first i wanted to start off showing you the dry hills that surround the lexington reservoir. they are brown, they are dry which is a clear indication we need rain. this is a familiar sight around the bay area. also a familiar sight, that fog bank. we are familiar with the fog in the bay. this is expected to burn off, though, as you heard christina say, expected to reach the 90s, even the triple digits. first thing to think about is high fire danger. it's in effect. secondly, it is the first spare the air day of the summer. the bay area air quality management district issues a spare the air day when air quality is forecast to be unhealthy. meteorologist christina loren tells me the east bay is the only portion of the bay area where extreme unhealthy air. so keep that in mind today. still, all of us are encouraged to stay inside as much as possible and limit our driving, this means it may be a good day to carpool, walk or bike to work. if you think it's been warm more often than not you are right according the noaa the first six months of the year the hottest ever on record. >>

we are in the middle of the lexington reservoir surrounded by plenty of dry brown hills. a clara county, we found who else, smoky the bear warning everybody that fire danger is high today. so all of us have to do our part to prevent fires. we had a relatively dry spring so our landscape is ripe for high fire danger. the fire warning is coupled with our second spare the air day which means our air quality is deemed unhealthy. temperatures expected to reach the 90s in spots. this means it's a good idea to limit outdoor activity if you can. for some, though, that is hard to do. we spoke to one young man who delivers the newspaper. >> really hard to get used to it. then you get dehydrated and you don't want to work. >> reporter: well, even if you have to work today you are encouraged to drive less. so always a good idea to try carpooling, maybe take public transportation or walk or ride your bike. an astonishing statistic that came out released by noaa that the first six months of this year are the hottest on record ever. reporting from the lexington reservoir, marla tellez, "

carried off in handcuffs really caught a lot of people's attention. >> he follows her trail to the lexington detention center. >> then she gets to the jail, and this is where we hear that there was some sort of altercation. >> i just want to go home! >> i understand that. i want to too. i wouldn't want to be here either. >> i don't like you people. >> i heard from a lot of people that she did some very crazy things, said some real crazy things. >> i've already lost my job because of these people! >> mills' situation goes from bad to worse when she gets hostile at the police station. >> when they walk her in, she's trying to fall to the ground, and all the jailers are holding her up. >> you guys have already forced me to lose my job. >> her behavior has very unfortunate consequences. cameras record her every move. kennedy obtains the video and can't believe what he sees, especially since her blood alcohol level is reported as being fairly low. >> do you require immediate medical attention? >> yep. >> what for? >> because i'm thinking about punching some people. >> okay. you need medical atten

hence the reason the cdf has raised its fire level danger to high in places like the lexington reservoir. the bay area air quality management district has called for a spare-the-air day to combat the high levels of unhealthy air that's expected. cut down on driving, car pool, or use mass transit. if you need to fill up, wait until after sundown when gasoline vapors are less likely to add to the smog. wouldn't mind being in the same situation as those kids. my question to christina loren, our meteorologist, is this going to be the hottest place in the bay area today, livermore? 100 degrees they're saying, right? >> you are in for it out there, bob redell. extreme east bay will be the hottest. and of course that's where we're expecting the worst air quality, as well, where you get that air in, that high pressure. take aing a live look at oakland,his is another reason why. progressively more and more commuters on the highway. as we hit about 5:00 the heat of the day, that's also simultaneously when the air quality is at its worst. let's talk about air quality across the bay area. in the goo

it's slowly moving off towards the east, crossing the bay, south of lexington park. le bit further to the south, more showers and thunderstorms once again towards blocksm, this is in a matter of moments. be prepared if you are travels are taking you this way this morning. ellicott city, we are dry. we had wet weather earlier. seeing more of the same as we head over in to ar banna, a little bit of sun-cloud mixing that's the scenario throughout the day. moisture content is up there. we are feeling humid. temperatures are seasonable around 69 degrees baltimore. there is a front, that's the reason for the showers and thunderstorms firing up possibly for today. mainly to the south of us and future trend picking up on that. through today, temperatures topping out around 86 degrees and the seven-day forecast will get hotter in to next week. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. good morning. >>> good morning, trouble in arundel where there is a crash in glen burnie. southbound lanes route 10, 695, baltimore, a house fire shuts down north lenwood at fayette. use lakewo

morning. 5:53 from 75 in the district, 72 in manchester, 66 in culpeper, 72 in gaithersburg and the lexington park is 75 degrees. the rest of the day, by lunchtime, 95 with a lot of sunshine. through the afternoon it will feel like about 105-109 when you factor in the humidity. air temperatures near 100. the record high today at reagan national is 103. record-challenging heat. we have the chance of a few severe thunderstorms today. not a big chance, but a slight chance of a few severe and thunderstorms, especially this afternoon and evening. in pennsylvania's where they have a moderate risk. that means is almost certain they will have severe storms later on today. that is north of the mason-dixon line. nothing in terms of showers and storms locally right now. off to the west we have a few thunderstorms moving into the eyes 68 corridor and especially of to the midwest. -- i-68 corridor. heavy rain approaching cumberland and pushing to the southeast. just moving into accidents maryland about to approach cumberland. we have a strong chance all the way to saturday locally. temperatures cooling do

we're also focusing on this, highway 17, an incident northbound around the lexington reservoir but i'm buzz on the southbound side so there may abdisabled truck, not sure which direction. prepare for slowing south of the summit. we'll monitor this as well and show you what's going on in the castro valley, approaching 580 an injury accident, car on its roof. i'll let you know if the on ramp is blocked. >> we'll be back with more coming up. c plays, record skips] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! hmmm. you'll bring a lot to the party. [ all ] yay! [ female announcer ] new ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. twenty-one vitamins and minerals. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. refreshing nutrition in charge! within each strand of an oat's rhythmical sway. when an apple's vibrant red temptation, and honey's sweet touch of golden sensation, join together with a pecan crunch yo

fire accelerate tivity in the city on west lexington between north carry and north carrollton. ite street remains closed for a water main break. east lombard and light, two right lanes blocked because of that same water break. speeds slow on the west side, 38 miles an hour but looking good on the jfx. the traffic report is brought to you by home pair month post control. -- pest control. >>> the heat as advise ri goes into effect -- advisory goes into effect at 11:00 this morning until 9:00 tonight. cooling centers will be open isn't the city. isn't the city. >>> stay with,,,, ççç isn't the city. >>> stay with,,,, we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here.

. >> a must get used in the battle of lexington, the first action in the war of independence.er's canteen, one of only three known to have survived. >> when you think about it, at this point the united states is still just an idea. >> for years the 3000 items in this collection had been looking for a permanent home. by 2015, they will finally have one. when the museum of the american revolution opens in philadelphia, near independence hall. amazingly it will be the first national museum to tell the entire story of the american revolution. >> it has been a long time coming but i'm glad it is here. >> this brown university professor is a scholar of the revolution. >> there has been using for most every conceivable event in american history or person in american history but not for the american revolution. which is extraordinary when you think of the revolution as the most important events in our history. >> the museum's collection will include a letter written in the hand of george washington, celebrating the french horn in the cause. it was donated just this month. >> that is a

another one, a serious accident at old mill road in the phoenix region. lexington street in the city, you may find some closures because of fire department activity. light street remains closed for the next few weeks. artscape closures in effect for the weekend. mount royal is closed from north avenue to charles street. here's a quick live look at traffic. right now looking pretty good on the harrisburg expressway. no delays from the maryland line all the way to the beltway. 295 shows building volume in the southbound direction. no official delay as you approached 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a suspect in a colorado springs steals a plane and kills himself. he was a pilot and jumped over a gate on tuesday and stole a passenger jet. police say he clipped a wing before crashing into cars in a parking lot. a police officer and later found him inside. he was wanted in connection with the stabbing death of a former girlfriend. the fda gives approval to a new diet pill. the drug will not be sold as qsymia. more than half lost 10% of their body weight in

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a musket used in the battle of lexington and concord, the first action in the war of independence. >>rap. >> reporter: a soldier's canteen, one of only three known to have survived. it says "u. states." >> if you think about it, at this point, the united states is just an idea. >> reporter: right. for years, the 3,000 items in this collection have been looking for a permanent home. by 2015, they'll finally have one, when the museum of the american revolution opens in philadelphia near independence hall. amazingly, it will be the first national museum to tell the entire story of the american revolution. >> it's been a long time coming, but i'm glad it's here. >> reporter: brown university professor gordon wood is a scholar of the revolution. >> there have been museums for almost every conceivable event in american history or person in american history, but not for the american revolution, which is extraordinary when you think of the revolution as the most important event in our history. >> reporter: the museum's collection will include this letter written in washington's own hand, cele

marys, dealing with a thunderstorm to the south of lexington park, and also around montrose, showers and thunderstorms across the area. warsaw, dealing with a nasty thunderstorm across the area. let's go back to where we are, we have light showers around jarrettsville and bel air, the roads are going to be slick. this will continue as we go through the rest of today. isolated shower or storm to pop up in the forecast, dealing with a little bit of visibility issues around us. winchester, you are dealing with showers and storms, culpepper, more of the same there. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. you are talking about a house fire. >> yes , there is a house fire baltimore, north of patterson park. it shuts downlinwood at fayette. stick with lakewood. the fire department confirms no one injured. if you are traveling on 895, all the construction continues south of the harbor tunnel toll plaza. not causing a back up. later, stick with the fort mc henry or the key bridge as your alternate route. as we look at 95, eastern avenue, everything is up to speed. nice eas

along the waterways. . 78 in lexington 66 in winchester, cumberland, 70 in hagerstown. 86 degrees in a. kansas city, 87 degrees. hot in the midsection of the country. that's headed our way for the next couple days. upper 80she mid to with lower humidity and sunshine. a beautiful day. go to the swimming pool and enjoy the afternoon. tomorrow you will need the because it will be near 100 degrees with a slight chance of late-day and thunderstorms. like we will cooldown about 90 on the weekend. very comfortable today, but uncomfortable tomorrow. >> pretty comfortable right now on the highway. that's a good idea. don't procrastinate. how things can change. , 70, and good70 on 95,out of baltimore and the b-w parkway. on 50 between annapolis and cheverly. travel times in our favor in virginia between fredericksburg springfield. headlights are northbound on 95 newington towards the beltway. heading away from us is southbound, looking good as well. back to you. >> thank you. chad effort, a hollywood actor died. it was after a battle with lung cancer. the star of the 1970's series, "medical cen

nothing on the radar screen now. 80 degrees in the district. 73 at dulles airport. lexington park, 78. i was checking the water temperature down in the bay, and he to degrees. -- 82 degrees. here is the heat advisory in effect for today through noon until 8:00 p.m. it will feel like 100 to 105 degrees. highs right near 100 degrees. all the way through the weekend. slight chance of thundershowers this afternoon and evening. the record on saturday is 102. thatthere is a chance of dying that . we will cool down with a shift in our weather patterns. a welcome shift. what do you have for us? >> not too much. that's pretty good. here we are on the 14th street bridge. the ground level of your route off camera, we are looking very good. all the way from arlington county, everything is moving well. we go to the beltway in silver spring. we usually see pretty heavy traffic. looking good. nothing reported in the way all around the beltway. things are moving very smoothly. springfield, on the left, we are moving pretty much at speed. a little bit more company heading up to the interchang

as we slide to the south around lexington park you are look at showers and thunderstorms and around salisbury this morning, we have showers and thunderstorms popping up around that area. going throughout the day hour by hour, 6 a.m. the temperature at 72 degrees. i am keeping the chance for showers in here even as we head through the morning. look at what we have by 3 p.m. the temperature topping off at 86. scattered storms throughout the day. let's check the abc2 traffic with lauren cook worse rear dealing -- >> reporter: we are dealing with the water main break in downtown baltimore. you can use hopkins place as an alternate or mass transit would be a great option. now if you are using the jfx to get into the city, no delays. an 11-minute ride from the beltway to east fayette street and here's a live look at what 695 looks like at packville. no probable -- parkville. no problems up to 83. using 95, to get into the city, this is 395, no delays through the fort mchenry tunnel. but watch out in east baltimore the sink hole is a huge problem on monument street. look this is the repairs underway

and john phillis, own ore of a small business, a diner here in new york called the lexington candy shop, great place. president obama and mitt romney continued their sparg over the last jobs numbers. private sector added 84,000 jobs in jeune while the public sector lost jobs. slightly lower than expectations. the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 8.2% and the num r numbers are familiar and frustrated. in ohio yesterday president obama looked at the numbers and the context in the last two years. >> we looked at the numbers and the businesses have created 84,000 jobs in the last month they've created 4.4 million jobs in the last 28 months include 5g 00,000 new manufacturing jobs. that's a step in the right direction. that's a step in the right direction b [ applause ] >> but we can't be satisfied because our goal was never to just keep on working to get back to where we were back in 2007. >> to put last month's 80,000 jobs in context under the george w. bush prez den circumstance not even counting the 2007 financial meltdown, the economy added on average 65,000 jobs each month. bad n

we have the story from lexington park. >> in order for the football team to succeed, the coach knows instill a sense of belonging. >> you've got to pick that person up to bring your family along. >> this linebacker may not be the biggest and his brother head of athletes, but his strength comes from understanding the power of family. >> we never got to play football together because he could not hurt the tumor. >> he was my best friend. he was always there for me and i was there for him. >> only two days after they embraced, he lost his three-year battle with cancer. >> he spiralled into despair and a doctor urged him to pursue it passion. any thing to slip free from his sorrow. >> baking was therapy at first. now years later, it is his job. >> we were driving along and he says i've got it and he went from there. his mother quit her job and cashed in her 401k. now they run a full-fledged bakery out of the kitchen. >> i am doing something that i love. that is what he wanted. >> as a tribute the company donates cookies and a portion of the profits to various cancer causes. >> from that

the heat. right now it is 66 in winchester 69 and martinsburg. 78 in lexington park. temperatures. kansas city is still in the mid '80s, 85 degrees. 84 in omaha. that is burqa heat and humidity still resides. it-- that is where the heat and humidity still resides. that is well off to our west right now, but it will slowly creep our way all day. we are comfortable today, less humid. enjoy it while you can. by tomorrow the heat and humidity will be overhead. 88 today for the high temperature. northwesterly breeze at 5 miles an hour, becoming calm this afternoon. the average high is 88 degrees. that's where we should be at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, barry hot and sticky, near 100 degrees. it will feel. about 103 degrees to 108 when you factor in the humidity tomorrow. we see signs of a cooling trend. friday, down to about 96. over the weekend, close to 90. that's not far from where we should be this time of year. slight chance of lateday storms tomorrow. now to lisa baden. >> but the new looks pretty good on nine desi95 66, and it looks good to the airport. metro rail vre starti

they even existed in the co-op where i was an owner, some of the old buildings had efficiency units on lexington, a level below the lobby or something. we had at least five. good use was made of them by older people and academy of art university students. i do tend to agree with the statement paul made with regard to open space. we did not have any usable in my building. that was ok for those of us who went out a lot or had good units like me. these people were in relatively small units, comfortable enough. we had no open space near. when i look at some of the newark senior housing developments at geary and pol they have wonderfuland com -- wonderful common space and roof gardens. some units are in an old hotel without a common space. i do recognize what paul says. they have a lobby that is a common room. they have a room in the back that is a television room. it is dark and windowless because it is an old building. i think if you are building new ones, it would be a good thing to have that where we live, there is no part -- park for any of us. the only substantial park is lafayette up a big hil

it's the history of the frontier it's the history of the old west it's the history of the militia men at lexington and concord fighting back the british regular soldiers there is this history in america and those of us that advocate greater gun control are not trying to take away the rights of ordinary same people who haven't committed a crime from owning guns but we do want background checks for people who are mentally ill it's too easy to buy a gun if you're crazy if you've committed a violent felony and it's too easy to buy very powerful weapons that you don't need hunters don't need one hundred bullet capacity magazines if you can't shoot a deer in one hundred bullets you shouldn't be a hunter and the deer will probably run away all right on that note thank you very much for an interesting discussion many thanks to my guest today in washington denver and in los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember prostitutes. i.

the commonwealth. she says she is working on a bill to allow casinos to be built in lexington. only ones that qualify based on property tax exemptions. lawmakers rejected the idea of riverboat gambling. this is as lawmakers prepared to take up plans to expand gambling. the governor called a session that will begin on august 9. it would allow table games and also a new casino to be built in prince george's county. coming up, a recap of the third day of competition. we will see where the u.s. stance. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my ba. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dreamfactory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] >> lets a check in with adam for a look at our forecast. >> right to around 70 degrees. let's take a look at the radar because we have some heavy rainfall which is not moving because we do not have much wind in our atmosphere. it is not affecting much in terms of land mass except for the eastern shore where we have the ongoin

the dc area. this is going to make a run for lexington park and then off shore. so the good news is not too severe weather across the city limits, but it's stillworm outside. 89 degrees. we got to our record of 100 degrees today. we will hit our normal values as we head into tomorrow. there could be an isolated stormx but the best shot will be toward the south. i'll have the seven day coming up in just a bit. >> well the heat wave should break tonight, but not before it has taken the lives of 13 people. 13 people died in our area. it's been a struggle for those without electricity for more than a week. cheryl conner has more. >> reporter: they knocked on doors and knocked again. a few hours went by before volunteers with the maryland defense force foun people without power who needed them. harry smith was happy to see the men and women in unistorm show up to his house in baltimore. water goes far when the temperature is up and it power is out. ice water for his 85-year-old mother who lives with him. she is spending her time on the porch and the defence force is he

the fact that temperatures did not make it that high. not expected to drop that much tonight. 76 over in lexington park, maryland. y of to the west of us. still 92 degrees in st. louis. the heat and humidity moving our way. we will fill the difference tomorrow with highs well into the 90's and heat index approaching 100 degrees. compared to yesterday we are a degrees warmer than we were. temperatures definitely on the warmer side. we will feel tomorrow the real heat. temperatures around 90 to 95 degrees. the shower should hold off into the evening hours. we may see a pop-up thunderstorm. some potential to bring gusty wind and heavy downpours. i think the better chance will come late tuesday afternoon when a cold front will push in from the north and west. look at these projected highs. reagan national looking at around 96 degrees. only cooler by about 4 degrees. northern montgomery county, daytime highs once again will soar on tuesday. notice the showers and thunderstorms will develop during the late afternoon hours. this will have the potential to become strong. daytime highs tomorrow, lower to middle 90's, with

temperatures are a few degrees above average for the second day of july. 91 right now in the district, 90 in lexington park. it will be hot in the lower 90's tomorrow isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. all little bit of a break as far as the storm activity on thursday. it is going to be warmer. give and take. 95 by thursday. a complete look at the next seven days in about 20 minutes. >> world news is going to be picking up the storm coverage and a look at the extreme heat at 6:30. >> hello, david. i see that the heat is on the top of your run down tonight. >> just like it is in your neck of the woods. i know you are waiting for your power to come back on. we will tell you how long it will last. did they give you an estimation? >> last word was made by friday. that is the word we are hearing in our neighborhood. it is going to be a long week. >> you are looking at back-to- school stories? >> back-to-school sales are ready? it is not even the fourth of the july. we get into the economics of all of this. >> we will see you. you can watch those stories and more tonight right after abc 7 news at 6:00

right now, temperatures in the upper 70's from annapolis all the way south to lexington park. 68 degrees in gaithersburg. here's the forecast today hour by hour. we'll climb into the upper 80's not terribly humid, partly cloudy, just maybe a shower along the blue ridge. we'll have more in 10 minutes. how about good traffic news, lisa baden? >> full of good traffic news. 66 95, and 395, thank you. we'll even take you live to news chopper 7 to show you we're moving nicely on northbound 95 heading under the prince william parkway there. not too bad right now as far as traffic on 95 coming out of newington with a little bit of volume for you as well. everything's open on 395. metrorail, they're running on normal service. now back inside. >> lisa, thanks. 6:42 right now. still to come -- former president bill clinton gearing up for a key role at the upcoming democratic national convention much >> and the community rallies behind a mississippi couple told they were not allowed to get married if their own church. [ male announcer ] the magic of nature appears every day, within each strand of an

the east coast. with it rainfall chances. rain from lexington to charleston, west virginia. it's another dry day from the midwest, cleveland, detroit, boston, new york. another beautiful day. best chance of rainfall through the southeast. i'll bring you the weekend forecast shortly. it will add rain chances to those that did need it. >> thank you. coming up, texas industries a jinx and one last cup of joe for the road. >> coming up, an impressive start for usa basketball and the olympics are over before they even start for one member of the dream team. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. syrian activists are reporting a new massacre of more than 100 people yesterday in centr

the big city. on 41st street and lexington avenue, the heart of midtown manhattan, 21-year-old gregory mccullough,ge student and part-time tow truck driver, and his passenger, judith bailey, are stopped at a traffic light. they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> we were just having a casual conversation about, you know, life and things, our aspirations. the next thing you know, i hear boom. >> a surveillance camera shows what happened. the top of the screen, out of nowhere, the street explodes as if a giant bomb goes off. >> you could see absolutely a terrorized expression on all these people's faces because they didn't know what it was. they probably thought it was a bomb in the subway system. >> with september 11th never far from new yorkers' minds, many think the explosion is another terrorist attack. >> yeah, you think it's terrorism. that's the first thought that goes through anybody's mind. >> people run for cover as the dirt, rocks and asphalt blasts into the sky and rains down. and after the explosion, a nonstop gigantic geyser of steam shoots up nearly 80 stories, an incredible

as far as accidents go in the city, north utah, at lexington. also, smith avenue at old pimlico. and if you are traveling in the harford county, around aberdeen. we have an accident there. paradise road at cronan. you can see things are pretty jammed up. that's northbound 895 as you make your approach to potee street. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. i stop in and try the saucy santa fe melt. only at subway. eat fresh. back to you. >> thanks, kristy. >>> a flock of visitors makes their new home on the roof of washington, d.c.'s museum. >>> take a look. a flock of baby ducks decided to move in. look at that. the staff at the museum adopted the little waddlers. the ducks eat leftovers from the congressional cafeteria. those must be some good leftovers. >> i think so. and i think we have to get a camera perched there to watch their every move. right? >> yes. that's right. you should do that. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. she never gave up. a young woman fights off deadly flesh-eating bacteria. how the community is reaching out to help her as she cont

the sticky stuff. charleston, up toward lexington 60s and 70s. that's not that far away. that will be coming back late tonight into tomorrow. temperatures with the dry air 70s and 80s. look at ocean city, beautiful there today, 79. it's 83 in richmond but only 76 up in pittsburgh or the burg as my pittsburgh friends like to call it. oakland is only 70. they were in the 50s this morning in garrett county. it's 28 across the bay in cambridge. 84 for la plata and the pax river naval air station, we've got 81 degrees. look at this shot on the michael & son weather camera, the capitol dome looks absolutely gorgeous this afternoon. 84. the air is dry. the winds are calm. humidity only 33%. you really don't get days better than this in the month of july very often. showers and storms once again pounding the upper midwest and the great lakes. once again we've got this big, huge area of high pressure right over the middle of the country. they're having a really tough summer. places like kansas city, st. louis. drought conditions, temps 100 to 10 5. that's persisting. for us we've g

fire breaks out in west baltimore leaving one person injured at a townhouse on west lexington street. people climbed the fire escape on to the roof and down the ladder. one woman with a mild case of smoke inhalation, the fire now under control. >>> thurgood marshall airport is getting help. the u.s. department of transportation is awarding the airport with a $12 million grant to help bring up to federal administration safety standards improving pavements, expanding the shoulder and erecting new sides. it should be finished by september. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, bulgaria bus bombing. the group is responsible in israel and what they say today. what jcpenney is planning to do to save money. details up next. and clouds over our area this noon. are more storms on the way? meteorologist tim williams will be back with your complete local forecast. ♪ [ horn honks ] ♪ oh, those were the best of days ♪ ♪ i still feel the summer rays ♪ that graced our backs as we went down the lane ♪ [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] when your car is more than just a car to you, the right insurance matters

[applause] our veterans are part of a proud tradition that stretches back to the battlefield of lexington concord. now to places like kandahar. our men and women have added proud achievements to their service and president obama appointed some of them yesterday in his speech. anytime our military accomplishes a vital mission, it is a proud moment for our nation. but we owe our veterans and military more than an accounting of our successes. they deserve a fair and frank assessment of the whole picture of where we are and where we want to be. when it comes to national security and foreign policy, the last few years have been a time of declining influence and of missed opportunity. consider some of the challenges i discussed with you at the last national convention. since then, has the american economy recovered? has our ability to shape world events been enhanced or diminished? have we gained greater confidence among our allies and greater respect from our adversaries? has the most severe security threat facing america and our friends, a nuclear-armed iran, become more likely or less likely

i am president elect of the american medical association and internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in lexington, kentucky. we all know that the sgr has failed. it must be repealed and replaced with alternative payment and delivery models that support high quality and high value care. as we move forward two factors are critical, first, physician practices wildly vary and the development and dissemination of innovative practice and delivery models are proceeding at different paces. a large multispecialty practice is currently better positioned to implement broad scale innovations than is a small, rural practice. flexibility in a menu of multiple solutions are needed on a rolling basis. and secondly, alternative models must cut across medicare silos. when physician care achieves overall medicare program savings, physicians and medicare should share those savings. currently additional physician services that prevent costly medical care drives steeper cuts under the sgr. this incentive structure has to change. physicians have begun transition into alternative payment and delivery models. this includ

the line that, red line is a dotted warm front. stretched from chicago right down towards lexington and that separates us from the hot hazy conditionsthe well bearable heat on top us. and that's going to open up the floodgates for impressive numbers. watch the future trend maps going into tomorrow afternoon for the 4th of july. richmond 102, 101 charlotte. st. louis 106. and that's the heat that's -- the heat core that will start to expand towards the east. and we will be talking about highs running into the 90s. today again a drier heat. 94 partly cloudy and very warm. 75 for tonight a few clouds and turning rather sticky. here's the 7-day forecast heading into your 4th of july well week. weekend. looking ahead, it gets hotter. 95 for the 4th. and 96 on thursday and 97 on friday. and very hot and hazy conditions and we could see some more excessive heat advisories watches and warnings. blistering heat on top of us as we round out the week. let's check the timesaver traffic this morning. and again, dozens of traffic lights out right now. but it's that disabled truck we talked about earlier. good news. it has been cleared out heading

the potomac. and approaching point lookout shortly, all south of lexington park and moving off to the southeast. here's a live view of the satellite. and satellite. showers and thunderstorms in the upper midwest. some overnight action and even some severe action. that energy causing a complex of thunderstorms, will probably clip as late tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. that is why i think we will have proper and thunderstorms to ro throughout the day tomorrow. even tonight i cannot rule out a shower. 95 and hot and sticky today. a few storms possible tonight and tomorrow on independence day. keep an eye to the sky if you are outside and take the necessary precautions for the heat and humidity. upper 90s thursday through the weekend. now to lisa baden. >> everybody is getting a little punchy, including me. everybody's tired and working overtime. watch your p's and uq's. fairfax is not able to give us a list because they have their hands full. but they said 50 intersections remain without power. that is substantially lower than what we had yesterday. 50 intersections in fairfax county. mon

the land is exempt from property taxes. only two virginia cities fit that bill. lexington and portsmouth. lucas represents portsmouth in the state senate. >>> a man arrested for allegedly growing marijuana at his home in anne arundel county says that he did it for medicinal purposes. police say they found $50,000 worth of marijuana and two dozen guns at the home in gambrills. they put it on display yesterday. charles vincent dominic is facing variety of charges. he is free on bond. he says that he wasn't going to sell any of the drugs. anne arundel county police have a different opinion. the. >> the plants were between five and six feet tall. a large amount of marijuana, too much for single consumption by one individual. >> police say the guns and the drugs were found within 1,000 feet of a high school. and that puts it in a special enforcement section by police. police in frederick, maryland are cracking down on panhandling. police say they arrested two men in the downtown area yesterday after they approached an undercover officer for money. at least five arrests have been made since last

the 70's. southern maryland and lexington park at 73 degrees. we have a stationary front to the south of us.tart to live south ward and lift north of the d.c. metro just in time of the upcoming weekend which will allow more heat and humidity in the forecast. we will feel the difference over the next couple of days or so. future cast with a chance for a widely scattered shower mainly south and wall street of d.c. tomorrow maybe a better chance for a rumble of thunder. mostly sunny. mostly cloudy for the overnight. 58-74 and tomorrow back into the 80's with a better chance for afternoon storms. cynne? >> thank you. today's "tech bytes," another price barrier falls in the electric car market. >> in "tech bytes," the first under $30,000 all electric vehicle goes on sale. the 2012 mitsubishi car has rear wheel drive and gets about 1 23 miles to the gallon. a sign of the times on the sidewalks of the big apple. the old pay phone booths will be turned into wi-fi hot spots available around the clock for free. >> and amateur spy glasses allowing wear torse capture video and we tried out a pair. >> th