operation inoculate. maryland steps up to the plate taking on a key role in the battle against the swine flu. >> we're going to be work far into the night as other people in the laboratories to really get the answers that we need. this is really an intensive push. >> tonight, what doctors here in maryland are doing to protect you before the virus invades again. hello, i'm vic carter. >> i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. man your battle stations. the swine flu managed to survive this summer, and tonight there is concern it it will hit even harder this fall. now maryland is right on the front lines in the fight against the virus. mike hellgren reports local doctors are working to develop a vaccine. >> reporter: lori is pregnant, and one of the 37,000 people diagnosed with h1n1 swine flu across the united states. she is also one of the thousands who will be helped by ground breaking work underway at the university of maryland

school of med is in baltimore where a vaccine is being developed. >> it can be very devastating, and you want to act as quickly as possible. >> reporter: right now three people in maryland have died. 263 have died nationwide. and in the fall, h1n1 is expected to get worse. far worse, making the need for a vaccine urgent. >> the volunteers in this study will all receive two doses of vaccine three weeks apart. >> reporter: thousands in maryland will be given the vaccine here at the school of medicine and at sites in annapolis and frederick. >> vaccination is one of the most effective public health measures against the spread of diseases. we did not have that available to us, did not have that tool in our toolbox, that arrow in our quiver in the spring. >> reporter: the government will spend $1 billion on the vaccine. this is the only testing site in the mid-atlantic. >> we are doing the best that we can to prepare ourselves.

>> reporter: the federal government hopes to have that vaccine in place by mid- october. at the university of maryland school of medicine, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> people between the age vees 5 and 24 have been hit hardware the swine flu than any other age group. placing the blame. monday night in an eyewitness news investigation he we told you about the beckers. their son's life will never be the same after a near drowning three years ago. tomorrow they will file a $40 million lawsuit against the pool and its management company. >> we'll see you tin morning. >> 18-year-old james becker is coming home at his morning at the charm school. he wasn't always confined to this wheelchair. three years ago he and his mother decided to spend a hot afternoon at the pool. that's when it happened. >> i looked over and saw my son going up and down in the water, and i dove under and pulled him

out of the water. >> with unof the lifeguards did cpr. >> when he was pulled vought the water there was no heartbeat, he wasn't breathing, nothing. >> when the emergency crew got there they used a defibrillator to restart his heart but critical minutes had passed. >> obviously your son's life was saved, but you think a matter of minutes would have saved him aus remember him. >> yes, i believe so. >> instead, he needs constant care. and although they are encouraged by little triumphs. >> can you say hi? >> hi. >> he's progressing very slowly, but it's going to be permanent damage. >> the beckers, who now keep a defibrillator in their home, are pushing for two bills. one would require more lifeguards. the other bill would require every public pool have a defibrillator that lifeguards are trained to use. >> we thought our pool was safe. we paid our dues, we thought it

was safe, providing a safe environment for us. we are going to make a difference in maryland. >> the beckers attorneys will announce the lawsuit tomorrow just before noon. we will have a full report of what it claims and how the pool company responds on eyewitness news. >> tonight the president made his case for overhauling america's healthcare system in a prime time news conference. president obama argued that time for change is now. >> if we do not reform healthcare, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to sky rock. if we don't act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day. >> tonight's live news conference comes amid rising negative public polling, from the public on the plan. 43% say they don't like what they heard. meanwhile, the p says he is going to keep the pressure on congress to pass a bill before the end of the year. tonight the investigation into michael jackson's death moves to houston, texas. that's where los angeles detectives are right now after

raiding the office of a key witness to jackson's death. there was no warning. los angeles detectives raided the houston clinic where dr. conrad murray practices. the warrant was issued shortly after agents received preliminary results from the michael jackson autopsy. it centers on the drug propapol, also known as dip pli diprivan. >> this is key because they say we don't take the word of the doctor, we want to see the records ourselves. >> in the two-hour search detectives removed 21 documents and a copy of a computer hard drive. >> we're going to have to be going through documents. >> dr. murray has not denied giving jackson propafol, but he

also says he did nothing that should have caused jackson's death. controversy is boiling tonight over the handcuffing and arrest of three young boys, and now the head of the city police force is stepping in. eyewitness news is live outside the juvenile detention center downtown. kelly mcpherson explains the police commissioner was taking a firm stance and standing by his officers. kelly. >> reporter: vic, the question is should three young boys who were caught stealing a bike have been handcuffed and did he taped here, and the commissioner says his officers did their job. three boys playing in the street ended up in jail this weekend. >> i'd give the kid a bike if they want a bike. >> reporter: the victim called police. >> at that time my son grabbed me and said, "i don't want to go to jail, mommy." >> reporter: police took the

three boys to the juvenile justice center. >> do we have special rooms with teddy bears for kids? no. >> it was like really hot and really dirty. >> i wanted to go home, and i was scared. >> reporter: the moth verse two of the boys say handcuffs and detention was too much. >> sometimes children do things and they don't understand the consequences, but it didn't have to be that harsh. >> i think maybe if they would have put them in the police car, taken them to northern, had had a nice little scary talk with them, and let us come and pick them up. >> if it was your stuff taken, i don't know that you thed want cops coming back to you saying, well, the guy's too old, the guy's too young, the guy seems like a nice guy, so i'm not going to do anything. >> reporter: while the parents are outraged, many neighbors say they think the police did the right thing. >> now they really to have keep a close eye on your children. >> everybody is getting outraged about kids being arrested, but if their parents were watching them, they wouldn't have that problem. >> i think they probably

learned their lesson. >> reporter: police say the boys have not been charged, and this will not show up on their permanent record. kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> kelly, thank you. the victim in this case says one of the three boys has already apologized in person. there was a mixture of anger and fear in one baltimore community after a clerk was gunned down in his own store. six days later there is still a killer on the loose. eyewitness news is live in fullerton. kai jackson explains neighbors can't feel safe until the shooter is locked up. >> reporter: that's right. while police are looking for the killers, customers and employees around here are looking for better security. the pain of the murder is still fresh inside buddy hill's liquors, his choir noticeably empty. baltimore county police are still looking for the killers. >> we are working with the

baltimore county police department, and we believe they're working diligently around the clock trying to find out who they are. >> i don't like it, but somebody got killed, and it's sad because they don't have much security. >> he's kind of like my second father. >> reporter: amos is determined to make sure kang didn't die in vain. >> hopefully i can take this to the landlord and say, look this is what has happened, a man has lost his life. >> they're looking for more security here, and you know what, i think we need it. >> reporter: employees had a buddy hill liquors believe there are adequate cameras inside the storks but it's out here where they believe security really needs to be approved. >> i'd like to see cameras focused on these sidewalks, back of the building, on the side of the building. >> reporter: in the meantime, the hunt for the killers continues.

>> it's very early in the investigation, and there's just not a lot that we want out there in the public. hopefully we're going to get some information about who these people are. >> reporter: and there are things that baltimore county police simply don't know at this time. for instance, they don't know which direction the men headed. they don't even know if they got into a car. they're hoping to learn that information as soon as ponl. june kang is survived by his wife and son. well, it was a bizarre scene in today's auction of the senator theater. >> $800,000. >> 800. >> now 850. >> despite the large crowd, the auction only drew two bids, one by proxy, the other from baltimore city. the city edged out the other bidder, so the city retains the theater for a grand total of $800,000. today the senator's previous owner says he he will continue to operate the theater until

the auction is officially certified. and there is american as apple pie, but could hot dogs be dangerous to your health? why one group wants to slap a warning label on the summer staple. caught on tape. this video shows how a five- foot shark ended up in the middle of downtown miami. >> reporter: two of the biggest soccer teams in the world are matching up right here at m&t bank stadium on friday. i'm weijia jiang where a major economic boost is expected to come along with the thousands of game goers. that story is next on eyewitness news. perhaps some more showers headed our way. i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete first warning forecast coming up next.

it is 75 degrees, partly cloudy in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up, but first a search is on for two men caught on tape dragging a shark through the streets of miami. they first carried the live shark on a city train where passengers saw it bleeding and gasping for air. the two men then tried to sell to the a local fish market before leaving it in the middle of the road to die. incredible video has just been released of this weekend's light rail crash in san

francisco. you can see people on the platform when on the same track another train crashes into the back of the car. 48 people were injured in the collision. investigators say they are focus ong human error because there is no indication of mechanical failure. outrage from the families of the virginia tech shooting victims over what they see as another lapse in the investigation. the gunman's missing mental health records have just been found at the home of a former university counselor. the families want to know if the files contain any warnings which could have prevented the deadly rampage. state officials say they will eventually make those records public. dr. robert miller took the files to his home a year before seung-hui cho killed 32 people and himself. shortly after the shooting miller told investigators he didn't know where the records were. they are enjoyed at picnics and ball parks but are hot dogs hazard tows your health? one group says they have filed a lawsuit to force

manufacturers to using warning labels. the group says regular consumption of processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer and others. your old gas gulf ser wanted. today chrysler joins in on the cash for clunkers program. the auto make ler match the government's offer of $4500 towards the purchase of a new car. their offer will run through august 31st. the cash for clunkers program is aimed at getting older cars traded in for new fuel efficient models. it's a clash of football powers at m&t bank stadium. but not the type of football normally played there. it's soccer. >> reporter: on friday 70,000 people will fill the seats of the m&t bank stadium to watch an international football game. well, the other kind of football. >> this is the first time in this stadium that we've had a major soccer event.

>> reporter: two of the best soccer teams in the world, chelsea, england, and milan, italy, are taking over the turf. sue these are two of the biggest materials in the world. >> reporter: last week crews prepared the field. >> the international rules call for natural grass at these international games. >> reporter: the games bring in fans from around the world. >> chelsea is a really big team. this is going to be a real treat for the gaze and gals of baltimore to watch it. >> reporter: and visitors offer a much needed economic boost to the city of $25 million. >> it brings a lot of tax dollars to the city and the state. >> reporter: because there's so much excitement, because there's so many people expected to pack into the stadium the city surging everyone to take public transportation. or if you must drive, please plan to leave early, park your car, then travel around on foot. >> however you get there, the game is sure to score major

goals for soccer lovers and for charm city. and the soccer bug here in baltimore could continue to grow. the city is placing bids to bring world cup soccer here within a decade. reporting at m&t bank stadium, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> both chelsea and ac milan will test out the turf during tomorrow's practice session. well, there was much to do about the first lady's new appearance. her appearance at last night's celebration of country music generated comments all over the internet, so much so that the office of the first lady issued a statement saying it wasn't a new cut, but rather she had just pinned it up. >> you're kidding me. >> if only she knew what type of consternation she would do. >> bob, every time you change your hair style, it just throws me way off. >> for a few minute we forgot

about the economy. >> yeah, right. two big areas of showers, one southwest of us, and the motion right now is taking most of the moisture not toward us. this batch here in the north carolinas heading to western maryland, this batch down here is heading up toward ocean city and the eastern shore, probably passing just east of us overnight and during the day tomorrow. this stuff passing to our west. however, there's a lot more out here. i think that's going to swing on. a lot of lines are going to inting on by the area sometime during the afternoon tomorrow. we'll probably see some of these showers and thundershowers headed toward our region. so we do have the chances of rain tomorrow. maybe not as great as i would like. 75 degrees tonight, dew point is back up to 69 degrees. the barometer holding steady, 30.05 inches. around the state, 66, out in oakland. 79 at ocean city. you folks will see some rain by

late tonight or early tomorrow. windy at the shore. 74 at bell eight, 73 westminster. annapolis-d.c. at a mild 77. very light winds. generally an east-southeast flow keeping us on the moist side. clouds, sun today, a few showers drifting through right now. showers just south of ocean city, and well up to the north and west across western p.a. and central pennsylvania. that's where most of the rain fell today. now, to the west, we talked about that rain shield down across kentucky, tennessee, quite a bit of shower and thundershower activity. you can see how it's kind of thinning out, so some of this will make it over the mountains interest our region tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. a it lot of it is going to pass northwest of us. this batch here south of ocean city is going to ride up the eastern shore to new jersey, and we'll see quite a bit of rain. some folks will see some showers and thundershowers. it looks like we'll stay in the humid air, but by friday afternoon i think most of this is done and it starts to dry a little bit for saturday as

well. saturday, friday and saturday, probably not too bad at all. by sunday another system could bring us scattered showers by sunday night. southeast winds, small craft advisory just lifted. 5 to 10 knots on the bay tomorrow. tonight, rather cloudy, warm and rather humid. 68. tomorrow we'll see some sun and some clouds, some showers and thundershowers like well a high of 82 degrees as we head to the weekend, a little warmer, mid- 80s, upper 80s, maybe a thundershower. sunday, partly cloudy, 86 now for monday. denise. >> all right, thank you, bob. will he play or will he move on? >> new developments on the status of ravens receiver derrick mason.

well, is it somebody being coy? is it a game? what's going on? >> the ravens have begun searching for replacements for derrick mache. not sure if they need those replacements. it's a just in case. coach harbaugh says he's optimistic that mason will play

for traifns this season. harbaugh had had had a phone conversation with mason last night, says the veteran receiver wants to make sure he's in the right frame of mind to play. mason is declining media interviews as he reconsiders his retirement announcement that he made nine days ago. harbaugh says mason is in shape and ready to play. harbaugh says the ravens can be a good team with or without mason. it comes down to where the player's mind. gm ozzie newsome says today that he considers mason still a member of the team until he officially retires. ravens training camp starts in westminster next week. in baseball, the road-weary orioles continue their struggles away from camden yards wrapping up a series against the yankees and new york. rookie pitcher jason burkeham victimized by a bad play with the bases loaded. brian roberts can't field the robinson cano ground ball.

tough day for aubrey huff. he struck out three times. yankees starter a.j. burnett got him twice. 6-4 the final. the o's have lost 10 straight games in the bronx. after a day off tomorrow, the o's open a series in boston. news from sarasota florida. the county commission has approved an agreement that will make ed smith stadium in sarasota the new spring training home of the orioles starting next year. the deal gained final approval in a 4-1 vote tonight. the agreement commits the orioles to sarasota for 30 years. they'll move spring training there after 13 years in ft. lauderdale. international soccer, the team in red is ac milan led by the man considered the best in the world. he's the before sill january. ac milan will be in baltimore for that game friday night. club america here headed i by

daniel marquez. 2-#, club america wins. ac milan taking on chelsea of england at m&t bank stadium coming up on friday night. as we've been told, 70,000 particular all sold out. >> that's fantastic. thank you, mark. he's a famous new yorker with big plans. >> is a major announcement from

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letterman is next with tracy morgan. that's it for tonight, everyone. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. have a good night. ( band playing "late show" theme