is estimated at $320 million jackpot. let's go now to the winning powerball numbers. >> get ready, everybody. this is powerball. what a jackpot we have for you tonight. an estimated $337 million, the third largest in powerball history. it could be you. the first number is 56. right after that, we have the no. 27. the next number of is 46. right after that, here it comes. the next number of is the no. 6. and we will rounded out tonight with the no. 51. good luck everybody. for tonight's winning powerball number for that huge jackpot is the no. 21. we will see you back here on saturday night. >> here are the winning

powerball numbers, the third largest jackpot. the numbers are 56, 27, 46, 6, 51, and the powerball number is 21. we will have numbers again for you later in our newscast. gov. o'malley signed legislation that lets voters decide whether a sixth casino can operate in prince george's county. it also allows table games at all of the state gambling sites and a significantly reduces tax rates on gaming revenue for all casino operators. >> of this bill incorporates suggestions from the general assembly. it is put forth to marylanders who have the final say on this. >> national harbour will become the likely site. the county is facing a $126 million budget shortfall next fiscal year. county officials hope that it will help boost the local

economy. tonight, a harford county sheriff's deputy says he was forced to shoot eight people in edgewood. -- shoot a pit bull in edgewood. police say the dog charged with the deputy. the deputy shot and killed the dog. the second dog was found and returned to the owner. the incident is now under investigation. this comes as state legislators fail to come to an agreement on how to overturn a ruling by maryland's highest court bulls as tipplepit inherently dangerous. >> if the ruling stands, animal shelters expect to see an influx of pit bulls surrendered. this is one of a number of for adoption. the 5-year-old has been waiting for months to find a home could

but when the state's controversial hit the ball -- a controversial pit bull bill failed in leglation, adoption got a lot tougher. >> we even had one dog, geronimo, who went home with a young woman and come as soon as the landlord saw him, he said that geronimo had to come back. >> maryland lawmakers cannot agree on the high court ruling that declares pit bulls inherently dangerous. landlords can also be held liable as well. forcing many landlords to evict tenants who own pit bulls. >> a breed does not determine behavior. a third party should not be accountable for what somebody else does and what their pettitte as. >> advocates ask for the -- for

what their pet does. >> advocates are concerned that hundreds of thousands of owners could get rid of their dogs. >> for the shelters throughout maryland, we are inundated with animals. we are full to capacity. we will probably have less adoptions. that means more euthanasia of animals that would otherwise have a home. >> the state court of appeals is expected to meet tomorrow. >> one highly debated issue that will be on the ballot in november is the state's same-sex marriage law. tonight, some voters gathered in opposition could members of the national black initiative gathered tonight point they came together to urge marylanders to vote against it this fall. >> basically, what the christian church is saying is that we love you. we welcome you in our churches.

but it is no way in the word about, both in scripture and tradition, can we, as a church community, validate anything remotely as marriage. >> marylanders for marriage equality issued a statement that reads in part, a good civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples cannot force and a religious institution or clergy leader to perform ceremonies that are not in accordance with their beliefs and practices." beginning today, young people who were brought into the u.s. illegally can now apply for work permits and protection from deportation illegal immigrants stood in line to submit applications or obtain necessary paperwork. casa de maryland has been inundated with requests. critics call it back door amnesty and cite concerns about the economy and education in the we >>adding 2 million -- the

economy and education. >> adding two million when college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, that is just negligent. >> it could benefit nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants. in federal bankruptcy court, the judge has approved the sale of the spero steel mill to a liquidator. the location had been put up for auction in new york after the boehner filed for bankruptcy back in june. around 2000 -- after the owner filedor bankruptcy back in ne hour and two ousand people were laid off. the heat wave has been the -- the heat-related deaths has been the worst in seven years. the total number of deaths this summer is 40. most of the victims have been 45

and older. nearly half of them died during the power outages caused by the june storm. 39 heat-related deaths were confirmed that in 2006. and in 2005, 46 people died from heat-related illnesses. health officials say that another person has tested positive -- tested positive for hepatitis c. david cook county had contact with thousands of people. kia s thha latest developments on ts. >> state health officials are working very closely with four maryland hospitals to help contact potential victims. so far, more than 1700 people have been notified due to their

exposure. health officials in new hampshire say that 32 same strain of hepatitis c as former traveling medical technician david kukowski. state health officials are working closely with area hospitals. >> to try to make sure that the four hospitals that we know this health care worker work back in maryland i the only facilities that he worked at in maryland. so we have been working with the other hospitals in maryland and other health-care centers to make sure that there is not somewhere else. >> he worked at four maryland hospitals from may 2008 until march 2010. he told investigators that he found out that he had hepatitis c in may. but authorities say that he had evidence -- that they have evidence that he was diagnosed as early as 2010. so far, one person has tested

positive for hepatitis c. but it is not certain if the person contracted it at the hospital or somewhere else. they have tested 441 potential victims so far and sent notification letters to 1566. maryland general hospital has recommended 23 people for testing and officials at the baltimore va hospital have recommended 51 so far and are working to contact another 17. >> there are surely lessons for all of us in this investigation, including what is being learned in new hampshire and in particular. we need to learn to see what we can do to try to prevent that kind of thing from happening. >> he was accused of drugse and fired twice from hospitals outside of maryland pear he would have required a license to work here. so the state is investigating possible licensing issues. >> thousands of high school

athletes are back on the playing field. now they follow a new concussion policy. it calls for more training for coaches in the area of brain injuries. the policy also determines when athletes are allowed to return to a sport after a concussion. the new regulation would require school systems to educate parents on the risk of brain injuries appeared to learn more about the state's new concussion policy, you can visit the education alert page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> coming up next in the sport, the rays are on the wrong side of history. >> some nice weather headed this way. right now, 73 degrees at the airport. still 80 degrees downtown.

>> serious allegations are made against in maryland assisted living facility. the owner says she has fixed all the problems, but the state wants to shut her down. barry since has that story. barry sims has that story

appeared quit the state of maryland has decided to take action to shut down this place on kenwood avenue in northeast baltimore. >> this particular facility, to me, as a nurse, as an attorney, and as the director for this agency, is appalling and shows total disregard for human life. >> they started looking at this facility after receiving an anonymous tip about residents living here for a month with no electricity and little food. during a march 2012 inspection, it was cited with asked various deficiencies. the state reports an allegation that the food supply was consistently low and the state discovered fecal matter on the side of a bathtub. walls of damaged near light switches in patients' rooms. a pull away frame used as a

resident bed suit with urine. -- bed soaked with your income and a dog was being kept in a creek in the attic with insufficient food and water. hot water temperature is set extremely high and and and and state level. and no documented evidence of criminal background checks on some employees. this assiste living facility was onllicensed for 4 beds and is only capable of handling four people. but when they last checked, eight people were living here. this is the owner. she defends her business, saying she is trying to help low- income, sick and elderly people. >>hoives a dn about the poor? nobody. and th is what i havtried to do to help the poor.

that is it. and i am being penalized. i am bng crucified just like th did jesus christ. you can believe that. >> but social security funds that come on behalf of the residents -- in any know, the state says, "documentation indicates that the number checks forwarded to the address in question greatly exceeds the number of residents that the home's nsto serve. those checks ranged from $600 to $1,000 each." the state also alleges that she is using her own home in roseville and this home in part to build -- in parkville as a licensed facilities. >> that is considered a felony. >> she denies she has violated any laws. she says her home is not an assisted living facility. and the taylor avenue facility is a rental property and homeless shelter. >> i don't run an unlicensed facility. there is a shelter.

there is a law that says you can have a place in shelter for people who are homeless. >> the kenwood and new facility is now under constant daily monitoring by the state. >> we wanted to make sure that the residents remain in a safe environment. that is the way we could be assured of it. >> she does not understand why the state is investigating her facility. >> why are they coming up at little people who are trying to help little poor people? why are they doing that? >> i didn't have any place else to go. so michelle put me here with her. and i have been here for three years. >> they say they received excellent care. >> the program has been very good. and the food has been delicious. they give you three nights bills amid a. >> we were taken inside, showing -- they give you three nice

meals a day. >> we were taken inside. we asked about another concern, no staff available at the facility overnight. >> this is 24/hour care. that is ludicrous for someone to even say that no one is here. that is crazy. >> in fact, the office of health care quality finds that the home is in compliance right now. but officials alleged that, when not closely monitored, it will fall into the same pattern of inefficiency. they cannot believe that she should be in the business of caring for vulnerable people. right now, she says she is doing everything she can to remain in compliance and stay in business. later this month, an administrative hearing will determine whether she keeps her license or if it is revoked. >> the office of health care

quality says it is already working with adult protective services to relocate residents to other licensed facilities .oul >> for a while, a couple of showers, a few isolated thunderstorms were popping up in central and eastern maryland. but those showers continue to wane and chewbacca coast. we're getting some preak -- to wayne and move off the coast. we're getting some nice air moving in. a front will sweep through this area and bring us some nice weather for thursday. none of t rain showers hit the rain gauge at bwi marshall. the high temperature was about normal. 85 degrees was the high. 86 degrees was the average. no to the record low, the first time since the 23rd of june, a

record low people -- a record low below 50 degrees. 49 degrees in the middle of august? a sure sign that those records will get lower and summer is slipping away. but not now temperatures in some of the northern suburbs are getting into the upper-60's and lower-70's. expect some cool 50's in garrett county by morning. this is the front that triggered the thunderstorms. it is moving away. high-pressure sales in tomorrow. a sunny day and lower humidity. the next front will likely bring us some scattered thunderstorms. look at the cool air behind that one. it looks like the weekend will have temperatures below normal. get outside and enjoy it. it will be a beautiful thursday. the front up in the detroit area is holding off for a while.

that rolls into the mountains and its us friday afternoon. thunderstorms are likely on friday and into friday evening. but the front will keep moving so that the weekend will be partly cloudy. some showers may linger on the coastal area in the early part of the weekend. at least we will start off on saturday with some decent weather appeared overnight, 60's in the suburbs. like northwest wind. a spectacular weather tomorrow, all sunshine and lower humidity. on the day tomorrow, the wind out of the northwest up to 10 knots with waves up to wait for it. a fall-like feel in western maryland, 50's at night and 70's for highs. maybe a thunderstorm to contend with on friday. on the eastern shore, warm but less humid tomorrow. at the coast, 85 degrees

tomorrow and 90 degrees on friday with some thunderstorms late in the day. we will see temperatures warm tomorrow, but it will feel nice. 90 degrees with a little humidity and a late storm on friday. >> the orioles remain hot and get the help they need to put them in perfect position for a playoff run. next in sports. ♪

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>> of this continues to play out in storybook fashion -- august continued to play out in storybook fashion. the orioles didn't get a hit in the first five innings and put up the first five runs in the sixth inning. aaron cook throws the double play ball way off.

mark reynolds is hot this week. six rbi's in the last tonight. -- in the last two nights. manny machado had a select diving backhand grab with a line drive to end it. the orioles went to night and buck showalter is not getting too giddy about their place in the standings. >> yeah no, -- you know, there is so much baseball to be played. there are so many people involved in this. i think it is counterproductive to dwell on it. things can change so quickly in a week's time. >> few if any thing in sports has something as neat as a perfect game. hernandez pitched the first perfect game in the seattle

mariners' game this afternoon -- seattle mariners' history this afternoon. the 1-0 win gives hernandez and other eye-grabbing line on his resume. >> it is always on my mind, in every game. i need to throw a perfect game. for every picture, i think it is in his mind. when it happens, it is something special. but i said before, i have no words to explain this. this is pretty amazing. >> a fist fight involving arthur jones and most of the defense escalated into a mosh pit contact nonstop flight royale before the coaches got the practice back on schedule. next up, the detroit lions arrive friday night. that means the attempt to stop calvin johnson, who threw for

more thousand -- more than a dozen yards last season. that means plenty of work against one of the past passing games in the nfl. >> it will be a nice challenge going against one of the best receivers in the league. get your confidence up and get used to the game. it will be a nice test for us. i think he will do a great job of running the offense could this week will be a great test for our defense. >> it looks like the maryland football team will head into its season with a freshman at quarterback appeared c.j. brown saw his season ended today with a knee injury. it leaves the terps with a quarterback with no experience. perry hills takes over the quarterback spot.

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>> here is one last look at the winning power numbers. six, 27, 46, 51, 56 and the

powerball number is 21. good luck. we will check with tom and a look at the weather. >> it is a nice one tomorrow. tomorrow, 88 degrees, low humidity, sunny skies and beautiful mid-august weather. >> ravens game. >> that is the 8:00 p.m. kickoff. >> that is a tough one. i can give it my all clear yet. -- i cannot give it my all clear yet. >> thank you very much for joining us. tonight's show with jay leno is up next.

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