hospital for heat exhaustion. >> it was just before 5:00 at can high-school when varsity football practice ended dramatically, he exhaustion sending a dozen players down to the ground. from there you could see it clearly, a football practice turned to tree bugs. >> when i first arrived who were invited there were multiple players down on the fields. >> immediately, he exhaustion treatment began. >> we did give them oxygen we did transfer of $12 a local hospital for the rigors of unfounded rumors it was exposure to some chemical which was quickly ruled out. >> we are classifying it as heat-related death in a lot of reports of chemical issues. that is not true. >> us where rumors of the

player's condition. >> there were rumors that several players were in critical condition, and that is not the case for review of the flyers were alert and to talk to arthur meighen we were able to gather information -- able to talk to us. we were able to gather information based on what they told >> taking hydration briggs and not waiting until it is too late -- >> all are expected to be treated and released. >> there is continuing coverage of the high school students injuries on our web site at wbaltv.com. you can also leave your comments about the story. >> baltimore police are investigating the city's latest,. authorities were called to the 100 block of south highland ave. there were reports of a man

being shot. anyone with information should call baltimore police. the three suspects police say beat an elderly fisherman are behind bars. one of the man was a white supremacist. we are taking a closer look at hate crimes and the people who commit them. terry has the story. >> the victim is home from the hospital but battered emotionally and physically from his ordeal. one question is how a chance encounter with a stranger could lead to such savagery. we spoke to sociology professor to get some answers. ethel privott is determined to protect her husband. while he recovers behind closed doors, she is addressing the savagery the couple entered after wrapping up a fishing trip early tuesday morning. >> here we are trying to have some fun, and he is around and

about, but he is not well. >> police say james privott was the track by this trio, a self- proclaimed white premises and two teenage boys. according to police, watson says they ask for a cigarette and erupted into violence when he said no, allegedly beating the senior citizen with a bat and then taking off in the victim's truck. we ask the sociologist how such a seemingly minor exchange could escalate so quickly. >> in these hard times it is easy for these people who feel they have got nothing to lose spika -- to lose, triggers a massive response like that. >> the team say they were forced to go along with the attacks.

the sociologist questions that. >> i am concerned with the 15- year-old who appeared to be more than bystanders. >> as ethel privott tends to your husband's fractured eye socket and who shattered sense of safety, she is concerned with the amount of heat festering with people like this. >> we have to try to figure out a way, because all of these things are forming, and where do we go from here? >> state laws will inspire prosecutors to go after stricter penalties. they are facing more than a dozen charges, including attempted murder. all are being held without bond. >> we're learning more about the deadly crash. the national transportation board released a report that found a fuel on the light plane

was contaminated. they also found two control accords were corroded. it went down about 1/4 mile from the airport. the pilot and his passenger died. investigators believe the full report could be lethal -- released within a year. >> the only person ever convicted with the bombing of a pan am flight is now a free man. this was the scene in libya as a cheering crowd welcomed him back home. in his home country he is seen as a scapegoat for the west used to isolate libya. 270 people in -- died in the bombings. 189 of them were americans, and while many families did not want him released, scottish law allows terminally ill patients to be shown compassion. he was diagnosed with events prostate cancer is believed to have only months to live. >> he now faces a sentence

imposed by a higher power. >> he only served eight years of his life sentence. today president obama called his release a mistake. there were several people from maryland who died in the 1988 bombing, and his release as many of rage. today melissa carlson spoke with a family who said today's action is has been reliving the pain of loss of their loved one. -- today's action has femme reliving the pain of loss of their loved ones. >> she mourns her child, even though she died more than 20 years ago. >> i am wearing black because this is such a black day. >> last night she found out the only man convicted of the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 over scotland will be set free. >> the fact that he is going back to his family and in time for ramadan, i am in a state of

total disbelief. scotland's justice secretary made the announcement, in which he said this was an act of compassion. now the man has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer and is said to only a few months to live. the stepfather says he feels betrayed. >> he brutally murdered 270 people. i see no reason to grant him in the amnesty, and that is what this amounts to. he is going home to his family. not to another person or even the hospital. >> they say they are trying to work through the grief and are still reeling from the decision, when they do not think they will ever understand. >> he is saying the life and comfort of one state-sponsored terrorist is more important than all of the lives of our 270 innocent loved ones.

>> we want to know what you think. do you agree with the decision to set the bomber free because he is dying of cancer? you can grab your cellphone and text the word yes or no to this phone number. standard text messaging rates to apply. we have heard from more than 600 of you. 95% of those who text did not disagree with the decision. only 5% believe it is the right call. today the federal government gave colleges and universities some advice on how to deal with the h1n1 flu virus this fall. with students already moving into dormitories, there is growing concern over how easily the virus could be spread. the government is telling university if there is space in dorm rooms for six students, continuing -- consider using them. they are also revising to be flexible.

they plan to roll out an educational campaign for a student, staff, and faculty. >> you should stay at home, not come to work, not go to class, until you are fever-free without any medication to reduce your fever for 24 hours. that is going to be the message we're going to convey to everyone on campus. >> they will also offer a mass immunization. meantime, the government plans to thread the guidelines to college student via facebook, a winter, and other technology three-day president of form with his health care reform plan to the active as who helped him in the white house it was a rally to reenergize the crowd, and with thousands more watching on line and listening on the phone, he was the use the same drive in education to turn it into health

care reform. he is hoping it will cut through the lies that has spread like paying for health insurance for illegal immigrants. >> america and leave this to happen, and you know that. >> my commitment is to get a good project, which will include republican ideas, but we're going to get this done one way or another. >> the president wants bipartisan support, some -- but some believe it will not happen. you can find the latest on our website. while we are talking about health, senator edward kennedy has a written letter to massachusetts leaders saying they change state law to allow a speed replacement of his position in congress. senator kennedy has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year. the letter is addressed to the

governor, and it asked to overturn a law that would require a special election to fill his seat. >> the death of two infants is prompting a recall of bassinets. >> and searching for a reality show contestant. what authorities believe he did to his ex-wife and why. >> it is like a burning electricity going through your stomach. >> she is describing being tasered by police while her children watch. now she says the police should pay. >> the fed will put the brakes on a cash for clunkers program. >> only a few showers around the baltimore area today, and we will try again tomorrow for

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>> the deaths of two infants has prompted the consumer safety commission to urge parents to stop using a bassinet recall the year ago. they said the deaths were caused by the convertible bassinet.

they were first recalled last year after two infants died. go to our website to find out more. >> tom ridge says he was pressured by members of george bush's cabinet to raise the terror alert level just before the 2004 election. reed said he rejected raising the level, despite the urgings of donald rumsfeld and ashcroft. osama the london release the video in tending to show that how carter remained active. president bush left the terror alert and change. now investigators in two countries are looking for this man's ex-wife. he is accused of killing a swimsuit model. her body was discovered in a dumpster over the weekend. police say the car and boat trailer were found in washington

state, and they believe he may have gone to canada. they also released disturbing details. >> we are prepared to answer the question. the teeth were removed. >> he was contested -- a contestant on a reality tv shows. they met and married. the mother claims he was jealous of the x for a friend and wife have the marriage annulled. >> the woman was taser in front of her children at a traffic stop. she also had a criminal charges filed against serv. she was found not guilty. j miller has more on the fight to hold police responsible. >> i have two glasses of wine with dinner, but that is if. >> it was the year-ago, august

20, 2008. alicia was returning home from a family dinner when she ran through a police radar on bellaire road to. police say she ignored their sirens. she said she could not hear it because her children were singing. she eventually did stop. the police ordered now angrily ordered her out of the car. >> he looked with the flashlight in my eyes, and i went like this because it shocked me commons and in and my elbow not a flashlight out of his hand. >> she felt -- it shocked me, and my elbow knocked the flashlight out of his hand. >> she felt what happened next. >> i said i cannot believe it. >> she says that is just the beginning. >> they wanted me to take a sobriety test. i said no. i was out of it. when i said i was not going to take it, they said i was under

arrest, and i said, what a member of rest for. >> she said the police handcuffed her and hit her with the taser again, this time firing of prong. >> an electric current going through it, this while my children are watching. >> could you fill this current? >> 0, yes. >> in their police report, the officers described her as combative, claimed she was fighting and spoke with slurred speech, but a hospital report describes her short time later with speech that was clear. police charged her with assault, resisting arrest, and driving under the influence. the case went to trial in june to regain the judge charged -- tossed out the charges. >> we have argued there is no probable cause to suspect she was intoxicated and no probable cause to arrest her, and the judge agreed with those arguments. >> now she has filed suit

against the county, arguing police used excessive force. her attorney horace to taser incidents across the country, -- her attorney indicates taser incidents across the country and overuse. >> it seems tasters are just behind a stop mourning for the police -- stopped warning for the police, and a lot of people think they're very serious and should not be used unless it is a substitute for deadly force. >> baltimore county police have previously told us officers have discretion to use lasers to bring someone under control. the department does not comment on lawsuits under file. >> now your forecast with john collins. >> a humid day again today. typical august weather around area. there were strong storms in pennsylvania earlier this afternoon. now there are strong storms in

western pennsylvania. some of those were severe. but is beginning to give up a little bit. around the baltimore metropolitan area, except for a few showers north and northwest of the city, but in the state of maryland, rainfall was really minimal today. we will see what happens typically the seventh year 85 would be the high. the record for the date is 105 in 1983. 76 was the low. the record is kind of significant. it looks like 49 is the first time we have got into the record low in the 40's for several weeks, so i think we are passing a benchmark. the days are getting shorter, and temperatures will start to cool down. annapolis is 83.

81 at westminster curator there're some cool temperatures earlier today because of the sort of rolled through the area in lancaster county to regain here are those storms in western pennsylvania. our rain chances are not very high tonight. we have to wait for tomorrow for the sun to heat things up and for the cold front to get closer. it's really stirs the atmosphere, storage and the rain chances will be higher than the past couple days, and that will be the case going right in saturday. in the tropics, we have still producing beautiful satellite pictures, the eye wall showing a category 3 storm. bill is now about 1,100 miles away from ocean city.

the track will take it west to bermuda but east of the coastline, although it is going to stir of the ocean and produce wave action and the category one by the time expense to maritime province. warm and humid, rain chances not for a good tonight, but they got tomorrow. scattered showers and thunderstorms. a slight risk for severe storms just northwest of the city tomorrow and small craft revisory on the day because of gusty winds. here is looking at the seven-day for the superior by saturday if the temperature drops down, and by sunday rain chances become the law. next week looks really nice with lower humidity during your >> after record new car sales, cash for clunkers will soon be no more when the widely released

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practice today. he said he misses friends rather than -- misses friends. and he wants to make sure he has a focus on finishing training camp with the same attention the ravens brought to trending care of -- to training camp. >> i think we have a chance to be really good team. we look that we are good enough here. we are not good enough here. we want to make everything better every single day we have a chance to be the best football team we can be, and that is more than enough. if we're the best raven's we can be, we will be plenty enough. >> the steelers finished with a high-profile injury. and suffered of high-profile injury. he hobbled from the field and left with an injury.

the head coach did not talk to the media after practice. the spokesman said another step on his foot, but the team did not have any affect on the severity of the injury. what started us a night out in manhattan will end up with two years in jail for burris. last november he shot himself in the leg with a gun he did not have a license to carry in new york. had his case gone to trial, he would have faced at least three and a half years in jail. his former teammates won a super bowl with him just two years ago. now you'll watch him go to jail. >> i think sometimes you think about a situation like the, and it is bound to happen sometime soon, but once it happens, it is a surprise. today i heard the news. my heart went out to him and his

family, hoping that everything turns out ok. >> the orioles managed to end their five game slide in tampa, but they did not end without nervous sweat. the orioles have plenty of breathing room in the sixth three of the fourth career grand slam for roberts -- enough breathing room in the six. the fourth career grand slam for roberts. longoria scores. you're thinking orioles will collapse. au contraire. the orioles pick of the win a- seven frigates sit around for your

>> what is going on? >> sultry weather continues by tomorrow. saturday the temperatures start to drop off. rain chances are pretty high tomorrow evening and early saturday, but by sunday we start to get out of the heat.

most of next week looks pretty good. low humidity and temperatures in the mid 80's. that is a dream after the last few days. >> after training camp. >> conan o'brien is coming your way next. >> thank you for joining us. we will see you tomorrow. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] featuring "the tonight show"