indy car drivers but us trying to get and around. in or out of the city you know how jammed downtown is thanks to the grand prix. this was tweeted this afternoon. from charles to howard, 28 minute, 6.5 minutes per block. i could have dragged myself army crawl faster. stay away. christian schaffer joins us live. reporter: it would take her longer. things are getting worse as they shut down more streets. i m standing on pratt in the middle of thursday afternoon, this would be different front a normal day. check out the cars going by on charles street north. this is up with of the streets that grand prix and officials said would be shutdown. they left it open, trying to leaf it open. we are told at 7:30 charles heading north will be closed. there is not anyway to get from south to north unless you go around the outside of the race course. this afternoon, is a lot of the race teams have been taking the first tour of the baltimore grand prix horse. two miles it goes and from her
tonight we wait, watch and wonder what irene will do next. from virginia, to maryland and d.c., what you need to know. our coverage starts now. we begin with breaking news about hurricane irene tonight. much of the d.c. area is now under a tropical storm watch, the coastline under a hurricane watch. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. and i m brian bolter. also new tonight the martin luther king, jr. memorial dedication postponed indefinitely. event was expected to draw a quarter million people into the district. organizers say the hurricane left them no choice. meanwhile millions are bracing for the storm and cities and power companies are preparing their disaster plan. the hurricane s strength and path changes by the hour and the fox 5 storm force all over it. fox 5 s sue palka starts us off with the very latest data. there were dramatic developments overnight when we saw the track shift much closer to the coast and a lot of the models jumped on it. in
one week later, repairs are underway, residents are still flooded in debt. how the county is helping. speed cameras are a reality in baltimore city. where the first officer s helper is popping up. and are we stuck with a wet weekend to come? tim williams has the answer in his first warning weather forecast. eyewitness news saturday morning starts now. this is wjztv. wjzdt and wjz.com. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now complete coverage on wjz13. maryland s news station. good morning and welcome to eyewitness news this saturday. i m tim williams and the temperatures are mild. not a bad morning starting off. things are pretty comfortable outside. humidity levels are moderate and the skies are thickening as we speak. take a look outside, things are quiet right now. we have no rain around the area right now, but it s knocking on the doorstep. we will be looking at temperatures reflecting a warm up. at least for now. we will cool down with this rain m