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. >> shot in the line of duty. two baltimore city police officers recovering right now after the commissioner says they were ambushed and shot by a man with a semi automatic handgun. wjz uncovers new information about that accused shooter. >> hi, again, everybody, i am mary bubala. here is what people are talking about today. the wild gunfight unfolded in west baltimore over the weekend

and injured two officers. one has been released from shock trauma. another is still there. eyewitness news stays on the story live from the hospital. mike hellgren has the latest on their conditions and the's condition. >> reporter: officer jerome shaurette went for another surgery. the accused shooter had several domestic violence in the past and was under a peace order to stay away from an ex- girlfriend. police say 34-year-old shawn sinclair fired directly into the patrol car of officer jerome shaurette hitting him three times. officer shaurette responded after fellow officer curtis mcmillion called for backup. sinclair has an extensive record including several drug convictions and faced allegations of domestic

violence. eyewitnesses says the gun battle was frightening. >> it was really a shootout. we never experienced this. >> something like out of "law and order" a movie, walk up to the police driver and let loose. >> reporter: the violent incident happened when sinclair assaulted two women at separate location. one may have filed this protective order that was dismissed last year. >> to assault women is cowardess. to run around the street of baltimore established shim as a menace and backed it up with events on the scene. >> reporter: video taken minutes after the incident showing sinclair on the ground. police shot him twice. >> i have very few apologies to make about his condition or the outcome of this incident. >> reporter: both officers were wearing their protective vests. reporting live at shock trauma, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> sinclair used a .09-

millimeter semiautomatic handgun. a shooting left a city teenager dead in the 800 block of kenwood avenue. a 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. a second teenager was shot in the leg. this noon police are searching for a suspect. in west baltimore, one man was killed in a house fire late last night. ron matz is live in the newsroom with more on the fire. good afternoon, ron. >> hi, mary. two men were pulled from that burning home and one of them was pronounced dead on south carey street. one of the men was not breathing, the other in cardiac arrest, the one who was in cardiac arrest died later, the other is still hospitalized. during the rescue, one firefighter was burned and the injured city firefighter was taken to john hopkins bayview hospital where he was treated and release. >> live in the newsroom. the cause of that fire is under investigation. a frederick county man is in custody charged in a car crash that killed a 15-year-old

girl. 42-year-old kevin smith is charged with multiple criminal charges including negligent manslaughter by automobile. police say he was driving drunk when he hit 15-year-old girl near westminster. he is scheduled for a bond hearing later today. a car crash in anne arundel county injuries nine people including many children. police say an officer had pulled over a car in self vern for a traffic violation when that driver suddenly pulled back into traffic causing a crash. five adults were transported to various hospitals with serious or critical injuries. four children suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. vandals break into three baltimore county churches over the weekend 24 hours before sunday services. one of those churches was united methodist on warren road in cockeysville. two offices were vandalized and a safe was stolen. it had about $40 inside. the minister of the church talked about it during her sermon yesterday. >> we don't know who these persons were who came and were so desperate that they had to

come into your home, but obviously they are searching for something that cash can't ultimately fulfill. >> the poplar grove methodist church and cockeysville baptist churches were also broken into. police are trying to find out who is responsible. maryland's republican party is struggling and now it wants change at the top. leaders of the state gop has gavin no confidence vote to state party chairman jim palura but the party stopped short of calling for a special convention which would be ride to get rid of him all together. he has faced calls to resign amid financial troubles and declining gop registration numbers in maryland. meanwhile, the state's most famous democrat is about to see his legacy set in stone. the finishing touches put on a larger-than-life of former bath mayor and controller william donald schaefer. the statue will be dedicated at the inner harbor this fall.

the favorite slogan "do it now" part of the display. one thing for to you do today is to get outside. a nice day out there. you can see a blanket of cloud cover. it is hard to see any blue sky, but over all for now that is not bad. meteorologist bernadette woods in the first warning whether. >> this is what we have got going on. first warning doppler radar is dry in our area but the clouds have moved in because the storm is on the way. the storm is down to the south and more with it down to the south and there will be more with it down to the south. and as it passes to the north, there is a chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms breaking out later today and through the day tomorrow because the storm will be around during that time, the farther southeast we go, the more they are going to -- the better chance you have. everything will be scattered as we move through the area. >> bernadette, thank you. one small step for man. 40 years ago that the man was spoken by the first man on the

moon. drew levinson has look back at the men who left footprints on the moon and on history. >> reporter: 40 years ago the dream became a reality. >> one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: astronaut neil armstrong leapt into the history books, the first man on the moon. buzz adldrin was right behind him. >> the high point of my life. >> reporter: armstrong shuns the spotlight. aldrin is -- only seems like blip of time when president kennedy declared america would go to the moon. just years after the word armstrong, aldrin and michael collins shooted on apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin raced down on the surface on board the tiny lunar module. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: in all just 12 men

walked on the moon. the last two back in december 1972. soon after that the apollo project was abandoned for the space shuttle program. with the shuttle set to retire, america is building a new ship to go back to the moon by 2020. aldrin feels we should never have abandoned the moon and is pleased nasa is setting its sights farther into space. >> we certainly should be tomorrow somewhere in the early 2030s. >> reporter: aldrin, always the pioneer, looking into the future on date the world looks back and up to a place where man first set foot 40 years ago. drew levinson, cbs news, the kennedy space center. >> nasa crews plan a spacewalk today to commemorate the anniversary, but it won't be without hard work. they have to fix a broken toilet. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon. >> i am afraid that i might never see them again.

>> a soldier kidnaped in afghanistan pleads for freedom, the message he has for his family. and a race against time. a mother and her children trapped inside a burning car. a dramatic rescue. all caught on tape. another live look outside this noon. meteorologist bernadette woods will be back with our first warning weather forecast.

an american soldier kidnaped by the taliban is seen on a new videotape. in it he talks about his family. >> i am afraid that i might never see them again. and that i will never be able to tell them that i love them again. i will never be able to hug them. >> the pentagon identifies the soldier as 23-year-old bowe bergdahl captured in afghanistan five months after his unit arrived. people in his small hometown are hopeful he will be released. >> the struggle for everybody. it is a very difficult situation. i am concerned obviously for bowe and for his family as

well. >> the taliban recently kidnaped a "new york times" reporter named david rhody. they released him after seven months. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton working to win his release. a heroic rescue in milwaukee as people rescue a woman and her two children from a burning car. >> getting -- >> get away. >> the woman's suv somehow rolled over. the back half of it quickly became engulfed in flames inches from where one of her young sons were sitting. two off-duty firefighters used metal pipes to break through the windshield pulling out the women and children just in time. one of the children suffered third-degree burns, but everybody is expected to be okay. an average of 10 people drowned every day in the united states. and more than a quarter of those victims are children age 14 and younger. now the maryland parents of one victim are stepping up to make a difference. denise koch has preview what is

coming up tonight on eyewitness news. >> reporter: a summertime way of life, but it is far more dangerous than you might suspect. three years since 5-year-old connor freed drowned in a busy public school. connor's parents driven by their heartbreaking loss are promising to make maryland pools safer. >> i promised him after this happened that i will honor him and mommy will do things to change things and not let this happen to another family. >> it is preventable. >> connor's story and what is being done to protect you will of maryland's children. >> don't miss this wjz investigation with denise on eyewitness news at 1 is o'clock. former nfl star michael vick has finished his sentence to organizing dog fighting. he has been in prison and vick is expected to lobby the nfl for permission to return to the league. the atlanta falcons released him back in june. baltimore native pam

shriver is in the headlines this noon but not in the sports page. she is finding herself in gossip tabloids. her husband who once played james bond challenging the couple's prenuptial agreement. saying his wife is so rich in her post tennis career that he has been a joke to the kids. he wants more in spousal support. take a look outside. meteorologist bernadette woods will be back in two and a half minutes with the first warning weather forecast. first a look at today's midday stocks.

welcome back, everybody. taking a look outside. you can see the breeze is up a little bit here on federal hill, and the winds turning down to the east and southeast that will keep us cool over the next few days. 81 in baltimore. 79 in d.c. 70s in the mountains and 81 degrees in ocean city. the dew points are starting to creep up a little bit. they are still in the 50s, but by tomorrow they will be back in the 60s. it will feel a little bit muggier around here. the winds starting to turn around to the east and southeast ahead of the next storm coming our way. clouds are in place ahead of this storm. showers not that far off to the south. this storm will be a nor'easter making its way up the coast. everything we get will be

scattered starting later today, tonight into the day tomorrow, the farther south east you go in the viewing area the better chance you get of getting something because the storm will be farther up the coast. a look at our larger scale. a chance of showers and thunderstorms and we are starting to need that rain a little bit here and we will continue into tuesday until this storm gets on out of here. the thing is even though it gets out of here on wednesday, there is always another one right behind it. so in between the two, there is this chance for a shower or thunderstorm to pop up on wednesday. a very small chance, the chance goes up again as this next storm approaches us on thursday. the forecast, a couple of chances starting later today for shower and thunderstorm. le 3 degrees. otherwise mostly cloudy. 83 degrees. a chance of a couple of showers out there. tomorrow, look at those temperatures. only 78 degrees for our high tomorrow. it will be muggier and the chance for a few showers and thunderstorms as the storm makes its way up the coast.

that gets out of here wednesday and that one is coming later. overall in the year we are above in our rainfall and we have been enjoying it and it has been dry lately but wouldn't really hurt. >> we have had great weather so it has been incredible. >> we can deal with a little bit of rain. build your body but hurt your mind? some exercises to lead to memory loss. here are some of the top stories on wjz.com right now. for constant updates on today's news and first warning weather

in today's eyewitness news health watch, we have all heard about postpartum depression, but depression during pregnancy may be more common than you think. a survey of 800 pregnancy women found that 44% had symptoms of depression during the pregnancy. researchers found those women have nearly twice the risk of giving birth early increasing the health risk for their baby. health officials are preparing for more cases of the h1n1 flu this fall. despite the heat and humidity of the summer, the virus also known as swine flu continue to slide. experts estimate the h1n1 flu has already infected millions around the world. strenuous exercise may take a toll of your memory. women who normally engage exercises like running and swimming for decades experience a significant decline in their memory; however, research has

found moderate exercise like brisk walks and riding a bicycle help women sharpen their mental skills. be sure to check in on eyewitness news at 4, 5 and 6. a trip to mars. the first astronaut to land on the moon is urging president obama to look for the future. their plans for the bold mission. a burning boat off the coast of a popular beach. see the dramatic rescue. join us for these stories and all the day's breaking news at 4:00 after dr. phil. stay with us. the five-day forecast with

welcome back, everybody. five-day forecast. thunderstorms late today into tonight and all that passes through tomorrow. it is out of here wednesday and a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm but the chances increase once again on thursday as a new storm moves our way. and it will be cool tomorrow but we warm it up toward the end of the week. >> all right. the first "csi" night of the week. tonight at 10:00, don't miss csi miami to be immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. finally this noon it has been three weeks since the death of michael jackson, and in peru, a group of fans are paying tribute by creating the famous thriller. it is being accompanied by a jackson impersonator who performed with them. thank you for watching, i am mary bubala. >> i am bernadette woods. have a great day, ever.

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