northward. that is the line of thunderstorms advancing on the area right now, and that is what we're going to have to watch in the next hour as a passes through town. it is not moving that rapidly, so you will get a good downpour. we will talk more about the forecast friday and the weekend all coming up. >> also, a reminder tonight that you can track storms by using our interactive radar. just logon to wbaltv.com and click on "whether." baltimore city police are searching for the man they say tried to rape a woman walking to work. the attack happened over the weekend near the baltimore convention center. kim has the latest from police headquarters. she joins us live. >> police say that two men got away after they tried to rape a woman in downtown baltimore, and police want to catch them before they find another victim.

it was early saturday morning around 6:31 a woman was attacked and near the rate at chartres street downtown -- and nearly raped at chartres street downtown. >> i thought it was pretty safe, but i guess not. >> police say she was walking to work when men grabbed her from behind. she put up a fight, and a passerby frightened of the assailants. she escaped with only cuts and bruises. >> it felt like a populated, clean streets, and i would not expect this would be a dangerous part of the city. >> this is not something that usually happens in this part. we do believe this was a crime of opportunity. we think she was walking by herself, and they try to capitalize on that. >> police say you should always be alert when walking alone and walk with someone else if possible, and folly your gut instinct.

-- follow your gut instinct. >> i have my husband walked with me or go with a friend or just let people know where i am going to be. >> i definitely do not go out by myself. i am more aware of my surroundings and who is following me and looking around me and that kind of thing. >> that was kim reporting. a teacher and a field hockey coach was indicted on federal child pornography charges. he was arrested by baltimore county police after chatting with the person he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but that person was actually retired los angeles police officer. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. baltimore city police are searching for one of three suspect they say tried to rob an off-duty officer. it happened moments after the officer finished his shift. he was approached at a bus stop.

authorities say when one suspect showed a gun, the officer shot him. that person was taken to a hospital. a second suspect was arrested. the third person is still on the loose. baltimore county police are searching for the person who burglarized five churches in a week's time. three of those centers are in the same town. authorities say the burglaries' are connected. they believe the suspects wanted quick cash. one place it was st. stephen's episcopal church on chapel road. father james johnson said thieves got away with money, one, and a lunch box. he said the burglary was unnecessary. >> our help does go out to those who felt desperate enough to do this, and we always assist in any way we can. >> police have taken extra measures to secure the church. if you have any information,

call baltimore county. tonight's state police have arrested a husband and wife in connection with molten: -- with multiple deaths. jerome herron and jerome tina herron are accused of -- and his wife tina herron are accused of stealing. they face a number of charges, including burglary, theft, and malicious destruction of property. authorities say they are in the process of reuniting the stolen property with its rightful owners. deadly animal abuse allegations have the attention of the new anti-animal cruelty task force. two cats were found dead at the bottom of an outdoor solar, and some residents believe local kids are responsible. >> neighborhood cats can only find food end of hat on the head at jackpots house. the residents said goodbye to a

calico. >> the next day, my cat was missing. >> borehole is this seller fix it by a nearby vacant house. another neighbor appealed by a makeshift cover and found squeak and another cat dead in a whole. >> these cats were put in the hole and stoned to death. >> neighborhood kids catch the strays, throw them in the hole, and after them with a broken concrete, according to neighbors. >> there are children raised in a pretty bad way. >> animal control remove the capt. discovered they were too badly decomposed to discover how they died. the head of the new anti-animal abuse task forces stunned by the allegations of cruelty. >> absolutely horrifying. it is astonishing to think there are that many juvenile committing these statistics --

sadistic crimes. >> it will be hard to pass charges unless witnesses come forward, and she shudders to think of children who would do this. >> 5 for 10 years down the road, these people are going to be part of violent crime. >> her concern is for other neighborhood cats, he fears cave the light sweet. -- he fears could end up like squeak. a once active teen is now totally dependent on his parents for care after nearly drowning in a community pool three years ago. now the family has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the pool. david: has that story. >> he was a very independent child. he is now totally dependent on my husband and myself. >> her son james used to be an athletic teenager. he was even a member of a swim

team. james is now a wheelchair, unable to communicate, track in his own body. he uses a feeding tube that requires a tracheotomy tube bree -- tracheotomies to breathe. they blame the swimming club for his injuries. they claim their son entered the swimming club on july 29, 2006, and in the process of nearly drowning, was deprived of oxygen, resulting in severe brain damage. >> the number was not one we picked out of fat. it is not a number for -- it is not a number we picked out of a hat. it is a realistic estimate of what changes to require in medical expenses throughout the remainder of his life. >> attorneys declined to provide details on how such an active teen struggled in the water. according to a baltimore county police incident report, life guards responded immediately after observing him moving up

and down and moving his arms by a ladder near the deep end. police reported a registered nurse assistant live births in cpr. police -- now nurses assisted life guards in giving cpr. >> we were stunned, because we do not think we have done anything wrong. >> william carrier represents the pool. mr. carrier contends james suffered a heart attack after getting in the pool. >> we understand it was cardiac arrest. the guard observed the struggling, observed the boy trying to reach for the latter, pulled the boy out of the pool. >> when we were at the pool, had things been in place, things would have been different. there is a mandate for the law to be changed. >> the becker family plans to lobby to require schools be equipped with defibrillators and put more lifeguards on duty.

arlin regulations require one lifeguard per 50 people. -- maryland regulations require one lifeguard per 50 people. the lifeguards were commended for their actions that day. >> the fight to save catholic high school is still going on. parents, students, and alumni held a fund-raiser at a restaurant. they are hoping to raise enough money to help the schools stay open through the academic year. the school is the oldest coed in the diocese. it is at least $650,000 in debt. alumni say they do not want to see it go. >> it would be ashamed to not have them graduate. they should be looking at a college. >> 50% of sales will be donated to the alumni association. was michael jackson murdered? new details in his investigation just ahead. >> the cambridge police acted

stupidly. >> that statement has president obama caught in the middle of a race relations firestorm. what they are now saying. another salmonella scare involving allegis. >> the line of thunderstorms is moving in. the forecast is just ahead. >> she thought her travel insurance would cover her when her father became seriously ill. we reveal an exclusive you we reveal an exclusive you should know

>> 22,000 cartons of romaine lettuce are being recalled out of concern that product might be tainted with salmonella. they issued a voluntary recall. allegis was sold in stores in pennsylvania but not too many stores in maryland. -- the salad was sold in stores

in pennsylvania but not many stores in maryland. tonight michael jackson's personal doctor is the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death. a search warrant filed in a houston court today allows authorities to seek evidence to determine if dr. conrad murray committed manslaughter. murray was a doctor with michael jackson on the day he died. tonight, nearly four dozen people are behind bars following a wide reaching corruption probe in new jersey. federal agents arrested 44 people, including three mayors, two state lawmakers, and five rabbis. authorities say $650,000 in cash was taken from several top officials in new jersey. >> the complaints show for these

defendants, corruption was a way of life. they existed in an ethics-free zone. >> their unprecedented because of the combination of number and prominence of individuals involved. >> prosecutors say rabbis from new jersey and new york helped the informants launder over $3 million by sending it to contact two then returned it to cash. the headline from president obama's prime-time address on health care reform turned out to not the health-related at all. rather, it was a criticism of the cambridge, mass., a police department in what many believe maybe racial profiling and the rest of a harvard professor. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> those words set off today's firestorm. they stem from last week's arrest of a harvard scholar. gates was taken to custody after forcing his own front door open

because it was jammed. police say gates refused to cooperate. the professor was charged with disorderly conduct, but those charges were dropped. >> he was horrified. no one would expect to get arrested in their own home. >> i do not believe they acted with racial motivation. i believe he assessed the situation and made a determination that only way to stop the situation was to make an arrest. >> the cambridge police department said it would appoint a panel to investigate the situation and recommend how to handle a similar situation better in the future. you plan the perfect getaway. you try to purchase troubled insurance to be sure, but be aware of what you are buying. a confusing exclusion that left a maryland woman thinking she was recovered until that was rejected. >> this is as close to hawaii as

she will get -- her backyard. the woman paid $4,400 online for airline tickets and also paid more than $200 for travel insurance. then her 88-year-old father became seriously ill. >> three days before we were supposed to live up -- to leave on the trip, i was told he had two to three weeks to live. we would never have gone on the track. >> she canceled, thinking airline tickets were covered by the insurance, so she filed a claim, but the company rejected it. they claim she did not have the right kind of coverage. >> because my dad had renal disease before the tickets were purchased, they told me this was a pre-existing condition and they were not going to cover it. >> this is one of the number one reason for travel policies being canceled or not honored on behalf of consumers.

>> the better business bureau says many consumers are confused about pre-existing conditions costs. >> i do not understand what is wrong. >> her policy included coverage of a family member not traveling with her if they became seriously ill or injured or were in a life-threatening situation. her situation seemed to be that. >> most policies exclude pre- existing conditions. >> you have to know not only with the contract includes but what it does not. >> this policy alludes to a policy that includes pre- existing conditions, but that is extra coverage, and you have got to read down the fine print at the bottom of the contract. you have got to be so diligent in that information. >> the company told her she could have purchased extra coverage for pre-existing conditions. she said she read all the information and found nothing requiring her to buy additional

insurance. >> it is unconscionable that people should purchase this insurance and then because they are not covered. >> a spokesman says his company believes the policy is straight forward and clearly spells out the terms and conditions. he says she purchased a trip protector, which does not provide coverage for claims rising directly or indirectly from an existing medical condition. her father had been ill for some time, and his treatment fell within the 120-day exclusion time for this policy. she is still hoping to get a refund. she is trying to work something out directly with airlines. >> before buying travel insurance online, the better business bureau suggests you call the insurance company to make sure you understand the policy. claims can be sent to the maryland insurance administration. you will find links to those agencies on wbaltv.com. >> now your weather plus

forecast with john collins. >> radar has been busy. let's get right to it. there are moderate showers falling over baltimore city. some scattered thunderstorm activity over howard county with heavier rains in carroll county. the heaviest storms sell is just south of westminster right now, and this train reaches south and north to pennsylvania. earlier today, a pennsylvania got heavy rain, and they have a pretty strong thunderstorms and also in the cambridge area, the eastern shore, some predicted rains falling now. this whole line is moving to the east, so we're going to have an hour's worth of rain, and the previous lines of storms kind of failed before they got into town. it looks like this is going to make it and give us a decent rain. let's take a look at rainfall but fell earlier in the day today. we got generous amounts.

some of you got very little, and some of you got pretty good rainfall in town and in the hartford county. an inch to an inch and a half or so. this does not include the stuff falling this evening, and out west in montgomery and frederick county, also an area that got an inch to an inch and a half of rain. a couple of small places got as much as two and a half inches of rain, but other areas got maybe a 10th of an inch or a quarter of an inch of rain. with this that coming in, it will make up for some of that. 72 at easton. westminster is 72. at the airport and downtown is 75 degrees right now. here is the next line of storms coming in. it is a complex storm system trying to move through, and it is moving slowly, so we will still be dealing with it tomorrow. we will spend the day moving across the peninsula, so it will take awhile to get this

disturbance out of the way. therefore, the rain chances stick around for a while. tonight, scattered thunderstorms and mostly cloudy. the winds will be light and variable. again, scattered thunderstorms in the future, although it tapers off by the end of today. thunderstorms and a friday forecast. saturday and sunday looked dry with highs in the upper 80's. futurecast shows a lingering chance of rain in friday afternoon, and it finally dries out. a hot, humid day is expected on saturday, and saturday's forecast is calling for temperatures near 90 degrees or so, and no rain in the saturday forecast. 89 on sunday. thundershowers on the forecast. it will not be raining all the time. most of the time it will just be partly cloudy, but the rain chances there. >> more than 70,000 fans converge on baltimore to watch two of soccer's biggest teams square off. not all -- now how there will be

benefit from this challenge.

>> we have breaking news. police in frederick say a helicopter crashed on i-70 near exit 37. it happened about an hour ago. at this hour, there is no word

on their injuries. more than 70,000 soccer enthusiasts from all over the globe are expected to pack banks stadium tomorrow night. we're going to watch them square off in the world of football talent. the city is expecting a massive international crowd to stimulate the economy through pact bars and restaurants, but despite the expected $15 million to $20 million in revenues, officials said this event will add a whole lot more than dollars and cents. >> money is an off -- an awesome piece of the puzzle. what this even has done for baltimore and the state of maryland is put us in the international sports landscape. >> for more on the football talent, including tips on how to avoid traffic delays, go to our website at wbaltv.com. >> american football, big changes coming to the nfl draft.

coming up, find out why primetime will be

>> chicago white sox pitcher now has aligned the people was associate with his name for the rest of his life and beyond. the guy who pitched a perfect game joined the greats like cy young today by pitching only the 18th perfect game in baseball history. the world's most high-profile white sox fan, president obama, called him after the game. he pitched a no-hitter years ago but did one better today. and then longoria -- evan longoria couldn't have known he would be part of history. josh field got a grand slam home run. they did not know i've the point

the white sox would not need any more runs. wise to the wall. a home run, and he keeps a perfect game in tact. a sigh of relief, and jason grounds it out. earlier, he got all 27 batters. everyone will remember baseball's magical two-word phrase, a perfect game. >> anytime your name gets up there with the greats in the game, it means a lot. it is another thing to retire and sit back and say how many perfect games in history, your name is in there. you can be surprised. >> with all due respect to deion sanders, prime time in the nfl no longer refers to him. now it refers to the nfl draft. they adopted a new three-day

approach. the nfl will hold the first round in prime time. rounds to enron three are on friday night. the remainder will play on saturday. the former atlanta falcons quarterback michael vick house learned when he will return to the nfl. he will be suspended for the first four games if pecan find a team to sign him. in less than a week, the minnesota vikings report to training camp, and the vikings still do not know if brett farr of -- brett favre will join them. he has to decide whether to come out of retirement again. he has evolved into the new face of football in leases and terry and most lawyers will tell you football does not usually smile on -- he has evolved into the new face of football and

indecision. most players will tell you football does not usually smile on that. end roethlisberger looked both uncomfortable and upset, reading a statement. a nevada woman claims he raped her in the penthouse of a casino hotel last summer. he denies there accusations. the woman never filed legal charges against the steelers quarterback, saying she feared she would lose her job if she did go. -- did go to the police. >> her false and vicious allegations are an attack on my family and on me. i would never force myself on a woman. i am going to fight to protect my family and my reputation. i am not going to discuss my private life for this civil case in the media. i will respond to her outrageous allegations in the appropriate forum. >> stay with us. john collins has a look at your

john collins has a look at your seven-day forecast to

>> some thunder tonight and tomorrow, and then weese off of it saturday. it will be a hot humid day, and

thunderstorms tuesday and wednesday and thursday. not all the time, but the chance is there. it is going to be hot and humid next week. >> we expect that this time of year. conan o'brien is coming up next. we will see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] co