it's 6:00 and the bird sup early -- is up early at camden yards for wjz's weather day and no doubt will be again during this hour. he liked it, all right. sharon's got traffic right after marty's weather. >> the bird's got a sense of human more. 85 at lunch, going for a high of 87. still in the mid-70s. this day we're fine. we do have some energy out to the west, soaking rains over the great lakes states and a chance of a big thunderstorm not in our portion of the mid-atlantic. that dynamic changes tomorrow. we'll discuss it with you shortly. >> here's sharon at wjz traffic control. >> it's not running bad. it's on 95 southbound on the shoulder, not causing big problems. as far as problems on the belt way, we don't have a problem. we can take a look outside. that's the west side at liberty road. there's a look at 95 just north of whitemarsh boulevard. remember, wjz 13 is always on. so for traffic information any time, log on to wjz.com. here's what people will be talking about today, the most violent tornado season this country has seen in half a century. several tornadoes touched down in northern california. damage is said to be min mu. as ran dam pinkston reports, those -- randall pinkston reports, many have not been lucky. >> reporter: storms touched down in indiana and missouri. >> felt the pressure. the wind came up. >> reporter: residents in missouri inspected the damage. in indiana the fury of one twister was enough to topple one tree. it left more than a dozen people dead. piedmont, oklahoma, a tornado destroyed jamie zimmerman's home in a matter of seconds. here in joplin, missouri, hope is fading fast. rescuers are hopeful. cell phones are working again. the community will also have a chance to come together at a memorial service sunday to remember throws who lost their lives. in joplin, missouri, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> since sunday 140 people have been killed. the national weather service is looking into what caused its weather radios to lose service on sunday just as the tornado was approaching la crosse, wisconsin. no fatalities are reported in wisconsin. be sure to stay with wjz both on air and online land your own live look. go to wjz.com. a randallstown man has learned his sentence for printing counter fit money. darryl bacon will serve a year and a half in prison. he and his partner bleached $5 bills and reprinted them as $100 notes. a 12-year-old, not even in high school, is fighting for his life this morning after yet another shooting in the city. as kai jackson reports, police have no motive. >> reporter: violence rocked baltimore. city police said over a six-hour time span six people were spot. that's a person an hour. month victims a 33-year-old man found dead in a vacant lot. just before 10 there were multiple victims after a massive shooting on cliftview. >> the victims are a 12-year-old boy, 15-year-old, 18-year-old and 19-year-old. two were found at the location of the shooting. the other two were found a short distance away. >> reporter: two suspects approached people on a porch. they left, came back hitting four people. residents don't want to go on camera to talk about the shooting. let's be clear, they are concerned. here's the problem. after the police, politicians, media leave, thing also go back to normal but as one resident put it back to normal is what they don't need. >> a 12-year-old boy is being described in grave conditions. he is not expected to survive. >> reporter: they have no motive. police say if you have any information regarding any of these incident, you should call them. i'm kai jackson reporting. back to you. >> according to our media partner the baltimore sun was a seventh grader at montebello middle. former presidential hopeful john edwards could be indicted for violating campaign laws. at issue whether he used campaign funds to cover have you an affair with a woman with whom he fathered a child. the most ambitious plans for downtown baltimore in decades -- a new arena, hotel mapped nighttime light show. wjz and andrea fujii are live with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. this proposed project will cost nearly a billion dollars with about half of this coming out of taxpayer's pockets. this is what the new hotel and arena will look like. it will be big enough for political conventions, maybe an nba, nfl or nhl team. this would connect to the current convention center, almost doubling in size and relates sheraton on charles street. >> you build this building on the east coast, philadelphia's not happy, d.c.'s not happy. boston's not happy. >> reporter: who's paying for it. the sheraton's current own are and whiting turner president and ceo willard hacker man would pay $500 million for the hotel and arena. taxpayers would cover the estimated $400 million convention center bill. >> this is the only center of its type which can address these types of conventions. >> reporter: the redevelopment would continue at the harbor. a new rash field and a vegas style water and light show around the harbor. now this project is still a long ways off. funding must be secured. studies must be done and if officials gift go ahead, construction will take four to seven years. don, back to you. >> that complex who include a parking garage. an afternoon game for the orioles going for their fifth win in a row. last night's game was won in the fourth inning. the birds scored eight runs. that's the orioles' best inning since june 2009. they're going for the sweep this afternoon before they go our on the road and head for oakland. >> after 19 innings and more than six hours on the diamonds, the philadelphia phillies walk away with a win. the bottom of the inning to bring in the winning run. they win 5-4 over the cincinnati reds. wilson valdez gets the win, the first position player to get a win since the year 2000. >> that game started at 7:00 p.m. it would have gotten over at 5 a.m. let's just put it in perspective. >> listen, we've glt a lot going -- got a lot going on here. i need to personally acknowledge something. oprah signed off yesterday. we'll do a story in 15 minutes. of course, oprah and i started the eyewitness news morning edition. i remember the look on her face when he is was told she was going on at 6:30. remember. it was the most significant retirement since walter con kite signed off for his final time. great job, oprah, just a great job. >> i watched yesterday. >> give her a huge round of applause. i mean this sincerely from the bottom of my heart, just a great job. a bunch of us came to town at the same time, 1977, very familiar names. late chris thomas, oprah, myself, the class of '77. well done. well done indeed. we'll talk more about oprah in a second. take a look at the forecast. 87 -- i'm looking at these numbers going, yeah, baby. wow, partly sunny, summer like this day. right now in the upper 60s to low mid-70s. ron matz joins us with one big long nasty beak next to him. that is the truth. >> reporter: he's a little frisky this morning. >> he's a little feisty and he likes to use that big beak. >> this is toucan sam. he's part of the brew at the zoo coming up this weekend, right, sam? you got it, as the eyewitness ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, warm and humid. barometer is 29.86. take a look at the barometer. we've got this big expanding reg of pressure keeping storms at bay. that will govern the latter part of your weekend. hagerstown, ocean city and pack river, upper 60s. 64 oakland. westminster and greater columbia 67. 66 bel air. 72 rock hall. look at that low. look at these storms. look at the rain training its way up the st. lawrence seaway, if you will. it's following the western edge of this big dome of high pressure. that barometer will keep rising through the day. tomorrow and saturday will be a bit of a different dynamic. dry weather sunday and monday. beautiful 87 degrees will be the high. a summer-like day for the afternoon baseball game. partly cloudy, 64 overnight. the warmest day since september 25th. we didn't really have an october indian summer. showers, thunderstorms, 87. sunday, monday and tuesday, gorgeous, 89, 92 and 92. normal is in the upper 70s. >> thank you. it's 6:16. here's sharon. no delays at this hour. we still have the accident on 95 southbound in the area of 175. it's on the shoulder. a new issue, this one a car fire on richie highway, watch for that. you don't want to watch for delays. everything is running at full speed. we can say the same thing for the -- for the harrisburg expressway. traffic is very light. traffic is light if you're headed to the shore a little early. everything is look good at the bay bridge. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. you can log on to your toyota dealer -- i'm sorry. back over to you. >> toyota.com. >> you're a mother with two children, mother with two children occasionally blank. >> i'm a 61-year-old man. i blank. >> let's throw it out to the ronster. >> reporter: we're doing great. the brew at the zoo is this weekend. toucan sam is joining us. here's our friend amy. good to see you. >> good to see you. we have big doings saturday and sunday. >> yes. you can buy tickets online. we have over 30 different varieties to taste and sample while you're here. $45 for nonmembers, $30 for members and also very family friendly. >> got a kid zone. >> we do. you can bring your blanket. >> this is the zoo's biggest fund-raiser of the year. >> they can do a good thing for the zoo. >> tell us about toucan sam. >> two cans are better than one. he's the national bird, one of our animal ambassadors. he wants his mike time and his camera time. >> all right. it's maryland zoo spelled out maryland zoo.org. >> and click on brew at the zoo. >> toucan sam, good to see you. >> we have three bands. we have an awesome band on sunday. so definitely come on out. >> going to be here toucan sam? >> yes, he will. >> you like this, don't you? all right. enough. what a beautiful bird by the way. >> he s he's gorgeous, but he knows it. >> all right, sam, enough. enough. guys, we're going to send it back it you on tv hill. my first go round i started in 1979 and i had a great opportunity to watch with oprah. what you saw yesterday was grace, eloquence, passion and generostiy. it was a great, great moment in television. >> i'm telling you, it was the most significant signoff of a show since walter cronkite said for the last time -- that's the way it is. >> all right. we'll send it back to you. it is weather day at camden yards as the orioles, masn and wjz's first warning weather miettinen up with thousands of school kids in attendance. bush, first,. she started on wjz and she concluded her final show. all of us send our congratulations. see how,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the world is celebrating owe practice. she ends her talk show after 25 years. >> i won't say good-bye. i'll just say until we meet again. >> the oprah winfrey show signed off for the final time yesterday afternoon but many of us at wjz are remembering the year she spent with us here. her career took off. as denise koch reports, those who watched her then knew she was looking at someone special. >> reporter: oprah's cast to stardom started right here on tv hill where wjz made oprah a household name in baltimore. >> every day they're celebrating baltimore by being a part of it. >> reporter: oprah came to wjz from nashville in 1976 when she was 26. she anchored with jerry turner and then cohosted people are talking with richard sher. >> are vein are we. >> reporter: her years on the weekday talk show put ore -- her on the show. >> if women are lousy lovers, the men are lousy lovers. >> reporter: mornings haven't been the same since she debuted in 192 with marty bass. >> let us pray that we make it through the day. the weather man will talk about snow. >> reporter: when she left, many sent her off to chicago with well wishes. >> i wish her the best, really. >> owe remarks all i can tell you is the windy city is aptly named. you better bring your par exa. >> oprah is one of the few human beings in this business that i met, a true person with talent. >> reporter: a few years ago oprah returned to wjz. >> i have so many friends here. >> reporter: she handed out hugs and took a walk down memory lane with richard. >> it felt good driving up the hill. i was a little disoriented but as son as i hit the area, i knew where i was. as you know, this is where i got my stuff here, working with you every day. >> eyewitness news. that's what friends are for. >> way to go, owe -- oprah. the man who kidnapped elizabeth smart is sent to prison for the rest of his life. good morning. i'm kelly mcpherson. three people died doing it last summer. now what rangers are trying to tell you to save your life. good morning. i'm andrea fujii live at the inner harbor which could soon be getting a big face-lift. what will this look like and who will be paying for this. a few problems could get in your way. we'll tell you where they are. we have first warning doppler radar showing us a clear scan this day start. summer like. coming up on coffee with, wore leap going live to orioles park and camden yards where we're talking weather, one of the coolest promotions wjz has pulled together in its history involving kids, meteorologists and the baseball park. tim williams and bernadette woods join us. you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is 6:30 and a summery day start as we look at orioles park and camden yards. weather this morning and baseball this afternoon. sharon is watching traffic. marty. >> it will be summer like. sharon will be with you in just a second. a lot of folks are in the low to mid-70s. 85 at lunch going for a high of 87. 85 this evening. no threat of showers this day. tomorrow and saturday that dynamic to the left of your screen will shift to the mid-atlantic. >> so what awaits you on the way to work or school, here's sharon. >> we cleared up one accident, that one on 95. we picked up a new one, the latest one in dundalk just north of service road. that's right near the dundalk marine terminal. we have that car fire on richie highway at robinson road. everything is moving close to full speed. starting to see minor delays between 793-4579 -- 795 and 95. traffic light. you'll want to watch for sun glare at greenspring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you. at the top of the news, closure nearly decade later. elizabeth smart comes face to face with the man who kidnapped her and raped her over a nine-minute span -- nine-month span. kendis gibson has more. >> it's been a huge mir ri keel in my life. >> reporter: a federal judge sentenced brian david mitchell to spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping smart. mitchell closed his eyes and sang hymns as smart confronted him in court. she said he took away nine months of her life and she will have a good life despite what he did to her. >> at one day he will have to be responsible for his actions. >> reporter: smart was 14 when mech chel took him -- mitchell took him. her them helped convict mitchell of charges. to the end mitchell's lawyers argue he is mentally ill and asked the judge to consider that smart is doing well and has not suffered extreme psychological injury. >> brian david mitchell knew exactly what he was doing when he kidnapped me. >> reporter: smart is getting on with her lie. she recently returned from a moore mon mission to france and plans to attend college. >> she is considering a career in law. the criminal case against arizona shooting suspect jared loughner is on hold for now. a judge ruled the 22-year-old is not competent to stand trial, saying he suffers from schizophrenia. he was pulled out of court after loudly proclaiming he had killed congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he will remain in custody until a hearing in september. former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-kahn was all smiles, waking new a posh four bedroom town house in lower manhattan where he will remain under house arrest. he is awaiting charges on raping a hotel made -- maid. hoe bay the law or lose your life. it's a warning from rangers as they crack down on illegal swimming. kelly mcpherson explains. >> reporter: you can boat without a permit but you cannot swim. it's illegal to swim in any of the three city owned reservoirs but every time the temperature goes up, people ignore the law. >> i would hope things like the tragedies we experienced last summer would give people a reason not to. >> reporter: search teams pulled out three people over a short time of six weeks. they all drowned. >> all three victims were in excellent physical conditions. >> reporter: it's cold water that's 90 feet deep in parts. bebeneath this cliffs, valleys and 37 tickets were handed out to people trespassing. we're concealing the identity of these teens. >> get as little scared. >> it's a free fall with all the pressure that comes off the shoulder. >> reporter: they've never been caught. >> been lucky. >> reporter: others have not been so lucky. if caught a citation could mean $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail. >> those reservoirs provide drinking water. if recent gasoline prices have you considering downsizing there's good news. new crash tests from the -- insurance institute for highway safety show the ones with top rating. they include the knee spokesman juke and the toyota prius. someone has found a way to spotlight the inner harbor in a different way. an ambitious plan is in the works. website woab -- wjz.com and andrea fujii live top explain it all. >> reporter: this plan calls for a new arena, bigger convention center are more parking and a las vegas style water and light show. what it could look like downtown. the 18,500 feet arena would be big enough for political conventions, maybe an nba, nfl or nhl team. it would connect to the current convention center almost doubling its size and replace the sheraton on charles street. >> you build this building on the east coast, philadelphia's not happy. d.c.'s not happy birthday -- happy. boston's not happy. >> reporter: oar taxpayers would cover the convention bill. >> this is the only convention center that can address these types of conventions. it would continue with a new pedestrian bridge a new rash field and a vegas style water and light show around the harbor. now this project is still a long ways off. studies must be done. funding must be secured and if officials give us the go ahead, construction could still take four to seven years. don, back to you. >> after those studies are complete, they plan to go to the city and state to seek approval to sell bonds to begin construction. the first theme hams made this into the nba finals. the dallas mavericks overcame a strong performance from kevin durant. the mavs pulled ahead late in the game thanks to dirk nowitzki's 26 points. the mavs win. former ravens kicker matt stover is retiring for real now. he scored more than 2,000 points in his career. stover spent 13 seasons with the ravens beginning in 1996. in baseball an 8th run -- 8-run 4th inning, secured a win for the orioles. >> all right. baseball this afternoon. it could be summery. major league baseball. there's something to be said about playing baseball during the day. it dpifs the team -- gives the team leaving a chance to get where they're going and regroup. here's wjz. going to bring in meteorologist tim williams and bernadette woods. what is the pleural -- plural of meteorologist? >> meteorologists. >> it's the second time in the hour we've given them the bird. what's the temperature do you think? >> got to be mid-70s. >> easily. >> very muggy, too. you can tell by the hair. >> we're at our normal daytime high at camden yards. we'll come back and talk to your characters. we've got sharon gibala. would have -- we've got first,,, today is not about finding the time to do your homework. it's not about logging on to this week's class. today is a celebration, a triumph of dedication, a victory for that little voice that urges us on. today is a day to recognize that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and to prove that not all heroes wear a cape. some wear a cap and gown. congratulations to the strayer university graduates of 2011. 69 degrees with 90% humidity. 69 on tv hill. we go to camden yards, it's in the low to mid-70s, an easterly breeze at three. it's just blowing around pollen. barometer is going to rites through the day -- rise through the day with an expanding reg of high pressure. 71 in hagerstown, low 70s easton, pax river, mid-60s. 61 in cumberland. westminster 67. 66 bel air. 73 in annapolis. 72 rock hall. we've got some potentially strong weather out to our west, but not here. look at this low on the satellite photo. it's making its way up the st. lawrence seaway. you can see the western edge of dominance influence. tomorrow, though, we are going to see showers. sunday and monday are looking dynamite, summer like and calm. overnight partly cloudy skies. stole hot and -- tomorrow hot and humid. showers, afternoon. don, take it away. >> here's sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. overall, not bad. we're starting to pick up more problems. first, if you're headed to d.c., watch for an accident. that one approaching 198. also a few accidents in the city at moravia park drive and north of service road in dundalk. that is right near the dundalk marine terminal. watch for a problem in is vern na park and within at reisterstown road. we're looking at delays. again, on the outer loop. in and out of the ft. mchenry tunnel. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. buy right the first time and you'll save in the long run. back over to you. >> it's going to be an exciting morning for schoolchildren. >> it's our fourth annual weather trip day. >> nearly 4,000 students will be there. bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods and tim williams. >> the kids will learn things from jet streams and other things and it starts at 1:00. live joining us now. giving the bird again. meteorologist tim williams and a woman who was married at camden yards. ever think about that -- i was married here. >> i do. i look up and say, wow, that is where it happened. it's crazy. >> it was great. the day bern got married, it was 105 degrees. >> you woke up that morning it was already 80 some degrees. you already flew thises with doing to be nasty. i kept hoping for a dry day and i got it, but i should have been more specific. >> so what's going on. we got a big program planned for the kids today. >> we really do. compared to last year we've updated a few of the events. >> there are some folks we find come every year. how many cilsd the first year, bern. >> ,000. >> and the next year. >> last year close to seven. >> and this year close to 10. >> the last i heard this was 8800 and it's going up. >> the first thing kid also see, we call it zilla marty or jumbo marty. jumbo marty kicks off things. he covers the whole jumbotron. he kicks off the event. >> after that we have christopher strong from the weather weather and we have a new edition from the science center. >> they will bring a machine that makes your hair go straight up. >> and we have the head grounds keeper. we're talking about how the stadium and team go green. a lot of the players ride their bikes to the stadium. how cool is that. you would never know that's a player riding through the streets. so we're talking about that and how they like to cycle and recycle. >> and, of course, since last night they did have a game also. we had a chance to talk with hem earlier -- him earlier. we're welcoming back the head grounds keeper. the reason we're bringing her into the program and have for the last couple of years, weather is just as important to her as for us in our profession. >> nicole, how does weather affect your job? >> i have to make sure the field is safe as far as weather conditions are concerned for player safety, fan safety, so a lot of the weather issues play a role. >> i know we've gone over some of the details. it's always interesting to hear what is the process when there's a rain delay or lightning delay. >> i have to watch the radar the entire game. if i see anything pop up, i need to alert the crew chief, which is either at first, second, third or home plate. i run out and run back to the office and contact everyone you can imagine to deploy the right information. >> we were talking about the third base side. a lot of folks don't know, the third base side you focus on a lot. >> most of the storms come from west to east, so the home plate area through the end of left field is the main corridor for a storm to track through the ballpark. >> so if it get's really dark, you know you've got a problem. >> i watch through those windows. >> we want to make sure that the folks know at home peds important for the players as well as the kids, if they see bad weather, it's time to go. that's why you take so much pride getting them out of harm's way. >> lightning is no joke. in you she lightning, even in the distance, take cover. it's not safe. >> thank you for joining us. >> one thing we want to mention, too, throwing out the first pitch. i've got to say she throws like a girl. what kind of a knuckle ball, fast ball. >> i can't let you know. i have to surprise you into no problem. >> of course, mr. bird helps keep everything going. the beard will be doing everything, the wave -- >> we've been working on tricks. >> marty, we'll be looking forward to seeing you on the jumbotron. >> it will be another great day. for all you teachers and students, we are going to continue doing this. we won't have a date is until the schedule comes out for major league baseball but we will be doing this next spring. >> we'll be out here, year five. >> it will be fun. >> we'll be talking to you a little bit later huge round of applause. >> all right. and as we head to the break, a look at some scenes from previous weather days at park. we're coming right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, here comes your updates. 87 is the high. partly sunny, very summer like. very warm, very humid but not very wet. no rain or thunderstorms. now over to sharon gibala. >> hey. all the usual roadways starting to jam up in the usual spots. we also have a problem if you're headed towards the dpk -- d.c. area. on moravia park drive, police are directing scene. watch for another one north of the service road near the dunn duck marine terminal. a car fire at robinson road. if you're headed on 95, a four-minute setback. you can see the speed sensors there. there's a look at your average speeds. there's a look at the west side. it is now officially jammed. this report is brought to you by wendy's. a $1 billion plan to make over the inner harbor has been unvealed. it includes an expanded convention center, a new 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