>> another edition of the coors light silver spotlight. >> next week, our coors light silver spotlight pulls into the corinthian. stop by. here is jennifer gilbert and jeff barnd with the "late edition". >> we're not going to have is our members choosing which poison pill to swallow. >> negotiations stall. why baltimore firefighters are fighting back against talk of furloughs or layoffs. >> outrageous advice. what happened to those that offered tax tips to people posing as pimps, and prostitutes. >> and an extra long test drive. the unusual guarantee from gm. >> 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. breaking news. >> police on the scene of a shooting. happened at york road and radnor avenue. two shot. one shot in the head. and died. the other was shot in the leg and arm. and moments earlier, a man walked into a nearby fire station with a gunshot wound. police are trying to figure out if he is connected to shooting. >> ongoing fight between baltimore city and the fire union rages on. >> myranda stephens is live outside of city hall latest tonight. myranda? >> well, jennifer and jeff, the fire union has rejected the late he request to trim the budget. only adding more fuel to an already growing fire. the city is now asking the union to reduce its budget by about $3 million. either through furloughs, layoffs, or cuts to vacation. but after two weeks of negotiations, the union rejected the city's request. saying any kind of layoffs or furloughs will not only hurt the

department but the people it serves. >> really, a matter of all of us sharing in the pain for every dollar that we take, we have to, in the coming year, have to put back in. >> it is not so simple as closing an office for the day. we simply never close. >> and both sides will have to try to come up with some type of compromise soon. the labor commission, which is now involved, has set a deadline to reach an agreement by october 9. we're live outside of city hall, myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> while the city faces serious budget cuts top brass from the police force still plans to go on an $11,000 retreat. overnight at leakin park. police defend the trip since it is entirely paid for through cash seized from criminals. >> two workers at baltimore acorn office fired tonight. after being secretly videotaped helping a woman posing as a

prostitute. they were shown advising her on how to cheat on taxes, and how to create a underage sex ring. crime and justice reporter joy lepola has the story you are seeing first on fox. >> an organization that prides itself on social justice, and stronger communities is under fire. criticism has surfaced after acorn workers in baltimore were secretly recorded giving advice to a man and woman posing as a prostitute and pimp. staffers, aiding the two, with tax evasion. and create caning an underage sex ring. in the transcript of the recording, the acorn worker tells the pimp, "no, you have to pay taxes on the money you make" the man posing as the pimp asks "is there any way around that though?" the staffer replies "yeah, don't file them and you continue to do cash." . >> in the video the two go on to tell the staffers they want to secure a house, where the woman

could continue her prostitution business. the acorn worker suggests that the prostitute should list her occupation as a free-lance performing artist. the person posing as the pimp then says, they want to bring 13 very young girls from el salvador to also work as prostitutes. the acorn worker said that's illegal. but three of the girls could be claimed as dependents. in north baltimore, joy lepola, fox 45 news "late edition". >> acorn said tonight the workers were fired because they did not meet its professional standards. >> but the group also said the video was part of a smear campaign. >> a baltimore city police officer accused of sexually assault involving a 13-year-old relative pleads guilty. troy gee faced abuse charges avenue 13-year-old girl accused him of fondleing her. in march of 2008 at his home in northeast baltimore. >> he could have been molesting

somebody else. and i am a grandmother, i have grandchildren, great grandchildren and i don't want nothing to happen to them. >> sentencing is set for the month of december. he faces up to a decade behind bars. >> police say a child sex ring operated in a suburban maryland neighborhood for more than three years before the operation busted. police say the sex ring was operating at shelby lewis' home in temple hills. he was charged with using four young teens as prostitutes. one victim tells police she started when she was 10-years-old. >> the young kids, they played out there a lot. play with some of the neighbors here and kids up the street. >> i didn't think nothing was going on at the house. >> well, if he is convicted on all federal counts, shelby lewis could face life in prison. >> a frederick county teacher pleads guilty to receiving child porn. 25-year-old adam win sore a theater and band teacher at bell

len injury middle school. he faces 25 years when sentenced in december. and faces state charges, including child sex abuse for allegedly using a hidden camera to videotape girls as they change clothes in a dressing room during a play production. >> a victim is found after a house fire in charles county. firefighters discover the body of a 62-year-old man in this brian roadhouse after a fire that occurred on wednesday. fire officials say there were no working smoke alarms throughout the entire home. and it seems the man was living alone. >> a maryland state delegate is acquitted on a d.u.i. charge. hermann taylor cited back in 2008 after police found him asleep in the parked suv. taylor's attorney claims his client had only one drink, but was up for 20 hours and was very tired. >> start with sun and then clouds moved in today. >> what can we expect tomorrow? meteorologist jessica starr joins us with the sky watch forecast.

>> rain showers getting close. coastal low closer to the delmarva and wraparound rain showers. salisbury experiencing them right now. closing to easton, and mean moving into baltimore. light rain showers. further west toward western portions of maryland you will not probably see any rain showers. but the further east you are, you will see them for the daytime tomorrow. winds have been the concern today. gusts up to 35. out of the northeast at 15 miles per hour in baltimore. 17 miles per hour in d.c. and 13 miles per hour in salisbury. so your next day planner, wake up to peaks of sunshine. 59 at 6 a.m. 71 degrees at noon. so still below normal temperatures. but there is a warm up headed our way, and the weekend is shaping up to be nice. i will have a look at that coming up in a few minutes. . >> in tonight's news you need to know. car speed dangers, according to the national high traffic administration, three out of four car seats are not installed

correctly. help reduce the statistic, locations will be set up nationwide next week to check car seats. it is all part of national child passenger safety week. for a list of locations, offering free car seat inspections, just log onto our website. foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> a major guarantee from general motors tonight. just two months after emerging from bankruptcy gm will give new car buyers 60 days to return them for a full refund if they are not satisfieded. part of a new campaign called may the best car win. this extraordinary program begins next week. >> i will do everything i can to help him get reelect. >> fallout from a republican congressman's outburst. why an apology might not be enough. to smooth things over. >> why the key to controlling the spread of swine flu could be getting children vaccinated first. >> huge flames and smoke in

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. >> a member of developments surrounding the push for health care reform. and controversy continues to follow the congressman who heckled the president during his speech wednesday night. craig boswell reports from washington. >> thank you. >> president obama said he is on a full court press for health care reform. first appearing today with a nurses group and highlighting new data about the growing number of uninsured americans. president kept up the pressure on lawmakers during a cabinet meeting. >> i will not tolerate us continuing to pay more for less. in health care. >> the president said the cost of the roughly $900 billion plan can be covered by cutting waste in the current system. but opponents say the numbers do not add up. >> we are not going to break the bank. currently what the president saying is costs $900 billion, we

know the way congress is, it will be over a trillion dollars. >> the day after the address to a joint session of congress, it is the outburst of joe wilson getting much of the attention. south carolina representative yelled out "you lie you" during the president's speech. >> last night i heard from the leadership that they want me to contact the white house. and say that my statements were inappropriate. i did. >> the president accepted his apology. >> i am a big believer that we all make mistakes. he apologized quickly. and without egive occasion. >> some say the cat call over scores the overwhelming emotions involved in the health care reform debate. >> when it comes to wilson's future i will do everything i can to help him get reelected. >> opponent in 2010 has received reportedlyed $200,000 in campaign contributions since last night. and nancy pelosi said there should be no punishment, some

say are asking for disciplinary action. craig boswell fox 45 news. >> that brings us to the question of the day. did obama's speech change your opinion of health care reform. so far 10 percent of you say yes. and 90 percent say no. mark from baltimore writes, i supported the president before the speech and more so now. republicans are revealing themselves as self serving unamerican embarrassment. >> but dick writes, the man said nothing different just differently. to read more responses go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the question of the day. >> the u.s. census bureau announcing the number of people without health insurance has risen. statistics are based on data collected in march of 2008. more than 46 million americans are uninsured. according to that report. and that's up from 2007. the actual numbers may be even greater since the economy took a downturn. so what is the cure for health care? we look at the issue in-depth

this saturday night. cure for health care. airs at 10:30. immediately after fox 45 news at 10:00. >> more swine flu vaccination tests are set to start this time on pregnant women. so far 6 percent of swine flu deaths in the u.s. have been among pregnant women. since the studies on adults and kids are going so well they will begin research on women in the second and third trimesters. >> and according to doctors, 70 percent of all american children need to be vaccinated for the swine flu before the general population. that ages six months to 18 years of age. scientists say the swine flu, of course will sweep through schools this autumn. with a typical infected child getting 2 or 3 other children sick. >> well, a little sun today and then the clouds moved in. >> overall not too bad. no complaints here. jessica starr joins us again to look at the sky watch forecast. you know, it is okay. >> it was not too bad out there.

clouds thickened up late afternoon. and evening hours. and that's what we are still dealing with. wide spread clouds out there. 64 degrees currently at the inner harbour. winds are still strong. out of the northeast at 15 miles per hour. and the humidity is still up with the winds oust of the northeast bringing in the moisture off the chesapeake and atlantic. allows for humidity to climb a bit. 65 percent out there right now. and there is the rain showers. there is the area of low pressure system, coastal low wrapping around, bringing in the rain showers. salisbury is looking at the rain showers. ocean city seeing them. and clouds thicken up. so we will start to see the ban move. normally the weather patterns are west to east. with the area of low pressure system, these rain showers move from east to west. so kind of a backward system with the coastal low system. so some of the rain showers will make the way into baltimore. but further west you are, toward oakland, you probably will not see any rain showers, or experience any rain showers from the coastal low system. so here is a bit of a bigger

picture. here it is right there. counter-clockwise rotation around the low pressure system. but it will, by tomorrow, it will start to exit. and move toward the northeast. so best chance for rain showers are going to come tonight into the early morning hours. by the time the thing starts to move out late tomorrow afternoon into saturday morning. temperatures though today. we were on the cool side. 71 is the high at bwi thurgood marshall airport. we're checking in at 64 degrees in baltimore. 62 degrees in harrisburg. 65 degrees in new york and chilly 59 in boston. so we could see another 1 to 2 inches. here is the predict rainfall totals from the coastal low system, through early sunday morning. we could see about 1 to 2 inches here in baltimore, and around 3 inches in chestertown. this model is more accurate for chestertown as the delmarva has a better chance of seeing significant rainfall from the coastal low system. for tomorrow, eastern shore forecast. mostly cloudy skies. high of 70. and winds out of the northeast at 15 to 25 myspace an hour.

continue with the windy conditions again. downtown baltimore. high temperature of 73 degrees. with winds out of the northeast. see sunshine. see clouds. and then we will see scattered rain showers early morning hours. most of the day dry. wake up with showers. depending how far inland the coastal low makes it. but sunday looks nice. ravens' game. 1:00. against the chiefs. 78 degrees. mainly clear skies. and nice and mild. and five-day forecast. things are improving. we have to go through one more kind of dismal day tomorrow. and then saturday most of the day. dry. couple clouds and rain showers in the morning. and sunday, monday, tuesday, nice. and pleasant. and low humidity and great weather for football on sunday. i will have a look at the seven-day forecast. coming up in a few minutes. . >> test a new rocket series hoping to take the astronauts back to the moon. flames and smoke billowed out of a rocket booster. nasa expects them to replace the

space shuttle in 10 years. the rocket is about the same size as the massive saturn rocket 40 years ago used in the apollo program. >> swimsuit or no swimsuit. that's the issue causing a commotion in california. stretch of beach is a hangout for those that prefer to forego swim wear for many years. now rangers are handing out tickets to anyone that is not adequately clothed. >> after 30 years it is completely wrong. unconstitutional. and i will be here to fight it and protest it, if they say it is illegal. i will be here. >> well, the state successfully argued that the nude beach should be shut down to protect the public. the nudists say the beach is sec clueded and several miles away from public view and taking the fight to the state supreme court. . >> ravens defense has not allo

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. >> get this. this cheetah proves it is the world's fastest land mammal. a cheetah at the zoo set a record and beat it. the 8-year-old female ran 100 meters in 6.16 seconds. and her second attempt. she ran it in 6.13 seconds. a male cheetah from south africa had the old record of 6.19 seconds. the zoo said it is considering submitting the time to the guinness book of world records. >> from trash to treasure, the good will organization in miami was shocked to discover that a donated ballerina statue was worth, at least, $500,000. instead of selling the rare bronze art work, the non-profit tracked down the person that donated it and returned it. art experts say the statue by

sculptor kelsey was one of only 10 produced in the world. >> you probably heard the phrase you can deep fry anything. but at the craig country fair in east texas one man is actually doing it. this vendor said he can deep fry anything deep fried onions, eggplant, snickers, potato chips, and ice cream. and deep fried butter. >> it is rich. >> he will even serve up your car keys fried. >> butter is better. >> patrice harris fox 45 news "late edition". . >> as the ravens prepare to open the season sunday against the chiefs, there is a revenge factor at play. two of them actually. first the ravens never beaten the chiefs here in baltimore. and the second, last running back to gain 100 or more yards against the ravens is the chiefs larry johnson that topped the mark on december 102006 in a game the ravens won. their only victory in four games

against the chiefs. and memory of johnson's performance that day is stuck in the collective craw. >> we don't ever want anybody to run the football against us, and, you know, it so happens that this running back was the last one to do it. we have always said our defense is based on number one stop. we don't ever want anybody to feel like they can run the football on us. >> it is very important. running back has 100 yards more than likely they are winning. they are handing them the ball. so we are looking forward to the challenge. larry johnson is top 2 or 3 in the league, no question. >> last running back to run over 100 yards on us. so stop the run. against those guys. and stop them. >> he plays the game the way the game is played. and we understand that. they like the run the ball and we like to stop it. and that's what you kind of really grab from this type of battle. they will come and try to establish him and he had

100 yards that day. but we won. hopefully won't happen again. >> meanwhile on the other side of the ball. offense goes into the opener with a dose of confidence. averaging 18 points per game in the four preseason victories. for some teams that's not great. but after years of struggling to score points, ravens think they may have turned the corner. >> we know that kansas city will come out ready to play. you know, they have a new coach. have something to prove. prove it. they are a good team. and playing well in the preseason. so we will have to come out ready to play and give them all we have got. >> we know that kansas city is a good team. watched them on film. they had, you know, their situation is different from ours. they have a first year coach. their quarterback is played, you know, a lot of football. they are coming in here and they have a fresh start. >> kickoff is 1:00 sunday at m&t bank stadium. back to you.

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