>> from the city to the county to your neighborhood, now is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> farewell, steve. >> this man served for our loved ones. former friends and family said goodbye to steve mcnair, the murdered superstar. >> good evening, i'm adam may, that is what people are talking about, some of the biggest stars said goodbye to steve mcnair, he was buried in his home state of mississippi. ♪ when you got up >> the funeral through more than five thousand family and

friends and including former baltimore raven steve lewis. >> i game a friend the first time, i was in awe when i speak about a man like steve mcnair. i found myself in awe and honor being here to speak where it started friday. >> police determined that mcnair was shot to sleep on the 4th of july with a woman that he was having an affair with. >> when they dropped the casket, it was tough. >> the girlfriend and mcnair dated for six months and vacationing. she was not mentioned in the funeral, it included is mother and wife and son and brothers and nieces and nephews. >> it was emotional for current former quarterback vince young.

>> mcnair's casket was escorted by nine police officers to mount olive mississippi for a private burial. >> he was 36-year-old and he leaves behind a wife and four sons. back here in maryland, police are investigating the discovery of an 8 3-year-old woman's body stuffed inside of a freezer. a loved one found her remains in anne arundel. the officials of the medical examiner's office are working to determine her cause of date and that is where mike hellgren is. >> reporter: her body is here and her grandson says calling police was the right thing to do but he wanted to withhold judgment until police completed their investigation. investigation found 8 3-year- old doris lee cook inside after freezer at the country club apartments where she lived with her two daughters. they believe she had been dead for several weeks.

the grandson called authorities when he found her. >> the person was no longer living and that was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the cause of death has not yet been determined. the state medical examiner has ms. cook's body. >> nobody knows what happened and we won't know until the autopsy. >> the grandson would not say why he believe that maybe family members put her body in the freezer. >> unfortunately time caught up to her and it will catch up to everybody at one point in time. she is in a better place. >> this investigation is ongoing and active. we are urging with any information to come forward. >> they were unable to describe the freezer, no one is charged in the case. the discovery has charged people living in the same building. >> i'm shocked. i'm really shocked. >> i just assumed she passed away. >> the family is trying to cope and pull together and just

figure everything out. police say family members led them to the body and there were know altercations. homicide detectives are involved in this investigation. >> i would describe it as unusual circumstance. >> everything is being explain to the officers and they are handling it. >> she was a great person. >> reporter: the medical examiner's office is working with police. if you know anything about this case, contact authorities. reporting live from the state medical examiner's office, mike hellgren, wjz, eyewitness news. thank you, mike. officials say it could be several weeks before the autopsy is complete. firefighters respond to a small stove fire at a home and discovered two bodies. they discovered and found a man and woman on the first floor. police believe the victims were kill by the person that lives in the house and took his own life and lived in dc.

>> the one that lived in dc committed the murders and fled to dc and committed suicide. police are not revealing how the victims were killed. a police chief in anne arundel today. he began to pursue a speeding car. a car collided with two others in caused one of the drivers to be pinned in. four were injured and transported to the hospital and the officer was not a mon those hurt. shopping steers have lawmakers in anne arundel taking action. gigi explains. >> reporter: inside anne arundel mall, there is the final destination for consumers but it is outside in the parking lot that one county councilman wants to watch. bill jones is writing a law

regarding mall with 15 stores are more to put cameras in parking lots. >> it serves as a deterrent and a tool for police that should something happen that there is something they could go to. >> reporter: neighbors have watched the crime escalate. >> a lot of people are out of work and they will be stealing. >> reporter: place say since may there have been at least 8 robberies in hanover, one of the largest malls, one of them happened in front of the movie theater. two robbers used a gun to force two men into a car and drove them to banks and stole cash. police relied on security cams from the banks. >> i think it would be good for our safety to have more cameras in the mall. >> reporter: visitors say the cameras won't do enough to stop robbers especially at large malls. >> i don't think there is a foolproof system to put in place to stop someone that will

do a crime. i believe that there are things that we can do. >> reporter: eyewitness news contacted simon mall, the company that owns the mall about the upcoming legislation, it did not want to discuss it. baltimore county is the only county that has a law that requires them to use video cameras glime let's turn to weathers. we had a few thunderstorms this afternoon and everybody but taking a look right now, it looks like we have dried up. bernadette woods. >> i want to show you the radar. action has.

[ no audio] >> on july fourth. pgh all the police says that the former girlfriend, donna watts was shouting at an officer that he was harassing her. sarah palin is faces more issues. another ethics complaint has been filed against her. it it alleged that she has been paid for interviews. this is the 17th complaint filed against sarah palin and the 2nd since she has stepped down. president obama is on his way home after a week long week

overseas. it is report that had the president visited to ghana, the first to africa since he took office. >> reporter: aplacee that once imprisoned slaves. >> crowds cheered him. the american president had visited ghana before but this is unique. something he noted is are in his speech. >> i have the blood of africa within me. >> reporter: when the father was born in kenya but he advised ghana. he called on other african societies to follow ghana's lead. >> it will take time and effort, there will be suffering

and set backs but i can promise you this, america will be with you every step of the way. as a partner and as a friend. >> reporter: the president's visit to africa wraps up a week long trip in which he held talks in russia and attended the g-8 summit and met with the pope. on saturday he headed for home leaving the home of his ancestors. in washington. the president will hos the president of the philippines. sutomayor is hopeful and face tough questions from legal controversy as well as personal facts and views. she was nominated by president obama to become the supreme court's first hispanic justice. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news.

a swimming pool controversy protests legal action under way after a group of black children are denied swimming privileges. grave sites are discovered and vandalism. it is a crime scene. a first class for pets? i'm jessica kartaliga. we catch up with the hall family and hear the latest coming up. i'm meteorologist, bernadette woods, the muggy weather returned and we will let you know how long that will last. coming up when eyewitness news returns. complete coverage continues wjz, maryland's

news station. >> a pennsylvania mother of four has filed a class action lawsuit against a pool that she says practices segregation. it is under fire for racial discrimination from a philadelphia camp. some black and hispanic people said they herself racial comments. it was safety and not that because the kids could not swim. an illinois cemetery has become a crime scene as there has been a dark scene to sell burial plots and resell them again. there are prominent families there. the people accused of digging up and dumping the bodies,

family members want to know whether their family's bodies are lost. >> nobody is regulating the day to day operation of cemeteries making sure that cemeteries are properly maintained. >> the four suspects made off with $300,000 in the scheme that lasted more than four years. in held watch, the government released new rules that ex pends federally funded research on embryonic human cells. funding requires documents showing that the cells were donated. jessie hall is back in baltimore. jessica kartaliga has the latest on the little girl's condition and how parents are reaching out in similar conditions.

>> a side from the scar on her head ab a brace on her left leg, 7-year-old jessie hall looks like her average soon to be 2nd grader. >> night and day. she left her doing fairly well. now she is hopping and skipping all over the place. >> reporter: when dr. carson met jessie she was very sick. the doctor removed the diseased right side of her brain to stop her from having seizures and saved her life. >> she is just now a kid and she is doing great. >> reporter: eyewitness news closely followed jessie's surgery. during the two month stay, the family stayed while she

recuperated. at a conference in anne arundel, families and children have a support network. >> unfortunately after surgery they have mini pair ral la sis. >> the kids get to focus on playing. >> i am doing great. >> jessie did have a few follow- up appointments and the doctors are very pleased. the nasa technicians are inspecting space shuttle endeavor. so far there's no evidence of any damage so endeavor is scheduled to possibly take off

sometime tomorrow evening. we'll keep you posted on that. flying in the cargo hole can be stressful for pets so there is a new airline letting them fly first class. called pet airways that will offer flights beginning on tuesday, dogs and cats can ride in the main cabin and not down below but the owners are not allowed to get on board. it begins at 149 for fido. let's check in with bernadette woods. pretty nice weekend. a lot of fishing at the beaches. if you are out there, be careful. >> as far as the weather goes, a lot of people did get a chance to go to the beaches and the weather held off for most but there's a front coming. i want to show you the radar. most of the activity has been off to the north. it has fizzled out east of haggard town.

we could have an isolated shower before it does clear the state. let's take you back a few hours. the clouds started to thicken and a haze returning to the air. we hadn't seen that for sometime here in the area even though we are in july. here is a larger picture. the front extends back. that is why we still have the chance. it is not until it clears that we can get into the dryer air behind it. it is going to return on top of us already tomorrow. winds are out of the south ahead of the front and that is really pumped out the moisture. dew points in the upper 60s. it feels a little muggy which is more typical for july. temperature wise we are in the 70s, and 75 in baltimore and 76 in haggardtown and 78 at the ocean. overnight we could see fog.

we will start to clear tomorrow and staying below 87. tomorrow we went to 82 and tomorrow looking for a high of 86 degrees. now as the front does clear, the one difference tomorrow, sunshine starting to return and a dryer air filtering in, it will lower the humidity and the dew points. on monday, a low pass to the right of us. it may bring us a popup shower but a very small chance. for most of us a pretty comfortable air mass coming the next few days. this is the forecast, tonight in the 60s and fog and that's how we will start out tomorrow. the front will leave us and sunshine and 86 degrees for our high. on monday, mixture of sunshine and tuesday 84 degrees. as we head towards the end of the week the temperatures will build again and a new front to move our way.

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that's coming up. >> high anxiety. orioles emerge victorious against the blue jays. 4th inning, lou scott, 18 homer, 3-2 birds. melvin moore top 12, takes the first one and knocks it out of the park. the manager said how confident that melvin would awaken out of his slum and how he is a second half guy of the season. the orioles win 4-3. don't forget to catch the finale

sunday. an junior open. boys and girls, 14-rbgs 16 and 18 and garrison school in the swing. greer solder says this event days back to 1916, 93 years. semi final match is set for tomorrow. elsewhere, hot fun in the summertime. meadow creek swim club, second day of the competition sponsored by the aquatic club. michael phelps won races today. he is soon to be headed to rome. the classic continues through monday. not too pretty side of

golf. in pennsylvania, the world's best player, ocojo of spain, get out of my way having problems. she wasn't the only one. watch, she is eight over. get rid of the putter. she is just disgusted. christy care leads paula creamer. now the final story. former junior welterweight champ, 37-year-old comedian, one of the more exciting fighters found dead in a hotel room in a brazilian seaside resort. blood was found on the floor and the cops say it is a very strange face. nascar, mark martin beats jeff gordon in chicago. still to come on wjz, a you never seen before!

pretty close call out of colorado. a baseball fan was so focused watching game, he didn't notice a bear in the house. a man was in the kitchen with when a bear came in and helped itself to a bowl of fruit. neighbors saw it and snapped the picture and the dog noticed it and chased the bear up a tree. no one was hurt but just surprised. splish splash, there is a new kind of carwash, elephants are raising money for the facility by doing work and washing cars. the gentle giants are scrubbing

cars with sponges and rinsing them off with water with their trucks. the sa -- safari is not making

>> bernadette will be back in the morning for eyewitness news beginning at 8:00 a.m. so for bernadette and sam. i'm adam may, thanks for watching. csi new york is coming up next. have a good rest of your weekend