>> live, local, and late- breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin with breaking news. officer shoots and kills a pit bull . it happened in the 5100 block of stafford. the officer was on of sort chase with the suspect. the suspect ran into a house and the aggressive dog came running out towards the officer. officer was able to arrest the suspect. there has been a lot of talk about safety in baltimore and the cities top cop is stepping down. the mayor assembled a team of people charged with finding a

replacement. nadia? >> tonight, residents have plenty of advice on what the mayor's team needs to lopok ok for. some say they're looking for superman to clean things up. >> i would look outside of the city, somebody who has a different take an experience. >> make sure he knows the area she will be working in. >> 50 advisory panel which consists of law enforcement, legal and executive experts will be responsible for conducting interviews for internal and external applicant. a dent of as to recommend a finalist to the mayor. the city also hired an outside firm to vent both candidates. baltimore's current top cop says he's been known for its history talking approach. >> the bad guys with guns. we will risk our lives to take these people off the street

toward >> he officially steps down august 1 to spend more time with his family. during his tenure he decided -- presided over tough cases dealing with corruption, scandal and misconduct in his department. the highlights include the cities decline in gun violence and an 18% drop in homicide in two years, the lowest since 1977. considering the it challenges he faces, i guess he managed it pretty well. >> with those kinds of statistics, mayor rawlings- blake stresses the next police commissioner needs to build on this product request it will be a challenge. that is for sure. >> and new tonight, a baltimore county woman arrested after police say she kidnapped at 10- month old boy candor ross is behind bars. she was involved in the custody of dispute.

several people were arguing about who has custody of the boy. that is when the woman took the baby from the bedroom and took off. she is being held on $50,000 bond. a manhunt having right now in auburn, alabama. police are looking for this man. a fight at a party last i got out of control and he shot and killed several people killing three. more details now from kurt. >> of gunmen opened fire during a fight at a priority held at an off-campus apartment complex near auburn university said it. >> it happened so quick. >> 3 were killed in the shooting. edward christian and ladraius phillips. one current football player was injured. >> it is a very sad time for the auburn community. released ach

statement saying -- universityt only students and and at least but it is young people. it is the six young people that have been shot. authorities are hunting for the suspect, who is charged with capital murder and considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> we will not rest until he is located. >> as the search for the suspects continues. >> [unintelligible] i grew up with him. >> as the victims friends and an entire community search for reasons why. >> his lawyers tried to get the charges dropped this week by the judge said no. so six months after his arrest, jerry sandusky goes on trial

tomorrow. sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sex abuse, accused of molesting 10 boys over 15 years. he has pled not guilty. >> the charges he is facing, a conviction on a few of these calls will land him in jail for the rest of his natural life. >> prosecutors have lined up 8 alleged victims to testify. the first expected on the stand, the four who told a grand jury that he was subjected to more than 50 acts of sex abuse and given dozens of kids, including golf clubs. victim 9 whose alleged repeated a result in the basement of sandusky's's home where he once screamed for help. the defense strategy -- hammer away at the credibility of the victims by suggesting they conspired with each other in

hopes of profiting by filing civil lawsuits. >> at least one of the accusers, that is what they are talking about. >> for approving all the victims are making up their stories could be difficult. >> you will have a tough time showing that everybody in this case is lying or everyone case has colluded with someone else to concoct this story. >> stick with the wbal-tv as we provide complete coverage of the sandusky trial in our newscast and wbaltv.com. trouble in the middle east this weekend. this is the scene out of syria for the past few nights. residents there have been reporting the sounds of heavy gunfire and explosions, the worst in the 15-month uprising. experts in the region said this weekend's attack show the rebel forces are getting more brazen and the fighting is likely to get even worse. officials say six people were hurt after jumping from buildings today and turkey. panicking when an earthquake hit

the area. this is a store surveillance video showing people running into the streets. the earthquake was 5.8 magnitude. earthquakes are not unusual in the area. >> [inaudible] >> politicians in greece physically fighting. one man slaps a woman on live television. it happened thursday. they were arguing about the economic crisis in the country. today, the man involved decided to give his version of love and care he said he was baited and plans to file a lawsuit. -- he gave his version of events. the white house lands and hot water after the present made a course of a comment about the current state of the economy. in a news conference friday, the president stated "the private sector is doing fine."

president obama's said this was an attempt to reassure the nation. republican presidential candidate mitt romney wasted no time at sharing his thoughts on the president's remarks. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. . is he really that out of touch it? these comments he is making suggest someone who do not understand what is happening in the country he has been elected to lead. >> president obama says he blames congress for the job shortage. president obama will be in baltimore this week. he is taking part in a couple of campaign events on tuesday. we give you more details as they become available. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords makes a rare appearance of the campaign of office of ron barber who hopes to claim her seat in congress. she greeted many of the staff and volunteers. she resigned from her position as she was undergoing

rehabilitation after she was wounded in a shooting in 2011. in private economy, gas prices seem to be dropping but many are looking for ways to save and there may actually be good and bad days to go to the comp. experts say most people tend to fill their tanks at the beginning of the week on monday and before the weekend on friday. but because the gas stations typically have fewer customers in the middle of the week, that is considered her best chance to save. >> so it can sometimes be advantageous to fill up on tuesday or wednesday when retailers tend to have a bit less volume. >> the national average for a gallon of regular is standing at $3.56 per gallon. that is down 16 cents and three weeks. female students at the university of maryland got an unfortunate lesson about when d where not to take your close off pretend across the strip down to their underwear to take a dip in a camp as a fountain. that is when a group of thieves

came by and took off with their close. the girls eventually got the items back. a beautiful sunday for this festival in southeast baltimore. today was the last day of celebration. the festival started on thursday and feature traditional greek music and homemade food. the event is organized by st. nicholas greek orthodox church. heat, fire and rain. the country is dealing with a wild weather this weekend from deadly blaze is in the west to get the waves in the east. now the price tag is starting to add up. plus -- >> you can see the finish, and it does not seem like it is getting any closer. >> hundreds of swimmers. we will introduce you to the kid who came out on top. >> there are some storms out there. a lot to the south. some are full storms in the midwest. they are coming our way.

there is the boardwalk. still busy this evening where it is 72 degrees on the ocean. closer to home in baltimore, 77 at the airport. it is 84 at the inner harbor. a warm evening at a hot

>> from west to east, it has been a weekend of dangerous extremes. we are told floods have cost $20 million in damage so far and at least one person has lost their life. >> here is how fast it can happen from a 2 acre fire notice saturday morning in the mountains of colorado to a 14,000 acre behemoth with zero

containment and a growing one day later could >> you never have everything you would like to have but if you could have had everything in the world yesterday. this fire would do what it did. >> what it did was to ride 40 mile an hour winds through dry timber past hundreds of firefighters on the ground. hundreds were evacuated, some already knowing what was law. >> my house is gone. and now i will not have a home. and i have no place to go. >> this was not the only wild fire stretching resources around the country. while colorado was with one alarming hot spot, new mexico became another when a stubborn blaze that had been contained for days was whipped by fresh winds across 10,000 additional acres. how hundreds more ejaculated. vacuated.ds mor

a foot and a half of rain in pensacola in one day flooded shopping malls. the second-biggest rain day in the city's history. in alabama, two inches of rain and our washed out roads and hit several thousands of local residents. >> i have a couple of cow's behind the barn. i was making sure they did not float away. >> it was the western fire that pose the greatest danger. the first responder is trying to get the word out this is a bad one. >> i cannot count the number of times we had flames looking at the units we are doing evacuation as. >> the growth potential of this fire? high. >> closer to home, with barely a cloud inside it was a perfect day for a dip in the chesapeake bay. the great chesapeake bay swim. 250 swimmers took part.

it starts at sandy point and ended at the bay bridge marina. the winner says the bay conditions made it quite a challenge to complete the race. >> it was an hour and a half of pain. i came out on top. the last strip away, you can see the finished and it does not seem like it is coming any closer. it may look like it is calm, but in the middle of the day you get a lot of chop. >> he's 17 years old and won the same race two years ago when he was 15. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> we've really had a good run of weather for the past few days. it got more humid today but not too much. temperatures were in the 90's. i do not think it was all that

on comfortable but there are changes coming cared a lot of moisture to the south of us and it is beginning to push up to the west of us. in new jersey, running into new york state there is rain activity. it is not at the severe levels it was earlier today. we have been in the sweet spot between these two systems. it was warm out there. high today 94 at the airport. in a harbor hit 96. at the dewpoint temperatures were at 60. tomorrow, the dewpoint goes up but we will see more cloudiness. it might be hard to make these temperatures. no of precipitation today. 65 and 75 were the lows. 97 was a record high. what you see on the map -- the orange shades. temperatures around 80 degrees. in a yellow, in the 70's. in the 60's, these splotches of

green on the map. ocean city is 72. 73 at parkton. it is in the 60's in the mountains out west. a little bit of cloudiness along this front to the east of us over new jersey and new york state. we have what weather in the southeastern part of the u.s. and we have a strong cold front up to the west. some strong storms -- minnesota into iowa and kansas city and the morning. all of this is coming our way. the moisture from the south and this cold front comes in. fassel we will see some good changes in our weather coming up. the weather has been so good it is too bad we will see it go away. mostly cleared tonight. mild, 62-68. tomorrow, more cloudiness, 88- 92. most of the day in the 80's. it will be more humid than today. the showers after dark.

south to southeast wins 7-12 miles per hour. the insta-weather futurecast shows the rain closing in monday evening. it's after dark that the rain chances go up. the cold front approaches on tuesday. wednesday we will see some persistent shower activity. our forecast for the next seven days. 90 tomorrow. showers after dark. highest rain chance this coming week will be on tuesday. could be some good thunderstorms. low 80's. rain chances taper off wednesday and thursday. >> an exciting finish again. >> second straight game to go to extra innings against a talented team and they won both times. this is becoming a common theme for the orioles. we will show you what caused the we will show you what caused the celebration

>> now 11 sports. >> the orioles would rather win

their games in nine innings but if they have to play longer it has been well worth the wait. they have won nine straight extra inning games including two in a row against the phillies this weekend. the birds get to the left- handed. he delivers the base hit. adam jones. 1-0 orioles. not bad for a backup catcher. jason hammill hit a rough patch with a grounder that finds a spot in the outfield. 2-0, the phillies' lead. bottom of the fourth, 2-1. steve collison crashes from the left. a 3 run jack. that ties the game at 4-4. ada jones grounded a third. he cannot find the handle. jones safe at first.

- mattxt batter - -mat weaters. it goes off the wall. here comes jones. he scores the game winner. the orioles have done it again. the nine straight wins an extra inconings is a new record. ike davis drives on to the gap. a 4-4 game. bottom of the ninth. a bomb to left. that's the game winner. the yankees when it 5-4. to fenway park, davey johnson doing for the nationals what he did for the orioles. crushing this pitch to right.

big poppy. we go to the ninth. off. harpteer takes said up the speed of the 19- year-old or keep your he will score the game-winning run. the nats win 5-4. the nats were 0-9 at fenway. derrick mason says he wants to retire as a raven. he is expected to announce his retirement at a news conference tomorrow. he played for the ravens from 2005-2010. he is the leading receiver in receptions. to the french open. nadal versus djokoic. nadal forcing the action. look at the pretty backhand shot. djokovic can't get to it. 6-4.

rafa would be the aggressor. he comes to the net. djokovic knows what to do. . great shot. 3-3. nadal won the next 2 games. the crosscourt winner. nadal led 50--3. play resumed with nadal taking the second set. a second delay postponed the match until tomorrow. djkovici leading the fourth set 2-1. the u.s. open starts this weekend. a lot of all first skipped. a back injury sidelines johnson for 3 month. the back was feeling fine. 17th hole. 9 under. the lead. a chip to force a playoff.

it almost goes. hard trait for merrick. johnson is the first player to win in each of his five seasons on tour since leaving college. it was a great day for golf, but how about the rest of the week? john collins is back with a seven day after this. [ jared ] uh, michael? you know... big game... that was sort of supposed to be for all of us. [ slurping ]

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