on wbal plus.ips to the dentist are pain-free, especially when getting a crown. >> the power of a robbery. one boy fuels his victory against cancer. join us on wbal plus. delays on the west side. >> not much else going on. delays on the west side are pretty typical for this time of the morning. this is just north of security boulevard. the topside is looking good. 12 minutes across the 83's. no problems near white marsh. >> a couple of days of hot and steamy. >> today will be uncomfortable with high temperatures in the upper 80's. just a few scattered showers this morning. there could be some heavy amounts of rain this afternoon. same thing tomorrow. temperatures drop into the mid- 80's this weekend. eat. is a tr it could be 100 degrees. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. >>> good morning. all eyes on chantal, the tropical storm on a path to bring heavy rain and dangerous flooding to the southern u.s. this morning, the timi

on wbal plus.. a fan camps out to get tickets he could've gotten online. he is woken up on live tv. >> pelting home runs with their eyes closed. join us on wbal-tv plus. >> we have an accident that is off to the left shoulder, southbound 95 just prior to the white marsh exit. we have an accident in ellicott city. watch for a crash at 424. the left lane is closed. watch for defective traffic lights at pratt and light. a busy ride on the west side. 94 is the high temperature today. he index up around 100. the heat will stick around till thursday. you need three days in a row of oppressive heat. we haven't had too much. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. [ female announcer ] at your local subway, summer flavors are served up fresh. like the delicious taste of the orchard chicken salad. you loved it, so we brought it back as a five dollar footlong, and now as a five dollar chopped salad too! diced white-meat chicken with sweet apples and tart cranberries. get it as a tasty sub, or as a

on wbal plus. it is no secret -- >> it is no secret most baseball stadium food is not the healthiest. we will break down the ballpark calories. those stories and the latest traffic updates. >> there is a new problem you are tracking. >> southbound 895, the report of a disabled vehicle at moravia road. northbound ritchie highway remains closed at ordnance road for some downed wires. pretty typical delays on the west side. about 17 minutes all the way down to 95. 95 at white marsh is looking good. willpefully the cold front clear off the coast by the weekend. pretty nice weather friday and saturday. that could change and if you go either way. more storms wednesday and thursday. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a great day. >>> good morning. messages of thanks. the cleveland kidnapping victims release a video overnight speaking publicly for the first time since being freed from captivity. >> i am strong enough to walk through hell with

something is always better than nothing. >> rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasslemyer. something over nothing anytime. that is for sure. is a little shower at the video. not much here, although some activity in western maryland. ew i've marshall -- five degrees cooler than normal and we will take it. -- bwi marshall, five degrees cooler than normal and we will take it. it will stay this way for the next nine days. the normal high is 88 and it will tail off a little bit as we get out of the hottest part of the year. look at the record i. 103103 degrees on this day in 1936. onh will are -- 103 degrees this day in 1936. much cooler than that today. upper 70's near the pennsylvania line and northern baltimore county. 82 in cambridge. the ninth day of july, that is pretty good. 85 at ocean city at this hour. we have a flood watch for garrett county because heavy showers are approaching out of eastern ohio. they may will make it into the western maryland mountains later tonight. the potential for heavy downpours has prompted t

wbal tv 11 news. >> great advice. still ahead on abc 7 news at that damageate of to the salvation army store in cambridge. plus-- >> sequestration hits the department of defense. mickey, and another surprising departure from the morning r show morning 98ock. -- the morning show latebreaking., you are watching wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 with stan stovall and dan hamilton, -- and donna hamilton. the 5:00 p.m.s continues now. >> new tonight at 5:30, a day off without pay started for thousands of people who hold civilian jobs with the defense department. >> this is part of the spending cuts known as the sequester. lisa robinson is live downtown with reaction from one of the group is being affected, and that is the maryland national guard. >> that is right, from the pentagon to the maryland national guard, sequestration is costing jobs and wages. federal spending cuts from the march sequester means thousands of defense employees will be furloughed, and that includes the maryland national guard. >> maryland has over 834 technicians that are being impacted. our forces and our sexual assault coordinator, those are not be