>> more strong words at a maryland townhall meeting. the message that was sounded in hagerstown. >> just a fact. trying to clarify the mystery over health care reform. >> a man accused of rape in charles village. set free after more than a year. why the charges were dropped. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. those in the townhall meeting had a lot of loud things to say. >> your government has lost the faith and trust of the american people. >> for one hour senator cardin was heckled and jeered. as he listened. they talked about the financial toll it could have on taxpayers. >> $99 trillion in debt. how are you going to look at my

children in their eyes, and tell them they will have a better future with $99 trillion. say it with me. $99 trillion. >> i think it is important to question as to the debt. if we don't get health care costs under control, our national debt will continue to grow. >> well that brings us to the question of the day. should the health care plan be scraped if it adds to the deficit at last check 82 percent say yes. and 14 percent say no. lauren from belair said the actual cost of medicare is significantly higher than its original projected cost. why should we believe that this health care reform bill is any different. to read more responses, go to foxbaltimore.com and click on our question of the day. >> a much different scene outside senator cardin's meeting today. hundreds of people that opposed president obama's plan lined the streets with signs and flags. many say they are sick and tired of being called unamerican for

simply protesting. >> i am not with the mob. i am an american. nobody told me to come. >> but we have to speak out. we have to talk out. we have been quiet for too long. the hard working middle class american people have been quiet for too long. and it is time now. we have to speak out. >> some calmer protests were echoed across the nation. >> see more of cardin's townhall meeting today. simply go to foxbaltimore.com/"raw news". >> well as the health care debate rages on, we are taking a closer look at what the shouting is all about. and trying to filter out the static to figure out what is true and false. carroll ca stel low reports. >> we don't trust the words. >> if you are looking for answers about health care reform. good luck. politics, misinformation, noise is about all you hear. time to quiet the noise. and to bust the myths or not. lets start with this. death panels, true or false.

as sarah palin put it seniors and babies with disabilities quote will have to stand in front of obama's death panel so his bureaucrats can decide whether they are worthy of health care. >> that one is so wrong it has gotten a pants on fire on our truth meter. >> phil dare that runs truth or dare. said false. it arose out of an idea to allow medicare to pay for counseling for people that wanted advice about end of life care. >> if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> true or false? in theory these things are true. but there are valid concerns. >> given that this is going to change the marketplace of health insurance we don't know if any given health insurance is going to be offered the same way in a few years. >> rationing, true or false.

arguably private health insurance plans ration. they decide what is covered and what is not. politifact.com said nothing is in the house bill that specifically addresses rationing, but it is logical to assume that someone has to decide what and how much is covered. >> if you like the post office and the department of motor vehicle and you think they are run well, just wait until you see medicare, medicaid and health care done by the government. >> but government cannot run big programs. true or false? critics have gone as far as drawing up a diagram of how dysfunctional the government health care plan will be. even though no such diagram exists. >> if the government can run medicare what is to say it could not

. >> city prosecutors dropped the charges against the man accused of rape in charles village. it happened last year. police released the sketch of the suspect in may 2008. police arrested 45-year-old marlow humbert. now they say dna evidence did not match up. so he was freed last july after sitting in jail for more than a year waiting for dna results. tonight prosecutors say why it took so long. >> the law enforcement community and prosecutors, this is not enough employees in the lab, as well as criminal analysts to complete the necessary work in a timely fashion. >> prosecutors say they applied for stimulus funds from the government to speed up the testing. >> the fbi needs your help to

find a baltimore bank robber. this man robbed a bank on tuesday, m&t. 5'9, 210 pounds. he had a note threatening to shoot the teller with a 357 magnum. talk about a family tree. a father and daughter are charged with growing marijuana. authorities in kent county saw 63-year-old man and his daughter 10ing to the plants last week. nine plants in all were seized. more evidence was discovered in their queen anne's county house. charges are pending in both counties. >> muggy summer day. >> go to chief meteorologist vytas reid with the forecast. better than yesterday. but muggy. >> muggy but not as hot as tomorrow. and looking at a few showers and thunderstorms making the way through the area tonight. still northern baltimore county. a little bit of rain coming down north of mugton. and continue to see that move slowly south. up in cockeysville and sparks and phoenix, may get showers.

eldersburg. rain there as well. and continue to see that kind of meander on the way through the area. as we get through the overnight. zooming out the picture. you see up in pennsylvania more rain. and some of the activity will make the way down. you see in winters town. new freedom getting the rain. put it in motion. you see the showers continuing to make the way across the area. we have seen off-and-on spotty showers because of the moisture in the atmosphere. temperatures 89 degrees right now. and in baltimore. 87 in d.c. and those were the highs today. and it looks like we will see the temperatures cooling down to the 70s overnight and 79 around lunch time tomorrow. and more showers to talk about through the afternoon tomorrow. how long they will stick around coming up in the seven-day forecast. . >> anne arundel county man helps himself to his neighbor's property. and then sells it at a yard sale. his interesting explanation next. >> and there is a guy in a car (inaudible).

>>. >> what one father did just to land a date. >> heading to a meeting.

>> anne arundel county woman was browsing through a yard sale where she noticed her own possessions in the bargain bins. yard sale was just a few doors down from her own home which was robbed recently. $25,000 worth of items were taken. the neighbor that had the yard sale admits he took the stuff. but he says he has an excuse. >> yeah, i thought they were going to foreclose and it would go to the dump. it would go to waste. i know it don't make sense but i was not thinking right. >> well, the man is most likely facing jail time. for that great idea. >> it is new york city mayor's

maiden voyage on twitter. bloomberg wants to use twitter to get the campaign message out. why knock on doors when you can tweet. he began tweeting during a spanish lesson. and later during a yankee game. >> today he managed to twitter five, six, maybe seven times. he will be not be twit he tering with that regulator every day but expect to see him pop up through the campaign. >> well, twiter and "facebook" seem to be the domain of the young. bloomberg is counting on tweets to reach new yorkers of all ages. >> going high tech. wisconsin man is going to jail convicted for drunk driving. 15 times. it is latest episode. you have to keep score here. all right. in the latest episode he drove drunk now, hit five cars in a neighborhood. and a tree while police were giving chase. he will serve six years. tonight state lawmakers are now floating ideas around on strengthening the punishment for people like this guy.

>> michigan man faces charges after police say he used his son to try to meet women. people at out ca's grant park started to call police when they saw a 7-year-old boy crying saying his father, who by the way was drunk in a parked car. forced the boy to say that his mother was dead and his dad needed a woman. >> i just talked to the kid. he was sitting on the sidewalk, and crying, and he says my dad is going to be mad at me because i cannot get single women to come to the car. >> how old was the kid? >> eight or nine. >> the father is charged with disorderly conduct. at least. child protective services is also stepping in. >> you cannot make these stories up. incredible. >> stick and he hazy out there today. >> any clear days in the future? vytas is here to let us know. >> we will get sun mix in the clouds and still a chance for few pop-up showers and thunderstorms. tonight we could see a few.

looking at the skycam toward federal hill there. we can see that no rain falling downtown. bishot pee showers earlier. 76 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the east-northeast at eight. and humidity levels at 82 percent. and pressure is falling at this time. on the bigger picture. northeast temperatures. across the region. the temperatures in the 70s for the most part. 73 new york. 70 in harrisburg. 76 in baltimore. looking at 79 in richmond. continue to see a bit of a push of cooler temperatures out of the great lakes over the next few days. area of low pressure is giving counter-clockwise rotation of moisture as you can see it coming down from the northeast here. out of pennsylvania. but then it travels up to the east. northeast. out over the atlantic. so we have the circulation right over maryland. and that is bringing down the moisture. we still have the chance on for seeing pop up showers and thunderstorms. closer look here. out in western maryland we saw rain earlier but they have breaks in the clouds out there. toward frostburg and cumberland. and in our neck of the woods, like i said, we have the chance for a few pop ups.

here is what's happening on the future scan. as far as the potential. rain moves out tomorrow morning. 6 a.m. is a dry commute to work. and by the afternoon, keep the umbrellas nearby. still the chance for pop up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. and then through the evening. and fry -- by friday. things clear up. and late afternoon, another round of potential showers across the area. what is causing the instability is the stationary front here. area of low pressure associated with that. creates lift. and that counter-clockwise circulation brings in atlantic moisture. but we have dryer air. high pressure sitting over the great lakes trying to suppress the moisture and push it back east. closer to the weekend that will actually help us. by giving us more clearing into the weekend. so looking at 82 degrees with a chance for some stray showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. and on the five-day forecast. it looks like we will see the temperatures going from 82 to 85 on friday. 30 percent chance for showers. saturday 88 with a 30 percent chance. and then by sunday, monday, temperatures warm up more. more sunshine leading us into next week. and things warm back up to the

lower 90s by the middle of next week. jennifer and jeff? . >> if you doodle at meetings or on the phone you are probably doodling all right. british scientists found that scribbling through phone calls, for instance, will help you to remember 30 percent more the information that you are hearing over the phone. why? concentrating on squiggleing shapes keep you focused and prevents day dreaming. >> jet blue announces all you can jet pass. today through august 21 customers can purchase an unlimited travel pass for only $599. allows them, however, see what you get for your money. allows them to visit any of the airline's 56 foreign and domestic destinations as often as they wish. between september 8 and october 8 this year. pass holders will have access to seats on all flights, with no blackouts dates. to find out more, log onto our website and click on "news links".

. >> a high speed chase, the suspect's bad move. that made the ending even worse with a cop car involved. >> and the ravens rookies play on an nfl field

. >> get this. a high speed car chase ended peacefully in california but not before an officer's squad car was hit. the suspect did not have time to put the car in park, and the vehicle rolled right into a police car. police say no one was hurt. the driver's charges include d.u.i.. >> age has no limit, especially for 96-year-old pauline sherman. she took to the air to parasale with her great granddaughter. sherman that turns 97 next month said it was fun but she is ready for less strenuous activities.

>> i do a lot of crocheting. >> she has never driven a car but drove the boat on the way back from parasailing. >> living until you are 100 years old is rare. but in iowa there are six women under the same roof at a retirement home that have either passed the 100 year milestone or will this year. these ladies have seen it all. but they say there is no secret to long life. >> i don't know. because i don't think that i have always done the right things. i don't think that i have done everything right to be living this long. >> that's why we live so long. we cannot hear each other. >> one of the ladies said she hopes to see the cubs win the world series again in her lifetime. >> patrice harris fox 45 news "late edition". . >> i really hope you didn't make the drive to westminster and training camp today. ravens had things locked down tight. not even the media was admited. pregame walk through.

tomorrow is a preseason game but obviously treating it very seriously. and for the rookies, it is very serious. the top three draft picks, michael or, krueger and web all make the team. beyond that there are no guarantees. the rest of the rookies have to do something to grab attention and john harbaugh enjoys that part of the process. >> to be the most interesting thing is going to see how the rookies respond to the game situation. because they have never been in an nfl game before. we know the rookies, it will be new. some shine. have not shined as much in practice. and other guys will not shine. and be surprised by that may be. that's what we look forward to seeing. >> a lot of guys played in front of huge crowds before. but even those that play in florida state and georgia they are in awe of a nfl season. it is different. they will be looking around the stadium with big eyes. like we all did when we did it. >> meanwhile the orioles wrapped up the series with the as in the daylight at camden yards. they won last night but are struggling. birds went in today trying to

avoid the 10th defeat in the last 13 games. top of the first. jason burk en. in a jam with runners on the corns and one out. he strikes out. former orioles cusp. he fires the second out. and double play. to end the first. top of the fourth. powell unloads on the ber kin pitch to deep right field. heads for eutaw street. two run shot. his third. and the as take the lead. bottom of the fourth. two on, two out for wigginton. he lines one to center. but davis sprints in. makes the nice dive and catch to end the inning. robbing the o's of at least one run. it was important. because bottom of the sixth they are trailing four-zero. huff with a deep fly to left center. it carries into the seats for the two run homer. his 13th of the year. and they cut the as lead in half. and they were not done. later in the inning. wieters at the plate. he lines one in to center. davis tries to short hop it but

ball scoots by him. scott scores. and wieters pulled in to third after a single and two base error. o's trail at that point. and oakland added a run. top of the ninth they are up. and runners on the corners. they shoot a single back up the middle. davis scores from third. and as win. six-three to take the series. >> birds are off tomorrow. start a four game series with the angels friday night. back to you. our 737s fly to over 65 cities

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. >> it seems the weather forecast like the townhall meetings on health care reform is much of the same. >> yeah, when will we see a change? vytas is back to let us know. >> we are seeing a slight chance in -- change in the temperatures. going down over the next couple of days. high of 82 tomorrow. still a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast.

about a 40 percent chance. 30 percent chances on friday and saturday. but temperatures slowly climb as we see 85 friday. 88 saturday. looking at day. more temperatures involve >> back at those 90s on tuesday with partly cloudy skies. and so it looks like the things are heating back up by early portions of next week. for the next couple of days keep the umbrellas nearby. back to you. >> good weather if you have a yard sale going. you know if you are selling your own stuff. yeah. >> that's all for the "late edition". thanks for joining us. i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. see you tomorrow night. have a good one. take care. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning ♪ change it up a bit... and you're sure to get a reaction.

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