michael phelps in an act. tonight the olympic champion is involved in a car crash in east baltimore. we have complete coverage of this late breaking story. hello, i'm vic carter. we begin with breaking news. a car crash less than two hours ago involving baltimore olympic champion michael phelps, and eyewitness news was first on the scene. it happened near downtown in east baltimore. kelly mcpherson joins us from the scene. >> reporter: vic, you can see michael phelps black escalade on that tow truck. what happened was he was driving in this direction, down bittle street when he smashed

into a smaller car going north. did he not go to the hospital, but wjz is the only news team to have pictures of michael phelps being interviewed by police. you can see him right there giving his statement right after the accident. the other driver, a female, was taken to the hospital just as a precaution. phelps had two passengers with him, and they were not taken to the hospital. at this point, they are not saying would was at fault. >> at this point we don't know, kelly. we know there was a collision. two cars were driving, they collide heat. we're going to find out if alcohol was a fact to we're going to look at red lights. aiu is literally talking to them as we speak. >> reporter: phelps has been released, and they have ruled out alcohol as a factor. i also asked the spokesperson if this was any more heightened because michael therapies was involved, and he said obviously, yes this is going to

hit national media because michael phelps is such a big start. they have their best investigators here who will piece this together and try to figure out what happened. kelly mcpherson, wjz. >> kelly, thank you. we will continue to stay on top of this story. for updates, wjz is always on. log on to our website at wjz.com. there is outrage tonight in the wake of a brutal attack in canton. weeks after being bound and gagged in his own business, a man dies in the hospital. tonight jessica kartalija has more on the unfolding case. >> reporter: a phone call around 8:00 on july 29th led baltimore city police to this canton warehouse. >> the family member received an anonymous call to check the well being of their boss. >> reporter: police discover constantine facedown in what appeared to be a robbery. >> he was bound with zip ties and duct tape and was alive but i think the stress and trauma

of the incident, he had a stroke. >> reporter: police say frank was unable to speak. he was transported here to johns hopkins hospital where he was on life support. he died this week. >> it does become a homicide investigation. it's also commercial robbery. >> reporter: frank owned several baltimore area businesses including north point billiards in dundalk, and a vending machine company out of this warehouse. >> we don't know how much money was taken. he had a safe that he kept in his business, and some money was taken from there. somebody who definitely knew the area. it was no forced entry, so someone who was a lot of access. >> if the happened over here, it could happen over there, and we're just as vulnerable as any business. >> reporter: this man owns the bar across the street. >> canton isn't a friendly, safe neighborhood any more, so we're taking extra precautions.

members is frank's family did not want to go on camera, but they say he was a wonderful man would was well loved by everyone. in canton, baltimore city, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz, eyewitness news. >> once again, an autopsy is planned. no word yet when those results will be released. the secret service is investigating a man with a sign that threatened president obama. the sign says, "death to obama." the sign also said, "death to michelle and her two stupid kids." deputies detained the man. he was reportedly released after questioning. on maryland's eastern shore a much more civilized butters

civilized but tearse meeting. >> members grilled senator cardin. >> i think you are not informed. your own congressional budget office has said that this bill in particular will dramatically increase costs. >> the difficulty that you and i are having on this question is that you are referring to a bill reported out of one of the four committees. it is going to bring down the cost of healthcare, and it is going to be paid for or i'm not going to support it. >> such civility was not apparent at other such meetings. >> i guarantee you, i will be one of those thrown away. >> what it might show are the moderates in the state of maryland is that this angry rage on the right. in the final analysis this connects with the rage that we see around the country. >> maryland's senior senator, barbara mikulski, plans only to

have virtual meetings. >> we have to get it right, and we have to get it right the first time. i would hope that we could do it in an atmosphere of civility, of intellectual rigor. >> hanging in the balance is voter confidence in the president and his healthcare plan. analysts say the conservative right is making noise and people are listening. >> a coalition of drug makers, hospitals, and others launched adds 12 million adly campaign in support of the reform plan. new at 11:00, the federal aviation administration says hat begun disciplinary proceedings in connection with a deadly mid-air collision in new york. the faa says the controller was involved in inappropriate conversations on the telephone at the time of the accident. the supervisor has also been placed on administrative leave. nine people died in the crash. michael vick is back in the nfl. late tonight he signed a contract to play for the

philadelphia eagles. the star quarterback has also broken his silence about his roam in an illegal dog fighting ring. in an exclusive interview with "60 minutes," vic tells james brown that he accepts full responsibility for his actions. >> it was wrong, j.b., and, you know, i feel tremendous hurt behind what happened, and i should have took the initiative to stop it all, and i didn't. i didn't step up. i wasn't a leader. >> vic also spoke about his time in prison and admitted he cried at night in his cell. you can see the full interview on "60 minutes" this sunday at 7:00. the excitement of nfl football returned to baltimore tonight. the ravens opened up there' preseason schedule. kai jackson joins us live from federal hill with the fans reaction as the rival redskins came to town. >> reporter: that's right, the lights in the distance behind us, that's the stadium still in

operation. the baltimore ravens regular season begins in earnest one month from tonight, but fans aren't waiting that long to get fired up. the purple. the passion. the players. fans flute' hands together and their hopes on the field as the baltimore ravens opened the 2009 season with a preseason game against in-state rival the washington redskins. >> reporter: who is your favorite player? >> flacco. flacco. i like number 995, flacco. >> reporter: how many games have you been to? >> this is my first. >> reporter: i'm guessing it won't be your last. >> definitely not. i'm excited. >> reporter: if you talk to coaches, even players, they will tell you preseason games don't it matter, but the fans disagree. >> it's too close together for it not to count. if nothing else, bragging rights. >> reporter: tailgating and trash talking were on the menu

for today. football starved fans didn't need the regular season to get excited. they just needed a game and a place to gather. >> i'm looking forward to the new offense. flacco is just going to bring it. it's going to be great, the whole deal. >> reporter: some fans were little. others were just a little loud. preseason or not, ravens fans believe the redskins have asked for that waxing. >> reporter: the ravens regular season begins sunday, september 13th against the kansas city chiefs. that gym here it at m&t bank stadium. >> kai, i was going to saw question and put you on the spot but after that last line saying they asked for the waxing, i'm beginning to wonder, you're near d.c., do you find yourself caught up in this whole hoopla over the game? >> reporter: yeah, just a little bit. it's infectious. everybody kind of gets caught up in it. kai jackson live from near the

stadium. mark will have highlights and reactions from tonight's victorien sports. come on down. today dozens showed up in downtown baltimore to become the next contestant on the price is right. we have some of the excitement. growing outrage. one of the men convicted in the worst terror attack on british soil may soon go free. what victims' family members are saying tonight. a woman is murdered, and her body dumped here in carroll county. now police want to know who committed that crime more than 20 years ago. that's coming up next. looking like a warmer and probably a dry weekend. i'm bob turk. i'll have your complete first warning forecast coming up next.

it is 74 degrees with scattered clouds in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. there is outrage over the possible release of the man convicted of the lockerbie bombing. british media reports say that he has terminal cancer and will return home to libya. in 1988 a suitcase bomb exploded aboard a pan am flight killing 278 people, many of them americans. >> don't allow someone who has murdered, premeditated murder of 270 innocent people and let them walk away from their prison term. sorry. >> the scottish government says no decision has been made in

the case. he does have supporters in britain who feel he didn't act alone and should be shown compassion in his final days. hundreds of mass which you sets people pay their final respects to eunice kennedy. the casket was surrounded by pictures of her family along with those from the special olympics which she funded more than 40 years ago. a private funeral will be held tomorrow. music pioneer les paul has passed away after a bout with pneumonia. paul was the inventer of the electric guitar and was the first to use multitrack recording. he and his wife mary paul earned 36 gold records. the h1n1 has claimed another victim. the person had an underlying medical condition. officials expect more flu related deaths and are urging people to take advantage of

vaccinations when they become available. decades ago a young woman is murdered and her body dumped in west minister. a detectives tell suzanne collins police are now desperate to learn her name. >> reporter: it could have been the late '80s when the young woman depicted in this sketch was killed. her skeletal remains turned up behind a tire company in westminster in march of this year. >> she is definitely a homicide victim. sometimes with unidentified remains we can't always tell, or the medical examiner's office can't always tell. we do know that she is in fact a victim of blunt force trauma. >> reporter: woman's bones do give some clues. she was beneath construction debris, and that type of dumping stopped about 20 years tack. deep ravine is located behind the good year retread plant. 20 years ago there are land records that there was a trailer park here. she wonders if there was a young woman there who may have

been a runaway. >> what this simulates is the skin and the muscle that is underneath, actually sits on top of the bone, and about how far it protrudes off the skull. >> a baltimore county police forensic expert shows how she can determine what a person looked like when they were alive. he she's developed two sketches of what the female murder victim probably looked like. >> how her hair lacked in real life, i don't know. if she had had tattoos, piercings, that kind of stuff i can't tell off the skull. >> she was 18 to 28, about 5' 1" with a petite build. both investigators are sure of one thing. a parent may be out there somewhere and would rest a lot res knowing how and when their daughter died. suzanne collins, wjz, eyewitness news. >> if you have any information on the identity of this woman go to wjz.com for sketches of the victim and a link to state police. if you have a sweet tooth, candy manufacturers have a sour

warning four. they are fearful of a worldwide sugar shortage because brazil is using half of its crop to make alternative fuel. meanwhile, u.s. sugar cane growers say they have plenty of sugar for sale but at prices the food giants don't want to pay. if the possible sugar shortage has you stressed out you may need a soothing cup of attempt researchers in london have concluded that drinking tea in times of stress has a significant calming effect. the study shows even a single cup can reduce anxiety levels. they say the preparation involved in making tea also plays a role in reducing stress. many of you watched "the price is right" right here on wjz. today hundreds from baltimore had the chance to audition for the show. ♪ come on down, you're the next contestant on "the price is right." >> people lined up at the

maryland spca. they eachad had 30 seconds to strut their stuff. three people will be selected to come on down to hollywood and appear on "the price is right." bob. >> great show, lot of fun. watch it every day. i love drew carey. and bob barker. terrific show. looks like a pretty decent weekend. take a look at temperatures around the region, my friends. 74, 70 dew point. it's a little humid, 87%. barometer 30.14 inches. it's been on the rise as high pressure is going to start building into the region. 80 in ocean city. they did have some rain earlier. now it's just partly cloudy and muggy. 66 the cool spot. out in deep creek lake, it not bad at all. probably won't get over about 80 the next four or five day, while most of the state will be in the mid to even upper 80s and low 90s beginning this weekend.

71 bel air, 74 kent island. annapolis at 76. winds have been pretty much out of the east-northeast direction all day long. that kept temperatures from getting too hot. most of the showers were very widely scattered. had a few over northeast maryland. a couple moved through the city around 4:30, down toward d.c. they've all dissipated. can't find anything at this particular time. there was even a flash flood watch in effect but they canceled that earlier tonight because nothing happened on the eastern shore. but yesterday there was some heavy rains. they had some flooding in portions of jersey, southeast pennsylvania, portion of delaware saw some very heavy rainfall amounts. take a look at satellite. this morning some showers across wilmington, philadelphia area. the rest of the area clear, but right now some scattered clouds. really nothing strong as far as precip goes. extreme southern bay, just a few sprinkles down there. along the east coast we've had the stalled frontal system.

out to the west high pressure is building. looks like it's going to be strong enough to push most of that moisture away from our region. lots of showers and thunderstorms in tropical florida, but from maryland north and west, a lot of clear skies, at least clear to partly cloudy, not much in the way of precip. it should probably stay that way i think all weekend long. so that's good news. the front gets pushed a little further south. it will get warmer as the high moves off. our winds come back to the west- southwest. still rather moist. it won't be extreme but we could get to 90 a couple of days this weekend. bay temperature around 993 degrees. tonight then, just some scattered clouds and patchy fog where we saw some rain earlier. tomorrow mid-80s, part sunny, a stray shower or thundershower, really isolated is possible in the afternoon, and the next five days, close to 90 saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. let's call it sunny to partly sunny.

chances of rain pretty slirjs maybe 10, 15%, that's about it. enjoy it, vic. >> bob, thanks a lot. check in with jessica kartalija and marty bass tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 for the updated first warning forecast. and coming up, the ravens take flight on opening night the preseason. mark has highlights coming up next in sports. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico.

it could be much more fun tonight talking about the ravens than the orioles. >> it was the first dress rehearsal and the ravens appeared to be dressed for success. a solid performance in the preseason opener as the ravens roll over the redskins downtown tonight. an unknown rookie a year ago, quarterback joe flacco is a fan favorite now, and he came out throwing on the opening drive. a short toss to running back ray rice. he will go 34 yards on the pass play. that would lead to a field goal

on the ravens first possession. defense rattled washington quarterback jason campbell. pressure d by antwan barnes. incomplete pass leads to a redskins punt. the defense would shut them out tonight. troy smith in as the backup qb, he delivers a 19-yard strike to justin harper for the ravens first touchdown. football in august feels good for baltimore. 23-990 over the skins. >> i thought we were physical, protected the football, defense obviously played very well. young offensive linemen did a nice job. >> the guys did a tremendous job up front making certain calls. the rest of the defense is a tremendous defense. they did some things that shook us up and rattled us, but we stayed the course and those guys made crucial catches. >> michael orr suffered a cut to his forehead when he lost his helmet. he had had that cut stitched up, and he returned to the game. the rains will take on the jets in the next preseason game

august 24th. the big news in football, the signing of quarterback michael vick by the philadelphia eagles. vic's agent confirmed a two- year deal tonight. the former atlanta falcon served 18 months in prison for running an illegal dog fighting ring. he can practice with the eagles immediately and play in two preseason games but is suspended from regular season play until at least week six in october. the golf world turns its attention to minnesota, the pga championship. tiger woods opens up with the lead. bogey-free shooting five under par 67. woods owns a one-shot lead over padraig harrington. that's vijay singh with the shot of the day around the tree, and almost into the 16th hole. he sets himself up for a birdie. round two in minnesota tomorrow. the orioles back in action at home tomorrow night with the los angeles angels in town.

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a bear in california had had a leisure backyard adventure. he climbed over a fence and lounged in the swimming pool for a bit. he also grabbed some snacks from a couple of garbage conditions along the way. authorities put his escapade to an end by chasing him back into the woods with loud horns and

rubber bullets. a couple of fishermen off the coast of portugal hauled in a blue marlin weighing 463 pounds. they reeled him in standing up, which requires some skill and an bill he tee. so far they've not decided what they're going to do with their bon tee. and we'll be right back.

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