the way. sharon s got traffic after marty s weather. right now we re not low 60s with a lunchtime temperature of 79 going for a high of 84. 78 this evening. you got to understand, the big weather story is hurricane irene. now a cat two going to a cat three and right there, eventually a cat four approaching the coast of southern north carolina. we ll see impact on sunday, the details shortly. don. here s sharon at wjz traffic control. we have a problem if you re traveling on the the beltway at reisterstown road. it does not appear to be affecting feeds. also, watch for fire activity, pleasant mill drive. no major delays so far on the beltway. there s a look at your average speeds. there s a live look at the top side at providence road. no issues. no issues on the harrisburg expressway at shawan road. remember, wjz is always on. you can log on to wjz.com. back to you. here s what people will be talking about, the defueling situation developing situation in libya and t
the capital. reporter: libyan rebels set up checkpoints in tripoli, to look for forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. the rebels claim they control 95% of the city. at least three of gadhafi s sons are in custody. and the search is on for his father, who has gone into hiding. to arrest him. reporter: the rebels also claim to have taken over state- run television, even capturing the pro-gadhafi anchorwoman, who waved a gun on the air saturday, saying she was willing to die to defend the station. reporter: president obama said the future of libya is now in the hands of its people. although it s clear that gadhafi s rule is over, he still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by explicitly relinquishing power to the people of libya. reporter: the u.s. state department and the international community are already preparing for a post- gadhafi era. rebels have to unite the country. that s a very tall order. reporter: rebels will have to bring together many diff
guilty verdict. a baltimore man learns his fate on trial for a johns hopkins researcher s murder. tonight, wjz goes inside the jury s late decision. hello, everybody. i m denise koch. and i m vic carter. we begin with breaking news. a jury deliberates into the night over the battle of stephen pitcairn and reaches a verdict. the guilty verdict was just handed down. derek? reporter: denise that, guilty verdict carries the possible of life in prison for the most notorious murder of last year. john wagner emerged, convicted of the murder of stephen pitcairn, after jurors deliberated less than three hours. that jury was convinced wagner wielded the knife, but agreed the murder was not premeditated. we agreed that he did not intend to kill mr. pitcairn. he was walking down st. paul street, when he was robbed and stabbed in the heart by wagner and lavelva meritt. as part of a plea deal to avoid murder charges, meritt testified. it was important for the jury to hear f
now good morning maryland. john wagner has been convicted of murdering stephen pitcairn a year ago. now his fate rest in the hand of a judge. how much prison time will he face. a new drug that could save lives for those living with a deadly fume of skin cancer. also form of skin cancer. also ahead you can only enter the restaurant if you are own over the age of 18. we have details on that. it s thursday morning, good morning. and thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. i am charley crowson. good morning to justin berk. good morning. maryland s most powerful doppler radar we are watching the band of rains out of northeast maryland getting near turkey point at least working its way down the peninsula. we have rain from chesapeake site. i-95 wet as the heavy rain came through in the past hour so. newark delaware heavy rain up towards wilmington and this is up 95 and that split to the bridge over towards new jersey or heading up towards philidelphia. if this is
hello again. i m jessica kartalija. i m don scott. we begin with breaking news. it s happening again. at this hour stocks are in a nose dive. here a look at the latest numbers from wall street. the dow is falling more than 400 points, back at the eleven,000 mark. the s & p down 46. the nasdaq down the largest percentagewise, down 104 points. the other big story, a guilty verdict for man who killed a johns hopkins researcher. we re live with the latest. reporter: good afternoon. you can see a memorial still remains here along st. paul street right where stephen pitcairn was killed last summer. now the man who murdered him is facing justice. shackled john wagner walks out of the courthouse a guilty man for killing 23-year-old stephen pitcairn. the reaction from stephen pitcairn s family after the verdict, stephen pitcairn a johns hopkins cancer researcher, was stabbed to death last summer as he was walking home in charles village. his mother on the phone with him as he