>> reporter: on fenwick island in delaware, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> van dyke is desperately trying to raise money at kick starter.com to pay for his documentary project but says he's going even if he doesn't get the money. he may have to do without a flack jacket or kevlar helmet. seems like he would need those. >>> get ready for the speculation and the hopes of a nation all turned toward the national zoo because today the smithsonian announced its female giant panda mei xiang has some elevated hormone levels. if you've lived in this town a while, you know it could mean these pregnant. then again it may mean nothing as pandas have a tendency towards false pregnancies. we should know if there will be a cub in about 40 to 50 days. it's hard not to get excited. >> now if it were to have a cub, how big would it building at birth? >> butter stick. >> stick of butter, very good. >> we have some showers and thunderstorms across the area, nothing severe, but we do have code yellow because we thought we'd see some storms and indeed we are. in fact, let's start with live doppler 9000. it's a

in delaware, we are focused on a number of things. number one commit conducting meaningful evaluations of educator performance and developing new leadership opportunities for most effective educators. were committed to opportunities for best educators to take on more responsibilities, earned her compensation while still staying in the classroom. around the country this is one of the day challenges. teachers say that they have to move on and get out of the classroom to earn more and build their career and more focused on changing that. we are also adding some coaching initiatives for principles. we talked to teachers as they do all the time and asked them if they cared most about, they care about compensation, but also the working environment within schools is a collaborative environment. and so much of our principles time is taken up in administrative matters. if you have it in any school recently, you'd be surprised by how much time they are focused on dealing with the bus company because the bus is late, chilling with folks into ser

in the case of a delaware pediatrician... accused of using waterboarding techniques on his own child. pediatrician melvin morse and his wife were arrested... after their 11-year-old daughter told authorities her dad held her face under a running faucet... as water shot up her nose.she claims she was being punished but did not knnw why... and that it happened at least 4 times over 2 years. what e're learning now... is that morse is an expert on the effects of near- death experiences in children... and that he's written books on the subject. c-n-n justtuncovered some old tapes from an appearance he once made on "larry king live"... listen in. "i have interviewed well over 100 children who have had a lack of oxygen to the brain, who were treated with all kinds of medicines, and who also are mechanically-ventilated with scary intensive care units, but were not near death." death." the daughter told police her mother... pauline morse....witnessed some of the incidents but did not intervene.morse's attorney maintains... that's not

the 19-year-old was nursing program at the university of delaware. rachel green says the two were beginning their junior year. she remembers her smile, dancing and her ability to always make everyone feel included. >> you meet her and you felt like you knew her, you know, that's how she was. >> nursing students will likely plan memorial once they get back in school next week. the community will also be grieving a loss. she was heading back to school at james madison university. she was heading back next week. >>> we were on the scene shortly after that the train derailed just minutes afterwards. we got up close and personal video from the scene. you can head to our web site if you want to check that out. >> well man accused of making e- mail threats against the president will make its first court appearance. u.s. officials are saying that anton sent threatening e-mails to general fbi inbox. agents tracked him down to an apartment. they say he pointed a shotgun at police but was quickly disarmed and immediately arrested. >>> 6 minutes after 5:00. mary

>>sherly valenzuela, de delaware hablo de la importancia de los pequeños negocios el gobernador de nevada dijo que el país esta marchando por el camino equivocado >>ted cruz, favorito del tea party, nueva estrella de partido republicano >>mañana el discurso principal será de ryan. >>tú dirias que la mision de ann romney fue humanizar a su esposo, cual fue el resultado. >>a mi me parece que lo presentó como un salvador. >>quien está aquí, y quien no. >>el ex presidente george w. bush no quiso estar aquí >>comencé la entrevista preguntandole a su hermano de quien era la culpa de la situación actual, si de su hermano o barak obama >>no importa, yo digo que el presidente recibió una situación muy difícil cuando entro en la presidencia, hay que reconocer que la economía que esto, por l que él ha fracasado >>a los hispanos les preocupa la de ofrecer una salida a lo que tenemos hoy >>enfatizar la economía y no la inmigración mitt romney quiere autodeportar a miles de hispanos >>él ha dicho que esta en favor del dream act para una legislatura >>su hijo es latino, se considera é

pushing east of cambridge and parts of delaware. i suspect that will hold together. off to the west, still cloud cover and a few showers towards leesburg and reston. parts of the area getting heavy rain in a short period of time. concerned with local flooding. humidity 87%. 73degrees. a break for the afternoon, and additional round of showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening hours. some of those could be strong as the cooler and drier air works in. be ready for that possibility. 87 the daytime high in washington. that will be our coolest day so far this month, even cooler air expected this weekend. details on that in a couple of minutes. tony, back to you. >>> tucker thank you very much. new this morning, three u.s. service members killed in afghanistan. military officials say this happened overnight in the helmond province. >>> prince william county a church was damaged in an early morning fire, happening in gainesville. this was the scene earlier at mount pleasant baptist church. this photo was sent to us by a fox 5 viewer. fire officials confirm e

and that looks like it could last into the weekend, so, especially in areas around maryland and in delaware. so, the forecast, veronica, not too bad around the country. again, all eyes on isaac. weekend forecast coming up. >> sounds good, all right. >>> investors drill down, gold pinches a pretty penny and the parking spot of your dreams. your "first look" at business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, a slugfest in boston, adrian beltre is red hot and olympian gabby douglas like you've never seen her before! you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i've discovered gold. [ female announcer ] the gold standard in anti-aging. roc® retinol. found in roc® retinol correxion deep wrinkle night cream. it's clinically proven to give 10 years back to the look of skin. now for maximum results... the power of roc® retinol is intensified with a serum to create retinol correxion® max. it's proven to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. new roc® retinol correxion® max. nothing's better than gold. let's compare. germ party! eww! now the colgate total

and we can see heavier rain sliding over the delaware line to delaware. and that is good news across the area. and then as we slide further into southern maryland once again, ocean city getting in on heavier rain just like they did yesterday. snow hill you are almost out of it and willard is getting in on wet weather as well. now as we go into the afternoon we could be seeing more changing in the forecast. details to come on that but look at laurel. laurel is one of the dry spots this morning. we see a few clouds and we see a few peeks of sunshine and that's the scenario as we go throughout the day. hopefully, we will get scattered showers and storms and it's going to be very humid once again with the dew points in the upper 60s. future trend pickling up on the scattered showers -- picking up on the scattered showers. hopefully numerous scattered showers and the trend continues through tomorrow. but for today, the hour by hour foreforecast comings in at 8 -- forecast comes in by 87 by 4 p.m. you can eat lunch outdoors but we have a chance for scattered st

i called the police hief in newark delaware. and i said what would happen if an american citizen had been pulled over in those same circumstances. he said they would be going to jail. so i think the obvious thing here is that if you get pulled over, the first words out of your mouth better be when they stop you, very good. lou: the idea that there is no response of the republican party, the no reaction from the citizens. where is the tea party? this is all happening in the president seems to have found the perfect time and tone to rule over america. >> people are occupied with other things. in my hands as the document. this is the implementation procedure. we are the only folks that have a copy of it. this is what senator sessions is very concerned about. because ultimately it in the day, he is afraid of this document right here will give safe harbor to criminal illegal aliens in this country. a very scary situ e-mails show e white house as pivotal. what will the "a team" say? >> energy policy and electoral reform. obama ran on

in delaware, was running. he's mr. delaware, a popular former governor, a moderate with a record of working with democrats and he was projected to stop the democratic candidate by double digits and then he lost the primary, and he didn't just lose the primary. he lost the primary to a perennial joke candidate who later had to publicly assure voters she was not in fact a witch. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> she's also not u.s. senator today. christine o'donnell defeated mike castle in the primary. the result is one republican strategists lamented straight out of harry reid's dream journal. that bid went to the democrats easy. speaking of harry reid's dream journal, in nevada, the gop establishment was pulling for a candidate named sue lowden. that came after she said this. >> you know, before we all started having health care in the olden days, our grandparents would bring a chicken to the doctor. they would say, i'll paint your house. that's the old days of what people would do to g

the universities of maryland and delaware are in charge of that program. the head of the partnership says the program will teach students about why climate is changing and the effects it will have on maryland and delaware. >>> 5:48. a little hollywood magic lit up part of new york overnight. a little bang-pow, i should call it. a controlled explosion shook brooklyn. it's part of a stage stunt for the hbo tv series "boardwalk empire." new york firefighters and police officers were there to supervise the explosion. tv and film production around new york is booming right now. the mayor's office says the industry brought in more than $7 billion last year. >>> state police in upstate new york find themselves in custody of a run away exotic bird. they put out an alert for a missing cockatiel. it landed on the bill of a captain at a firearms training at state police academy there. >> oh, my. >> the bird was immediately taken into custody and being held for safekeeping. they have received at least 25 claims from people who say that they are the bird's rightful own

in delaware, we are focused on a number of things. number one commit conducting meaningful evaluations of educator performance and developing new leadership opportunities for most effective educators. were committed to opportunities for best educators to take on more responsibilities, earned her compensation while still staying in the classroom. around the country this is one of the day challenges. teachers say that they have to move on and get out of the classroom to earn more and build their career and more focused on changing that. we are also adding some coaching initiatives for principles. we talked to teachers as they do all the time and asked them if they cared most about, they care about compensation, but also the working environment within schools is a collaborative environment. and so much of our principles time is taken up in administrative matters. if you have it in any school recently, you'd be surprised by how much time they are focused on dealing with the bus company because the bus is late, chilling with folks into ser

there is a warning for cecil in new castle in northern delaware. not because of damaging wind but the dangerous lightning and heavy downpours accustoming -- accompanying that storm. it is hot and humid all around the baltimore area again. easton, cambridge, all in the low 90's. it is muggy in the atmosphere and it feels pretty sticky. 70-78 after the evening storms is allowed. partially cloudy skies and son set at 8:16 p.m. the bermuda high position cranks in the heat and humidity that will be with us through the weekend. you can temperatures in the 90's of the way back to chicago. tomorrow, 89-94. afternoon storms in a few locations. light southern wind, 9-10. generally when will be in the same direction tomorrow when not many problems until isolated late days from are popping up. scattered storms, 30 of 40% chance with ties in the upper -- with highs in the upper 90's. the best chance for storms over the weekend will be sunday. 87 tomorrow, 86 sunday. we continue to watch a tropical storm ernesto making its way into the caribbean. conditions are

three day care workers in delaware have been arrested after police got ahold of what they are calling disturbing and shocking cell phone video. they are accused of encouraging toddlers to fight each other. then they filmed it. police talked about that video. >> clearly one of the children is crying and does not want to continue on. and he is pushed back into the fray by one of the adults. >> so criminal defense attorney holly hughes is here. cnn reached out to the day care and they have not given us a response yet. what charges do the three women face? >> they are looking at a couple misdemeanors. >> first of all, what the hel sflrks come on. >> what's going on in delaware is what i want to know. last week, seriously, last week we covered the case where the doctor is accused of waterboarding his daughter. these are accusations, we have not proven them got yet, but it is disturbing indeed. two little 3-year-olds and they are encouraging them to child. they are charged with endangering a wild, engaging the weld fair of a child, reckless engagement, and assault. >> the day care providers

at the university of delaware. one of them shows their feet dangling off the bridge. they posted the pictures just before they died. >> is unfortunate that there was loss of life. >> the horrifying sound of the train. >> i remember thinking to myself, it sounds like it is derailing. >> national transportation inspectors arrived out what caused tragedy and whose work d begin the process of untangling the mess. newse looking live from choppers 7 as it looks over the scene here. the cruise working to write those toppled train cars and hundreds of pounds of coal that spilled. the ntsb held a briefing and that the automatic brake did go off at time of the crash. they say it will be several days before they can figure out why if that caused the crash. at 5:30, details of women killed on bridge ha. for updates on this story at a wjla.com.ery, go to >> the car crash that killed a george's county police officer, have arrested the theenger in the car that officers were pursuing when they crashed yesterday. that crash killed officer adrian morris. thece are looking for the other

a timethe starting with lapse out of delaware. a let's get you started with lapse of delaware. blew through ocean city as well. through the indian river area. a life of viewto have brightened considerably. weekend thata good the beaches. almost a half inch of rain in harrisonburg. 66 -- that is a chilly mid august temperature with the rain. 75 in since city and madison. s -- ocean city and madison. one cluster moving off over the bay. the next. the west. the wording has just expired -- thunderstorm warning has just expired. still have a flash -flood warning. the cold front line up and is of us now. most unstable air is to the the metro area. we see a severe thunderstorm watch continue well south of the region as well. the eastern part of north carolina, that is where these spots will be. will see clearing skies move the west to east across tonight.0:00 84 at reagan national. degrees in hagerstown. '80s tothe north and the south. front is pushing for the humidity and temperatures at bay. warmer tomorrow than today but not as he made. into friday,e get the heat and humidity will

i am a mother from delaware. o-owner with my husband. i plan on taking on a new title, the next governor of the great state of delaware. [applause] tonight, it is my honor to talk about the three things that inspired me to run for office. my family, the business we built, and my belief and america's on limited potential -- my belief in america's unlimited potential. my husband received news that would change our lives forever. we learned our son was autistic. we loved him with every fiber of our being. the experts told us not to expect much. "your son would never learn to read, write, or communicate effectively." they said to accept it. we realized the paychecks of our jobs would not pay for the professionals he needed to overcome the odds. we followed the deep and longstanding american tradition. we took a rest. we bet on the future and we started our own business. [cheers and applause] when serving in the army, my husband had taken a report on a street. i saw him pull, a sewing machine out. a second-generation mexican- american, my hus

christine o'don el, former republican senate candidate from delaware. heading up a festival called appropriately troublemaker fest. thank you very much. it is nice to meet you finally. let me -- if these people would quiet down, we could have a conversation here. let me ask you about the establishment republican -- i don't want to tie you down on the issue of todd akin and controversial remarks. but there seems to be a fight in this party. maybe it is a healthy one between the establishment, big shots, who want to win elections at all costs money people, and the grassroots tea party people who may not have any money except a vote. who is the boss? >> well -- >> sorry. >> christine first and then the same question. >> i think what we see here happening at the convention is a perfect marriage of both of them. i think the romney campaign has done a beautiful job of embracing this tea party -- >> where is sarah palin? where is michele bachmann? >> they spoke in 2008. instead we have the new generation of constitutional champions they passed the baton on to.

prince george's county police prepared to release surveillance video from a child of action in louis delaware. officers said the suspect sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl before he was arrested. >> it is believed he struck before. we have the latest. >> that suspect, a 25-year-old charles amofa, is now facing several charges. we could learn more about the case later today. that is where police are expected to release its surveillance video. police are telling us that according to -- that he lured a girl earlier this week out of a store. this what her father was not looking. her father alerted a police officer there and the police officer quickly went searching for that girl. the police officer quickly spotted her and charles amofa in a nearby park. police said this could of been much worse if it was not for the quick response by that officer. >> she seemed very desperate and the only thing coming out of our mouth was "i want my daddy. >> authorities say charles amofa has done this before, back in july he lured an eight-year old girl but she was able to get away before anything could happe

i thank the chair and i yield the floor to my friend from delaware. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i thank you very much. we have been joined on the floor by senator whitehouse. we might just take a moment here, mr. chairman, just to have a little bit of a colloquy and then i will head off to one of my hearings. i just want to say while he is here a special thanks to senator whitehouse for the work that he and jon kyl, our colleague from arizona, chris coons, our colleague from delaware, and others have done and really helped to put the meat on the bones of our -- as you will of our original legislation. you have done great work on that. i just really admire it and want to thank all of you. over at the other end of the capitol, they spent a whole lot of time in recent weeks and months on the issue of fast and furious. i just wanted to mention i think the american people, one of the reasons why they are furious with us is because we're not going fast enough to deal with the economy, to create jobs. in government, we don't

the next lieutenant governor of the great state of delaware. [crowd cheering] tonight is my honor to talk about the three things that inspired me to run for office. my family, the business we built and my belief in america's unlimited potential. but it starts with a wonderful story. shortly after our son was borne, my husband and i received some news that would change our lives forever. we learned our son simon was autistic. we loved him with every fiber of our being. but the experts told us not to expect much. your son will never learn to read, write or communicate effectively they said. accept these limitations they seemed to say. it was a tough time. we realized quickly that the pay checks from our jobs wouldn't pay for the professionals that simon needed to overcome the odds. so we followed a deep and longstanding american tradition. we took a risk, we bet on the future and we started our own business. [crowd cheering] when serving in the army, my husband had taken a mail order course on upholstery. one day i came home to find him pulling o

whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, investing in the revitalization of a neighborhood in the bronx, or providing the financing to help a beloved san diego bakery expand, what's important to communities across the country is important to us. and we're proud to work with all of those who are creating a stronger future for everyone. in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue... i'm on an aspirin regimen... and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. he's my success story. [ laughs ] as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. get great values on some of our newest models. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already sa

tonight in delaware a bankruptcy judge approved the sale to liquidators.........and while that doesn't rule oot a portion of the mills reopening workers are bracing for the wo. worse..... (6:53)48 years central maintenance.....mechanical.... bob barrett says he has put in decades of hard work at the sparrows point steel mill...only to be let down..... (8:41)if i can't make it its tough.... barrett is one of nearly 2000 workers at rg steel.... waiting to hear word on the fate of their jobs... the company.... once one of baltimore county's largest private employers....filed for bankruptcy last may.....(7:24) they weren't doing a thing positive to make the mill profitable... to make matters worse.....a clause in the contract between the united steelwwrkers and rg steel will terminate once sparrows point is sold.....the new owners can stop paying wages and benefits to the existing employees and terminate workers at their discretion.....(13:17)the union is rying everything they can do.... donald festerman worked at sparrows point in the late eighties..... (10:58) worked on the steel side do

this took place in delaware. she was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer. she was never a smoker but still came down with the disease. she hopes this is going to remove the stigma of lung cancer as a smoker's disease. >> there is so much we don't know. it is not just a smoker's disease. i am living proof. >> this is the number one killer after heart disease. the five-year survival rate is 16%. funding for research is low. great andta and other survivors -- >> things are strange for august. >> lower viewpoint not as sticky and uncomfortable. go outside and there are no problems. a lot of people kayak on the potomac. the sun will set in an hour. we are losing two minutes a daylight from this point and on as we move to winter. almost the end of summer. 87 degrees. the daytime high. 99 for the record in 1926. it can get as cool as 55 degrees, way back in 1889. dew point level -- we were in the lower 70's. the wind has settled down. 82 degrees. hardly any rain to speak of. 83 degrees in the district. a high of 86 degrees. temperatures are a little cooler. temper

and in delaware, and a couple of sprinkles around us. the clouds to the west. here's the stuff approaching frederick. the sun is trying to breakthrough. there's a front in the area. just coming on to the bay at this stage of the game. almost stationary. east of it is that humid air. that's what we are feeling. that will slowly try to push in today. things as they are now may be east of the baby evening. it'll be in the neighborhood. as long as it's close by, there's at least for some folks east of us a chance for rain today. a mix of southern clouds, they will be variable, and thunder shower or two. it's a possibility. especially to the east. the rain chances will be ending or at least tapering off west to east during the day today. 83-88 for the high. kind of depends on how much sun you get. on the bay, boaters can expect advisories. winds gusting to 20. bay water temperatures low to mid 80s. it's not bath water, but it's nice. it's been warm. 3:00 this afternoon still a chance a thunder shower could come up. to the west, a lot more sun. a lot less of the rain

special session in maryland internet gambling may be brought to the table if passed maryland would join delaware which just signed off on online gambling special session was initially called to discuss bringing table games to maryland and a new casino site to prince george's county. the u.s. focal service has default ford the first time in its history with no help from congress the social service was unable to make a payment to the government for future retiree health benefits. that agency will now cut hours at more than 13,000 rural post offices across the country. post officeless still deliver mail and employees will get paid but more changes could be on the way. another deadline for default comes sometime next month. he's accused of killing six people and injuring gabrielle gifford. why he may never be brought to trial. >> welcome center quiet right now but some changes are on the way in the extended [ 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. [

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recognized. mr. coons: mr. president, i want to thank my colleague from oklahoma for his remarks. if i might just conclude my comments on this amendment by speaking in a little detail to the amendment and its substance. the senator from oklahoma essentially directs the administration to find $192 million in reductions in spending in the following agencies: the department of commerce, the small business administration, the export import bank and the trade and development agency. in my role as the chair of the african affairs subcommittee, we recently held a hearing on expanding u.s. trade opportunities in africa for exactly the reasons that i elucidated previously, that there is enormous growth, there are great opportunities across the continent. our competitors from all over the world, not just china but brazil and russia and our european countries are expanding their investment and their seizure of these opportunities in a way that we are not. the structure of this amendment would simply declare tha

i don't know if you saw the lady from delaware running for office. i did dvr them. i'm going to watch it when i get home. your take was -- you watch ann romney? >> i did not see ann romney, no. i've seen the clips we've been running this morning. >> all right. >> the big night is going to be tonight and tomorrow. ryan tonight, mccain, conde rice. i know cohn and shactman have done great stuff this morning. we'll also take calls on various stocks. oppenheimer guys are saying this buyout of best buy pretty unlikely. >> all right. >> we'll talk to him in the 9:00 as well. >> have you seen the new guy blogging now? at carl's tie clip. >> another one? >> no. i haven't seen that. you dapper, young gentleman you. >> we've been listening to country all morning. this is when joe comes back from vacation with the country. you miss it, don't you? binars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our team

beginnings of new york was of a child of territory running from the hudson river down to the state of delaware including pennsylvania, new jersey and most of new york. >> host: when was founded? when did the europeans find it? >> began in the 1620 use as a colony founded by the dutch. until the 1660s when it was conquered by the english. this series of wars and then the dutch recaptured for about when your 1673 then returned by treaty to the english. >> host: what were the goals when the dutch first came to north america? what was the reason? >> hudson the famous discoverer of the area was looking for the northwest passage working for the east india company. he sailed up the hudson which went pretty far but not all the way to the pacific than discovered people had nice furs and merchants in amsterdam interested in the first so the cullinet began as a fur trading post. so what became the dutch westin day co.'s it was an empire that came from the caribbean and parts of brazil and africa and end in north america. >> host: the commercial reason was not religious? >> it was commercial yes. but up w

. >> to be on the delaware river in many ways that is where the ship was born and 1894 in 8-years-old who grew up on north broad street sat by his father's side and a shipyard which is now famous long since closed and saw an ocean liner where the ship was draped in red white and blue and always said from that moment on when i saw the ship launched i knew what i wanted to do with my life and he pursued that fashion until he achieved his goal of an unknown ocean liner. in philadelphia 1886 his father was a very wealthy financier connected and after leaving north broad street they moved on to the square and was a very shy child and with his family's house his father wanted him to be a lawyer but i wasn't a stable profession. the calamity happens when the family has a severe economic reversal and they are forced to drop out he basically said if it wasn't for the fact -- if my father hadn't gone bankrupt i wouldn't have had the drive i have today. working his way through columbia to get his b.a. and then he got his law degree for one year for the famous admiral he saw this kid has talent a

mid-atlantic as that storm system spun itself ever so slowly with the flooding in virginia and then up through delaware and maryland. so with isaac, the good news is, it has yet to strengthen. bad news is it looks like it will be an ugly scene in the north central gulf. >> thanks for the update. >>> you get what you pay for. or you don't. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, like it or not, believe it or not, she is a mom. >>> the jets continue to struggle. a 15-year-old makes golf history. japan puts on a show in the little league world series. >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. southern california was hit by a swarm of as many as 70 earthquakes yesterday. that caused some damage and knocked out power to a few thousand people. the largest quake was magnitude 5.5. no injuries were reported. >>> after the syrian army and opposition forces battled for days in the suburbs of damascus, rebels are reporting one of the worst mass car of the civil war. they say they executed between 300 and

georgetown, delaware 91. satellite radar view showing two things. number one a few scattered showers, not enough to trigger additionald inning and a new frontal system on the map dousing the ohio valley and parts of the midwest. it's reaching from canada into southern indiana. our tropical satellite lit up like a christmas tree. flooding rain shows you the reach, picking up several feet of water, flooding rains for daytona bee. here's the center of circulation, seeing new intensification, extremely warm tropical waters. the sea surf about 90 degrees. some dry air wrapping into the system that may hold development. right now we have a much better idea on the track, the final track of isaac, likely to be the mississippi gulf coast through new orleans. you want to remember the most intense weather will occur just to the west or east of eyewall. maybe the -- maintaining that. it's the eastern part of the eyewall, up through biloxi, gulfport. we could get one that could shift. right now the storm is knocking on the door of hurricane strength, winds of 70

our beach int delaware. looking really nice right now. beautiful, beautiful conditions. showers and thunderstorms will start to erupt. we may see a few of these storms become severe. it is 82 degrees at reagan national airport. levels in the upper 60's. to final stop texas up d.c. est 76 degrees. us up tonal stop takes d.c. est 76 degrees. 85 degrees over in quantico. warmer, more humid air -- drier just to the west of us. differenceel the tomorrow. be hot, it it will be as humid. satellite and radar is quiet right now. a few showers beginning to blossom well to the west of d.c. the best chance for the severe is later on this afternoon across southern maryland. doppler radar, quiet, dry for now. path looks like this. next 48 hours, our skies will clear. temperatures will fall into the 60's, lower 70's. tomorrow, a hot day. lots of sunshine. break the forecast down for you. mostly cloudy. a few afternoon thunderstorms. temperatures are still pretty 84 to 89 degrees. tonight, skies clear probably by about 8:00 or 9:00. the storms will be long gone before you head to bed. t

identified as 19-year-old elizabeth nass, a student at jmu, and rose mayr, a student at the university of delaware did invest a ghost don't know what they were doing by the tracks, and if they were -- investigators don't know what they were doing by the tracks, and if they were hit by the train. the train derailed as it came to an elected city in the main street area. 2130 cars came off the track and some of them fell 20 feet off of a bridge. one neighbor described the horrifying scene as it unfolded. >> i was sound asleep in my bedroom, which faces the railroad tracks but i heard this tremendous noise. it really frightened me. "oh, my gosh, the train has derailed." i hear the train go by four or five times a day. >> something we found interesting -- with this accident occurred, if you remember the last tropical storm we had in this area, there is a retaining wall in main street. ironically, the train derailment is near where we saw this wall collapsed last year. there will be a news conference in the next hour to update us on what is going on here. in the meantime, we are learning more about the

bankruptcy court in delaware must approve it. that hearing is scheduled for august 15. >> the board of estimate close down a previously agreed upon settlement of $150,000 for the family of a baltimore teen who was purposely left in howard county without his shoes, socks, and a cell phone by city police. we spoke with the teen's attorney about the decision and we're live from city hall with the story. >> it was a strange story. the three officers accused of kidnapping the teen, bringing him to howard county as -- and virtually leaving him there. three officers were dealt with internally. the mayor feels this is enough and city taxpayers should not have to pay for the officers' mistakes. >> it was crazy. i was shocked. >> that was michael johnson in 2009 days after he said 3 city police officers forced him and a friend into a van in the 1600 block of north gilmore street. johnson was dropped off in a rural part of howard county along route 40 and he had to walk to this gas station to call 911 for help. >> the police beat me up, i a

i am brad delaware reinforce steve chenevey. >> and i'm option a simpson -- and i'm cynne simpson. >> a good deal of sunshine in the morning hours but later this afternoon we may be looking at another round of thunderstorms. the doppler radar is quiet and dry and will remain so for the next several hours. looks like the next best chance for showers and storms are late this afternoon and early evening. 74 and reagan national. the day planner will call for high temperatures in the mid to upper 80's. once the frontal system moves through, the skies clear tonight and a beautiful day tomorrow. tears lisa baden. >> the pressure is on on 95 -- northbound 95 at about where the crash moved to the shoulder and believes begin at dale boulevard. as far as maryland, the typical drive. 270, here we are on the outer loop with normal travel times new hampshire avenue 2 georgia ave. >> maryland governor martin o'malley marks the end of the special session by signing the gambling expansion bill into law. >> the house of delegates worked late into the night to pass it and then the senate confirmed the j

meantime, a delaware bankruptcy judge will hold a hearing today on the sale of baltimore's argies steel mill. earlier, at the judge approved the purchase of the sparrows point mill. today's hearing will address concern of creditors asking for more time to remove their property from the site. r g s. steel is the nation's fourth largest steel manufacturer, but saw bankruptcy protection in may. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with ava marie. >> good afternoon. we're looking at pleasant temperatures right now. has not hit 80 degrees yet in catonsville. randallstown and cockeysville are 77. 82 downtown at the inner harbor. the dew points and making all the difference. drier air is coming in from the north and west. dew points all the way down into the upper 60s downtown their mid-50s as we get into the lower the number, the drier the air. it will be comfortable enough to open the windows. mostly clear skies tonight, low humidity. down into the 60s downtown. a few of the suburbs may get 55 degrees. you may not need your air conditioner tonight. tomorrow we will see warm conditions