>> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal news at noon. >> officials are considering early release of a man responsible for the lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people. he could be released because he has cancer. now details. >> the airplane was a fireball passing over the village.

>> the worst terrorist attack ever on british soil. 270 people killed, including 11 residents from the small scottish town of blog board -- of lockerbie, and many americans. the pan am flight went down decades ago after a bomb blew up inside the cargo hold. the only suspects convicted of the crime was this man. this libyan. the british reports said the convicted terrorists may soon be released on compassionate grounds or transferred back to libya in jail. he suffers from terminal prostate cancer that has spread throughout is body. he wants to spend his final days with his family. scottish authorities are still considering the application for release. the justice secretary will make a decision this month. the libyan government has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the families of the victim's. their pain 20 years later is still there. >> this tragedy blasts.

>> the ground where the plane hit has been rebuilt. but as the man faces a possible release, it is a reminder that the painful memories are just below the surface. there appears to be a split opinion amongst the families of victims. in the u.k., many agree with the potential release. in the states, american families are enraged at the prospect of the only convicted upset -- suspect being set free. nbc news reporting. >> looking at your insta-weather plus forecast, we have a flash flood watch in effect for the eastern shore. it's been affect until this evening. we had saturating rain last night. that is causing anything else that falls to be problematic. we have a chance for showers and storms developing throughout the afternoon. low 80's today. no problem there.

could this forecast looks like very o variably cloudy with wind out of the northeast. high pressure will build in tonight. that will be a big change for the weekend forecast. stay tuned for details. >> of baltimore county man in custody after he attacked his wife with a hatchet. the call came in at 7:30 this morning. police arrested a suspect without incident. the woman was not hurt. the suspect is facing charges of domestic thassault. >> of cherry hill woman became the victim of the violence she campaigns against. the 59 year-old shirley foulkes was watching tv inside her home when a stray shot from the street pierced the walls of driehaus, wounding her shoulder. after being released yesterday, she says her commitment to

cleaning up her community is just as strong. >> so many neighborhoods nobody wants to get involved. nobody wants to say anything. until we do, nothing is going to stop. >> commissioner bealefeld knows her personally. he says the families and neighborhoods need to assist with police efforts to make it safer. the search for the suspects continues. a baltimore man arrested after he solicited sex from what he thought was a 14 year-old girl. christopher scott fowble entered a chat room and began having explicit conversations with an undercover officer. >> a 30 year old man said why don't we meet at the park at 10:00 in the morning pulled the undercover troops went to the market 10:00 in the morning and the third year-old man showed up and was arrested.

>> if convicted, he could face 10 years in prison. >> it was deja vu for senator ben cardin and his town hall meeting on health care reform in western maryland, speaking to a crowd of hundreds at hagerstown community college. angry people raised many objections. >> how will you look at my children in their eyes and tell them they will have a better future with $99 trillion post >> the local town hall meetings reflect similar anchor displayed across the country is not as members of congress used the august recess to meet with constituents. on wall street, a relatively upbeat news from the fed yesterday. the fed says there are signs the economy is stabilizing. brooke hart is in washington with more. >> it was the fed's first sunday assessments in more than a year. economic activity is leveling out. it has left lower interest rates

alone. >> i think things are improving. the fed will stay the course. >> is the great recession over? president obama this week took credit for halting the slide. >> we provide assistance that has saved the jobs of tens of thousands of workers providing essential services like teachers and police. >> the president and the fed said warning signs remain. job cuts continued. 1800 of them ahead at a health- care giant kaiser parikh that is a response to so many layoffs elsewhere, that have left your people on the hospitals will spirit record for posters expected in july. the numbers out today. >> the combination of the residual effect of that mortgage practices and now the unemployment spiked it entered into record high levels. >> also today, retail sales figures out. how much americans are buying in tough times. >> especially with the

recession, you have to be tight with your budget. >> many areas offering tax-free shopping days to spur sales. macy's reports its outlook is improving. less luck for las vegas. the number of visitors has fallen for 13 straight months. fewer people these days in a gambling mood. some warrick of washington giving out easy money, then the odds, and still no news for financial markets have rewarded wall street since the financial crisis began. brooke hart reporting from washington. >> coming up, hundreds of residents have been forced from their homes as a wild fire continues raging out of control in california. a police chase and the fiery crash. it's caught on tape. we are covering the nation next. and a veterinarian here to answer your questions on pets. e-mail your questions to e-mail your questions to

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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> in northern california afire is forcing hundreds of people from their homes. this is near santa cruz. the blaze started wednesday. it has spread to a thousand acres. 600 people have evacuated so far. it's burning out of control in a heavily wooded area. dry conditions -- could cause it to grow even more. in michigan and a police chase ends in a fiery crash. police in detroit were chasing a pickup truck when it was hit by minivan. the collision sent the truck crashing into another vehicle.

a powerful as well. it erupted into flames. still ahead, millions of americans struggle with depression. why doctors say it's more common in winter, but some are vulnerable during the summer. we will explain. >> things are quiet on the doppler, but there's still a flash flood watch in effect. a little activity around aberdeen. we will break it down paris 79 at a harbor, 81. 79 at the airport. -- 81 degrees at the harbor. >> e-mail your pet questions to us. us.

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seemed to good to be true was really. best buy and advertised a 52 inch samsung television for $10 yesterday. as you might imagine, folks lined up to take advantage of the deal. it usually runs over $3,000. in reality, the ad was supposed to list the sale price at $1,900. if the retailer said the deal was a mistake, so it won't honor the advertisement. >> now your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with sandra shaw. >> checking the radar and satellite this afternoon, not much going on. there were strong thunderstorms overnight. there's a self circulating around aberdeen and getting ready to move into the northeast corner of the state. not very intense. if much like yesterday, some of the storms could be strong. we did have torrential downpours

yesterday on the eastern shore yesterday evening. there's a flash flood watch in effect through this evening for the entire eastern shore and the northeast corner of the state. things were a little volatile. it's a stalled out front and an upper level low that continued to circulate around the front. the potential source hours and storms as a result. 79 degrees at the airport right now. in the 80's downtown. we will stay in the low 80's. 86 in the benchmark. we won't make it. 75 in the mountains of western maryland. scattered showers and storms. in central maryland, a high of 83 degrees today. chance of showers and storms this afternoon and 82 degrees on the shores of ocean city. northeast wind at 10 knots. waves of 1 foot or less. water temperatures in the low 80's. 99 with the record high set in

2002. the record low was 54 degrees in 1950. we will be in the realm of normalcy tonight in this 60's parikh scattered showers and thunderstorms again. mnc bank stadium will be okay, i think, as the ravens play. comfortable temperatures then. the high pressure will be our savior for the weekend. we will see stable conditions, thanks to a diminishing front. this will wash out later today. highbridge will stablize the atmosphere. there'20 -- high pressure will stabilize the atmosphere in the 80's on the weekend. 50% chance of a pop-up thunderstorm on sunday. another chance for afternoon

storms on monday through wednesday with highs in the upper 80's. >> dr. hammond is from the animal hospital. here to answer your pet questions. this one is handsome. >> his name is italian. it means "i'm a great guy. it's a manageress schnauzer, -- a miniature or schnauzer. a puppy. when you find a good dog, look at how nice and controlled it is with strangers. to do your homework. find a good one. there's a beautiful valentino red color. >> the like the ladies. >> he does? >> why do dogs sometimes rub their noses raw? is it a nervous thing? >> interesting. two answers to that. if they are sitting in a kennel

and they stick their noses through the holes of the wire, they can rub it dropperaw. in the summer and winter they suffer from diseases. if it's too cold, some dogs have eruptions of their skin. it's too hot, they have a photo sensitivity to the sun and the developmental rawness. c. york -- theyuse and sunblock. >> one viewer has a pomeranian that gets out of control. >> the best of grammar for that dog in maryland is on point falls road. she's the best. they look ferocious sometimes when they come out.

3 pounds of raging tiger. >> next question, why do dogs like to eat sochew socks? >> my first wife, my dog used to chew her left shoe. i don't know if it's because she always wanted to get new issues or the dog like this. i could not tell what my wife was doing during the day. to get back to the subject, dogs to everything. furniture, sweaters, your hand. >> sometimes socks or on the floor. >> we get dogs that swallow underwear. we have to do surgery. >> is pet health insurance worth it? >> that the big question. if you are living in certain

areas, it is. on the west coast and new york city. in maryland maybe it is for emergency care. not necessarily your everyday stuff. you have to pay attention. the spca has a pet health insurance. i tend to think because the spca is a great organization, that i would look at their health insurance program. i would start to compare them all. because there are a lot of exclusions and deductibles. sometimes you get $1,000 coverage per one incident. very complicated. >> be careful what you are buying. >> i don't think it is a slam- dunk yet. >> it never covers generic visits. >> that's not true. they have some that cover generic visits. but in maryland those costs are not so high, compared with new york. its $350 for annual shots in new

york. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> if you have a question, email could do that questions@wbaltv.com. or send your question to the mail over to us at 2 per ave. it's estimated 18 million americans suffer from a type of depression called seasonal disorder person people are vulnerable to it to during the summer. >> shorter days and longer nights have been linked to bringing all the winter blues. now psychiatrists are starting to see reversal seasonal affective disorder, also called sad. >> we're starting to understand it. it has not had the research into it that wintertime depression has, but there's a small group

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