[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> the search for answers after a four-year-old is injured. last hour, police released these photos of men wanted in connection with a deadly stabbing that also took place

during the holiday festivities outside of the pier 6 pavilion. two groups began fighting. 15 minutes later, another -- a little boy was shot and taken to the hospital. it really is these maniacs with guns. we are going to work, and keep working hard to get more, and more, and more people off of the street. >> baltimore city police and their stephanie rawlings-blake are speaking about the violence right now. we will have an update. police in westminster search for the two men responsible for an armed robbery just after midnight saturday. police say the men held the employees at gunpoint, and took an undisclosed amount of money from the store's safe. rescue crews work -- searched the maggoty river for a missing

boater. robert james fell yesterday afternoon, and his friend was thrown from the vote, but rested. rescue workers have identified a boy that drowned. the boy's body was found submerged in four feet of water, and pulled out by nearby swimmers. >> they found him, not knowing, and -- and at that point, everyone went to the lighthouse. >> the child was given cpr, and taken to the medical center, but did not survive. with so many people swimming in the area, parents need to be watchful of their children according to park officials. a car drove into a house in aspen health. and suv drove through a chain-

link fence. the person was not seriously injured. the 22-year-old driver had been drinking. >> there have been some changes going on in our whether. he may not have noticed them that much. a cool front passed by the area. he is still very warm and outdoors. it has brought the humidity down. it is not quite as human as yesterday. we are still in the mid-80's. we expect to climb to 90 degrees. that is the forecast across the state, and there is a possibility of showers along the eastern shore. the full forecast is coming up. >> this is the last day for anyone throwing out throwing their -- thinking about throwing

their head in the ring for city hall. they will join a host of candidates seeking to unseat mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. cattle in a bird is running as an independent. leslie johnson has resigned from the prince george's county council. she admitted she destroyed a $100,000 check from a developer to her husband, and stuffed nearly $80,000 in cash into her underwear. she faces up to one year and a half in prison. casey anthony's fate rests in the hands of a florida insurer. they began -- jury. they began deliberating monday. terry sanders has the latest. >> closing arguments lasted two days. >> any way you slice it, anyway

you put it together, casey antony is guilty of murder in the first degree. >> on sunday, and the july 4 holiday, prosecutors tag-team the case, ripping the claim that the daughter drowned in the backyard pool. >> if this truly was an accident, she would have been found floating in the pool, not a swamp down the street. >> in closing -- >> fantasy searches, fantasy francis -- forensics -- this is outrageous. >> he argued the case was flawed. >> let's make up our mind. >> the only thing they proved is that casein is a liar. >> they give you two -- two weeks of testimony to paint

casey antony as a slut, as a party girl, as a pearl lies. >> the jury was asked to remember that casey anthony failed to alert anyone for 31 days that her daughter was even missing. >> council suggested that the decaling of what she was doing during these 31 days have more to do with the state trying to prove she was a slut? did i hear that? why did she have duck tape across her mouth? >> people do not make accidents look like murther -- murder. the words of the one witness and never took the stand were played. >> the phone call. >> calling home to her mother.

>> i do not know what your involvement is to read your not telling me where she is. >> because i do not know where she is at. >> did not waste my, which is your call. >> waste my call sitting in the gel? >> still ahead, the mayor and the police commissioner address late night violence that left one person dead, and a four- year-old child with a gunshot wound. if congress gives back to work weeks before the government default on its loans carry we will have looks and negotiations there. we will also answer your. -- plant

>> a barge eight nights the charles river after a fireworks show. the fire was spotted this morning. the boston fire unit had the blaze under control in about an hour. the causes under investigation. the senate returns from its shortened holiday break today and the house will be back tomorrow with less than one month before the government default on loans. the republicans say no more borrowing until we cut spending.

♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ >> the celebrations are over. >> as you just need to get your spending under control. >> republicans refuse to authorize more borrowing without spending cuts and are dead set against more taxes. some states are considering cutting the close to prevent default. >> i am going to make sure you have the support you need in the field. >> democrats say spending cuts are not enough. >> we cannot achieve the deficit reduction everyone agrees we need without increasing revenue. >> a stalemate, no compromise, and a looming deadline -- who will give in? >> republicans have more to lose by caving, so i think the president will move closer to

the republican position. >> negotiations moat -- resume today. republicans have indicated they may support a short-term deal. >> minimizing scars -- a new procedure in today's "medical alert kirkcaldy." >> it was a night where violence broke out. this is a picture of a person of interest. we will be right back to that violence in baltimore city over the fourth of july. we have more, coming up. >> showers are finally moving off of the eastern shore. could they move back in this afternoon? i will have updates. it is toasty out there. already up into the upper-80's.

>> a man is killed and a four- share national is injured during celebrations in the inner harbor. city police and the commissioner spoke minutes ago. barry simms has the latest. >> they are responding to the violence and chaos. this was during the fourth of july celebration. this is a picture of a person of interest. this is a man that police say may have been involved in a standing outside of a restaurant. it was fatal. this is video of that scene. it happened around 10:00 last night. police responded when a 26-year- old man was stabbed in the neck outside of mccormick and schmicks restaurant. police say a fight between two groups led to his death.

a four-year-old boy was shot at the intersection of east and press treats. he was holding his leg, and is now in stable in -- stable condition. all of these incidents are under investigation. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is responding to the violence. >> it is simply outrageous that anyone would bring a weapon into downtown, a weapon into the fireworks display, and particularly an illegal weapon. these people then engage in these terrible, and senseless acts of violence, are cowards, and we're not going to tolerate their cowardly behavior. >> there were 600 police officers from baltimore city and

various other jurisdictions in the area here to patrol, and the mayor says this was a cowardly act, and she and the police department are determined to identify these individuals and bring them to justice. we will have more tonight. barry simms, wbal tv 11 news. >> in our medical alert, it is something many of us have, but no longer wants -- a start. stanford doctors have developed a new way to minimize pressure on the wound, and maximize healing. >> every year in the united states, 80 million people have surgery and are left with a life-long reminder, a scar. >> we apply it, and that is it. >> dr. jeffrey gardner hopes this bandage he helped develop

will make scar's less visible. doctors placed the new bandage on one half of the star, and the other half is treated with conventional dressing. after nine months, the difference is amazing. >> this is a cast for an incision that prevents it from scar formation, and allows it to heal perfectly. >> it prevents the wound from suffering many trauma that leads to scarring. doctors reported a dramatic improvement. while it has not been studied, patients are also reporting another benefit appeared >> anecdotally, it seems that pain is less. >> the bandage allows patients to move more freely. the fda is deciding whether to approve this dressing, and if it does, it could be readily

available as early as next year, potentially reducing the pain of an unsightly scars for millions of patients. >> now, your insta-weather-plus forecast. >> looking out the temperatures outdoors, you might not have noticed that a cool front passed last night, but it did drop down the humidity. we will see the humidity continue to drop down. that will make things feel better outdoors. 92 at bwi -- down at the harbor, rather. 86 at bwi. outpoured the west, it is 70 degrees in oakland -- out for -- out to the west, it is 70 degrees in oakland. there are showers and thunderstorms south of baltimore yesterday, and that cold front

continues to make its way off the shore. we had a low pressure associated with debt, which brought a couple of showers to the eastern shore throughout the morning. there is still an opportunity for showers through central virginia because the same front is in the vicinity. that front will be our weather maker through the next couple of days. we have more dry conditions in store, plenty of sunshine, and it is much less humid. we are expecting opera-80's, load-90's. it will get a couple of degrees warmer into the afternoon. temperatures will drop down into the 60's, with mostly clear skies for the night. as for the beach, there is still the potential for thunderstorms through the afternoon. we still have more thunderstorms possible tomorrow and as we get into friday.

the front in the area will lift back to the north as a warm front. that will make things feel a little more unsettled. that is what we will deal with here in baltimore. the seven-day forecast -- today is dry. tomorrow, rain chances increase. if we could have a thunderstorm in the area as well. through the next couple of days, temperatures will be around 90 degrees. more sunshine this weekend, but temperatures will also be warming back up. >> we are joined now by carrie engel to answer your plants and garden in questions. >> how're you doing? >> i am great. what is this? >> this is actually a hot pepper. i would not recommend eating it right now.

.> let's get to the questions how do i care for a gardenia bush? >> make sure it is hardy. keep it in morning sun, and after nude -- afternoon shade. put them out until a bottle of the clock or so, and then give them afternoon shade. feed them with an iron fertilizer, not something that will make that grow a lot. >> should we cut back on mums this season? >> i think one more time is a great idea. take them down to about 10 inches, and they will be nice for the faltering >> i had better do that. -- for the fall. >> i had better do that. >> my mother and i planted a garden. is there any way to make the

flowers come back every year? >> there are different perennials of there. a lot of them are like coneflowers or black eyed susans. go to your favorite garden center, and they will give you ideas of what will do well and come back every year for you. >> everybody's personal garden seems to be doing well. >> we have been nice, wet april. after that, it is a matter of keeping track of everything. >> i do not have any tomatoes yet. >> soon. >> i did not really water them. if you have a plant or gardening question, you can e-mail, and send pictures of your plans and your garden's or gore to our web site -- go to our web site [unintelligible]

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