said and done. >> atkinson reacted to news that the police chief of anne arundel is retiring effective august 1 after county executive john leopold was indicted earlier this year on charges of misconduct in office, in part for allegedly using police records to do illegal background checks on his political opponents. the chief was named in the indictment, saying he knew about some of the allegations but did nothing. >> i'm not surprised at all. we anticipated this would come about. he's going to get his retirement and his drop payment. >> the state prosecutor was the first to announce the retirement, declining to comment further. the prosecutor said "in light of his retirement, the state is closing its criminal investigation of the chief. it is important to resolve this without any problem to the function of the police department at a time it is functioning and the executive is under indictment. our office believes this is in

the best interest of the citizens of anne arundel county." >> if there are criminal act was it -- criminal accusations, he should stand up in court and he should be able to stand up and say this is not true and what the process play out. >> he thinks the chiefs cut a deal to testify against leopold in exchange for dropping his own criminal investigation and says he is glad the chief is stepping down. wednesday afternoon, the county executive's office announced that as of august 1, the acting police chief will be major pamela davis. >> we need someone willing to stand up to the county executive and to the council and let them know what happened here. >> major davis has been on the force since 1993. she will be the first female police chief for anne arundel county. >> thank you. corruption and high crime -- those are the two of the seven

key areas city police say they need to address as part of a massive overhaul department operations. 11 news obtained a report from the fraternal brotherhood of police outlining problems that need to beat picks -- problems that need to be fixed. they call this the outdated and ineffective. they have called for a thorough review of policies to revoke its efforts to reduce violent crime. >> burglary, assault, larceny, this ranges from neighborhoods in northeast baltimore all the way down to federal help. >> if you would like to take a look at the report, we have a list of the complete blueprint out our website, wbaltv.com. it is now official, the baltimore city fire chief is getting a good sized pay raise in the contract extension.

this is much to the dismay of the city firefighter union and at least to the elected officials. let's go live to city hall tonight for more on that story. >> the chief will get an 18% increase in pay, but let's put this in perspective. it will happen over the duration of his five-year contract. you have to give the fire chief credit for this fire deaths since 1938. he's established operation care to cut down on residents using ambulances as taxis and moving the fire department to a new computer dispatch system. >> our record of fire safety and the work he is doing is being recognized. >> the chief will receive a 18% raise in pay over the next five years. his current salary is more than $161,000 a year. the contract extension generated

vigorous debate and protests at the city board vestments meeting. >> this increase is not negotiated with local 960. >> [inaudible] >> the firefighters' union zero did on the pay increase. comes as three fire companies face closure because of lack of funding. >> the chief could show true leadership by refusing raise. >> officials applying the chief and his command staff got significant raises while the rank-and-file did not get one and is being asked to contribute more money to health care cost. >> if we are all going to suffer some, it needs to start the top. >> the mayor contends the fire unions turned down a pay increase. >> it would save the city money over the long term and could have potentially prevent us from making company closures.

>> unit officials say they wanted those directly involved with firefighting to work a 56- hour workweek in exchange for a 20% increase in pay over four years. union officials say that would actually mean a decrease in the hourly rate and a fact about 60% of the members. even those not required to work the hours would be included in a deal. >> [unintelligible] >> and the chiefs got his first bump in a on july 1. coming up at 6:00, the record the mayor is not talking about. >> tonight, a political consultant wants to be released from jail so he could visit his elderly mother before she dies according to court officials in baltimore city. he's serving a 60-day sentence for writing of the rowboat called prosecutors say was

designed to suppress the black vote. his attorney has filed a request for his release citing his mother's declining health. she is apparently on life- support and right now, a judge is denying the request. new details on the pit bull controversy that sparked a firestorm across the state of maryland. the attorney general issued an opinion that as of right now, when boards have no legal basis on which to evict tenants that may come pit bulls. according to the assistant attorney general, the court decision is not yet in effect. the initial ruling said dog owners could be wrote -- could be liable for bites without previous evidence of dogs being dangerous but right now is pending because of a motion for reconsideration. with the opinion suspended, landlords are urged to adhere to existing ordinances. >> the retired principal of an anne arundel high school has been found murdered in a florida canal.

two teenagers have been charged with premeditated killing of the 76-year-old william norman. he was the first principle of chesapeake high-school and namesake of the school's auditorium. according to reports, the teenagers admitted to beating him to death and dumping his body to allegedly tried to withdraw money from his bank account. >> please need your help finding two men involved in a sexual assault. they allegedly attacked a 13-old girl last month, leading her through the woods into a common randallstown or police say they attacked the young victim who was with two other girls. anyone with information should contact the special victims unit. now to feed jerry sandusky scandal that continues to rock penn state. weirdest hours away from an internal report on what the university did or did not do during the years he preyed on his young victims.

some people are anticipating it will be so explosive that they have gotten a jump on defending themselves. >> about three weeks after jerry sandusky's conviction of sexually abusing 10 young boys, some even on the penn state campus, the university is bracing for what may be more bombshells. the school paid an internal investigation by the former fbi director will be released online thursday morning and will detail what he said last november may have been failures by the university. >> which may have enabled the legend misconduct to occur, go undetected, and not be reported. >> while nothing official has been released yet, much of the report is expected to be critical of the late joe paterno and what he did or did not do when told by the assistant in 2001 that he had just seen sandusky showering with a boy in

a team locker room. the turn of's family is already on the defensive with a statement saying joe paterno did not act in any way to prevent a proper investigation of jerry sandusky. a former penn state investigator who was fired is also at anticipating a critical report. a statement from his attorney says at no time in more than 16 years of his presidency was the doctor told of an incident involving jerry sandusky that involve child abuse, sexual misconduct, or criminality of the kind. the school is also bracing to see how the report helps or hurts the slew of lawsuits expected from sandusky possible victims. -- sandusky's victims. >> state and county leaders are amping up the criticism of

electrical companies after the devastating storms. the letter says the biggest problem was that the companies were not able to address the power outages during the storm's aftermath, making hard to said that emergency crews to help. the governor is doing and saying utilities' need to figure out how to better safeguard power lines from another freak storm. >> throughout baltimore today, partly cloudy skies and no big storms developing this afternoon. to the north and west of us, there have been storms are popping up on the ridge tops as you get into the higher elevations. that has helped to pop some thunderstorms up in pennsylvania and to the north of hagerstown. the general trend over the next day or two will be the further west you go into the mountains, the better chance you have of

seeing isolated thunderstorm activities. warm temperatures will continue in the seven-day forecast as we head into the weekend. details in just a few minutes. >> thank you. a war of words today at city hall. >> at the city comptroller is challenging the mayor and the ongoing feud is getting more intense. >> a play-by-play and heated exchange when we come back. >> the house of those to repeal health-care. what's next for the fate of a

>> a clear example of fraud, waste and abuse is the government -- that is what the controller is calling the mayor's move to upgrade the city's own system. they clashed today at the city board of estimates meeting. the controller says the mayor is circumventing the procurement process by buying the phone equipment using an existing the old contract rather than through competitive bidding. >> [unintelligible]

>> today's motion was specifically for the new phone system and a contract with ibm. the move was rejected although officials did reopen the door for future negotiations. now to a developing story on capitol hill. the house has passed a measure to repeal the health care law, defying the supreme court decision two weeks ago to uphold it. let's go live now to our washington bureau for more on today's big vote. come as's vote did not much of a surprise considering it was decided primarily on party lines. >> the bill is passed. >> the vote on the house floor -- >> the house rejects obamacare. >> the republican-led chamber leading an effort to repeal obamacare. >> the american people were told it would come to like this bill

once it has passed. that did not happen either. >> the vote is the first since last month's supreme court ruling. >> the supreme court has said the law's constitutional but that does not make a policy. >> the fact is the republicans are wrong. >> democrats chastised republicans for holding 30 vote to cancel a lot. >> you are wasting the time of the american people. >> and mocked him for failing to offer a replacement. >> i shall now read the replacement bill in its entirety. >> here is what i assume must be the republican plan for health care -- chicken noodle soup. >> the white house called the vote an attempt to score political points and said it will move forward with reform. >> we are committed to implementing the law which will bring benefits, has brought benefits to millions of americans and will bring benefits to millions more. >> some opinion polls show the health care law still remain unpopular with many americans which means the next time the

issue could be decided maybe the election this november. >> we just heard a lot of rhetoric from both sides. let's make this clear -- even though the house has repealed health-care, it does not change law, does it? >> that is correct. since the appeal pass the house, it would require approval from the senate. than the president's signature. neither of which are expected to happen. that means this law does stand for now and the main component of the law requiring people to get insurance or face a penalty is expected to kick in in 2014. >> thank you very much. >> in tonight's medical alert -- important results are expected for a study of three experimental drugs for alzheimer's disease. two of the drugs aimed to clear out the plaque that comes up the

patients' brains. there is not a lot of information bill on the third drug, but the study was small and early. these three treatments are being called the last man standing in late stage trials. if these drugs fail, drug companies may pull out of the alzheimer's field in frustration. current medications only ease the symptoms of the disease. health officials with the centers for disease control and prevention posted a tongue in cheek survival guide on their blog -- the joke is planning a wedding is not much different from planning a disaster. tips include keeping eight kit full of sedatives. they advise you to follow the weather the week before the big day. >> that will stress you out and no, we cannot tell what the

weather will be like next year on this day when you are planning a wedding. we try the best we can for seven days. we do get a lot of requests on what the weather is going to be like next year. we can't figure that one out just yet. a couple of showers and storms on the doppler radar right now well to our north and west. up in the mountains, getting happen to washington county and sneaking into parts of northern frederick county and pennsylvania. those storms not in any immediate threat of coming our way but they are putting in some good brain. all quiet east of baltimore and temperatures are 91 degrees downtown. nice and comfortable at ocean city. the rain has cooled things off a little bit but frederick is at 90 degrees. the future cast shows showers dissipating as we go through that evening. temperatures are about normal

for this time of year. light winds and the sun doesn't set until 8:34. enjoys a nice summer weather around the baltimore area. high-pressure up in the great lakes eastbound, so we will stay on the southern edge of that. the front that broke our heat wave has stalled out to the south and it is still down there. we are in between a high pressure on the lakes of a friend that's not moving anywhere in the carolinas. there we will stay for another couple of days. if you like today, you will like tomorrow and friday. temperatures within a couple of degrees of normal. nice day to be out of the day -- southeast winds averaging about 5 knots with williams 1 foot or less. -- waves a 1/4 or less.

in the western maryland mountains, that is where the thunderstorm chances will linger. this afternoon, a round on thursday and friday. that does not mean we will be washed out but in the afternoon, the storms will be there. cool and comfortable with the afternoon storms developing. eastern shore locations from cecil county to talbot county, look for highs and that eighties, normal july weather. in ocean city, sunny to partly cloudy. look at the surf temperature. even the water is getting more comfortable in ocean city. thursday and friday, we will start to see a few scattered shorts -- scattered storms and we can lingering into monday and tuesday and temperatures warming up to about 92 degrees on

monday. >> sleek, comfort and built for speed. >> designing a swimsuit is almost like designing a car. coming up, meet a demand behind the speed as you will see at the london olympics. >> real estate prices are on the rise in the baltimore metro area. have we

>> according to a recent report from real-estate companies, selling prices for homes the baltimore area have gone up five months in a row. >> which begs the question, as the real-estate market finally turned the corner? >> after the real estate bubble burst back in 2008, many over the years were left wondering when we would finally see the bottom. according to recent data, we may finally be there. >> potential customers arrived for an open house wednesday. there is no doubt the real

estate road has been a rocky one over the past several years, but that may be changing in the baltimore area. >> we have set a record month for april, may come engine sales in this office. >> the realtor tells us sales have been in line with the latest report from the real- estate business intelligence, showing positive growth in a number of key areas over the past five months and year over year. >> with five months of overall sales on the incline, it's showing we have hit bottom and we are hopefully going up from here. >> the report shows for the baltimore metro area, the average sale price rose from june 2011 through june 2012 by more than $25,000 and the average list price by about the same period of units sold were up by 200 and the average days on the market fell from 112 to 98. >> this is definitely a trend

for the beginning. >> one economist is stopping short of calling a bottom because sellers are hoping with closing costs which are not included in the selling price. but he definitely says there are positive signs, with interest rates at an all-time low and more people pulling their homes off the markets and renting them, less supply is upping prices. >> we are seeing a pullback on the supply of housing on the market. people who would like to buy a house, the incomes -- it's not so much a buyer's market but a seller's market. >> for more information on this report and real estate prices in your area, you can find it all on our web site, wbaltv.com. >> interesting. >> still ahead, there's an interesting debate -- red light cameras -- to say ensure safety

or cause more rear and collisions? >> some officials say they are causing more problems and want him gone. >> a tough test score for one baltimore county elementary school. school. the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt. juicy steak, crispy bacon, and melted cheese with creamy santa fe caesar. or try adding egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt -- a favorito for breakfast but muy bueno any time of day. get to your local subway and claim your steak today -- with new santa fe steak melts. subway. eat fresh.

>> we have some breaking news right now -- let's go live to captain roy taylor. >> we are in south baltimore, the cherry hill section. a plastic playground set has been set on fire and the fire is now turning into a brush fire. a lot of thick, black smoke coming out and the city police have requested the fire department to respond to this location. no injuries to report as of yet, but with this thick black smoke, it looks like something major going up and right now, we can tell you it is a playground and we will update you as soon as we get some more information. >> that is sad. you know that playgrounds are made of plastic and don't combust on their own. at westminster, the stuff i've read like cameras and our they are down to just one.

-- at westminster, the red light cameras, there were five but there down to just one. >> the city says it is losing money. >> in march of 2010, the city of westminster installed five threadlike cameras. now, there is only one still in operation -- five red a light cameras. the only one running is here at 97 and nursery road. police say it is still needed here. >> in the last year, we have a high number of violations cited at that intersection, nearly 2500 citations issued there. we still have a problem with red light running there. >> several months after the original cameras were installed, two of them were deactivated. as of tuesday, two of the three remaining cameras were also shut down. here at 97 and 140, they have

more rear end collisions that red light accidents. >> 11 total rear end collisions over two years. these will are serious collisions. >> so you had more rear end collisions than running red lights? >> of a serious nature, yes. >> the cameras cost $2,250 a month to operate. since so few drivers were running red lights, it was costing the city money. >> these cameras were not in a break-even load. do we still have running red lights -- in the case of the two intersections where the cameras were removed, the answer was no, we are not having read like running citations so we don't need to have the cameras there. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour -- the arundel -- the anne

arundel chief will be retiring, and the criminal investigation. prosecutors' offices looking into allegations he helped county executive john leopold use security detail for personal and political game. there is some thought the chief cut a deal to testify against leopold in exchange for dropping his own criminal investigation. city police are releasing a sketch of a man accused of trying to sexually assaulting a woman in northwest baltimore early this month after threatening her with a gun. detectives say the woman was attacked on the 2500 block of at a certain circle. anyone with information, contact metro crime stoppers. lawyers for the man accused of killing his ex-wife and her 11- year-old son is asking for key evidence to be thrown out before the case goes to trial. curtis lopez is accused of killing two people last fall and

flying to north carolina and a stolen car. his attorneys say the evidence taken from the car and the motel where they found him should not be used because the warrant used was not specific enough. the hearing is set for next week. >> 100% of the students at one baltimore county elementary school passed the state's reading and math test. the results were released on tuesday. how did they do it? and our education reporter joins us with the reaction. certainly very impressive. >> impressive indeed. students and staff at the school would be the first to tell you this is a case of success in the making. >> i printed out. i'm looking at the this say what i did it says? it says exactly what i did it says. >> it a kind of reaction you would expect from the school's principal but she's not the

only one excited about the test results. >> it's like the tiger woods fist pump. it was great. it's really wonderful. >> it's already one of the highest performing schools in the state. >> here we are in 2012, proficient -- 100, 100, 100. >> this sets the school apart but it did not come without plenty of hard work. >> the key to all of this is knowing solid instruction does not begin in the testing. we need to build a foundation for our kids from the time they are in kindergarten when they first come in and enter the school building. >> it great news but we always have known how wonderful is kids are here. >> be great is due to plenty of team work through staff, teachers and parents. parents like this one. her son is a fifth grader. >> parents should show that education is valued and it's something that should be

cherished. and fought for. children respond well to that. most of the parents here show that. >> while the students may be out for the summer, the good news traveled fast. >> i immediately got on the e- mail and sent the kids at e-mail instead way to go, well done, i hope you are enjoying a well- deserved rest. i've got a lot back saying yes, we did it. >> but the principal says it's no time to rest. she is already making plans for next spring when children will again take the test. the state school spokesman says there were a number of other of maryland schools were 100% of the students passed. >> we want to go back to the breaking news in the cherry hill area. captain roy taylor still above the scene. certainly looks like this playground was torched.

>> these plastic playgrounds are some what of all the tile as far as once they get going, they get to cooking because of the petroleum product that is in them. but this was a very elaborate playground. the slides i see here and what not -- it was quite extensive and i'm sure the kids will be very upset with being destroyed. the police department is in the process of checking their cameras for the area to try to figure out exactly who might have been involved with this incident. the fire department is on the scene and are in the process of extinguishing it. we have not heard of any injuries but as soon as we get more information, we will update you. >> what a shame to lose a beautiful playground. president john kennedy's assassination, the challenger explosion, the first man on the mend -- some of the most memorable moments on tv history. >> can you name the number one

most impact fall at the end of the last 15 years? >> it dangerous to people in their not committing any sort of crime. their information could be taken by the government and used in all sorts of ways they don't know about. >> it is the latest trend in surveillance without even knowing. details in consumer alert.

>> of the details early breaking yesterday -- a man who fell overboard while clearing his boat and a yacht basin in chesapeake city. authorities are confirming it was an 80-year-old from pennsylvania who fell into the bohemian river late tuesday afternoon. he was working with his wife on the bill when he tumbled over the side. she reportedly through a life jacket and lying to him, but he apparently could not reach them. he was pulled out 10 minutes later and taken to union hospital where he was pronounced dead.

no surprise that the most memorable moment for television viewers was the 9/11 terrorist attack during the past 15 years. at a close second, john f. kennedy's assassination and its aftermath in 1963. the research was collected by sony electronics and nielsen, the ratings company. they raided not only for how many people watched it that the impact the moment had. reporter -- people reported where they watched it and they watched it with. >> no surprise about that. i think everyone would say 9/11 hands down. nickelodeon, comedy central may be an accessible from your television right now. >> millions of directv subscribers are losing prime channels because of a contract dispute. details straight ahead. >> and nobody understands the feeling of not having a child

unless you are actually in that situation. >> but this situation as a happy ending. how this little girl was saved thanks to three yen men who were disobeying the law. >> a few thunderstorms on doppler and some 90 degree heat. all of that coming up. hazy skies of baltimore and 87

>> coming up at 6:00 -- city employes in prime parking spaces i your expense. and it's now official -- the city fire chief is getting a big raise. the latest on the debate and protest as the board approves his five-year deal. a star announcement -- the

retirement of the police chief of anne arundel and how that might impact the

>> more now on the breaking news we have been bring you over the past 15 minutes. are some investigators have been called to respond to the scene of a playground fire in south baltimore. this is what we saw live about 15 minutes ago -- the entire playground torched. we have word right now that the fire is mostly extinguished and we will continue to follow the story for any more new developments. >> it's early in the season but for most of the nation it has been a long, hot summer. a severe drought is taking its

toll on half the country, crippling farmers and ranchers and consumers are starting to feel the effects. >> dry, cracked soil, withering crops, the hot sun continues its slow burn with half the country suffering through a drought. >> we have seen worsening conditions across the intermountain west into the ohio valley. it's having an impact on the ground, especially with the wild fires and agriculture. back >> farmers are fighting to keep crops alive. but without rainfall, they're losing the battle. >> even 2 inches of rain would not selfishness crop. >> much of the corn crops are in bad condition, driving crops prices up to $7 a bushel, double the normal price. corn is a staple used in everything from cereal to ethanol in gas.

>> it is devastating. looks like the desert. >> with no where efforts to grades, and ranchers are forced to sell off their cattle. it could push these prices up 10% and be more costly for those who make their living from the land. >> if no significant rain comes, will have to go out of business. i just don't have any grass and will be able to afford a prices. >> another high price of the suffocating drought -- costs that along with temperatures continue to rise. >> that is so boring. >> the problem is that drought, like a tropical storm, it moves inland. their stock at a hard place as far as summer conditions go. we have had a couple of showers northwest of us but it doesn't

help the farmers that much. they dump a little bit of rain but maybe it helps out your lawn or garden. a couple of storms winding down in the hagerstown area. that blossomed about an hour ago but are now falling apart. the zero and the precipitation column at the airport. 95 degrees but it didn't feel that bad because humidity levels are fairly low. these temperatures were reached in the afternoon. not a long stretch today, just briefly getting there. 100 degrees the record high in 1988. we have had 20 for 93 days this year. last year, we had 17.

you can see we are running at of last year. 91 downtown but chester town on the shore at 86. columbia, 88. a little cooler on the coast. nice on the beach at ocean city. 72 in oakland. sixties in the suburbs and 70 downtown. a nice summer evening around the baltimore area. that is what we can expect tomorrow because this front has stalled to the south. working on a holding pattern here and we will see tomorrow what we saw today, partly cloudy skies and there might be a thunderstorm popping up at light winds on the day with temperatures in the low 80s. the mountains have the best chances for storms.

around deep creek lake, highs in the '70s warmer and humid with temperatures in the upper 80s and nice beach weather, partly cloudy and warm temperatures. the surface temperature is warming up a little bit. upper 80s around baltimore and 90 for the weekend with hit and miss afternoon storms. it might get hot around here again on tuesday with a high of 92. >> if you are a direct tv customer and will cut to fewer channels today, you are not alone. 20 million subscribers were dealing with a blackout and here is why. the satellite tv provider and viacom did not reach a deal to extend their seven-year contract. fiat, demanded direct tv pull the plug on mtv and comedy

central. the new contract would add just pennies per month but directv says that's up to more than a billion dollars in fees on programs which means they are losing viewers. a new report shows law enforcement authorities are cracking many of us without our knowledge. apparently the carriers know all about it. every seven seconds, data is sent to towers what are lights are off -- when our funds are off. law enforcement agencies are asking for gps, contacts and other data. >> it is a cell phone towered them. they're going after one person but get information on anybody who had been around as a self on tower during a certain time. even though they rarely investigate one person, they have information on hundreds or thousands of people. >> why are the cell phone

carriers giving your information way without a subpoena? customer privacy is important, they say they do now respond to law enforcement without going through the appropriate legal process. >> the people in farmers will california are calling it a miracle -- a toddler falls into a canal at is swept away for half an hour. the woman turned her back on her daughter for a few minutes when she fell and 2 the water, she and her husband began searching frantically but with no luck. half a mile down, three young men were swimming illegally on a very hot day. >> [unintelligible] >> the boys sprang into action

to catch up with the moving current and are able to pull the curl out from underneath it. she should be out of the hospital and 48 hours. doctors expect to be ok. no parking, no problem. a little trick by city employees to get a parking spot your expense. details coming up at 6:00. >> this is the man who designed the swimsuit for this year's olympic games. the science behind making the suit to bring home the gold.

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>> when the u.s. swim team hits the pool this summer, they will have a student for mile university to think. >> the swimsuit was designed to help shatter records. we have a look at the dynamics of designing a suit made to bring home the gold. >> testing out a swimsuit is like test driving a car. there is talk of sleek lines, comfort and speed. but speed once got him into hot water. >> last suit you design was too fast? is that possible? >> you know how it is. its sudden change. >> the governor of the olympics banned the design and made it

revamp it. they said it was more like a vessel that a swimsuit. remember michael phelps and his eight gold medals? that wasn't the athletes or swimming fast, it was because of these suits. >> so they are testing out the fastest in three made especially for london. >> this was made for the 2012 olympics. this tax in the butt and flattens the chest. >> at the new suit is about compress and, holding in soft parts. >> we have to remind athletes to keep their court tight. they go through the water faster. >> the design is so tight, they need gloves to get it on. the new version does not have the polyurethane panels that made swimmer's glide through the water. it also comes to the knees instead of covering the entire legs and the back is closed instead of open.

>> in a way it is gratifying. you have to go back and redesign. >> it is designed, tested and redesigned before it's ready for the world stage. >> we can say that we help them when the metal. >> i have to get me one of those. >> i think you should. >> the system features a white angular goggles that allow more peripheral vision and a new cap designed to reduce resistance in the pool. >> how many jiggly parts does a swimmer have? not many. >> live in southeast baltimore -- pay too much for parking? how about building your own? that is what some city workers have done on taxpayers' expense. >> the big news in anne arundel county -- the police chief is stepping down. >> mitt romney gets a chilly reception