gaming interests don't, in any way, and infiltrate and potentially work to be political process. >> this is not the pot of gold that everyone can go to and did something out. >> as debate rages under the capitol dome, another pressing issue is taking place within reach of its shadow appeared the special session is interrupting commerce on main street. ron george not only owns and operates a jewelry store. he is also the chairman of the anne arundel delegation. he has to scramble to rework hours and employee schedules to keep his business running. >> you are the bookkeeper. in my business, i am the diamond buyer. i am the appraiser. i am the jewelry of -- i am a jewelry designer. >> he does not consider this a

good reason to call an emergency session. he has other concerns about the bill. >> they already made promises. the other sites are not up and running. >> the vote is still considered a close call could governor o'malley spent much of the day meeting with delegations. he was all smiles. the gop caucus hasn't taken a position on this bill. >> we will read the bills and formulate our questions. and we will develop a recent position appeared >> the house ways and means committee is expected to make significant changes. >> i do not think it will be a total rework, but there will be many amendments put in on this bill. >> you have to shake your head and say why are we doing this? is this the only way the governors have to raise revenues? raise taxes and gaming?

i just don't get this. >> i again, a final vote in the senate is expected this evening. they are heading back to their chamber right now. >> thank you very much. a child accidentally shot himself with a gun he reportedly found in a parking lot. authorities say the 3-year-old and his 7-year-old sister were in the parking lot playing when they found the gun. it discharged and struck the boy in the chest. we cannot have an update on the young boy's condition and the investigation is ongoing. >> new details are coming up with the police-involved fatal shooting. they say they were forced to open fire at percy holland who was holding a woman hostage after kidnapping their child. according to charging

documents, holland had been threatening to shoot police and himself, claiming that he had a gun. that is when an officer shot and killed holland. and a maryland child support enforcement officer receives a threat referencing the colorado shooting. he called the office threatening to kill the employees and himself in what he called a bad man-style shooting. he was arrested. they found no weapons. they found evidence on inquiries on how to attain an assault rifle. >> the sworn deposition from three police officers who say john leopold personally ordered the firing of a county employee who complained that his behavior. new allegations coming out about

leopold. barry joins us from the newsroom. >> in those depositions, the officers about to tell the truth. they say the poll this -- the officers vow to tell the truth. they say leopold was vindictive. >> i have never heard of a county executive intentionally regain an employee screening board to make sure it produced air assault against someone he no longer held in high regard. it is outrageous. >> he says the accusationseed to be examined carefully. they were made during a deposition with officers in a retaliation lawsuit. >> the best words to describe it are vindicated and emotional.

i cannot express my gratitude to the officers that came forward to testify. >> in the deposition, we learned that police have a nickname, crazy uncle jack, for leopold. the county executive seemed to like carla and hired her as his special information officer. "one thing he really liked about her was the size of her breasts. he spoke about that." after she complained about sexual harassment, leopold wanted her transfer to the police department and then let go. edward bergen claimed that he spoke with james tear after the chief had a conversation with leopold. leopold "wants me to take karla over here and she is not to be a county employee." and jonathan harsh sun and the human resources director knew what was going on.

>> it is so frightening to me that this could happen, that so many high-level officers and county employees would be involved in something like this. >> the taxpayers are owed some accountability. certainly, if the county is made to pay the plaintiff in this case, i think it is reasonable to look to mr. leopold himself for financial redress, that he would have to pay back the county. >> leopold also faces criminal charges, accused of misuse of security detail. he denies any wrongdoing. we did try to reach the anne arundel county attorney. >> competition is in the homestretch at the london olympics, leading to sunday's closing ceremony. there are more medals at stake on the track. phil rogers joins us from london.

>> a victory lap today for the u.s. soccer women. this is the day after their history-making third gold medal >> it felt real, felt honest, and i can only hope to do this again when a. >> it the third metal is sweet -- do this again one day. >> if the third medal is sweet, the first one is even better. >> i am so thrilled. i worked really hard. >> but along with the celebrations to become a sanctions. an italian race walker was declared ineligible on doping charges and tyler hamilton was stripped of his 2004 gold medal in cycling after his admission to doping. >> we will be contacting, sending a letter to the athletes involved. >> a dynasty was shattered today as the lopezes were

eliminated in tai kwon do. >> bad luck. those are some things in life you cannot control. >> but if there is sadness in defeat, there is joy in victory. more than ever before, athletes have broken into dance and other spontaneous demonstrations -- what it is like to be an olympic champion. >> and now to the olympic text question of the day. 75% say they like the london games. 10% like athens the most. you can still way and -- you ca n still weigh in. you can see some personal

pictures that the at athletes havetweeted. -- have tweeted. >> a larger role than live sculpture for eddie murray will be revealed tomorrow. cal ripken jr. and brooks robinson are said to be honored with sculptures in september. >> coming up, the question remains when will mitt romney declare his vice-presidential pick? >> a slow start to the preseason. but if you guys arrived -- but if you guys who arrived at training camp as a long-shot have started to show what they have. >> the forecast is coming up. right now, 88 degrees downtown.

>> the veep speculation is

reaching fever pitch. >> nicole is in washington with more on that. >> they keep throwing out hits, but all the romney campaign will say is that the announcement will come soon. mitt romney on the road again. >> the announcement could come any time now. >> the kickoff is in virginia where gov. bob macdonald has been mentioned as a possible short list your -- short lister. he was not the only top contender. so was paul ryan and tim pawlenty.

>> it will reveal itself soon enough. >> i have nothing for you. >> with the candidate tight- lipped, the theories abound. >> during the olympics, i think that is doubtful. >> the people who run wikipedia have shut down web pages for the more likely front runners. >> the republican convention speaker that was just announced and several others, does that mean they are often the vp listed? not necessarily according to romney. >> the gop convention is just two weeks away in tampa. romney says he will announce his pick before the third night of the convention. >> just one storm to worry about

in northern frederick county. this one has the potential to produce some damaging wind and hail and heavy rain. pushing out of hagerstown. a lot of lightning strikes, but it has really diminished in the last hour or so. there is still potential for nasty weather as the storm front moves on. and a caution to be on the lookout in carroll county. the warning was just taken down, in fact, in the past minute or so. there was a warning for parts of frederick county. now we are left with this vendor storm of rolling through. -- this thunderstorms rolling through. the eastern shore picking up

some shower activity or earlier. officially, at bwi marshall, almost half an inch to a pin 86 degrees for the high today at the airport. that is exactly average for ts time of year. warm and muggy all across eastern maryland. it cools off a little bit with the showers and clouds out of western maryland. and the collision of those two air masses, the cool air and the -- the cool air from the lakes and the warm air from the mid-atlantic, are producing some unstable circumstances. by the afternoon or evening

around the bay on the eastern shore, the system will file a push off the coast. on sunday, it looks like a sunny day. tomorrow, clouds and showers and storms, hit and miss. tomorrow, the sun willreak through as the front eases passus after the middle part of the day. sunrise saturday morning at 6:16 a.m. out on the bay, keep an eye on the sky. the thunderstorm risk this fell through the day -- the thunderstorm risk is still through the morning. eastern shore, it will be warming and a rain chance lyra thrgh tomorrow afternn before it finally clears up a bit -- a rain chance still rolling through tomorrow afternoon before it finally clears up a bit. in the atlantic, we will keep an

eye on the seventh tropical depression of the season. it could turn into a tropical storm gordon as it makes its way to the caribbean. sunny skies on sunday and monday. for the next seven days, high temperatures will be close to normal. >> injuries continue to temporarily reshape the ravens roster. mcbean will undergo surgery. john harbaugh did not look thrilled with his team last .ight in atlanta appeare no first downs for the offense through the first quarter last night. but they've found the gear in the second quarter.

flacco threw to torrey smith for a 25-yard drive. many laser strike to dixon. the bad news is that that is the play that dickson sprained his shoulder on. ben curtis painter in the third quarter, three second-hand touchdown passes. and the backup running back spot is up for grabs. a better night for the backups then irregulars. -- then the regulathan the regu. >> [inaudible] he told me to get the ball and give it to my mom. i totally forgot it is my first

touchdown. i was really excited. so i went and got the ball to give to my mom. >> that is why you have the coaches, to remind you of your mom. the u.s. men's basketball team will play its gold medal game after beating argentina this afternoon. the u.s. put on a show today in london, beating argentina 109- 83. team usa will face spain in the final on sunday. now 13 miles ahead of the next most productive team, china. -- now, the u.s. is 13 medals ahead of the next most productive team, china. muchado went 2-4 in his big league debut. he showed some speed and handle

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>> did not think there would see the sun today. >> the sun coming adams, triggering some of thunderstorm cells in northern frederick county, now moving on to carroll county. tomorrow afternoon, worcester to clear up a little bit. -- tomorrow afternoon, we clear up a little bit. >> not terrible. >> not bad at all. >> today is better than i thought. ijinx it.nd jinx ia jinx >> thank you, everybody.

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