changed. wjz with was the mayor who stuck to her schedule one day after she was indict on nine criminal counts. they're more detailed. she denies them all and won't back down. >> if she beats these characters, if we goes down, her career is over. >> i'm going continue owe to come out and work. >> wjz takes you through the charges. the mayor lie on finance forms and required to report cash and gifts. the prosecutor contends she got thousands of dollars from her ex-boyfriend and did not report one dime. ron lipscomb ran the construct company and agreed to help the profession. it lays out trips they took

together incluing to chicago and new york. other charges include theft and misconduct in office. the prosecutor claims that the mayor solicited gift cards and received dozen of them from best buy, old navy and target and used them for herself and her family. the indictment shows a suspicious transaction saying the mayor handed $40,000 to her driver and used the money to pay her credit card bill. despite these embarrassing allegations, many on the council do not believe that the stress of being under the indictment has impact her job performance. >> she's running the city effective. i don't see where it's taken a toll on her job. >> people with innocent until

proven guilty. >> we could learn more in a hearing scheduled for next week. reporting live, wjz eyewitness news. okay. thank you very much. the mayor's trial was scheduled for january but it could be pushed back. wjz is always on, check in with us for complete coverage of the probe, for updates, more reaction and previous story, log onto wjz.com. swine flu fears, the health department confirms an out break in baltimore. several people attending a conference are sick. gigi has more on what is being done. >> reporter: there were 220 workers in one building from all across the country to attend a two-week seminar. some spent the week in their hotel sick with the h1n1 virus flu. 200 workers in town for a seminary, 11 people contract the h1n1 virus. three more patients are

suspected cases. the city's health department says all of the patients are in the downtown building. >> they put a dispenser on the wall to sanitize your hands. >> reporter: it asked the patients to stay in their hotel rooms and away from other workers. >> this is everywhere. >> reporter: the doctor with the city's health department says medical investigators can't determine which worker contracted the flu first. >> the point of the matter is that flu is all around us and decreasing in amount now. folks could have brought it into the state and gotten it from each other. >> that means washing hands and covering coughs are crucial to keep the number of h1n1 virus cases down. >> i don't want to be too

close to people. you have to be careful in elevators and try not to be in the way of someone coughing. the seminars are over. none of them had to go to the hospital. but the state health department plans to contact the local health departments to let them know what happen here in baltimore. thank you. coming up tonight at 7:00, katie couric sits down for an interview with the health and human secretary coming up at 7:00 after eyewitness news. police release the identities of the victim of a firey crash in whitemarsh earlier this week. kye has details. >> reporter: the three women killed when the car they were in slammed into a street sweeper. this was monday morning. the dead are listed as a 62- year-old, her daughter and the

other victim is named a 19-year- old morrison, all three lived in pennsylvania. the crash happened as the women were returning from a trip from kentucky. the cause is under investigation. the driver of the street sweeper suffered minor injuries. as the hunt for a gunman that shot 12 people at a picnic over the weekend. in an interview, commissioner fred is holding nothing back. >> it has been a brutal week and the man taking the heat is police commissioner. in a rare one on one interview, he confronted the critics about if the force can control the crime. baltimore's police commissioner takes offense. >> we can have these explosive

statements about how bad baltimore is, but what are you going to do about it. >> when 12 people shot at one location at a backyard barbecue, there's going to be outrage. >> let's get tougher penalties for gun crimes. if you commit a crime, you don't get suspended sentences, you go to jail. >> it was like the wild, wild west. >> all of us need to make it the toughest place in the country to commit these crimes, you want cops to work harder, everyone has to do their part too. >> a five-year-old shot and 12 people shot in baltimore. >> when i'm on my way to those scenes, what i want to know is who did this and how can we find him quickly and send his tail to jail. >> with 18 people shot,

something just snapped in our city. >> something didn't snap in the city, something snapped in a group of maniac that went on a rampage. >> this is what the baltimore is making itself out to be and people are sick of it and i know you are too. >> this is the key, we need to harness our energy and focus or anger and frustration on the people who are fueling this, the people involved. we need the people the neighborhoods and everyone focused like a laser on those guys and deal with those guys and build a bomb and drop it on their heads. >> reporter: the commissioner mark his second year in congressman and to expect arrests soon in the shooting in the barbecue and his crime strategy is getting repeat offenders off of the street. back to you. police say one of the targets was steven blackwell jr. under police surveillance.

we have some breaking news, police have shut down bel- air road in northeast baltimore. police searching for a robbery suspect. eyewitness news keeps you updated on the story. a bizarre story from the washington d.c. area. a bus drive charged with kidnapping for not allowing a passenger off of the bus he was driving. driver and the passenger got into an argument and when the passenger wanted to get off, the driver refused. he's been placed on leave. major changes coming to one stretch of interstate 70 and the howard county lines. the changes being made. >>reporter: these tire marks are proof that this section of i-70 was a popular spot for

drag racing. all of that is about to change. late night races is about to change. >> the chevy veered out of control killing two. police believe the two were watching an illegal race. >> we believe that the approach of a police car that night led to this incident occurring in that people were trying to clear the area quickly and there was confusion. >> reporter: residents have long complained about the racing. >> it will be maybe 80 cars lined upside by side. >> the state highway administration changed the traffic pattern. you can see what was three lanes of traffic heading west now is just one. by adding these barriers, cars

will not be able to line upside line up, side by side, to race. >> i think too much hassle for people many the morning. a few people go to work on this road. >> state police expect few problems and hope the barriers will stop drag racing and prevent another tragedy. >> sometimes when you can make an effective change, it eliminates the opportunity. >> reporter: they will closely monitor the changes to make sure it doesn't cause traffic- flow problems. in baltimore county, eyewitness news. thank you. state police say the investigation into the accidents is ongoing. the month of july is almost over and it's been a dry month. a live look outside. there's been some scattered showers but not a nice, soaking rainmaker. live with the complete

coverage. we did have a little bit rain, we want to keep you updated on the numbers. we took you back to do comparisons. may was incredibly wet, june still coming in above 5" afternoon look at that surplus, july, still at only 2.12-inches worth of rain and it's wrapping up and overall with the entire season, we're still in the surplus but been on the dryer side so it wouldn't hurt to get the rain. we've had the thunder and the severe rain and the lightning. there's more chances tomorrow. thank you. in a summer that has seen dead zones in the bay, good news

about the water. some of the cleanest water is along ocean city beach. >> ocean city leaves the way it arrives, clean. that water quality makes ocean city one of the top ten cleanest beaches in america. a real plus for swimmers. >> definitely. a lot of peace of mine. >> my kids, they are running around in nice, clean water, it's nice. >> reporter: harmful bacteria was found in only 2% of the samples taken. >> if it's the cleanliness of the beaches, we're proud of the report that came out. >> reporter: clean water here isn't an accident or a blessing of nature, it takes work. especially when it rains at the beach. most beach closures happen when

heavy runoff comes through. it handles the load better than most. >> if it's the waste water and sewer or the beach maintenance crews that care for the beach, they clean the beach every night. all ten miles, 8 hours a night to make sure the debris doesn't go into the ocean and keep our water clean as well. >> good for town pride and marylanders looking for good new. >> all of the stuff about the bay and the contaminants, nice to know it's not into the outer banks here. >> making for a better day at the beach. >> ocean city is ranked as the 8th cleanest beach in america. delaware came in first. >> they're all within driving distance. they are. packing on the pounds and health watch, the link between where your child gets daycare and weight gain. the rash of break-ins in churches continues and now the

number is up to 8. that story is next on eyewitness news. beer summit, president obama hopes cold beer and a conversation will put a situation to rest. stick around for the updated forecast coming up.

. moments ago the so-called beer summit began in washington. president obama is meeting with

sgt crowley and professor gates for a conversation and a cold beer. they hope to put an end to the controversy over the arrest at his home. the professor and the policeman who sparked a debate about racial profiling will meet again again. president obama is hosting the two for a round of drinks on the patio near the rose garden. >> three folks having a drink at the end of the day and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. >> sgt crowley arrested gates in his home after a neighbor reported a suspected burglary. president obama hoping to quail the controversy over some cold beer after admittedly making matters worse at a news conference. >> the police acted stupidly. >> he came to regret his choice of words and proposed

the summit as a lesson for the nation. he uses teachable moments, do you expect to learn something? >> i believe there can be a good learning lesson if we learn how to cooperate and people slow down a little bit. >> reporter: but the controversy is yet to slow down, a police officer could lose his job because he used a racial slur in an e-mail to colleagues. he apologized but there will be no apologizes tonight, just a few beers. joel brown, the white house. here with have it, a live picture of the beer fest, the beer provided at the meeting bud light for the president, red stripe and blue moon. there's a new name in town, the convention making some changes. pat explains why. >> what's in a name.

when baltimore says get in on it, it means the best baltimore has to offer. when baltimore says buy baltimore, it means grab a camera and show baltimore. when baltimore says balkfa. >> i have no clue, baltimore, alcohol, i have no idea. >> for the last 15 years it was called the baltimore area, it's been shortened and people inside the tourism community know what it represents. people from outside have no idea what it is. a greek desert? they have no idea. >> i would say something about

the internet or music, i don't know. >> a type of food or beverage. >> a fish? >> like a disease. >> like a disease, they've decided to get over itself and change the name to visit baltimore. >> if i walk in the room and say i'm vice president of visit baltimore, they will determine it's from tourism in baltimore. >> sounds good. >> that works, that works. >> the official name change came at 4:30 this afternoon. >> to get in on it, go away as well. get in on visit baltimore. >> it in on it. we'll do that. thank you very much, pat. the new name in line with name changes taking place in bureaus

across the country. >> hopefully we have a lot of visiters. today is not a bad day. because we have the food drive and we want everyone to be good at giving their money because it goes to a good cause. coming in at 83 degrees. dew point still somewhat in check with the humidity. we have another front coming our way tomorrow and we'll have

. welcome back. let's go to first warning doppler radar and there's some thunderstorms out there, but mainly to the west. it's ahead of the next front moving our way. we see a couple of the thunderstorms, the closest one about to pass over the border going to go up and down but die down as we lose the sunshine. right around cumberland, nothing that strong but making their way to the east. that's another area we're looking at. taking you over to mixed clouds and sunshine. that's what we dealt with, more sunshine than yesterday, but going to see the clouds increase as the next front moves through state tomorrow. overall, we do have a flood watch in effect because of the rain that has happened recently and what is expected tomorrow. the rest of us, nothing else going on on this picture, it could change tomorrow with the

next front. wind out of the south. that's keeping the humidity fairly high and temperatures have been warm today. look at this one here, 90 degrees in ocean city with the wind comes off of the land. here's the next front moving our direction. there's a lot of rain to the west that is racing to the northeast and going to increase our chances for scattered showers and thunderstorms. and into the evening hours, strong to severe storms out of this one once again. here's how it looks, it gets out of here, for the most part on saturday, the further south, you're going to be close to this, a better chance for showers and thunderstorms for the rest of us, looks like a temporary break bringing showers and thunderstorms. the forecast looks like this out on the waters, winds around to the southwest at 5-10 knots.

a small craft advisory for tomorrow. very isolated thunderstorms out there, they will be dying down and scattered showers could be strong to severe. it is something that if it does prompt any watches or warnings we're going to be here on the tv side and the wjz.com side. thank you. still to come tonight, joyride, police pursue a suspect in a stolen vehicle, wait until you see who was behind the wheel. in west port, people living in this block are concerned that the air they're breathing in their homes may be causing cancer. that's next on eyewitness news. who will get custody of michael jackson's three young children.

. no . complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. it is just before 6:30, partly cloudy, good evening. an agreement has been reached, michael jackson will get his wish, his mother kathrine will retain custody of his children. reporting live with more on the

agreement. >> ever since i was born. >> reporter: michael jackson's three children will be raced raised by the same woman where he grew up. >> there's no situation better for these children than for them to be raised under a loving care of kathrine jackson. >> the deal is between the pop icon's wife and mother of the children. she gets visitation but nothing else. >> it's not about money. >> reporter: michael jackson's father joe won't be in the picture since he no longer livers in the home with the wife. the custody agreement will be formized in court on monday. there's still unanswered questions, how his estate will be managed and what kill him. they want to make sure the

superstars wealth is managed. >> talking about the most rich property asset and entertainment assets ever the coroner will release toxicology details next week as investigators determine if they have enough evidence to charge michael jackson's personal doctor with manslaughter. all three children have been living with kathrine jackson since his death. new information on the stabbing on a basketball court. he was stabbed several times yesterday afternoon. we were over the scene in west running brooke road in while lake. the man was taken to howard county general hospital with non-life-threatening injures and police have not made any arrests in this case.

police say the thieves if they can't remove chains to take the street bikes, they steal a minivan to remove them. it's been one month since someone started breaking into churches for quick cash. the number of targets continue to grow but police are not closer to finding out who is responsible. >> reporter: it's a final resting place for some. a house of worship for so many others and now for someone, 8 baltimore churches have been a place to dip for quick cash. >> you don't need to come in and steal from the building of god, it's wrong. >> we believe it's the same individual. >> reporter: the thief hit up the first group of churches in

mid-july in the last week, it was on providence road, four church. >> i'm the pastor of lutheran church. the associate pastor. >> reporter: the churches differ but share the same story. >> they jimmied it open and came in through the opened window. >> briefcases everywhere. >> things on the floor, they opened up the desk daughter. >> drawers. >> they were looking for thing, money. >> many wonder who is the next target. >> people are very concerned, we put the locks on the windows. >> i replaced this big pain. >> reporter: as staff members

clean up, police and extra patrol to find the burglars. they say that day will come sooner than later. >> if you're going to steal from god, there's consequences. >> reporter: they have no suspects to pin down. wjz eyewitness news. in addition to the 8 churches, the thief broke into a home and took small sums of money from churches as well as one compute. >> a look at some stories you'll find from the baltimore sun. a foundation plans to build fields in some tough neighborhoods. >> what it took to move an enormous transformer. these stories and more in the baltimore sun and look for the update forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. cancer causing chemicals discovered in the air of some

west port houses, after a toxic waste site near by. some homes haven't been test, some people don't know they're at risk. >> >> drums filled with toxic chemicals by the epa. 20,000-gallons is drained from leaking tank, a liquid that burned children playing in a mud pie outside. >> they were playing and they got burned on their legs and their feet because they were running through the mud. >> reporter: the state discovers the state cleanup didn't do the job. toxic chemicals in the air inside four homes. it's above what is safe. >> i would like them to clean up the air. find a way to get rid of it so these kids don't end up with problems. >> reporter: drums filled with

toxic chemicals were store and at the other end of the block, that's where the company was located so the houses are sandwiched between the two. they realized there were toxic fumes but it took four years before testing the homes and still hasn't completed that job. >> it's been the access to the properties. these are private homes and we have to get legal access. >> a woman caring for three small children didn't know she was exposed to those chemicals, only knowing they tested. >> i was saying what if they find anything, what will happen? you know, would they replace us? >> land lords make it tough for the state to get permission to test. a woman on the block says her daughter's rental is not test and her daughter has cancer and

so has four others that lived there. >> everyone who has lived in the house has die of cancer. >> they have installed vents, but four houses remain untested. wjz and the baltimore orioles are teaming up to feed the hungry and we need your help. during this weekend's home stand against the red sox, you're invited to take food to the camden yards for food drive that benefits the maryland food bank. you can meet don, kye, ron, adam, derek and alex. saturday gigi and pat will collect donations and sunday susan, i'll be there, both kellies, mark. it's part of the wjz community commitment. >> how did we get the smallest

number on saturday? >> because you're going to collect twice as much. >> a bizarre string of assault. how it involves super glue. what sparked this fire in las vegas. putting together your exclusive five-day forecast and we'll have that when we come back. >> wjz is always on. here's the top stories. for updates on the news and the updated forecast, log on the wjz.com.

. flames destroyed 22 apartments in nevada. residents from a near by mobile home park was evacuate. a three-alarm fire ripped through a new jersey restaurant this morning. it was seen in mill stone. fire officials trying to determine what started the fire. an attacker in texas using a new weapon to harm women,

glue. they're putting glue in the hair of the victims, sometimes school glue and sometimes super glue. it's happened at movie theater and a wal-mart. >> a 7-year-old in utah decides to skip church and take his dads car for a spin. a police cam captures him driving around his neighborhood. he pulls over and police shocked when he darts out of the car. police advice the dad to find a new spot for the car keys. a few are obese and considering surgery to lose weight. you may want to hear the results of a new study. >> reporter: the new study find the risk of complications may be lower than reported. the study which looked at gastric bypass surgery and banding found that the risk of

death for these surgeries were .03% and the risk of major complication was.4%. when infants attend daycare are more likely to be overweight. >> the researchers can't explain why this type of care appears to lead to heavier children. i'm kelly lynn. the study appears in the august issue of pediatrics. we'll take inside what could be a medical breakthrough for amputees making hand transplants possible for veterans who have lost limbs in the war. that's tonight on the evening news. here's a look at the closing numbers from wall

street. we'll be right back

are changes coming from the

weekend? they always do. we'll have the five-day forecast along with what to expect head down to ocean. >> that is right. one thing consistent is that it's constantly changing. tomorrow good chance for thunderstorms and it will be muggy. there's a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm because the front is to the south. another system moves our way increasing the chances again. back here in the city, this is what we're expecting tomorrow. that same storm is coming our way, scattered showers and thunderstorms could be strong to possibly severe as we move through the afternoon and evening tomorrow. saturday, somewhat of a break, not going to rule out the small chance that something could pop up. but a dryer day with the next storm. thank you. still to come on eyewitness news, an everyone game for the orioles. big news from off the feel as

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. breathtaking video. >> on the feel field and off. this rooky pitcher that went down and the closer that gets shipped out. a busy day for the orioles.

standarding the trade, it's george cheryl. they get two minor leaguers in exchange. he was acquired from seattle. the o's gets josh bell and steven johnson. he's a baltimore native and the son of dave johnson. the start this afternoon, he's out standing, 7 strong inning, had six strikeouts. but the rooky is knocked out on this frightening injury. hits him on the left shin. he collapsed in the tunnel on the way to the clubhouse. the o's win 7-3. x-rays on his leg negative. sometimes a hairline fracture doesn't show up for a couple day, being optimistic

about it right now and one of the things that 24 hours you have a better idea. >> the red sox come to town to start a series tomorrow. masn sunday afternoon, see the birds battle at 1:30. football, the ravens made it official the signing of their top draft pick, pick, michael oher was the 23rd player overall in april. his contract calls for about $7 million guaranty money. he's slate to be a possible starter as the right offensive tackle and spoke at a press conference this evening. >> i'm very relieved. getting in and being able to practice, all that stuff behind me and play football and work hard and give back to them

because they've given to me. a full workout tomorrow morning. we had to england for the opening round of british open. the approach, she knocks it in on the fly. that one is a slam dunk. part of the round of even par. looking at it in slow motion. no need for a roll. germany is a leader with three under. there's a lot of wind she was fighting. she was. >> thank you. we'll be right back

. don't miss the prime time lineup. the mentalist on its new night followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. let's get one last look at the forecast. going to increase the

chances for thunderstorms tomorrow and some strong to severe. and then through saturday, the chances go down but not discounting that something could pop up in this weather pattern. the next front moving in on sunday increasing the chances again. temperatures upper 80s to near 90 degrees for our highs. >> thank you. a group of texas librarians show off their wild side for a good cause, they're revealing their tattoos to raise money for the damaged libraries. it's called the tattooed ladies of. here is nine-month-old walking upright, pushing a stroller, the youtube video has gotten 300,000 hits. she can run through courses and skate board, a talent scout contacted the owner and the pug may be on her way to being a

star. can she text while driving? >> she better not. look at her go. that's it for us here. back at 11:00. thank you for joining us on wjz, maryland's news station. much more ahead with katie couric including officials want tens of thousands of >> couric: tonight, the police sergeant, the professor, and the president-- it all comes to a head over beers at the white house. i'm katie couric. also tonight, a dilemma for parents. doctors recommend their kids get an h1n1 flu vaccine, but... >> i don't feel just because the government is telling me i need to get this flu shot for her or my youngest they should go and do that. >> couric: how safe is it? we'll ask the secretary of health and human services.

dangers on the highway-- bus and truck companies ordered off the road for safety violations return under new names, sometimes with tragic results. and a u.s. marine gets a new human hand. will this offer hope to thousands of amputees? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. well, tonight, a few guys are in washington, d.c. having a cold one. they just happen to be a harvard professor, a police officer from cambridge, massachusetts, and the president president of the united states. they're sitting down to try to hash out what happened when professor henry louis gates and sergeant james crowley had an encounter that led to a national debate about race in america. and tonight, the president, who has downplayed the notion of a beer summit, is trying to tap into that. chip reid is at the white house tonight. and, chip, the president said earlier today he preferred