good morning. it s 6 o clock, july 19th, this thursday morning. jessica kartalija in for don scott this morning. we have weather and traffic together. let s head over to marty. let s take a look at the doppler. we have cloudy skies over the metro. there s a light shower, it s going to sneak in to columbia s slice of howard county i think maybe over the next hour. any moisture is not a bad thing. the mid 70s on tv hill. 76 is going to be 4 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. 89 at lunch on a way to a high temperature of 93. the mass heat index today 96. watch for a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, nothing severe expected. jessica, take it away. sglz thanks. now over to sharon gibala at traffic control. we already have enough problems as it is. three accidents. one of them on the inner loop, another one on the jfx in the northbound direction and a third one still there, 295 southbound at route 100. if you re headed downtown art escape closures are a
to be around for some time. a tree here, just an example of how strong the winds were. a real testimony to the power of this tor may doe. look closely at this photo and in the rear-view mirror you can see the tornado that ravaged parts of baltimore. reporter: joe could feel his shop moving while the tornado damaged his building and almost every car in his parking lot. you would look out the window and you could not see anything but metal flying. reporter: this small office trailer was flipped over and blown nearly 200 feet away. the tornado ravaged the entire tree line. almost every tree took a major hit. a massive tree hit and smashed this trailer. what you can experience is the smell from all this freshly cut wood. there are piles and piles of this mulch throughout the area as the clean up continues. i have to have a new roof. reporter: have you ever experienced anything like that? never in my life. i hope nobody ever does. reporter: the mess for tree crew
first warning weather coverage. derek is in hartford county, my colleague, bernadette woods is here with me in hartford county, tracking tornadoes where they hit. now to my colleague, derek not far from me with amazing video and sound for you. derek. yeah, kai let there be no mistake about the power of this storm. in fact, this tree is standing here as a testament to just how strong those winds were. you can see, this was a perfectly healthy tree, it is now completely splintered, the area around here a mess after that tornado rolled through friday night. when the tornado hit, people living and working in the pleasant hills area had little time to react. the house started to shake, completely went white outside, i heard a big wind and heard my trampoline fly over top of my house. the storm rolled in and out in a matter of minutes leaving a path of destruction, cars smashed countless trees snapped doors ripped off garages and this small auto shop, destroyed, while kei
apologize once. reporter: despite strong words the judge sentenced robbie to just 30 days in jail. it is far less than prosecutors wanted. shortly after the cyber bullying, clemente took his own life, jumping off the george washington bridge. eni had no idea of the despair and torment tyler must been feeling. reporter: robbies mother spoke in court saying her son suffered in the fall out. it was the only time during the entire trial, rob bee showed any emotion. he was absolutely devastated, and broken into pieces. the media misconstrued the fact to the public and misconceptions that formed. reporter: robbie was placed on three years probation and ordered to get counseling and has to pay $10,000 to a community based organization which helps victims of bias crimes. robbie and his family left the court without commenting. the judge granted a stay of sentence while prosecutors appeal. the judge said he received a stack of letters in support of robbie he said he did no
reputation. reporter: the unarmed 17- year-old was gunned down last month in a suburban neighbourhood the shooter, neighbourhood watch volunteer george zimmerman claims he fired in self-defense. he has not been arrested or charged. even in death they are still disrespecting my son. a family lawyer admits he had been suspended from school after traces of marijuana were found in his book bag but supporters say it doesn t matter. whatever trayvon martin was suspended for, had absolutely no baring on what happened. it has been exactly one month since martin was killed a case that caused outrage across the country thousands are expected at another rally today in sanford members of martin s family want to question political leaders about the incident at a special city commission meeting. a friend of zimmerman s said the incident was not racially motivated. there is a gap from the time that george got out of the vehicle, and that the gun went off, that we don t know what