cameras. baltimore county police chief james johnson's insist the 12 speed cameras being debated by the county council are all about safety. >> i would hope the -- they would look at how we dealt with red light cameras in baltimore county. it has been a decade of using read by cameras, same technology. we have fewer deaths today than we did then. why is that? because we changed behavior with the red by cameras. >> since 2001 to are read by camera activity -- red and white camera activity has changed. >> but there are many concerned about the money still and concern that 12 cameras may just be the start. >> given our understanding of how it is written, there's the

possibility that with 170 public schools and our private and parochial schools, the number of target locations could be over to a hundred 50 locations. -- 250 locations. >> 214 locations are being discussed. >> to get a ticket from one of these cameras you will have to be going 12 miles per hour over the speed limit or more in a school zone. >> we want to know how you feel about the speed cameras. go to wbaltv.com and click on local news to leave your comments. >> in his push for a proposal, democratic rep a logic cummings represented personal stories today from mer landers he believes have been heard from the correne system. -- have been hurt by the current system. >> the congress believes restructuring the system will make it more efficient and

effective. he was joined today by merrill landers and -- marylanders who shared their war stories. >> sandra made an emotional plea for health care reform on tuesday. the double bypass patient was one of five marylanders gathered at the logic cummings office. -- eli shauna cummings office. >> i have no idea how i will pay for health care. çour records have gone up so hh that i'm afraid i will lose my half. >> the congressmen said america's health-care crisis is an anomaly -- is an economic threat and a moral outrage. >> i want to return this to the

center stage of the national care debate. not only is it a human cost, but our moral duty. >> opponents say there are too many plants that are too vague and too expensive. >> we are trying to fix at giant problem with a giant balad it is too complex to be fixed in one shot. >> just in his district, cummings says, the plan will reach 60,000 uninsured residents, held a 40,000 seniors pay for prescription drugs and keep 1000 families out of bankruptcy. >> we need to reform our insurance system now. >> also, the congressman said in his district alone, health care providers will be reimbursed for to a hundred $12 million in an uncompensated care. >> with the school year under way in many parts of the

country, officials are on high alert on the crackdown of the h1n1 virus. >> the president himself offered some basic flow projection -- flew prevention tips today. >> we need everyone to get informed about individual risk factors and we need everyone to take the common sense steps we know will make a difference. stay home if you're sick. wash your hands frequently and cover your sneezes with your sleeve. >> officials are worried that the virus might spread quickly with children. officials say any school aged drive will be able to get a free vaccine against the new fluke. >> unlike this seasonal flu, we

think it will be much more prevalent among the young. >> the government is producing public service announcements featuring elmo. at the same time, this expert warns against panic. >> this is not as severe as seasonal into wednesday in the sense that the people who get it tend -- the seasonal influenza, and the sense that the people do get it tend to be healthier. >> the president says response plans are in place across all levels of government. he does not want anyone alarmed, but that everyone should be prepared. >> baltimore city police are searching for a gunman at draperies in shooting this afternoon. police were called to the scene around 4:00 today in the 1900 block of north fulton street. two people were shot and mom was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. -- and one was taken to the

hospital with serious injuries. in an was unloading a car just after 7:00 p.m. last night at the 1000 block of eri and drive in arbutus. he was approached by a group of men that opened fire. if you add any possible information, but you are urged to contact baltimore county police. >> a teenager when has entered a plea in connection with the beating death of christopher jones back in may. trade robinson entered an alford plea. >> the three pleaded -- deeply triggered an emotional day in court. -- deeply triggered an emotional day in court. jan adkins struggles to replace her anchor with peace and forgiveness. she says her prayers are

directed by tears. as christopher jones wrote his book home, -- rode his bike home, terrey robinson and javel george punched him want -- once each in the face and it damaged he died on his way home. >> i feel for him inside and i really do hope that one day i can forgive him. >> jan still sleeps with -- sleeps with her sons below to smell his cent. she cannot bring yourself to wash the clothes he last war >> robinson is not admitting to the police, but acknowledges that there is enough evidence to convict him. the judge has agreed to send him to an out-of-state facility until he is 21 years old.

>> the jibao could not have foreseen the outcome of what he did, but when you do something -- the juvenile could not have foreseen the outcome of what he did, but when you do something of this serious nature, you have to accept the outcome. >> he released a statement saying, i'm sorry. i did not intend for it to be like this. i am praying for your forgiveness. christopher's mom questions the sincerity of his plea. >> image a little bit to me, but honestly, did not see that he wanted to do it. i would like to see him in a place similar to a community center, but much more involved. >> robinson and georgia have been involved in gangs since the fifth grade. >> there is nothing more that we could have done as parents to protect our child. it just goes to show you that this world has gone crazy.

>> the other teenager is charged in it -- as an adult in this case and was to be charged in an adult's -- in a juvenile court. >> a frederick man was arrested after a try to pay for gasoline with drugs. officers as a 52-year-old james hogg offered a gas station clerk marijuana instead of cash. that employee called police and he was charged with drug possession. >> the fallout over the lockerbie bomber is still going on. the british correspondence between british and scottish ministers was a response to an article saying, a leaked letter to years ago said that the original plan was to keep al- megrahi out of libya.

right after it was signed, libya signed a massive gas and petroleum deal with british petroleum. al-megrahi was not released under the transfer agreement, but a scottish provision allowing terminally ill prisoners be released on compassionate grounds. the ntsb wants better training and dick wittman when it comes to medical helicopters. the board approved recommendations -- better training and equipment when it comes to medical helicopters. the board approved recommendations the board's action comes in response to a record nine fatal emergency helicopter crashes in which 35 people died. this between december 2007 and october 2008. >> today, governor roy malley swore in two government

employees -- governor of malys were in two government appointees. edward chow was the president of the state council of the vietnam veterans of america since 2006. also, ms. staley will be the new woman -- will be the first woman leader of the mdot. >> still had it at 6:00, the animal county for inmates. >> and later in sports, a golden opportunity to play underdog right out of the game. gregg's we could produce -- >> we could have near record lows again tomorrow morning. right now, temperatures in the low 70's with a light east wind. $5 for the sub, huh?

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butz officials with the environment and the chesapeake bay foundation presented thousands of signatures urging action to clean up the chesapeake bay. more than 19,000 signatures from maryland residents were collected. they also sent a letter with recommendations on how the work can be done. next week, the epa is scheduled to release a new clean air act report as ordered by president obama curan >. >> look at that. the maze features patterns of a cow, barn, tractors. it is a popular attraction for children and adults and opens officially on september 12. >> and now your forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> summer is june, july, and

august, even though the summer solstice and the equinoxes wait until later in september for media law -- in september, up four meteorological purposes we just put those three months together. technically, it was a bit cooler than normal. june and july were a bit cooler. august was a bit warmer than normal and you average them all out and you get a 10th of a degree below average. the real key is the lack of 90 degree days. overall, up only about half of the 90 degree days who we see. it 13 years years -- this year and the normal would be -- 13 this year and the normal would be 25. overall, i cooler than than normal this summer.

-- overall, cooler than normal this summer. how does the fall season's start? the first day in school, 75 degrees for the high today. 82 is the normal the normal -- is the normal. many areas were in the 40's this morning. western maryland almost did into the upper 30's. skies are clear tonight and the winds remain light. look for the temperatures to drop quickly after sunset. tomorrow morning, 50 degrees is the record. that goes all the way back to 1892. a front stalled offshore and across northern florida. there may be a storm trying to form on that front that will write off the mid-atlantic coast. you get a little cloud cover off the coast and over the attack.

some of that might just brush the maryland ko@stal areas barely going into thursday and friday afternoon. it does look like the bulk of the brain with that weather system will stay out of the atlantic. the be a bit more cloud cover before friday and then things clear out over the weekend. 73 to 78 on the day tomorrow. the winds will be brisk at 8 to 15 knots and waves around 1 foot. over the mid-atlantic where the fifth tropical storm of the season. her name is erica and it is probably going to show some strengthening in the next five days ago. the storm is forecast to move in the general direction of pr. although, the stormtracker now keeps it north of pr. right now going into sunday,

5:00 p.m., it is still east of the bahamas and sitting in the atlantic. this is not a threat for the east coast over the labor day weekend, but sometime after that these cuts may have to worry about erica. -- the east coast may have to worry about erica. tomorrow, perhaps our record low in the morning to buy 50, and then we are up to 80. very comfortable weather through the last big holiday of the summer. >> now 11 sports with jerry sandusky. >> terrell suggs says he plans to use thursday night's preseason game to test out the khiel that has kept him on the sidelines since day 3 of this year's training camp. but we will not see mark clayton in action until the right year's season. -- until the regular season.

kalle washington, no. 15 kva looks like a rock solid addition -- no. 15, looks like a rock solid addition. do not look for any new worry lines on deroche mason's face. >> i think we have a very -- derrick mason's face. >> i think we have a very strong core because we have marked an kalle and dmitri and myself. nyah the other guys coming along as well -- and you have the other guys coming along as well. if you want to call a soft, so be it. >> somebody is looking for a challenge. maryland has a couple of easy gains in september, but not so often this season. the terps travel to california this week to face the 12th

ranked golden bears. the turks have to of jet lag does not bother them as much as it seemed to hurt california. -- the terps have to hope jet lag does not bother them as much as it seemed to hurt california. >> we have to as this team as fast as possible and hopefully do not beat ourselves. we're going to be in the game and have a shot to win it in the end. that is what i am looking for. and we get a bit of confidence and we will see where we go from there. >> considering the orioles have lost eight games to the yankees, they probably have enough motive -- motivation to end that skid tonight. but if they win tonight, they could keep the yankees from winning the maryland league east. you always have to update their better tonight than they did last night.

a yankee batter into a perfect inning into a -- to a perfect run into a seventh inning. they eventually settled for a 5- 1 win. it is really anything goes out of a game like that. look and learn, look and learn. >> it was one of the best games of the season. there's not much you can do about that. >> short and steve when you're 29 and half games out of -- short and sweet when you were 29.5 games out of first.

>> tonight, the search continues for a man police say robbed two women and atms in baltimore county and raped one of them. and tonight, what you are being asked to do to fight a childhood

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