they'll appear together at the north harbor. 'll talk about the swimming competition which will be taped sunday for an episode of abc's shaq versus show. the race will take place at layola college. it is scheduled to air september 15th. >>> the ravens are wrapping up practice. after this weekend they'll head back towings mills. >> at this point we made the transition. i'm sure he made the adjustment. >> training camp today the coach talked about the season ahead. >> for us to be a successful football team this year we have to be really, really good on special teams. we were average at best last year. >> march sanchez will likely start for the jets on sunday. >>> let's take another live look at the north harbor. we don't have the big boat but we have a lot of little ones. norm will be back with the weekend forecast. a dull metal clanking sound. bear groans. ♪ ominous music ferocious growling. roaaaaaarrrrrrr!!!! ♪ whistling bluegrass tune here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol i

. >>> let's take a live look outside over the north harbor. we are seeing clouds but sunny skies as well. however, storms have been rolling through the area all afternoon. good evening. right now some parts of maryland are under a thunderstorm watch. others a warning. what can you expect where you 4 live? we are here with your first forecast. >> thank you. the warnings have just been canceled for the eastern shore, but from cecil county all the eastern shore, as well as delaware a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. i have a feeling that the national weather service will be dropping that. as you can see the heavy thunderstorm activity is now moving through portions of new jersey. that's what we saw this afternoon. back to the west of us, as a matter of fact we'll zoom into it to a tiny bit you can see heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way. right now we are getting a breather. as far as your forecast for th

at the harrisburg expressway north of the belt way you can see things moving fine there and 8 5 at the harbor tunnel things moving fine and no major problems on those roadways to report. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> an investigation into a stolen car turns into a deadly accident. >> the tragic scene took place in west baltimore. jennifer franciotti joins us live from city police with details. >> police say the suspect was driving at a high rate of speed when he hit a nissan causing it to flip over several times killing the woman inside. >> flipped several times, then smashed up against the wall. sound horrible. it just a big just crash. just like that. i mean, i didn't even get a chance to blink my eyes. >> it was real loud, like a boom! loud. >> this coop was driven by an alleged carjacker spotted in mulberry but police called off their brief pursuit quickly. >> the officers were not pursueing the car at the time of the crash. they found the vehicle and got the alert that it was taken in an armed carjacking but based on the way the driver reacted when he saw the police, drove er

the inner harbor festival. it will bring upscale artists to the downtown area. two locations will showcase the art. one near the national aquarium, right on pratt street. and the other two blocks north of the harbor. >> another reason to go down to the harbor. >>> still to come. remembering a cyclist who was tragically lost. >>> i'm mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news upon. this is called a dpoaft bike. it's a memor -- ghost bike. it's a memorial to a cyclist here. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, stopping a dangerous fungus, before it gets into the food chain. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> breast health breakthrough. the simple solution that could help you stay cancer-free. >>> and take another look outside. how hot will it get tomorrow? bob is updating the first warning forecast. >>> when a bicycle rider was killed downtown next week, it was emotional. and the creation was a memorial. but what emerged may be removed by the city. >> reporter: last night, a grass roots memorial was chained and lock at lafayette avenue. it's called a ghost bike. this one, honoring john yates. it's part an international movement to mark the spot where psyche lifts are killed to -- cyclist

in the city, there's a crash still at north caroleen and eager street. be aware of that. and the harbor tunnel southbound side is closed for overnight construction projects. two-way traffic does get through in the northbound tube. at the jfx traffic is moving without problems. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban and rascal flatts. back to you. >>> call it the attack of the oscar. how this little fish is fighting back making huge waves at one seafood buffet. >> and the battle of the big ben. should the big show with shaq come to a ring near you? ♪ doctor says i have to lower my cholesterol. here you go, mr. noran. (announcer) trying to lower your cholesterol can be a challenge. but with the help of honey nut cheerios' sweet taste, lowering your cholesterol is a non-challenge. get your free sample online at non-challenge.com this is really good! >>> in today's business news -- federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and his colleagues will wrap up a two-day meet

the outer loop and inner loop now. however, we have construction projects that have some things blocked. downtown north charles at west eager street. and the harbornnel northbound tube closed, traffic gets by southbound but that changes in the morning. and the crash at meadow road is off the roadway, it shouldn't impact traffic. jfx at cold spring lane, not a lot of traffic there. outer loop, 695 at liberty road, no real incidents to let you know about. traffic is flowing freely at this time. back to you. >>> 5:00. we have a baltimore county couple accused of sexually abusing young children, even making videos of the abuse. behind bars this morning. >> the ex-wife of the man charged is speaking out. cheryl conner in towson with more. good morning. >> reporter: the details of the alleged crime are tough to hear. baltimore county police say 34-year-old john nicholas and his fiancee, 26-year-old shannenn honea abused children in their middle river home, some as young as 12 years old. a company spokesman says they were fired from their emt job after not reporting for work next week. chris design, who doesn't want to us use her name or show her face,

they are still working on the gas main at north charles street at west eager street, has the left lane blocked, probably won't impact the commute much. about to pick up that harbor tunnel lane closure, that harbor tunnel northbound tube closed with two-way traffic in the southbound tube. and route 70, and route 1, there's downed trees, so expect a detour and use caution. 95 southbound through howard county, it is indeed time to make the doughnuts, we have moderate traffic headed southbound towards the capitol beltway but not a lot going on right now. back to you. >>> 5:30. here's the deal -- two people from middle river under arrest for child pornography. >> police say the victims were 2 years old to 13 years old but there's concern there may be more. abc2 news cheryl conner live in towson. >> reporter: baltimore county police say their first priority is to locate all of the victims. right now we know there are at least three. last week police arrested 34-year-old john nicklas and his fiancee shannon honea. police say the couple made videos of the children ranging in age from 2 to 13 and sexually abused them in their middle river home. during a search of the hom

the north and east of our area. go ahead and take a look outside right now. there is your shot from harboris the storm system on the west side. but the real telltale is up to the north. that's where the storm is now heading. our temperature at bwi has dropped precipitously as it has here at the station. our temperature down at bwi has just fallen right off the scale. a thunderstorm warning is in effect for baltimore county, baltimore city, carroll county, as well as harford county, york, and adams county in pennsylvania. they have now taken the thunderstorm warning for anne arundel county off. but i've got a feeling they're going to extend this on up into cecil county, because that's where the storms are heading. there it is right there on the radar. here is baltimore city there is the beltway right there. watch the storm as it gets in. boom, just explodes. and it's heading up towards the bel air region right now, in the process of crossing 83. very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity. extremely heavy rain, gusty winds. a lot of lightning. we've had over 2,065 lightning strikes just ñri

if you take the north side of the inner loop, the 695 onramp, there's a jackknifed tractor- trailer there. southbound harbor tunnel that has been reopened. the construction project has been picked up. as you look to the jfx, the traffic is moving nicely. it's baltimore's country radio station where you'll find great music from stars. back to you. >>> 5:17. an alleged rape suspect is free after dna evidence proved that he is not the man that prayed on women in charles village last year. and prosecutors are trying to explain how it took more than a year to figure out they had the wrong man behind the bars. >> reporter: with a rapist on the loose and posters all over the village bearing his likeness people became alarmed. police decideed that someone was marlow humbert. built the suspect's dna did not match that of the rapist. >> detective is going to go through the evidence with a fine tooth comb and the sketch will be put back out. we have a suspect out there that is wanted. we have not had a lot of cases jump out at us in that area since this incident has occurred. but we know we still have a suspect out th

the southbound harbor tunnel has been reopened. and traffic does get by on both sides of the tube there. and the jfx on the north parkway, we have no accidents to talk about. >>> 5:three 5:31. federal officials investigating the june's metro crash are backing off some of the statements they made. they first learned about a march failure of the train safety system just last week. on wednesday, she said a metro employee spoke about the march incident the day after the june 22nd crash. the crash was avoided march the second only after a train operator used an emergency breaks in avoid hitting another train. >>> investigators want to know who is responsible for vandalizing a football in baltimore county and stealing the donated food from the concession stand. >> they took like 25 cases of gatorade, all of our candies, potato chips. >> it happened this week at county home park in crockesyville. bleachers at the park were also vandalize. it's a stand that is one of the major fundraisers. >> it's not about the money. it's about the kids playing football. so the concessions that allow kids to play that otherwise would n

shelter, and the chinese newsagency is repoing more an 2000ships returned to harbor in onprovince alone. nearly 50 centimeterhave fallen in taiwan, causi landslidesn power outages acro t north of the island. meteorologist sathe impact uld be prolonged as it i ving slowly. millions o people in taipei and the north of the island are eltering in their homes, fearful of what weher may co. bbc news. >> stay with us,f you can, on bbc wld news. still to ce -- nothi to apologize for, heaid. silvio berlusconi tony iback. >> first, british woman who deliberately became pregnant in ja in laos. e has arrived back gland to serve h sentence. she faced the death penalty if she had not been pregnanin laos. just a warning- this rort containslash photography. >> herasian or deal finally over, she arrived at heathrow this morning and was immediely taken into the custody of the prison service altugh heading straight for jill, the 20ear-old described herself as -- straight for jail, the 20ear-d described hself as relieved. this afternoon, her mher spoke ofer joy. >> i screa >> did your dahter smuggle drug >> i dnot know. honestly do not know. >> she was facg the death penalt after allegly admii

the inner harbor. yes, we get sunrise in a half-hour, at 6:30. 73 degrees across the inner harbor. 72 glen burnie and sparrows point. 60s across the county on the north side of the beltway back towards reisterstown at 69. 67 in westminster. we're dry on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we can pull this back and show you that we are dry across the region and we should remain dry for most of today. just a few clouds trying to build up this afternoon, our two-degree guarantee of 90. we'll pull back on the thermometer tomorrow and bring in needed rain and maybe too much of that stuff with the potential tropical storm off the coast by the weekend. we'll talk about it in a bit. >>> here's kim with the traffic. >> thank you. good morning. as we look in anne arundel county, route 50 at route 97 traffic looks good towards the capitol beltway, if you continue on 50 and northbound 97 looks good towards the baltimore beltway. still dealing with the crash on northbound 95 between russell street and bw parkway exit. still blocking the right two lanes. only the left lane gets by, you will see emergency crews on scene there. downtown, be advised eutaw street

and the chinese news agency is reporting more than 2000 ships returned to harbor in one province alone. nearly 50 centimeters have fallen in taiwan, causing landslides in power outages across the north of the island. meteorologist say the impact could be prolonged as it is moving slowly. millions of people in taipei and the north of the island are sheltering in their homes, fearful of what weather may come. bbc news. >> stay with us, if you can, on bbc world news. still to come -- nothing to apologize for, he said. silvio berlusconi tony is back. >> first, a british woman who deliberately became pregnant in jail in laos. she has arrived back in england to serve her sentence. she faced the death penalty if she had not been pregnant in laos. just a warning -- this report contains flash photography. >> her asian or deal finally over, she arrived at heathrow this morning and was immediately taken into the custody of the prison service. although heading straight for jill, the 20-year-old described herself as -- straight for jail, the 20-year-old described herself as relieved. this afternoon, her mother spoke of her joy. >> i scream. >> did your daughter smuggle drugs? >> i do not know. i

the right-hand lane. as for 95, that is stop and go right up to the harbor tunnel throughway. also an accident attracting plenty of attention. moving over to the beltway system, if you're on the north side outer loop, that is just crawling along. about a 10-minute delay. also an accident at bel air road. north side inner loop remains heavy from harrisburg expressway to harbor road. andufanduf -- and moving up. let's now take a live look here as you can see the harbor tunnel throughway at cochise street. not too much congestion right now. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. call 1-800-the firm, or visit cochran firm.com for a free consultation. now, back to you. >>> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. tonight, a new and disturbing phenomenon. internet addiction. it is very real. and you'll meet a man who is in recovery. >>> emotional overload. a man attacks camera crews. we'll tell you what sparked the violence. >>> a school bus, hijacked by a naked man. the chaotic scene with students, jumping out of windows, coming up. >>> hello. i'm tim williams. marty bass and i are tracking tropical storm danny and its impact on maryland. the answer coming up in

the main threat is off to the north and east, with a flood warnings in cecil, kent, and new castle county. in baltimore, zero in the rain gauge at the airport and the inner harbor. it shows you how isolated the heavy storms can be. right now is 84 in downtown baltimore. cooler temperatures in the higher elevations to the east -- to the west. the risk of a shower will linger through the evening and even into tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon we will see a few more storms generate. 72 tonight with a north wind at 5. the front is moving off the outer banks but showing signs of stalling, maybe even backing up and wandering through the mid- atlantic. afternoon thunderstorms will just be a threat for this area for the next few days. friday we think we will see less storm activity, very isolated, but we cannot eliminate the threat. it looks like things will try to tryout friday into saturday and beat better for pool days or to get outside and joyce some sunshine for the end of the week. a good chance it you will see a thundershower tomorrow afternoon. it is a northeast wind that will keep the temperature down below normal statewide. here's a tropical depression way

the outer loop north side and west side. and it is a smooth down the 895 split and fort mchenry. we are looking at a nice ride on the i-895 towards the harbor tunnel. that is the latest. back to you. >> good morning. thank you. our big story is a baltimore county couple is behind bars for distributing and promoting child pornography. >> the victims and all range in age 2 - 15. police believe more children may be involved. our reporter is live with more. >> these are upsetting details. it does not get much worse than this. according to baltimore county police, most of the filming was done in the middle river home of the couple. they are facing numerous charges. in mid july, detectives were able to confirm that child pornography was located inside of john nicholas home. 15 days later, a search warrant was served on the home. they seized computers and several cd's and dvd's. police say the couple were participating. >> our two suspects were performing the sexual acts in the child pornography and filming it appeared they are distributing it to other people. >> the details in the court document are to graphic to go into on television. police bel

the entire north new. those of us old enough to remember, remember pearl harbor, jack kennedy, challenger going down, 9/11, all of these crises, we had a voice. my world war ii class, i have the actual recordings, we interrupt this program, the japanese attacked pearl harbor, i played the voice of franklin roosevelt telling america next year we are going to get through this. suppose we are greeted with silence. that is unique to the experience of americans. we have never experienced that. none of us alive have experienced that. for that matter, my daughter, i pulled a cellphone of my pocket, where are you right now? she could be five miles away or on the other side of the world. that is one of the very dangerous aspects. we need, within the hardening, a good, solid backup system of telecommunications, and media connection, that the voice of america or our leadership can get out immediately to say we are in a crisis but we are going to pull together and get out of this and here's how we're going to do it. right now america will just be sitting there going it is quiet. >> it is many months before the people

the inner harbor. tonight, rain showers. there is the stationary front. until bill gets out of the way, the weather pattern cannot change. bill will push its way into the north atlantic and the high pressure will move in by tomorrow. by late tomorrow into early monday, the high will start to come in and we will see the clear skies and nicer weather. category one hurricane bill will push its way toward the north atlantic and then it becomes ireland's problem. problems with a rip currents up and down the beaches tomorrow. 85 degrees at the shore with high recurrence. a chance for scattered storms. partly sunny. across the state, temperatures will be reaching into the mid- 80's. we start with showers and it will get drier as we go through the day. dry and very pleasant weather monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. low humidity. another storm chance as possible by next thursday. >> shaquille o'neal, super star swimmer? he will go head-to-head with michael phelps to answer that question. they will do a swimming relay race at loyola university. there is a small twist. shaq's team will be led by the longtime coach. he will have a gold medalist helping him out.

the inner harbor. we're looking at blue sky, relatively low humidity and temperature 72 degrees downtown. still 60s northof the beltway. we've got northeast sections in kingsville at 68. 68 also back towards westminster and mount airy. low 70s by the bay in annapolis and glen burnie. basically clear sky, high pressure in control and a light westerly wind that may shift a little in the afternoon but basically less humid, we get a chance to warm up for this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon before we could have wet weather and stormy weather off the coast this weekend. 88 this afternoon. back in the mid-60s overnight. could be patchy fog towards morning. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> on the west side of the beltway it's a slow ride so please take it easy. we have heavy volume from 795 sprechg through to about the route 70 interchange. no word of problems or accidents just yet. heavy volume at this time. good news at saratoga street, the eastbound lanes have been reopened between mlk and greene street. just the westbound lanes on saratoga street remain closed because of the watermain break. pennsylv

the southbound side of the harbor remains closed. the outer loop at hartford road, tire treads are blocking the right lane. so just be aware of the debris on the outer loop. checking northnue, traffic is moving along without any problems. wpoc brings you this traffic where you'll find the greatest country music. jamie, back to you. >>> if you are busted for drugs in mexico, looks like you'll get a slap on the wrist now. the country enacted a controversial law that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for personal use. so if you are caught with small amounts, you will be encouraged to seek free government treatment for the drugs and dependency and that's it, it's all over. >>> he should be called lightning. jamaica's usain bolt smoked his competitors and took the 200 meter dash in 19.9 seconds. after the race, he told reporters, "i'm on my way to being a legend." he's already on his way. >>> meanwhile, oprah and frequent guest dr. oz are suing 50 businesses now. the companies ran ads falsely claiming that the pair endorsed various beauty products and diet terry supplements. winfrey and dr. oz say people are being sc

the north and east out of our way. that will not be heading in our direction. at the harbor current lirks it is 73 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. winds calm. 71 percent. relative humidity and the barometer on the rice. high pressure building in with a nice afternoon. 53 degrees. still humid. temperature wise we're at 73 in baltimore. 71 in dc and about the same in salisbury. temperatures generally from the central tart part of the state east. low 70's. 6n-9 in haggers town and cooler still in oakland. here's what we're looking at again. the frontal bound cri moving off to the east and moving out of our way. high pressure builds in for today. let's try that again. that will bring us more sunshine and a kale mer day today. as you seek the future scan poald push that's rain out ufer of our way. this as a told you that, low pressure center with the cold front trailg moves to the north and east. the next one is the one you see here. that's the one i mention cod come in wednesday and thursday when we see a return of stronger weather then. to the eastern shore today. 88 degrees

hill, paul revealed's house, the old north church, the church for grand mom was born, and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we had a picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. they were day trips only. we knew that to teddy, boston was special. he had a surprise for us, we were going to get a chance to camp out on thomson island. he did not tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents. it was about 98 degrees, the bucs were out, it smelled like low tide and the planes were taking off and landing right over our heads. we figured he was trying to teach us something that after 16 hours, we were not sure what it was. in any event, that is when he decided that even he had had enough of history and snuffed out under cover of darkness on his secret get away boat and headed for the ristz. once again, he had it all figured out. yesterday, as we drove the same route, i talk about all of the gifts that he gave us an incredible journey took. i thought about how lucky i was to travel some of that journey with him and all the wonderful people that he embraced. so many of whom are here tonig

the inner harbor now. is that your boat right there? >> yeah. >> where is mine? >> we have two areas of storms to watch. to our north and to our south. the stuff to the north may get to the northern sections. take a look at radar. up to the negotiate, you see that activity, moving across hagerstown, southeast of cumberland. approaching york county. where they have the severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:30. all of this stuff to the south. very strong stuff across southern virginia. and across extreme southern portions of the bay. right now, let's go down that way. deal island to elliott. salisbury to pocono city. worcester, wicomico. you guys are going to get some showers. some heavy in the next hour or two. also, it's just beginning to leave, finally, from leonardtown, st. mary's. then the batch across northern sections of york county, near harrisburg. that's also moving out to the east and southeast. northern york county. north of 83. north of the city. that's where we expect to see the activity. north of the baltimore region. this stuff out here may get to us as it moves across the mountains. if it holds together. maybe a

the river that bears his name and his exploration of new york harbor. and that was an adventure that really changed the course of history in north america, who was a very ding voyage for a lot of reasons that he was pposed to go ithe opposite dresher. he was supposed to sell to china over the northern coast of russia and he sort of took a left turn and came to north america instead, which led him to his discoveries here and is expiration of the river. the author is a druid writer and resecher and also as a sailor so he has done his own kind of forensic navigation and redrawing the map, the plots of hudson's voyage to sort of give us new insight as to what that trip was really about. >> we are joined by george gibson, publisher director of walker books. georgia, walker books is celebrating its 50th anniversary. what is walker books and who is the founder? >> walker and company is a division of bloomsbury u.s.a. did was founded in 1959 by sam and beth walker, was a completely independent company until january 12005 when we were acquired by blosbury pixel are now a division of bloomsbury along with bloomsbury press and the main bloomsbury division. and we

anniversary of hudson's discovery of the river that bears his name and his exploration of new york harbor and that was an adventure that really change the course of history in north america. plausive varied daring bush for a lot of reasons. the first one being that he was supposed to be going completely in the other direction, commission to sell to china over the northern coast of russia and he sort of took a left turn and came to north america instead which led him to his discoveries here and his exploration of the river. the author, dead hunter is a terrific writer and researcher and also is a sailors soapiest on his own for rancic navigation and redrawn the map, the plots of hudson's bush to give us new insights into what that trip was really about. >> finally we are joined by jorde kitson publisher director of walker books. walker book sisson celebrating its 50th anniversary. >> walker company is a division of bloombury usa. was founded in 1959 by salmon beth walker. it was completely independent company until january 1 of 2005 when we were acquired by bloombury so we are now a division along with klemz ray press hound victims terry division, the three adult

the north and that will work against it as we get drier air moving in. that drier air accompanied by cooler temperatures, too. we start at 64 degrees at the inner harbor plenty of cloud cover at this hour. north west wind at 6 miles per hour and the barometer is rising at 30.1 and here is the look of temperatures we got around the region right now. 65 at salisbury and 65 at d.c. and cooler still in oakland. the dew point numbers in the low 50s or upper 40s. that is definitely dry air moving in even at 43 out in oakland. very dry air the further west you go. that is because the high pressure working on that side. stationary boundary from the south to the east. that is bringing the shower chances through noon and then it dissipates with the northerly flow keeping us cooler than average for this time of year. only 70s for the high today as we look for high temperatures in the eastern shore of only 75 there. with these hours this morning, and cloudy skies thereafter, central part of the state climbing to 74 degrees with partly cloudy skies. north wind at 5-15 miles an hour. it will be breezy because of the low pressure to the south and east and high press

the north, in the new england states. when the slave ships left the northern region of northern harbor, they would go off to the ivory coast, then caribbean, and then they would exchange slaves. once they got to the north, they would be traded for distilleries. that was all a no. venture -- northern venture. once the slaves started reproducing in the south, they did not mean that. when in became unprofitable for the north, then slavery became an issue. actually, the civil war was based on economic issues and also secession. host: sorry to cut you off. go ahead, and judge. -- go ahead, judge. guest: in an era when we had excise taxes and taxes on imports, think about it, with the exception of all the great new england ports, starting with wilmington, baltimore, to houston started in the south. if you cut off that supply from the government on luxury goods and imports, you could starve the federal government. that is the reason lincoln sought -- fought the civil war, in my view. the attempt to liberate slaves was an after thought that was put upon him because of the military means. it was not out of the benevolence of his he

harbor shot showing relatively quiet conditions. it looks like we have temperatures at 72 degrees. mostly clear. winds out of the north at three. humidity levels at 53 percent. it's going to feel pretty comfortable tonight. you can probably crack the windows open, turn the air conditioner off. it looks like it's going to feel good the next several days. more fall-like conditions, verses the dog days of summer. hd regional radar showing relatively quiet conditions around baltimore. central maryland we had a few pop-up showers down in the southern tip of the state. looks like more activity southeast of richmond towards norfolk. back to the west of ohio, indiana and michigan, high pressure is going to continue to move in. around high pressure we have this clo clockwise rotation of air. we're going to continue to see a refreshing, cooler air mass in place. that's going to make it feel much better the next several days. as far as the temperatures we can see, 75 in baltimore. 74 in new york city. only 58 in buffalo. 58 in pittsburgh. 63 in cleveland. we'll continue to see cooler air coming out of the great lakes. we're starting to se

the inner harbor. . it is going to be relatively comfortable tonight. if you look at 80 doppler and you see the rain to our south and east, foit might even creep north towardsestern city. as you go farther south and east, you get a better shower chance. 87 in hagerstown and 88 in cumberland. the higher elevations are around oakland. is in the upper 70's and low 80s. isolated showers are possible for the next two or three hours. skies will generally be partly cloudy. the same front of that stalled off the north carolina area is hanging around. it provides a little roadway here for this to travel long. rain chances increase for southern maryland. that is why we think that of to the west, and isolated showers as possible. on monday, there was a lot of moisture on the eastern shore. 83-88 to start the weekend with an east wind to provide enough moisture to make it feel kind of money. -- muggy. a pleasant day on the chesapeake tomorrow for most bought spirit out in western maryland, sunny to partly cloudy day. the mid to upper eighties around the bay with partly cloudy skies and a mix of clouds and son. this approach would be the best day of the weekend before t

the u.s.s. constitution saved by honey fitz, old north church, house where grandma was born and the spot where the irish immigrants came ashore. we toured the kennedy library, picnic at the boston harbor lighthouse. although the rule for history trips was they were day trips only, to teddy boston was special. he had a surprise for us, which is that we were going to get the chance to camp out on thompson island. he didn't tell us that for most of the year this facility is used for juvenile detention until after we had set up our tents in the dirt. it was about 98 degrees, the bugs were out, it smelled like low tide all night long and the planes from logan were taking off and landing right over our heads. we figured teddy was trying to teach us something, but after a boiling hot, 16-hour history day with 20 children under 10, we weren't quite sure what it was. in any event, that was when teddy decided even he had had enough of history, finally, and snuck out under cover of darkness on his secret getaway boat and headed for the ritz. once again, he had it all figured out. yesterday as we drove the same route up from the cape, i thought about all the gifts teddy gave us. the incredible jo

north and west of the beltway. we'll talk about that in just a second. in the meantime, let's take a look outside right now. the shot from harbor cam overlooking the downtown area. a few light clouds out there. but really, a pretty nice day. our temperature right now at bwi thurgood marshall way below normal. 2 degrees. 51% humidity. wind from the northwest at 5. pressure steady, 30.12. there are the tides tomorrow. a low tide at 5:28 in the morning. high tide just after the noontime hour, 12:25. tomorrow's winds from the northeast is 5 to 10 miles per hour. sun comes up at 6:35. we'll set at 7:37. throughout the day today, over on the eastern shore, and actually down in anne arundel county, they had a few little light scattered showers early this morning. but they all cleared out. a beautiful day today. lots of sunshine. a few light clouds around. but as the sun goes down, those clouds are going to be disappearing. a little larger picture shows the shower activity that we had over southern portions of virginia, southern maryland, and also down around the outer banks of north carolina that had shower and thunderstorm activity.

north wind. it's helping to keep it a bit chilly. inner harbor 64. watch the clouds roll through and yes, we've had a couple of sprinkles opportunity. a light shower came through in the last hour. i did not expect the frontal boundary behind it -- on through southern maryland and virginia. we're looking at showers across the mid-portion of the bay stretching across the eastern shore and yes we've had some showers this morning, we're going to look at partly sunny skies this afternoon with cool temperatures into the lower 70s. more on the forecast coming up in a bit. >>> 9:02. back to you. >> today's top stories. too many boats, just a second to react. that leads to a deadly boat accident that ruined a perfect day on the water yesterday. it happened at marley creek, last night. two boats collided into one another. one person is dead. investigators say the collision caused one of the boats to flip accepting two people into the -- sending two people into the water. the driver of the second boat died. the coast guard rescued john martins and his 13-year-old daughte

they trained for the war in the pacific when pearl harbor was attacked, but in 1942 the brothers and shipped out to fight in north africa and sicily. they fought in three major campaigns with the first battalion 18th infantry. just before june 6, 1944, the two brothers were placed in separate companies. walter was assigned as a squad leader in company l. both brothers stormed the beaches on d-day. it was not until a month later that walter learned that his brother had been killed on omaha beach. for conspicuous gallantry and entropy at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, on june 19, 1944, sergeant sellers and received the congressional medal of honor. these are our panel members today. we have one panel member who is unable to attend. that is a first lieutenant virginia visher. her bio is in your program, and we wish her well today in her absence. to begin the panel, i would like to start with general sykes and go down the line and ask the gentlemen if you remember what you were doing 65 years ago today. >> 65 years ago today, i remember it very well. i was commanding a parachute battalion in

the outer loop a par 4. let's go ahead and give you a live look outside. at harbor tunnel, much better than last check. the delays are gone. a bit of a delay on the north tapping the breaks at white marsh. >> it is already 80 degrees downtown. mercury well on the rise three anywhere from 95 to 98 degrees today. when you factor in the humidity, it is going to feel like 100 to 105. that is why the weather service has issued a heat advisory from noon until 8:00 tonight. we will not see a lot of relief tonight either. 40% chance of scattered showers and storms. >> our next live update coming your way in 25 minutes. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning, the 10th day of august, 2009. you're looking at some early risers here in new y

a bit more reduced visibility as you can see with that advisory north of the mason dixon line. 74 degrees is the temperature at the harbornortheast winds at 6 miles per hour. 82% relatively humidity, 32% 20 and holding steady on the barometer. dew points are climb examining that means you will feel -- and that means you will feel the humidity. 73 degrees down at d.c. 72 in salisbury and much the same in delaware. fairly good temperatures. and the dew points in the upper 60s definitely feeling a bit humid today and for the next several days, in fact. high pressure trying to do a thing and we will have success keeping us dry. the stationary boundary because it's not too far off the mark does bring shower chances especially for the heat and humidity. for today, eastern shore, you should get up to 83 degrees for the high, a mix of sun and clouds with the outside chance of a thunderstorm. a lesser chance still for the central counties, 86 degrees for the high with partly cloudy skies in general. back to the west, very much the same as the central part of the state. 86 degrees for the high temperature. and then tonight, 68 deg

also slow on the north side of the outer loop from harford road approaching perring parkway. however, the big story of the morning, 895 southbound, at the harbor tunnel, that has just been reopened. they were holding traffic for a while, for police activity. i'm getting word that activity has been cleared. you might want to try 95 southbound or the fort mchenry tunnel as an alternate because you will be experiencing significant delays headed down the southbound harbor tunnel. herring court between east pratt and goff street remains closed. and word of a crash, outer loop approaching eastern avenue. in essex, that earlier crash at mesa avenue and stillwater road still on the scene. jfx at cold spring lane, looking good. we'll be right back with a morning news update. >>> if the e-mails are any indication tonight's health care reform town hall meeting with senator ben cardin will be full of fireworks. abc2 news roosevelt leftwich is live at towson university with what to expect. >> reporter: president obama's plan to change around the health care system has been meeting applause in some circles, however, even meeting with more anger as a lot of

the week in prime time. tonight, these authors. and from earlier today that news conference with bennett obama, mexican president calderon hinojosa, and prime minister harbor. this took place in guadalajara, mexico. he returns from the north american leaders summit tuesday. >> the presidents are taking the floor now. on the left is stephen harper, president -- the prime minister of canada. [no audio] >> we are having technical difficulties with the press conference. we are working on it and hope to bring it to you shortly. >> we appear to have our problem fixed. we return to the coverage of president obama, canadian prime minister stephen harper, and mexican president felipe calderon hinojosa. >> we now began the joint press conference. the president of the mexican united states is taking the floor right now. right hon. minister stephen harper, the prime minister of canada, right hon. barack obama, the president of united states of america, ladies and gentlemaen, members of the press, the president's of canada -- the leaders of canada, mexico, and united states had completed a fruitful meeting. we have shared our vision with the only other regional communities that are safe, secure, and can face successfully that challeng

harbor until the storm passes. worse of it 9:00 tonight no the we hours of the morning. back to you. >> on the korean peninsula new signs of frosty relations between the north and assault may be thawing. south korean president is meeting with a delegation to meet with north korea to mourn the death of kim il jong. there was the first cross border meeting in nearly two years. >>> one of muammar qaddafi's son said it was linked to britain's interest in oil reserves. the bomber is back home in libya after getting a hero's welcome. these pictures of his welcome home is helping to fuel outrage in the united states. now a flat denial from former british prime minister tony blair in an exclusive interview with cnn blair said no deals were made with libya to arrange this man's release. >> let me make one thing absolutely clear, the libya were raising the case all along not just with me but with everybody. it was a major national concern for them. as i used to say to them, i mean i don't have the power to release this guy and the release that has taken place was a decision by the scottish executive and based on compassionate grounds. so, yes, it's right, the libyans

pedestrians struck at 216 -- and drive times, our loop the north, slow going, 21 from 95 to 83, in a loop, 11 minutes, looking up," 95 south from harbornel and fort mchenry told plaza, 6 minutes. a live look 95 south, maryland 155, just crawling. an accident at 22 in aberdeen blocking the right lane. that is the latest. over to you. >> starting off with lots of heat and humidity and sunshine as well. a few clouds mainly off to the west and south. temperatures, 75 downtown and 71 at the airport, 72 and west in search but and 60's in high elevations but 74 in ocean city. increasing clouds today, especially by lunchtime. we will be running the risk of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. 91 degrees to 95 degrees. storms will be isolated but there is a chance for heavy downpours. middle of the week, looking at a stormy pattern. by the weekend, things start to dry out -- 80 by sunday and 84 by monday. >> thank you for joining us. back in 25 minutes. s really summer, and we've been sort of not having any. so we shouldn't whine too much. >> but we do anyway. out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with ann curry. she's here while m

the north what. is come owrg way is a warm front. 73 degrees right now at downtown harbor and we're seeing showers. temperature wise we've got 73 degrees in baltimore and also for dc, 73 as well in salisbury. 763 in hagerstown. and once more i was talking about this earlier w. have a warm front coming your way this weekend. that as it moves north t will bring mid 90's our way then and it will feel like temperatures, well it will be in the mid 90's and humidity increase as we get into next week. it will get steamy here for the end of the weekend and then into the beginning of next week. 80 degrees today. hardly warm with regard to those temperatures getting near the seasonable average of 86 at this point or 87 actually. instead much cooler. 79 degrees for the central part of state and as i said dewpoints lower. that means the humidity will be at least dropping that part will feel g. showers maybe a few more for the central part of the state for this morning and tapering off later into the afternoon. 81 degrees for the western part of state. scattered showers this morning and then clear out there as

i think you could easily find when i will find harbors of expertise within industry better able to do that, but the larger context for the threat is a north american-like context, and it has not matured at all in the sense that we had as a nation earlier in the 20th-century, relative to the technology that existed in those days. so there is a lot of work to be done. this is no criticism, but i think we have gotten -- i would just quickly generalize. in the past two decades, phase one was a recognition of technology. you had some opportunities emerge. in the last 10 years we have started to understand the complexities of the vulnerability is and opportunities. what we have now is the third component which has not yet emerged. i think that is the next thing to be done at the highest level in order for us to be sharing communication. i'm ok with it. the time has come to do it. >> questions from the audience? now is the time. >> ina manpower person and the people that i need to reach out to our on twitter and blogging and what not, but as you increase security, will that decrease accessibility, so how do we perceive that? >> it is hard to do.

the harbor tunnel, that does block the right lane. expect some delays there. in to columbia, westbound 175 at tamar drive, a disabled vehicle there. this is the jfx at north avenue. you can see traffic is flowing good at this time. and looking here at the outer loop, 695 at liberty road, no incidents to let you know about. >>> a morning news update is next. >>> in the news -- a disturbing story continuing out of baltimore county. want to show you this couple on the screen. they are accused of sexually abusing young children. today they are behind bars. police say 34-year-old john nicklas and his 26-year-old fiancee shannon honea taped and abused children as young as 2 years old. investigators say some of the assaults happened in their home in the 9700 block of conmar road in middle river. bail was denied for john nicklas and bail for shannon honea has also been set now at $5 million. >>> police are searching for a man who robbed a woman at the arundel mills mall. authorities say the victim was walking to her car when the suspect pulled out a knife and took her purse. police say the suspect left in a brown pickup truck with a loud exhaust. police know who

the inner harbor after beatings earlier this year. >>> a prince george's teacher is facing charges this morning. he is and rotc instructor. police say that he and a teenage girl began having sex inside his northtate lines for the purpose of sexual activity. >>> police need your help finding this man. 20-year-old devon champagne used his canned cuffd to choke a depp -- handcuffs to choke a depp that i was transporting him. >>> senators say they want to know why 30% of the energy company's compensation costs are being passed on to the local subsidiary, b.e.g. stay with wjz 13. up next, back to school >>> welcome back to "the early show," everybody. do you see that big yellow thing? >> yes. >> that's henry the hand. >> henry the hand. >> and he's here to educate us about how often we touch our face and spread germs. >> it's the t-zone. >> he has this advisor to help you realize how often you touch your face. >> you're not supposed to -- >> so you don't spread germs, you're not supposed to touch the t-zone. >> from the eyes down to the nasal passage. >> when you have this on, people don't realize how often they do it. >> i'd laeven it on for the rest of the show. it looks good. >>> coming up in t

the north today. the thing, it's going to bring a lot of heat our way as we stay below the jet stream. 73 degrees is the current temperature at the inner harbor with partly cluey -- cloudy skies. winds are out the southwest. 30.0 and rising on the barometer. 55 is the dew point. you look at the temperatures, it's pretty good, pretty nice as we head out this morning. 73 in baltimore, 71 in washington, 68? 68 in salisbury. 68 out in oakland, and temperatures are in the low to mid-50s with regard to dew point, that means, it's going to be something that you will feel the humidity, but it won't be oppressive, something that will not accompany the 90s, at least with the dew point to the 70s. it won't be as a said oppressive, but the high pressure is going to bring us a pretty day with a lot of sunshine coming your way. the stationary front to the north is going to move further south of the cold front. it's not going to bring a whole lot of moisture with it to the start of the day. by tomorrow an increasing chance of shower or thunderstorm even though it will be isolated tomorrow. the better chance comes today that may be because of the low pressur