tonight, but security was also concern, with major corporations to keep the area safe in the wake of two incidents on the for plaster, one of them deadly. sheldon dutes is live downtown. >> police said there have not been any significant events so far this evening. i just spoke to a public in permission officer for the department about 20 minutes ago. he said they have given some citations and made some arrests for disorderly conduct but there have been no serious events compared to last year. they say it is because of all the increased presence of police in the area. charles still has bad memories of last year's fourth of july at the inner harbor. >> there was a lot of chaos down here when i was walking through. teen-agers, kids running all over the place. >> he did not let that experience stop him from being rigid from bringing his family back to the inner harbor to not let thehe did

experience stop him from bringing his family back to watch the fireworks. >> i am not worried. >> as people rebelled over the -- ravelled over the rockets red glare, security want to make sure they stayed save this evening. whether they were on foot, riding on bikes, or posted in the stationary spot, uniformed police officer from everywhere in the inner harbor. >> the new plan is in place to focus on agility and mobility. we have officers a can be moved very swiftly to parts of the area that we may determine to be a problem. >> she always wanted to bring her kids downtown to watch the fireworks. >> i was little hesitant, but at the same time, i don't want to let it put a damper on my holiday.

>> about a half-hour ago, police for very strict about clearing out the inner harbor. a cruise ship pull dep about a half-hour ago and they are letting people out now. they have been diligent about steering people away from the downtown area. any juveniles that are caught breaking curfew that started at 11:00 tonight will be taken to central district downtown. sheldon dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> throughout the baltimore area, as we celebrate the fourth of july with a parade like the ones that catonsville and towson in dundalk. a tradition is nearly eight decades old. the fourth of july festivities continued in other parts of the baltimore area. this is towson. this parade kicked off at 10:30 and ended when it reached york

road. the parade included a bucket brigade and portions of the donations that were connected -- collected will be donated to the cool kids campaign. a beloved holiday tradition, catonsville on the fourth. the resident planted themselves in those chairs they had set out weeks ago. the celebration has been held for the last 66 years. the ge says it has restored electric service to nearly 90% of customers affected by friday storm. the company had power back on to more than 645,000 customers. just more than 63,000 remain in the dark. b g e says it expects repairs and restoration to continue through the weekend. that is not good news for folks who still do not have power. the glendale community in towson has been sweating it out since friday.

residents that have had a hard time adjusting to no electricity, no hot water, no food in the house. they say being powered apply for this long has been frustrating. >> i have to go to my relatives house to shampoo my hair. i am going to charge my phone over there and use her computer 40 minutes to see what has been going on on my computer, and i am running out of batteries for anything else that is running in my house. >> many residents are still wondering when their power will come back on. a good part of the storm damage has yet to be cleared by cleanup crews. >> we have a tree down on all line which is still hanging on the line. it is preventing people -- is going across a small little road where people live at the end of the road.

they cannot drive up the road now with a vehicle because they cannot make it under the tree. >> it has cost me about $80 a day in fuel. >> residents say for the most part, the entire community has been helping each other get through the outage. howard county executive says crews are making progress in their efforts to get things back to normal. he says the county assessment determined all roads are open and all traffic lights are functioning, even in the hardest-hit areas. in the thousand remain without power tonight, he went to fire stations and community centers to thank workers for their help since friday storm progressed really thanking our men and women who have been out here doing hard work, knocking on doors, seeing if anybody needs anything, checking on nursing homes and assisted living facilities, making sure generators are safe. >> we are told that to homes

were destroyed. we are calling breaking news from anne arundel county, where young child has been rushed to hospital after being found and responsive in a pool. according to fire officials, paramedics responded around 9:45 to pull on all riverside road. the four-zero was taken to harbor hospital in a life- threatening condition. anne arundel county police are on the scene. also developing right now, baltimore county police have retrieved the body of a missing jet skier. skyteam 11 flew over that search area in essex. investigators say the body of 47-year-old harry gillis was down just wore 7:00 tonight in a residential area of thompson boulevard. crews have fixed the water main break in cockeysville. the former transportation official said a 12-inch break

happened near high-voltage cable and gas line on york road just off of route 145. one lane in each direction will remain blocked through rush-hour tomorrow morning. state highway crews will prepare the road. baltimore city police that a shutdown and suspected drug house and self baltimore. investigators say detectives executed search warrant at the home on orlin road which they say netted illegal narcotics, weapons, and $11,000 in cash, and led to the rest of 25-year- old charles wilson. he is facing drug and weapons charges. we are told a tip from the community led to the bust. a shortage of critical prescription drugs has been a serious problem for hospitals and health care for bottles for several years. investigators say records show a pharmacy in north carolina was buying drugs and selling them,

often on the same day, to a wholesaler owned by the same person. regulators contend that wholesaler was selling the drugs again at higher prices. there is no evidence that the former she was ever filling prescriptions. >> this is simply about greed. people wanting to make a quick buck at the expense of sick american people. it is definitely making the shortages worse and also driving up the prices. >> another reason for the shortages, manufacturing issues like quality-control problems detected by increased inspection and regulation. now that the supreme court has ruled the health care law is constitutional, there may be a need for more primary care physicians. mary and martinez reports on efforts to get more family doctors trained. >> the decision to become a primary care doctor was easy. >> most people i talk to go into primary care because they enjoy

building relationships with patients over a long time. >> he is going through a newly created program to train the next crop of family doctors. positions that will be on the front line of madison, treating everyone from babies to adults. >> there is a tremendous need for primary care doctors. peck's many doctors choose to go into a specialty or they can earn more money. the founder of a new program at kaiser permanente a says there are other reasons. >> sometimes in medical schools that are not exposed early enough to water primary care physician does. >> everyone agrees there is a shortage and it is about to become more severe. last week, the supreme court decided health care reform, known as obamacare, can stand. it will give more actions to

doctors. over the next three years, the kaiser program will turn out 18 new primary care doctors. >> they will be -- they will be able to see a primary care physician as soon as they start to feel symptoms of an illness or disease. >> that means you don't have to wait as long to see a doctor when you are sick. >> the final touches are under way for the london olympic games. we are just weeks away from opening ceremonies. >> 23 days to go and here in london they are even counting down the hours and seconds. the olympic rings gives some landmarks will's enhance the games. this will be the venue to beach volleyball and the main road into buckingham palace will host a marathon. olivia organizer said these olympics will turn this city into a giant party, with big tv

screens in hyde park for those who cannot get tickets to the events. the only debate going on at the moment as security. a plan to place anti-aircraft missiles around capital is being opposed, especially by residents of one high-rise apartment block which would have missiles placed on the roof. the security staff numbers at least 35,000 police, safety, and military personnel. getting the venue is ready and running smoothly and the olympic village is already functioning, ready to accommodate 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries. keith miller, nbc news, london. >> coming up later, pete gilbert has the story of a south african olympian that everyone in the world should root for in the london games. first, spectacular fireworks above the sea landmarks.

first the red, white, and blue lit up the washington monument as patriotic music played for the audience. >> we are still tracking thunderstorms on hd doppler and there is even hotter weather moving this way. 92 degrees in downtown baltimore,6?

>> president obama got a chance

to show off his grill master skills this independence day. he took a break today and in the first lady treated hundreds of military members and their families to a barbecue on the south lawn of the white house. he called it a day to recognize the sacrifices of military families. >> all the men and women who stand with us here this afternoon are an example of this generation of zero, this 9/11 generation, who earned its place in history alongside the greatest generation. >> earlier in the day, president obama hosted a citizenship ceremony for new americans who are also active-duty service members. it would not be the fourth of july without a nauseating display of let me. the country's top competitive eaters carried on the hot dog eating tradition on long island. jolie chest not did not disappoint. he managed to match his previous -- previous record of

68 hot dogs and 10 minutes. on the women's side, sylvia the black widow, is filled up on 45 hot dogs. it was her second title in a row. both winners also received $10,000. the passing of andy griffith has people thinking back to a simpler time and wishing that they could experience a slice of life from the early 1960's. there is one place that you can, but it is not in north carolina, it is in wisconsin. there is a bed and breakfast that is built a lot like mayberry. >> very nostalgic. kind of timeless, in a way. >> so taken by the show that ran from 1960-1968, the model and an entire bed and breakfasts after it.

>> he model room after room after the show. here is a picture of the fireplace. here is the room he recreated, the same framed picture in the tv show hangs above it. that same attention to detail was used when creating the dining room. two years and plenty of time on each day to find the exact same picture that home on the wall along with frames in the shape of octagons. he watched hours of the andy griffith show to get opie's room just right. >> eventually they would always have the heart to heart talks and stuff. he took the liberty of doing a few extra things to nbc's room .eject to aunt bee's room from the keys that hang on the brick to the water coolers to the pictures on the wall. >> i looked on ebay for an old

map of cincinnati. >> you might think and griffith 's desk would be a little tough. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> fireworks everywhere lit up the iconic new york skyline in america's biggest fireworks display. fourthall part of macy's of july ignite the night fireworks spectacular. those are some fireworks. i saw some good far works just driving around. all you had to do was go up and down the highway. that seemed to be everywhere this evening.

we also had the full funder moon up in the sky as well. it is called be under moon because we have so many thunderstorms. full moon and fireworks and the storms stay away so for this evening. nothing in the rain gauge at the airport or the inner harbor. tonight is staying warm. 97 at bwi marshall. three times we have officially had 100. it is still 92 degrees in downtown baltimore at 11:00 at night. it is really stifling out there. you have to get way out and to western maryland for some rain and cooling their in frostburg. the heated rise three continues across the eastern shore to

delaware. i would not be surprised if we have a heat advisory we issued here during the day. tracking through the mounds and heading into northern virginia, a storm just popped up around scranton, dropping down toward philly. the next couple of hours, a little under, but think it will be mostly clear as we head for the weekend. we are closer to a 78-80 in areas of downtown. a high-pressure down in the gulf. the orioles are playing in seattle. 68 for the high today in maine and a comfortable 75 in seattle. everybody in between is a stifling hot, all the way up to minneapolis, 101. chicago was 102 degrees today. on top of this hot air bubble, we have the thunderstorms

developing as a track from the great lakes and from southeast through ohio into the mountains of western maryland and pass just to the southwest of baltimore. even a tornado warning up there in central minnesota this evening. it looks like the worst of the weather will stay southwest of us as far as the storms go. 96-101 tomorrow. out in the mountains tomorrow, a thunderstorm possible, 85 and sunday on friday. a great beach holiday at the coast. 92 on saturday. we will be run around 100 degrees tomorrow. it will stay hot for saturday, a front comes through sunday with some storms. by next week we hope the temperatures are back to normal. >> the best part of his career. the story and the orioles,

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>> it is a good start. we got to the point where we needed some fresh gunpowder. a little bit challenging in anaheim, but i will take it. >> after a dismal stretch, the birds got their swag back at the mound. flirting with perfection, then the most unlikely gem from chris tillman. it looks like the beginning of the end of the orioles. tillman was immediately optioned back to the minors after the game. he will be back up for game 3 in the second half.

campbell with a 3-1 lead and the yankees are back in eighth. -- campeau with a 3-1 lead. -- tampa with a 3-1 lead. red sox lost, despite a winning record. just asat three weeks until the london games and today a decision from the south african olympic committee. a sprinter goes by the nickname blade runner will run for south africa and will be the first ever npt to do so. he said this is the press moment of my life -- the first ever

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this guy. look how hot it is going to be. >> it is possible many thermometers will read 100 degrees tomorrow. it will feel like 105. still hot and sticky friday and saturday, but the radically it will knock the temperatures back and maybe will monday through wednesday of next week are looking pretty good. we will see you back here tomorrow night. we leave you with the fireworks from the inner harbor. happy fourth of july. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--