many saw. the tornadoes tossed tractor trailers and devastated neighborhoods. >> i was in the bathroom. >> reporter: 180 people were inside at the time. about an hour and a half later, everyone was out of the building. >> the hospital workers, the ems workers everybody works together very well. >> reporter: the hospital is closed an the medical helicopter smashed. at least four people died there including a doctor. the tornado that hit joplin is just one of 68 reported over the weekend. >> there's a hole on top of the roof. >> reporter: storms made the task of sifting through the rubble even more difficult. >> my mom and my grandma, my aunt kathy live here. they don't have anything left. >> reporter: at least a quarter of the city is lost. the view shows lock after block of ruin. liz moore, joplin, missouri. the news continues with bernadette woods. >> reporter: it has to do with weather patterns. so far this year the tornado outbreaks that have been happening have been numerous. last month alone there were 875 reports of tornadoes. the average for april is only 185. so take a look at how much that jumped and that is a new record for any single month. the old report was in the 500. so it completely shattered the old record. that is just one month alone, you add may to it already 110 reports in may alone and those numbers are still going up today with more tornadoes breaking out across the country. in maryland we have not been spared either. maryland so far this year we have had 20 confirmed tornadoes on the ground. back inside. >> weather could get a little rough tonight here in maryland. most of the state now under a severe thunderstorms watch. bob turk is tracking stormy weather on storm tracker for us, bob. >> reporter: we've had some activity to the north of the city and also to the west. take a look at the weather sandwiched in between now. temperatures in the low 80s, very humid as well. there you see across portions of hartford county, just north of bella. another batch, this is what we're going to be looking at in the next hour or two. as this area of fredrickburg and now entering montgomery county. that is one very small storm just to the southwest moving to the east to north virginia county. that may produce a warning. we will keep watching it for you. that looks like this will get into the region in an hour, hour and 15 minuteless. if there's any warnings was will let you know immediately. >> be sure to stay with wjz for the latest weather coverage. go to wjz to track the storms on wj z.com. mike hellgren shows us how congressman ruthesburger may help bring the missing man home. >> reporter: ruthesberger talked about the royal that gadhafi may be playing and the danger. 31-year-old matthew vandyke wanted to witness history firsthand. but his family believes he was captured while there, maybe by gadhafi forces. >> you have a major problem when you have an american captured by gadhafi. >> reporter: so what's being done to free matthew vandyke. hillary clinton state department has taken the lead of the investigation. the talks have gone all the way to washington. they're hoping to get gadhafi's attention. >> you don't want to take it public until gadhafi knows. if he knew he had americans there i think he would know who they are and where they are. >> reporter: vandyke's mother has traveled the role. she says the young journalist never intended to put himself in harms way. >> he never thought he would be in an area where gadhafi showed up. it looks like when gadhafi arrived, matthew was there. >> the number one priority is to bring him home safely. >> reporter: and adding to the diplomatic complications the u.s. has no formal presence on the ground right now in libya. reporting live outside the vandyke's home, mike hellgren, wjz news. >> vandyke speaks arabic and has traveled extensively. the video has gone viral on the internet. you can see the metro police officers yank the man out of his wheelchair then throw him to the ground. the man was drinking in public near a subway station when he refused to leave, the officers grabbed him to arrest him. that's when he was knocked down. the metro transit police chief has ordered an investigation as ho how the officers handled the situation. the man was taken to the hospital with a cut on his head. an intensive care, several homemade bombs are found in a campus dorm room. wjz is on campus, derek valcourt has the investigation into who planted those bombs. >> reporter: we're here at the dormitories where police found two homemade bombs, the question now is who's to blame. on the umbc campus. students are now just learning about the fire bombs discovered near her dormitory. >> it's a little crazy. i'm living right there. >> it happened just after 10:00 saturday morning when a dormitory staff member working near the building found two pipe bombs. >> you could not go near the building. >> reporter: campus police say they found two containers filled with a flammable liquid and a wick. >> we saw the cops coming around and they were worried about moving people out of the way. then they went and they grabbed him. >> they weren't sure who placed them there but they were a little freaked out about it. >> reporter: classes ended here last week and most students were asked to move out of their dormitory by 8:00. by the time saturday rolled around, there were very few people on campus. the campus released a statement to students. >> now that i'm hearing something about it, i'm like oh god, i can't believe something like that happened right behind my door. >> that's not a prank. that's an incendiary device. it's a little scare, yeah. >> you have to wonder what these kids were doing. >> reporter: campus police say they are investigating. so far no suspecteds. live in katensville. >> thank you, the state's fire marshals responded to collect and detonate the devices. police think hunter may have been chasing a motorcycle before the crash. wjz just received hunter's funeral plans. a viewing will be held thursday. his funeral is scheduled for friday morning at randallstown. get ready for some construction chaos this summer. major road work is planned for the next month. they're going to repair 25 bridgings. including this one on richard street. raking in the big bucks. hundredsover university of maryland employees are making more than the governor. according to our media partner the baltimore sun, the biggest t earner is coach gary williams making more than $450,000. more than 1,300 university workers are paid more than governor o'malley. and explosive allegations against lance armstrong, what those doping allegations could leave on his incredible career. battling school bullying. we're keeping an eye on the storms moving into our area. when the weather storms move into our area. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, breaking news in hartford county, wjz chopper is at the scene. let's go to captain perry with more. >> reporter: this is i95 just south of the mountain road. you can see a single vehicle accident, looks like a sports utility vehicle went off the roadway and overturned. the operator and the person inside the vehicle apparently did receive minor injuries. fire officials have responded to the scene. and looks like the right lane and right shoulder are affected. and there's another collision that's taking another right lane away and that's causing a pretty significant delay. if you're coming down to har tford county expect delays. >> thank you, captain mike perry reporting live. let's check in with christie for this area. >> as captain mike said the delay is down to marsh road, it should be down to the split. the delay now 15 minutes and we expect that to really stretch. as far as the harrisburg expressway goes, congestion on the southbound interloop. average speed about 30 miles per hour. about 15 minutes in the north side interloop from charles to harper road. traveling 70 northbound bumper to butcher to mary sville road. let's now take a live look, you can see the beltway there at 83. that's moving along much better than just a couple of minutes ago. there's another look at the delay building there 95 north of the mountain road. this report is brought to you by the cockrin firm. you can visit them online at cockrin firm.com for a free consultation. >> christie, thank you. the world of professional cycling is reeling today after the bomb shell 60 minutes interview with a former teammate of lance armstrong. a grand jury is hearing secret testimony about the doping allegations as the local cycling scene is taking it all in. >> he was using epo in the tour de france in 1999? >> correct. >> scott pelly's interview marks a huge crack on lance armstrong. >> i saw him inject it more than one time. >> you saw lance armstrong inject epo? >> yeah, we all did. >> reporter: epo was a ban performance enhancement substance. 60 minutes reports tyler has told a grand jury that he and armstrong used it. and that a failed drug test was covered up. >> how did you know he had a positive test? >> he told me. >> what happened? >> people took care of it. >> the effects of the allegations against armstrong are just now trickling down to the local cycling scene. joe trail owner of joe's bike shop says he's met tyler hamilton and never wanted to believe that he and lance armstrong were doping but he says that at that level, it's hard not to. >> this is the way the game is played. if we get caught, then we're penalized. but this is what we do. >> reporter: 60 minutes also says george hemcapy also told federal authorities armstrong took muscle enhancement drugs. >> i feel bad that i have to go here. but in the long term the sport is going to be better off for it. >> reporter: today the international cycling union issued a statement denying that it helped cover up any failed drug test. pat warren shows us what's being done to protect kids in class. dequan jameson remembers being beaten. >> the boy told me, what's up, what's up now. run from me, run from my boys, one for me and one for that boy, and one for fun. >> reporter: the boy knocked his teeth out. dequan is one of 335 bullying reports. >> they pick on me because of how i look and stuff. >> reporter: what about you? >> yeah, i've been bullied. many different ways. verbally, physically. >> reporter: superintendent nancy grass showed lakeland to show how to stop bull littling at different levels. >> you tell a parent or teacher or adult that's very close to me. >> you tell a teacher or an adult. that's exactly right. >> then they will come talk to the boys, the teachers. >> reporter: exactly, then they will help you. >> reporter: there's all kind of bullying videos like these. but as a parent the first lady knows all bullying is harmful. >> well you know, i think your kids grow up in a family where their dad is a political figure. they often have been targeted because of positions they take and it's unfairly. >> reporter: and it's never too soon to stop. >> despite of that, i'm pretty good. >> reporter: i'm pat warren, now back to you on tv hill. >> bullying awareness and prevention week focuses on the victims. flooding fears in annapolis, the city is handing out sandbags today because of a flooding threat. you can see from sky chopper 13. some of the water already posing some problems. sandbags are available in downtown annapolis and in east port. there is a coastal flood advisory until 6:00 tomorrow morning. that's the southerly winds that push the water this way. just a few hours ago, the weather service issued a severe thunderstorms warning for virginia. that's going on until 6:00. take a look at temperatures still warm and humid tut o there. 83degrees, dewpoint way up to 67. the humidity at 60%. winds at 16, the brohm center still falling. we'll take a look at radar right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,, muggy day outside. >> muggy, humid and we have thunderstorms that are popping up around the region. right now the shower activity just southwest. that little box is where the warning is. a little bit north of montgomery county. we zoom in, that's where the storm activity is right now. just on the border there, around leesburg it's a pretty strong storm. let's look at it, a 20% chance of hail. the other cell, just south of it hail could be as large as one inch with a 20% chance. that's moving directly toward leesburg. if you know anybody in that region. the north western section of montgomery county, extreme southern counties will be in the area. westminster a few weaker cells. we will be watching it. metro in the next 40 minutes to an hour. take a look at temperatures right now, at last record still 83. very humid as you saw in the south-southwest series. but that one area, 72 oakland. 80 in dc. they'll be dropping with those showers. 75 in ocean city. locally temperatures still in the upper 70s to low 80s. 76 in annapolis and with the southern winds once again. coastal cell advisories still in effect. southerly, southwesterly winds that should stay with us throughout the night. it's going to keep us in this warm muggy air. we do have those advisories. warning going on right near harpers ferry. the rest of the region north of the bay. until 6:00, but i think we're going to extend that to 7:00 or 8:00. there will be storms and moving. showers overnight will move through the region. this afternoon a second batch going right through the ridge right now. once this clears about 7:00 or 8:00 tonight we'll have a pretty quiet night. a little bit of fog then tomorrow another fog of thunderstorms. then another area of storms probably around that stalled system. it's going hang around the region pretty much all week long. just about every day this week we're going to have the risk of shower and thunderstorms activity. it won't be an all day event, but look in the afternoon for those storms. the bay temps close to 70. storms could be strong in some areas. 64 warm and humid night. tomorrow back up in the mid-80s again. once again showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon or tomorrow evening around the region. >> okay, bob, thank you. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00, debris and damage after tornadoes tear through the midwest. >> it's undescribable. i would say i have never seen anything like it. >> the massive devastation left blind after one of the deadliest tornadoes in american history. >> it's coming up, it's war in cyber place. and that could make many ád maryland a winner. and a doomsday prediction turns ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's 5:59, 89 degrees and partly sunny in central maryland. thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. it's warfare where the weapons aren't missiles and bullets, rather keyboards. alex demetrius reports, it's not such a bad thing. >> everybody thinks a cyber attack on the united states would be degrees stating. - - would be devastating. we would be paralyzed. >> before the sun sets on the patomic, we would have been hit 1,000 times trying to get our secrets. >> reporter: but that makes maryland the center for cyber security. >> it's both a challenge but an student for the university system of maryland. and quiet frankly our state. >> reporter: according to the most recent numbers, 2,000 maryland students graduated with degrees in cyber security projury excusedded growth is for 30,000 jobs. >> the educational institutions have to produce the work force, th talent that will enable us to be successful in winning this war. >> and winning economically. if the front line of defense goes through maryland. alex demetrius, wjz eyewitness news. the university study doesn't just stress more cyber security course work and study. they also recommend that course work start in high school. and nicole collin reports for wjz on the deadly aftermath. >> reporter: in joplin, missouri, a path of utter devastation after one of the deadliest tornadoes in u.s. history wiped out entire neighborhoods, piled up cars, knocked out schools and one of the city's two hospitals. >> it's indescribable. i don't know what to say other than that. >> we know many people are hurting at this time, and it is indeed a sad day in joplin. >> rescue crews are going door to door, pile of rubble to pile of rubble looking for survivors. five families have been pulled out alive and they believe there is more. >> we're going to have to sweep the entire area and we'll use hundreds and hundreds of dogs and other methods to make sure we don't miss anybody. >> reporter: the governor says the tornado chewed through 25% of joplin and grew as wide as 25 miles. while this cell phone video will show just darkness as people took cover, it reveals their terror. >> reporter: president obama spoke to the missouri governor and ask sent relief assistance efforts. nicole collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> that tornado was rated an ef4. the second most powerful tornado. winds topped out nearly at 200 miles per hour. a severe thunderstorms warning was just issued. bernadette woods is tracking the storms. bernadette. >> we had a severe thunderstorms watch for a lot of the afternoon. we want to show you now severe thunderstorms warning in effect for fredrick and montgomery county until 6:00 p.m. so go to first warning doppler radar to see what we have going on. there's the overview of watches and storms. you can see phopbt montgomery county where we have the stormy weather. this one moving off to the east and it's moving to 30 miles per hour. some towns in the way of that. and they will continue moving east ward. a new batch is coming in right now. no warnings with those but if any come out we will let you know about those. >> go to wjz.com to track the storms in your neighborhood on live doppler radar. short on cash, a woman goes to great lenghts to try to pay a cab driver. . anne arundel county police say that mcnerney tried to rob a liquor store and did not get enough money to pay the cab. nearly two months ago, two men attacked stow outside dodger stadium in los angeles. a s.w.a.t. team raided the apartment of giovanni ramirez taking him into custody. authorities believe he was the main aggressor in the attack. and that attack left the victim with brain damage. stow's family talks about the ordeal and the relief. >> bryan has a long road ahead of him. but we're thankful that the suspect is in custody and is unable to do this to another family. we have the utmost represent for the los angeles police department. police are still looking for another suspect and a woman who drove the get away car. >> stow's long term recovery is uncertain. surprising education against the head of the i many hf. dominique kahn invited them to have drinks inside his hotel room. a maid later accused kahn of trying to rape her. the race for president starting to take shape. who's in and who's out on the republican side. >> reporter: with nine months until the iowa caucus, the republican field remains wide open with no clear sign of a front runner. >> i'm tim pawlenty and i'm running for president of the united states. >> reporter: the former minnesota governor was joined by his wife at a town hall meeting in des moines. it was his first public appearance since announcing his presidential campaign. >> the truth is washington, d.c. is broken. our country is going broke. >> reporter: but the republicans who aren't running seem to be making more news than those who aren't. poll e show republican governors want more action and they lost one with mitch daniels. daniels was considered a top candidate but reports say that his personal life would have been an issue if he ran. personal issues have not stopped newt gingrich. he remains in despite his extramarital affairs. >> all i'm telling you is, we are very frugal. we in fact, live within our budget. we owe nothing. >> reporter: there's still no word from two gop names that could affect the names. minnesota representative michelle bachman and sarah palin have not announced if they will run. and behind the scenes, party operatives are still reaching out to chris christie. and former massachusetts governor mitt romney seems like the candidate to beat but he has not yet said if he is actually running. michelle notingham. president obama's reelection team plans to raise $1 billion. and time for some of the stories you will find on the baltimore sun. more on who maryland's real moneymakers are and a listings of state salaries. two stores plated to close already have interesting buyers. and the break down of the lacrosse final four. for these and her stories look for tomorrow's edition of the baltimore sun. a little relief from the pumped up gas prices. it is not a lot but prices are slowly starting to drop here in baltimore. we're paying an average of $3.89 a gallon. that's still pennys lower than last month. prices are falling after hitting the $4 mark last week. the falling prices are good news as we head into the holiday week end. the prices are not expected to park holiday drivers. >> prices s at the pump are changing right before your eyes. already down 10-cents from last week. driver barnett is taking notice. >> the prices are good, because yesterday a couple of cents making a big difference. >> reporter: the biggest winner is morgan, check out his scooter. fills it up for a few bucks. >> take a little ride across town. >> reporter: take a ride across the bay and the other side of the ocean, the prices are lower. >> prices are 20-cents cheaper per gallon there. >> reporter: prices are still lower a gallon from last year. >> i am hoping prices will drop maybe where it was this time last year. >> reporter: here's some more good news, industry experts say the decline in maryland could be just a start. they could drop even more later this summer. >> hopefully by july or august, even see them as low as between the $3.25 to $3.75 per gallon. and we're making it easy to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood before you hit the road check out wjz.com. check on links and numbers to see the cheapest gas in town. so much for the acopalypse turned out to be a dud. now the man who warned us about the end of the day, says he's flabbergasted that the world did not end. he's serging for answers after his prediction did not come true. >> maybe when he does it again we won't make such a big deal about it. maybe we'll see. zap your wrinkles without leaving home. the new device that promises to zap your wrinkles without zapping your budget. >> i thought i was going to die. saved at school. the unlikely hero that saved a team from choking. and bob turk in the weather center. center. looks like all showers ,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do 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like today. >> we are locked in a stormy pattern again today. when we start out the day we'll be in the mid-60s. probably clouds and sunshine. as we head into tomorrow afternoon. another round of showers and storms will intensify. 85 for the high and they will continue through the evening hours. then they will wind up tomorrow night but the wet weather continues. for more on that here's bob. >> summer is coming a little early this week. six 86, 87, 87, maybe a little break on thursday but that's about it. warm night, rather humid conditions with a risk of showers and storms just about every day. >> bob, thank you. and today's energy center focuses on lightning in your home. consider three way lamps that use less light. dimmers can also help save energy in your home. for more information on how you can be an energy saver, go to wj z.com.com. go to the bottom of the page and then fill out our special section. president obama was in ireland to see his irish roots. the president's motorcade got hung up on a speed bump for a moment. even the beast isn't infallible. he visited the village of muneygal. that's where his great, great, great great father was born. the president even got to have a mini family reunion. >> we received a very warm welcome from all the people there including my long lost eighth cousin henry. henry now is affectionally known as henry the eighth. >> i don't know if he likes that knowing the history. and president obama enjoyed a pint from a special keg. operation physica. several arrests in connection with a beating death of a 14- year-old boy. and check in for these stories and all the breaking news coming up at 6:00 now bare to marry. okay, denise, thank you. a custodian is being held a hero. luis came to the aid of a teenager who was choking. even without prior experience, luis says natural instincts kicked in and he saved the 14- year-old. >> finally with four heimlich pushes, i burped it up. >> still coming up, ray lewis shares strong opinions about the nfl lock out. mark has the unintended consequences from the league's labor problems next in sports. , well despite the nfl lock out, ravens players are planning to gather for practice this week. and mark has comments from ray lewis. he was all over espn yesterday and today. >> reporter: yeah, he was pretty fired up. the ravens are expected to come together for practice. now the ravens organization can have no coaches present or any input on this gathering because of the ongoing nfl lock out. now the ravens most veteran player is linebacker ray lewis, he's played 16 seasons in the nfl. he is likely bound to the hall of fame when his playing days are gone. lewis sounded a warning saying he fears that if there's no football this year it will have serious ramifications in the general u.s. population. >> through this research, if we don't have a season, watch how much evil which we call it crime, watch how much crime picks up if you take away our game. >> reporter: now lewis has not attended any of the negotiation sessions between the players and the owners, but ray says he is not opposed to participanting to help in the lock out. coming up next hour, vlad guerrero is the bird's hottest hitter. back to you for now. in today's wjz health watch, rejuvenating your skin without going to the doctor's office. ashley morrison reports for wj z on the new at home laser treatment that promises to take years off your face. roberta alm era washes her face daily, but twice a week she gives her skin an extra jolt. >> it's very easy. it takes less than five minutes, it's become part of my bedtime routine. >> reporter: almeas is trying out a new treatment to zap the wrinkles around her eyes. she's only been using it for a few weeks and says she's already noticed a difference. >> the fine lines are definitely much more of a minimum. >> reporter: it uses short laser pulses to stimulate collagen production around the eye. >> it penetrates the layers of the skin where collagen and elastin is formed. they are those components that give our skin that taut appearance. >> reporter: it won't fire unless all corners are in contact with the skin. the panel of doctors who studied the device reported a noticeable reduction of wrinkles in more than 90% of people who took part in the study. the side effects are minimal, redness and minor swelling. so far palavea is the only home laser in the market but similar devices by the market are being developed. the results are subtle. >> i've earned my wrinkles. and i don't want to look ridiculous for who i am. >> reporter: for almeas it's the perfect solution. >> the device costs about $500. an in office treatment could run a few hundred dollars per visit. coming up on wjz eyewitness news. high powered help. congressman ruthe sberger on the search ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. help from high places. the new effort from a maryland congressman to get a maryland journalist home. a tornado rips a missouri city in half. tonight the skyrocketing death toll. don't miss the eyewitness forecast. >> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here are what people are talking about tonight. >> at this time, some