but here s the big but. the but is that the winds blowing against this super thin material here of this balloon, just too, too much, far too dangerous for him. i want to go straight to the ground to cnn s brian todd who is in roswell, new mexico. and, brian, just sitting around the newsroom, we were all sort of crest fallen, anticipating this hopefully history being made. set the scene for me there on the ground. disappointment. reporter: it sure is, brooke. we re all about as deflated that is balloon is right now. we can show you that balloon, our photo journalist mike love will try to zoom into it. the balloon is deflated on the ground over there. that was essentially the reason that this mission had to be aborted today. once they got the thing almost inflated, it looked like it was fully inflated, the winds started really whipping it around. i would say fairly severely. surface winds that came upon, i guess, fairly surprisingly, at that point they decided that it just wa
another neighbor is speaking out.what she says vi ripken was doing that made her call police.plus- where this picture of the suspect was taken. and. ketchup, barbecue sauce and ramen noodlesthe other pveryday foods that will soon cost you up to four percent more. and the reason behind the surge. 3 3 -harbor 3 friday, july 27th 3 3 3 3 flames rip through an apartment building in randallstown.it ignited around two o clock this morning.. and crews are still working to contain the fire. fire.we know that a fire fighter has been injured.megan gilliland is live from the scene with the latest on his condition and the residents as . well.good morning guys,we live along yennar lane. two alarm fire randallstown broke out around 2:00 this morning 3628 yennar lane not from liberty road. apartment fire injured fire fighter. taken to the hospital when a piece of dry wall came crashing down on him. we re told he is alert at this hour and it is expected to be fine apartment residents disp
3 3 3 3 3 a firefighter is injured. and at least two families are displaced. after an early morning fire breaks out in rand. randallstown.tom rodgers is here with more on what residents believe may have started this fire. and today s other top stories.good morning, tom. we re learning that 12 apartments were affected. but luckily only two to three families are displaced right no. now.the 2-alarm fire broke out on yennar lane off liberty road. just after 2 a-m.the families who are affected. could be moved to vacant apartments in the same complex. we re being told that the firefighter who was injured after being hit by drywall. is o-k. luckily no one else was injured.. it s a situation that could have been much worse if it wasn t for smoke detectors. and a quick thinking resident. ((my alarm started going off.. for help.)) help.)) the cause is still under investigation.. but neighbors say they believe the fire started after lightning hit the building. a porch collapses in north
3 3 3 3 3 3 police release a photo of the suspect in the kidnapping of cal ripken s mother. mother.this is the man police say kidnapped vi ripken. then forced her into her car early tuesday morning and held her captive for 24 hours. police say they took this still shot off a surveillance video in a nearby store.. but didn t say which one.call police if you recognize this man. another neighbor speaks out about what she saw the morning of violet ripken s abduction. the neighbor says around 6 o clock in the morning. she heard a horn beeping, but thought it was a car alarm.it was after she drove ápastá ripken. she thought something was wrong. 11:26:22 she looked pretty terrified. which scared me. butt bite/cover cut11:26:44 and i was driving by and saw her beeping at six of 7 when i called police. police.that s when perry called authorities. meanwhile. police are investigating why officers parked just blocks down the street didn t hear the bbeping. be the first to know about br
humidity is high. it s over 80%. we still have the thick humidity in the air around the region. temperatures are in the low to mid 70s. that includes prince george s, arlington, fairfax, upper 70 nasdaq washington and right near the chesapeake bay. farther west and north, a few showers are moving through. we have a heat advisory today. the heat index may be getting above 105 during the middle an latter part of the afternoon in washington, arlington, all of these areas in orange under the heat advisory from noon until 7:00 p.m. heading northeast. those are going to be dissipating over another couple of hour or so. later this afternoon, we could get some strong storms developing in this yellow zone. a risk of damaging winds before then, the mid 90s. that will be coming up in ten minutes. danella has a look at first4 traffic now. you re facing some flight delays but the accident on aviation boulevard at stoney run road. here s a live look from chopper4 over i-66 eastbound at 5