>> i'm ky'leigh m. rogers . >> a severe watch remains in affect for maryland. clouds thickening all afternoon. outside it's warm and overcast and humid. >> some of us seen showers and heavy showers in other areas. most activity moved to the north of the baltimore region or to the south and southeast. motion, let's zoom in to the region. good showers across northwest section of the city, most of baltimore town county hartford, pretty good showers and thunder and lighting as well. a batch from martinsburg to gettysburg towards pennsylvania, southeast of us, that's where the strongest activity, extreme southern portions of the bay. folks under a watch officially until 5:00, in affect for arundel and areas south of

baltimore for the next hour. looks like most of the activity is dying down. probably see showers tonight. may get needed rain finally. federal agents arrest a man in conext with a murder suicide of former baltimore rivens quarterback steve mcnair and his 20-year-old girlfriend. denise is in the news room to explain. >> reporter: he is admitting he sold a loaded 9-millimeter gun to 20-year-old sahel kazemi. she killed steve mcnair while he slept. gilliam said he met sahel kazemi in the parking lot of dave and busters and sold her the weapon of $100. gilliam faces prison. >> eye witness news is gathering more information on this developing story, a live update at 5:00. the search is on for two suspects wanted for killing the

own of a baltimore county liquor store. as gigi barnett explains, police believe the man was murdered in the middle of a robbery rr it is still under investigation. they are searching for two suspects. baltimore county police say the owner of a liquor store is dead, shot once in the chest by two robbery suspects. police are on a hunt for them t. attempted robbery began around 9:00 last night at the liquor store in fullerton. the two robbers walked inside the store and at some point shot the man in the upper body and ran out without cash. he died inside the store. police need help finding the suspects. >> we are are asking for the public, if anyone saw two men running in any direction to contact the baltimore county police department. we are interested to find out if he went to a car or vehicle.

>> reporter: police have at least one witness and are interruing the person now. they are searching for two men one was potted wearing a dark tee shirt and shorts the other one was wearing a light t-shirt and shorts. police have surveillance video they are reviewing that to try to find out what the men look like and where they maybe. i'm gigi barnett, back to you on tv hill. employee as at the store tell eye witness news the owner told them never to struck alrobber and give them what they asked for so no one got hurt. the man who recruited a gunman will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he was to testify against buyers for murder. he had keith provide the gunman address -- today goodman was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 55 years in

prison. buyers is serving life in prison. suicide bombers posing at guests at two luxury hotels set off a pair of blasts killing 8 people. several americans are among the 50 injured. >> reporter: guest and workers ran when suicide bombers struck luxury hotels in downtown jakarta. at least 8 people were killed and dozens injured including 8 americans in the well coordinated attacks, just as guests were sitting down for breakfast one bomb went off on the 18th floor cafe of the marriott followed by another blast next door at the ritz carltop. it's the first major terrorist attack in indonesia in four years. one that experts say could well have been carried out by an extremist group with ties to al- qaeda. >> this maybe a signal not only to the government in i ind

knee that but to the rest of the world. indonesia. >> reporter: president obama condemned the attacks and said they highlight the need to remain vigilant in the fight against violent extremism. officials are watching the situation closely. >> these are acts of terrorism. commit bid people who don't want to see indonesia succeed. >> indonesia's president is vowing to hunt down those responsible. the americans injured have been treated and released. two were taken to singapore with nonlife threatening injuries. la coroner's office says there will be a delay if the autopsy report for michael jackson. the office expected to wrap up the report this week or early next, results will not be

available for two weeks the toxicology report should reveal what if any drugs were in his system when he died last month. pope benedict xvi is recovering from surgery. he smiled and waved his left hand. the vatican says the pope broke his wrist overnight after slipping in the bath while on vacation in italy. it didn't stop his morning routine. >> the holy father celebrated the mass and breakfast. >> reporter: they gave him local anesthetic and made a small incision to realign the broken bones, he will stay in a cast for a month. vatican officials denied that the pope got dizzy or fainted. earlier this year he tripped as

he left the alter after a ceremony but kept himself from falling. at st. peters square they are wishing the pope well. >> i feel terrible that the pope had an accident. too bad he had it. thank god nothing serious. >> i hope he makes a speedy recovery. >> reporter: he hosted the president and the first lady at the vatican. never skipped a planned event for health reasons t. right- handed pope is an acoch lisched pee -- accomplished piano player. it's unclear whether there will be any permanent damage. >> he has been vacationing in italy since monday and scheduled to remain until july 29th. no plans to cancel any trips. sonia sotomayor gets her first public support today from

republicans. senators from indiana, florida and maine all announced today they plan to vote for sonia sotomayor. solid backing from the democrats who enjoy a majority of the senate, it's no dot sonia sotomayor will be confirmed as the 11th supreme court justice next month. happy friday. not happy friday on the roadways but it is friday. keep that in mind as you head out . wet and slow everywhere. debris in the road northbound 9 4, route 32. crash northbound 295 at route 32. baltimore city collision, one of the coup toll mention as we look at the sensors 30 miles per hour at you make it on inner loop from i-83 and on the west side, doing the same, heavy and slow anywhere from 95 towards liberty. be patient and careful there. as we look if you are heading towards the beach, eastbound 50

looking nice. before that you will in a bottleneck. earlier problem there as well. live at the topside i-83. delays are inside charles street. 15 minutes or less could save you 15% or more on car insurance. still ahead at 4:00, offer of fire power with the purchase of horsepower. where you can get an ak 47 with your new pick up. president obama gives the most direction speech on race since winning the white house. you buy reusable bags instead of using plastic but there is a health condition you need to know about. it's raining hard in some areas, bob is tracking it all on fest warning live doppler radar. now, complete coverage

continues, with sally thorner, kai jackson, and tim williams. and sports with mark viviano. on wjz13, maryland's news station.

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devastating explosion at a chicago bio diesel plant injuries two people and sends debris flying. the explosion was ignited when chemicals were being mixed this morning. some buildings evacuated after a chemical cloud was seen. two workers were hurt. one in serious condition. a hazmat team remains on the site assessing the situation at this hour. buy a truck, get a free ak 47. that's the offer made by a missouri car dealership. as a part of the sales promotion, those who buy a pickup truck at max motors get a voucher redeemable for the assault rifle. the dealership gave away vouchers for the price of a small handgun last year. a rousing welcome for president obama at the meeting for the naacp.

>> now i'm honored to give him the best sprue introduction of all. press welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. >> reporter: when they held their first meeting the idea of a african american cappedzer in chief was a distant dream but no more. -- commander in chief was a distant dream but no more. >> the journey that we as americans traveled over the past 100 years. >> reporter: in 'tis first speech on race, president barack obama praised the oldest civil rights organization for helping to make his election possible. >> because ordinary people did such ordinary extraordinary things, because they made the civil rights movement their own, even though there may not be a plaque or their names

might not be in the history books, because of their efforts, i made a little trip to springfield illinois a couple of years ago and began the journey that has led me to be here tonight as the 44th president of the united states of america. >> the crowd responded to the soaring almost sermon like rhetoric as he moved beyond celebration to the theme, responsibility. the key said mr. obama is education. >> yes if you live in a poor neighborhood you will face challenges that something? a wealthy sub you are does not have to face. that's not a reason to get bad grades. that's not a reason to cut class. that's not a reason to give up on your education and drop out of school. no one has written your destiny for you. your destiny is in your happened. -- hands. >> it was founded in 1909 and the largest civil rights group

in the nation. head quartered here in baltimore. will it be five in a row on wall street? >> investors encourage bid better than expected earnings reports. dow up 32, sp is up a fraction. nasdaq up about almost 2 points. let's go to new york where alexis christoforous has the money watch update. >> reporter: more proof that the biggest banks are recovering. bank of america and citigroup are the latest banks to report big quarterly profits. both are showing weakness in consume i loan businesss as more people default on mortgages and credit cards. cit group may have found lifeline, it's in talks with j morgan and goldman sachs for short-term financing. home billers are feeling confident. home construction jumped in

june to the highest level in 7 months. recession is putting the breaks on harley davidson, cutting 1000 jobs after profits plunged 91% last quarter. harley says higher unemployment is preventing people from spending on big toys. crocks given 2000 employees their walking papers, the plastic shoes were all the rage when the economy was booming. 100million pairs were sold in the past 7 years. now the company is swimming in debt and may be forced to shutdown. log on to cbs money watch.com. in new york i'm alexis christoforous . twitter expands services to babies in the womb. a belt that loops around a tummy, kick be measured the kicks and broadcasts them on twitter. the device was invented by new york who wanted to be fully

involved in his wife's pregnancy. >> can they come out of the womb first? >> it's like looking at the sonogram pictures. >> when they did the face imaging thing that was cool. this, i don't know. time will tell. coming up, ten years ago residents of cape cod react to the anniversary of the death of john f kennedy jr.

it's thick out there. warm, humid, some rain, some thundershowers, but luckily nothing of the severe nature.

it just completely canceled the severe watch for all of maryland. have good storms going on down to the south and pretty good rains again to our north. take a look at radar. a lot of it bypassed the baltimore washington area across pa. around the city, where she a good cluster of showers east of the city. north and northeast of the baltimore region. showers moved through. it's lighter. hagerstown, moving in to pa a new. they are in the clear. heavier stuff by far south of ocean city, snow hill, that's moving to the east, northeast. you folks in summer set, worster, that's where you are going to see the strongest activity in the next hour or two. we got showers, nothing of a severe nature. around the city now the heavier stuff to the east, downtown area. there you see, that's all moving towards edgewood and

eastern hartford county at 25 miles an hour. we are getting rain for the next few hours, more activity to the west. a chance of rain later on this evening. temperatures dropped to 80. not as warm today. helped to keep the convection to a minimum. temperatures around the rest of the area, where it's raining, temperatures have been dropping down in to the -- down in to the upper 60s to low 70s, most areas for the time being have been holding in the 70s to 80s. right now around the city area, temperatures holding 80s degrees. quick look at radar because i want to show you what is going on around the city. few showers continue for the next few hours, looks like as we head to the west of the area, let's go back to radar, out to the west things quieted down, there is a risk that we see more activity as still showers popping up in the mountain areas. once this passes this evening we are looking at a beautiful

weekend, weather forecast in a few minutes. just a reminder, tune in to prime time line up, at 10:00 numbers, airs here on wjz13. followed by eye witness news at 11:00. katie couric has a preview of what is coming up tonight. >> meet the 92-year-old woman who refused to say i have fallen and can't get up after tripping, she took her sight for safer sidewalks to city hall. shocking allegations about arlington national cemetery, how to army may be failing to properly honor the country's fallen heros. a domestic dispute that ends in murder. how a wealthy real estate agent fits in to the bizarre feel of suspects in the murder of a florida couple.

from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. complete coverage on wjz13. maryland's news station. 4:28. 80 degrees with rain falling in some areas. thank you for staying with eye witness news. here is what people are talking about. a real estate agent is the latest suspect in connection with a murder of a florida couple. the 47-year-old mother is charged with providing her mini van as a get away car. neighbors living on ramble woods drive watched as twice this week investigators searched a home owned by pamela wig ins. >> one of your neighbors called and let us know what was going on. they told us that when they caught one of the deputies said go in your house and stay put.

>> reporter: according to a report filed the 8th suspect arrested in the calculated killing of a florida panhandle couple helped hide the evidence. the 47-year-old mother allegedly owned a mini van used as a get away car t. van, seen afthe murders at a shop she owns traps ported several weapons and a safe stolen during the home invasion. according to the report, the safe was later found in her backyard. this was a home invasion robbery where the people stole a safe and we recovered the safe. >> reporter: state attorney insists the motive in the case was simply robbery. just minutes laters the sheriff left the door opened for something more. >> we do believe as the investigation continues that additional motives will be found. >> a spokesperson says the safe

stolen from the florida couple's home contained only jewelry, family documents and children's prescription medication. byrd and melonie were laid to rest. the family fondly remembers the couple's devotion to their children. >> byrd and melonie overlooked disability, and were color blind and patient with others. their lives centered around children. their family and each other. >> the couple adopted 13 children with special needs. a los angeles man accused of murdering his wife on a cruise ship is expected to appear in court today. fbi says he will be charged with his wife's murder aboard a cruise to mexico. the teacher was taken in to custody after the carnival returned to port. he was held in the brig since his wife shirley's body was found in the grouped floor

cabin tuesday night. a passenger tipped off security that the woman might be in danger. >> officials haven't released information regarding how the 55 year-old woman died and say they won comment until the autopsy report is complete. there is shocking allegations out of the arlington national cemetery. kimberly dozier reports the omni may be failing to honor many of our nation's fallen heros. [music] >> reporter: there is 330,000 troops buried at arlington, love this is their last link to husbands, wives, mothers and fathers they will never see again. for family members they may be paying respects a at the wrong grave site. >> where people are buried are not match the headstones. because they are using paper keeping system. >> arlington leadership has been promising congress to fix

it since the year 2000. according to former employee jena gray. gray reported the problems with record keeping to the cemetery commander, major general richard row. >> i was fired two days later. nothing happened. >> reporter: she is suing the army. arlington authorities told cbs news they became aware of discrepancies last year, they say they are on target to implementing a new computerized system to address the problem. that's not the only worry for the family of the loved ones, according to mark benjamin. >> the elements washed those artifacts off of the graves. i watched the power washer. they are not supposed to leave the photographs letters or flags but others found a way to make allowances. all the mementos at the vietnam war memorial are cataloged and saved. it's a mark of respect to the living and the dead. it's not that way a at

arlington national cemetery. benjamin has been photographing the graves at section six. >> everything is left to rot in tellments. it's scooped up by workers except for a few exceptions it's thrown in a black dumpster. typical midsummer weather moving through maryland. sit warm and cloudy and some areas are seeing significant rainfall. not my house. bob is tracking it all. >> we seen heavy downpours in some spots, lightning and thunder as well. most of the activity shifted just to north of the baltimore washington area across southern and central pa and a batch to the southeast. down in the city we have a good shower and a couple of thundershowers southeast of the city and east of the area from

edge to chase over to the bay and northeast, towards elktop and cecil county, to the west not much going on from dc west in to virginia. that's where most of the rain will be coming from. southern bay, south of ocean city and you folks in worester, expect showers and thunderstorms in the next few hours. we have a chance of getting activity this evening still the chance of showers, maybe thunder and lightning tonight. a great weekend, talking about that a few minutes. new signed sight in to what may have caused a plane crash at the denver international airport in december. pilot afa jet says there was a mass of gust of whip before the plane veered off the runway during take off. the wind conditions were among the factors laid out in the

report. continental flight 1404 crashed. 37 people were injured. investigators have not reached a conclusion on the cause but are focusing on powerful cross winds as major factor. 110 people on the flight at the time of the accident, all survived. space shuttle endeavour docked at the international space station, 13 astronauts are living together. largest group ever in orbit at the same time at the same place. the crew will perform five space walks on their mission to attach a japanese laboratory to the space station. reusable grocery bags are eco friendly and inexpensive. but they may not be ged for roar health. >> reporter: for 50 cents you can purchase a grocery bag and use it time and time again. the problem is not many of us wash the bags and scientists say it's only a matter of time before bacteria can start to buildup.

to see how messy it can get, we did a test for your sieves. purchased four bags and designated each one for a particular type of food. green for meat, black for produce, blue for cans and the 4th bag would never be used. then we went shopping, three times over a two-week period. after our third shopping trip we dropped the bags off with sandy cook the lab supervisor in boise to be swab tested. each tested for a bacteria abundant in the feceses of warm- blooded animals. when we went to get the results they were shocking. >> there is so much growth on this plate. >> fist the bag that had never been used, negative for bacteria. canned goods or boxes, again, negative. now here is where it gets a little messy. the bag we used for meat did

not test positive for the forms but covered with bacteria. >> there is a lot of growth on this plate. so it's not something that i would feel comfortable using again. >> the tbroat was so excessive that cook said it could possibly masking other contaminants and the most shocking results came from our produce bag. analytical lab found 80 organisms of cola form. experts say you can use reusable bags just remember to wash them with a bit of bleach. let's check on the roads with joyce. >> hello roadways, delays this afternoon. let's get in to them, debris clean up northbound 97. northbound 295 at 32 as well. we will have the closures until 6:00 a.m. monday.

eastbound 50 heavy and slow as you make your way towards the river bridge. looking at that live. nfl training camps are not open yet, but some of the best football players in the world are going to set foot in baltimore. the athletes known as soccer players. mike schuh shows us the first visible indication they are on

their way. >> reporter: tons of grass. the question has to be asked, what's the mat matter with the fields they play on now? >> reporter: if you are looking for sod, what you are going to get is a half inch cut. this stuff, custom. thicker, two inches thick and very heavy plastic. >> basically grass, we could play an nfl game on this grass. >> reporter: it's the weight which keeps it in place. it will take three days. $130,000. >> we are renting the sod because we don't need it for our ravens game. after the game it will take three days to roll up and remove. the virginia man is known for the nfl and college teams and compared to building a whole new field --

>> this is a piece of cake. >> reporter: this field needs raking, it's the size of two football fields, all by hand. >> it's got to be done. >> reporter: the grass will be mowed and the logos painted on. >> so far in baltimore the game is the only one of theth to be placed in the u.s. that's sold out. straight ahead on eye witness news at 4:00, caught on tape a suspect in handcuffs continually tased by police. hear both sides of the story. why pilgrims flock to haiti. and bob has your first warning forecast.

police officers tase a man even though he is handcuffed in the back of their cruiser. you can hear his screams even though he is out of sight. the tapes indicate that the officers taunted the suspect as they tased him several times t. video shows officers dragging two other suspects along the road. the officers involved have been cleared of criminal charges but an internal investigation is underway. 35-year-old man has died from brain injuries after he was struck while buckling his young child in to a car seat in boston. >> reporter: freddie under went emergency brain surgery after the accident but didn't make it. prosecutors will upgrade charges against the driver who struck him. 47-year-old kathy ber gan was charged with fleeing the scene and negligence after she sideswiped the father. witnesss blocked traffic and cut off her escape when she

tried to drive away. police report shows that the time of the crash she was taking a drug to treat teret disorder. the driving records show several accidents and license revocations since 2004. a miami beach mansion goes up in flames destroying every inch of the 11,000 square foot structure. first responders, crews and a boat descended onto the 1920s home. the mansion was made of wooden materials which made it more difficult to put out the flames, it was listed for $6.9 million. in pennsylvania a tractor trailer flips over inside a quarry trapping the driver's pod under the cab. dozen of rescue workers rushed to rescue the 46 year old t. driver was pinned beneath a tiny space behind the wheel.

took two hours to free him but the driver is reportedly in critical condition. it has been ten years since the death of john f kennedy jr. killed along with his wife and her sister in a plane crash along martha's vineyard. hundreds are paying tribute at a special exhibit. >> ten years, but for many visitors it seems like yesterday, yet picture on the wall underline the tragedy that be fell the kennedy family on this day in 1999. >> you can see the statesman like quality he had about him. >> reporter: like many cape coders who grew up with the kennedys, she looks at the loss and tears come to her eyes. a lot of the kennedy legacy unfortunately has been what

could have been. >> reporter: america watched john john grow up, watched him playing with his father, as man, many looked to him with hope he would follow in his father's footsteps. >> i'm still very upset about it. he had his whole life ahead of him. but then the plane crashed ten years ago that took his life along with his wife and her sister. now this tribute in high anous and people stood and stared quietly. the flan crash was attributed to poor weather then it was determined pilot error was to blame. prosecutors opened a manslaughter investigation in the incident at a french

stadium. injured british worker died this morning and a french worker killed yesterday when a section of the stage's roof fell as it being put in to place. madonna canceled sunday's performance. unlikely swimsuit model has photographs in hysterics. coming up on entertainment tonight, brook shields first interview since her tearful good-bye to michael jackson. >> i'm talking about with my only truth. the pain of his loss is raw for brook. we sat down at a beach party to raise money for the chain of confidence campaign. brook and michael's relationship dates back to over 25 years. >> he is one of my friends and i love him for that. >> then at 83, she is a

swimsuit model. stunned? so is she? >> it's amazing. i'm shocked. she rocked the beach body since her teens. >> i used to look wonderful. no doubt about it. also tonight katheryn heigl talks about going back to work on grey's anatomy. we will have that and coo much more coming up later washing away the sins under a water fall. >> that's what thousands of haitian pilgrims are gathering to do. according to a 19th sepry ledge and image of the virgin mary appears in the water. some bring offerings and some pray, others bathe in magical healing water.

it is friday, are we in for a great weekend. bob turk has your updated forecast after this commercial break.

this is more like it. this is what you expect in the middle of baltimore. >> we had the humidity back the last couple of days, we seen showers around the region too. even though it's raining at the beach at ocean city, the weekend won't be that bad. partly sunny, upper 70ss water temperature in the mid-70s. let's look at local radar. shower activity around the area. moving to the north. around the city, stuff to the north and northeast. up to portions of hartford county towards the upper bay, showers and thundershowers, west of us a batch. that's headed through towards western sections of baltimore. this is headed for the beach.

the next few hours if you are down that way showers and thunderstorms will be at your doorstep shortly. around the region, rather quiet for the time being. there is more activity going on well to the west, where she a chance of getting more showers this evening. pop up stuff going on across wf west virginia. temperaturewise, we're at 79 degrees bs 81 ocean city. 81 washington. 73 to the west. drier air and cooler air, dew point is way up there. 6. up with of the reasons we had the showers. 73 westminster . 81 washington. you folks getting a shower, dropping quickly in to the 70s. winds all over the place now. but tomorrow going back out to the northwest as this front moves through the area tonight the showers go with it, cooler pleasant conditions, all weekend long, a very nice july

mid july weekend, temperatures running below normal. west winds of the day ten to 15 knots. day temperature around 78 degrees. small craft advisory through the afternoon saturday. showers and thunder. 66 by morning. tomorrow turning out to be a beautiful sunny breezy less humid afternoon with a high in the mid-80s saturday and sunday look beautiful. even cooler on sunday. go out and enjoy it. >> i plan to do just that. still to come on eye witness news tonight. >> no suspects and a liquor store owner dead. why employees are hopeful police will find a suspect in a late night robbery attempt. i'm gigi barnett, a live report

felon arrested. a tennessee man in custody, in connection with the killing of ravens quarterback steve mcnair. man hunt. a robbery at a liquor store leaves the owner dead. police are searching for answers. i'm mike helgrep at -- helgren at baltimore's city hall. wjz obtains the memo, asking for a 5% budget cut across the board. complete coverage, straight ahead. and scattered showers, take over parts of maryland. we have complete first warning weather coverage, with live doppler radar. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. "eyewitness news at 5:00" starts now.

under arrest. a convicted murderer is now charged with the killing of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. >> tonight, how he's connected to steve mcnair's girlfriend, in the high-profile murder- suicide. >> i'm sally thorner. >> and i'm kai jackson. >> just two weeks ago, the murder of steve mcnair by his girlfriend rocked the country. and tonight, investigators announced the first arrest in the case. kelly mcpherson is here to explain the man who sold his girlfriend the handgun is now behind bars. >> reporter: the gun was previously owned by this convicted murder. and that means he sold the gun to mcnair's mistress, just two days before the shooting. >> reporter: inside this