great time. and i think they learned a lot of things playing with rex this year. >> how was the transition with greg going? >> going well. coach madison is learning us like we learn him. he calls certain calls. picking his brain. we know what he is thinking. he knows what we are thinking as players. we are getting the bond, you know, back with the defensive coordinator. >> thank you so much. good luck this season. >> thank you. >> bruce, back to you. >> gooden and the ravens try to go three-zero saturday against the panthers. here is jennifer gilbert and jeff barnd with the "late edition". . >> no, i have not gotten my money back. >> marylanders behind on mortgages and now a target for scammers, what to look out for. >> a suspected serial robber hospitalized. what store workers did when the man robbed a store for a third time. >> danny gathering strength in

the atlantic what maryland city could get a direct hit from the potential hurricane in the sky watch forecast. >> and cash for clunkers, how it is turning into a cash cow for thieves. . >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. tropical storm danny is growing in the atlantic ocean tonight gaining strength and picking up speed. >> it could become a hurricane. and one track actually has it hitting close to this state. >> chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with a look at the sky watch forecast. vytas. >> watching the storm for a few days. and gathering strength over on the atlantic. tropical storm danny with winds at 52 miles per hour. gusting to 63. so actually is gathering strength. it was at 45 miles an hour, about an hour ago. with gusts in the upper 50s. but we will continue to see this storm gathering strength and has a very good core of energy to work with. as it continues to work off the

warm waters of the atlantic. here is the potential pants of the storm. making a turn. this is important turn in here friday afternoon and friday night. the national hurricane center track is off the coast of the eastcoast of maryland and also delaware. so folks in salisbury, also ocean city, will probably have to deal with rough surf friday night to saturday morning and afternoon. and this track could go further west or further east. anywhere in this blue shaded area. and then it has the potential landfall up to massachusetts. watch it closely. looking at other model data. this is different model run showing different track potentially. and you can see a couple of them getting close to the carolinas and also very close to new jersey and maryland. so we have to watch this storm closely because if it shifts further west we remember isabel. hopefully they will want to see that again. nonetheless something to watch for a few days. back to you guys. >> okay. vytas, you can track danny with

fox 45 hurricane tracker available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use doppler radar to track coming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com, and click on hurricane tracker. >> we have breaking news out of south baltimore tonight. you are taking a live look at the scene on chesapeake avenue. where special hazardous materials crews are called in. they are checking into the reports of a very strong odor of burning plastic. they think it is some kind of spilled chemical but they are not sure. they don't know where the chemical might be coming from. but they are looking into the abby drum company there on chesapeake avenue that carries shipping containers for hazardous materials. we're told that two people are sick. but at last word they were not taken to the hospital. >> in other news tonight. a man accused of repeated robberies of a dozen businesses across the city is caught by the cops. >> arrested after he slips away after a beating at one shop.

keith daniels is live in fell's point with the latest on this. keith, what can you tell us? >> live at the killer trash vintage clothing store. fed up worker beat up the suspect here. before police could catch him. police believe the repeated robber is 39-year-old mark low max, surveillance camera caught him on tape at one business wearing a hat in one picture. no hat in the other on. low max is accused of robbing 17 businesses since august 1st. and including twice at the cvs on north charles, duncan donuts and killer trash vintage store. he was surprised when the work oner and boyfriend beat him. >> he went for my throat and turned his back on michael. so when he did, my boyfriend picked up the bat we had back here and hit him numerous times until he was on the ground, and i called 911.

>> somehow he still escaped. >> well, we are back here live. police caught him yesterday. on greenmount where he had robbed days before. he is in the hospital now. for surgery, on that arm. >> live in fell's point. keith daniels, fox 45 news late he did digs. >> senator kennedy one of the most influential u.s. senators in america's history died after battling brain cancer. considered the lion of the senate. champion of the people. jennifer davis has the latest from washington d.c. >> tribute for senator edward kennedy pouring in, not just from bib balances but some political foes that called him a friend. >> with flags around washington, flying at half staff. and senator edward kennedy capitol hill office empty. lawmakers traded in politics for personal stories about the passing of the revered elderly states man. >> for decades to come history

will talk about his accomplishments and the difference he made in public policy. for me i lost my best friend in the senate. great friend. >> kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor last may. and president said even though everyone knew the day was coming, it is heartbreaking to lose a colleague, councilor and friend. >> for his family, he was a guardian. for america, he was defender of a dream. >> during his nearly 50 years in the senate. kennedy a liberal democrat served alongside 10 presidents, including his brother john. and built up a impressive record on many issues. and the vice-president fought back tears remembering the man he served with for decades. >> every important event in my adult life. as i look back this morning and talking to vicki. every single one, he was there. >> even kennedy's political polar opposite, like or ren hatch expressed sorrow at the passing of a lawmaker known to

reach across the aisle to built frenships. >> i will miss him and he knows that. his family knows that. >> kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery near his two brothers. >> kennedy is not expect to lie in state at the u.s. capital. instead lie in repose at the john f. kennedy presidential library in boston before a funeral mass at a boston church. jennifer davis, fox news. >> senator kennedy did not live obviously to see health care reform pass. but he did complete his memoirs. through compass, look back at the life and career coming out this fall. >> and with the death of kennedy, president obama has lost a key ally on health care reform. democrats hope to fulfill kennedy's dream of universal health care but unsure how t his death will affect the vote. it can take months before his seat is filled. but one analyst said the battle could be won with a

reconciliation procedure. >> that means the health care reform legitimate is treated as a budgetary matter. it is. involves expenditure of government money, and in that case, they will invoke the reconciliation procedure that requires them to get 51 votes. in order to succeed. >> he says if the reconciliation procedure is used, final legislation could be more liberal and increases the probability that we will have a government health insurance program to compete with private health care programs. >> that brings us to the question of the day. do you think the death of senator edward kennedy will affect the health care debate? 45 percent say yes. 55 percent say no. loraine from baltimore writes. it is certainly should. but nat from reisterstown writes, senator kennedy has not been a factor recently since he has been sick. . >> cash for clunkers has ended but cash for appliances is just

starting up, apparently. new federal program that may help you save money on energy efficient appliances throughout your home. the program could start some time this fall. unlike the clunker program you don't have to trade in the old model. federal government is expected rebates of $50 to $250, depending on what kind of appliance you purchase. >> verizon wireless is looking to prevent customers from accidentally starting up the web browser on cell phones, easy to accidentally hit buttons that bring up web browsers for customers that is a $1.99 fee each time they do it. for now verizon will refund data charges to customers that call to complain. >> the new location is further away from the residential area. >> the proposed slots site moves to a bigger location, to accommodate more slots. the issue with the new location, and how it could slow down

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. >> a warning tonight about loan modification scams. where companies charge fees. they are illegal. kathleen cairns explains. >> keith hanna is a single dad. >> i have five kids you. >> but he says when he ran into financial trouble he was afraid his home in laurel county would go into foreclosure. he turned to a mortgage refinance company for help. >> they took $3490, and they, at that point, told me not to make any more mortgage payments. >> what happened. >> gave me no help. nothing. that's when i got in touch with the congressman's gloves we help

people all over the state. >> at a news conference elijah cummings warns about loan modification scams, where companies charge an upfront fee. state investigators are issued more than a million dollars in fines for that fraud. and they found lots of victims. >> i would like to get my $3000 back. >> the congressman wants to get the word out that the same services are available for free. >> i know that there are a lot of people that think their houses cannot be saved. but we have -- i know they can be saved. >> the best thing about this, is i am in my house. >> now keith shares this advice. >> if there is any company, that is advertising they can help you, with a mortgage, and they are asking for money, it is a scam. >> in baltimore, kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> congressman elijah cummings is currently sponsoring a foreclosure prevention workshop this september. now for more information on that log onto foxbaltimore.com/ news links.

>> state casino officials visited baltimore today to tour the proposed site for slots. the original plan was to put 500 slot machines near the site at m&t bank stadium. since the original bidding process, the city and developer have decided to increase the number of slots to 3500. and now, they want to build a casino a couple of blocks away on russell street. they say it is a better more profitable location. >> it pulls the casino, further away from any residential use or property. it also is more visible site. so we think, that means more business. and more money for the city. >> and there are some concerns with the new spot. including contamination. it is the former site of maryland chemicals. company that packaged dangerous substances. it is unclear how much it would cost to clean it all up. >> some thieves in montgomery county are trying to cash in on the cash for clunkers program.

one dealership in germantown said they are overflowing lot of clunkers have become a part supply lot for thieves. everything from radios to seats and taillights. seemed to disappear almost immediately every night. >> i guess you will see that the vehicles are without a radio. >> we have to hire someone to be out here. >> dealerships have to hang on to clunkers until they are reimbursed. they are still waiting for the cash. that's easiest way to make sure that the consumers did not try to take advantage of the cash for clunkers program that stipulatelates only one clunker rebate per person. >> a storm is currently brewing off the coast. >> check in with chief meteorologist vytas reid to see when it comes our way. >> good news is that it won't be tonight. quiet conditions out there. but keep our eye to the sky. toward the week. saturday is the day. as far as getting a close call here. skycam inner harbour. quiet conditions. 73 degrees. partly cloudy skies. winds out of the west at three.

humidity levels 84 percent. now talking about tropical storm danny. looks like we have the winds at 52 miles per hour. and gusts at 63. and so definitely we're looking at a very strong strong storm potentially as it gathers through the area. so definitely again it will be a potential category one storm down the road. and it looks like we will see this continue to formal lies over the warm waters of the atlantic. so this is going to be a problem to deal with as we get toward the weekend. talking about the tracking of the storm. it will continue to make a right turn. this is a important right turn friday evening. because depending on how it turns. it could be further to the west. or further to the east. and the further west it goes, more trouble for us. but right now the potential track is within the cone of incidents and this is what the national hurricane center shows. it will potentially make landfall up there off the nantucket region up toward massachusetts. we will watch it closely as we continue to see it push north on saturday evening. but then saturday afternoon, few hundred miles, potentially off

the coast. we could see rough surf and maybe gusty winds toward ocean city. and salisbury. and then also we can see some rain bands associated with the storm. now here is what the tracking models -- different models show the track of the storm. few coming close to the carolinas, and also kind of close to maryland. but even one track taking it over eastern portions of the long island up to parts of new england. so close one as we get toward saturday. back at home. here is what's going on right now temperature wise. 82 downtown baltimore. 76 in harrisburg. looks like temperatures will cool down as we get down the road here. one more medium warm day. when i say that, mid to upper 80s. as we see showers to the north. front kind of retracts through the area. giving us chances for off-and-on spotty showers. especially towards friday, saturday, sunday. right now looking at relatively clear conditions, few high thin clouds over the region. and as far as the timing of that rain, it looks like on the future scan, tomorrow clear skies for the morning. in the afternoon, partly cloudy

with clouds garing in the evening. slight chance for showers off to the west. and better chances into friday afternoon. friday evening. for the rain. what will cause it is this instability in the atmosphere southwest of us as the front continues to move our direction. here is what it looks like for the forecast. it looks like we will see the chances for showers, especially friday. better chances into the weekend. five-day forecast shows 78 on friday. 80 saturday. sunday 81 degrees. and with 50 to 60 percent chance of rain. you can track tropical storm danny with hurricane tracker. available at foxbaltimore.com. use doppler radar to track coming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. . >> what happened when a big truck heads into a tunnel that is not quite big enough? find out in tonight's "get this". >> and the injury bug is biting

. >> get this. a wild card chase in georgia ends with a driver jumping out on of what police say was a stolen car. and the vehicle kept moving. the car hit a curve and rolled down an embankment with the female passenger still inside. woman got out of the car on her own. police grabbed the driver that charges include speeding and theft. his female companion was charged with theft by receiving stolen property. >> how does a 13 1/2 foot tall truck fit through a 12-foot tall tunnel? it doesn't. truck driver in alabama learned the hard way. this 18-wheeler folded like an accordion after the driver tried to drive through the tunnel, which was scraped but not damaged. the state transportation departed the driver blamed his gps for route oning him that direction. >> have you seen this giant blue

bird, if you have a 9-year-old boy wants it back. >> really sad. >> someone stole the 3-foot, 200-pound big bird replica from his nest. and the green dale wisconsin landmark has been in a parade on top of a business and was most recently roosting in jacob's yard. because the artist that made it saw how much the 9-year-old liked it. reward is offered for information on where the foul has flown. megan gilliland began fox 45 news. >> as they prepare for the third preseason game saturday night against the panthers in charlotte. ravens dealing with injuries to a pair of key players. greg has a bad shoulder. misses this game and maybe the next one. and hurting is lj smith. pulled a hamstring on this play monday night. this op on top of a upper hamstring, and hip flexor and hernia surgery. probably miss the rest of the preseason and john harbaugh is

kind of concerned. >> it is a concern. it is a hamstring pull. so it is going to take awhile. i don't know how long. you never know where those things. different spot than the other one. he is down about it. he will get down about it. it is a long season. and we will need him to be a good player for us, and we have to get him ready for hopefully atlanta. if not atlanta kansas city. >> besides from kicker, the most competition is bart scott's departure for the jets left a hole. and mcclain and gooden battling it out. for the spot. two of them don't see it that way. >> we are going out there and practicing and playing hard. at the end of the day the coaches make the decision. all we can do is better ourselves and our team. for me it is durability and see me play, and finish out the whole preseason strong. just as i am starting. >> meanwhile there could be some all too rare good news from the injury front. mark clayton back on the field. five year veteran doing running

and cutting and seemed to run without difficulty. originally hurt his hamstring on training camp. and john harbaugh said at that time he would miss two preseason games. now that we are a couple days away from the third. there is speculation he might play saturday night. they are not saying. stay tune. >> mark sanchez is named the starting quarterback of the jets. first rookie to be slated to start the opener in the jet's 50 year history. usc product and number one draft pick showed ryan all he needed to see in two preseason games. beat out clemens and will make the debut september 13 at houston. >> jets and sanchez face co-host the giants this weekend. back to you.

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. >> we're a day away from the 128th maryland state fair. >> exciting. fox 45 news is the official media sponsor of the state fair. we kickoff the best 11 days of summer with a special fun at the fair. we will be live at the timonium fairgrounds. with jennifer gilbert. and our chief meteorologist vytas reid. and you can see it on our sister station at the cw baltimore. should be exciteing. >> so much fun. >> hoping for great weather tomorrow to get the fare off to a good start. >> very important check back with vytas reid to see what danny might have in store for us. vytas? >> we don't want that to be a problem. but could have a few affects from the storm. saturday and sunday. but thursday, partly cloudy skies. decent day. friday chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. about 60 percent chance. may need to take the umbrellas with you to the fare. saturday and sunday temperatures in the lower 80s. 50 percent chance for showers. and then monday, tuesday,

wednesday. temperatures cooling down. more sunshine for much of next week. back to you.

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