paramedics but wasn't dead at all. police trying to catch this nude burglar before he strikes again. this is wjz tv, wjzdt and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city, to the county to your neighborhood, complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. mission of mercy. former president bill clinton makes a secret trip to north korea to get two jailed journalists set free. >> the women were officially pardoned. >> reporter: here's what people are talking about. we have breaking news to tell you about the two american journalists imprisoned in north korea. live with the details. >> reporter: just a short time ago north korea leader kim jung

ii issued a pardon. this comes after bill clinton went to north korea to discuss issues. clinton who arrived on an unannounced visit met with the ailing john nicklas -- kim jung ii. they were accuseed of sneaking into the country and sentence them to 12 years of hard labor. new information on the couple charged in a disturbing child abuse scheme. the fbi is working with them to try to identify the victims of this unthinkable crime. john nicklas and shannon leigh honea face a number of charges after police say they found

pornography videos in their home. it shows children between the ages of 2 and 13 being abused. most of the children have not been identified. federal agents helping to find victims and they're asking anyone who has had contact with the couple to call. bail was denied for john nicklas and set for $5 million for shannon leigh honea. an investigation underway for a cyclist that was hit. you can see the damaged bicycle along with the crime chalk. the person was kill at the scene. left for dead. city paramedics misdiagnose a man shot in the head saying he was killed. live from the hospital where

the wounded man is treated. >> the man shot is in critical condition here at the hospital and the fire department who is in charge of all of the medical technicians promises a thorough investigation. a police officer shot the man in the head at this store after he say the man lung at him. paramedics determine he was dead. what happen next has raised serious question and it could lead to the medics losing their licenses and their jobs. >> the individual had signs compatible with life and he was pronounced and they return at the request of the police department because the victim manifest or gave signs to give them signs he was not expired.

>> reporter: how did it happen? the paramedics are train to look for a pulse and any signs of breathing. >> they will contact both individuals have them provide a written report. >> could what happen to him happen to you? >> he was trained to save lives. the department says people should not be alarmed. >> we encourage people to know they're receiving care if they call 9-1-1. >> he's being treat at the hospital. the fire department says they cannot recall another incident like this one in their recent history. the same paramedics we want back to investigate the reports that he was moving. wjz eyewitness news. the fire department has not identified the paramedics

involved. new information this evening on the story wjz was first to report last night at 5:00. the city's patrol division faces elimination. >> reporter: under the direction of city hall, the city police department is slashing their budget to save about $150,000 if they get rid of the horse unit. governor o'malley threw his support behind it. they say the horses help to reduce crime in the city. it's the oldest running unit in -- anywhere in the country. to save the horses look for the story under local news on wjz.com. heat restrictions on the marc train lines, trains must slow down because the heat can cause the track to warp. passenger trains must travel 25 miles per hour lower than the posted speed limit. after some relief

yesterday, the heat and humidity are back. what about the chance of thunderstorms? eyewitness news has weather and traffic. the chance for thunderstorms is back. this is not a wide-spread event but we have some thunderstorms out there. it's building and getting stronger. moving to the northeast at 25 miles per hour. you can see it really started to buildup around whitemarsh. we don't have any warnings but it's gaining some intensity. on the eastern shore moved its way out of maryland into delaware. also off to the west and the western shore here, the thunderstorms just started to form. there's some getting their act together. let's check on the roads with sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> reporter: overall, not doing

bad. we have one accident that involves a pedestrian at meadow veil road. watch for two accidents in the city. there is a look at your drive times or your speeds on the west side of the beltway. only delays on the topside inner loop and the topside outer loop just a few miles below the speed limit. there's the west side of the beltway. same goes for the west side at baltimore national pike. the traffic report brought to you by the department of agriculture. marylandsbest.net. public transit about to get some editions. two light rail lines proposed in the baltimore area. a brand new red line from the county to the johns hopkins

campus in east baltimore. the line connects with the existing light rail. the governor says it will fill a crucial void. we have some good options. we did not have options if you want to travel east to west. the red line is going to bring thousands of new jobs with tremendous potential for baltimore city. >> the governor detailed plans for a purple line in the d.c. suburbs. the new lines cost more than one billion dollars. the "cash for clunkers" program is a wild success and leading to a surge in automobil sales. some are seeing the best sales numbers in years. at his chicago ford dealership, the manager is seeing something

he hasn't seen in a long time. an empty lot and a jam packed showroom floor. >> starting 8-9 in the morning and here until midnight. >> he just did the most july business he's done in 5 years. >> i sold 17 car. >> many buyers like the fact that ford didn't take a buyout but it's the "cash for clunkers" which is the driving force. 2009 could see 11 1/2 million vehicles sold. it sounds good but the autoindustry used to sell 16 million a year. gm had its first increase but still down from last july. chrysler up from june but down from last year. ford is up 2.3% over last july making it the only automaker in

two years to see a year to year gain. they credit the annual product line which includes the reintroduction of an old favorite. it sets sales record, the ford taurus. >> customers rally around it. until the all-new show. with a brand new add campaign, ford dealers hope to keep july's momentum going even if the "cash for clunkers" program runs out of gas. democrats will work to get another 2 billion in the "cash for clunkers" program by the end of the week. still ahead, shocking discovery. what one mother found on the internet and how it involves her own toddler son in an adoption scam. on the loose, police

looking for a man robbing the apartment of young women and fleeing naked. wait until you see who is behind the wheel on this chase. don't miss the first- warning forecast. now, complete coverage continues continues.

a serious accident involving street cars. an suv san witched between two cars. one says the driver was distracted talking to passenger when he hit the second streetcar. two people the suv treat. look at this, a wild police chase on a california freeway. it started in l.a. and police tried to stop the driver and she took off. the chase was well over 100 miles per hour and the woman was talking on her cell phone as she dodged in and out of traffic. a former english teacher

accuse of sexual abuse says she's accident. she was teaching in kentucky when the rumors began that she was having sex with a 15-year- old football player. now she's charged with sexual abuse and her trial is set for october and could face 1-5 years behind bars. a naked bandit in pennsylvania. the man caught on camera streaking from the scene of the crime. >>reporter: take a close look at this man. police say he broke into an apartment building at york road and a near by home. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect running away naked. he stole her laptop and went through the clothes. >> they said i think he went through your clothing. >> reporter: how does that make you feel. >> unsafe. >> it's highly unusual.

he hasn't done anything to harm anyone, but the crimes are sexual in nature and out of the realm of the normal activity. >> reporter: the suspect was trying to break into a man's window. >> the guy pulled up the window and they were staring at each other and he said peace and ran off. >> the suspect left and broke into a near by home. the homeowners says he went through the undergarmets around wrote on mirrors. >> the crime is extremely unusual to say the least and our concern is his motives at this point. >> one thing we can tell, the burglar was not armed and

didn't get away with any stolen goods. after yesterday's substantial gains it was an up and down day on wall street. investigators remain positive with more signs the economy is stabilizeing. the s&p is up three. let's go with we have a money watch update. higher after more evidence that the economy is stabilizing. consumers opened their wallets increasing spending for the second month while saving as incomes fell. it accounts for 70% of activity and penning home sales rose for the 5th straight month. the number of people entering a contract jumped 3 1/2%. buyers took advantage of low interest rates. only 15% of homeowners eligible

for the loan modification program have been offer help so far. it's the government's first progress report since march. it found bank of america and wells fargo were the worst performers for struggling homeowners. trump, his daughter and dallas bank offered a hundred million in cash for trump entertainment resort. you can track the latest online. coming up at 4:00, just say no, growing protests against president obama's health care reform plan. >> reporter: in harbor east, food, fun and prices, baltimore restaurant week is back. we'll have the story when we continue.

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complete warping of severe weather. another summer-like day. >> stickier than yesterday and going to be worse tomorrow. showing you doppler radar, we have a few thunderstorms popped up in harford county. it's been building over the past half hour and you can see north, just to the south of bel- air, it's moving about 15-20 miles per hour. a quick downpour and gusty winds. we want to show you, a few patches on thunderstorms both in delaware just leaving maryland. there's one on the western shore, this is dying down. just some showers at this point. out to the west, a couple of thunderstorms making their way into the mountains.

possibly seeing more thunderstorms tonight in the mountains. for the rest of us, it will be dying down tonight and this is how it looked today. sunshine to start out. clouds building and spotty thunderstorms at this hour and will continue into the evening. what is going on? temperatures warming up, the next cold front coming our way, 88 in baltimore, 90 in d.c. 90 in ocean city and the heat index, it feels like 93 in d.c., 90s across the south and 90 in cumberland. 79 in oakland. winds out of ahead of the front. most will pass to the south. there's a lot of rain and a lot of damaging winds with this part of the thunderstorm. the front is going to pick up moisture about move our way. here's how it look, we've seen

reports of 6" of rain just in one hour in louisville, they had water all over the city, they had some water rescues going on and damaging winds associated with the thunderstorms coming through. that will pass off to the south but the front will draw some moisture our way for tomorrow. scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. could see one or two into thursday and a chance on friday. the forecast out on the waters, winds light through the day tomorrow. tonight, we're going down to about 68 degrees, a thunderstorm is possible. you've seen a couple but they'll be dying down. could see if next round and tomorrow, scattered showers and thunderstorms developing, warm day up to about 89 degrees. we're going up with those temperatures. it will be muggy through the forecast but bringing them down a little bit. we could start to see a warmup heading our way.

>> okay. thank you. tune into wjz for tonight's prime time lineup. don't miss medium. katie couric has a preview of what is coming up on the evening news. it's one of the country's most popular off-road vehicles but linked to a disturbing number of injuries and deaths. why are there no standards to regulate it? an investigation tonight on the evening news. . thank you. gone to the dogs, a brand new pet airline that promises to keep your pet safe. the allegations against the former candidate for state senate. what he is accused of doing. the debate over sonia sotomayor.

no is wjz, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city, to the county to your neighborhood, now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. it is just before 4:30. 88 degrees, hello everyone, thank you for joining us.

here's what people will be talking about: the debate on capitol hill expected to confirm the first hispanic nominee. >> the senate is about to start debate on president obama's first supreme court nominee. despite some head winds, judge sonia sotomayor expected to sail through the confirmation process. >> she's developed a 17-year record as a mainstream judge. >> with democrats behind her, the confirmation by week's end is all but certain. six will cross party lines to vote for her. sonia sotomayor nomination is forcing some to walk the political tight rope. looking to please their party.

>> do they face a pushback by voting against her? >> is this a cross-roads moment for the republicans and the latino community. we will always remember this vote. >> reporter: they're rallying she will bring bias to the bench. >> other lawmakers say they have concerns about sonia sotomayor protecting gun rights. the nra will lower the rating of any senator that votes for her confirmation. republican critics questioning sonia sotomayor's explanation of a statement made in 2001 saying a wise latino would make better decisions than a white male. after unclear reports from

iraq. three young americans have been arrested for illegally entering the country. >> some calling the 3 citizens spies. they were hiking weapon they crossed the border into acran. they say they're three tourists that stumbled into the wrong place at the wrong time. an investigation is underway. iran tv call it a propaganda tool against the islamic states. early sat morning, police observed an altercation and found an 18-year-old victim suffering from a fatal stab wound. using the cameras, they tracked the 18-year-old suspect and arrest him. the watch center is helping them to reduce crime and locate

witnesses and suspects. a former maryland state senate accuse of attacking a woman inside his office. he's charged with attempted rape. they heard a woman screaming for help and found him holding her down. a massachusetts woman says she couldn't believe her eyes when she found her baby's picture on an adoption web site. it was a scam. >> reporter: she's trying to take control of a scam and find the person who stole her son's picture off of her family's blog. >> a woman who is stranger contacted us and let us know that someone was using the picture in a scam. >> reporter: she saw a baby up for adoption in africa.

when contacted, the scammer responded with the baby's picture. >> if you hover over the photograph, it gives the address from our site. she acted like a client. >> i contacted him and asked him to send me information about the baby that was available and about 6 hours later, he sent jacob's photograph with the same story. >> many states have cyber crime unit, these cases are difficult to track. >> they're not easy to trace. >> reporter: the sergeant is the webmaster. >> the best way to protect yourself, don't put anything out you don't want out there. pictures of yourself or relatives. >> she's alerted the fbi. >> i think that i'm not the

only one that is happening to. i think i'm the only one that knows it is. she hopes it puts others on alert. >> post wisely. the world health organization posting the spread of the h1n1 virus. >> the world health organization says 338 people have died from the swine flu in just the last week alone. the h1n1 virus is now responsible for a total of 1100 deaths since it emerged in april. it's now spread to at least 168 nations, however, most of the dead have come in the western hemisphere. >> swine flu expected to spread more rapidly as the weather gets colder. criticism is growing over

the president's health plan. outrage from protesters. >> reporter: it's happening almost everywhere. democrats trying to defend health care reform. >> it's unacceptable. >> angry protesters shouted down the secretary and the senator. >> health care for every american. in texas, demonstrateors against government-run health care surrounded and followed the congressman out to his car. the clouds are a result of web sites asking for turnouts but they reflect real fear over the increased taxes and government controls that are part of the health bills considered in

congress. >> it means some of the taxes will eventually be used to pay for this and they're worried it's their taxes. >> democrats face a very tough august because antireform forces have mounted a campaign. >> it's the calls flooding in to the district of congress. >> reporter: avoiding in uproar is why democrats wanted to pass health reform before the august recess. they're now out there without a final bill to defend. president obama took time out of his birthday celebration today and sit down to meet with senators about the health care hot button. it's been a humid day today with showers threatening some places. how is the weather shaping up?

bob is here with the updated numbers. we have a few storms that have popped up. nothing in the city. to the northeast, around harford county, you folks getting a thunderstorm. it's going up route to 95. it will be in cecil county shortly. watch out for that down 95. another batch to the northwest of ocean city. if you're heading that way, look out for thunder and lightning. another cell across maryland, a bigger batch lined up all along the mountains. all the way down into virginia and portions of west virginia. i don't think we'll see that here but it's possible we have a chance of picking up an isolated shower, otherwise a quiet night but tomorrow looks

like things will get active. let's check in with sharon gibala. >> it's a quiet night on area roads and hoping that stay that way. two accidents, one on orchard road at richie highway. a second one at meadow veil road a pedestrian struck there. another one in the clearing stages. as far as drive time, there's your speed and your drive times. the topside is where we see any delay. 13 minutes between 18 and 45. there's a look at the topside at harford road. everything at full speed there. no issues on the west side. this report is brought to you by the out back steak house.

. it's what food lovers wait for. restaurant week begins on friday. demand is so high, some restaurants are planning to expand the most delicious week of the summer. >> the summer sizzle is heating up in baltimore. restaurants week is back. from harbor east to little italy and beyond. three-course dinners for just $30.09. >> it's a great time for people to check it out and get a deal. >> reporter: the phones are ringing and the reservations are coming in. the crab cakes and lobsters are ready doing four appetizer courses, six different choices in entrees and three deserts. >> reporter: this is the fourth year for restaurant week coming up on a slow time of the year. >> we decided to do it in this

time period and the restaurants are starting to book up. go online and make their reservations as soon as possible. >> just like this lobster, it's growing. 120 restaurants taking part this summer. at this popular spot, they're bringing in the alaska fish. >> if we're booked this weekend, we'll get you in the next weekend. not everybody can aforto go out in these times and we can offer people a deal. bring them in. ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. wjz is always on, for a list of all of the restaurants taking part, log onto wjz.com, click on the local news

section. old bay and tabasco what police were doing. a passenger plane skids you off of a runway. back to more summer-like weather. the forecast is coming up.

a pilot was killed and ten passengers injured when the a plane skidded off of the runway. it hit a traffic control tower. poor weather conditions blame for the accident. an unfinish factory in china collapse during a thunderstorm killing 17 people. the two-story building housed even iron casting company. construction workers were inside when it happened. s.w.a.t. teams swarm a house to rescue

avid napping victim. the man was rescued from a drug house yesterday. they rescued him without firing a shot. three suspects arrest and police seize marijuana being grown at the house. stranded boaters back on dry land after being saved in the everglades. they were waving their arms at the aircraft. they were on a fishing trip and reported missing. shallow water forced crews to hoist the men onto a helicopter before bringing them back to shore. it may be hard to believe in a time when fewer are flying that anyone would launch a new

airline. this isn't an airline for people. >> reporter: it may be a dog- eat-dog economy, but with the pets in the u.s., you may wonder why no one thought of it sooner. coast to coast travel service for dogs and cats. >> we're book for the next two or three months. doodle on one of the first flights from l.a. to baltimore. the lab lost a leg to cancer. when the owner relocated. he stayed behind to heal. >> you think he'll do all right? >> i think he'll be a nervous wreck. but i think it's the best way. >> reporter: with only his favorite toy packed, doodle is traveling light. he doesn't seem to have a fear of flying, but lynn is less

confident. concerns of temperatures and quality that led them to buy a pet ticket. the animals fly in a especially designed main cabin of a small jet. statistics say about 2 million animals fly every year and 10 died and 3 lost. >> we're going on board. on pet airways a pet attendant is on each flight. >> i monitor the air, make sure there's air flow. >> there's no inflight movie or meal, but they've been upgraded from cargo. cargo can be just as costly for the family pet. major airlines increased charges to $100 to $500. after a 3,000 mile journey, he is back in the arms of his

owner owner. >> your pet is your baby. spare no expence. >> reporter: they hope that idea takes off. they serve five major airports. a water main break near the city lines. pretty big deal, this is along northern parkway. it is blocking one lane of northern parkway. 10" water main broke this afternoon. it is causing pretty major problems along the northern parkway. consider another route to get into the downtown from northern

parkway. thank you. who still wants to be a million millionaire? a new game show. >> coming up, regis is returning to prime time with a whole new round of who wants to be a millionaire. he fills us in on some surprises. >> i didn't think we would get a chance to come back. >> guests celebrate the 10- year anniversary for 11 nights starting this sunday on nbc. >> now we have time elements, experts standing by, it's still a great show and i think we've only improved it. >> michelle obama named the best dressed. >> she got more votes than any human being ever been voted on this list. president obama is on vanity fair's best dressed list. the cover issue with a full

ranking is on stance. >> there's never been more attention on the clothing a first lady wears. the latest of michael jackson and the death bed photo. could the prosecutor make a case for murder? more coming up on entertainment tonight. you can see entertainment tonight at 7:30. the steamy august weather is coming back. bob has your first warning forecast coming up.

complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. the humidity is coming back and it's back. >> temperatures tomorrow about the same as today but should be more humid tomorrow. this afternoon the dew point was up and started to come down. looking at the storm activity going around the region. to the west and the northeast, showers pop up around harford county. it's beginning to weaken up 95 and route 40. another little batch to the

west, moving north, northwest of ocean city. across the mountains, another batch diminishing. the strongest activity to the west of the valley there. around the baltimore region, it's quiet, probably will stay that way. tomorrow, things h change. looking at temperatures, 88 degrees right now. but the dew point has dropped. an hour ago, it was 86 degrees humidity 9 44% around the state, 85 ocean city and 86 in oakland and cumberland at 86 degrees. the winds now southwest primarily bringing in the warm air and that will be with us through tomorrow into portion of thursday before we see a bit of a change.

there's been tremendous range over ohio, kentucky, flooding in indiana, louisville, six inches in one spot in one hour. many areas here, 4-8-inches of rape will one thunderstorm after another moving through. this is going to head down to the south and the north and the east, it's a cold front crossing the region tomorrow and with that, a good chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms some could have heavy rain, thursday we think most of the activity is to the southeast. most of the city should be dried out. slight chance of a shower. winds in the bay, 5-10 knots. tonight, any showers and storms would be few and far in between. back up to the 80s, chance of a thunderstorm and some showers in the afternoon and evening some could bring some heavy rain as you see. thank you.

still to come, day or alive, paramedics believe a man is dead but he starts moving half

we have breaking news over a shooting in west baltimore. the latest. medics pronounce a man shot by police dead. turns out he was still alive. how this is happening across the country. >> maryland pushes forward with light rail plans to connect baltimore city and the county. everyone is not happy with the plan. freed.

a trip to north korea proves beneficial for clinton. >> eyewitness news starts now. hi everyone i am kai jackson. >> i am shelly horner. >> we are live over a shooting in west baltimore. captain mike perry has more. mike? >> hundred block of west lumbar street. 3:15 p.m. police officers were dispatched to a shooting. it happened in the rear near south fulton.