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good evening, im doreen gentzler. >> and im jim vance. the storm made landfall an hour ago south of the texas/mexico border. grant stinchfield is in south padre island, texas. >> reporter: the wind powers down as locals hunker down prepared to ride out the storm. people along the south texas coast are taking a pounding. high winds and heavy rain are causing power outages, flooding and even tornadoes. >> im just going to hope we can make it through the night. >> reporter: as alex lumber...

its wjz,marylands news station. >> hello. im don scott. >> and heres what people are talking about today. >> alex has weakened to a tropical storm and its sparing texas from a direct hit. whit johnson has a look at the damage down on south padre island, texas. >> reporter: alex left plenty of debris scattered across the beach on south padre island. but the storm spared the resort town major damage. torrential rain pounded south padre island. winds knocked downpour lines, temporarily cl...

plus, another mysterious 911 call is found. and total eclipse. the latest chapter of the "twilight" saga brings in the ultimate midnight haul. and welcome to a new month. robin is off this morning. were glad to have elizabeth vargas back. a lot of breaking news today. >> a lot of breaking news. hurricane alex, the strongest june hurricane since 1966. >> its a category 2 hurricane. hit about 100 miles south of the texas/mexico border. but the real damage may be flooding of 12 inches...

>> ok. sounds good. >> the roads are quiet. we are not dealing with any incidents this boring. we had some major delays on 95 yesterday. no problems to report on the north side. everything checking out fine on the west side. 62 on southbound 83 down to the beltway. you can see a drive times indicating that. lets give you a quick live look outside. problem-free at the harbor tunnel. 29 and 32 in howard county look good. moving without the light at this time. that is the latest on traffi...

pick for running mate as he tries to get his old job back. tonight how he made the announcement. we begin with breaks news tonight. just a short time ago bob ehrlich announced his running mate. its a woman no stranger to maryland politics. >> reporter: shes a mother and lawyer who lives in montgomery county. but whats the other part of the story is how ehrlich made this announcement. >> i have found that partner, that maryland partner to help us turn annapolis around and that partner...

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the maps. not picking up anything out of the ordinary. as we move to virginia, though and checking out how things are on 395, nice and quiet from duke all the way to the 14th street bridge. marc managers have scheduled a second straight meeting with commuters at union station. they are trying to reassure train riders that steps are being taken after several missteps in the last ten days. kristin fisher is live at union station with more. good morning. >> there were actually two big m...

one of my facebook friends said it perfectly yesterday, "blessings from the north, finally." to that is what it is, or fresh in north wind. it is 61 in chevy chase and bowie. culpeper at a very comfortable 50 degrees. were starting the day with clouds. becoming mostly sunny with very light humidity with a north wind and 5-13 miles an hour. how was the traffic right now, lisa baden? >> 66 eastbound slowing down in manassas and between 50 and 123. starting to slow on 95 between prince wi...

it hits land. were going to start with a developing story this evening. a thief is on the loose right now with a police officers weapons and badges. good evening. im brian bolter. im laura evans tonight in for shawn. fox 5s roby chavez starts us off live. >> reporter: this is a very serious issue and indeed tonight the thought is that someone is walking around with a police rifle loaded with ammunition. late this evening montgomery county police announced that it was stolen from ...

>> they neee to do ssoething. they know they have these problems. >> frustrated marc train -perators sound off. who is taking the blame for llte being promised. >> a truck driver driies off a bridgg. what was missing however, from the cab,,thaa has investigators so puzzleed tonight. >> more great weather tomorrow. how long the mild temperatures will last. and hurricane alex. comiig onshore. %-the bii storm in my sky watch forecast. >> i dont think there is anyway to get used to it. >> ...