i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm meteorologist tim williams. temperatures are in the 70s this morning. >> muggy. really muggy. >> muggy. a lot of moisture out there, issues with fog and your windows steaming up. >> issues with hair. >> i understand. it is definitely going to be a steamy day. the humidity levels are up. the dew point is high. the temperatures, as gigi mentioned will go up today. we're at 77 degrees at bwi marshall. at the shore. we have around 64 in oakland. our forecast today starts out with the temperatures around 70 degrees or so. in the mid-70s and 81 the second the sun comes up. daytime high around 94 degrees. a chance of scattered showers this evening. your complete first warning weather forecast in a few moments. >> thank you, tim. >>> first warning weather. -- first, here's what people are talking about today. cal ripken defense mother tied up. now, he is asking his fans to help find the suspect, meghan mccorkell with the story. >> reporter: good morning. cal ripken, jr. is saying that he believes that it was premeditate

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baltimore's best meteorologist wjz tv's tim williams. >> look how good the out back looks. >> reportertim, congratulations. it's well deserved. it's a great honor. being one of your coworkers it's a privilege to work with you and to be with you every day. you're one of the great guys in or out of this business. not only a hall of fame meteorologist but a fall of fame person. -- but a hall of fame person. congratulations. well desefsh rved. >> thank you very much -- well deserved. >> thank you very much. your check will be waiting for you when you come back. >> reporter: have a great weekend. we'll see you for manic monday. >> we talked about it a bit of wednesday. >> i'm beyond words. i'm flat flattered. thank you. >> the party is nice too. >> cool . >> the sun is coming up. we're taking a break and coming right back. ,,,, >>> 24 minutes past 6:00. a man swimming off cape cod is lucky to be alive. while attacks are rare, it's common to see a variety of sharks along beaches. >> the bite marks went to the bone but the man still managed to make it to shore earlier this week in cape cod. >

i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm tim williams. it is is 78 degrees. another steamy day. but nowhere near as bad as yesterday. however -- >> there is always a but, right? >> always a but. we will see cooler temperatures heading into the week. the transition could be a little dicey. we're looking at storms rolling through here late this afternoon. right now, good mixture of clouds and sun out there. and it is just going be another steamy day. we are already dealing with a slight, slight heat index. this is what is coming our way. we have a pretty strong storm complex in the midwest fort wayne indiana and those storms are moving our way and the front there in the top left of the screen, that is what is associated with all of these storms. moving in our direction. and that is going to be the transition. behind it, less humid air. and much cooler than it has been over the last few days and i say much cooler, we're talking maybe the difference of 5-10 degrees in some areas and start moving into this area by this afternoon. and into the evening and we have to keep a close eye o

it is sharon doing traffic and it's tim williams in for marty bass at first warning weather. >> there are some showers. there's some light showers moving across some of these have been heavier earlier in morning near ocean city. it is all the result of a front trying to clear the area and low pressure just offshore that's keeping it in place. it's really going to be with us for the next few hours or so. these off and on showers are going to be with us for the forseeable future, into next week. our temperature around 70, 72 elkin to bwi, 73 dc, 76 on the shore, in the mountains temperatures in the 60s. showers and thunderstorms through this evening when temperatures go back down into the 70s. your complete forecast in a few moments. >>> a prb has popped up -- problem has popped up. here is sharon gibala. >> the problem itself is on the inner loop of the beltway at the baltimore washington national parkway. it's at 295, only the right lane getting by. if you're traveling on 95, that accident that was blocking all lanes has been moved offer to the shoulder -- off to the shoulder. everyth

we have complete first warning weather coverage with tim williams in the out back and bernadette woods in the weather center. we begin with bernadette. >> good afternoon. first warn warning doppler radar still a couple of showers and thunderstorms out there as we remain in this unsettled air mass and will through at least tomorrow. we have some more to talk about down the line. we're going to take you on a quick tour and show you what we have going on. this area first, where we saw a thunderstorm coming in from the northwest, fizzling somewhat but still some showers and few rumbles of thunder as it makes its way towards columbia. southeast of that, we have some stronger thunderstorms, nothing severe at this point. of course if that were to change we would let you know. this isn't going to be a severe day as far as thunderstorms go. with the clouds around and the thunderstorms the temperatures will be kept down. 79 outside and 83 in dc. for more on the next few day, out to tim. >> reporter: well, we are looking at an unstable situation here with the chance of some showers. take a look a

we have complete first warning weather coverage with tim williams in the weather center. i call it thick. >> it is thick. people say the air feels thick. it feels thick, it feels close. it's a term. if you say it's a term, it's a term. we're looking at a pretty thick day kind of shaping up right now. the sun, the humidity, it's one of those days that feels summer like and it does feel kind of thick. 68 the dew point is up there. the moisture in the atmosphere is definitely adding to that feel. 80 on the shore, 73 oakland is the coolest spot, 88 at bwi marshall, the nation's capital at 89. 92 is what it feels like out there with the heat index. it feels cooler in the mountains but still warm towards 94 in the nation's capital. a because of high -- it's because of high pressure building into the region. it's going to be this way for the next few days, right on through the weekend. get ready for a pretty thick forecast. we'll talk about it coming up in just a few moments. don, back over to you. >> thank you very much. >>> b wi thurgood marshall is making it ease you for trav

. >> >> tim williams, "wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> if you think you have been a victim, contact thettorney general's office at the number on your screen. >> >> the long drought in the has turned a lot of green lawns brown. one man has found a way around it. he is not using a drop of water. he is pray painting his lawn. he said it is cheaper, lasted longer than watering. he said one coat lasts months. >>> the drought is really bad. >> i had to put on fertilizer, weeds are so out of control. >> unfortunately, when we get some of the brown, it doesn't officially go into the totals, but for the year, we are running close to eight inches down >>> so, it's hot and it's dry. >> >> yes, scattered showers and thunderstorms and we are seeing these spread across the state. we will see rounds of these through the overnight hours lasting into your early morning commute. the biggest thing we are seeing this is one. all the way up to the delaware/pa border. as far as the city goes, a little break. a few showers, could be some thunderstorms and all of this is moving off to the east. switching it ov

i'm tim williams in for meteorologist bernadette woods. i'll have your complete first warning weather forecast coming up in just a few moments. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. >> beautiful shot of the moon there in high definition. you can really see those craters tonight. 83 and mostly clear. tim will have the complete first warning weather forecast coming up, but first, two powerful storms slam china flooding the country. the remnants of two typhoons caused rivers to swell and flooded streets and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated. authorities are warning local governments to prepare for more floods and mud slides. >>> in other news, new zealand, a building implod

tim williams in for marty at first warning weather. >> it's going to get warmer and temperatures are around that 90 degree range. we're already at 71, 68 oakland, 64 cumberland. breezes determining the temperatures. we have a bit of a breeze off the ocean keeping it cooler on the shore. our forecast today going up to around 9 2, hot and humid with sun. tonight 7 2. back up to about 94 tomorrow, thunderstorms around in the afternoon. >>> the maryland man accused of threatening a mass shooting are charged. why some are disappointed. >> a dwreer -- year after a maryland woman disappears her family 0003is not giving up hope. >> how michael phelps is more marketable. >> more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in a couple of minutes. ,,,,,, hi there. ,,,,,, chase freedom is offering 5% cash back at gas stations this quarter. wow, thanks! beep. beep. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom. >>> it is 5 o'clock and quite the sky show this

tim williams is in the first warning weather center. >> there's no advisory out there.. 72 tonight. tomorrow 94, better chance of an afternoon thunderstorm party sunny. chances of a shower saturday and sunday as well with temperatures in the 90s. >>> the crofton man who threatened to shoot up his workplace and kill his coworkers has been charged with a misdemeanor. mike schuh stays on the story. >> reporter: at this hour neil prescott is still locked up. he called a former super visor and said he was a joker going to blow up the place. í police í place raided his -- police raided his apartment where his weapons were found. under state law the guns are fine it's using a telephone that brought a misdemeanor charge. some many law enforcement are concerned that in this case maryland law does not go far enough to allow for a felony charge. federal charges are expected. reporting from millersville mike schuh. don, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> md aryland will continue forcing its gun permit law requiring citizens to show a good and substantial reason in order to ca

it's tim williams over at the first warning weather center. >> we definitely have had that humidity startingweekend. 90 today, 72 tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and tomorrow 92 hot and humid with clouds and sun. >>> commissioner fred bealefeld hangs up hat for good. mike schuh stays on his story. >> reporter: good morning. praise for making the city safer, bealefeld led the department through tough times towing and drug scandals, plus the accidental shooting death of an undercovered officer by uniform cops. despite such internal turmoil his leadership led to a substantial drop in crime, including shootings and homicide. the commissioner started as cop on the beach and 26 years later is named commissioner by major dixon. rawlings blake kept him in the corner office. today is his last day. reporting from police head quarters, mike schuh. >>> a 74-year-old woman is recovering after fighting off an intruder. she found a woman inside her unlocked townhouse. the woman demanded money. the attacker is described as a woman in her 20s with a heavy build. >>> the city department of public works

rolling stones national political correspondent, tim dig.genson and joe williams, thank you both for your time tonight. unfortunately -- unfortunately for mitt romney, not the way he wanted to end that trip, no doubt. certainly not his press secretary who's making more news than he ever wanted to. joe, let me begin with you. harry reid the tax returns where does this come from? this was a call a month ago. suddenly this is harry reid's welcome home gift from mitt romney diving right back into the tax issue. what motivates this. why now? what do you make of it? >> it is a big pie in the face for mitt romney. at the end of a trip where he's been stumbling on banana peels tripping over skates in his path. it is a whole trip that's been nothing but -- to come home to yet another one. this is probably the ultimate of unforced errors. harry reid very much is putting out the democratic message here. he's doing what i think is kind of interesting in borrowing a page from the republicans' handbook in that he's placing allegation there not substantiating it but saying hey, this is out there. i

running back roy helu will not maersk neither will tim hightower and tim shanahan is not sure if trent williams will play. there were two sacks and 10 tackles last season backing up barry cofield. neild has been battling this year, but he's been left on the bubble. baker definitely gets his chance, but this is not necessarily how he envisioned it. >> definitely, you know. it's a big opportunity for me to step up and be the player i know i can be. i hate to see chris go down the way it happened, but when one man goes down, another man has to step up. >> i think this year we have a lot of depth if somebody goes down, somebody can pick it right back up. i'm sure he's going to have -- play just as good as barry and i'm sure they'll try to move somebody else in. i don't want to say anything, but they are going to make sure we're covered at the end. >>> u.s. men's soccer in mexico city, fast forward to the 80th minute, brooke shea left side crosses, back here by terrance boyd and it's buried in the net. the u.s. hold down the win 1-0. it's the first diameter usa has won in mexico. -- time the usa has

the redskins wrapped up training camp today, trent williams took part in half of date's work. mike shanahan said tim hightower could take part in team drills as early as friday. he could maybe play in the third or fourth preseason game. chris will miss the year with a torn acl. paul is disappointed after his performance in buffalo. he only had one catch for 11 yards. he plans to g back to his rough teen, catching 100 balls before practice and 50 after. he said he was focused too much on blocking and understands adjustments to the position will come with time. >> i wasn't comfortable. first getting, my back was tightening up. i'm not used to being in the three point stance. now i'm feeling like i'm getting more and more comfortable and getting some real life game rep. i think it helps out a lot. i've been doing what i had to throughout camp and i have to keep getting better. they love my progress so far, at least i hope they love it so far. >> young suffer add setback. he has a strained hamstring and missed two weeks of work. chris cooley taking reps in his spot. he is a little more than 80% healed.

trent williams, crester and hurt will be game-time decisions according to coach. timightower won't play still working himself back from an injury. helu jr. also out with the achilles injury. >>> last night the ravens lost to the lions 27-12 but beyond the final score some good news. and some bad news too. joe flacco solid 7-12 and 79 yards and good plays in the reverse play like this one from jones. but they couldn't stop detroit's passing game. stafford to johnson, too much. afterwards talking about it -- >> so i'm always trying to work towards perfection. and of course, you know i know where i'm at and i know my role on this team. i try to get in there and work on things that i need to work on. >> the greatest threat in the world is you know always going to have to you know find something to get better at. you know we have a lot of work to do. >>> ravens' and jags next week. >>> the performance of replacement referees continues to be a problem. now the regular refs you may not know in a labor dispute right now with the league. their replacement really struggled. las

giants go on to win 11-6 and go for the sweep this afternoon sending tim lincecum the freak to the mound. >>> serena williamsher big sister venus to win the women's doubles title at the olympics this morning. they beat the czech republic to twain match. this is video from yesterday's single match when serena won another gold medal on saturday. she joins joins steffi graph as the only women to complete a golden slam. the olympics and four majors. >>> london may be hosting the olympics but some parts of the city look like a ghost town. hotels restaurants and theater says they have seen a deep decline in customers since the games got under way. businesses say part of the problems may stem from the fact that officials asked locals to stay off the road to reduce congestion. now they're asking locals to come back to central london. >> london is working well, it's open for business. come back into the capitol. >> the dropoff in business is especially disappointing for retailers who hoped to make up losses from the economic down turn during the olympics. >>> extras for a woody allen movie are needed tomorrow morning

tim kaine, campaign ad in for a virginia senate seat. that and much more coming up. >> now we turn to afghanistan,. of defense has the death of another local soldier. williams died in kent anbar province. the 24-year-old was a second assignedrigades older joint base lewis-mcchord. 24-year-old kenneth mitchell s arrested. police believe he was the of a car that crashed into a police car. still looking for the acura in a crash killed officer adrian morris and injured another officer. flag in maryland are flying at half staff in honor of officer veteran ofwo-year countynce george's police department of. lives will continue to fly at until the day of his funeral. and has not been scheduled. >> we have an interview with the the man severely beaten weekend in eastern market. senior energy analyst named was struck in the from aile walking home pub. he and a collapsing on a stranger's porch. his injuries are so severe that he cannot speak. wife recently celebrated their wedding anniversary. entire focus is on his recovery. that is truly minute by minute. know we will be together. some robbers have been violent. if that was know motive. in this motive they are still

tim pawlenty will be with our friend david gregory. for all entire team assembled from here, washington and norfolk, i'm brian williams, nbc news. >>> and, from washington's leading news station, this is news 4 today. >> good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. a lot of big news with decision 2012. >> that's right. i'm richard jordan. welcome to news 4 today. we just saw there republican presidential candidate mitt romney announced his pick for a running mate, wisconsin's paul ryan. >> he named paul ryan as his vice presidential pick. appearing for first time as mitt romney's running mate, he showed up and he was there and talking about president obama attacking him for what he calls was the worst economic recovery in 70 years. he also said that president obama has a record of failure. >> and the economy will be a big issue leading up to the november election. and it seems that romney is making a strategic choice here with paul ryan as he is the chairman of the house budget committee, but as it has been noted he does come with some slight controversy when it comes to medicare because romney does have a plan where he'd like to privatize m

tim. then there was the murder of larry rogers. a retarded youth. this witness testified she saw rogers slumped over in a station wagon as wayne williams drove away.ame station wagon on that day. this does not look like wayne williams. however, the defensz never called the other witness to ask about the sketch. >> i don't think i've ever seen that. >> supporters say there was one murder that shows the fiber evidence could be faulty. some of those unusual green carpet fibers were on his body. yet, another boy said he saw a coin laundry operator kill clifford joans. detective welcome har riris sai the boy was not believable. >> he was open to suggestions. and if you said that mickey mouse was up there, and he'd sense that you wanted him to say that, he'd say yeah. wayne supporters point out that laundry manager failed two police lie detector tests. but few are aware about the third test. the result? >> in layman'stermingses, he passed. >> reporter: only days after, atlanta's police commissioner closed the book on 21 other murder vick timts. declaring that e they, too, were killed by williams. most were children. among them, clifford jonesene a ucef