details with meteor will gist tim william shortly. now back inside. >> thanks. before he tepees down -- steps down robert gates will address the graduating class of the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. secretary gates is scheduled to speak at the academy graduation ceremony three weeks from today on may 27th. after four and a half year he will leave making him the 4th longest serving pentagon chief in history. >> surprising it's a short-term but one of the longest. >>> still to come, on wjz"eyewitness news" at noon... >> more protesting in syria. thoughts are -- thousands are taking to the streets despite a governmental crackdown. >>> drunk with laugh. a passion called a call to the police. >>> another look outside with a beautiful spring day. stick around. your complete first warning forecast is still coming up. >>> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim william. it's wjz maryland's news st promise me low prices. and stick to it. like seriously low prices. [ male announcer ]

however, on sunday, tim williams has a look at your mother's day forecast. tim? >> yeah, just one little nagging system that will be hanging around, could bring us afternoon showers, widely scattered. again, not a washout of your plans. to be able to rush mom out of the house. we're looking at 70 degrees on sunday. 72 on monday. 70 on tuesday. 74 on wednesday. good bit of sun heading into next week. with overnight lows in the low to mid-50s. back inside. oh, no. i forgot something. i have your energy saver tip of the day. now, we're talking about showers. reducing your showers and reducing them simply by reducing the lingering time could save a family of four. cutting your showers in half will reduce your water heating costs by about 33%. now, for a look at how you can become an energy saver, go to wjz.com. scroll down the right-hand side of the page. and click on our special section. we wouldn't want to forget this tip. back inside. >> flood concerns are forcing people out of their homes in arkansas. as a mandatory evacuation order. as the water rises in the cit

. >> tim williams has more on how creationive expression helps the entire learning process. >> reporter: a way to teach the same lesson to the same students but with a different approach. using the arts to brink the understanding gap between subjects. >> i would integrate science into my art classroom. integrate social studies,. >> reporter: a new study by the president's committee on arts and humanity say arts education is an effective tool for school reform even as funds dwindled here. here, the principal agrees the method works. >> i think students have a tendency to be creative through music and dance and visual arts and things of that nature and they have an opportunity to greater grasp concepts that they are responsible for demonstrating on standardized tests. >> reporter: the reinvesting in arts education study finds ingreating the arts with other subjects is particularly helpful in raising achievement levels. the nonprofit group works to fund such programs in baltimore city schools. >> great to see the administration is standing behind something arts educators believed in from t

i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm tim williams at the bottom of the hour. it is 48 at bwi marshall, across maryland temperatures are gradually going up. winds are very, very light as you can see from the flag on federal hill. we'll be joining mike schuh live there for a walk like you're madd demonstration. we'll talk about that coming up here in a moment. this weekend's forecast not too bad. we actually have rain moving in from the west that could create -- make for unsettled weather tomorrow late. for most of the today and tomorrow very nice, temperatures in the 50s, 60 in ocean city. your forecast this day, starting out with temperatures in the 40s, going up to 74 degrees today, a little above the normal high of 71. overnight lows in the 40s. we'll have your complete updated first warning forecast in a few moments. >>> thank you, tim. schools and post offices in maryland are on high alert after dozens of d.c. schools received letters containing a suspicious powder. the incident forced many schools to evacuate or go into lockdown mode. it happened four mon

and tim williams t is a great oven. >> it is. we're looking at calm conditions considering yesterday. we were wrestling with the showers. look at the temperatures now. we're looking at 61 and 65 on the shore. 50 in oakland and 59 in cumberland. the temperatures are cooperating with this time of may. and you can see from marty's shoutout there t is breezy. around the airport. 17 is the highest reading and coming from the northwest t is making for a nice afternoon but this is playing into the weekend. and more on that we send it out to marty. >> we started talking about this yesterday that the jet dream will be down to the south. that's going to play into the weekend. we're thinking there could be scattered showers. later on and the evening, maybe a thunder shower. i would classify it as garden variety-spring-like weather t will be partly sunny than today. and the forecast. we'll do that coming up shortly in the first weather segment. >>> thank you. >>> now to sports after a turbulent off season alfray dough sim moan is pitching fo

tim williams tells us about the big vote expected tonight. >> currently most deer are hunted in rural areas. baltimore county council members are looking to amend the current bill and control gather hunts in certain areas. why? >> to basically thin out the herds because we do have a big issue with car accidents and the biggest issue is the environment. the deer is destroying our environment. >> baltimore county council man todd huff is designing the mesh sure. >> sterilization has been mentioned as an option. the problem is here and now. >> we want to bring something to suburban communities. >> opponents oppose sterilization. 32 near loch raven were saved last year. >> even in they have one fawn each that's 32 each. over a dar's life, eight to eight and a half years. now you have another 200 to 300 that went be born. >> from towson, tim yil yams -- williams. >> that vote is tonight. >>> how did the stock market react to the killing of osama bin laden? stocks were down. the down was off three. the s&p off two. the nasdaq off 12. let's go to new york where alexis christoforous has tonig

meteorologist tim williams is out there from the first warning weather center. tim, you warned us yesterday. >> there are definitely two parts of this story. first off, the rain that moves through here, started to push off from central maryland. right now, we are looking at just a few widely scattered showers. you can see a little bit of the rotation there, north of the state line, around york and to hagerstown. we cannot rule out just a stray shower. but the clouds are starting to break a little bit. we're starting to see the temperatures level out here as well. take a look at temperature departure. we were in the low 80s yesterday. we were about 25 degrees colder today than yesterday. a large part of that is because of the rain, blocking out the sun and then also the winds were coming in from the northwest. and as a result, we are looking at a freeze warning in effect. here is the first part of may. and we're looking at a freeze warning in effect from allegheny county throughout tonight. temperatures in the outlying suburbs could dip down into the 30s. we'll c

meteorologist tim williams and bob turk the let us know what to expect. first, here's bob. >> here are some showers to the west and thunder as well. take a look at radar. a little batch there to the west of the mountains. and a little batch south of washington. and northwest. g.c. area. -- d.c. area. we'll take a look. right through there. to the northern fringe of carroll county, and much television northeastern frederick county. that is moving off to the east and northeast. this batch looks like it's going to head across south of frederick. may get to southern carroll county and the western suburbs of baltimore. i think about 7:15 to 7:30. there is activity in the region. and we'll see rain later this evening. the stuff down across southern virginia is going to affect most of extreme southern maryland. still pretty dry out there. so it's going to take a little while for that stuff to moisten up. what about the weekend? tim has a look at what we can expect this weekend. and also if you're headed out to the ball game. >> that front is pretty weak. and it

meteorologist tim williams and bob turk. >> halfway there, indeed. it got a little breezy out here. temperatures are going to drop down to about the 42-degree range tonight. and that's where we start tomorrow. there is a frost advisory in effect for garrett or allegheny county tonight, until tomorrow morning. tomorrow, we'll go right up to the mid-50s and the overnight lows back down to about 49 degrees. and for the next five days, including your mother's day weekend, we send it in to bob. >>> down in the low 40s. 40 tomorrow night. 66 tomorrow, with sun and clouds. chance of a brief shower friday afternoon. slight chance, 67. 72 on saturday. another slight chance of a shower on sunday. 71 and 72. temperatures getting this close to normal. with partly cloudy skies here early next week. denise? >> thank you, bob. >>> still to come tonight. it is decision time for some college basketball players who are pondering whether to go broke. >> mark has not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it'

. >>> gary williams has been an integral part of the university of maryland and the college park to been a cheaper many years. coming up, tim brant talks with one on one with volumes about his past as well as future. >> he is still upset that the coach canceled his golf date. >> he was quite unhappy about that. >> 95 neglected dogs released from one maryland home. they are in bad shape. >> a sign of progress along the georgetown waterfront. this is exactly what it looked like a month ago. we will show you what it looks like now. >> 16 whales stranded along the florida keys. how rescuers are trying to set them free. >> i have some really good news about gas prices. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric here is ronald reagan. ♪ ♪ [ ma

we will also be joined by tim canova, who is of the betty hutton williams professor economic lot chapman university law school and the co-director of the center will wall and development his research crosses the disciplines of the law, public finance, economics and history. if we could begin. >> thanks a lot, like. i appreciate the chance to talk about this. we have the adult table and the kids table and i think as much a policy debate in washington as being the kids table. you could argue over i was reading in the times this big thing about the oil tax breaks which i take them back to the reality is nothing. it's not really any money. what really matters is the fed and we are not invited to the table for the most part it's over here, don't talk about that, that's not the realm of congress, not really the realm of popular discussion. what policies are in terms of employment issues and he talked about the dual mandate which is exactly right we are looking at least in principle we have a dual mandate unlike the european central bank which has a focus on inflation and the of this focus on i