of the war of 1812 and the writing of the star spangled banner. a real life history. >> just to get that awe in the kid's ice that they can see that and related to that to where we take them to a time and place to where they can meet the great grandfather. >> with the tourists and crowds the harbor is expected to be packed and businesses are smiling. trying to benefit from celebration. >> most of the ships came in yesterday the coast guard cutter eagle said u

the morning. it's an accident in hartford county. belcamp, 543 near route 7. two vehicles involved there. police are on the scene. speeds are looking good on the beltway. top and west side 59 and 61 are your averages. southbound 175 problem free heading to the south. no problems on 95 at 543. remember wjz 13 is always on. log on to wjz.com. >>> here is what people are talking about today. the united states supreme court is showing a split verdict on arizona's very controversial immigration law. some of the key provisions were struck down. wjz and mike schuh are live with the national and local implications. there are some. good morning, mike. >> good morning, done. good morning, everyone. it's a long awaited decision. the obama administration sued and brought the case to federal court to the supreme court to prevent portions of that arizona law from taking effect. this morning both sides are claiming victory. >> they pulled me over. >> reporter: mario was pulled over for making an illegal turn. >> he asked me where i was born. you don't have the right to ask me that question. >> the suprem

and i also was a national reporter for the hartford current in connecticut before entering journalism education. >> before going into detail about any of these different incidents in history that you write about, would you give us -- first of all, give us an overview of what this book is about. >> the book discusses and debunks ten media-driven myths. these are stories about and/or by the news media that are widely believed and often retold. these are prominent stories about journalism and journalists. but these stories under scrutiny dissolve as wildly exaggerated. i characterize them as the -- akin to the junk food of journalism. they're appetizing, they're appealing, they're tantalizing, but they're not terribly nutritious or healthy in the long run. >> want to do this quickly and then come back to some of them. >> okay. >> let's go down the ten. i'll read off the chapter and you give us a little paraphrase on all of this. number one, i'll furnish the war, the making of a media myth. >> that was william randolph hurst's vow at the end of the 19th century. it's a widely known story.

heading through the tunnels, do be aware that the construction does continue on 895 just south of the hartford tunnel toll plaza. not causing a backup as of yet, but that will change later this morning. definitely stick with the key bridge or 95 as your alternate route. here's a live look not far from the fort mchenry tunnel at interstate 395, everything will be nice and clear heading into the city or even if you're traveling southbound down toward the beltway or even to the d.c. area. if you are heading out to the beltway, here's what it looks like, overly at bel aire road, everything up to speed, just 11 minutes on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. >>> the battle over the city budget is down to one last vote. it appears the mayor will get her way, but at what cost. abc 2 news' linda stow has more. she joins us now with the latest. >>reporter: that final vote will happen next monday if the council votes yes to the budget, it means three fire companies and several rec centers will close on july 1st as part of the mayor's plan to save

there was a convention, the hartford convention in which some of them flirted with the idea of leaving the union. it never really got anywhere, but it was really a manifestation of the discontent of the new england states with the war, and you can't blame them. new england was hit hard economically by the war. new england had little to gain by the war, and -- and so you can see why they opposed the war of 1812 up there. >> want to remind our viewers we'll open the phone lines again in half an hour at noon eastern for your calls on the war of 1812. we want to thank our guest vince vaise, chief of interpretation at ft. mchenry. thank you for joining us this morning, sir. >>> we're next going to go to boston where the ""uss constitution"" is docked, a veteran of the war of 1812. we're going to take a tour of the ""uss constitution"" museum. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. "uss constitution" was launched in boston in 1797 and named by president george washington for the constitution of the united states. the ship

there was a convention, the hartford convention in which some of them flirted with the idea of leaving the union. it never really got anywhere, but it was really a manifestation of the discontent of the new england states with the war, and you can't blame them.

looking back at other flooded areas we have the hickory bypass flooded at hartford road. if you look at the graphic, you can see the lanes blocked at east seminary. as we had spoke about, a mess on northbound 95 at the 895 split and heading towards white marsh boulevard. we will continue to keep you up- to-date but use caution and you can check the website at wjz.com. back to you. >> thank you, christy. the news will continue right after this, stay with us. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i just wish it wouldn't fade away so fast. let me show you something. [ dr. rahmany ] as soon as you leave here... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but now there's a way to keep the clean longer. introducing new crest pro-health clinical rinse. it's a clinical breakthrough that actually keeps your teeth 91% clean of plaque at 2 months after a dental visit. plus, it gives you these key benefits. new crest pro-health clinical rinse. crest. life opens up when you do. also try new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. >>> we are following the storms across th

we have the storm's major impact on hartford county. first, let's go live in baltimore county, just one of the places still cleaning up. >> reporter: we're live, the damage was extensive and will take time to repair. a job born out of necessity after tornadoes ripped a path of destruction around the state. >> we were outside and we ran for cover. before i could get the garage door closed, the trees all snapped. >> reporter: utility crews were trying to restore power to those in the dark. work crews spent the day cleaning up the damage while homeowners and insurance adjustors spent time trying to determine how much it would cost and how long it would take to repair. >> we have another one that's leaning. i've been trying to get the tree company out here. >> reporter: here just off belair road, the storm's damage was pretty evidence. this is a roof ripped completely apart. there's a small office complex, the storm ripped the brick off the building. >> i remember hearing rain and then all you hear is wind and the sound of almost a freight t

financials with some insurance exposure seem to dominate taking up half the list. hartford, lincoln financial, just a few. hig is down 3.5%, if you believe history repeats itself and that the market is going down, heartford might be exhibit a on the avoidance list. another interesting one, harmon international. high end electronics with focus on the auto industry. great play last year but global slowdown could be brutal. the stock performs three times worse than the s&p on down trends. it could be a name to watch, but not touch. the highest beta name to the downside, qep resources, oil and gas play fairing slightly worse than the hartford. weak economy, weak stocks, weak energy prices could mean more weak underperformance for that stock. interestingly, sue, coal names, they're high beta didn't make this list. get this combination, potential one, they could be the ones to avoid if a, materials would see less demand if we had a downturn, and, b, cheaper prices in coal would mean even more conversion to natural gas. they might get a double whammy with that. those are the ones

and we looked at our portfolio businesses, the hartford is the last of a multi company as well. we looked at our portfolio and strategies and put it through a rigorous subject against two primary principles. how are we going to increase returns for shareholders sf and how are we going to sustain for more superior performance. >> do the moves you put in place reduce the volatility in the financial services part of the portfolio? and how much of the moves that you have made have come under pressure from the likes of john paulson and others dissatisfied with the share price performance? >> all shareholders have a right to state their opinion. but the board and i and management team really looked at through three levers. one you noted. first, what are the businesses we felt had competitive positions upon which we could invest for profitable growth? second was, we wanted to be in businesses that generated capital. and third, to your point, which lowered our market sensitivity. so we have proclaimed, as you know, we're going to go forward with our commercial property casualty business

the state. from hartford county to prince george's county. have two in carol county and three in montgomery county. there's even one on the eastern shore and queen anne's county. and one where the intensity has not been confirmed. but it is confirmed that a tornado touched down because it was spotted by a tower worker. so yes, across eight counties we have 10 confirmed tornado. >> we'll be covering as you can imagine bernadette, thank you very much. again a lot more work ahead. a lot more for homeowners and adjustors. >> stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage. to find forecast updates any time log on to wjz.com. >>> george zimmerman's attorney is taking the first step toward getting a new bond hearing if for his client. the court revoked the 28-year- olds bonds for lying about his financial circumstances. randall pinkston reports from central florida. >> reporter: his attorney says the 28-year-old needs to apologize for making a mistake. judge kenneth lester revoked zimmerman's bond after prosecutors showed his wife misled the court

as we check in and take a live look at the beltway here in parkville at hartford road, no delays whatsoever all the way up towards 83. the west side, that's where it's going to get a little tricky. this is liberty road. outer loop will be moving slowly all the way down towards edmondson avenue. >>> take a look at this before we go on this wednesday morning, ireporter ken gill sent in this picture of a river washing through a main road in safety harbor, florida where tubers and kayakers made the most of the situation. she compared this to the flooding of myrtle beach, south carolina where this is much worse. more rain and more flooding, more widespread. a lot of places remain under water. lynette, we kind of have fun with these videos and we say, okay, fine, don't do it, but the dramatic aftermath of debby we're going to be dealing with. >> yes, we sure will. how ironic the name of that town is safety harbor and what he's doing it's not safe at all. >> we like to leave the show with some fun video. lynette is shaking her head. she doesn't approve. as you mentioned earlier, there's critter in

. >>> the hartford county man accused of cannibalism may have targeted another man. 21-year-old alexandernyua admits to eating the heart and parts of the brain of his how house -- house mate. that student he attacked two weeks earlier said when he regained consciousness he was standing over him with a knife. >>> a new call this morning for state troopers to patrol the area alongside city police at the inner harbor. mike schuh is live at the harbor with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning. the question is, have things gotten to the point where the city needs help from the state. the answer is yes or no, depending on who you ask. >> a vicious beating on saint patrick's day. >> somebody has stalked a male. >> a mob of teens fighting. >> i think it's dra send it -- crazy. >> a 711 lewded. >> state don't want to go downtown. >> senator brochen says it shows a need for state police in the harbor. >> i think the city police need help. i think they're stretched too thin. >> the mayor disagrees. >> crime is down. we're safer than that district than we were last year and we will continue

and there was another micro burst likely in the hartford county area. they also look at the damage caused by the micro burst and it sort of fans out, taking down everything in its path, very strong. what you don't get is the rotation that you would see with a thunderstorm. but you get incredibly significant damage. the flag day storm that we had back here, i think in the late 1980s, early '90s, did that in northwest washington. here is bladensburg. we saw the storm moving through. the radar was black right in that spot, indicating large hail and also incredibly heavy rain as that storm was basically collapsing right on top of bladensburg. a little wider picture so you can see in western prince georges county, definitely getting the brunt of the worst that this storm had to offer in the metro. where do we stand right now? it's really winding down. we have a few showers still left over, really light stuff. more action down toward the beaches. what we see over here coming out of the charlottesville area tends to be moving more to the east. and the atmospher

. >> the last night we knew it was bad but didn't know how bad. what is happening in hartford now making national news. >> i was angry, depressed, couldn't believe it happened to me. >> a mother and daughter battling a rare heart condition. >> we want to look over the harbor. we took the roof off, it's such a nice night. >> right but that is about to change. let's check in with mike who is here to tell us abouty may need a umbrella tomorrow. >> it'll be a issue tomorrow certainly in the afternoon. the morning is fine. it's the afternoon in to the evening. right now it's just a beautiful skyline, clear, calm, 71 right now with that easterly wind and temperatures pretty good with low humidity. the warmer spot near frederick at 75. for the rest of the overnight expect temperatures around 63, cooler outlying areas and then the increasing clouds and more humidity by tomorrow morning. it's a huge storm system, cold front in here and that's creating showers and gusty thunderstorms, that's moving our direction. >> all right. new, a case of cannabilism. >> we brought you the story last

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the state. >>> hi everybody i am mary bubala. >> i am kai jackson live in hartford county where this is almost ground zero in terms of destruction we have experienced around maryland. the most recent total, 10 tore fay does in -- tornadoes in six maryland counties this is probably one of the most active weather days anyone can remember in recent memory. now this is a sound you are hearing across much of maryland today, downed trees and debris is being fed into wood chippers. insurance agents, homeowners, work crews are out busily cleaning up the mess and totaling up all the damage. wjz is live with extensive first warning weather coverage. derek is in hartford county, my colleague, bernadette woods is here with me in hartford county, tracking tornadoes where they hit. >> now to my colleague, derek not far from me with amazing video and sound for you. derek. >> yeah, kai let there be no mistake about the power of this storm. in fact, this tree is standing here as a testament to just how strong those winds were. you can see, this was a perfectly healthy tree, it is now completely splintered, the

a couple of accidents in the hartford county area, also route 24 right there at 95, back to baltimore city, we're watching a crash at annapolis road. let's now take a live look, not a bad drive for you at old court road. and things appear to be moving along pretty well on 95 just top of the fort mchenry tunnel. this traffic report is brought to you by the cockrin firm. call 1-800-the firm or you can contact them online. >>> if you went downtown over the water this weekend you had a lot and we mean a lot of company. it's actually one for the record books. wjz is live in the inner harbor, jessica kartalija explains the boost for one local business. >> reporter: it has almost been the best view from sky high chopper 13. all of the people taking the water taxi. they broke records. >> reporter: tall ships and sunshine brought a sea of people to downtown baltimore for the star spangled celebration. and thousands got around on the water. >> getting in line for the water taxi he's taking us to see some ships railroad the baltimore water taxis carried five times the number of passengers than o

it is beginning to cross the maryland line into hartford county. is low pressure in the great lakes is headed our way and it will trigger showers and storms for the early evening tonight. we will show you the seven-day forecasts in just a minute. >> new at 6:00, one man dead after a saturday night stabbing at 1218 east lafayette ave. he was stabbed multiple times in the back. madison was arguing with a woman who then got her brother involved. the brothers the one who stabbed to madison. he was rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later. the woman and her brother are both in custody tonight. the police are looking into a shooting overnight that left 68- year-old edward dabney debt. it happened on virginia avenue. one of the men pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. right now, no word on suspects. and 11-year-old boy is dead, allegedly shot by his younger brother. michael alexander and his brother were doing yard work for a neighbor saturday morning. they removed a gun from a secured area and they took it to a wooded area where polic

looks nicer. 100 the forecast in hartford with the possibility of 101 tomorrow. is impressive heat. thankfully when at the peak heating of the day the humidity levels aren't going to be all that bad. not oppressively humid and sticky air. more of a dry feel to it. 97 in new york, 98 in d.c. today and the heat index will feel like 100 to 105. here's what we're looking at tomorrow. so pretty much similar, two days in a row of similar conditions with highs in the big cities around 100 degrees. boston even getting up to 96. but we start to see a break tomorrow. buffalo and pittsburgh, highs only in the upper 80s. the cold front and thunderstorms will cool it off in new england come friday. it looks like friday afternoon, those thunderstorms will roll through. we'll probably still sneak up into the 90s during the first portion of the day but that will be the end of the three-day heat wave. welcome to summer. the good news for everyone in new england is, the extended forecast the next 10 to 14 days after this, does not look hot. so this will be short lived. >> all righ

the country? >> look, we know that hartford in syracuse worked. we are grateful for the resources that congress has put in the bill. we believe the grants we're making today will make a difference and will continue our opportunity to show that distracted driving is dangerous, that if you have good law enforcement you can drive down distracted driving. but we wanted to see if we could prove that in some other areas of the country. we will keep working with congress for resources. we think we're going to make a difference here. >> to you -- do you think voice command is the answer on the auto side? >> i'm going to lebron talk about voice activated, bluetooth -- going to let ron talk about voice activated, bluetooth and other technology. >> the data is not very strong on handsfree operations. we're conducting additional work. we're focusing on what we know are really dangerous, which are texting and hand-held. texting is 20 times more dangerous than normal driving. >> thank you. >> joan. [inaudible] >> we think voluntary is a better way to go for now.

the largest was an ef 1 in hartford. three people were hurt as a result of the storm system.be sure to stay with wjz for complete coverage. you can get the latest forecast and live doppler radar at wjz.com. >>> want to switch gears to other news. a serious story where an 11 year old boy is shot and killed by accident. police say michael's 8 year old brother shot him in the head when they were playing in woods. that boy later died on his way to the hospital. at first, police were told the shots came from an unknown person and that touched off a search for a gun man. . >> determined later when they found the handgun near the scene that the 8 year old had accidentally shot the 11 year old. >> and the boy later told police he got that handgun from a neighbor's home. no charges have been filed. >> also tonight baltimore city police are searching for a gun man after a deadly shooting. police say 18-year-old bowman was shot in the head early this morning. that's right outside the downtown. he was pumping gas when a man started talking to his passenger. bowman told the girl to get ba

the sheriff's office said the motorcycle crashed into a hartford county highway dump truck. witnesses say it was speeding crossed the yellow line to pass cars. the man was 23. >>> take a look at this. this from middle town delawar. a store taken over by fire. nobody was hurt. we don't know what started the fire. >> on friday it'll be one month since a tornado looked down keith matthews. the building he got a paycheck from collapsed on top of him. tonight friends and family came together to help him get back on his feet. we were there as they gathered at the belaire waffle house. >> trying to keep a roof. >> reporter: the young at heart led a rally tonight. >> he is recovering. he is suffered a broken femur and several places. broken ribs. >> reporter: family and friends with fork and knife in hand gathered at the waffle house tonight, 20% of all checks will go to helping jackie and her family get back on their feet. >> help sustain our house, our home, put food on the table for us. >> knew that was a kind of a small tornado. you know it still turned cars up and down. still ri

cleanup is on following last week's 12 tornadoes that hit our area very hard, one of the hardest hit locations hartford county in the town of falston. we have team coverage this morning beginning with linda stow. linda, what's going on this morning? >>reporter: megan, we're live here at the falston pharmacy right on route 1. this building made up of medical offices was damaged in the tornado. and you can see tarps still cover the roof and parts of the building have not been able to reopen for business. the problem they're having here is when the tornado hit, it damaged the roof, the rain came down and soaked the insulation. so subcontractors have been brought in to pull that insulation out. the problem is all that rain from the severe weather. it soaked it, causing part of thceiling to fall, so they're working to remove all that, to prevent the walls from collapsing even more. >> it's been pretty rough. we've been clearing out this here attic of all the insulation that got wet from when the tornado came through, tore up this roof and it rained so hard in there, all that insulation got wet, causing the

i wrote a poem, and it appeared in "the hartford current," my hometown newspaper. something and it would appear in print. my mom sent it in. >> and tell us a little bit about this book. >> well, "little night," it's about the dark side of sisterly love. and it's about how two sisters who are closer than close and just grew up together in new york city come to a real breaking point when one of the them becomes involved in a domestic violence marriage. and -- yeah. >> i'm sorry. i didn't mean to interrupt you, but i'm so in awe that you have written 30 books. how on earth do you get all of these ideas? >> you know, life has given me no shortage of material, which has -- you know, it's like my blessing and my curse. you know, it's just endlessly fascinating, especially families, which is what i write about. and i mean, there's so much drama in any given family but especially, i think in this family in particular, in "little night," that thing where you love someone so much and anything can happen. and that's where the greatest heartbreak comes in and also where there's

the way around. let's take a live look. everything is moving slowly there as well. also 95 south of mountain road up there in hartford road as well. for the most accurate and up to date traffic information available count on us at wjz.com. >>> here is what people will be talking about today. the nations eyes being on baltimore, the star spangled celebration is officially underway with wjz on board. tens of thousands of people are flooding the harbor. the ships began arriving yesterday, the first a canadian naval vessel. mike schuh is live this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they have floated h in from all over -- floated in from all the world. let the celebration begin. >> ships from all over the world drop anchor in the inner harbor for the star spangle celebration. >> i think this is mexico, ecuador. >> it takes my breath away. it's so fabulous with the sailors. >> the ship is magnificent. >> it commemorates the bicentennial the war of 1812, a major showcase of baltimore roll in u.s. history. >> very important for us. baltimore is a very parent harbor in an international way. we are very grateful

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