that allows for us to get to 98 degrees. we ll be into the 70s. showers and storms in the mix. we ll track it and your seven-day weekend forecast coming up. an update to the breaking news we have been following all day. police say they have threatened a man arrested a man who threatened a shooting. he worked at pitney bowes. the investigation started on wednesday and ended early this morning. reporter: an early morning raid on park ridge circle turns up a virtual arsenal of weapons after a disgruntled employee threatened a mass shooting at his workplace here in pg county s county. he said i m a joker. i m going to load my guns and blow everyone up. that initiated a 36-hour investigation. the unidentified man worked for years for pitney bowes at an industrial park in capital heights but the threat came over the telephone hams the supervisor advised him he was fired. at a moving company next door she reflected on the threat which struck so close to home. that is so
jessica kartalija was lucky enough to be there. and she s also live at the inner harbor. and she s going to tell us more about it. reporter: hello, denise. hello to everyone alone. talk about pomp and circumstance, that s all there was this morning around the inner harbor as the sailabration officially got under way. my favorite song is the star spangled banner. and i wanted her to come and see the history of the war of 1812 and everything about it. reporter: an international spotlight on baltimore s inner harbor, as the sailabration officially gets under way. a ceremony with maryland s top brass. we are officially kicking off baltimore s star spangled sailabration. from indonesia. captains from all 40 ships around the world, are presented with gifts. [ music ] as the naval ceremonial band plays. [ music ] visitors from around the world commemorate the war of 1812. it s wonderful receiving in baltimore. i want to see everybody. we have something to celebrate
she is over the gate, laying down there. reporter: while she has survived, she has yet to fully recover. reporter: she s now filing a $15 million lawsuit, claiming the driver was negligent. police cited him for speeding, among other infractions. she was filling out paperwork one day, and next thing she knows, she woke up in shock trauma. reporter: the suit also names the car s owners, saying he should have known that the driver should not have been permitted to drive. we ll take whatever action we can take on her behalf to try to make her as whole as possible. reporter: it could take a year for the civil suit to wind its way through the legal system. vanderingberg will be in court to face the traffic charges this weekend. officer rigby is still on the long road to recovery. reporter: and wjz did try to contact the defendant s lawyer for comments. he did not return our calls. he also told our partner, the baltimore sun, no comment. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness n
beat the traffic. days when i don t have my car, i m going to take the subway. i think i m just going to try and leave a little later. try a couple of different alternate routes. and you know, pray every day. reporter: that s the sentiment a lot of folks have. feeling like they need to pray to get through this. but city officials say it was two accidents on the jfx this morning that really contributed to all of that backup. that s why they want to remind drivers, do not change lanes too often on the jfx. especially when they re down to only two lanes. and they say, make sure you have a good, safe distance between you and the car in front of you, in case that car has to suddenly slam on their brakes. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. good advice, derek. thank you. complete coverage continues live at wjz traffic control. kristy breslin as more on the trouble spots. we know there s definitely that one on 83. kristy? oh, absolutely. and as we have said, there is cons
of iced tea and skittles in his hands. it forced the nation to take a hard look at race relations. public opinion will not decide zimmerman s future. we have live team coverage as washington reacts to the developments. jay gray in sanford, florida. reporter: you could almost hear an audible sigh of relief in a city on edge more than a month when this afternoon it was announced a decision had been made about charges in this case. after more than a month of speculation about where he might be, tonight we know that george zimmerman is here behind bars in the seminole county jail. george zimmerman arrived here approximately 8:24 p.m. he is being booked and processed now. reporter: 44 days after the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin, special prosecutor angela corey ended her investigation and is preparing for a trial. today we filed an information charging george zimmerman with second-degree murder. a decision martin s family and tho