. >> we have bob turk and tim williams on the scene as well. thank you. >>> murdermurder-for-hire trial. a whitemarsh woman takes the stand in her own defense. karla porter said she had to have her husband killed before he killed her. william raymond porter was shot at the gas station he owned in 2010. derek valcourt was in the courtroom when karla porter testified. >> she broke down in tears after she said she suffered years of beating, lived in constant terror, and couldn't take it anymore. she asked three other people for help to kill her husband, before one of them finally carried out the plan. >> have you ever seen him before? >> no. >> reporter: during her videotaped police interrogation, karla porter repeatedly lied about her involvement in the murder of her husband ray, at first, blaming a robber. but eventually, she confessed to planning his asays sassination -- assassination. >> i just wanted somebody to hit him. i didn't want any of this to happen. i really didn't. >> what happened, karla? >> he was just being really mean. >> reporte

out back to meteorologist tim williams for more on that. >> reporter: thank you. things are going to change. the timing of that is going to be playing out over the next 1 to 18 hours. giving you an idea, there's a low to our north that the not necessarily directing the energy. high pressure has eased off the coastline. it's going to allow for humidity along with a front that's been stalled to our south to start moving in. what that's going to mean is with a front approaching from the west and that moisture and humid start to move into that, they're going to collide. they will start to slash, bring the chance for showers and thunderstorms later in the evening. that's going to start happening tonight into tomorrow. after it starts to play we're going to get a dose of what's going to feel like september than august. chelsea will have those details coming up in your complete first warning weather forecast. >> thank you. >>> the o's take two out of three in their series against the san francisco giants. the orioles didn't score until the 6th inning but then the bats ca

wjz's tim williams is live at the mobile weather lab.irst, bob is tracking live doppler radar. >> we watched this about an hour ago. it was in d.c, now in baltimore region. line of storms from emmitsburg to annapolis region. moving pretty much to the northeast at around 20 miles an hour. take a closer look around the city now. pretty heavy stuff

i'm gigi barnett. >> and i'm tim williams. a comfortable morning out there, nowhere near steamy. >> that's why we have averages, sometimes they're up. sometimes they're down. today at least the temperature is down a little bit, so is the dew point and the humidity. it's not as steamy as it was yesterday. if you were out at all yesterday it was very very humid outside. today is less humidity, low dew points and the haze we have seen over the last few days is for now gone. the scan on first warning live doppler radar. the only shower we have is down near front royal virginia. we could see a shower or two pop up, but the chance for today is slim. 61 in oakland, 74 in elkland, 75 in ocean city. high pressure is pushing in that less humid air, and the conditions are drying out nicely. because of that front to our south, we cannot rule out a shower over the next few days. our forecast going up to about 87 degrees, pretty warm but without all the humidity it won't be as uncomfortable. we'll talk about how it plays out into the rest o

it is meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass and over at first warning weather. >>> all i can tell you this morning is that your car windows will be steamed up because of the dew point and the humidity level is very high. a few showers out there. you might need your wipers early on. expect thunderstorms later this afternoon as you're driving home. 66 oakland, 76 elkton, 75 ocean city. a high of 86 degrees. look for peaks of sun that could fire up storms later in the afternoon. >>> how are those cars, trucks and suvs doing this morning? here is christy breslin in for sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> hi, everyone. although the roads are dry at this point we still have a lot of accidents out there. 97 southbound, a new accident just reported there after generals highway near hawkins road. we also have accidents liberty road at pike wood drive and 100 westbound at oak wood drive. the right shoulder remains blocked. we're starting to see some volume building around green spring avenue on the beltway. 95 moving well in both directions. no problems to report on 95 around white mar

meteorologist tim williams is in the weather center. and bob turk has more. >> it is outside.have tropical downpours popping up in spots. but another batch here. gaithersburg to d.c. moving off to the east. pretty move, looks like frederick, we'll see these showers in the next hour. may get to the baltimore region by about let's say 6 to 6:30. right now, 85. very moist. atmosfreer, 73 in oakland. and 78 ocean city. we're in the hurricane season. let's send it tout to meteorologist kim wals with an update on the new hurricane prediction -- predaikses. >>> this has not been a blockbuster season so far. although we have had four named storms. most recent being durian. and that was about a week huge. as we were talking with, the storms -- update for the season has been updated by the national oceanic atmospheric association. saying it has been above normal but not quite as active as first predicted. right now, the expectation is that there will be 13 to 19 named storms. of those, 6 to 9 will be hurricanes. and of there's, 3 to five could be greater. we're talking about this pickin

tim williams will have those details in our first warning weather significant meant. now back inside. >> reporter: all right . i have to get you to take a look at this. there are sing rays coming through. we've got sharks all over the place. i have to be honest and tell you a lot of the kids are talking about all the nemo's and dori's. so of course, this exhibit isn't just about the 20 sharks but the nemo. more on that in just a little bit. back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you very much. we can't believe how beautiful it looks on our monitors. i can't imagine what it look likes in person. >>> the hurricane season is shaping up to be above normal with a possibility it could become active. it predicts 13 to 19 named storms. 6 to 9 will be hurricane with three to five becoming major hurricanes. there's been four named storms already. there's still more to come. >>> there's three winning tickets in the $448 million powerball jackpot. two were sold in new jersey, another in minnesota. we have a second here winner sold in calvert county. someone purchased it at the

it's christy breslin in for sharon and meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass at first warning weather. >>> good morning. don mentioned it, the temperatures are comfortable. the dew point is still high. that stickiness is building just a little bit as we are sitting here on this august monday. 62 oakland, 72 elkton, 71 on the shore. humidity is building because high pressure is pushing offshore. a chance for showers and thunderstorms as a result of some of that instable caused by that humidity and some of the dew points going up. tomorrow could be an active to o day. today not too bad. 8 7 degrees your high, 78 degrees your low. >>> there's been trouble this morning. here is christy breslin in for sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. that utility problem in timonu s m has been cleared. we have a disabled vehicle northbound 95 at mccomas blocking the right-hand lane. southbound 95 a minor slow down as you approach the beltway. we had an earlier accident at liberty road that has been cleared. on the outer loop from 83 to 95, 55 miles per hour average and 10 minu

will have the det,,,,,,,,,,,, >> complete coverage continues with gigi barnett and meteorologist tim williams's wjz, maryland's news statio. >> good morning welcome back to eyewitness news this sunday. i'm gigi barnett. >> and i meteorologist chelsea ingram. thanks for joining us this morning. temperatures right now sitting at 70s, mostly cloudy, a little foggy as well. we've had some light winds that will create some fog out there. take a look at current temperatures across the region. 75 in baltimore, 76 in dc. much cooler in western maryland in the mid and upper 60s. 2.62 degrees. that will be him arise but it won't get into the 70s like it was last week. a little rainfall in southern maryland. we are looking good, for the most part, today. most are should remain dry. highs in the mid-eighties this evening temps around 75 degrees. >> the complete first warning forecast coming up in just a minute. but first, here's a look at the top stories of the weekend. >>> new details emerging. a small plane goes down in east haven neighborhood in connecticut. breaking apart and bursting into flames and

meteorologist tim williams is over at first warning weather. >>> we're looking at humid level levelsstorm through the even ing and a better chance tomorrow morning 67 >>> relief for drivers this morning. gas prices are falling. >> good morning. gas price haves gone down so far so fast that there is good news to report. the price in maryland has dropped about a dime in the past week. on average it is $3 $3.59 for a gallon. supplies are at level reports and experts say our cars are more fuel efficient. any hurricanes could idol refineries meaning a price boost. >>> closing arguments are set to begin in the murder for hire trial of karla porter. she told jurors she suffered years of abuse at the hands of her husband william. she's accused of hiring a hit man for killing him. >>> a baltimore county girl is being treated at the hospital after being dragged by her dog. it happened yesterday afternoon around 4:30 on cotswald court. the girl was dragged by the dog but the extent of her injuries is not known. >>> a weekend accident sent eight people to the hospital. a passenger van went down

let me bring in antiracism activist again and author tim wise and attorney ebony kay williams. what do you make of allen west's comments? >> well, you know, it's what somebody who doesn't have work and is looking for attention says. what he ignores of course about the difference, let's say and conservatives generally have ignored about the difference between this and the killing of trayvon martin which they've tried to analogize it to, a couple things. number one, these individuals were arrested. george zimmerman was not for 46 days. number two, no one is bringing on the guys who committed this crime to try to let them justify their explanation the way -- justify their actions the way sean hannity did with george zimmerman. no one on the left, no one in the civil rights community is trying to justify what they did. they all admit it was a horrible thing. whereas people on the right have spent the better part of a year justifying george zimmerman's actions, trashing trayvon martin's memory, trying to dig up everything he ever did wrong to suggest that he had it coming. so this c

. >> guest: what happened i interviewed william who was the head of the congressional office. he didn't like the interview. >> tim monos. i interviewed lamar alexander. there was no trouble. i think i interviewed particular al ?arnd 2007. he enjoyed the interviewed. i interviewed tim monos in 2009. he didn't like it. he was in a sense the rabbi, if you will. am saturday's rabbi in washington or god father. tim tim mines i think timmons asked him to do this. >> host: bud went to prison. usually the story he tells us about the photograph of elvis in the oval office. here is another one that people my age will remember the lincoln memorial in the middle of the vietnam war. and to the lincoln memorial. couldn't have gotten two to three minute after he got there. went up the stairs to see what was going on and found him in discussion at the start ten to fifteen young people -- students woo come in from all over the east coast and the doctor was there and, you know, sanchez was there. i believe that was it. secret service agents. it was a scary time. they got up there while it was still dark. he spent about 45 minutes

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williams did the very same thing, only giving up three games in her win. >>> to the last preseason nfl games. patriot ryan mallet throws to rookie josh boyce. touchdown. tim tebow then hurls this 52-yarder. another 7 from that. sadly, giants running back andre brown breaks his leg in the game. the pats beat the giants, 28-20. >>> vikings/titans. the vikings left their starters on the sideline for most of the game there. seemed to work. especially marcus sherrell's kickoff return. 109-yarder. minnesota, 24-23. >>> college football. north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving way early. this touchdown in their very first possession to the third quarter now, south carolina's mike davis busts through the huddle. sprints for a touchdown. his longest ever. south carolina, 27-10. >>> how do you celebrate a torrey hunter walk-off win? prince fielder comes out swing with gum balls. and the reporter, well, couldn't avoid this water cooler bath courtesy of the catcher pena. yeah, what do you do? here's my report. >>> 736 stairs. that's a good workout. but on a unicycle? 736 stairs. a man did just that at the tv tower in prague. his old record, 299

kyle williams is now expected to take reps with the 49ers punt returner. >>> what would a sportscast be without timur times by the giants last night but the patriots quarterback threw for two touchdowns in his best performance for the preseason and afterwards bill belichick had no comment about tebow's chances of making the game day roster. >>> tonight when de la salle plays, bob lat sore won't be at the helm for the first time -- ladoucer won't be at the helm for the first time in 34 years. >> me pressure for de la salle's new head coach 33-year- old justin alumb. ugh who is taking over for ladoucer. he still remains with the team as a runningback and lines coach. alum because who is an alum and teacher at the school has been on the spartans coaching staff for more than 10 years and he still is getting used to being the guy calling all the shots. >> nobody cared about me before. there's been more before the season. >> there's been a lot of success that's gone through here and i am different that coach ladoucer. we have similar philosophies. we are almost in lockstep with how we see young men and f

tim clark finished 10-over at the pga but had a hole in one on the 11th. jason dufner won golf's final major of the year. former nba star jayson williamsn taiwan and a few tricks up his sleeve. alley-oop on a bounce pass from half court. the steelers have a bad batch of something. charlie batch collides with brandon batch on the handoff leading to a safety for the giants. preseason football, folks. don't they take their whiffle ball serious in new england? plumbing over the wall, the little fenway to make the game saving catch. that became known as whipple gait because a bunch of kids started building this, you know, fenway look-alike. and it became controversial and the city said you can't build that. >> oh, come on! >> guess who won out. the kids and the whiffle ball teams. >> where's the paddle board video? >> you'll never seen that! captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> announcer: did her used car flunk the test-drive? >> judge judy: he says that the brakes on the car failed, and he was almost killed. he hit a tree. >> announcer: a cop makes the call. >> there were skid marks on the road an

[applause] >> i thank tim for the invitation and j for what is the -- i'm not sure whether i should thank william but i will for hiring me back in 2001. i'm not sure if he bears responsibility for me spending the last 10 years fighting these efforts. , i reallyo the point do want to emphasize that this is an enjoyable book. that i reallyhing enjoyed reading. i also want to emphasize that it is straightforward that you don't need a phd in emphasize and finance. he does a great job in breaking down complex ideas very straightforward. i can see this book as forming the center of a discussion in undergraduate course discussion in consumer finance. this leads me to where i think this book really succeeds where so many others fail. i had to reach her men this amount of books in the financial crisis, probably more than him. [applause] generally following the two types, the best seller accounts written by journalists with fast-paced stories of bad people doing bad things and then there tend to be the scholarly accounts that sometimes offer a theoretical framework on the forces behind the cronk -- behind

tim tebow, they cut him to get down to the 53-man roster. teebow completed 33% of his passes while scoring two touchdowns and two interceptions. >>> at the u.s. open, serena williams had a late start against shabovano. serie a dominating, your fourth time u.s. open champion will face fell own american sloan stephens in the round of 16. everybody can't wait for that match-up much those are your sports headlines at this hour. >> the wedding present never offered before. the supreme court justice showing friendship in her position on a contested civil right. nothing. here is my question for every >>> welcome back to al jazeera. i am thomas draydon with a look at the top stories at this hour. in the last few hours, we have heard from president obama who has laid out his plans for a strike on syria. >> after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. >> the president has made it clear that he will be asking congress for approval before any action is taken. he spoke in the white house rose garden a couple of hours ago. shortly after president obama spoke, the speaker of the house, john boehner,