[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 ave. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. his name is forever tied to a missing woman in aruba. gary giordano is back in the spotlight for embarrassing circumstances. this new case involves him, a woman, and a cadillac escalade. >> unusual activity during the evening rush during 5:45 on friday.

>> had a customer, by who said he saw to people doing something they should not be doing in an suv. a white around and found the black suv and found that there were two people in the back doing something they should not, could tell there were some close missing. >> the man inside the car was gary giordano and a female companion named carol ann bock. giordano was held in aruba for nearly four months after robyn gardner, a woman he was traveling with, vanished at the island. prosecutors called it cheered on of the prime suspect. he was eventually released -- called giordano the prime suspect. he was eventually released because of lack of evidence. according to police reports, the two were found lying on a single mattress in the trunk of the corporate officers say they were

naked and at giordano adjusted a towel over his midsection. >> she seemed a little embarrassed, it could not believe what was happening. >> did he seem embarrassed? >> no, he was taking it off the cuff. >> giordano has refused to speak to reporters about the charges. kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police say a man has been going around st. mary's county pretending to be a baltimore county police officer, and they are concerned he may have been doing the same thing closer to home. detectives are asking you to take a good look at donald church. >> it is believed he has been seen with a police badge -- investigators believe he has been seen with the police budget running bogus police reports. anyone who may have had an encounter with them should reported by calling 410-306-

2020. sleeping on the job is not a good idea, but imagine calling to report an emergency only to hear an unexpected sound on the other end. a call came in recently to the montgomery county fire and rescue but it was transferred to a dispatcher who apparently nodded off. a second dispatcher takes over, but it slid in what remains on the line as the caller reports that -- the sleeping what remains on line as the caller reports that her husband is unconscious. >> uh-huh. >> the firefighter taking the call was 17 hours into his shift. now he is on paid administrative leave. the man, who had difficulty breathing, did eventually receive medical assistance and is ok. the battle over crime control sheets up as a state delegate

calls for the mayor's job. pat mcdonough says that's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has the power to make a difference, but unless she starts enforcing the nighttime curfew for teenagers, she needs to step down. community activists are calling for his apology, but mcdonald insists he will not back down from his recent comments about what he calls "roving mobs of black youths causing violence around the inner harbor." >> problems we are addressing, street crime and mob actions at the violence, are black people, black kids. that is its. >> the mayor's office responded by saying that pat mcdonough is trying to draw attention away from earlier comments, and points to the work that the police department is doing to reduce crime in the city. >> we started off the day with dense fog and now we have

broken away for sunshine. humidity at 72%. we're expecting more of a south, southeasterly flow as we head to the afternoon. . that will trigger thunderstorms and a cold front nearby. chance of may be an isolated thunderstorm through the afternoon and early evening. this threat should start to dissipate as we head into the night. copper 70's for the high temperature today. we will have details in a few minutes. >> new concerns for bge customers. the public service commission is taking comments from citizens about new technology that they say poses health risks because of the amount of radio frequencies they emit. the utility says the device, which will replace analog meters, poses no additional health threats and puts out less radiofrequency than microwaves and cellphones. >> when most of our customers

look at the utility and the polish debt, they what to save money and restore power as quickly as we -- and the relationship, they what to save money and restore power as quickly as we can. >> smart meters are dangerous, intrusive, and only benefit the monopoly corporations. >> pse officials contend that consumers should have the right to opt out. bge says that customers would have to pay more if such an option is granted. election day is still six months away, but with the numbers showing mitt romney and president obama in a statistical tie, the gloves are off in the latest round of campaign ads. tara mergener has this "commitment 2012" report. >> new campaign ads are coming out in battleground states and the messages from both sides are tough. super pacs take aim, one in and

you advertisement climbing of voter disappointment with president obama. >> how will my kids pay that off when they cannot find jobs? >> another it showed a woman who lost her job at a factory after it was bought by an equity firm co-founded by mitt romney. >> i had no health care. that is scary. >> it is the latest in a string of attacks from the obama camp taking aim at romney's tenure at bain capital. >> at no more qualifies you to be a president than being a plumber. >> on the one hand, americans like free enterprise, and if you make big money like been investments did, how can you false that. on the other hand, americans hate big business. >> several polls show the candidates locked in a dead heat, with their fate expected to turn on the economy. >> obama wants more spending and

taxes. >> no matter the twists and turns the campaign brings on the way to election day. >> it is impossible to overstate how important the economy is in the election. >> to date it is back on the campaign trail. romney it makes a stop in d.c., the president campaigned in colorado and california. >> still ahead, a health scare for former first lady nancy reagan. hoping to sit with your family on your next flight? get ready to pay up. first, a security scare in the skies. it forced a u.s. airplane to divert t

>> i u.s. airways flight bound from paris to charlotte lands safely in north carolina began behaving suspiciously. it was diverted to maine after a french woman handed a note to a flight attendant saying she had a surgically implanted device. one passenger it shot cell phone video of a woman being escorted off the tarmac. several hours later, the

passengers arrived in north carolina. former first lady nancy reagan is recovering after a fall. the former first lady broke several ribs after falling in her los angeles on weeks back. mrs. reagan is 90 years old. still ahead, something fishy going on in glen burnie. plus, drinking coffee can bring you more than just age-ol. -- just a jolt. >> temperatures are in the 60's and 70's in the northeast. heat in the south is moving our way for the holiday weekend.

alert,"day's "consumer where will you be spending memorial day weekend? it is not likely at a hotel. a survey of online travelers found 39% of them planned to sleep in a hotel, motel, or bed- and-breakfast. some are staying with family and friends, others in a campground or an rv. as he planned to fly to your destination, be prepared to break up the family. airlines are reserving a growing number of window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra. it is a boost in revenue but a bomber for families want to sit together -- bummer for families wanting to sit together. >> now, you're 11 insta-weather-

plus forecast with meteorologist ava marie. >> a bit of a hazy day. thick fog this morning, and now we are seeing a lot of humanity hanging in the air. under terms are starting to pop up. -- thunderstorms are starting to pop up. recently, shower or thunderstorm just to the north, the north out of carroll county. a couple of sprinkles showing up not in the metro area. the really heavy thunderstorms are down in virginia. that is times and showers are becoming more likely as we head into the afternoon -- thunderstorms and showers are becoming more likely as we head into the afternoon. 81 degrees in frederick, 65 in ocean city. we have an easterly flow keeping temperatures a lot cooler. cooler in the mountains as the cold front is over them. game coming up in a few minutes.

the measures should be in the upper 70's. it will feel very humid at oriole park. it is the later half of the game that we have to worry about. these are isolated enough that it is not a threat. that is the forecast through the afternoon. . these could be scattered, but they could disrupt outdoor plans. temperatures shcould be in the upper seventies to low 80s the afternoon. tonight, 60s, very humid, only isolated showers and sprinkles possible. current weather pattern showing a couple of those sprinkles popping up. clouds as well. a cold front is sitting off to our west. this is increasing our chances for rain at least through this afternoon. high pressure builds in by the end of the week and that should give pleasant weather into the end of the week.

by the holiday weekend, a cold front will try to nudge in. not any major disruptions to the holiday weekend for now. temperatures behind the front a much cooler in the northwest. ahead of pitt, a big old warm up. this heat is heading our way for the first unofficial start to the summer. ofstay in the 70's for much the next couple of days, but we pushed at least 84 by friday. very warm for this weekend. slight chance for a shower on sunday. >> state environmental officials say an algae bloom is responsible for the debts of about 6000 fish in anne arundel county waterways. it is choking off oxygen in part of the marley creek in glen burnie, turning the day water reddish brown. warm winter and heavy rains last year washed pollution into the bay.

in the "medical alert," your skin could save your heart. researchers in israel have taken at skin cells from heart failure patients and program them into new heart muscle cells, which are able to fuse with existing heart tissue and repair damage and a the most -- the oldest and most advanced patients. there is little chance of the immune system rejecting them, but it could take at least 10 years before clinical trials began. good news for coffee drinkers -- i love it reports like this. a new 13-year study shows that coffee drinkers could live longer than those who do not indulge in a daily cup of joe. >> americans love their jolt of java. new research from the national institutes of health and aarp showed that two, three, up to 6

c. a day could be good for you. >> anybody who drinks up to six cups a day is welcome here, for short. >> researchers over 13 years studied coffee habits of over 14,000 people between ages 50 and 71 and found that men who drank 6 c. of coffee a day had a 10% lower mortality rate than non-coffee drinkers, and it females at a 15% lower mortality rate. >> i will have to step it up. >> erin is a three-cup-estate drinker. the press >> and is -- >> the presumption is that drink coffee, live longer. >> i am a particular weekend, and hispanic community brings a lot of coffee -- i am puerto rican at the, hispanic community drinks a lot of coffee. >> my mother was 97, and she

was a great coffee drinker. the last words she said, she wanted some coffee. >> it might not be the coffee itself that improved longevity, but maybe something about makin it, serving it, or socializing with it. either way, the word for now is up."ink >> people are mistaken for others all the time. what if you are mistaken for a criminal? as lisa robinson found out, it can be frustrating to say the least. >> how would you like to be on the wanted list and have no idea that you are wanted? it happened to a maryland man. they glove to travel, but these days, they make sure they stay in the united states. it is because of what they experienced trying to return to the u.s. from canada.

>> i looked up, i see officers running out and pulling their weapons. i look at him and say, "something is going down." >> i say "yeah, they are coming after me." >> tonight at 11:00, what put him on the wanted list and what he has done to clear his name. >> up next, your maryland lottery numbers, and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.

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mdlottery.com/monopoly. the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> we talked a little bit about the game in the forecast, and it sounds like it will get better from here. >> chance for a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow, but things improve into the weekend. this weekend, maybe a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm. >> a lot of barbecues this weekend. thank you for joining us. >> watch tonight at 5:00 with the dawn a -- donna and stan.