this is wjz, 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. $40 million lawsuit. a maryland family takes legal action after their son suffers a brain injury at a swimming pool. hi, everybody. i am mary bubala. here is what people are talking about today. placing the blame. a family is suing a local pool for millions of dollars after their son nearly drowned. eyewitness news is live outside the law office where the becker family just spoke mike hellgren

with the very latest for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. a copy of the lawsuit. the family says negligence was involved. it happened at the woodcroft swimming club in parkville about three years ago, and right now that family's press conference is still under way here at the law office. >> we will see you in the morning. have a nice weekend? >> reporter: 18-year-old james becker wasn't always confined to this wheelchair. three years ago he was an athletic 15-year-old on summer break from archbishop curly high school when he and his mother decided to spend a hot afternoon at the pool. tragedy struck. >> i looked over and saw my son going up and down in the water. his head bobbing up and down and i dove under and pulled him out of the water. when he was pulled out of the water, no heartbeat, not breathing, nothing. >> reporter: when emergency crew got there they used ed a defibrillator to restart his heart. but critical minutes have stopped and his brain suffered

damage. they are filing a $40. million lawsuit. they say that money will pay for extensive treatment for the rest of his life. >> we have had this case reviewed by multiple national aquatic safety experts throughout this country, as well as many, many world- renowned physicians. all of them have come to the unanimous conclusion that what happened to james becker was absolutely preventible. >> reporter: and we are still awaiting for a response drd management. we understand they will have a response to this lawsuit. we will have it for you tonight at 4:00, and sooner than that at wjz.com. reporting live in baltimore county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the family says he was deprived of oxygen for more than ten minutes. some new information this noon on a baltimore city officer shot and injured in the line of duty. gunfire erupted in the city saturday injuring two officers. one of them was rushed to shock trauma with gunshot wounds.

today we have learned that officer jerome shaurette is listed in stable condition. he was shot after a confrontation with a suspect in a domestic violence incident. another officer was shot in the shootout, the man who police say shot the officer remains hospitalized. both officers have been with the force for a combined 40 years. meanwhile an off-duty baltimore police officer is involved in n a shooting with three would-be robbers, the incident happened earlier today at a bus stop in the 200 block of cherry hill road. two men are in police custody while a third remains at large. also this noon, two emergency workers and patients are recovering from their injuries after being involved in a car crash. an ambulance and car collided this morning near the intersection of clyburn and greenspring. the passengers were being transported to shock trauma at

that time. no word if rain played a role in the accident. in our area a brief downpour. a live look outside right now, a cloudy and sticky afternoon with intermittent rain. is more on the way? eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams is tracking live doppler radar for us. tim. >> good afternoon, mary, everyone. we had definitely some showers from the south and east right along the east coast, and they really brought us a lot of rain right around rush hour. first warning live doppler radar to give you an idea. scattered showers right now but i will bring this over to the city grew and up and down the 95 corridor and back this up a little bit, the early time of the morning, right around 9:00 and 9:30. you see those heavy showers moving across parts of central maryland up the beltway and 83 corridor up toward harford and york, p.a. look at our satellite radar composite. gives us a better idea what this all looks like earlier in the day. we saw those showers moving through and another wave through the west that we are dealing with through tomorrow afternoon. we will talk about how that

plays into the weekend ahead coming up in the complete updated first warning forecast, mary. >> thank you. big-time budget cuts are coming to maryland and this will impact the university system of maryland. today the board of regent also discuss how the system will handle another $40 million in cuts. most likely theory gent also cut back office and support functions. regent also not consider tuition increases for the upcoming full year, but they may consider one for the next full year. this noon, president obama is taking his message of health care reform straight to the american people. susan roberts reports for wjz that the president hopes to ease concern over the pricey plan for change, and new poll numbers show he has his work cut out for him. >> reporter: president obama is taking his health care reform message on the road. his goal, making his voice heard above the political fighting in congress and convincing worried americans that he has a plan that will work. the president is touring the cleveland clinic where doctors'

salaries are not linked to the number of patients they see. then he will hold a town hall meeting. the president has his work cut out for him. one recent poll show 43% of americans disapprove of this health care reform plan. the trip comes one day after a primetime news conference designed to put the president front and center in the debate. >> if we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of- pocket cost also continue to skyrocket. if we don't act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day. >> reporter: leading republicans like what the president had to say, but they argue there is a big difference between the president's words and the plan the congressional democrats are pushing. >> the problem is that is not what is in the house democratic bill, the house democratic bill increases the deficit by a quarter of a trillion. increases taxes on employers. >> reporter: top white house visors disagree. >> this will reform the system and put consumers in control and that's what we need? >> reporter: president obama

has told congress he wants the final reform bill on his desk before they leave town in august. at this point few believe lawmakers will be able to move that fast. in washington, susan roberts, wjz eyewitness news. >> the nonpartisan general accounting office finds that the cost projections from the white house do not add up and the plan will cost much more than expected. in a matter of hours, former cbs anchorman walter cronkite will be laid to rest. a private funeral is set to begin in midtown manhattan. he anchored the cbs evening news from 1962 to 1981. he died last friday at his manhattan home at the age of 92. wjz is is always on. log on to wjz.com for complete coverage of his funeral when it gets under way later this afternoon. and still to come on wjz us a eyewitness news at noon .. >> there is a long history in this country of african- americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement

disproportionately. >> president obama expresses his thoughts on the recent arrest of harvard scholar henry gates. collision caught on tape. another commuter train collides on the tracks. we will have more on that. and take another live look outside this noon. meteorologist tim williams will be back with your first warning weather forecast. hi. number two, please. would you like that to hurt now or later? uh, what? sir, it's a simple question. do you want heartburn pain, now or later? these heartburn medicines make you choose... between hurting now or later. pepcid complete doesn't. it starts to neutralize acid in seconds... and keeps it under control all day or all night. sometimes you gotta make compromises, man. no, you don't... man.

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a major step forward for investigators as they locate the black boxes for the yemen plane that crashed last month. a french nazi vessel detected them in the indian ocean. underwater robots will be operating in august to retrieve them because they are too deep. the plane's cockpit, flight and data recorders could help find out what caused the crash on june 30. new surveillance video of a serious train crash in san francisco. it happened on saturday. take a look at one of the trains coming into the station at 20 miles per hour slams into the other train. more than 40 people were hurt. the cause of the crash is under investigation, but the national transportation safety board is apparently leaning toward human error. the army says they have located a soldier who is reported missing in a possible

kidnapping case. the army received a ransom call earlier this month saying 24- year-old james gonzalez had been abducted. the caller demanded $100,000, but investigators say gonzalez was found in a texas border town last night with no indication he had ever been abducted. he will be turned over to the army after he is interviewed by police. president obama says the timeline to withdraw american troops from iraq will not slide despite continued violence. they are set to leave by 20 is 1. the president made announcement wednesday iraq's prime minister. president obama is weighing in on that arrest of the prominent african-american scholar. a white police officer arrested harvard professor lewis gates, jr., after being called to his home by a neighbor to investigate a burglary. after showing his id, gates reportedly accused of officer of racism and demanded his badge number. he was arrested for disorderly conduct. president obama spoke on the very high on mr. file incident during his press conference last night. >> i think it is fair to say,

number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> charges against gates have been dropped, and he is demanding an apology. the officer said he did not wrong. in today's consumer watch, good news for one of america's big three automakers, ford posted a profit of $2.3 billion. it ends the string of four straight quarterly losses forked the second-largest automaker. ford was the only company that did not take billions of dollars of loans from the government. the news is helping propel another strong day on wall street. the dow is up more than 160 points at 9048. the s&p is up 20 points at 974. and the nasdaq is up 40 points

at 1966. and still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, take a live look outside. stay tuned. meteorologist tim williams will be back in two and a half minutes with our first warning weather forecast. but first a look at last night's winning multimatch numbers.

now weather, the complete forecast and first warning of severe weather. >> wow, we watched this coming in all morning long. started out dry and very humid.

the showers and rain moving in from the south and the warm, humid air, the dew points are high. >> tropical i bet. >> very tropical and those -- showers when they came down were torrential. >> you could hear them from inside our studio. >> yes, you could. >> i think technically soundproofing. >> i think it is. >> but it was heavy. >> let's talk about first warning live doppler radar. give you an idea what is out there right now and what has moved our way. first off, what we are dealing with now widely scattered showers. you see just up the 95 corridor. just the tip of the state, northeast up toward elkton. starting to see a few things toward conowingo. south of the city moving in our direction toward fort mchenry, south baltimore, dundalk, all around the southern edge we are starting to see as many showers starting to move in and pretty much what we have the same thing. and this is what it was. heavy showers moving across the state, and they really came in with a vengeance when they came

in. for the most part, we are going to be dealing with that same type of scenario again. so right now, temperatures around the region -- well, we are looking at things just around -- we will call it 78 degrees. actually we dropped down i think to 7. now at the airport. bwi thurgood marshall. looking at dew points. still coming in. but in the upper 60-degree range vend moist. 77 in cumberland. 69 in oakland. 78 in ocean city and 76 in elkton. around the metro area, 81 in columbia. 83 in d.c. and upper 70s on the eastern shore. winds have been coming in with a bit of a southerly component and because of that we are feeling the moisture coming in. that is a very tropical component to this air that is moving in along the shoreline. what we saw earlier is some heavy rain moving across the region, and we are still going to be dealing with another massive rain moving in from the west. now that bit was coming in from the south, browse brought us the heavier dew point and because of that heavy fuel and

moisture, came down heavy and a lot of energy. this is moving to the west and as we move through the next this hours or so until tomorrow afternoon, this will wipe things off -- clear things out just a little bit and wipe the slate clean, and behind this a little bit of clearing. so we will start to see that clearing tomorrow afternoon into the evening. and then a chance of showers by saturday morning. that will all be gone. but a chance of showers through tomorrow evening. sunset at 8:26. east wind at 5 to 10 knots. look for your forecast up to just around 84 degrees today. mostly cloudy and humid with thunderstorms around. down around 66 degrees. patchy clouds in the overnight hours and tomorrow to 84 degrees. the orioles road trip continues in boston. see the birds take on the red sox sunday afternoon at 1:30 right here on wjz 13. wjz 13 is always on. the top stories at wjz.com right now. for instant updates on all of the day's news and updated first warning forecast, log on

in today's eyewitness news health watch, researchers may be close to finding a weight loss pill that boosts energy and reduces chances of developing type ii diabetes. they discovered that blocking a key enzyme in the brain helps curb hunger and improve energy levels. scientists say the first evidence that breaking down molecues in the brain that regulate metabolism is an important part of weight control. the national institute of health is planning human

studies of h1n1 flu vaccine. part of that clinical trial will be held at the university of maryland school of medicine, the tests are key as the government decides whether to offer the vaccine to millions of americans starting in mid- october, the first shots will go to healthy adults starting next month. well, according to a new study, men who want a healthy lifestyle will cut their chance of heart disease in half. diet, exercise and alcohol use can have a significant impact on the lifetime risk of congestive heart failure. about 550,000 americans are diagnosed with the condition every year. well, be sure to check in with eyewitness news today at 4, 5 and 6. gathering evidence. agents search the offices of michael jackson's physician and his nutritionist. what both medical professionals are saying about the raids. laptop batteries are never as long as they say they will. what is being done about it. these stories and today's breaking news at 4:00 after

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the five-day first warning forecast. pretty much today, tomorrow the same forecast. 84 -- [ coughing ] -- i get all choked up saying 90s in the forecast. 90s on saturday >> okay, take two.

>> just taking a look at your five-day first warning forecast. temperatures tomorrow much like today. 84 degrees. 90 degrees on saturday. a bit of clearing. 88, 86 and 88 for sunday, monday and tuesday. a hot one on saturday. >> looks good. coming up tonight on wjz 13. another episode of the hit drama "the mentalist" at 10:00 followed by eyewitness news at 11. this noon when you are thinking of a lion, your first thought is not to hug the giant animal. jupiter is known as a gentle giant at the animal shelter in columbia. on the 10th birthday. he lovingly embraced the moon rescued him from a lifetime of torture. as you can see the 250-pound lion even loves a kiss or two. i didn't see it. did he give a kiss or two. >> he did. >> what is he eating now? >> looks like lamb chop or something. >> i would give him a kiss after he ate the lamb chops. >> that's your report. thanks for watching and have a