it's friday! sharon has the rush after the weather. well, here's the first warning doppler weather radar. we're showing no rain, and there's no rain all around. and it's a gray, damp morning for some. the weather from yesterday isn't like today. we'll see how it squared away. low open -- low 70s now. and we stay in the upper 70s. and we'll promise you a good and dry weekend. and how about the rush after that rain or perhaps during it. and here's sharon with more. and we're not seeing the rain on the traffic cameras, the roads are wet. we have downed trees from yesterday's storms as well. one in howard county and watch for that and westminster, there's another one and 127 and 824 is closed and flooding as maryland, 450 closed. and traffic lights are on flash at falls road and greenspring's valley. there's a look at 95, problem free there and at mountain road. there's the westside, still empty there. remember, wjz-13 is always on, for traffic information any time, go to wjz.com. mostly, it's weather past that people will be talking about today. and much of maryland spent the night under flash floods. wjz-13 and gigi barnett are live on the clean uptaking place. good morning, don. good morning, everyone. bge easy that the crews worked throughout the night restoring the power to those who lost electricity in the strong storm. >> we may have trouble getting into the water. it was rushing badly. >> we saw a lot of trees. >> it looked like a big blizzard. >> reporter: strong winds knocked down the trees address the region. >> actually, several trees and they were a bunch of guys that tried to help and pick the tree up and move it. they were not successful. >> it's tough, you can't tell where they'll hit. >> i actually pulled in to get gas and i'll wait it out a few minutes. >> reporter: ten were injured when a tree sliced open the floors of the apartment building here. >> and everyone was screaming and crying and we thought we would die, it was terrible. >> reporter: this car was caught up in the flash flooding >> i got out and there wasn't no road. >> reporter: and bge says that 30,000 of the customers have power and a thousand more are still in the dark a rainy and successful day for the ravens as they face the panthers. jessica kartalija has reaction from all of the fans there and first, mark viviano has more on the raven's debut at m&t stadium. >> reporter: good morning, well, the first preseason game is the step towards what the ravens hope is a super bowl journey they're playing without some of the better defensive backs. tom is filling in for reid. he makes an impact and hits matt moore and it's a sack and a fumble and a 17-yard loss for carolina. as far as the offense, he gets it going. he completed eight of the 12 passes with the third team. the ravens lead at half time. mark bulger filled in and they are, the third string came in and he keeps it for eight yards for the touchdowns. you get your feet wet, literally out here, tell me how the offense felt? we felt good. they put points on the board and our goal is to score more points than last year and win more games. and we'll get them on the board, that's good. and you have receivers out there, you're getting yours. >> we have a good group, man. it's been a blessing for the organization. >> i was surprised. i didn't expect it to have the legs and we'll work the legs back over the course of the week and the course of the next few weeks. we looked quicker. >> reporter: and the ravens returned saturday and then, one week from saturday, the next preseason game, on the road against the red skins in washington. >> thank you, and the complete raven's coverage begins with jessica kartalija. >> reporter: preseason football is officially underway at m&t bank stadium. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: hours before kick off, fans fired up the grill for a little bit of preseason, pregame tailgating. i can't think of anything better. that and the raven's winning. >> reporter: bratwurst and a winch you're from maryland and you've never been to a raven's game. >> never, i'm looking forward to the stadium and seeing the fan as and watching the ravin's win. >> reporter: eager fans await the arrival of the favorite players as the opponents roll. >> reporter: are they going all the way this year? / >> hopefully. >> we've been waiting all winter, i'm ready. this is a start to dallas, i'm ready. >> reporter: after two seasons ending in the play offs, the raven's fans have good reasons to be optimistic. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and football is officially back in baltimore city! area businesses couldn't be happier, this is when the business starts to pick up and obvious, the energy out here, despite the rain, it's fantastic on this first night of football. and i'm jessica kartalija, wjz- 13, eyewitness news. and many watching the game kept track of the oriole's game in cleveland where the indians defeated the birds and gave buck showalter the first road loss as a manager. federal agents arrested a serial killer in atlanta before he boarded a plane to israel. the 33-year-old is responsible for a stabbing spree across three states including leesburg, virginia. more charges are expected and the crimes are racially motivated, they say. new information about the four bodies in a junk filled prince george's home. the brother of one of women says that his sister never used or dealt drugs and she was there to pack up items in their late father's home a man and who. is charged in the slaying. a man was shot three types in glen burnie at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. the police k-9 unit searched the area after wards and didn't find anyone. the person shot is at the hospital the battle over the baltimore city pools may be over for the season. more than $580,000 in gifts and donors have made it possible for all of the city pools to reopen and stay open until labor day. the schools were closed early due to the budget deficit and $100,000 is still needed to reopen in the smaller neighborhood parks. >> and today, it will be on the cooler side and the mid-80s looks cool. and a quick observation off camera. we sit opposite each other. so, last night -- i'm on the raven's website. i think that one of the bigst stories was sekoti. the place went crazy. you think he's big enough. what was that? well, he was on fire. might we be screaming roll, ravens, roll before not too long. there's a huge alabama connection for the national champ. and you have cody, you have johnson, who's a two time captain of the crimson tide. you have mclain and the vice president and general manager, one of the greatest to ever play for the crimson tide. dare we might be saying roll, ravens, roll! well, i did this, check this out. the college that has the next most amount of ravens, the university of oklahoma. greg, chester and clayton. >> i would have guessed miami. >> not only will we be saying roll, ravens, roll, but a super bowl "sooner" than later. >> i'll take a round of applause for that one. i was a long way for a good line. thank you, thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> james was at the ballpark last night. he liked it. we'll look at the graphic. it says something. >> yeah, it has some qualities to it. roll, ravens, roll. >> we have a front draped over the area and that's the source of the consternation in the forecast. in other words, no approaching weather. what we're looking for are a few passing showers and cloudy and if we can get sun in late midday and early afternoon, we'll get a slow clear out and we'll get to 82 and otherwise in the upper 70s. gray skies in the area for sure and showers in the region right now. that's the garden variety shower and nothing reel intense. nothing real intense at all. yesterday's weather impresses anyone from the tornado belt out in the midwest. that was bad stuff. here's good stuff mike schuh and it's restaurant week. well they're so happy. there's no s here. and there's a damimo. we'll tell you about incredible things when we return. it's the beginning of restaurant week. we'll hear more about that when eyewitness news continues. ♪ storyteller: hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon. then quickly fell back to earth, landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily, geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like new. they later sold the cow, because they had all become lactose intolerant. call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. stay focused, tigers! children: yay, butterflies! youth coaching runs on dunkin'. with our delicious icy mocha beverages. get your summer treat today. america runs on dunkin'. well, it's cooler now. 72 now and the dew point is down to 68. yesterday morning when it was steamy before the storms, the dew point was at 70. still, we have a bit of an easterly flow. and the barometer at 29.91. 74 ocean city and 74 d.c.. and elkton and hagerstown at 72 and 71 oak lan and cumberland and 75 in bel air and columbia and rock hall at 73 and 67 on kent island. once we bust that boundary out of here, the skies clear out and that's a slow clear out overnight and we'll continue the clearing process tomorrow. if we speed that up throughout tomorrow afternoon, it could be -- 82 today and that's a little bit of sun and clouds breaking throughout the night and clouds giving way to some sun and a high of 85 degrees. 86 and beautiful on sunday. and 90, 88, and 88 degrees. temperatures don't blow torch. the humidity won't be too horrible and no rain. it's a good rain of five days as we squeeze in vacation time before school starts. thank you, and last night's rain could be a factor in this morning's commute. well, we have a handful of weather related problems. we have new ones including accidents on the west. that's on the inner loop there and disabled vehicle at the security off ramp. a downed tree there and one at westminster between 127 and 854. flooding has 450 closed at rutland road. there's 95 and the tunnel showing everything looking good. no issues at mountain road. toyota, buy right the first time and you'll save more in the long run. the restaurant week starts. and it was in the middle of the, middle of the summer and here's a chance for a lot of baltimorians to go to a lot of restaurants. it was started for locals, not tourists for the locals to get the flavors of the area and now, there's this many restaurants offering tremendous deals to bring the generic population to the locals. here's what you're about and it's been one of the great success stories. and it's restaurant week. >> no, that's true. and people talk about it. they love it. they're able to get a great value and find out about the restaurants they haven't been to for little risk. and we're here with massoud. good morning. >> and we'll make a lovely dish from shrimp. it's the popular dish and we'll put it in the restaurant week. >> what's this called. >> it's called [ indiscernible ] . we'll talk to sara from visit baltimore. tell us about it. >> restaurant week starts today and runs through the 22nd. ten days to enjoy the most delicious week of the year. >> that's not a week. >> well, we want people to get time to experience the restaurant. well, we found out that people enjoyed dining out and two weekends gets them more of a chance to get to their favorites and this gives them a chance to get to the popular restaurants. >> well, you're saying there are slots available. >> yes, most of the places throughout the week. check for the week days also. oh, hold on. i want to -- i love the sound of cooking. >> mariane, you own this place, you're saying that your menu is the one you have regularly or is it special for this week. >> well, we take the popular items and we put them them on this menu. we have entertainment and our own complimentary free parking lot. we want you to come and experience a restaurant that you probably wouldn't normally go to and come back and think of us. >> and you're a great spokesperson. i'm glad we ended up here. >> you can call for more or work through the open table online. >> and tell me what you put in here. since the shrimp takes a little bit of time to cook, we put all of that in there and now, it's completely done and we put in the seasoned bread cell phones and -- crumbs and we serve it the way it is. >> and they can get this. >> yes, not side table. >> come from the kitchen and back and with luck, you'll be preparing it. >> we thank you for telling your store rich i have to go, but i don't know if you realize it. the shrimp is done, i'm here, you're not, you can be if you want to. it's all up to you, reporting live and in 20 seconds, one of those will be in my mouth. >> hey, mike. i don't think he can hear me. i could have said, do it restaurant style. put that on ahogey roll. yeah, a different twist. well, you'll dip the bread in the sauce any way. i counted over a hundred restaurants participating. in every county surrounding the city. over a hundred restaurants. i'm alexis alex demetrick in southern baltimore, we'll ,,, [ female announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. 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controversial website is threatening to leak more information about the war in afghanistan. working to restore power, that's what the bge crews are doing after customers are still in the dark after last night's storms. we'll have a live report, coming up. and road crews are still trying to clear problems on the road from the last night's storms. we'll tell you where they are. and about 21, well, 21 grand slam finals. can we think about venus williams and her career. man, oh, man. one of the best ever, venis williams, talking about the u.s. open and running smack on serena and hanging out. that's 130 miles per hour serve. i couldn't see it go by me, the morning edition continues onon,, it's friday! it's the bottom of the hour and it's a damp start to the week's end. overnight rain and returns currently on the radar right now. sharon has the latest on the traffic after the first warning weather. well, it's interesting. we haven't had rain here or downtown for most of the stationary shots. and looking at the first warning doppler weather radar. we've had rain all around the downtown grid, this is the garden variety rain. taking a look at the day start, it will be damp throughout mid- afternoon. at lunch, we'll be on the way to a high of 72. we could stay in the upper 70s today. the slow clearing process begins this evening. >> well, we'll see a lot of leftover damage. here's sharon with wjz traffic control. well, it's adding to the list of problems this morning. we have two more recent problems. first of all, an accident on the westside inner loop and a disabled outer lupe at security boulevard. and meantime, on to the weather related problems, a downed tree and another one at westminster and closed between route 27 and 854. and flooding still has maryland 450 closed. the roads are wet and here's the traffic. and 95 looking good and same for 95 and 395. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota, moving forward. and thank you, and the weather last night and yesterday is on the minds of people this morning. much of maryland was under a flash flood warning with the rains moving across the state. gigi barnett is live on the clean up. >> reporter: good morning, don and good morning everyone. well, the strong storms forced bge crews to work throughout the night to restore the power to thousands of customers and some are still waiting. >> it looks like we may have trouble getting into the water. it was rushing badly. we saw a lot of trees. >> it looked like a big blizzard. strong winds knocked down trees >> and actually, several trees and there are a bunch of guys that got out to try and help and pick the tree up and move it, but, they were not successful. >> it's tough, you can't tell where they'll hit, it's important to react quick little streets were flooded and they captured it downtown in the midst of the downpour. >> i may wait it out a few minutes. ten were injured when a tree sliced open several floors of. apartment buildings. >> all you could hear were the kids screaming and crying. >> reporter: and the driver of this car was caught up in the flash flood. >> i saw the water coming in and i got out. it must have been moving fast, there wasn't no road. >> reporter: a thousand customers are still in the dark. a controversial website is going go release documents about the afghan war. it posted 76,000 files online and that put the troops at risk and a second leak could be more damaging than the fist. -- first. and i'm the technology queen. greg bernstein faced off against the long time state's attorney, jessamy. >> they're arrested by the police and they're all too often let go without a true fight for justice. -- the signs are down and that battle is over. >> he has said that he'll engage in no future political activity. i'll take him at his word and move forward. >> this debate marks a challenge. >> i'm running to assure that the citizens have the truth and we're no longer giving the mistorsions and misrepresentations and lice. >> i've watch the state's attorney concede the streets to violent repeat offenders. >> bernstein is now in private practice and jessamy served in the state's office since 1987. i'm mike hellgren, wjz-13, eyewitness news. they'll face off again on the poles in the primary. >> the naacp is keeping the head quarters in baltimore. they were offered a 3 1/2 million dollars grant from the district office, but they couldn't sell the business. and a spokesperson says that the timing for a move wasn't right. a successful night for the ravens as they face the panthers. mark viviano was there for the debut. good morning, well, the first preseason game is the first step towards what the ravens hope is a super bowl journey. they're playing without some of the better defensive backs. tom makes an impact as he mitts matt moore. and as far as the offense, flacco, first team gets going. he completed eight of his 12 passes and the ravens lead, 10- 3 at half time. mark filled in and then troy smith came in in the second half and he calls his own number and keeps it carrying for eight yards and the ravens defeat carolina 17-12. >> and you get your feet wet literally. tell me how the offense felt. >> well, we feel good. and our goal is to score more points than we did last year. and going to drive that on the board. >> and you're putting in new receivers. >> and we got a good group it's been a blessing for the organization and we're excited about what's to comp >> the ravens return to training camp saturday and one week, the next preseason game on the road against the red skins in washington. many people watched the game and they were also watching the oriole's game. and buck showalter had his first road loss as manager. >> he's doing fine. >> you think? >> coming up on coffee with? venis williams will join us. you think about the career this lady has had. it's absolutely -- i love watching this. she serves 130 miles per hour. >> i wouldn't be anywhere near her. >> how do you see it coming by her. >> and taking about the u.s. open well, that's an american labor day sports right, if you will. that's a book out that she has called "come to win" and we have traffic and first warning weather and showers around the region and nothing ferocious. we'll be back. ,,,,,,,,,, o7ó?wow ♪ (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to change. overtime, you can begin to have bone loss. calcium and vitamin d work together to help keep your bones strong. and yoplait gives you... ...20% of your daily calcium... ...and is the only leading yogurt with vitamin d in every cup. keep your bones strong every day... ...with yoplait. down at the ocean, 74 right now, westminster, 75 and 73 columbia and 72 rock hall and mid-70s annapolis and kent haul. it's going to take a while to clear this out. once this moves off to the south east direction. busting into a new air mass, the skies clear and that begins tonight and 82 is the high this day and we may stay in the upper 70s. mostly cloudy and a high of 85 degrees. and 86 -- and 88 degrees and a good run of weather over the next five days. and on the blow torch, the temperatures won't go back into the 90s. well, we don't have problems on the roads. we have one accident on the inner loop on the onramp to i- 70 and a disabled lupe. that's on security boulevard and watch for a downed tree at frederick and you're looking for a downed tree in frederick. and that's closed between route 27 and 454. and flooding has things changing. and here's a live look at 95. same goes for 95. this is brought to you by toyota. what was that you were singing as you were preparing to come on? welk i don't remember that. it was how do you feel, hot, hot, hot. >> how do you feel, hot, hot, hot. >> who sings that. >> buster poindexter. >> well, you must be in a good mood. >> well, yes, a very good mood. >> well, it's good to see you in civilian clothes. well, i think that anyone, man or women in this country, they've all watched you and when they hit the court, you're focused and you got a look and a swagger on the court. it's unique in the history of tennis. and it's great. you're chilled out. >> well, actually this morning. just with you guys. >> a special moment. >> and are you going to shoot that look with the other people interviewing you. >> no. i would never do that. >> shoot me a look. >> did i get it. >> yeah, we give the game up. mr. umpire, we're done. >> and this is a cool book, when did you find time to write, "come to win." >> well, it was the process of two years and researching to contributors who had been at the top of what they do and who play sports. it's about using sports to be successful in life and how to use the lessons to be successful and how you can learn to be successful in your own life. we have bill clinton and denzel washington and vera wang and who knew? they credit what they learned in the sports that they played. and was it your idea to find out how sports worked or did you assume that it makes everyone better. >> i wanted to share what i've learned in my own experience in sports. and i've learned so much that i've applied off of the court. you have to love it and do your best. and it was interesting to find that a lot of others felt that way, too. >> oh, yeah, richard branson. how do i work for this guy? >> well, he's fun, he's a great guy. unbelievable. he plays sports and he's involved with women's tennis association. he's a wonderful contributor also. >> you're in a position to meet some folks and realize there's a common thread and saying, i'm putting together a book, would you like to be a part of it. and joesmos off of the street, you can't do that and you were sharp enough to say, there's something here and i'll put it together. well done. >> well, thank you. we all had a common connection and we played sports and i would like to think that that's what it was. >> well, max segal. pushing beyond your limits. when did you meet max. >> wow, i haven't met him. i wasn't able to meter. i toured ten months of the year and everyone's busy. i got to talk to mostly everyone on the phone and it was really, a real experience and i'm hopeing to meet them all. >> and when i said neat, you do the phone conferences and we i chat and e-mail questions. as far as i'm concerned, that's a meet and a greet. max is one of the real first high level african american executives in nascar and ran earnhardt racing successfully for a couple of years. he busted through ceilings. >> this is great, serena. >> you top your profession and you need to be able to shoot a look like venus. >> i'm curious about something. sitting around the house one day. do you and serena look at each other and just play. >> no, we would rather gossip. we're both looking forward to the u.s. open and we're looking forward to that and i'm looking forward to it. i'll be debuting a new design that one of my fans designed. yeah, i'm looking forward to it. >> well, you're quite the underachiever and one of these days, we hope you do something with your life. you're a class act, continue with success in all you do. >> thank you. >> we'll see you later, bye bye. >> number fife -- five on the best seller list. >> we're taking a break and coming back with first warning weather and traffic and more. ,, ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? simple stuff... eating right...whole grain. whole grain? [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. we have showers in the region and nothing like what we had yesterday. the forecast today calling for passing showers and we'll go to the low 80s. sharon, good morning. hi, marty, not such a bad morning on the roads. and a few minor accidents outside today. one on the westside outer lupe and a disabled vehicle at the outer lupe. one of the downed trees is in howard county and another one in westminster and warfield is closed between route 27 and 854 and flooding has maryland 450 closed and there's a look at the drive times and the speeds on the beltway. just minor times on the roads there and there's a look at the westside at i-70. no delays there and everything looking good north of the beltwayful try the subway steak and bacon melt. fresh veggies on a bacon of bubblely cheese. and yesterday's storms moved through the area several times and went from maryland into d.c. trees knocked out power lines throughout the region. and bge has restored power to 30,000 customers since the rain started yesterday. >> the ravens started defeated the panthers 17-12. flacco lead the team to win and more than 70,000 fans attended the opening game. jessamy says that her feud is over. she says that the controversy came to a close when bealefeld took down the campaign signs endorsing bernstein. she and bernstein faced off in a radio debate yesterday and he criticized jessamy for not cooperating with the commissioner. thanks to a number of private donations, the battle over the pools is over. according to the baltimore sun, $580,000 in gifts and corporations and donors will make it possible for all city pools to stay open for the rest of the season. most were closed early due to the budget short fall. and the restaurant week kicks off today. for those of you who couldn't wait, there was an appetizer challenge. and here's bernadette, she was one on the judge's panel and restaurant week not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. layers of brownie and caramel, dipped in chocolate ready to eat sweet moments new from pillsbury. in the refrigerated section [ female announcer ] within every pillsbury package is the power to enrich a child's mind. collect pillsbury double box tops for education today.