for and received cash from lipscomb on two separate occasions. it says that she needed help to cover bills from a shopping trip to chicago. [unintelligible] lipscomb cut a deal last month when he admitted to making an improper campaign contribution to councilwoman helen holton. prosecutors dropped more serious bribery charges against him. the new perjury charges against dixon are similar to the ones that were dismissed by a judge to two months ago. the judge ruled that they mistakenly relied on her voting record the first time around. this indictment makes no mention of the votes. the theft charges repeated allegations that she stole gift cards that were donated to the city for needy families. again, there are new details provided by naming names. howard dixon is the one who bought a playstation with donated gift cards, but used the

mayor's home address and phone number. they are not related. howard dixon, as we have reported, is the driver who allegedly took $4,000 cash from the mayor, put it in his bank account, and, at her request, used it to make the payment on her american express card. one of dixon's lawyers call that a regurgitation of the old and contains the same legal flaws. this could push back her trial date scheduled for early september. the mayor issued a statement a short time ago. >> city hall is responding via e-mail. just a few moments ago, we caught up with the mayor. here's what she had to say. [no audio] >> that is what my focus has been and will continue to be. >> do you feel any different this time around considering the

circumstances and where the prosecution is supposedly getting their information from? >> still no different. again, i am just staying focused. >> is it hard to stay focused when you have to deal with this popping up a second time? >> it is like anything else. it makes you stronger and i am determined to get through this and not stop when i undoing because this is a great city and we're doing great things here and i am going to continue to do that. >> that was just a few moments ago. jack young told us that he is reserving comment until he sees the indictment and he's pretty busy today so that may not have been for quite some time. city councilwoman mary pat clarke has not responded to numerous phone calls. stephanie robbinsville of had this reaction via e-mail. the chargers must be -- it is time to let the lawyers do their

jobs and the city council will remain focused on doing its job, making government work for the people of baltimore. councilman bob current holders i am saddened. i will remain a supporter of the mayor. i hope it gets resolved in a short time because we have some serious budget issues that will be coming up and we need to focus on the budget crunch. some may find it interesting that so far, given the new development, only one city councilperson has publicly stated their support for the mayor. we will have more on this later in the newscast. >> we have more on baltimore developer john patarakis. john is live at her breeze. >> we spoke with a longtime friend who said this is more of a nuisance and an embarrassment to him than a serious threat. >> at first brands -- at first

glance, it seems superficial. >> they were shocked to see him and vetted by the state prosecutor's office. >> it is one man's word against another. the key to the whole thing is that we really do not know what lipscomb is telling the special prosecutor. >> he argues the charge that he illegally donated $6,000 to city councilwoman helen holton's campaign for a poll is weak. >> the history of the state prosecutor's office is not all that illustrious. basically, back in 1975, when they wanted to create it, they could not decide what to do so they sent it to a referendum and the people approved it. ever since then, the legislature has kept the special prosecutor's office on a very short leash with funding, cutting positions, and keeping it down to a minimum. >> at harbour east, you can smell the impact, from the bakery to the high-rises.

this is planned he made. >> he took a hazardous waste dump and turned into a city within a city. >> just this morning, the city transferred $550,000 to one of his companies for harvard east st. scraping. >> some severe thunderstorms have been developing through the afternoon. we will continue to see these storms pop up in the area. in new showers developing just south of baltimore city. a light showers over the bay on the western shore of kent county. stronger storms are to ourselves. tornado warnings have been issued with some of these storms. the could affect parts of pd and and a rondo counties.

this is all developing as a cool front tries to plow into warm, muggy air. we will take a look at the radar and the forecast in just a moment. >> today is the last day for rate is reduced to hit training camp without all of the veteran players. but there is one veteran player who has iraqi very excited about playing. -- who has won raven very excited about playing. >> late this afternoon, raven's veterans' charter to arrive. they cannot to watch the afternoon practice. no one is more excited than ladrius webb. he looks up to ray lewis and idolizes ed reid.

he sounds like a kid who got pulled out of the stands when he talks about the chance to play on the same field as his idol. >> it was special to see rate. but you know me. a was crazy about everything. i wore no. 20 in college. to be in the same defensive meeting room as him, i try not to crowd him. i try to listen. i tried to listen to him and pick his brain and see how he studies, how the practice is, how he does everything. greatness is in mormore than jut talent. i tried to sit back and watch him. >> i think we have a man crushed in progress at ravens up training camp. he will have to be reminded that he is his teammate, not his stalker. but that is the atmosphere that you get here as the veterans arrive.

friday morning, 8:45 a.m., they have the first to market for the reagans as a unit here at the 2009 training camp. >> from a shocking loss one day to a not so shocking new world record the next, michael phelps made a big comeback in the two hundred meter butterfly at the world championships. he was beaten by the german athlete. he has the 34th world record of his career. but there is controversy behind the high-tech swimsuit. >> 22 world records have been broken so far at this meet. most of the swimmers are wearing these controversial new suits. i asked michael phelps agent

today if they ever considered wearing one of those suits at this meeting to level the playing field. the agent said, no. michael has always worn a speedo. in beijing, some of spear's most famous customer's talk to reporters at an exhibit of the ghost of swimming past. >> i were some of these old suit. >> no one believes that fina will turn back the clock this far. new issues will be banned next year. >> phelps at a very rare silver medal performance. cred to the german beat phelps on tuesday in one of those high- tech suits. while phelps trust that the sdr is also getting the ax, his blend polyurethanes arena! it is considered so much faster

that critics say that it is turning up the sport into a science instead of a sporting contest. david garrity says that it is like one soccer team gets to shoot on a bigger bowl progress where in basketball, if you made your who pay little bit shorter because you cannot drop as high as the other team. >> this is an expert in competitive sues who predicted this controversy over what not to wear. >> it seemed like there would be some waves made with that pierre >> these are ways that some say could sink the sport. >> michael phelps''s coach threatens to boycott further meet if it is not banned. michael phelps still has the 100-meter butterfly and they really on his agenda in rome. >> a swimsuit controversy.

>> absolutely. >> it could happen. stay with us. there's more ahead. >> the contest results ariane, thank you to your votes. sandra shaw is heading to new york. >> some thunderstorms have been quite severe. we will keep an eye on that and check the seven-day forecast coming up next. [unintelligible]

>> a woman said that she felt what she was living in the twilight zone. police kept demanding what she called 911 when she said she did not. >> returned to be a prank and a dangerous one at that. >> imagine that the police arrived at your door with guns saying that they're responding to a shooting because of the 911 call that you made, but you did not. >> [unintelligible]

>> dozens and dozens of calls to 911, reports of gunshots, stabbings, and even a police officer down. >> and you're name? >> patricia morgan. >> but she did not make the calls. it is hard to explain to the police officers who arrived at her door over and over again >> one of them was carrying a shotgun. there were one to take me out of here. >> she became the victim of a dangerous prank that could happen to anybody and we have what police have to say about it. >> it is signed, sealed, and it almost delivered. sandra shaw is headed to new york. but it is not permanent. she was named the finalist. she will host a show during the

week of august 17. if you would like to congratulate her and wish her good look, you can go to our website, wbaltv.com. >> we will be well represented in new york trading she will probably take over the showbread -- in new york. she will probably take over the show. we are still seeing some thunderstorms in southern maryland this evening. there is one crossing the potomac that has triggered a tornado warnings in fredericksburg, va. we will keep an eye on that system because it has shown irritation in the past. there is another strong storm -- most of the heaviest weather is to the south and east of baltimore.

a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 p.m. tonight. up until about midnight, the threat of one of these strong storms will be with us. the high temperature was below normal at 86 degrees. 87 degrees is the normal. but it will form overnight. when you average out the temperatures, it turns out to be ia warmer than normal july day. the month as a whole, with only a couple of days to go, is checking in kind of cool. as of right now, the seventh coolest day on record was tied with 1996. it is interesting to know that three of the seven cluster been in the 2000's. this will probably end up been

one of the top 8 to 10 coolest days in july. the cold fronts have been sleeping in through the mid- atlantic. this one is coming to western pennsylvania. there is warm, muggy air out ahead of it. it looks like it will get past this late tonight, pushing the storms out over the coastal well because to clear through the morning. during the day tomorrow, we will be on the other side of the front. for tonight, the risk of a thunderstorm is until midnight. it will be warm and muggy with lows around 70 degrees. there is tropical moisture coming from the gulf appeared once this front get past this, look how clears up for indiana and illinois. that means that tomorrow, we will probably have a different day. this is likely to bring around another round of thunderstorms for friday. some of them could be strong

again on friday. saturday, the skies clear up again. every other day, one of these french rolled in. tomorrow will be -- one of these fronts roles in a. the bay water temperatures are in the low 80's. it will be 90 degrees more with sunshine, a nice summer day. there will be thunderstorms on friday. it will be a little less timid on saturday. another round of storms will arrive sunday and monday. >> ravens training camp is expected to pick up considerably. the veterans arrive this afternoon. there will have their first team meeting tonight. but there is no michael orr on hand. there are too many pigs in front of him to be signed -- there are too many picks in front of

him to be signed. it is not to grilling on the young body. but cautioned, meetings, and learning challenges of getting down a new offense in the nfl, that is pretty much a mental meltdown already. >> physically, we can come out here and do it. we can make it through training camp physically mentally is where the challenge is to. your mind can do a lot of things they do not want it to do. it can go to places that you do not want it to go. we have to focus each and every day up here and in the meetings and everywhere we go. >> the learning curve gets tougher starting friday when the reagans have their first full team practiced. one day after disappointment and controversy, michael phelps has returned to the attention from swimsuits to swimming.

he is back on the winner's platform today at the world check into it, taking first place in the 200 meters butterfly. he broke his own world record by nearly half a second. it was either to the chagrin or the celebration of mark spitz, this is the 34th career world record for michael phelps. he has now broken the last great martell by mark spitz, having eclipsed the 34 world records for michael phelps. top prospects crystalline will take the mound tonight. they have found themselves in a position where they are due to a break, whether it is an old oriole for a new oriole. [unintelligible]

you do not see that very often. that is the kind of thing that you see with the orioles these days. they lost 4-3 to kansas city last tonight, there will turn their attention and their hopes to their top pitching prospect. this is how it will match up. crist tillman makes his major- league debut. he picked a great day to do it. kansas city his jack rankin is going for his 11th win of the season. stay with this. we have the seven-day forecast straight ahead.

>> we have new details on the president's health care reform. lawmakers say they have won and how this can help small businesses. >> people call me racist and said i cause all the turmoil that followed. >> in the woman who made the 911

call that led to the controversial rest of the black professor's but for the first time today. she says that --

>> we will have more warm, muggy weather through friday. there will be a breaking activity tomorrow. we still have storms this evening. there will roll back into the

picture on friday. there will be a nice start to the weekend on saturday. every other day. we will have to watch these storms on the radar. we will keep you posted if anything severe pops up. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> good night.

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