an emotional comeback from a disease that nearly killed her. we re live at the all england club with williams win for the ages. the celebration that you have to see. hey, good morning, everybody. i love this. a very subtle sign of serena williams glee at having won wimbledon yesterday. in a tweet, with yea with 42 as. we actually had bianna golodryga do the math on that one. but, what a fighter. what a comeback. after multiple surgeries, the lung clots, she never gave up. she s a tough girl and good for her. there s a lot of other news to get to this morning as well, including a manhunt on the west coast. who was shooting lasers at pilots as they were coming in for landing at san francisco? the fbi has now joined the hunt. this is no kids game. this could be deadly, possibly causing a plane crash. what s more alarming, this type of prank is on the rise. jim avila on that story. and a remarkable coming together in one of the most act acrimonious, the r&b sin
warning peeking this morning but going until tomorrow morning with bracketters from 20 to 25 feet. the winds definitely not only the story this morning but throughout the afternoon with gusts up to 35 miles an hour, keeping a chill in the air. but nice and dry today. breaking news right now. the alameda coast guard station is coordinating a rescue operation for three seriously injured sailors aboard a racing yacht bound for san francisco. yesterday huge waves swept away that yacht s steering mounting and some communications equipment. two of the injured have rib injuries, a third a pelvic injury. the coast guard said thal immediate a da coast guard should be in range to launch a helicopter around 8:00 this morning. last night a crew was able to drop supplies to the yacht crew but stormy weather prevented jumpers from leaving the helicopter. a coast guard spokesman said the weather is better this morning. they hope to reach the yacht with the rescue jumpers by 10:00 this mor
we re dry on maryland s most powerful doppler radar. a quick peek of the forecast. the wakeup window at the bottom of the screen. take a look at the rest of the weekend and the forecast coming up. here is tonya with traffic. good morning. for the most part, doing okay this friday. good news. live traffic cameras. the beltway is moving well through catonsville. this is the beltway at frederick road. outer loop still has most of our volume but it is at the speed. and inner loop moving very well right now, going northbound. and 95 at 395, we have steady flow in both directions. and with volume building. and 395, inbound, has no problems coming into downtown. back to you charley. breaking news this morning. we just learned that an american citizen linked to aol qaeda has been killed. an official statement says anmar alawaki is dead believed to be killed by an air strike attack that was carried out by u.s. forces. he is believed to have spotted and plotted the recent attacks i
to close today. over in maryland, charles county schools are closed and prince george s county administration building and the county courthouse in upper marlboro, they will all be closed today. up to the minute closing says are running along the top of your screen. log on to wjla.com. there are a lot of traffic issues you need to know about, so we re going to get to lisa baden in just a moment, but let s begin with meteorologist steve rudin and find out what the day has in store. looks like it s going to be a lot better compared to yesterday. look at our abc 7 weather bug network. you can see rain totals from midnight, so we re going on five hours now. two inches falling in quantico. that may be a little off but look at landover, quarter of an inch. .2 of an inch in huntingtown maryland. every drop we get, not good, not making the situation any better. but our live super doppler radar shows just widely scattered showers across the area right now. no heavy downpours, espe