encounter with police, police shot michael quarles in the head and medics declared him dead. before he was taken to the medical examiner he started to move. mike hellgren has more on this developing story. >> reporter: the fire department hasn't identified the medics involved. they have been reassigned. we just talked to the city councilwoman who represents this district. two experienced medics thought michael quarles was dead. his body was on the floor inside this convenience store after a police officer shot him in the head during a violent burglary. sources say the medics left the scene and michael quarles was left on that floor for almost 30 minutes before police officers who were still there noticed movements. >> you're the owner here? >> yes. >> what do you think about -- oh all that? >> it's bad. >> reporter: the fire department oversees paramedics. the spokesperson tells wjz he can't remember anything like

this happening before the responding medics have been reassigned pending investigation. the department will look into whether they followed the right steps checking carefully for a pulse and any signs of breathing before declaring michael quarles dead. the case sparked some outrage and raised some questions including how could this happen and could it happen to you? >> there's definite concerns. i mean this was -- i was in total shock and as soon as i heard i needed to do my own investigation. >> reporter: while rare, wjz found there have been mistaken diagnoses of death across the country. in san antonio, texas, paramedics determined a woman died in this car crash. she was stuck inside the mangled vehicle for an hour before someone noticed she was still breathing. in brooklyn, new york, paramedics declared a 77-year-old woman dead. she was taken to the morgue before the coroner discovered she was still alive. and in north carolina, paramedics pronounced larry green dead after a traffic accident. he was examined three times over the next two and a half

hours before someone realized he had a pulse. >> to see your brother laying there with a sheet over, your body and to find out that he was still alive -- breathing? that's serious. >> reporter: doctors say the moments lost because of these misdiagnoses are critical and sometimes the result of medics failing to detect extremely faint breathing or weak pulse. michael quarles is now in critical condition at sinai and the paramedics face the possibility of losing their licenses and their jobs. though we've covered some examples there's no national database of exact how many times paramedics misdiagnosed patients as dead. back to you. >> michael quarles will face charges in the burglary case. the officer who shot him is on routine administrative leave. there was a search for victims of child pornography stemming from a disturbing case in baltimore county. sally has the latest live from the newsroom. >> reporter: police are

desperate to identify the children who were sexually abused and exploited. some as young as 2 years old. police say jack niclas and shannen honea made videos of the children and distributed them. police worry there may be victims in other states because shannen once lived in georgia. the police are working with the fbi to identify couple but need to identify the children to make sure they are safe. >> they both worked as emts. police found a supply of prescription drugs in their home. police are investigating a bizarre hostage situation near the first mariner arena. a man under arrest who police say may have been holding a woman hostage at northpoint. she was pushing a -- knifepoint. she was pushing a baby carriage at the time. police arrested him without incident. the woman and baby were not hurt. there is a controversial

plan, that today got a big boost from the governor. pat is live in canton, one of the stops on the proposed route. >> reporter: red line drew fire from people in canton who are opposed to it. the marc train pulls into west baltimore station and out steps martin o'malley into the 14-mile-long east/west light rail red line controversy connecting security square to downtown harbor east, canton and bayview. >> it was the one that was most favorably received during the public hearing process. does that mean everyone - [booing] [ applause ] >> reporter: supporters applaud, opponents boo, regarding the line that would run through their canton and west baltimore neighborhoods. >> save our neighborhood! [all shouting at once] stop it, no!

>> they will be taking away a line, a whole lane of parking. they will be reducing our sidewalks. they will be creating noise and its unbelievable. >> i've never been one afraid of controversy. >> reporter: the red line would carry an estimated 42,000 passengers a day within access of 7,500 businesses with nearly 200,000 workers. the billion-dollar project must stay within strict federal funding guidelines. >> i see some of you shaking heads but the fact still remains is if we don't take advantage of this here, can i tell you something? your tax dollars will go somewhere else. >> it appears state leaders aren't about to let that happen. >> there has been disagreement between good people on both sides of this issue. there are no big important projects that we ever take on that doesn't also have some disagreement within it. >> reporter: now, if approved by the feds the construction could begin in 2012 but the

opponents to this plan aren't letting up. reporting live from canton, i'm pat warren. now back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. o'malley also announced plans to go forward with the purple line which is 16 miles of light rail track between bethesda and new carrollton. a bicyclist dead and police are wondering who is responsible. the man believed to be in his 60s was hit and killed by a commercial truck today. at the intersection of lafayette and maryland avenues in downtown baltimore. the driver left the scene. police are not sure whether the driver was even aware of the accident. anyone with information should call police. it is warm out there today but this is actually normal weather for august. we've just been a little spoiled this summer. live look outside, clear skies though some areas did see some rain today. eyewitness news is live at first warning weather, meteorologist bernadette woods is in the outback but we begin with bob turk in the weather center. >> pretty good thunderstorm 4:00 or so in harford county. it's all gone. i can't find anything now. look at radar, one sprinkle going on across portions of

virginia and the mountains. these are pretty strong storms a long time ago but they've all pretty much diminished so it looks like a pretty quiet night. it's humid and so maybe we'll have showers and storms tomorrow. speaking of showers and storms and rainfall, bernadette has a look at some of the unusual rainfall patterns we've had this year. >> when you look back at the numbers, it's been a year of extremes. we started out very dry. we got seven inches below at one point. now is at the end of march, web he were officially in a drought. after that we all know it turned around for the wetter. we got to five inches above, then a dry spell for most of july. we did remain on the surplus side of everything but you see the numbers came down to just under two inches before going back up now to just about three and a half inches. so we've been up and down a lot. we have more rain in the forecast. that is coming up shortly. >> thank you very much. an interappeal granted, in the last few hours north korea pardoned two american

journalists who were there for four and a half months. as drew levinson reports the release was granted thanks to the help of former president bill clinton. >> reporter: north korean television says dictator kim jong il is giving a special pardon to two jailed american journalists. the news came not long after former president bill clinton held a rare meeting with the reclusive leader. north korean television describes the talks between the two presidents as exhaustive covering a wide range of topics. clinton reportedly conveyed a message from president obama but the white house denies that. >> our focus right now is on ensuring the safety of two journalists that are in north korea now. >> reporter: the obama administration calls it solely a private mission. euna lee and laura ling were working for al gore's media venture when they were accused of illegally crossing the border from china and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. the families of the journalists reportedly approached clinton for help. the former president now runs a

nonprofit organization with the office based here in harlem. >> bill clinton is a very good messenger to send. he's high-profile. he's known to the north koreans. he's dealt with the in order koreans before when he was president. >> reporter:agists say the hope is the relations will serve a double purpose and also getting north korea back to the table for talks about its nuclear program. in new york, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> the journalists had been held since the middle of march. it's not clear when they will return to america. we should know the future of the "cash for clunkers" program by the end of the week. the senate will vote on whether to extend the program before it recesses friday. democrats are poised to pass a bill to add funding to the program to keep it running. under the plan drivers can cash in their gas-guzzling clunkers for cash towards more fuel-efficient vehicles. eyewitness news first broke this story and now the governor wants the baltimore city police

department's mounted patrol saves. adam with the latest. >> reporter: it will end in 12 weeks unless donations help keep it alive. martin o'malley expressed his support. as mayor he occasionally rode the mounted patrol saying they are important in fighting crime. baltimore police foundation is currently collecting money to cover the care and food for the animals hopefully to keep that program alive. >> thank you very much. remember, wjz is always on. to make a donation, read more about the issue, log on to wjz.com. efforts to save native oysters are ramping up. alex demetrick reports the strategy is to save major sanctuaries in the bay's river. >> reporter: heading upstream from the severn river bridge a chesapeake bay foundation boat carries a cargo of shells each holding the small brown spots

of baby oysters. nine million baby oysters. just a fraction of the half billion going into maryland rivers this summer. >> exceeding our 525 million oysters that were planted last year. so the question now is how do we link the different restoration efforts together to get a riverwide system? >> reporter: in thecation of the severn river it means a series of new oyster reeves. but unlike past efforts where new oysters were scattered on flat bottom, these are going on three dimensional underwater mounds. >> we've lost a lot of our oyster habitat in recent decades. it's just being buried. one of the keys to oyster restoration is re-creating that three-dimensionality to get them up in the water column where they like to be. >> reporter: it was started last winter when watermen hired by the state dredged up old shells around 20 acres on the severn river to build the reef. >> we know what we do does work. it's a matter of scale.

>> reporter: the scale now, to stock the entire river and put it off limits to is centering. >> -- oystering. >> the goal we want is to let mother nature do what she needs to do. >> reporter: if the change in strategy works it will take time and patience to see a payoff. >> oysters took probably a couple hundred years to get to where they are now. we're not going to be able to turn that around in just a few years. it will take decades. >> reporter: and river sanctuaries will be the starting point, to spread oysters and the life they support back into the bay. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> using rivers to jumpstart new populations of native oysters is showing big prom in the virginia part of the bay. the survival rate there is triple of what is expected. i wish i liked oysters. >> there are not that many so it's better you don't. still to come on eyewitness news -- could going green mean rethinking the size of your family? signs that say children are bad for the environment. after months at sea, the

usns comfort is coming home. a look at celebration as it arrives in canton. a rooftop wind turbine in federal hill? will it generate energy or be an eye sore for the neighborhood? that story coming up. and your updated first warning forecast is coming up.

with soaring electricity bills more and more people want their green alternatives for power. wind is becoming one of the most attractive alternatives.

as derek valcourt explains one city homeowner wants to install a wind turbine on top of her federal hill home. >> reporter: this is a miniature model of the 7 foot tall, 6 foot wide wind turbine marcia wido wants on the roof of her home. >> it's clean energy. not only renewable, clean, sted yes. >> reporter: before she can get that clean energy she needs permission. that's why she's asking the city zoning appeals office to allow the turbine on her roof. >> to actually get electricity from our wind, wow. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees. some of the neighbors have some real concerns. among them, safety, and how those wind turbines would affect the view from the rooftop decks in this historic neighborhood. >> i can't come up here and not see that. i mean, it's right there. i can't back in my driveway. i can't look out the back of my house. it will always be there. >> it will affect our property values. we hope that anything green is

a positive effect but a 7-foot by 6-foot structure on top of a three-story home on top of a deck in the middle of federal hill which is a rooftop area, rooftop deck area could be very unsightly. >> reporter: these "not in my backyard" debates are happening more often as people look for ways to go green and save money. >> with the bge rates doubling in the last couple years something like this makes more and more sense. >> reporter: in fact maryland's energy administration says there are already 50 wind turbines up and running in maryland with another 21 on the way this year. there's a major offshore wind mill project slated to be built 11.5 miles off the delaware coast and another being considered off the coast of ocean city. but the idea of wind turbines in dense residential areas like baltimore city is new and laws and regulations are still trying to catch up to the growing technology. within the last hour the

maryland zoning appeals board just wrapped up here hearing testimony from both sides. they are expected to render a decision later this evening. back to you. >> interesting to hear what it is. thank you. the maryland energy administration offers grants of up to $10,000 to fray the cost of buying a wind turbine. >> not everyone can put a wind turbine on their home but there are still ways to reduce your carbon footprint. scientists say the most effective energy saver, have fewer children. scientists say the environmental impact of an extra child is 20 times more important than other green measures like recycling. researchers say they are not advocating population controls, they just want to make people aware. they shipped out on a four-month tour and now the crew of the comfort is returning to baltimore. here's a look outside at the harbor as the vessel prepares to dock. weijia jiang with more on the mission that brought aid to

10s of thousands of people. >> reporter: it's extremely emotional for family members. they've been camped out all afternoon. they are looking that way because 30 seconds ago we could catch a glimpse of the boat here. they say they can't wait to say hello to their family members. the comfort, the navy vessel that transports those to comfort is coming home to baltimore. >> i'm excited to see him. >> reporter: a homecoming for the ship means hundreds more for the people on it. the hudson family drove from long island to pick up their 20-year-old son, a navy corpsman. >> he's the kind that - >> he's not the emotional type. we may be but he's not. >> reporter: the ship is a state of the art hospital that floats. most often brings navy personnel, doctors and nurses to heal soldiers wounded in the war. tuesday the comfort is anchoring at the canton pier after a four-month humanitarian mission to latin america and the caribbean. nelson clark left the comfort last week after getting

injured. >> what we did was fly the flag. we went down there, we showed these countries that we care. we're not all about destruction and what a lot of -- a lot is put out there. we went out there and we put our heart and our soul into our mission. >> reporter: the operation provided medical treatment to more than 100,000 people abroad. and for family members of those on board knowing that lesson the pain of missing loved ones. >> our youngest one brags about it when he goes to school. he wears his comfort shoes. he tells everybody where dad is and what he's doing. >> it's an honor and privilege for i am hymn to volunteer for his country. >> reporter: and nothing like welcoming them home. >> i was excited for him and proud of him. like, it's unexplainable. >> reporter: let me show you what everyone is looking at. the comfort is there. you can see the crew members on board waving to everybody. there are about 15 men making sure everything is secure. in about a half-hour people will be let out to finally

reunite with their family. for now, live at the canton pier, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. that is exciting. when not deployed comfort is kept at the canton pier. if needed the ship can move into full operating status in just five days. >> there will be some celebrating tonight i think. let's look at temperatures. conditions around the region, down to 87, humidity 49%. barometer holding steady. chance of showers here tomorrow.

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pretty normal day. normal high is 87. that's where we are now. got to 88 about an hour ago. 80, 84, temperatures pretty much where they should be. then it points up a little bit to 66. a little more uncomfortable than it's been. southwest winds will continue to bring warm and rather humid air tomorrow. we're watching a front to the west. caused a lot of rain in the midwest. most of that is going to headway down to our south. but the actually cold front or front will cross the region tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night and because some of this moisture will be moved in our direction chances of showers and storms tomorrow, a pretty good shot, maybe 50/50. some can have some heavy downpours as we've seen.

they can be quick in some spots and gusty winds, that's a possibility. though most of this activity is dying out and heading well down to our south. the carolinas probably will see pretty good stuff tomorrow. for us, scattered showers and storms expected tomorrow, with the front coming through. by thursday most of the action will be south and east of us. still a slight chance thursday morning of a scattered shower. by later in the day looks like high pressure begins to build in. somewhat drier air for later on thursday and into friday. south and east of us, still a chance of a scattered shower or thundershower. it's showing up in the 5-day forecast but i don't think the baltimore region will probably see that. south winds five to 10 nonts on -- knots on the day. bay temperature 81. 68 by tomorrow morning. back up close to 90. we didn't get quite that warm today. then a shower or some strong

thunderstorms possible later in the day. >> thank you. still to come on eyewitness news -- they are a danger on the road and your government wants to get rid of them. we're talking about distracted drivers of are you one of them? i'm suzanne collins in middletown, fredrick county. it took a lot of community commitment and money to build this synthetic turf field so who would have set it on fire? that's coming up next. this is mark viviano at ravens training camp in westminster. we'll catch up with tight end todd heap who is looking to bounce back from a season of injuries. and the orioles unveil another rookie pitcher in detroit tonight. the latest on the baseball birds when eyewitness news continues.

it's almost 6:30. 87 degrees and mostly sunny. hello, everyone, thank you for staying with us. here are the stories people are talking about. the transportation secretary is trying to figure out how to encourage drivers to keep their eyes on the road. as manuel gallegus reports for wjz distracted drivers, especially those who are texting are 23 times more likely to crash. >> oh, no. >> reporter: a high-speed chase on an l.a. freeway is dangerous enough without the suspect being on the cell phone. >> and it looks like he's on the phone. she's got one hand on the steering wheel. >> reporter: we've all seen

them, drivers texting on their blackberries, adjusting their gps, basically doing anything but watching the road. sometimes it's just fatigue. in june oklahoma had its deadliest accident ever, 10 people killed when a tired tractor-trailer driver lost control. he never hit the brakes. >> we believe inattention was the cause. >> reporter: studies show eight out of 10 accidents happen because drivers aren't paying full attention. besides playing with gadgets the number one distraction is something simple. like reaching down for a cell phone or a cup of coffee. experts say you only need three seconds to avoid an accident. >> i'd have to say los angeles is a place where i always want to say get off your cell phone and drive. >> without a doubt i see people just texting, going like this, looking at the text. >> reporter: 16 states have now passed laws banning texting while driving but the transportation secretary wants a nationwide ban. and will soon meet with experts to come up with a strategy to crack down on distracted drivers.

>> the public is sick and tired of people being distracted and causing accidents. >> reporter: after several close calls that l.a. driver finally surrendered when she ran out of gas, an extreme example of someone putting everyone around them at risk. ? los angeles, manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> a recent study by "car & driver" magazine shows that texting while driving is statistally more dangerous than driving drunk. a college student fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for downloading music illegally. sally has details. >> reporter: a jury fined joel tanne baum nearly $7,000 for illegal file-sharing on line. the 25-year-old, currently a graduate student at boston university admitted in court to downloading and distributing 30 songs. it's not immediately clear if he downloaded music while at goucher. the school currently bans anyone from downloading music while on campus. he plans to appeal but says he will file for bankruptcy if his

appeals turn down. back to you. >> the case is only the nation's second music downloading case against an individual to go to trial. concerns over internet security prompt the u.s. military to review social networking sites like facebook and myspace. the marine corps has already banned its troops from going to those web sites citing a possible security risk. marine officials say using social sites can expose information to adversaries. a fredrick county town that loves its high school football team crushed tonight after the expensive turf is set on fire just before the start of the season. suzanne collins reports the feeling of loss in middletown goes way beyond the cost of repair. >> reporter: m & t bank stadium has top of the line synthetic turf and at middletown high school west of frederick they made the same investment. football is big there. people and businesses donated $800,000 for the new field but when practice yesterday morning began, damage was discovered.

>> the community loves it and someone, you don't understand why they have the reasoning to come out and damage it in this sort. it just boggles the mind. >> reporter: repairs will cost $20,000 to $50,000. insurance should cover it but the hurt goes deeper. >> the feeling is, it's a slap in the face to the community. that, you know, someone could be malicious and do something to a field that everyone is pretty proud of. sphrks the fire marshal's office says the manmade field doesn't burn and fire would not spread so it took some work to create such damage. >> apparently some type of a ignitable liquid, ie probably gasoline was used to help enhance, to get this fire started. >> reporter: this isn't an easy fix. beyond the turf that is on top there's four inches of rubber below that is damaged that has to be cut out and replaced. also the yard markers are not painted on. they are part of the manufacturing process. the season starts august 15th

and it's not clear if all the work can be done in time. a former football player at middletown says it's an insult. >> the community came together, put a lot of money into it, the kids really love the field now. it's a shame that somebody had to come and burn it. >> reporter: in frederick county, suzanne collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> the turf company will be out there tonight to estimate the damage and decide if the repairs can be made before the season starts. a man once vying for a seat in the maryland state senate is now charged with attempted rape. cambridge police arrested grayson echol, while according to the officer caught in the act trying to relationship a woman. an off-duty officer heard the woman's screams from a law office, the officer ran in and arrested him. he ran for senate in 2002 but lost. joel brown has more on the historic debate over judge sonia sotomayor's confirmation. >> reporter: the senate is about to start debate on president obama's first supreme

court nominee. despite some republican headwinds judge sonia sotomayor is expected to sail through the confirmation process. >> she's developed a 17-year record as a moderate mainstream judge. >> reporter: with democrats solidly behind her nomination sotomayor's confirmation by week's end as the high court's first hispanic justice is all but certain. six gop senators say they will cross party lines to vote for her, far fewer than the democrats and white house hoped for. her nomination is forcing some republicans to walk a political tight roap. they are looking to please their conservative base with a no-vote but risk alienating the growing number of hispanic voters back in their home states. do republican senators face some kind of political pushback by voting against her? >> this is a crossroads moment, i think for the republican party and the latino community. i think many in our community will always remember this vote.

>> reporter: but the senate's top republican is rallying his ranks around the argument sotomayor would bring bias to the bench. >> the judge must be able to check his or her personal or political agenda at the courtroom door. it's a test that judge sotomayor does not pass. >> reporter: otherlawmakers have said they have concerned about sotomayor protecting gun rights. the nra says it will lower its rating of any senator who votes for her confirmation. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> sotomayor graduated from yale law school and served as an assistant district attorney and private litigators before becoming a judge. a look at some stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of "the baltimore sun." technology and the economy are turning the u.s. postal service into a much different operation. a look at the ravens trevor pryce's indoor soccer training regimen. and planning culinary strategy for baltimore restaurant week. that and more in tomorrow's "the baltimore sun."

and look for the updated forecast from the wjz weather team. in "health watch," the leading cause of accidental poisonings for american children is found right in your bathroom. kellye lynn has details. >> reporter: the new government report finds children are getting sick from medicine found in the family medicine cabinet. every year in the u.s. more than 71,000 children ages 18 and younger are seen in emergency rooms for unintentional overdoses of prescription and over the counter drugs. in fact, more than 2/3 of emergency department visits are due to poisoning from prescription and over the counter medications. that is more than double the rate of childhood poisonings caused by household cleaning products. also tonight periodically cutting calories may lower the risk of lowering breast cancer, better than full-time dieting. there were different studies done. either intermittently cutting

calories or permanently reducing the calories. those on the intermittent diet fared best. 71% of those who ate all they wanted. i'm kellye lynn with "health watch." >> that study appears in the journal "cancer prevention research." still to come -- a computer scam most can't imagine. a woman finds her own baby for sale on the internet. and dramatic video from thailand where a plane crashed in bad weather. that story is coming up. bob turk with first warning weather. showers and storms. the 5-day forecast coming up. and wjz 3 is always on. here are the top stories at this hour on wjz.com. for updates and the updated forecast any time log on to wjz.com.

a woman says she was shocked when she found out her baby was being sold on-line. jenny brennan was stunned when she discovered her son's picture had been stolen from her family blog and used in an adoption scam. she was contacted by a stranger who sent her son's -- said her son's picture was on a craigslist adoption ad in london. she immediately called authorities and the case is

under investigation. a plane crashes into a control tower in thailand leaving a pilot dead and seven others injured. sally is live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: the commercial plane was landing on the island when it crashed. weather conditions including heavy rain and wind caused the plane to skid off the runway and hit the unmanned tower. there were 72 passengers on board. the co-pilot was one of the seven people injured during the crash. >> the plane was an atr-72, a model involved in several crashes over the past eight years. we now know what happened to a $100,000 tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut. after months of circling the earth the bag has plunged into the atmosphere and burned up. it was about the size of a small backpack and contained grease guns, trash bags and a scraper. a nasa astronaut lost the bag in november while repairing a solar array on the international space station. >> price tag, $2.5 million.

ok. katie couric has a preview of the "cbs evening news." >> it's one of the country's most popular offroad vehicles with -- but linked to a disturbing numbers of injuries, even death. so why are there no government safety standards to regulate it? an exclusive cbs news investigation tonight, only on

rain is turning the midwest into a sloppy mess. as you see many drivers ignored flood warnings. back in maryland the steamy more typical august weather is returning. a live look outside now. what is in store for the rest of the week? eyewitness news is live with first warning weather complete coverage. bob is updating the 5-day forecast but first, bernadette woods is live in the outback with a more detailed look of tomorrow. >> we're going to start warm and muggy in the upper 60s. as we head through the afternoon temperatures are going up, close to 90 degrees once again. the humidity will be very high. and chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms to break out as we head throughout the entire day. this could really be earlier in the day than just the late afternoon hours. that's something we'll be watching. for the rest of the 5-day forecast, here's bob. >> we'll watch radar tomorrow

because some of the storms could be locally strong with a lot of heavy downpours as well. on thursday looks like most of the action is south and east of us. the same thing friday. it does cool down, 85, it should be drier, particularity loo north and west of town. 84 friday. warming up again for the weekend. early next week looks like a mini heat wave. low 90s. saturday 88, 92 sunday. maybe a 92 and 93 perhaps on monday. denise? who still wants to be a millionaire? regis is bringing america a whole new game show. mark steinus has the details from hollywood. >> reporter: coming up on "entertainment tonight" regis has a new round of who wants to be a millionaire. but first reege himself fills us in on a few surprises. >> very exciting. i never thought we would get a chance to come back. >> reporter: regis and celebrity guests will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the hit show for 11 nights starting this sunday on abc. >> the game changed a little bit. now we have time elements.

we have experts standing by. it's still a great show. i think we've only improved it. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama has been named one of the world's best dressed. >> michelle obama got more votes than any human being that has ever been voted on this list. >> reporter: president obama is also on "vanity fair"'s new international best dressed list. the special two-cover issue with full ranking is on stands this week. >> there's never been more attention on the clothing a first lady wears ever. >> reporter: also tonight the very latest on michael jackson and the so-called death bed photo. could a prosecuting attorney make a case for murder? so we'll have that and so much more coming up later right here on "entertainment tonight." >> that's at 7:30 on wjz 13. still to come on eyewitness news tonight -- a ravens fan favorite on the comeback trail. >> and mark has more next in sports.

i have to say, i wouldn't want to be the equipment manager for the ravens today. what a hot day for those guys out there. >> i was there this morning. we're going to look to the orioles first who play tonight in detroit. the future is now for the young orioles. another highly touted minor leaguer arriving to the big leagues tonight to make a much anticipated debut. he will be the eighth oriole to play his first game in the makes this year. he's pitcher brian matusz, starting against the tigers in

detroit, less than a year after signing his first pro contract. he follows tillman to the mound. he pitched in his second big league game last night through six innings against the tigers, a game the orioles lost. he gave up the home run to cabrera. there are growing pains that is part of the youth movement. >> the process to get where you're going isn't always peaches and cream. it's somewhat a bumpy road. there have been no hidden agendas. there's been no false pretenses. it's been all about trying to get as many good young players as we can and trying to attract as pane pieces as we can and look at where our needs are and go forward. >> the os first-round draft pick of last year pitching tonight. the catcher was the rookie's first round pick in 2007. facing jarrod washburn. football now, more injuries for the ravens, receiver mark clayton may be out for a couple weeks with a hamstring injury.

and on the offensive line the season is over for adam terry. he goes on the injured reserve today. he needs further surgery to repair his chronically injured right knee. terry started seven games last season, expected to be replaced at right tackle by rookie michael orr who was the ravens top draft pick in april. among the veterans going strong in training camp, todd heap in his ninth season with the ravens. hoping to make a comeback from a disappointing year that saw heap limited because of back and leg injuries. says it's taken an offseason of dedication. >> i've put in a lot of work this offseason. there was points where i was saying, man, am i going to get there? but in the last month and a half, just made strides everyday. >> he says he's feeling stronger than ever in how he comes off the line. that is a good sign for the ravens. they will be counting on his comeback. a veteran receiver on the move, free agent armani toomer

signs a one-year deal with the kansas city chiefs. he spent 13 years with the new york giants which whom he hauled in 6 hurp passes for 10,000 yards. he'll catch passes from matt cassel in kansas city. lights out for indoor football. the arena football league on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. this after the league suspended operations for 2009. no official word on a complete shutdown yet but league officialsoted as saying the -- quoted as saying the demise is inevitable. it's been around for 22 years. and jon bon jovi is the owner of the last philadelphia team. he may have won the last championship next year. there will be no more. >> we'll be right back.

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tonight's primetime line-up. don't miss "medium." airing tonight at 10:00. followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. finally tonight -- a very special birthday today. for a longtime member of the press corps at the white house and president obama. ♪ happy birthday♪ ♪ happy birthday to you♪ >> the president was the only one on key. before the white house briefing president obama turned 48 today, sang happy birthday to helen thomas, who is celebrating her 89th birthday. the president says like helen, his birthday wish is for a health care bill to be passed. >> 41 years older than the president. wow. that's it for us -- go helen goings - , back tonight at 11:00, i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. thank you for watching. there's more ahead on the "cbs evening news" with katie couric, including former

president bill clinton visiting north korea and winning the release of two american journalists. now to new yo >> couric: tonight, former president bill clinton wins the release of two american journalists jailed by north korea. and they're all heading home. i'm katie couric. also tonight, an emergency fill-up. senate leaders say they will provide the money to keep the cash for clunkers program running. and they're some of the most popular off road vehicles but are they safe? what an exclusive cbs news investigation discovers. >> oh, god! >> couric: good evening, everyone. the story was headline news today all over the country, an american president making a surprise trip to communist north