are easily passed measure will help workers compromise. >> i think there is a bigger arsenal of bullets that actually keeps this thing open. >> will have much more tonight on that proposal. it is quite interesting, and demonstrating some controversy about just how it will be executed. kerry cavanaugh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the public war over baltimore's own system is heating up at city hall. last week, city comptroller john pratt accused mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, spending money on new bonds and equipment without going through the cities bidding process. the mayor's office says no bidding was needed because the purchases were made under an existing contract. >> i did know that the mayor was trying to take over the duties and responsibilities of the

municipal telephone exchange. the mayor offered me real-estate positions in exchange for the department of communications, and i told her it was an insult. >> we are not convinced that the comptroller's office has the technical capacity to implement voice over ip to all city agencies. we are convinced that the mayor's office of information technology can do it better, faster, and cheaper. >> pratt said she and the mayor were scheduled to meet about the issue this afternoon but that the mayor's office cancel the meeting. >> lisa robinson joins us in the studio with details. dexia official said the zoning law governing liquor licenses in the city have not changed since 1971. four years later, it is time to change in order to help improve

the health of residents. >> a-rod to put people out if their -- they are going to put people out if they are not careful. >> the doctor says crime and the density of liquor stores go hand in hand. the city's population has declined by 31%, but the number of liquor outlets has remained the same. >> almost three-quarters of the of all outlets that are operating outside the zoning area are primarily concentrated in the poorest areas of the city. >> held and planning officials have identified 128 outlets that are operating in residential areas in the middle of the block. they were grandfathered enin. planning officials are proposing that stores have two years to make a change. >> the businesses can choose to

continue operating, but not sell alcohol, they can choose to move to a different location where they can sell alcohol, or if they want to make other decisions, it is up to them. >> alcohol, beer, wine sales are big parts of convenience stores and small liquor stores. that is their living and they are just going to push them out and make them have to do something else that they are not used to. >> people living in the area say there it things like there is a liquor store on every corner, and they welcome the change. >> people get drunk all the time and stuff occurs. >> it will clean up the street and maybe make it safe for me when i go. >> the proposal must approve by the city council. a number of public hearings will be held. lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news.

>> on this day 200 years ago, the u.s. officially declared war on great britain, sparking the war of 1812. >> hundreds of people gathered for peaceful ceremony to commemorate the occasion, despite the rain. rob roblin is live at fort mchenry with more on today's events. lowell melser joins us live from federal hill. >> sailabration is coming to an end, and we decided to do our live shot here on top of federal hill, to get one final view of all the beautiful tall ships. some of the tents are being torn down. at 5:00, that ferris wheel was taken down as well. there is no doubt from beginning to end, this event was a huge success. call this year's sailabration it a success would really be an understatement. everywhere you went, from the

inner harbor to locust point, there were crowds of people trying to get a peek at tall ships from around the world and gray hulls ships from our own u.s. navy. if ships were not your thing, over the weekend, all you had to do was look up to get a spectacular view of the blue angels putting on quite a clinic. >> i like the blue angels because they did cool tricks in the air. >> there are crowds everywhere, very well this first. everywhere you went there were crowds of people that are happy. i went to power plant life and the whole place was jumping because of all the activity. >> kirby fowler, president of the downtown partnership says sailabration went beyond expectations. some sources indicate car more than 500,000 people visited baltimore of the past four days, making it one of the largest events in the city's recent history. local businesses were pleased, too.

one business said saturday night they tripled their business. >> we have used it as a sell- abration. >> it was exceptionally well managed by all the entities involved. >> baltimore city police work hand-in-hand with state and federal law enforcement and report no major crime is used in and around the harbor, which was a great concern going in, especially when it came to groups of young people. still, they said they had it under control, prepared on a number of fronts. >> leveraging technology, working with specific stakeholders who had big parts of the event, and it is police presence. making sure there were officers there to be a deterrent to any violence could regret my favorite car the blue angels, watching them say all overhead. that was something else. it looks like the weather should hold out tonight, so if you

want to get one final look at the tall ships, come down here and take a look. tomorrow morning they will start to move out of the inner harbor. there was especially been going on at fort mchenry earlier today. rob roblin, this was some event. >> yes, it was. when you talk about all of the sailabration, the ships coming and wonderful and they are great to have her, but it is all about fort mchenry. >> it is such a special place. not only is fort mchenry beautiful, it is also so important historically. >> showing off the red and white today. >> we are learning about the war of 1812. i thought it brought home a little bit of history to them. >> today there was a special ceremony. 200 years ago today, president james madison signed a

declaration of war against great britain. >> it is war that really gave the united states recognition as a real nation. we had independence, but we did not have respect. this war gave our country and lack of respect. francis scott key understood that. that is why he wrote the national anthem. the rest is history. >> the name of the ceremony was "from enemies to allies, 200 years of peace." >> we have worked with darker -- with the u.k. to work together around the world as a country that believes and fights for democracy wherever it is at risk. >> in the 200 years since that war, britain, america, and canada have stood side by side in numerous different conflicts, never again fighting with each

other, and invariably on the side of justice and of peace. quickset into the ceremony, the canons of fort mchenry board once again -- >> at the end of the ceremony, the canons roared once again. rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the star-spangled sailabration maggie coming to an end, but there is continuing coverage on wbaltv.com. get a bird's-eye view of the blue angels from skyteam 11, and some amazing photos of events throughout the week. i did it on the home page. >> there is still more ahead on 11 news at 6:00. >> business is in anne arundel, howard, and baltimore counties were hit. how the rest of two men is helping police solve a rash of burglaries, and what more we have learned about the investigation.

>> roger clemens' hears the verdict in his federal perjury case. you will hear that little later in sports. >> storms in the mountains on hd doppler. the forecast is straight ahead.

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>> baltimore city police are looking into an overnight shooting in east baltimore. a man was shot multiple times just before 1:30 this morning. there is no word tonight on his

condition and police have made no arrests in the case. it is unclear what led to the violence. >> two men have been arrested for burglarizing a dozen businesses in the columbia area in howard county. they have been linked to nearly two dozen more berbers in baltimore county. a third suspect is charged with attempted burglary. >> the three men arrested together in baltimore county after police pulled over a black 2008 chevrolet impala. we have learned more about the police investigation. burglar's cost about $1,200 in damage to the front door of this business. workers consider themselves fortunate the thieves did not get past the alarm system. surveillance video captures the early morning burglary attempt. the suspects triggered the blaring alarm and flashing lights, alerting investigators. >> one of the other patrol

units observed of vehicle matching a suspect description of a vehicle taken from a previous burglary. when the officers stopped the vehicle, they discovered that the three men inside were connected to the attempted burglary. all three baltimore and are charged with attempted burglary of the pizza shop on york road in cockeysville. police are linking johnson and jones to numerous burglaries throughout the area. >> further investigation connected to of those men to least 22 other burglaries that had taken place in baltimore county, dating back to april 29. >> the two men are charged with 12 burglaries in howard county. police are also trying jones and johnson to lease two burglaries in anne arundel county. >> in most cases, they smashed open the glass window or door, entered the location and took

either gister or tip money from the jars. >> johnson came running back to the vehicle and told him, let's go, let's go. he claims he frequently tries -- drives them so they can break into businesses to steal money. >> johnson and jones are charged with the burglaries of two pizza shops and a chinese restaurant in essex. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> surprisingly, so far, most of this month has been cooler than normal. there is some heat in the forecast. summer officially begins on wednesday, and the hottest of the week maybe thursday. for most areas around baltimore, driving with glo- coat -- couple of isolated showers that have popped up. most of the activity is out in

the mountains to the west, lined up along the warm front which will push through here during the day tomorrow into wednesday. the very comfortable weather pattern have had for a while is about to give way. on the almanac you will see today's high temperature at the airport 14 degrees cooler than normal for june 18. we only had 70 in the high is supposed to be up around 84 degrees. the record for the coolest guy temperature was 67. we beat that by just three degrees. -- the coolest high temperature. 73 at the inner harbor in downtown baltimore, 69 insurance bill. -- 69 in jarretsville. light, southeast winds and a slight chance for a couple of isolated showers to wander

through central maryland over the next few hours. to the west, a pretty dramatic temperature rise, 90's in chicago and kansas city. last hour, denver was 100. triple digit heat in the desert southwest as well. we will see some sunshine breaking through the clouds tomorrow, a southerly breeze and temperatures warming. maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. same thing wednesday. thursday, same scenario. this brought is out near chicago that will finally pushed through here on friday and try to cool things off a little bit by next weekend. temperatures will steadily rise for the next few days. 83-88 amar, south winds at 5-10. baltimore water temperature at the harbor is 75 degrees, so the

water is warming up. sunny and warm on wednesday and thursday out in western maryland. the eastern shore, increasing humidity with the rising temperatures. mid-80's tomorrow and thunderstorms chances are less than 20%, but an isolated storms as possible. down at the coast, only in the 60's for most of the day today, but low 80's on wednesday. summer officially begins with the summer solstice at 7:09 in the evening. just like that, summer arrives. a good chance for showers and storms friday and a couple of degrees cooler over the weekend. >> roger clemens, it came down

to two words today, not guilty. jurors deliberated for almost 10 hours before agreeing to an end to a 10-week trial and a five- year investigation. the jury acquitted clemens on all six counts that he did lie to congress in 2008 when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. his name appears on the baseball hall of fame ballot for the first time this year. the orioles road trip takes them to new york today where they will face a split agenda could try to stop the jets and keep pace with the yankees. the orioles have played great against national league teams this year, including taking a weekend series in atlanta. the challenge its increasingly complicated tonight at city field in new york. r.a. dickey pitched a new -- a

no-hitter in his last outing. lebron james will probably have the same number of fans and haters regardless of the outcome of this year's nba finals. the heat had to hold off a late dunder rally in game 3 last night. kevin durant on the brakes, pulling oklahoma city within one. lebron james has played clutch in fourth quarter. he forced duran to foul out on the same play. he knows how much sweat it takes to get every when this time of year. >> we can win any type of game. we can win a high paced game. we face every game as its own. we don't go into the game saying this is what type of game it is going to be.

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>> baltimore's top cop walks the streets with residents one last time. we will get his perspective on the city's crime issues and the toughest test and incoming commissioner will face. those stories and more on 11 news

>> a little rain earlier today, is that going to be a pattern? >> just a couple of scattered showers tomorrow that will usher in the heat. upper 90's on wednesday and thursday and then some scattered storms arrive on thursday night into friday. that will be a cold front that takes us from 98 to about 88. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. see you back here at 11:00. see you back here at 11:00.