patrice, back to you. 5:29 on fox 45 early editiin.ú a 3 year veeeran of the baltimore police force is under ú%vestigation after a woman says she was raped bit officer uring a routine traffic stop. today he will learn if he will be facing criminal charges. megan gilliland joins us live from police headqqartees with more on the evidence expected to be presented today. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, gooddmorning to all of you. innestigators say they have been police cruiser searching for forensic evidence. whatever they founddwill be released today and presented to the state attorney's office. from there prosecutorr will then decide if charges will be filed. in addition to that, any for %-at tapes from surveillanceng cameras and even trying to3 determine if there's a history between the officer and the woman who says she was sexually attacked on a traffic stop. questionsspolice re looking residents want to know.

>> was this consensual. >> i think he should be charged and then they should ffnd out >> was she coerced. >> you would trust a cop if they pulled you over. - wouldn't expect that to ú%ppen. >> reporter: at accused the baltimore police forcen of working in the nortteast precinct. the ooficer's police powers have bben suspended but he is still on the pay roll right now doing some administrative duties. live from city police headquartees, i'm megan gilliland..3 fox 45 early edition. city police are iivestigating a stabbing innwest baltimore. ii happened after 11:000 nnwest3 franklin street near north calhoun ssreet. the victim was reportedly stabbed in the face and back. he was taken tt shock trauma. his condition is unknown at this time. around the same time, ooficers were also respondinggto reporrs of a shooting just a few blocks away.3 police say a an was found shot3 in the leg on north gilmor street. there's no word on a suspect or and ann anne arundel countyn

is arrested after allegedly -eaving a child locked in a car while he went shopping. police say a passerby noticed a 5 yyars old child sitting in a3 car oo saturday and on that daa the temperatures soared up towards of 90 degrees. officers later arrested the child's guardian. they found the pasadena man as he was walking back tt the car. at the store yesterday many parents were struggling to understand just how that could happen. >> it hurts me to my heart. i don't clearly understand, you know, as a parent of twoo how i could leave them in a car swelling in the heat and roll up the winnows. >> the child was treated at the %-custtdy of hii mother.to the state police have found the oliver. on sunday he and a friend went swimming in liberty reservoir in carroll county when oliver disappeared underwater. officials continue to cautionú

people that swwmming iss3 prohibited in the reservoirrú preliminary autopsses have been completed in the case of a couple found murdered in their sallsbury home. the medical examiner says thht sufficiented and 21 years old arlene boyd were stabbed. their bodies were discovered? an apartment complex onnsunday night. a relative had called police and ú%ggested that someone check on >> it's like a surveal atmosphere when you stopped and looked at the evidence that was there. >> right now police say they don't have ny suspects but possibility that the murders a man who received paychecks from the city whill behind bars will be there to face other accusations. this is 38 yeaas old dennis mmclaw lin, he is there to face

charges of sex and rape, and impersonating aapolice officer.s employee won't be facing any3 charges regarding the allegations that he got paid while in jail. prosecutors said since the bosses signed off on the payment, it was a business issue not a criminal one. if this was a movie the credits would be running right %-today is the last day for the -enator theater under current isn't going without a fightt the drama is nothing new not with this owner. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. certainly many of the folks watching haae been here for the prrmiers all over the stteet here as they aae represented by immortant dates in history of great movies. ú%w ittseems like the former ownee, the operator even up to this day, has no hope of continuing his run here. ironicaaly theesame day he will be running the movie a new hope

from star wars. started here, in 1977. the plan is for the charles theater operators to take over this week to begin renovating the theeter. it's a deal being rooered by the baltimore developer the goal is tt yank him from the ú%nator without oversight. the city took ownership at a public option. it's taken about a year to figure ouu what to do with this place. they say the operators of the charles will take over. >> they are planning on bringing in first run ovies and that is really important to that community up there. they want to make sure that that anchor up in that community and it brings a lot of new faces into that area up there. >> reporter: it's esttmated the renovations could cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars, but like young says, the city has already committed a lot of money to the senator. this move is necessary, so once again, as long as nothing changes and once again, patrice,

there's been a lot of drama when it comes to the end and not really end. it looks like the end is today with the one last movie is the first he showed in 1177, a new hope to star wars? that does mean that he is planning to leave. as we know there was another deadline and he didn't leave at that point. he is going to vacate today. %-his writingss this is all we3 have. i contacted him and everytting, but in his writings thht he put on the senator websites and other folks friends of the senator theater, all looks like today will be the last day, two shows, 1 at 4:30 and 1, at 8:00, democrats broke a republican filibuster. the benefits will extend to more than 2 1/2 million america amero stopped receiiing benefits.

the chairman is expected to ppovide an u updateeon the stats of the u.s. economy. ben better tha bernanke is eepel the senate banking committee that the fed is expected to take worsen. he is expected tt down play the possibility that the economy will fall back into a recession but he will admit that the country issstill in a vulnerable position. getting your message to lawmakers. what is the best way to do it. >> reporter: the writings may >> we tried a few and we willck, bring you the results. and another hot and humid day with he possibility of some thunderstorms on the bay a

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patriie. it's qie eat righ quiit right n. it certainly wasn't quiet last night. no thunderstorm warnings right now. we will continue to look for those. that is for now because things may be changing wwth all of that hhat and humidity still a player in our forecast. weather is still there, even risk at this time. we will look at the bigger3 picture at sky hd radar and see that movement from west to east, seeing showers to the northern part of virginia. some of that mmy move our way, there's a better chance to see a little more activity scatteree throughout the state today when we expecteddas concenntated as it coull be the case to the norrh. as we look at bigger picture, still you can see we do not have a slight risk area over our region. with all of this heat and3 hhmidity, there's a strongg3 chance of strong torms later. 77 in d.c. and 74? sslisbury. dew points in the low 70s

making it again a very juicy atmosphere. this was yesterday when we did think it was a better chance to the north of seeing the activity because the staaionary boundary to the north. now we're going to see the station nerr dowstationary bounh and seeing showers and thunderstorms moving in. they could be scattered aboutt3 almost anytime this afternoon into the evening and then should see some drier air move in overniiht tonight as skies turn partly cloudy. eventually, see the high pressure, that is going o bring more warm air our way, aareal surge of warmth as the low moves our ay that will allow to pump in more heat and hummdity toward the end of the week. 94 degrees for the high at the eastern shore. it will be a hottone and temperatures will feel like they're close to 100 or above that. look for a chance of thunderstorms later in the day in the eastern shore area. in the central part of the maryland anytime in the ú%ternoon, 1:00 or beyond, a fair chance of scattered showers and thunderrtorms, 93 degrees for the high tempprature and it

will feel like temperatures are well interest the 90s. 85 degrees at the western part of maryland. going to the game there's a chance, there's a channe for a few thunderstorrs around. the first pitch teeperature 91 degrees, and overnight we will drop too73 and scattered evening showers and will turn partly cloudy oveenight. we will set up a stage for a better looking day tomorrow with more sunshine but still partly 94 for the high but less humidity ffr the day. the humidity returnn, 96 for friday, late day thunderstorm possible and overnight on sunday with overnight showers and thunderstorms saturday into sunday. 88 and 87, how does that look for monddy and tuesday, a whole lot better with mostly sunny skies. now let's see what is happening on the roadways with ccndace3 dold who has the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: we like those numbers for next week. as far as the temperatures are concerned and we also like the numbers as far as the speeds are concerned, out on the roadways, right now on the beltway, 60 miles per hour traveling

ú%rouuh catonsville, 61 at the ú%eurity exit. we are talking about traffic lights hat are not working properly in baltimore right on fayette street at milton avenue. it's in all 4 directions. make sure you uue extra caution as you travel through that -ntersection. the jfx is in the green. we're looking at a pleaaant ride there from the downtown region all way up toward theecold spring lane and up toward the northern parkway and even the beetway. -peaking of the beltway traveling through baltimore county as dulaney valley road those lanes are wide oppn, the coast is clear in both directions. and that only continues a little bit farther back on the beltway right at harford road.ú we can how you that arra as well. just the building volume here nothing to get in yyur way in either direction. that's a look at mornings travels, patrice, back over to you. thank you, caadace. still ahead another orioll pitcher heads back to the tripll, the stats that hurtú ccris tillman.

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re-election. congress is more focused on self interest than their interest. jeff able went to washington to find out why the voices that many voters say fall on deaf ears. >> i believe it's the way government works. >> reporter: at this nation'' >> why are we still doing what we're doing? >> you always have the. >> reportee: everyone has a view. >> theyyvote for what they're going to vote for. has washington's ear. everyone3 >> it's the top brass listening3 to what seems to be the major concerns of the country. >> reporter: for those who have something to saa, what is theebest way to say it to congress? >> you get to answer up there. very difficult. >> the riting may get to somebody but like barack, he lets you text hii. >> dear representative bar let, dear representative kratovil.

>> reporter: with the hell of producer lauren cooke, we decided to contact congress.3 ú% i'm writing for your support. >> reporter: cooke wrote to ú%l 10 members of the maryland's congressionnl delegation. she asked for their position on a piece of proposed legislation which woulddbenefit her father %-with parkiison's disease.e >> on behalf of mm beloved father, it's critical we hear from you, can you write e-mail or call. >> reporter: on the same day she sent them to washington, she also called their washington offices and e-mail their washington offices requesting the same information and asking for a replyy >> you can ither fax to the office oroffice. ú% reporter: congressional officers receive thousands of bbt these days sending a letter

to washington may not earn the ii doesn't matter if your mail is ssnt miles away, since the anthrax ssare, the maii is chemicallyysearched and could take weeks before it reaches the congress doors. the e-mails received the -uickest reply buttmost were automated replies.ú >> reporter: our phone calls produced fewer results. >> a lot of them took my information and aid that they would get back to mm. >> reporter: but it was tell we call at. >> she saad justte-mail. >> repooter: when we attempted to e-mail congressman hoyer. >>the server was down. >> reporter: it's been a month and from our 10 letters we received two replies. -rom our 10 e-mails, there were three direct responses senator

ben ardin was the first to give us a directtanswer.ú >> it's part of our democratic process. it's verr important to me to hear from the constituentsment one person with a compelliigg story can make a differrnce. >> reporter: he is a veteran of capital hill who believes congress is lissening despite what it may seem. >> we used to have a sort of a %-pretty mad to write yoor to be congressman so for every person that does it, there's probably 10 r 100 more that are thinking the ssme thing. >> to me it was the most frustrating. >> reporter: still there's skeppicism that the government of the poem doesn't always communicate with thh people. >> i believe t's just the way it is. ú% ♪. -> reporterr jeff able, fox 45 morning news. some congressional officess3 those who live outside of their coming uu later on fox 5

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at sttpping a 4 game losing streak since the mid-summer classics and they had a high-profile visitor, first lady michelle obbma. scarr moments in the ffrst. he ries tt pick up, crawford goes down going back to the base and is tagged out, but look at this rrpllyy the man you may not want toowatch thhs replay, crawford gets hit, well, yeah he gets hit. he is in obvious pain. he eft the game. no word on just how long he is going to be out. bottom of the second,,no score, loop scott, fresh off the deal and lands on the left side of the fouu pole and on to thh crab solo shot, the o's take a 1-0 lead. the next batter up, ty wigington, he ets all of the mat garciaafast gall. and back-to-back home runs, his 15th.

o'' lead 2-0. adam jones playing a game of simon says with igiigton just joins ittto left.ú at the lands three rows from the top, back-to-back for the o's, the first time they have done that since 1995. even mrs. obama knows that's a big deal. birds on top 3-0. bottom of the 3rd now, 3-1o's, the home runners may continue. it goes into the bleachers right center, the second of the game ú%th of the year. the rays trail by a run. ron wiiington makes a great run at first and throws it at second..3 the game now tied att4. john lines it tt center, two runs come in to score on the rbi single. tampa bay takes their first lead of the game 6-4 and then they go %-their 5th straight oss.es

anddbefore lass night's sent tillman has a 7 tonight era with six stars with the 's. tillman is one of the itchers wwo has bben in inconsistent this year. and johnson is beginning to show his frustratton with the young aam. >> we haven't seen good pptching incoosistent. you don't know which guy is going to show up and whether that -- the experience of these guys and the follow-up on the good outing and build from there or pitching through some tough time when it will feellthat they have the good stuff, you know. and i think that that is what some the good ones do to make you know these guys, but i just think that they could do better. >> kevin millwood will come off

the dl to pitch against the twins. he has been on the disabled list with he right forearm strain. hh says two-8 season. and jeromy guthrie will get pushed back and make friday night start. to update he rest of the o's game because there was more after we finished a few vekdz ss ago.ú the o's went on to win the game 7-11. an exciting game last ight. a major mistake at the thousands open to identityavesú theft. an expert tells us how to protect our most sensitive information. and a woman says she was raped at a traffic stop by a city cop.ú thh evidence expected to be rellassd today that will determine if that officer faces3 charges. >> reporter: i'm joel smith live at the senator theater which could be the last dayy3 showing movies for a

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the evidence police are looking >> take me one of them. that his own kind take care. >> ccntroversial comments lead to a resignation. >> it was my first ttme being faced with having to help a white farmer save his farm. >> what aa ormer governmenn worker is saying now about that got her in even more hot waters. the keys are channing hands today. why the drama at the senator theater isn't over yet. gooo morning. it's wednesday, july 21st.3 you can see the sun peeking throughhthe many clouds out there this morning. those are the same clouds that %-and strong weather yesserray.s good morning. i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist sttve fertig and

see what ww can expect as we head into this new day and 5:00, boy, didd heeskies change near ú%ere i was.3 >> we had a tornado warning t that ime ann again later and mostly to the orth. had the best chance of strong storms if if we had any at all. coming from the pennsylvania a dip to the south and then it moved into our area. >> today? >> there's a chance of strong storms maybe even severe weather. right now things are quiet. %-it's ratherr arm.temperature, that warm juicy atmosphere one of the reasons for the severe weatter. salisbury is at 74 and we're not over our region as you look at the chance of showers mooing from the west, from westt3 virginia righttnow. some of that activity couldú become strong to severe because it will be another ay withhheaa and humidityyplaying a role and you see ii popping up in the cennral part of the state, north central but it could affect anywhere since the