investigation, and although phelps was not at fault, he will still be cited. a sea of baltimore city police cars flooded the intersection just before 9:00 thursday night. they were investigating a car accident involving olympic gold medalist michael phelps. authorities say he was driving his black escalade east on middle street when he was hit by a honda accord heading north on calvert. authorities say the driver of that car ran a red light. >> he had nothing to do with the cause of the accident. it was the other driver running a red light and st. -- trucking his car. phelps refused medical treatment at the scene. his swim coach spoke exclusively to a reporter today and says phelps was a little shaken, but not hurt. >> it was essentially a fender bender. we were concerned for everyone's help, and glad that everyone came out of it okay. >> police say phelps was cooperative with the

investigation, even telling officers that he drank a beer about an hour in 15 minutes before the crash. police say he sought -- showed no signs of being drawn, and there was no need for a field sobriety test. it was not until later that they realized they would have to cite him as well. police say phelps was driving without a license, and failed to establish residency in maryland within a year of moving back. >> i realize he travels a lot. he has been overseas a lot. it could be an oversight. >> the citation carries no fine, but phelps will have to go before a judge. >> mentally is he okay? >> i think he is fine, and we will move forward. >> the other driver will be cited with failure to obey a traffic signal resulting in an accident, and fined $180. police say a court date has not been set. to read more on the story, you

conduct your website, wbaltv.com. disgraced quarterback michael dick will soon suit up for football. today officially joined the philadelphia eagles. -- michael vick. he vowed to move on in the right direction. >> i made a horrible mistake, and now i want to be part of the solution and not a problem. i am making conscious efforts in the community to work with the humane society, and hopefully i can do that locally and continue with my diligent efforts in bringing awareness to animal cruelty. >> what do you think about him siding with the eagles? you can leave your comment on our website, wbaltv.com. coming up about 20 minutes, our sports director will have much more on michael vick's returned to football. >> authorities say an escaped

convict was being transported to jail when he managed to manipulate his handcuffs, akaka deputy, and then run away. >> three agencies are now involved in the search for this convicted felon, devon champagne. now they need your help to find him. >> the search for a convicted felon start at thursday night. >> police are everywhere, helicopters. >> it lasted most of the day friday. >> i knew something was wrong when i saw the first two officers there. when i saw the canine units come in, that i really knew something was wrong. >> howard county police say champaign was being transported from circuit court to the howard county detention center around 11:30 p.m. thursday night. he had just been convicted of felony that.

police say he tried to choke the deputy sheriff transporting him, tried to take his gun, and ran. his family called authorities. some neighbors find all a little unsettling. >> it is frightening. which is hunkered down and kept an eye on our grandbabies to make sure they were sacred text friday evening, officers still stood watch outside the champagne home. joe pyles lives right next door. he says there has been trouble there before, but he had no idea his neighbor was capable of doing what he is accused of doing. >> i way that the boys when they come in and out and talk to the family that lives upstairs, but that is about all. >> howard county police are asking for your help. they want you to look at this picture and if you have any aberration, give them a call.

his neighbors are hoping he is caught soon. >> it just goes to show you, you do not know who lives next door to your house. >> devon champagne is facing numerous charges, including attempted first and second degree murder. as for the deputy who was injured, at last check, he was in stable condition. >> the teenage triggerman responsible for the death of federal witness carl lackl is now headed to prison. he pleaded guilty of putting him down in july of 2007. cornish was just 50 years old when he was paid to murder him. today he apologized to lackl's family. next that young man looked me straight in the face, and it made me feel better. it made me feel like he was really listening to what i was saying, so i hope he does well.

>> i was praying for the family. their son died so young. i wish the family the best. >> the judds' wants cornish to get a ged and vocational training and participate in a drug and alcohol program while in prison. next of mechanic police have charged three people and torturing and killing a cat. we want to warn you the details of the story may be a little graphic. melissa carlson has this animal abuse investigation. >> 18-year-old scott mcdowell did not want to talk today, but police say it is because of him they found out about a brutal case of animal abuse. baltimore county police said they received a call from a man who said he was on vacation when he received a call from miguel who told him that his cat, which was being watched by a teenager,

was now dead. >> he was indicted by a friend over to a house to play cards. mcdowell got there and found able in the house as well as another man. he was abusing and torturing this cat. >> all three were arrested. mcdowell told him that the 25- year-old not only put the cat by the microwave and drier, but spun it by its tail from a ceiling fan and threw it into a back with rocks. why was miguel not able to help the cat? >> he said he had a box cutter and he was afraid to intervene. the other man said he tried to intervene, but it did not do any good. >> he also stated that he took the cat away from him several times to stop the abuse, but he kept finding the cat to continue the abuse. >> tonight, new details have emerged in the deadly plane collision over the hudson.

the national transportation safety board said an air traffic controller cleared the plan for take off and then made a personal call. sec officials say that person initially failed to warn the small plane of a helicopter in its path, and moments later the plane and a sightseeing helicopter collided. nine people were killed. >> is too early to speculate whether or not atc was called a fault in this accident. it is inappropriate for us to do so. >> a bad day as an air traffic controller could result in the loss of hundreds of lives. >> to faa employees were placed on leave in connection with the crash. a routine traffic stop ended with a mother being taser in front of her children. started when a police officer pulled the mother over for talking on her cell phone.

>> i handed him my license and registration and as he started to walk back towards his car, i got out of my car, under the impression or hoping that he was going to show me the camera tape. he asked me to get back in the car, and then he pulled out his taser and said i was under arrest. i said don't do this in front of my kids. >> are for harmon was in the car with two of her children when she was pulled over and ticketed for talking on herself on and speeding. sean andrews also charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and taser bourke- white's. >> the first shot jolted me, and i was trying to get back in a car again, because i was scared. then he yanked me away again and that is when he chased me, and i went down on the ground. >> harmon claims the incident isn't example of police brutality. the sheriff's office says they

cannot comment because of the lawsuit. >> these weapons are so easy to use, and they are easy to abuse. >> officers are using this weapon in circumstances where live ammunition would never be allowed, and people are dying after having been tasered. >> that is what happened in 2007 when a 40-year-old man was taser at the vancouver airport in canada. the incident called an international uproar following his death. in june, police tasered a great grandmother after pulling her over for speeding. she was not seriously injured. and then there is this infamous tasering back in 2007.

after audra harmone wasd, she went to the hospital. >> it felt like i had no control over anything. >> there is a warning tonight for diabetes patient. why the fda wants you to stop using certain test strips. >> so many people are so generous with each other, that became the woodstock generation. >> tonight we are reliving the music and the moments from woodstock, four years later. a preview of tomorrow's anniversary celebration. >> president obama holds another town hall on health care and to 90 inches the question of how to pay for that plan. >> high-pressure coming in from the west. see which of the weather systems will dominate our weather pattern to the weekend.

>> the food and drug administration has a warning for diabetes patients. the agency says certain blood sugar tests can actually give inaccurate results in patients taking other medications. patients or toll not to use certain glucose testing strips in combination with dialysis and other biological drugs. according to the fda, those formulations can falsely elevate blood sugar levels. you can find more information on our website, wbaltv.com. >> today, president obama kicked off a poor state tour of its health care reform plan. he started off in belgrade montana or hundreds of people packed a town hall inside an airport hangar. the president answered some tough questions, including, which taxes be raised in order to pick the plan? >> i cannot cover another 46 million people for free. we do have to come up with that

money. well as campaign, made a promise that i would not raise your taxes -- when i was campaigning, i made a promise i would not raise your taxes for those who may 200 the dozen dollars or less. for people to make a little bit more, there is nothing wrong with paying a little bit more. >> tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of woodstock. it became a symbol of the '60s generation. this weekend, thousands are returning to the side to relive the music and the moments. ♪ >> richie havens perform his legendary song ago freedom" to kick off the 40 the anniversary of the woodstock festival.

the message still resonates, just as it did four decades ago when he opened the three day music and arts festival in upstate new york, where frustrated youths blocked from all of the country to protest the vietnam war and everything else that seem to be going wrong in that decade. after performing for three hours, havens says he knew he was a part of something huge. >> i have to say that it did not belong to me. it belonged to everybody who was there. >> it was history in the making, captured in the form of music and the act of peace. >> there were so many people that the overall feeling was one of community and friendship. >> and love. for one couple, a snapshot captured a simple moment that would become the cover of the woodstock soundtrack album. they have been married for nearly 38 years, and over the decades have returned to the spot several times.

>> it is just a peaceful here. it is just a nice, quiet place that you want to come and just be able to sit back and think. >> in the past decade, an arts center and museum have been created to harness the historical cultural and news event. the new arts center overlooks the original field, a place for decades ago were more than a half-million people made their marks, and a place you can still come to today to feel that link to the past. >> a monument marks the performance of that day, along with the music, it will be the memories of those who lived it that he would stop a life for generations to come. >> nonow, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we hit the midway point of august tomorrow, and it looks like temperatures will start to creep upward. it has been kind of human, but we broke the real strong heat several days ago.

-- has been kind of humid. the past couple of days, the afternoon to creatures have been a little below normal, 86 the normal high. the record low is down to the 51 degrees on this day in 1961. a little bit of scattered thunderstorms activity try to pop up in the mountains, but fell apart -- fell apart quickly after sunset. the farther south and east to go, closer to ephron that stalled down in the outer banks, the closer you get to this unsettled whether that will show up for the next two days. ocean city and salt buried in those areas have a better chance of picking a some rain -- salisbury. 64 of oakland, 75 and cumberland. from the coast to baltimore back to the mountains, clear to

parlay scout dick clear to partly cloudy skies. the area of high pressure just off to the north and west will dominate the weather for most areas, but this front is still sitting down there. when areas of low pressure moves along, it pushes the showers farther to the north. amar from ocean city to baltimore back to the mounds, very minimal chance for showers to develop. sunday, more cloud cover down on the lower eastern shore. monday they start pushing farther north. the southern part of maryland might get wet sunday night into monday as the weather disturbance trust in the north. partly cloudy tomorrow, a good start to the weekend. a typically warm and muggy august day with the waves running 1 foot or nest. in far western maryland, that is where we'll have the most sun.

brown the day, partly cloudy skies and muddy conditions. -- around the bay. 84 at ocean city tomorrow. surf temperature in the upper 70's. mix of allow the sun will carry us through sunday and showers are possible on monday. it is getting to the heart of the tropical seas and. each of these has the chance to become a full-blown tropical storm over the next week or so. partly cloudy on saturday and sunday, then back around 90 on monday and tuesday with isolated thunderstorms, increasing by next wednesday. >> the countdown to jay leno's new prime-time debut, and tonight familiar faces will help kick things off. >> we will have details of the 2009 ripken world series still

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>> in about a month, jay leno returned to prime-time. jerry seinfeld will help little back on the air. musical guest will also appear on the broadcast. the new 10:00 p.m. prime-time series is the first entertainment show of its time to run every weekend -- every weeknight on any network. it debuts september 14 right here on tv 11.

>> baseball fans, get ready. this is the 10th year for the games in aberdeen. 16 teams from all around the world will play for a chance to win the title of world champion. two of those teams are from right here in maryland. the eight players made it clear how much excitement is in the air. >> its is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. will never be here again. it is a dream come true. >> all our hard work is paying off. >> you can watch the ripken world series comcast channel 208 and digital channel 11-2. the complete schedule is on our website, wbaltv.com. >> a magical weekend ahead for those kids. we will tell you who you will not see any more this season and

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>> on a night when the orioles manager has job security at least the end of this season, a rare night where the job looks easy. felix becomes the fourth -- the

first big league win tonight. great defensive support. look at the rocket. that could be a signature of this team in years to come. he started with a home run in the first inning and capped it with a triple in the seventh. in the seventh, brian roberts capped off a remarkable night of his own, his third double of the evening. torah's comes in to score. the orioles look like world beaters as they took down the angels, 15-6. >> marcus smythe suffered a torn knee ligament in last night's preseason opener. it will require surgery. the job for place-kicker remains the most visible battle in

preseason. stephen house but has the early age. -- stephen hauschka. john harbaugh stop the game clock with two seconds left. gunnooe bank a field-goal attempt of the upright. it was no good. coaches noticed those things. >> we found out we have to be better at knocking in through the uprights. it is on the snapper, but it is on the kicker to find a way to knock it through. they made some kicks, and that was a good thing to see. they did well. >> preseason debut for the head coach tonight with the jets. mark sanchez was in the game for the first quarter.

beautiful strike. a 48 yard gain, is the quarterback controversy in the meadowlands. the crowd is going to want sanchez. some things just cannot change, as the rams come back to beat the jets, 22-20. in philadelphia, michael vick has become a more hotly debated topic and health care. he spoke about the second chance given him and the inevitable short-term fallout facing the eagles and vick. medvedev has extended his welcome to -- mcnabb has already extended his welcome to vick. the nfl has shown over and over the players to make real behavior changes eventually find

they will earn the second chance they want. >> there was a point in my life before i was even convicted or before the allegations came out where i knew it was wrong, and i felt it was wrong. i was conscious of the fact that it was wrong, and to this day i have to deal with that shame and embarrassment. >> tiger woods back in the lead, midway through the pga championship by four strokes. championship by four strokes.

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>> warm and muggy, some sunshine to the weekend and then isolated thunderstorms arriving monday and tuesday. of around 90 degrees most of next week. >> have a good weekend, everybody. >> the tonight show is next. [ cheers and applause ] toig