his career. he has one more race tomorrow, the medley relay. >> michael phelps is not the only gold medalist from maryland today. katie ledaky won the 800-meter freestyle. and the united states has a golden girl, 16-year-old gabby douglas wins the gold in the round. terrell brown reports for wjz. meteorologists are calling douglas the next mary lou retin. >> reporter: dpaby douglas's lifetime of training paid off thursday, in olympic gold. nicknamed the flying squirrel, she soared through four events to win the women's all-around final. in just a matter of months, the 16-year-old has gone from a virtual unknown to being recognized by oprah winfrey on twitter and president obama on the campaign pain trail. >> the other thing i want to do is just to acknowledge our unbelievable u.s. athletes who are representing united states in london. including virginia's own gabby douglas! [ cheering ] >> reporter: but to be the best, douglas had to train with the best. >> she would just do these perfectly straight cartwheels. >> reporter: her mom showed home movies in this procter & gamble ad. showing olympic prowess at 2 years of age. she moved 1200 miles away from family to mold her raw talent in iowa. at one point, the homesickness was almost too much. but douglas's mom wouldn't let her give up. >> mom, you're supposed to be on my side on this one. you're supposed to let your baby come home. but she was just like, nope. she told me, life is not easy. you have to fight and just refuse to quit. >> reporter: that determination helped catapult her to the top. douglas cried thursday as she was declared the winner. coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, we talk to local gymnasts about gabby's inspirational story. right now, the search continues for the armed gunman who abducted vi ripken. today, the hall-of-famer speaks out for the first time about his mother's kidnapping. mike hellgren has more from camden yards. >> ripken said he didn't find out his mom was missing until someone spotted her car in baltimore county. he said he drove around himself, looking for her. and he's now just grateful she was found safe. >> it was the worst feeling you could imagine. >> reporter: orioles' great cal ripken, junior, is breaking his silence about the abduction of his 74-year-old mother vi. he believes it was premeditated. >> obviously there is some thought given to it. the materials used to bind her were brought there. so there is a lot of evidence that shows that there was somewhat of a plan. >> reporter: his first comments comes just days after police release surveillance video of the man they believe abducted ms. ripken from her garage, tied her up and drove her around central maryland for almost a day in her lincoln town car, before dropping her off back in aberdeen a few doofers from her home. he said she is not yet staying there. >> i think she really doesn't want to be affected by this. she wants to return to the same, full, joyous life she had before. >> police are declining to say the store, even though there there is a prominent wal-mart logo in it. and they won't say what happened to vi ripken during those many hours she was held at against her will. neither did her son. >> i think some of the details i can't really discuss because they do lend itself to the investigation. in many ways, i'm thankful, she was always treated pretty civilly. >> reporter: ripken says he does not know whether the abductor knew who his mom was. he said she has tried to get back to her regular routine, going to the beauty parlor and getting back to her beloved iron birds. >> ripken said he spoke publicly because he wanted to keep the interest high. the fbi is also involved in the investigation. gay rights organizations are promoting a national same- sex kiss day. gigi barnett has more on today's demonstrations at chick- fil-as across the country. >> reporter: the idea is to protest comments made by the restaurant's owner, when he spoke out against same-sex unions. this comes after chick-fil-a president dan cathy told the press that his company supports, quote, the biblical union of the family unit. there is support for cathy. yesterday was chick-fil-a appreciation day. customers showed up in mass at more than 1600 restaurants across the country. and not all gay rights groups are protesting chick-fil-a. garden state is calling today's demonstration shallow. >> the cathy family says it has never hidden its southern baptist faith, even closing its restaurant on sundays. a surprisingly strong jobs report sends socks soaring on wall street, breaking a four- day losing streak. the dow is up nearly 200 points and is back above the 13,000 mark. the s&p and nasdaq also post big gains. alexis christoforous reports for wjz when the new report from the labor department on the hot july job market. >> reporter: private companies broke a 4-month slump and added 163,000 jobs last month. that's the biggest hiring wage since february. but the overall jobless rate inched up to 8.3%. that's because more people are looking for work. the government doesn't count people who are out of work as unemployed unless they're trying to find a job. this sent the stock markets soaring, ending a four-day skid on wall street. >> the focus now is on job creation. >> trader doreen wants the feds to hold off on plans to jump start the economy. >> i think this will give them more time before they need to act. >> reporter: many were seasonal jobs. the skittish economy is making many business owners hesitant to hire full-time workers. >> it's been up and down, up and down. >> reporter: wayne zapper's family makes billboards and ads for businesses and broadway shows. his payroll fluctuates between a dozen and 20 workers, depending on the economy. >> we've let several people go, hopefully with the fact that they'll be able to get a job somewhere else. but unfortunately, some people haven't. >> reporter: wayne says business is good now. good enough for him to rehire a worker he had to lay off back in 2009. alexis christoforous, wjz eyewitness news. >> here are the closing numbers from wall street. the final bell just rang. the dow is up 217 points, as we told you, above the 13,000 mark. s&p up 26. nasdaq is up 58. not quite to the 3,000 mark. the state fire marshal is trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a harford county denny's restaurant today. some customers were forced to abandon their food when flames broke out just after 11:00 this morning at the denny's on edgewood road in edgewood. took firefighters about 45 minutes to get it under control. one customer was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. it is a humid august afternoon. here's a live look outside. there are some storms around maryland. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob turk is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. hi, bob. we have a couple of thundershowers that are popped up. not too far from the region now. take a look at radar. they're very widely scattered. some in pennsylvania. the closest activity around butler and hereford, between jacksonville and phoenix, some lighter showers. it's heading up toward pretty boy dam, by the way. another one over frederick. that's a stronger, bigger area of showers and storms, moving pretty much toward frederick right now. so southern frederick county area, look for showers and thunderstorms there. another weaker system, here around the cumberland area, moving up towards pennsylvania. that will be moving out of the region shortly. widely scattered showers and storms as you mentioned. another batch over there in delaware. temperature-wise, we just got to 90. the same temperature we had yesterday. but the dew points a little higher at 72. 83 degrees in ocean city. 81 in oakland, but the dew point at 72, which is pretty moist. that 90 feels like 97. 86 in oakland. and 90 at ocean city. which back and take a look -- come back and take a look at a perhaps somewhat stormy weekend for maryland. >> let's check in on our roads right now for this friday. here's kristy breslin. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. being friday, of course, 95 is going to be a mess. in the northbound direction, the delay begins on the southwest freeway. goes over to the 895 split. traffic does ease up a bit. as far as the beltway goes on the west side inner loop delays from edmondson avenue delays to security boulevard. northbound inner loop, goes over to delaney vealt road. average speed about 35 miles per hour. on the outer loop, watch out for a disabled vehicle there. right there at the key bridge. 70 eastbound also moving very slowly as you make your way towards the beltway. and timonium, a road tbloked at- - blocked at lincoln street. also, as far as accidents go, pulaski highway. let's now take a live look. as you can see, things very heavy there. northbound 895, approaching potee 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steak melts. subway. eat fresh. it is 90 degrees. mostly sunny. in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. officers in orleans county, vermont. aren't going very far today. more than half of their cruisers are totaled. 34-year-old roger pion of newport has been driving over and crushing seven police vehicles with a tractor. pion has been in trouble with the law before he was arrested last month by the newport city police. there is speculation the car crushing was revenge. pion is being held on $15,000 bail. in corpus christi, a family is safe at home, after a horrifying boating incident. check out this video. the coast guard rescued two adults and three children from the water after the boat capsized. they had to use a helicopter unit to rescue everyone from the boat. luckily, the group was wearing life jackets. no one else was hurt. right now, 53 counties are under a burn ban. but as chris mckenon reports, all 77 counties in the state could soon face that same ban. >> extreme heat and severe drought, a disastrous recipe, for raging grass fires in oklahoma. and firefighters have a big warning. >> the conditions are really favorable right now, for just really any minor thing. they could have started a fire. so i just hope everyone is careful in just their everyday activities. and hopefully we can all, avoid some of the major fires that we had last year. >> the governor's office has a close eye on the conditions with daily monitoring of where these fires pop up and what the outlook is for the next couple of days. >> i think so we're getting pretty close if it's not intimate that a burn ban for our whole state soon. >> firefighters warn, the extrem risk is still there. and it doesn't take much to cause a fire if it is already there. >> we're asking people not to burn. it is too try. -- dry. the humidity is low. >> now, in order to order a burn ban, more than 20% of fires have to be from debris. if you have an account with a pet, users are not allowed to have dew point accounts. -- duplicate acts. -- accounts. if your account gets shut down, you can't create a new one without the site's permission. ontario family was out on a walk when they returned to find a screen broken. they didn't even realize their home had been burglarized until they found a bag on the stoop. the family's camera and x-box were in the bag with an apology note. the robber even left $50 to help pay for the broken window screen. second thoughts. >> that doesn't happen often. hundreds will have a purple sunday. they'll take the plunge at rocky point in middle river, to help raise money to fight pancreatic cancer. ron matz on the fifth annual purple swim. >> reporter: purple swim baltimore raises money, to fight pancreatic cancer. the race honors bud beatty, when he was 56 and died of the disease. >> in 2002, when february, bud was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. and we were devastated. it really is a death sentence. >> reporter: bud's widow, joy, and her children, decided to do something. last year, more than 200 swimmers raised over $36,000. >> all of that money goes directly to research and the patient advocacy that we do. >> nearly died several times. >> reporter: jim eber line is a pancreatic cancer survivor. >> my surgeon said, jim, you're like one out of 100. i expect you to be around for decades. and ron, i'll tell you, that's unheard of with pancreatic cancer. >> reporter: after graduating from poly, bud beatty became the swim team captain at the university of maryland. he even qualified for the olympic trials. >> reporter: and on sunday, they'll swim for bud and others, too. >> it's become a community. and all of those people are there and swimming and we all appreciate what each other has been through. and we're supporting each other. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> an average of 44,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed in the u.s. every year. for more information on sunday's purple swim and how you can make a donation, go to wjz.com and click on news. coming up on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. a nufitness craze -- new fitness craze has runners ditching their sneakers. but is it good for you or bad for you? frightening assault. a man is attacked in the elevator. the surprising thing the man did after that. >> the weekend is here. will the weather cooperate for your outdoor plans. >> wjz is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the tyke, click wjz.com -- time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all right. from those clouds to these clouds. >> yes. >> pretty typical midsummer kind of day, actually. warm, humid from the atlantic. we've had a few pop-up showers. right now, the strongest activity is north of dover, delaware. and they have a warning for kent county there in delaware for about the next 45 minutes. take a look at temperatures here. we are currently up to 90 degrees now. so far, that's the warmest i've seen it all day. dew points there high at 72 degrees. south winds at 8. barometer, holding steady at 30.swrn are 0 -- 30.01 inches. 87 not far from d.c. did drop a few temps there. 81 still -- 91 still in elkton. normal high today is around 86. so we're running three or four degrees or so above average for this time of year. southerly winds continue to bring in a warm, moist air. that would do that all weekend long, until sunday, late in the day, when a front will come through. we have a pretty good shot of widely scattered showers tomorrow. a better chance of thunderstorm activity. maybe pretty good downpours here on sunday afternoon or sunday night. i'll show you why. to the north of us, showers across new england. this front out across the upper plains is going to bring those folks some relief where they're getting thunderstorm activity with it as well. a whole batch across kentucky, ohio valley. not a whole lot on our region. some of it across the mountains is moving to the east as you can see. particularly west virginia to the northwest of us, there is a front that will approach us, but not until sometime on sunday. you see some clouds develop this afternoon. kept temperatures from getting too much warmer than the low 90s. and storms across pennsylvania. north of us, pretty clear. south of us also pretty clear. southwest of us that we're seeing most of the activity at this time. so we'll remain in the warm and humid conditions. cooler air coming into new england briefly. and then that cool air heads back to the west. that front will come through the area, sometime late in the day on sunday. if it comes through late in the afternoon, with all of the heat and humidity, we have a pretty good shot of pretty strong thunderstorms maybe sunday. if it comes through much later, we'll lose the heat from the sun and won't be nearly as severe. could get pretty good downpours on sunday night. quick look at the tropics. ernesto, still out there, a long way up, but it's gone through the windwards. now in the caribbean. not really going to affect anybody for several days, until it gets way out here. by wednesday, expect it to get to be maybe a category 1 storm. it's moving quickly, which does inhibit development. 21 miles an hour. that's pretty fast. but looks like most of the models have it going toward the yucatan. it may -- may get into the gulf of mexico. but some of the models have it even going further south toward beliz and honduras. a couple of them had it into the gulf. but right now, you can see the spread by the time you get out to wednesday. really no consensus until we get up to about south of cuba. beyond that, it's really anybody's guess at this point. but it does not look like it's going to be a major, major hurricane. at least that's one thing. south winds, 5 to 10 knots. tonight, widely scattered showers. 72 and still humid. just like last night. tomorrow, 93. just like today, maybe a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. and a better chance coming up on sunday. so make your plans. if you're out on the water, make sure you check, look at the sky, check your weather radius. >> thanks, bob. don't miss tonight's prime time lineup on cbs at 10:00. it's an episode of blue bloods. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. don't miss the orioles this weekend on the road in florida. saturday and sunday, it's masn on wjz. you can see saturday night's game 7:00, and sunday afternoon's game against the tampa bay rays. live here on wjz 13. and more ahead on wjz at 4:30. setting traps. where? in maryland. wild dogs are attacking people's pets. annapolis is charged with a drop. a legal break for the man last seen with robyn gardner. what investigators say caused a deadly mega bus crash continues with vic after this. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free 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obviously could not stop in time -- before hitting the mat. >> rescue crew used ladders to get to the victims, some trapped on the second floor of the bus. that's where zach hall was seated. >> i just kind of came to and saw that there were people on the floor. a lot of people had bloody faces. >> reporter: 30 ambulances and 10 helicopters were on scene to transport the wounded, whose injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to broken bones and worse. >> there were three patients whose injuries were a little more serious. they may need surgery. so they're being transferred out. >> two years ago, a mega bus was involved in an accident near syracuse, new york. four people were killed. the national highway traffic safety administration is already working with illinois officials on an investigation spothursday's crash. teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> state police say it could take weeks to complete the investigation into the crash. the maryland man suspected in the disappearance of frederick native robyn gardner won't be appearing for trial after all. mary is in the newsroom with more on the unrelated charge just dropped against gary giordano. >> the state will not pursue charges against gary giordano about his indecency case. the case was set for trial next week. his lawyer asked the case to be dismissed, saying no crime had been committed. yesterday marked the one-year anniversary since gardner disappeared. >> giordano spent four months in an aruban jail but was never charged. social workers -- a report says social workers could have done more to save josh powell's children's lives. >> they were having a good time. >> reporter: we sat down with chuck cox on the deck overlooking his backyard. it is where he used to watch his grandsons, charlie and baden powell play, before they were murdered by their father. >> they remember happy, they were smiling, running, having a good time. charlie would run back and forth across the field trying to get the kite to fly. >> reporter: the boys were killed last february, after what was supposed to be a visit to their father with a supervisor. instead, josh powell attacked them with an accident and set the house on fire as well. powell had been order to undergone a psychosexual evaluation days before. they believed powell had killed his wife susan but that specific information was not available to the children's administration. and that social services worker did not consult with law enforcement about the decision to let the children visit his home. >> the work was very professional, very exemplary. talking to some of the committee members, they said, there was no way anyone could have predicted this tragic event. >> reporter: chuck cox, skeptical. >> excuse themselves for missing everything, for missing the big warning signs that were there. and i don't think it goes far enough in addressing the things that they missed. >> reporter: josh powell was never officially charged in the disappearance of his wife susan. a scary story out of one maryland county, a pack of wild dogs is reportedly on the loose in st. mary's county. kai has more on what is being done to protect the community. >> reporter: these dogs have been terriding a neighborhood and so far have managed to elude animal control. >> reporter: in st. inego's, animal control officers at st. mary's county set traps. brian coors keeps a close watch over sugar. saturday morning, he let his other dog gizmo out, he never came out. >> i just looked for him and found him. they had ripped and tore his throat up pretty bad. >> reporter: investigators believe a pack of wild dogs are roaming the county. those that have seen them say they are large, ferocious animals. >> some say they are pit mixes. some say there are couple of shepherd mixes. >> reporter: a pack of wild dogs killed a bassett hound. now, michelle lefter also holds her puppy tight. >> we're afraid to let her dog out to do normal business. afraid to even walk ourselves. >> reporter: animal control officers first learned of the killer dogs last summer. since then, they have trapped several feral puppies and euthanized them. but the adult most dangerous dogs have eluded them. >> we're going to start patrolling later in the evenings and try maybe a couple of night patrols. it's just catching up with them is the hard part. >> reporter: while the dogs continue to run free, some residents of this rural section of st. mary's county say they'll continue to live in fear. >> the big concern with kids, you know if they'll attack a house dog, they'll attack anything. >> reporter: authorities say these dogs are smart. they avoid the traps, sleep during the day and travel and hunt during the early morning hours and late night hours. vic? >> construction for the grand grand prix in baltimore is moving steadily along. raceway officials say they're more than halfway through the build on russell street. but you can plan on this tonight. construction begins at 10:00 and won't stop until 5:00 tomorrow morning. the rain seems to be staying away this afternoon. but the humidity is not. take a like look outside right now. mix of sun and clouds are out over the inner harbor. wjz has weather and traffic together now. bob turk has the updated numbers. bob? >> a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms around. one of them moved through butler and hereford area, it's moving toward pennsylvania. you can see it moving out of the region. let's take a closer look. north of parkton. heading up really toward the glen rock shrewsbury. another over frederick has really weakened, almost gone as you can see. but we have one strong system that is still over northern portions of kent county, delaware and southern newcastle. and that's a pretty strong cell with a lot of rain with it that is moving pretty much, looks like it's moving to the east now, toward the delaware bay. so maybe it will get out of those folks' hair shortly. the rest of the area, pretty quiet. you can see it, one little county over frederick as well. 90 degrees now. 95 in d.c. whoa. 89 in pax river. 80 in ocean city. dew points are pretty high at 72. 90 feels like 97 now. 100 is the way it feels in d.c. everybody else, around the 90 to 95-degree mark. looks like you'll stay in the warm and humid conditions all weekend long. vic? >> okay, bowb. thank you. let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin and traffic control. hi, everyone. there is no easy way to put this. but the roads keep getting worse. slowing roads from york road to providence. west side inner loop, 25 minutes there from edmondson avenue around to security boulevard. and northbound 95, plenty of brake lights there. the first delay, approaching 395 over to the 895 split. and then it slows down again from eastern avenue, well past whitemarsh boulevard. 70 westbound heavy from 29 to marriottsville road. not an easy drive in the eastbound direction either. that's slow toward the beltway. as far as accidents go, dulaney valley at hampton hane. also pulaski at 64th street. and mlk boulevard at utah. let's take a live look. you can see things have not eased up a bit there. northbound 895 at potee street. and it goes to the bridge. this is bge smart energy star program. don't forget your l and l.e.d. bullp -- bulbs. >> kristy, thank you. an umpire ejects a dj from a minor league baseball game. it's because the dj played three blind mice, after a questionable call. >> it happened in florida during a game between the daytona cubs and the fort myers' miracle. the dj wasn't just kicked out of the game, he was also slapped with a $25,000 fine from the florida state league. really? come on. straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. steps toward peace. the united nations joins forces to condemn syria. more bodies recover recovered in the philippines. and the workweek is ending with more sunshine and humidity. bob is updating your first warning weather forecast. i didn't know how i was gonna do it, 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punished so far. >> reporter: prosecution -- prostitution is legal in colombia, but it is a violation of the u.s. military code of justice. more than 130 are voting to crack down on syria. as the uprising continues, the government is accused of killing an estimated 19,000 people. manuel galeg us has more on the latest on u.u. efforts. >> reporter: a massive battle is under way in syria. video posted online claims to show government forces, raining in mortars in the towns and homes of alepo. >> reporter: the escalating violence is prompting the united nations' general assembly to take action. 133 states pass a resolution, denouncing syria forces loyal to president bashar assad, for using tanks, helicopters and warplanes to attack civilians. they're also demanding chemical and biological weapons, be kept out of the fight. secretary general ban-ki moon. >> the actual brutality that is being reported may constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes. >> reporter: russia, china and iran were among the 12 countries that did not support the resolution. >> the draft fails to hold armed groups and terrorist groups, led by al qaeda accountable. >> reporter: united nations resolutions are essentially symbolic. but the hope is that an overwhelming show of support for the rebels will force the deadlocked security council to agree on serious sanctions. >> reporter: but hopes of a diplomatic solution is fading, especially after the resignation of kofi annan, who was overseeing a peace plan. >> i have been talking to quite a few foreign ministers about the issue. >> reporter: anan said they undermined his peace efforts. manuel galeg us, wjz eyewitness news. >> syria's ambassador to the u.n. called the resolution a peace theater and said it would impact whatsoever. an unbelievable car crash, during a race in finland. you can see this white ford fiesta take a corner too fast. the car somersaults two times times and tumbles off the race track. incredibly, the driver managed to escape without any major injuries. train riders are looking out for a man who attacked an elderly driver. the victim was forced to wait until the elevator stopped until he did get to safety. >> reporter: it's july 2nd, a little after 9:00 p.m. this 86-year-old man boards this elevator at the church street l station from the street. inside, you can see another man. police say he's about 6'tall, assessing, waiting until the doors open, and he attacks. the suspect holds the older man by the throat and rifles through his pocket, taking the man's wallet, id, and $500. and it's not over yet. the victim has to remain in the elevator as it goes from the train platform back to the street level with his attacker, before the suspect takes off. >> it was several minutes, very frightening minutes for this gentleman. and we want to make sure we get this guy off the street. >> reporter: the victim suffered minor injuries. septa police want you to pay attention to his attacker. they're hoping someone can help. >> we want people to take a close look at this video. close look at this guy's picture. if anyone knows him, has seen him, has any idea where he is, we want to know. >> reporter: for folks who ride this train every day, some say there's specific times they'll ride it and others they won't. >> usually only take it in the morning and afternoon. >> you wouldn't take it at night? >> huh-uh. >> how come? >> too risky. >> reporter: the 87-year-old victim is said to have only minor injuries. there's a new fitness craze that has many runners ditching their sneakers, bare foot running. but doctors say more injuries are being caused by it. those who do run bare foot say it is better for your body. buts are finding more overuse type injuries because of lack of support. doctors say if you must, get swo into it gradually. transition into your sneakers, the pain stops immediately. there are pleasures atop the chick flick list. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight. a special look at e.t.'s all- time favorite tearjerkers. so grab a box of tissue and get ready. here's a sneak peek. >> this one? oh, you're so sweet. >> jennifer aniston and owen wilson find the pick of the litter in marley and me. >> marley can't go through a screen door. >> marley, of course, doesn't stay sweet or cute for very long. he grows larger and larger. but like everyone who has ever own said a pet knows, good things and good dogs don't last forever. >> it's all right, marley. you're going to be okay. >> it's a good story. i think i've heard it before. >> reporter: the notebook. the story of young love that conquers separation, sickness and time. the tale is told beautifully. >> it was us. the final seems of james and jenna's characters dying in each other's arms is heartbreaking and bittersweet. but rachel and ryan provide the back story and the romance. >> it wasn't over. it wasn't over. >> and we have many more of your favorite tear jerker movies, coming up later on entertainment 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[ speaking in foreign language ] >> oh! >> after the initial shock, the reporter manages to keep going, even though the kiss only lasted a few seconds. the video has gone viral. and he is blushing. well, it's friday. will rain make it a washout? bob has the updated first warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,, a couple of pop-up showers in the region now. we have a few that have popped up around portions of baltimore county right now. and also, up to the north of our region, just across the pa line there. you see that activity, just around shoes burg. it's weakened quite a bit. but you can still see light shower activity out that way. further to the west and north. cascade and some shower activity up that way. moving up to pennsylvania as you can see. and off to the east, that heavy shower continues. right now, at least to the next lull over northern -- extreme northern kent county. just east of earlville and north of galena and smyrna. heading off to the southeast toward the delaware bay. some folks are going to see heavy downpours and dangerous lightning over the next 25 to 30 minutes. the rest of the activity is pretty quiet. temperature-wise, we're at 90. south winds at 8. the barometer holding steady. 30.01 inches. 88 easton. hot spot, d.c., 95. locally, upper 80s to around 90. and slightly above normal. normal high now has been at 86. south winds currently in the area, keeps us in this warm, humid air, throughout much of the weekend. but by sunday night, a front way out to the west, will be crossing the great lakes. it's going to have a lot of moisture ahead of it. probably scattered shower and thunderstorm activity tomorrow. very widely scattered. better chance on sunday as that front comes into that warm humid air mass. boom, you can see some of that thunderstorm activity breaking out in the afternoon and evening. hot and humid weather continues. that cool front -- we'll call it a cool front. it does have dryer air behind it. will be here probably not until maybe monday. temperature comes down a bit for next week. closer to next week. hot, humid weekend near 90. ernesto, just updated 5:00 data. still exactly the same. and it's moving now out to the west at 21 miles an hour. it's not expected to become a major hurricane. because it's moving so fast. and there's a lot of shear that is kind of tearing at it. but it's expected to continue in that generally west direction. probably somewhere near cancun and the yucatan by wednesday, late tuesday into wednesday. may be a category 1 storm as it gets into the gulf. that's possible. most of the tracks once again have been pretty far south. a few of them into the gulf by next week, with something we'll be watching. south winds, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp at 82. very widely scattered showers. 72 tomorrow. about the same as today. maybe a thundershower in the afternoon, back up to 93. a little warmer than this afternoon. so we'll watch out for that. and better chance sunday of storms. >> thank you, sir. sill to come on eyewitness news. -- still to come on eyewitness news. breaking his silence. still to come. cal ripken's silence on his mom's abduction. why he believes it was why he believes it was prem,,,,,,,,,, coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. exciting results from london. a former ravens player caught up in a child support scandal is speaking out. i'm rochelle ritchie, the latest on jamal lewis coming up. fema steps in to help marylanders recover from the derecho storm. i'm jessica kartalija. i'll explain straight ahead. >> check in for more on these stories and the day's news straight ahead. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. more medals for michael. baltimore swims past its competitors. in another thrilling race. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> michael phelps ends his personal career in the pool on a golden note. wjz is