good afternoon, everyone. our big story at noon. a supreme court strikes down key parts of arizona's controversial immigration law. the 5-3 ruling finals the government does have the power to block local law enforcement from detaining anyone believed to be in the country illegally. karen has the latest from washington. >> arizona law sb1070 seems supreme court bound even before jan brew we're signed it. many people disagree. eye firmly believe it represents what is best for arizona. >> the sweeping law aimed at curbing illegal immigration in the state sparked protests, boycotts and demonstrations nation in-wide. opponents say the the law

amounted to racial profiling requiring local law enforcement to check status if there is reasonable suspicion a person could be here illegally. president obama criticized arizona's actions calling instead for a comprehensive national plan. >> i think it is a mistake when we start having local law enforcement officials take power to stop people on the suspicion they may be undocumented workers. >> a lower court kept the law from taking full effect and on april 25th, 2012, debate arrived at the supreme court. the protest moved east, too. arguing for the obama administration, immigration issues are the federal government's domain. for the state of arizona, they argued the federal government has not controlled the problem of illegal immigration. states should have the ability to enforce their own laws. other states have been

following developments closely with their immigration laws potentially on the line. arizona was the first to reach the supreme court. in warn withining withton -- in washington, i am karen kapa. after spending days in the 90s, temperatures finally cooling down. yesterday we hit 92 at the thurgood marshall airport. today, so far, we hit a high of 80 greece. in the harbor so far, 85. normal low, 65. this morning we were at 69 degrees. a mild start to the day.

neighbor called hen they saw smoke billing from the house. no word on what caused the fire but we do know it started in a bedroom and spread to an adjacent hallway. >> the point gone has confirmed a maryland marine was killed in combat in afghanistan in afghanistan over the weekend. 21-year-old eugene mills was assigned in the helmand province. mills is the sixth maryland soldier killed this year while serving overseas.

his father says mills decided to join the military after seeing the world trade center attacks. meanwhile, the army private charged in the biggest leaks of the secrets in u.s. history is pressing prosecutors for evidence he hopes will bolster his defense. at a hearing later today. attorneys for private 1st class manning will ask the government to provide a report ac session the damage done by alleged leak of classified documents. they will also ask the military judge to postpone the september trial date to allow both sides time to obtain and study the documents. in other news this afternoon, a new poll shows the majority of marylanders approve of expanding gambling in the state and they want maryland ledge legislatures to compromise on the issue. a recent opinion poll shows they want to improve slots now. most want to vote on the issue in november. the debate to expand gambling in maryland and the future of the new casino remains uncertain in the wake of a select panel's recent inability to reach consensus.

only 3% of marry learns say decision was good thing. >> it is all good. as long as they are not promoting people to spend what they don't have. i think it is terrible to depend on gamblings for things that are vital. all you do, you appeal to people's worst instincts. >> governor o'malley says, he will continue to push senate and house leaders on the issue of expanding gambling in the state. legal problems stem interesting the sex abuse case may be far from over. a jury found the former penn state assistant football coach guilty on 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse late pray day night. now lawsuits and more charges expected. >> while convicted child abuser remains on suicide watch today, pension vein why's top law enforcement official signals there could be more charges against others to come. attorney general linda kelly

oversaw the sandusky case. >> oh, i think that this investigation continues, i think that anyone that is associated with case that can tell you, that we have been developing information even after the grand jury presented. >> penn states the focus of multiple investigations into whether former top school officials covered up san dus kill's conduct and could have stopped him years ago. even among the jurors, there was concern. juror number five, josh harper. >> penn state didn't do the action. all right. but could they have prevented further victimses? sure. >> juror number 11, ann van kernen. >> i wish that something, that it had gone a step further. >> former athletic director and former vice president are facing perjury charges relating to what they knew about a 2001 shower incident

involving sandusky and a young boy reported by former graduate assist and. kelly's office is reviewing e mails showing that graham spanier agreed that it would be "humane" to sandusky not to report the mcquery allegation to local authorities. they all deny any wrongdoing. if those empower at penn state had taken action in the early 2000s, then my client would not have been molested in 2007 and 2008. >> legal experts say with endowment of $1.8 billion, penn state has deep pockets that will make it a prime target for civil suits filed by sandusky's victims. >> based on other judgments in these cases in pennsylvania, we could be talking about tens of millions of dollars at least. on a statement, penn state says it plans to set up a program to privately, expeditiously, fairly address the victim's concerns, and

compensate them fors relating to the university. >> that was michael reporting. >> still ahead on 11 news at noon, firefighters in colorado are battling the worst wildfire season in a decade. the latest on the efforts to contain the blazes when we cover the nation. >> and potentially life-changing news for the people who struggle with high blood pressure. the new treatment that zaps the problem away, next in "medical alert."er

covering the nation today, firefighters are battling eight wildfires be a about to get some help from the military today. colorado's governor says two c-130 military transport plans from colorado springs will assist in fighting the fires. colorado is dealing with its word wildfire season in a decade. the fire has forced tourists to leave hotels and campgrounds at the base of pike's peek to stay away from harm. >> well, it is fire in colorado, florida is preparing for the latest tropical storm debby. so far, tornadoes spawned by the tropical storm is beal blakeed for at least wound's. deb b's path has been difficult to predict. the slow-moving storm appears to have its eye on florida. it might strength noon a hurricane. we'll have more on tropical

storm debby in a few minutes. >> one person is dead after plane crash in north carolina earlier this morning. the sheriff's office said they received a report around 4:30 a.m. of a downed plane in north carolina. authorities found the plane a few hours after the motorists scal called 911 saying they witnessed a plane crash. emergency crews have not released the identity of the victim. still ahead on 11 news at noon, planning a cookout this summer? be prepared to bump up the food budget. details about the rising prices of picnic fair coming up in consume are alert. >> along with the updates of tropical storm debby. we keep an eye on the severe weather that could be happening closer us later today between the line of storms just moving offshore. we'll have details coming up in the insta-weather forecast. for now, a few clouds in the sky. ty is 82 at the harbor down from 85.

in today's "consumer i have a letter" it that is time of year when folks are grilling. with the price of everything going up, how much will cookout costs? the latest ground beef will run you 5% more than last year. hot dog are up a pen nay piece. if chicken is your style, the wholesale prices of whole chings are up 10% from last year. just in time for your summer vacation season, we are shedding light on age-old myths about saving gas. consumer reports says filling up during cooler weather will not help you get better gas mileage. the same goes for warming up the car before driving. consume reporters says that was only true with much older

engine. the tests show driving with a dirty air filter or driving with the windows down has no impact on the fuel economy. >> and while those are not good days to save on gas this summer, we do have good ways, i should say, we have better news when it comes to saving on energy. 11 news reporter, linda, has tips on how to cool the home without racking up the big electrician ty bills. >> it is a scorcher out there. to keep the sun's heat from warming up your home, you may be tempted to blast the air-conditioner all day. but this new device can cut energy usage a and your bill. >> you can turn the air-conditioners on and off via the smartphone. >> set the temperature with the remote. download the app top the smartphone. it costs about $50 at select best buy stores. con ed recommends setting the ac at 78 degrees. while that may be hard for some, remember this? >> for every degree you low

are the air-conditioner, you increase the cooling costs by 6%. >> other ways to cut the bill, turn lights off when you are not using them. don't produce heat. >> your oven, obviously, cree its heat. if you can cookin' the microwave. cookable the microwave. it uses more energy though but it will not heat up the house the way oven would. >> dishwashers and other appliances create heat. >> washers, dryers, run those things at night if you can. >> it is designed to reduce total energy use by up to 10%. jordan shows us features in the apartment that save energy and money like these energy-star appliances. >> throughout the building, we have fluorescent light bulbs which use less energy. also windows that deflect and keep out heat as well as digital thermostats on the ac units. >> they have times on them. so you can set it to turn on 15 to 20 minutes before you get home from work.

>> now your 11 insta-weather forecast with meteorologist eva marie. now looks look we should see energy the next couple of days did as temperature are dropping down so the air-conditioner won't have work so hard the next cowl of days. until that happens though. we have a cold front moving through that is kicking off showers and thunderstorms now. we look at the current hd doppler. we san can see the storm starts to push east of ocean city. this is the loop the past three hours. showers still moving around the baltimore metro area. the southern county, more of the activity closer to the coast. some stronger storms moving toward eastern delaware right now. so these are heading offshore but still going to be activity that builds on the back side of this. we cannot calm things down until the front finally clears through. we'll talk about when that is going be happening in a little bit. until that happens, we have severe threat across the mid at lan ting. the spc has us in a slight risk. the yellow shading you see from new england down to north carolina. we are just on the edge of

that. baltimore, down toward ocean ty. that is where the slight risk is through the afternoon and the evening hours. even including dc. ty think most of the activity should be east of i-90. in the includes the threat for isolated storms to be strong and in includes damaging wins and maybe even large hail. we'll have to keep an eye on that. unfortunately, we have not had touch going on across the area. temperature-wise, though, we have enough instability to allow the storms to get strong. it is already 84 in cambridge. 86 in salisbury. a little bit cooler now. 77 and actually closer to 80 early on. we have a first wave of the front move through. the temperatures drop down. now down to 82 at the continuer harbor. 70 degrees. 64 in oakland. the dewpoints are dropping down as well toll the 50s now out to the west down to the low 60s as you get the mets tro area. still in the upper 60s to lower 7os for the lower eastern shores. it feels a lot more humid as you head east of the bay. kind of what we would expect closer to the water.

it is always much more humid. the wins are starting to pick up as well. 9 miles per hour around baltimore. anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour as we head into the west. that is what the second cold front moving through. a couple of showers still possible this evening. then clearing and colder tonight. we drop down to the 50s across baltimore. a little bit colder to the suburbs where it could be the low to mid 50s. current weather pattern showing the first front that came through. the second one is on the way behind the high pressure builds in. we cool down,dry out to the next couple of days. fort fatally, the high pressure system keeping debby well toll the south. here you can see. off the west coast of florida, likely to sit in place. models having a hard time figuring out where debby is going to go most likely impacting florida. they can see tremendous amount of rain top the next couple of days. as we go into ourself vein-day forecast. we are rain free at least through thursday. 95 though. that is what we warm back up to by friday. >> in today's "medical alert"

baby-sitters, teacher, even grand parents may need extra guidance when it comes to food allergies in children. new data shows kids with severe allergies still ingested foods at a rate of once a year. caregivers other than parents were most often responsible for giving kids food they were allergic to often bay cross contamination. >> high blood pressure is one of the most common conditions affecting americans today. a small group of patients cannot get it under control. now an experimental recede dure zaps the nerves that trigger high blood pressure. erica edwards has those details. >> 60-year-old diana richardson is one of the millions of americans who has uncontrolled high blood pressure. she was taking four blood pressure medications but still had levels that topped the charts. >> my surrounding was my health. i wasn't able to did anything else. >> doctors suspect patient like diana have overactive

system meaning their blood vessels are in a constant adrenaline rush. now nationwide clinical trial is testing minimally invasive procedure called renal, it zaps the nerves involved in the multi-organ system. >> you are interrupting the nervous system from going the kidneys which helps lower blood pressure. >> doctors thread a catheter to the kidney artery and apply radio frequency waves to certain nerves. the idea is to calm the signals between the brain and the kidneys causing the blood vessels to relax. renal degeneration is not approved in the u.s. but studies in europe suggests it works. >> it showed there was a significant reduction in the blood pressure. 20 to 30-millimeters. now out three year or more. >> patience in the trial won't know if if they are getting the real precede daughter or a fake. a month after diana participated in the trial at duke university. she noticed a significant drop in her blood pressure

and has been able to add exercise back to her routine. >> i feel look i am getting my life back. i feel look i am getting me back. >> so far, doctorses have seen minimal side effects linked to procedure, but admit, they don't know much about the long-term effects. erica edwards, wbal-tv 11 news. coming up next. the maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers and another check of the insta-weather forecasts with safe but first a look at how wall street is performing at this hour. stay with us.

tonight at 11 news at 5:00. the brushfire has at least 50 people out of the homes now. we have a are you on the scene analyzing the damage and a live report on the devastation to. the much-anticipated city budget gets the final vote tonight. with monitoring whether any last-minute changes could keep fire companies from closing. plus, local national guardsmen reunite with their families for the first time in months after a 09-day deployment in afghanistan. those stories and more when you join us for 11 news at at 5:00 and now the pick three and pick four numbers. ♪ the maryland lottery ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi, there, let's play the pick three numbers. here we go. 3 followed by -- that is a 6.

the last number for the pick three game is a five making the pick three numbers 3, 6, and we'll get the pick four in just a moment but first strike it rich features as top prize of $50,000. just scratch it and rip it. you can also enter nonwinning tickets for chances to win amazing prizes. visit on-line for details. now our drawing officials all set ready to go with the pick four numbers. for starters we got a 2. followed by, that is a 6, as printed on the ball. the next number is a and the final number for the pick four game, we have got a five. recapping the pick four numbers today, 2, 6, 4, 5. the maryland lottery, let yourself play! >> ava is back to check the forecast. >> isolated storm later. we cool down and dry out the next couple of days. >> sounds great.

thanks, ava. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon.o