>> we begin tonight with a check on some breaking news. a plane grounded at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport. let's go back live to captain roy taylor for the latest on the situation. >> we are at southwest airlines gate a-1. a flight attendant became ill. they landed here and said there was some type of odor on the aircraft. fire crews responded and were able to detect some type of agent. the flight attendant was transferred to baltimore washington medical center. they are still detecting some type of agent, but they don't know what it is. right now they are checking out the pilot to see if he has any issues.

the rest of the passengers were board the aircraft. >> are big story at 6:00, penn state university rebuilds scathing details from its independent study on how the school dealt with the sandusky sex abuse trial. >> allegations that the universe the leadership or to worry about bad publicity. >> the report blasts in state's top officials, accusing them of this regarding the health and welfare of sandusky's victims. >> the most powerful men and penn state fell to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children that sandusky victimized. >> the former fbi director blasts the culture that promoted

fostering the welfare of the school over the welfare of children. he maintains if any of those men acted on information they knew about sandusky as early as 1988, several children might not have become victims. the change course after paternal was consulted, motivated by the desire to avoid bad publicity. >> the four of them were the most powerful people at penn state university. they may decision to conceal this information. >> reaction has been swift and strong. >> in state needs to recognize that this report is a road map for civil litigation, the

department of justice, as well as the n.c.a.a.. >> he maintains he would never knowingly cover up for a child predator. his legacy is now left for history to judge. >> the report also includes 100 suggestions for the board to take to make sure this never happens again. >> you can inspect the full report for yourself or browse for more information. a major settlement for residents of baltimore city. wells fargo will pay millions of dollars, stemming from allegations that it targeted minority in comes at an north baltimore.

wells fargo will grant the city $3 million in annual funds for local housing initiatives. >> an employee of a colombian nonprofit is under investigation tonight after a search warrant was served on the columbia housing corporation. lowell melser joins us live from howard county police headquarters with details. >> we have been able to confirm that howard county police detectives are looking into one employee at the nonprofit columbia housing corporation. at this point they will not reveal what it is about. if you did not know where to look, you would probably miss it. tucked away in a corner lot in this industrial park in colombia is the headquarters of the columbia housing corporation. according to its web site, it is

the premier nonprofit agency in howard county, providing safe, high-quality, affordable rental housing to low and moderate income families and those who are physically and mentally challenged. so why would police served a warrant their wednesday? >> we did receive an allegation of possible improper activity. we have not arrested or charged anyone, but we are still looking into the possibility that there might been something inappropriate. >> we have served a search warrant to gather information that might be useful in the case. >> which tried to seek comment from the workers inside, but they locked the door. the chc attorney did confirm that one officer is under

investigation. we were told in part "and we will continue to provide any other information to the car feels it needs to conduct its investigation of the employee. it was incorporated back in 1967 to help low-income families find housing. >> the attorney also tells us the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave. >> an update to an i.t. investigation as a veteran baltimore police detective is off the job tonight, required to resign after a meeting stealing groceries. darlene early

-- early's daughter. fire chief james clacku said "if firefighters don't get a raise next year, i will donate my entire race to the fire foundation." >> many people, especially firefighters, believe his offer is one he could have made from the start, and it does not mean anything as far as negotiations are done. city fire chief james clacku tried to defect be deflected the -- tried to deflect and

redirect political heat under fire union negotiators who are not impressed with the city's latest contract offer. the proposal would move firefighters to three-shift system where the average work hour long. be 56 al-isla union leaders point out that the proposal also covers members who don't have to work longer hours but would still benefit from the pay increase. >> that is a tough one. >> that was an initial offer. in negotiations across the table, i said to the fire unions, give us a counter offer. tell us what you would accept. they refuse.

>> the mayor said earlier in the week -- said it could affect closing of fire stations. >> it could have prevented us from making company closures. >> his flight from that hours of face-to-face meetings on wednesday, in ministration as a not appear -- administration does not appear. >> these youngsters are learning how to be engineers this summer. >> the orioles first half the best in years. we will look at the best of that, coming up. >> we are tracking a few thunderstorms on hd doppler, ♪

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>> some area middle and high school students are using part of their summer vacation to prepare for careers in engineering. >> one of their science projects got quite a bit of attention today. tim tooten has the story. >> it was the kind of hands-on learning students expected when they signed up for the summer camp. they prepared for a special launch of a test balloon in the middle of campus, with a special payload. >> we put a camera in its and

this program to be taking video. we will lift it off about 150 feet into the air and it will take video and record what is happening. >> there were 3 digital cameras with temperature sensors. >> i am very excited to see what is here that we cannot see and how it works up there. >> students took time to inspect their payload and make sure the experiment was ready to launch. >> the wind is now going the other way. >> the students were impressed and pleased with how well the science project turned out. >> a lot of the stuff we did earlier in the week was to prepare for this. i think we are going to get a good result. >> the experiment is over and

the students will take the payload back to the classroom and began to analyze the data. >> out with the stink bugs and in which the earwigs, japanese beetles and ants. the japanese bela's quite destructive, eating about 400 different kinds of plants. ants are believed to be in abundance because of the mild winter. many of you may be wondering what happened to the stink bugs. >> these are the good bugs that the bad bugs. we think they may be catching up with it stink bugs. some think the extremely hot weather may be detrimental to stink bugs. it will take a few more years of

research to come up with the answer to this question. >> the number of lightning bugs are also up. kids love them. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> here is a live view down at ocean city. looks like a nice day on the beach. a little bit of cloud cover but some sunshine on the beach. looking pretty good down at ocean city. the forecast there for the next couple of days turns out pretty nice as well. partly cloudy and 82 tomorrow, about 85 on sunday when a couple of thunderstorms may pop up. not a big storm to wreck the weekend. the surface temperature ranges

from 76-80. right at the normal level for this time of the year and only the second time this month we have not hit 90 or better. this record goes all the way back to 1908. it can get cool, it can get very hot. right now we are just in between. high clouds across the region here, a thicker clouds to the south toward roanoke and southern west virginia. clouds and showers have made it noticeably cooler, 75 in roanoke compared to 85 here. even warmer as you get up into new england, where they have had a lot of sunshine. partly to mostly cloudy over

night and the cloud cover acts as a blanket and traps the heat of the day near the ground. low 7's downtown, sunset at 8:34. high pressure moving slowly toward new england. over the weekend, a more southerly flow of air will start to bring some of that cloud cover and moisture in our direction. saturday, more clouds and a little less humidity. it looks like some scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon hours on sunday as well, especially to the west of baltimore and on up into the mountains. a mixture of clouds and sunshine around baltimore on friday.

waves about 1 foot on the bay, high tides at 3:20 in the morning. the mountains have the best chance of rain in our state for the weekend. eastern shore, temperatures well up into the 80's and may be close to 90 over the weekend with a minimal chance of a thunderstorm. 88 tomorrow, right around 90 for saturday and sunday. it will stay warm adjust little above normal wednesday and thursday. >> the orioles enjoy one more day off before hitting the second half. a second-half that has our full attention. the journey so far has had some pretty great memories.

july 3, fireworks made early. perfect against the mariners. the perfect game was ruined by former towson tighter casper wells. not your most likely candidate did just that. jason hamels, a one-hit shutout in atlanta. the game that crystallize how good a trade was made in sending guthrie to colorado. adam jones walks and often the 12th inning. baltimore's 9-2 record in extra innings is a gigantic reason it is in second place. we saved the best for last. may 6 in boston. chris davis went 0-8 at the

plate and may have given the best pitching performance of the year. adam jones crushed mcdonnell for a three-run shot. davis got mcdonald's to ground a double play to end the game. the best moment of a great first half for the orioles. i cannot wait to see what we've got in the second half. jessica long continues to put her stamp on the record books. she won her second female handicap of the athletes of the year award. five more world record set in the u.s. trials this year.

a slight knee injury helped put him on a plane back to los angeles. griffin just signed a $95 million contract extension so i am sure he is excited and hopeful about playing for the united states. stay with us for

>> city officials say a proposed zoning change could cut violent crime. you'll hear why dozens of business owners say that move will put them out of business. how does an educational institution devise such a scathing report? those stories and more

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>> we were normal today. >> how about that? we will try to do it again tomorrow and slowly ease those temperatures back into the low 90's. ofer 80's the next couple days, low 90's sunday, monday, and tuesday. we are in the middle stretch of what is typically the hottest time of the year. this is not all that bad for this time of year. >> it is amazing that we need some rain. >> the ground is drying up pretty quickly. >> thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--