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to get an earful about reform from coast to coast while the president tries to set the record straight. >> here's what people are talking about, it's the plan for national health care reform as the white house hopes to rally supporters and put to rest some town hall meetings across the nation. >> reporter: the opposition to president obama's health care reform effort is getting louder and louder. >> say no to socialism. >> voters voicing their opinion at town hall meetings across the nation. >> opponents are concerned that health care reform plans could lead to a takeover of the country and mean lower quality care at a higher price. lawmakers are fighting to set the record straight. >> we are not moving to

socialism. >> socialism. >> they're trying to get it heard before the meetings. a multimillion dollar tv campaign will air today to lay out the case of reform. >> reporter: president obama will take on the case in town hall meetings in montana and colorado. 34 percent of americans say the loud disprescriptions -- disruptions have made them sympathetic to the opponents. they insist there's a lot of misinformation about what might be inclued in the health care reform plan and they argue leaving the system as it is won't work. the white house. >> salisbury will be in town to explain the plan and we want to know your thoughts.

e-mail them to us at web alert and click on the link at the top of the wjz home page. an unusual on the job fatality. he was mowing the grass in columbia when he apparently fell asleep and his riding mower kept going, going down the side of the hill and pinning him underneath it. they're investigating. a prince george county woman accused of luring a man to his death. she invited andre hayes to a place where he was shot to death. the swine flu claimed another life here in the state of maryland. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, the maryland department of health and mental hygiene confirmed that a sixth person has died, the latest victim is the adult

from the washington suburb. the sex and age has not been released but it's known that they did have underlying conditions. 436 people nationwide have died after contracting h1n1 virus. don. thank you very much. maryland health officials say we can expect more deaths into the fallen winter. this noon, a charles county judge under fire for deflating someone's tires. it happen in a parking area. yes, he left several notes not to park in the space and decided to take action by deflating the tire. she never receive any notice. the city of baltimore reducing reduce -- usage. it is in partnership with the

baltimore community foundation and if you haven't been outside, we're having another warm and humid afternoon. look outside right now, you can see all of the clouds over the area at the moment and eyewitness news is live with first warning weather coverage. marty bass is tracking the tropics and meteorologist tim williams in the first-warning weather center. good afternoon. we're talking about some moist conditions out there. humidity is what you feel when you go out. not as warm today as it has been over the last few days, clear conditions around most of the state but we had some rain move through, most of it moving past northeast maryland and that's going to play into a forecast later today. flood watch today for the afternoon we had some rain move through. about 1/4" fell at the airport around the 2:00 hour and that started to clear out but we're seeing in the cloud cover out

and about. we're keeping an eye on it for more on what is heating up, going to marty bass. thank you. good afternoon, so what is heating up in the tropics? to be honest, not a lot. that's a good thing, looking at tropical depression number two and waiting for it to become a named storm which would be anna. but we're getting indications that that dynamic is not taking place. the cone of protection is moving up towards the bahamas. the computer models don't have strengthening beyond anywhere a tropical depression. this is not named. we'll watch this closely. it is still 7-8 days a way from the united states. one thing to point out, there's a cluster of clouds over here.

it's an area of disturbed weather. that's going to be watched closely. that could be our third tropical depression of the year. as it stands now, tropical depression number two, we'll watch it for you closely. we're going to watch this weekend. there has been a change in the forecast, going to get hotter than we thought. meteorologist tim williams has the details and now back to you. thank you, you might be surprised to see how many came down at the crack of dawn today to aprior on the price is right game show. good afternoon,. >> good afternoon, don, the crowd still here, hi, everybody. the gates here at the maryland spca opened at 9:30 this morning. first people line, 7:00 last night hoping to get their shot at stardom. >> come on down, you're the next contestant on the price is

right. >> reporter: there was music and messages. fans of the price of right lined up last night outside of the maryland spca. >> from forest park. >> good morning. i'm from parkville, maryland. >> reporter: patricia was first in line. she loves the show and its message about animals. >> not to be just here for the price is right, but i love being at the spca and want everyone to know please spay and neuter your pets. >> everyone would get 30 second for their on-camera auditions hoping to lead to a trip. >> i love the price is right. i've been trying to get it to for years i'm excited, take my lunch break to watch it.

would love to have some fun in california. >> some folks came a long way. >> you came a long way. >> 83-mile. >> how long did it take? >> about 1 hour and is a minutes. >> why? >> i love the show, i want to be the next contestant on the price is right. >> i want to be the next contestant on the price is right. >> all right back live at the maryland spca on falls row, maybe one of these people will be select to be the next contestant. only three people out of the hundreds will be selected to make the trip to california. maybe they'll hear the magic words, come on down. >> let's hope. >> all right. good luck, everybody. see you. >> thank you very much. the auditions at the maryland

sp ca continues for another 50 minutes until 1:00 this afternoon. >> still to come, the while fires raging again and some residents forced from their homes as the blaze continues to grow. >> many gather for a public service for eunice kennedy shriver. and look outside, stay tuned, your complete forecast is coming up. . complete coverage continues with don scott, mary bubala and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams. it's wjz, maryland's news

wildfires eating through california in santa cruz, it has ground grown to about a thousand acres. 250 structures are threatened at this hour. a man accuse of killing a couple inside their home, they face first degree murder charges in the billing case. indimes have been handed down. investigators say the group broke into their home killing the couple as their children slept in their room. the remains of navy pilot

spiker is flown back to his hometown. tomorrow the former navy pilot will be buried and it will be a private ceremony. in 30 minutes, a public wake for the late eunice kennedy shriver. thousands expected to attend on cape cod. a number of special olympic athletes will honor the woman that founded the program. massachusetts senator kennedy and the mother of maria died tuesday and she was 88 years old. still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, taking a look outside, stick around, your complete first-warning forecast coming up. here's today's stocks follow by last night's multimatch numbers.

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we're taking a look at a heavy cloud deck out l we've had a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, that's a lot of energy for rain showers. what we're going to deal with, a flash flood watch in effect for the eastern shore, but down cecil, down to queen anns, all

this because of rains forming along the coastline. dealing with this throughout the afternoon. anything that forms has the potential for some strong thunderstorms through the afternoon. we have about 1/4" of rain around the 2:00 hour at the airport yesterday. most of the rain now is kind of sitting out to the northeast and sitting. for the most part, not much in the way of rain area-wide but the potential for showers developing. the forecast is looking pretty much pretty solid, and going to be warm and moist and humid and looking at the current temperatures, bringing them up for you right now, we're looking at temperatures around let's see about 80 degrees area- wide. 85 on the shore. we have 82 in hagerstown. 75 in cumberland and 72 in

oakland. 77 on kent island. and 82 down in the nation's capital at 78. winds from the northeast bringing a bit of moisture off of the ocean. the component is filtering some moisture off of the ocean and the bay. it's adding to the humidity feel and the dew points are high. what we're going to see, the shape of showers and to the west, we had the showers moving through the airport area around central maryland and now that what we're going to watch until the front drape along the coastline gets out of here and we're going the see a chance of showers every day for the next few days. the watching and warnings will be in effect for the afternoon. we'll deal with a flash flood watch in effect. interesting weather day. wjz is always on, here's some of the stories on our web site at this hour.

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ravens football. the redskins versus the ravens. kickoff temperature 76. but we'll watch for the possibility of passing showers. now looking at the five-day forecast. showers will linger into the forecast saturday but a diminished chance from this day and tomorrow. sunday, monday and tuesday, notice how we take temperatures from the mid-80s up to almost 90. 92 into the next week of august. back inside. when it gets too hot, many try to cool off in the swimming

pool and a bear in california had the same idea. they spotted the bear in the pool. the homeowners tried to scare him away. he did take off but only to come back for another cooling dip. yeah. thank you for joining us on wjz 13, maryland's news station. see you tomorrow at 4:00.