battling the heat in the fight to restore ower.the progress today.on fox45 news at five. 3 3 3 the power outaaes areestill causing problems for summer pro. programs.in the city.. all suumer programs will open

today .. but fourrof the sites have been relocated. relocated.16 balttmore county schools aae still without power... and will remain closed today.all activites are cancelled, buttstaff should still report to alternate sites. sites.in howard county.. four schools will be losed. closed.and innanne arundel coonty... 13 summer sites are c. closed.you cannsee a complete list of school closings on our wesbite at fox baltimore dot com slash morning.

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3 3& same event.... different outcome. this time last year we were talking about a that got out of control at the inner harbor, ........with one man bbing murdered and a 4 year old shot in the leg. leg. but not this time. joel d. smiih is live at the inner arbor to explain how result. good morning joel d. 3 3

3 the nation's capital celebrated theefourth holiday... holiday... thousands flocked good seat for the country's a biggest fireworks display... and all of them had to et through tight security fiist. this year, the fourth of july marks the 236th anniversaryy of the country's declaration of independence from britain. thousands of peoole spent the fourth holiday in the darrk b-g-e is making progress, though.here's a look at he latest nnmbers. numbers.according to thier websste... total...anne

arundel county...baltimorr city... baltimore counny... carroll county... howard county.... (áááánats up full: "awwww, pwwww......áááá) a man screams in pain after being pinned under a truck... that ran into ressaurant in south baltimore.the green pickup truck slammed intt the sea pride crab house at monrre and pratt street wednessay aaternnon. the crash frighteneddemployees, including one woman who was standing at the register with a co-worker. she says the truck was coming straight &ptoward er. (sipes) "he was standing beside me ooe second and the next econd, he was gone. so, i thought he was the one that landed under the truck. but luckily, he went in the back. so, everybody made it out except for that man...." man...."" witnesses say the driver appeared dazed.. and they ssy several beer cans

fell from inside tte truck. the river is in police custody. investigaaors say e faces seeeral charges, including a possible d-u-i charge. meanwhile, we're told the victim is in good conditiin at ssock traama this morniig. two florida lifeguards aae fired... for saving a man from drowning. one of the lifeguards... thomas lopez... says he left hhs designated zone monday... to save the man who was struggling in theewater.he entered an rea the to protect. minutes later... d - he was fired on the spot.but lopez says regardless of where what lifeguards do.mmers is "i'm nnt going to put my job i'm goinggto do what i felt what's right, and i did." ---butted with--- "if i see anyone drowning regardless of where they are, i'm going to i'm going to save someone if i see they need help." the lifeguard company also told managers e would also leave his designated zone to save a life. one other lifeguard quit in solidarity to his riends..and attleast 4

other lifeguards gave notice. the compaay says its policy is drowning outside f guarded s zones. a coloraao family interrupts an intruderr rummaging throughhtheir car. put it wasn't your typical thie. thief.it turrs ut he intruder was a 300 pound beer! when the family got to the car.. hey saw the bear had actually gotten stuck inssde the vehicle after climbing inside to search for ffod.for get out... ripping tte car to shredss waggoner says, "whht he did to the car was amazing to me. i could never haveeimagined ttaa kind of capability in an animaa in the car because its gone ii looks like a bomb hit i" called 9-1-1... and eventuully "parks aad wildlife" caae out. theyyopened tte back ddor... and the ear ran rrght off.

we all know how annoying hicccps can be..o what would cure?one acramento man claims hh's found a way to stop them. and he's now working to get his product on major storee shelvvs. chuuk ray ddveloped what he calls the "hiccup stick." you place the stick &pmoutt... bite down... then drink a glass of water. (ray says, "i had aapen in my mouth absent-mindedly took a drink of water, and it didn't stop the hiccups, but i that make me says wwoa what hap" happened?" the producc currently sells online for about 8 dollars. weere going to be in the ... triple digits today!but that's the coolest we'll ee for days! how hot it'' expecteddto get... next in our skywatch weather forecaat. forecaat. 3((break 1)) 3

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completeecontest rules. for they fought....for he right to fight for our country. country. (10:50) "one generrl had the audacity to say that he'd rather have thousand black marines. marines. the struggle of the montford marines...and the honor they received... 70 years later. ((bump out)) ((break 2))

3 70-years ago, the u-s marines looked a lot different.... back then, it was for whites- only..... and it to order the marrnes to integrate. many of this country's ffrst blacc marines are still around..... &p jeff abell taaes u inside their battle.. as they fought one enemy abroad... and another oneehere at home. home. (23:12) all these mmn ii here were members of my outfit..." when he graduated from high school, charles wells had plannnd to beeome a rinter...... but aaletter from the draft board.....turred him into a my choices weren't too reat ll either obey them or go to prison and i had noodesire to go to prison." it was 1944 and 18-year old chhrles.....was bout to

become one of the first blacks admitted into the marine corps. presideet rooseveet haddrecently ordered the marines too integrate.....despite strong objections from the last whites-only branch of the military. (10::0)) "one general had he audacity to say that he'd rather have 500-white marines than 5- thousand black marines. he didn't think we had the courage to fight. they didn't give s a chance." from &pthe beginningg...wwlls discovered that black marines were tteated far differently than white mariies. blacks were trained at montford point in camp lejuene, north carolinn.....whites... .weeeetrrined elsewhere. (3:09) "i reaaly expected a large woooen barraak but we had huts that slept about 12 pith a wood stove in the center." after boot camp, black marines were never given a fighting chance. for years, they were never

assigned to combat. (9:48) "we weren't fighting marines wew were supply marines." (8:40) "i never touched a piecc oo ammunition the whole time i was in the marine corps. i got to be the mailman....." for wells and hundreds of other african american marines....they were still &pseparate and hardly equal. (9:02) "we wereeanxious to figgt we thought we should be able to fight." (10:12) "its interesting that we could be selected and sent tt fight for our country where in some instances, we coulln't elect the folks who sent us...." it would be almost a decade before black front linee. charless wells fullilled his two-year obligation....and came home. (11:44) "i didd't wantt to reenlist and i don't think they wanted to get us all out.... (video/natt marching band) last week, the military called them bbck. some four-hundred surviving marines

came to washinggon for the nt salltt they neverrreceived. they receivvd congressional gold medals....this country's highest civilian honor.....70- years after theyywere called to serve. (13:48) "at least they recognized were there. we did play a part." but even as they week....charles wells cculdnnt help but wonder just how far (21:57) "they had the m. - marine corps band there abouu 60-members anddi didn't ee but one black person...." charles wells may have made history.... but the (18:33) "you can leeislate laws but you can't chaage people's hharts nd minds." (17:39) "ii'll be a constant fight own to the fox 45 news at ten. next in sports... the orioles gee a win in seattle!find ut wwo the

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3 bruce cunningham &phas fox 45 morning comiig up ii our 6 o'clock hour... d-c metro riders... forced to walk.what caused them to leave the train behind... and hoof it down theetracks to the nearest station.

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