Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News Morning Weekend 20130810

Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News Morning Weekend 20130810

Morning starts now. This is wjz tv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Good morning and welcome to Eyewitness News this saturday. Im gigi barnett. And im tim williams. A comfortable morning out there, nowhere near steamy. Thats why we have averages, sometimes theyre up. Sometimes theyre down. Today at least the temperature is down a little bit, so is the dew point and the humidity. Its not as steamy as it was yesterday. If you were out at all yesterday it was very very humid outside. Today is less humidity, low dew points and the haze we have seen over the last few days is for now gone. The scan on first warning live doppler radar. The only shower we have is down near front royal virginia. We could see a shower or two pop up, but the chance for today is slim. 61 in oakland, 74 in elkland, 75 in ocean city. High pressure is pushing in that less humid air, and the conditions are drying out nicely. Because of that front to our south, we cannot rule out a shower over the next few days. Our forecast going up to about 87 degrees, pretty warm but without all the humidity it wont be as uncomfortable. Well talk about how it plays out into the rest of the weekend. Thank you tim. Now heres a look at the stories people are talking about this weekend. At least four, maybe as many as six people are dead in connecticut after a Small Plane Crashes into a neighborhood. Adrian that diaz hassed latest for wjz. It could take days before investigators are able to sift through whats left of an airplane. One of the houses of struck more severely and part of the plane is actually in the basement. At least four people were killed, including the pilot of the plane. Officials say they won have a con wont have a confirmed number of fatalities until they can access all parts of the wreckage. Among those feared dead, two boys ages 1 and 13 who were living in one of the homes. East haven mayor joseph paturo spoke with their mother. Of course shes devastated. Right now shes the last time i understand she was at the hospitalling hospital being checked out. The plane was attempting a landing at the airport blocks away. There were no reports of trouble from the cockpit. Transportation official say they will examine the records and flight records to see if weather or mechanical problems contributed to the crash. The investigation could take months. Wjz Eyewitness News. And the pilot has been identified as a former microsoft executive and wjz has learned he crashed a small plane once before in 2009 in oregon. This morning heavy rain in parts of the midwest is triggering flash flooding and mud slides. Several people have died in the wicked weather. In Colorado Springs colorado vehicles are being swept away by the fast moving water. Dozens of drivers were stranded in the severe flooding. Five states including missouri, tennessee, and oklahoma have been hit hard by the heavy rains in the last few days leading to at least four deaths. The forecast is calling for another storm system to move in soon and some areas could see 8 inches of rain. In Southern California wildfires there are a major concern. Drought has fueled a difficult season for them while the silver fire still burns near palm springs, another wildfire about 90 miles east of los angeles has grown to 28 square miles. Firefighters are making some progress on that fire. Its about 40 contained. A group of maryland aid workers stranded in kenya will be headed home soon. A massive fire prevented ten members of the habitat for Humanity Group from flying home. Kenyan leaders say operations at the airport are returning to normal and the group is scheduled to be on a plane and back home by monday. Stepping up security, several recent crimes at Johns Hopkins school of medicine in east baltimore have put police and hospitals on alert. Linh bui explains these new precautions for students and visitors. A stoppinger Police Presence around Johns Hopkins more foot and bike controls along north wolfe and North Washington street. I notice security guards every time i go up that way theyre coming farther and farther down. It might help the community. Plans for increased security on ashland avenue and a security kiosk on wolfe. One persons cell phone was stolen, another person was robbed and a third person was assaulted. Hopkins gave wjz this statement, our Security Department takes all crimes very seriously and they act quickly to ensure the well being and comfort for the community. Our patients, the family, the students and the staff. Its a little disturbing. Its hard to keep your personal things safe. Police say the majority of robberies in the city are cell phone related. Always be aware of your surroundings. Walk in welllit areas, that they walk in groups whenever possible and theyre not advertising the fact they have a cell phone. We dont want to see anyone become the victim of a crime. Police made six arrests related to robberies in the area and are stepping up patrols. What you wont see are the unmarked and undercover officers in the area. People living in hopkins say theyre glad more officers are around. Linh bui wjz Eyewitness News. Police say if you see anything suspicious you want to report, contact them, and you can remain anonymous. After nearly a decade battling a Major Corporation there are new developments this morning in a multibillion dollars lawsuit filed by hundreds of homeowners. A federal Appeals Court rejected exons bid to have the suit heard in federal court. A judge says the case should not be litigated in federal court since its pending in state court. Follow son residents filed a lawsuit in 2004 claiming their water was contaminated by a potential carcinogen from an exon station. He was a larger than life presence in baltimore. Jessica kartalija has the moving goodbye from more than 800 people who love the former colt, and will never forget his humility, his humor and his love for live. At the cathedral of mary our Queen A Baltimore legend is remembered. Hundreds gathered to celebrate the life of the nfl hall of famer, the colts defensive tackle known for his incredible athleticism on the field and his larger than life personality. My father will not rest in peace unless i tell you how much he loved all of you. The citizens of baltimore molded a boy from the bronx to a great man on and off the field. You gave him so much happiness. Several former colts greats like lenny moore, gino marketti and andy nelson attended the funeral. He was a special person and he was what baltimores all about. To have a guy like donovan, your minds on what youve got to do and how you got to do it, and youre tightening in your head. Then all of a sudden you hear a roar in the locker room. Theres donovan getting guys together, loosening them up. Governor Martin Omalley and bob you you are lick join close friends, former teammates and family mention to remember him. The funeral was for the public. At cathedral of mary our queen, im Jessica Kartalija wjz Eyewitness News. If youd like to see more of the service remembering art donovan log on to cbsbaltimore. Com. Turning now to sports it was a late night for orioles fans. They had a 21 lead in the 9th 9th but jim johnson wouldnt hold it. The first two batters reached base. Then hunter pence will single up the middle. That ties the game. Johnson did not allow anymore runs. Then in the of the 10th 10th orioles got two men on and chris davis comes through. This blooming double gives the orioles the lead. They then added one more run for a final of 52. The final game against the giants in San Fransisco at 4 00 our time this afternoon. However they win, as long as they win. A w is a w. Yes, it is. Thats what im learning. All they need is wins going down into this playoff stretch. Technicality i dont care,. As long as they win. As long as they win. Theyve had nice weather out there, california you might expect that, but here its going to be better than it has been over the last few days. Weve had some afternoon, where weve had strong storms roll through. While they are around today, a little more of an improvement than yesterday. Lately weve just been feeling like losers. Loseres. We dont like the l. We are looking at a bright sky, the sun is coming u. 73 right now. Dew point is high. Numbers are very close again, the air has a lot of moisture. Relative humidity at 90 . Winds are calm. Barometer at 30. 00. 74 in ocean city. We have 70 in elkton, 61 in oakland. We have 66 in cumberland and 69 in hagerstown. Around the immediate metro area 70 in bel air and in westminster, 77 in rock hall, 74 in annapolis on kent island and 73 in columbia. Right now the winds are calm around central maryland, a bit of a southwest flow yesterday continued to bring in warm, moist air. What youre seeing now is a bit of a shift to the west and northwest. Elkton, the same, cumberland the same. That it High Pressure helping to push a front that was responsible for some of the rain yesterday and the day before. That front is eventually going to clear the area and settle down to our south. Its allowing for several ripples of energy to ride along it. While we have a few little areas close by, were not seeing any widespread rain over the area. Cannot rule out showers through this day. Well see clouds as a result of it as well. Were not seeing the showers. Were seeing the clouds ahead of them. But the overall picture here shows that we have lower humidity than the last few days. Youll feel that when you go out there this morning. This front lifts back up. A better chance of rain tomorrow, a bit of a break and another chance going into the beginning of the week. The front is going to allow for an annoyance. Were not going to have a washout of any of our days over the next five days. Sunrise at 6 15. Sunset at 8 07. Next high tide at 9 23. Your bay temperature at 72 degrees. Well look for temperatures overnight going down to 66 degrees which is actually the normal overnight low. For tomorrow 87 degrees, limited sun, but a thunderstorm and some showers in spots. Again, a better chance tomorrow than today. 87 is your temperature on monday and tuesday. A better chance of thunderstorms on tuesday. Another front comes through, knocks the temperature back on wednesday and thursday. We go down to 82. Its about 60 degrees heading into thursday. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning, James Dimaggio man hunt, Police Continue to search for that accused murderer and kidnapper. Detectives released devastating news about one of the victims. The latest details are coming up. Plus doing damage control. A swiss retailer is apologizing to oprah winfrey. Well explain coming up. But first heres a look at yesterdays winning lottery numbers. Good luck. Were back in just a moment. ,, thats a dramatic sky. Taking a look out over the city on this 10th day of august. We have some sun out there, some clouds out there, and thats what the sunrise looks like going into this saturday morning. Its a nice start to the day considering how humid its been. Its not quite as damp as it has been over the last few days. Taking a look at the forecast over the next three days. Were looking at temperatures going up to just around 87 degrees. Intervals of clouds and sun. Tonights overnight low around 66. Partly cloudy and then for tomorrow a chance of a shower in the afternoon. We have a chance of showers today as well. Tomorrow in the afternoon maybe a chance of a thunderstorm. If you happen to be down in ocean city for this weekend, 82 for today, 81 for tomorrow, water temperature now in the low 70s. Again, that chance of thunderstorms is going to be with us through the weekend, not a washout of your plans, just know that they could be popping up much like they have over the last few days. Thanks tim. First back to some of the other top headlines of the weekend. An intercepted message between alqaeda leaders about plans for a major attack triggered widespread closures of u. S. Embassies and consolates. The state Department Says its going to reopen them sometime tomorrow or monday. The government shut down 18 of its 19 embassies in the middle east and africa because of those Terror Threats but state Department Leaders say the American Embassy in yemen will remain closed. The president talked about the Terror Threat yesterday insisting the core of alqaeda has been decimated but offshoot groups can still launch attacks. We still have these regional organizations like aqap that can pose a threat, that can drive potentially a truck bomb into an embassy wall and can kill some people. And a separate threat led to the closure of the american consulate in Lahore Pakistan on thursday. It remains closed this morning. New developments in the search for a california man accused of murder and kidnapping. Police have positively identified a charred body found inside James Dimaggios burned out home as that of an 8year old boy ethan anderson. Detectives believe his sister was kidnapped by dimaggio as well. The devastating news comes as police make a major break in the case. Law enforcement with automatic rifles search a rural idaho home where a car belonging to James Dimaggio was found. Police say dimaggio appears to be traveling with the missing 16yearold hannah anderson. We have not searched that vehicle yet. It will be processed. The car was found this morning near cascade idaho more than 8 o0 miles from san diego thats where dimaggios house was found in flames. He was a family friend of the andersons. Authorities say he had an unusual infatuation with the girl. On wednesday a man on horse back saw two people who matched the description of dimaggio and anderson. He said they looked like common backpackers. They did appear to have gear with them. They had camping equipment it seemed to him. Police started searching on thursday when the horse back rider heard reports of the missing girl and made the connection. Andersons father spoke out to his former friend. The damage is done. Just let my daughter go. Let her go home safe. Let her be with me and try to mend things from there. Dimaggio is wanted on suspicion of murder and arson. Jerica duncan. A south florida man is in custody after a murder confession and gruesome photo of a blood covered woman appear on his facebook page. Derek medina appeared in court and was ordered to be held without bond. Police say medinas wife was fatally shot inside the couples home. He then turned himself in after apparently posting the confession and photo. Facebook removed the page a few hours later. Oprah winfrey says she was targeted in a racism incident in switzerland. Oprah told e. T. That a Sales Assistant at a luxury good shop wouldnt let her see a 38,000 handbag and told her that that bag was too expensive for her. The store owner called it a classic misunderstanding. According to forbes oprah made 77 million last year. Well, it is two down and one to go as the owners of a second power ball ticket have been identified. Officials from ocean county new jersey say a group of 16 employees have a Winning Ticket from wednesdays drawing. They will split 148 million. Last october Superstorm Sandy made landfall a few miles from where that ticket was purchased. A nice swing of events from that area. And still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning. Im Alex Demetrick and coming up, one year old and 200 million miles away. [ jessica ] so i opened the box and i said to myself, this is a tablet that im going to have to learn how to use. Literally the flip of a switch i was logged onto our wifi network at home and i was off and running. [ male announcer ] now you can get a stateoftheart kindle fire hd, built and backed by amazon, with stunning high def screen, dolby sound, ultrafast wifi and access to 23 million movies, tv shows, music, apps and more all for much less than an ipad mini. I use it for everything. It gives you all the options with the apps as far as netflix, hulu, great internet browser; you can do all your email on there. And then when im on business trips theres a skype feature so i can keep in touch with my husband and the kids. 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