this is wjz tv, wjz dt, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the cities to the counties to your neighborhood, now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. hello, again, i am don scott. >> and i am mary bubala. we will begin with that breaking news. another body has been found in baltimore's inner harbor and

this noon we have learned it is a member of a washington d.c. councilperson's staff. sally thorner is live with this discovery. >> just moments ago we confirmed that the person found dead is councilman jack evans -- he is from jack evans' staff. identified as 30-year-old desi deshaine. they were drinking all day sound and filed a missing persons report when he went missing. it took police until today to find his body. he is councilman evans' communication director. at a meeting they paused for a moment of silence to remember him. >> sally, thank you. reporting live from the newsroom. deschaine's parents are in the area and from their home state of connecticut. we will have more today at 4, 5 and 6:00. the other big story at noon. southwest airline inspects hundreds of planes after a foot-long hole ripped in a flight to bwi thurgood marshall

from nashville. it had to make an emergency landing in west virginia. a major investigation unfolding. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and everybody. a real scare for passengers but we are told they remained calm as flight 69 made that emergency landing. the airline has in h no major cancellations today. the ntsb and southwest and also the plane's manufacturer boeing are investigating what caused that hole. if you look closely at the top of this southwest plane, you can see the small hole that caused it to make an emergency landing at yeager airport in charleston, west virginia. the flight was on its way from nashville to baltimore with 126 passengers and 5 crewmembers on board when the hole developed in the fuselage. >> when the hole happened, it obviously depressurized the cabin. the first thing that would happen as a safety procedure the oxygen masks would deploy. that happened and the captain has to take the airplane a safe

altitude and we diverted obviously -- we made the decision to divert and get the airplane on the ground as quickly as possible. >> reporter: no one was injured. passengers used oxygen masks that dropped down from the ceiling as the cabin stabilized. >> the national transportation safety board will do a thorough examination as they do with any incident to ascertain what the most likely cause was. >> reporter: wjz has learned that southwest has inspected 200 planes nationwide, all boeing 737 300 series jets for signs of cracks in the fuselages. they found no problems, the hole is about a foot long and right now it is unclear what caused it. the plane had been in service since the 1990s and had passed a routine maintenance inspection. and southwest says that maintenance inspection happened earlier this month. reporting live at bwi marshall airport, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much, mike. we want to know if you were on that southwest flight. if so, log on to our web site and let us know what you

experience and show us any pictures you may have taken at wjz.com. four members of a religious cult accused in the death of a toddler are expected to appear in a baltimore court today. prosecutors say they caused the starvation death of javon thompson 19 months ol' by refusing him food because he couldn't say "amen" after meals. the trial is almost certain to be postponed because two of the defendants haven't yet hired attorneys. president barack obama's pick to be the next supreme court justice is answering her critics today. a live look inside the hearing room where judge sotomayor is finally explaining some of her past controversial statements. that is dianestein right there. here is hari sreenivasan with the very latest for wjz. >> reporter: supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor wants the record to be clear, if she is confirmed to serve on the high court, her personal feelings won't decide cases. >> the process of judging is a process of keeping an open mind. >> reporter: it is day two of

sotomayor's confirmation hearings. she will spend the day fielding questions from lawmakers on both sides of of the aisle. republicans are focusing on what they see as her biases, but the committee's top democrat gave her the opportunity to go on the offensive. >> you have heard all these charges and countercharges, why is latina and on and on. here is your chance. you tell us -- you tell us what is going on here, judge. >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> reporter: democrats hold a large majority in the senate, so barring any major slip-ups, sotomayor's path to the u.s. supreme court should be relatively smooth. if confirmed she does not expected to shift the supreme court's balance on controversial issues like affirmative actions and abortion rights. >> the court's decision in planned parenthood reaffirm the

precedent of the court and settled in terms of the holding of the court. >> reporter: after the committee grills sotomayor, they will hear from other witnesses on both sides wednesday and thursday. hari sreenivasan, cbs news, the supreme court. >> and in opening statements today, several senators said sotomayor will likely sail through this confirmation process. while media attention may be focused on sotomayor's hearings, president obama busy fighting a different battle. he is moving forward with a bold health care plan just one day after nominating a new surgeon general. the president wants to make sure every american has health care coverage of some form. by some estimates, extending coverage will cost taxpayers $1 trillion over ten years. also today president obama unveiled a plan to spend billions of dollars over the next decade to community colleges. giving $12 billion to the two- year schools will better train americans for future jobs, the president wants to increase enrollment in community colleges from $6 million to $11 million by the year 2020.

he appears to be leading the flock. one of the ravens most beloved players derrick mace sunshine announcing he is retiring. so what now? ron matz is live at wjz.com with news why this news came as a surprise to everybody, including the fans. >> reporter: sure did. mason made the announcement on a sports web site saying he is hanging up his cleats, and parentally that surprised the ravens front office who said he has not formally informed the team and league of his retirement plans. now ravens fans are asking will he really go. we want to know do you think derrick mace sunshine really retiring from the nfl and the -- mason is really retiring from the nfl and the ravens organization. the answers are yes, no, or not sure. come here to wjz.com to cast your vote. ravens training camp begins in less than two weeks leaving mason time to change his mind. don, back to you. >> thank you very much, ron. on a statement on a sports web site, mason said he is looking

forward to what his. life has to offer beside football. weather is not a concern for nasa engineers today as they look to launch the space shuttle endeavour. that's because they are waiting an extra day before they make their sixth attempt at the launch. weather and technical problems have thrown a wrench in their plans thus far. the shuttle is carrying the last part of japan's $1 billion space lab to the international space station. in our area today, just another beautiful day out there. you can see it is picture perfect. eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. marty is in the outback, but first we begin with meteorologist bern went in first warning weather center with us. bern. >> hello, mary and everybody out there. first warning doppler radar. we have it opened up very wide to just confirm there is nothing around us today. show you temperatures here. starting out the day pretty cool. actually 58 degrees at bwi marshall. ties the record low on the date. it was down just 48 degrees in oakland this morning, and 70

down at the ocean. now we are recovering nicely this afternoon with the sunshine. temperatures already up to 80 degrees. 82 at the ocean. 70s in the mountains. and for more of what's going on outside. marty in the outback. >> reporter: thank you very much, bern. good afternoon, everybody. a beautiful sunny day -- a beautiful day featuring no rain. remember we had that very dry winter and spring and early summer we were just soaking wet. let's take a look at some numbers because frankly, believe it or not, we have lost a little moisture inned area. at the end of june, we are up almost four inches for the year, but -- but take a look at our next graphic. i mean the fact of the matter is at this point in july, we are down a little over an inch of rain. still up for the year almost three inches, but nonetheless, when -- at about half a month, we have lost an inch off of the year's rainfall total. so are we getting any substantial, any good soaking rains over the next five day as soon as doesn't look like it. meteorologist bernadette woods with those details coming up shortly. now throw it back inside.

>> thank you, marty. my lawn is turning brown already. depending where i water. picking up the tab, who will pay the $1 million bill for michael jackson's public memorial. answers coming up. secrecy scandal. the daughter of former vice president dick cheney comes to her father's defense. will it quiet the critic as soon as. another live look outside at this beautiful day. your complete forecast still to come. are you making it easier for bacteria to grow on your dentures? you are if you use toothpaste instead of soaking them in polident. toothpaste is abrasive on dentures look, scratches where bacteria can collect and grow and bacteria can cause bad breath that's why i recommend replacing toothpaste with polident.

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a big question has been answered. we now know who will foot the bill for michael jackson's memorial service in los angeles. l.a.'s mayor say the city will pick up the tab for all the police presence, the traffic control, and all the other services used last week. his staffers had been soliciting public donations while he was overseas. >> i am not going to ask them to raise money for this. i have made a decision. some people may disagree with it, but i am back in town. we provide police protection and that's the way it is. >> the total cost of the city services is estimated to be almost $175 million.

-- $1.5 million million. bernard madoff has been moved to a new prison. he arrived at a new prison in north carolina. he had been jailed at a facility in new york city where his family was living. no word on the reason for the move. he was sentenced to 150 years in prison after he admitted to bilking investors out of billions of dollars. new reaction today on the cia scandal involving former vice president dick chainer. today cheney's daughter, liz liz, said she doesn't believe her father did anything wrong. she accuses democrats of politicizing efforts to stop terrorism. cheney told the cia to keep a government program to kill al qaeda members secret from congress, the former u.s. attorney general talked about it on "the early show" today. >> my experience in dealing with the last administration was that we tried to work as hard as we could with congress in making sure they understood what was going on within the executive branch, subject to the need to protect the national security of our

country. >> leading democrats in congress are pressing for more access to classified information. whether you loved him or hated him the winner of the first season of "survivor" will not be part of a new reunion show. a judge has allowed richard hatch to travel to samoa to participate in a 10th anniversary special. you recall he was convicted of tax evasion in 2006 for failing to report his $1 million prize. he served three years in a federal prison and currently under house arrest. >> i am thinking it will not be the as fun without him. >> is rudy going. that's what i want to know. >> we will see. a live look outside. meteorologist bernadette woods will be back in two and a half minutes with the first warning weather forecast. a look at (male anuncer) if you've had a hearatta caused by a completely blocked artery,

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welcome back, everybody. a cool start to the day and a very comfortable overnight. dropping down into the 50s for most of us. 60s farther south and 70 at the ocean. but 38 degrees in oakland this morning. just a cold morning up in the mountains. we are recovering pretty nicely this afternoon. already up to 80 degrees in the city. 82 it down at the ocean. 70s a little bit farther to the west. and take a look at this. the dew points are in the low 40s. that's why it feels so comfortable outside. the northerly wind bringing in the dry air and keeping it in place and leading for a cool

night. we will be close to much degrees. something we will be watching. the storm down to our south produced a couple of thunderstorms on the eastern shore. all of that is gone. a lot more in the way of sunshine because of high pressure and this high will stick around through today keeping news this nice air mass. what happens after that, it moves offshore and opens up the way for a storm that is just out to the west. it is barely even coming up, but there is a storm gaining a lot of energy and more moisture, and it will move our way wednesday night into thursday. temperatures will start to pump up ahead of that front. even the humidity a little more also. then a chance for a few thunderstorms wednesday night into thursdays that front comes through, the big question after that is where will it stall out friday. if it does, we will still see another thunderstorm around the area. today, though, none of that. mostly sunny outside. low humidity, going up to 86 degrees. tonight going down 58. another comfortable one. saves us and all of our air conditioning bills. tomorrow up to 89 degrees. we start to warm it up tomorrow.

close to 90. sunny to partly cloudy outside and we will start to build the humidity a bit more and really feel it on thursday as that front comes through with a chance of a couple of thunderstorms. we will have your five-day coming up shortly. >> i like we are becoming a broken record. this is beautiful. >> i don't think anybody is getting tired of it. >> not at all. >> thanks, bern. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. no end in sight, the h1n1 continues to spread. and now word we may not be able to stop it. wjz is always on. here are the top stories right now on wjz.com. for instant updates on today's news and the first warning weather forecast, go to our web

. in today's eyewitness news health watch, the world health source calling the h1n1 virus unstoppable and says manufacturers should make a vaccine. the organization says medical workers in every nation should get the vaccine first in order to maintain a functioning health care system as the virus evolves. after that, health care officials should decide who is next in line to be vaccinated based on which groups the virus is attacking the most. during these turbulent economic times, you might think more americans will try to save americans by walk organize biking to work, but a new study shows only 17% of city workers walked or biked for any portion of their commute. those who remain their cars sacrum bling sidewalks, lack of

sidewalks and bike paths make it tough to swap their car with a bike. now baa back to the newsroom. sally. >> new arrest in the death of a florida couple. how many may have been involved in the slaying of a family known to adopt special needs kids. lessons in drunk driving. a nevada dad in the passenger seat and his 1 is-year-old son behind the wheel. join us for all of these stories after dr. phil. don and mary. >> thank you very much.

welcome back, everybody. talking about orioles back here. here is the five -- here is marty. >> a bit of a warm-up here as we move toward the week's end. i want to point out that art scape weekend after a cold front comes to us and thundershowers likely late thursday, breezy, slow clearing. 86 on friday. how about art scape weekend traditionally around 100 degrees. looking for beautiful conditions. sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s. back inside. >> is this baltimore? [ laughter ] i mean -- >> for real. >> san diego? >> you got to keep reminding me. another night of crime here on cbs at 10. "48 hours mystery" followed by wjz's eyewitness news at 11. he is one of baseball's hottest hitters, but he crushed a home run to win the 2009 home run derby. earlier jaws dropped as he hit

a ball 503 feet. no orioles played -- competed in the slugging contest in st. louis. >> wow. >> better to catch it, right. that's our report. thanks so much for watching.