. >>> i am don scotts and i am jessica kartalija. >>> we have breaking news right now. a big break in a major gas main in locus point. hundreds of people have had to leave. we are over the scene. but first, alex is on the ground. >> reporter: well, done, what started--well, don, what started as a construction job is now a major evacuation here. a number of houses have been evacuated and a number of businesses. the largest business is under armor. the people were confused and some didn't know why they were leaving. now, it is not clear how big of a line was puntured her. but, gas can enter buildings and build up, the first responders have gone indoors with monitors to find the problems. so right now they say they have found no indications of build up of gas but the line is still spewing out something. some air pressure is being heard here. it maybe a couple of hours before the leak is turned off. a number of streets are blocked up a. don back to you. >>> all right, allen, thank yous. and now we have coverage with jeff long, jeff, what can you see from where you are. >> r

. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking . >> it could take nine days to stabilize that sinkhole that is effecting businesses and homes on east monument street. we break down the growing problem and what is done to fix it? good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, jessica. adafternoon, everybody. it looks significantly different. there is more heavy equipment here. some of the damage is so bad people could temporarily lose water. a big sinkhole is getting bigger. it opened last week shutting down monument street near john hopkins hospital. the cause is a cult vet that collapsed. public works officials are concerned that sanitation collection lines may have been compromised. water was suspended to some buildings in the block of east monument street. >> this is the aging infrastructure in many large cities. baltimore is not an exception. >> reporter: they will install vibration monitors on the buildings. this sinkhole has disrupted lives in the area. >> we have to detour to get home. >> i am about to close. >> reporter: once they stabilize the sinkhole, they will

. >> i'm don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. it's been more than a year since a 12-year-old boy was shot to death on his front porch in a suspected case of mistaken identity. now the three men charged in the case are entering their pleas in court. wjz is live outside the mitchell courthouse in downtown. mike hellgren has the pleas that were entered a short time ago. >> reporter: good afternoon. an emotional day in court in a case that shattered lives on both sides, the killing of this innocent 12-year-old. the defendants appeared shackled. they said little before the judge. she set a trial date. it will go to a jury the end of august. >> reporter: the three young men charged with the murder of shawn johnson pleaded not guilty. they face at least 25 charges for the shoot out in east baltimore last year that not only killed johnson but wounded three others. johnson was an innocent bystander on a porch watching a basketball game. councilwoman mary pat clark was in court for the arraignment of donte robinson, antoine mostly and dere

i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here's what people are going to be talking about today, the breaking news we're about to tell you about. let's go immediately to ron matz for details. >> reporter: according to wjla police in ann arundel an police georgia county have spoiled a violent plot. a man was arrested after threatening his employer. police found a large statute of weapons and ammo. the suspect has not been identified. >> police are holding a news conference at 1:00 when they will have more to say about this arrest. wjz will be there and bring you live complete coverage today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> our other big story is the heat. we're under another heat advisory. eight more heat related deaths. that brings the total to 31 so far this year. that's not keeping people inside. wjz was out at the inner harbor this morning where many were still getting their morning work out in before it got too hot already. it's already stifling. is relief on the way? marty joins us from the weather center. >> good afternoon. that was about as tough an afternoon as you'd ever want to

. >> and i'm don scott. >> here's what people are talking about. repair crews along with dozens of crews from out of state continue to repair power outages. the down trees are continuing to be the biggest problem. crews are working hard trying to restore power. wjz is live with extensive -- extensive coverage. we're live with the help they're getting today. good afternoon, mike. >> good afternoon. it is a massive, military-like operation with all the people helping to restore power. a third of them not from maryland. >> reporter: maryland has been invaded. massive amounts of equipment are rolling out of this staging area. >> this is the best place for us to make sure they have everything they need to go out on site. >> reporter: laundry and a mess hall. a thousand crews are here as big as this is, it's duplicate is out in the middle river. >> today is one of our biggest days where we have every single crew here in place. >> reporter: bge uses no larger distribution table than this, 32,000-volts, 11 snapped poles are tackled by an 11 man work crew.

i'm don scott sitting with gigi usually sits. she'll be working tonight. >> i'm time tim -- tim williams. temperatures already in the 70s and 80s. you're not going to see too many people in that particular fountain downtown. >> i'm not sure it's legal. >> the water is definitely the place to be if you have access to it. the dew points are up, the humidity is there, we have an excessive heat warning in effect going in effect at 11:00 through 10:00 p.m. it's going to be 10:00 p.m. before we start to lose the heat of the day. 103 is our forecast high today, the record is 101. very hot and humid, over night lows around 77 with partly cloudy skies and potentially a strong thunderstorm late. that potential stays with us through tomorrow. the thunderstorms are the transition between the very hot temperatures and cooler temperatures we have coming in next week. we'll have to get through that, but we'll keep you posted. we'll have your complete updated first warning weather forecast in just a moment. >>> it's the news everybody is talking

. >>> i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >>> the monster storm that hit maryland, two people are dead and hundreds of thousands more are still without power. sky chopper 13 is over towson. crews have work left to do on the ground. the effects of the hurricane force winds that came through here, hundreds of trees fell and broke power lines all around the state leaves hundreds of thousands of homes in the dark and without air-conditioning. the strong winds sent a couple of pine trees crashing the fence. wjz is live with extensive first weather warning coverage. we will be checking in with chopper 13 more in a moment. first mike hellgren is live with more. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's been frustrating for a lot of people. this is a block without power. you can see there's still a tree that blocks wadsw orth. you can see how powerful the storms were. it snapped this tree down. there are now 26,000 utility workers trying to get the power become on, some from canada and texas. >> hundreds of thousands of people are still without power after the fierce fast moving s

i'm don't don -- i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >>> another hot spell is hitting maryland, putting us under a heat advisory. wjz was in fells point this morning where the sun was already shining brightly. some were hitting the water this morning. been there done that. the ere arly hours didn't seem to be -- early hours didn't seem to be keeping people indoors. let's take a live look outside right now. >> it is hazy. >> hot and humid. >> the big question is how warm is it going to get? marty bass in the first warning weather center. >> good afternoon. let's go right to our watch, warning and advisory graphic. we went into heat advisory, it will be with us through 8:00 tonight. that's going to be for the immediate metro area. we have heat advisories north of the mason dixon line up the 95 corridor. it is 86 degrees. that's not our noon temperature. it will hit that in a minute or so. we'll be closer to 90 this lunch hour. it already feels like 92. we have a graphic showing you what i think is the biggest story, what's it going to feel like the next few days. by the way, this

. >> amarillo i'm -- i'm don scott. >> what happened to violet. the about duction is -- the abduction is making head lines nationwide. mike hellgren has more on what they're saying now. >> reporter: good afternoon. they say they have no major developments this noon despite interviewing many people in this case and one big question remains, how was the person able to drop violet ripken off when there was a police search going on so close to her home. >> local police and the fbi are searching for the man who abducted 74-year-old violet ripken. ripken the mother of oriels great cal junior is well known in the community. the man forced her into her car and drove her through central maryland for 24 hours. >> he had a gun, mask and gloves on. she couldn't recognize who he was. he died her up and -- he tied her up and put a mask on her. he told her to get in the car. he wanted her in the car. >> despite a huge police presence in search for violet ripken the gunman was able to drop her off a few doors down to where he took her to where she waived her swea

i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about today, a heat advisory as extreme temperatures have maryland in their grip. around town everything feels scorched. others taking a walk with a cool drink. those working outside are being told to protect themselves against the sun. this worker doing just that, wearing a hat. taking a live look outside right now, it's hazy and humid with lots of sunshine, blue sky and heat. wjz is live with extensive first warning weather coverage. tim williams in the out back and bernadette woods in the weather center. good afternoon, bernadette. >> good afternoon. this is one of the days you want to be smart about the heat. we have a heat advisory in effect until 9:00. already today temperatures at 95, those dew points are way up since yesterday. when you factor that together, it already feels like 103 in baltimore, 105 in elkin, 106 ocean city. this is a very hot, very uncomfortable day. take a look at this graphic. this is a stretch of days but definitely the peak. the record today is 102, we're going to be close to that.

i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here's what people are talking about today, the breaking news involving 74-year-old violet ripken. police say they discovered her unharmed hours after she was kidnapped. mike held grin has the late -- hellgren has the latest. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. police now tell wjz that violet ripken was abducted by a man with a gun at her home. she was found in her car close to her house this morning, 24 hours after this started. police are now looking for the man who took her. >> police issued an alert reporting the 74-year-old missing. that alert came this morning an hour before she was found. authoritieses -- authorities said ripken just went missing after 8:00 last night. they put out this picture of her and a picture of her lincoln town car. violet ripken known as vi is the mother of cal ripken and billy ripken. wjz interviewed her many times over the years. >> we were blessed with children that were very coordinated. you knew thoo from an early -- that from an early age, the things they did. not just early walkers, but the wa

. >> i'm don scott. >>> here's what's people are talking about today. it took only moments for water to buckle one of baltimore's busiest city streets. sky eye chopper 13 is over the water main break downtown where crews are continuing to make repairs this noon. wjz is live with complete coverage. captain jeff long is in sky eye chopper 13. let's check in with michael shu who's on the ground with more on these repairs. good afternoon. >>reporter: good afternoon. this is the close we've been able to get to. there is the hole. it is enormous. an alfe bet soup of agencies and hired help have determined how tightly woven is the underground utilities underneath this asphalt. it turns out the job is going to be lengthy, costly and huge. before dawn a wounded city lay exposed under harsh lights. if at rush hour monday you looked down at our modern world, you'd see the path and it's haunting us. it's likely, the city says, benjamin harrison was president when the now broken pipe was laid underground. >> this main laid probably 1890. >>reporter: the blanket of a

don scott will have the latest on the shooting tomorrow morning. >>> police charge a 12-year-old boy with second degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl. we are live and we have the latest on this shocking case. >> reporter: it's a heartbreaking story. in prince george's county, police were just beginning their investigation. as they do, life inside this home is slowly being released. it's a horrifying crime that happened tuesday in fort washington. police were called to the home of the toddler after the girl's foster father called 911. she was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. >> an autopsy confirmed the child died of blunt force trauma. >> reporter: the child has been identified. in a twist, a 12-year-old boy living in the home with her has been charged with second degree murder accused of beating her to death. >> probable cause to charge the boy based on interviews conducted with the family. >> reporter: the boy has been remanded to the youth facility in prince george's county. >> the 2-year-old was a foster child and the 12-year-old was a biological

i'm jessica kartalija in for don scott. first let's head over to marty. good morning. >> isn't it nice and comfortable out there this morning? >> yes. >> i don't know if you noticed there was an hour period yesterday where everything changed and it was comfortable. 67 degrees on tv hill right now. that is going to be 5 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. no rain in the forecast. 86 at lunch going to a high of 90. >> love it. thank you. >>> here's what we have our eye on today. the fbi is expected to release details on its civil rights investigation into the death of trayvon martin. >> sentencing for the woman who gave illegal silicone butt toxin jekss. >> governor o'malley heads for the meeting of the national governor's association. >> a promising high school athlete killed in a terrible crash. while safety officials warn this time of year can be especially dangerous for teens on the road. >> a victory for pit bull owners fighting to keep their pets, at least for now. >> more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning i

i'm jessica kartalija in for don scott. first let's head over to the first warning weather center and marty. >> let's go to first warning dopplerwet weather radar -- doppler radar. it's 72 right now. the bulk of the rain is off to the east, but having said that i was still getting moisture on my wind shield. it looks like we still have a misting taking place. it's going to be an interesting day. we will bring you those details shortly. >>> here's what we've got our eye on today. nasa is said to reveal imagines of our region and how it's changed over the past 40 years. >> senator ben carden is expected to visit american taylor company in westminster. >> the national aquarium marine animal rescue program staff is going to hold a public dolphin count. >> already making news, flash floods, more severe weather in our area. >> car chase caught on camera. the exclusive video you'll only see right here on wjz. >> water woes, how the massive water main break downtown is getting the attention of lawmakers on capital hill. >> more new

i'm jessica kartalija in for don scott. let's head over to marty. >> let's take a look at the day part. it should be a calm one. it should be a sunny one. a cup couple of passing shade clouds, that's about it. 70 right now. a high temperature in the general upper 80s. >>> here's what we've got our eye on today. the president sits down with lawmakers to work on an extension to the so-called bush era tax cuts. mitt romney visits the naacp to one over minority voters. >> the coast guard welcomes a new cutter to the chesapeake bay. >> a baltimore city firefighter is behind bars accused of running an online prostitution ring. this morning wjz has learned about disturbing acquisitions from that firefighters past. >> survival story. hear from a florida teen who survived a life or death struggle with an alligator. >> the oriels all stars take the stage at the sports classic. >> more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in a report of the morning in a couple of minute hundreds more in your wallet

. >> can we have a round of applause for don scott? he just stumped two great actresses here. >> well, not to imp advise if that's what you mean. i think it's an incredibly strong season because the final show down happens between ellen and patty. you also get more layers peeled off of both of them until -- certainly in patty's case you get back to why she's behaved this way all these years and it deepens what makes heretic. >> just -- her tick. >> just curious . >> are you interested in doing a little more tv or do you want to jump back into doing a movie every year and calling it a day? >> i am up for anything. i think i would have to think long and hard about doing another series. you have to initially sign away 6 years of your life. that's a long time. you know, i'm really -- it depends on the writing. see what comes. i'm totally up for it. >> rose, let me is you this, glenn says you have to sign away a certain period of your life as an actor or actress. projects come your way. is there any project that came your way that you wish

jessica kartalija in for don scott this morning. we have weather and traffic together. let's head over to marty. >> let's take a look at the doppler. we have cloudy skies over the metro. there's a light shower, it's going to sneak in to columbia's slice of howard county i think maybe over the next hour. any moisture is not a bad thing. the mid 70s on tv hill. 76 is going to be 4 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. 89 at lunch on a way to a high temperature of 93. the mass heat index today 96. watch for a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, nothing severe expected. jessica, take it away. sglz -- >> thanks. >>> now over to sharon gibala at traffic control. >> we already have enough problems as it is. three accidents. one of them on the inner loop, another one on the jfx in the northbound direction and a third one still there, 295 southbound at route 100. if you're headed downtown art escape closures are already in effect for west preston. you're looking at a street closure were -- for that water main break. light street closed downtown. speeds looking good

i'm jessica kartalija in for don scott this morning. it's wednesday, july 11th. a nice start to your wednesday morning. wjz has weather and traffic together. let's go over to marty first. >> let's take a look at some numbersful -- numbers. right now it's 3 degree warmer than yesterday at tv hill. by lunch 86 going to a general high of about 90. 87 at dinner. that's pretty much normal. jessica, take it away. >> now over to sharon at traffic control. good morning. >>> good morning. if you are just about to head out we just picked up a new accident on old court road at carl son lane. we do still have that downed tree westbound route 26 still closed. if you're headed out on the beltway speeds still above the posted speed limit. no problems there. no problems on 95 either in the southbound direction between white marsh and the tunnel. there's a look at the northwest side of the beltway, still pretty empty at green spring avenue. another look outside, that one shows the west side of the beltway at old court. for traffic information any time log onto wjz.com. back over

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supervisor scott weiner. david chu. don avalos. thank you all for joining. we are working with you. tonight -- tonight we march with you. tomorrow and the weekend, we celebrate with you. and every day forward, we fight with you. to end discrimination. stop barriers, to increase employment and to decrease unemployment in our transgendered community. you have our commitment to do that together with you. so thank you very much for joining all of us tonight and we look forward to this grand march, we not just celebrate diversity. it is our strength. we all know that and we would love your talent in city hall and in our private as well as our public employment opportunities. thank you very much for working with us. keep marching on together. >> please welcome the president of the board of supervisors, david chu. >> who is proud to be a san franciscoan today? thank you so much for being here and thank you for representing every color in the rainbow and every letter of the lgbt community here. i'm so proud to be part of the amazing community that is here. for those of you that are here in

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i'm don collins, i'm the commissioner for your san francisco section. and i've got 13, well, no, now 14 high schools, 22 middle schools. they playboys and girls soccer and we're expanding which i have the number of schools wrong. we keep growing and as we grow we have difficult getting fields. and when we get fields, we make it difficult for others to get fields. you've heard other people mention this. that's an athletic consequence. what i'm going to tell you is there is also economic consequences, the simple fact of the matter is that many of our students in our fine institutions do not have the funds to do what some people say to go outside of the city and rent the facility. we are here and we must stay here because of oufer finances. so we have an economic problem. and then we have an educational issue. when you play on the grass field, if that springfield not usable. if your practice is cancel you trout out to the field, you cannot play, you have used up school time. the other educational issue is the area doesn't really one of these fields right n

overnight, showers right now and then possibly thunderstorms don. 73 and 96. a stray thunderstorm with hot and humid conditions in the afternoon. very hot thursday, friday, and saturday. cooling down a bit and 92 on sunday. >> check in with john scott and marty passmore morning starting at 4:55 for the updated weather forecast. >> the orioles trying to end a losing streak. quick how many devices in your home use the internet? you're still counting aren't you? today we live online and in a few years the number of devices in your home will double. some networks can't handle it, but verizon fios is 100% fiber optic so it's faster and can handle it, and now a revolution in speed is here -- fios quantum speed, more than twice as fast as america has ever seen. to find out more about fios quantum go to verizon.com/fiosquantum. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> stan is here with our wjz sports report. the orioles taking on seattle again. >> guess what? they are having more medical problems. some news of much impressed. b

feeling more like 103. 83 now don. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news decision. up next, dr news -- news station. up next governor rick scott of florida talks politics and a >>> yesterday we had real pandas to show you. this morning, people in panda suits. okay. doing tai chi in trafalgar square. they're promoting panda awareness week. who knew there was that sm. >> we actually just learned it yesterday morning. we were fascinated by it. >> we're working on getting that video to show you. >> there they are. >> gayle, this is from yesterday. chengdu china. they're promoting panda awareness week. so there you go. cute pandas. >> so cute. listen pandas sliding down a slide never gets old to me. it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. charlie rose is off. >> i'm erica hill along with jeff glor. republican rick scott was elected governor of florida. one week after the supreme court upheld the health care care the former hospital ceo says his state will not comply with the law. governor scott joins us this morning from tallahassee. nice to have

and supervisor don iain dillon district three. i think all of my witnesses. you're written testimony will appear in the record so i ask that you keep your statement to five minutes microphones are not automatic so please press the button when you are ready to begin. i also want you to explain how our time works when you begin to speak the clerk will start the time and the green light will. after four minutes a yellow light will appear and you will begin to conclude your statement. at five minutes the red light will come on. you may complete your sentence but at that time i will ask you to stop. one thing to keep in mind, all of you at the table in very strict about procedures the dignity the house of representatives reserves not conduct says business mix with the house conducts its business in an orderly fashion and permit members to properly understand and participate the business of the house. therefore i want to remind our witnesses house rules require the not engaging personalities towards a member or a senator i wouldn't mind if you did this to a senator