three storms, claudett has already hit and anna may be on the way. >> but it's hurricane bill that everyone should be watching closely. hi everybody i'm sally thorner. >> i'm kai jackson. >> as karen brown reports, the first named hurricane of the season is churning in the atlantic ocean. >> it was kind of a sucker punch we got hit with there. >> reporter: but now bill is brewing. >> i hope bill goes by and doesn't do any damage. as it coming in, just like a bulldozer. as it does, all the debris from if hurricane. all the trash and sands is going to splash in here and just make a big mud pie. >> reporter: after the big

hurricane, jerry says they found fish all the way up in their third floor balcony. the slow start to this season may just be misleading. because hurricane season always picks up in august headed toward a peek in mid-september. >> this is fun. >> reporter: the patra family purposely booked during hurricane season. >> it's cheaper. >> reporter: and their 3-year- old, slept through claudett. >> reporter: it's not anna? >> isabel. >> you can board up the windows, but it's a huge storm is going through punch through here like nothing. >> reporter: his hotel has been standing since 1963. in panama city, florida, 13 news.

first i'm going to go to claudette because we still have a lot of rain with this one. some of this rain is going to be funneled our way. now we're going to switch over, there are three out there. anna is also a tropical depression. and bill is the biggest of all three. it is a hurricane. at this point it is a category one hurricane. and in the next hour, it could easily become a category two hurricane. with this system, all signs are pointing to this intensifying, not only to a hurricane two but three or higher and that makes it a major hurricane. this is something we are monitoring closely. we'll have an update on this and anna and everything going on with our weather. >> thanks bernadette. >> reporter: remember wjz is always on for the latest track. your updated forecast and our

special hurricane section, log on to wjz.com. a call for action today after the shots of fired inside this weekends at the pavilion at harbor place. wjz was first on the scene live. today we stay on the story. >> reporter: today baltimore city police are trying to identify the suspects as the major blames lawmakers for allowing crimes like this to happen.. police say a gang member whipped up a semi automatic pistol and shot two people. outraging mayor dixon. >> we don't need that to happen in our harbor. we can't send that message and we don't need it to happen. >> reporter: the violence is apparently already having an impact on the attitude of visitors. >> we've been here during the

day. and if things were different at night time. >> reporter: the mayor says there's a much bigger issue. >> i mean they will carry weapons on them. that's why we keep focusing on legislation at the state to get to deal with illegal guns. i tell you, if they caught that guy, he would have been out the next day with a slap on his hand. >> reporter: mayor dixon was talking about bill 170. it would have increased the penalties for gun offender. the general manager of harbor place in the gallery issued a saying saying. quote, retailers and employees remain our top concern. and they will continue to work closely with the city police department and continue to look at their procedures. a search is on for a felon

on the lose. he escaped after police had arrested him. vic carter has the story. >> reporter: the 20-year-old is wanted for the attempted murder of a howard county sheriff deputy. he escaped from the police cruiser. deputy chase was transporting the felon to the conviction center at the time. sally back do you. >> thank you vic. police think champane is still in the area and they're confident they'll find him. 15-year-old kevin johnson and 17-year-old david jefferson were charged for their role.

the mayor dixon showed the you tube video while trying to pass a gun bill last year. today a spokesman for erlick says the former governor is not expecting to make any announcement any time soon. today joel brown reports, president obama promised a group in phoenix, arizona that health care reform will not take any of their benefits. >> reporter: president obama added part of his sales pitch to a speech to veterans in phoenix. >> one thing the reform won't change is veteran health care. >> reporter: the president called for a government run insurance plan fueled more protest. the president sporters held

signs pressing for the so called public option. but democrats fear the white house may abandon that part of the plan to gain republican support. >> the bottom line for this for the president is, what we have to have is choice and competition in the insurance market. >> reporter: the white house says it's willing to consider exchanges, it will be run by states, not the government. some democrats say that's not what the country needs, but some republicans like the idea. >> there's things like nonprofits. i don't know if it can do what people need, but we should look at it. >> reporter: conservative democrats say a government run health care plan would never get through the senate. >> kill the bill, kill the bill. >> reporter: and with no let up in the vocal opposition, the white house could see a health care compromise as the only way

forward. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. also today the president vowed to veto any defense spending bill loaded with pork projects. he said congress has been draining the military budget with programs that cost too much money. a rough start to the week on wall street. investors are worried about consumer spending. the dow was down 186 points, the s & p down 24. the nasdaq down 55. here comes another round of heat and humidity. outside right now it's warm. and the clouds aren't doing much to keep our humidity in the comfortable range. bob turk is here to update us. >> the dewpoint has come down the last hour. it actually feels like 89 degrees out. so we're not into the 90s yesterday but maybe tomorrow it may happen. we do have some shower activity

down to the south and west of us. looks like probably tomorrow afternoon, particularly out to the west we have some scattered shower activity. we're seeing that possibility on wednesday as the front will come through the area. may be cooling us down. and with additional showers through the middle and ends of the week. let's check on the roads with parker shane. >> we have very little congestion so far. but plenty of incidents to tell you about. a couple in the city of paca street and saratoga. still with that wires down situation on river road. your alternate there will be palasque highway. not not much to show you on the cameras. in the case of wilkins avenue,

only real delay is from belaire road to i95. brought to you by the cockrin firm. still ahead at 4:00, a kettle in crisis. new research shows how much a cup of tea can change your life. the plans joe jackson is releasing about when and where michael will be buried. will they or won't they? we have an update for you about prince henry and katherine.

it's been nearly two months since michael jackson's death has shocked the world. and there's still hasn't been a burial. there's been reports that he

will be buried september 29 which was his birthday. for now, jackson's body has been kept in a freezer at is the system tear. the pilot of a small plane is lucky to be alive as his plane flips over during a landing. the pilot was trying to land at an airport in colorado when it flipped around. a crane has to be brought in to up right it. the pilot wasn't hurt, but his plane was damaged. the cause is being investigated. seems like prince william and cate willington have come to an agreement. >> reporter: he's 27 and so is she. and they've been together more or less for eight years. now it's reported they finally come to, no not an engagement. but an understanding. according to the british tabloid news of the world, the

understanding is that prince william and kate's romance will end in a marriage. >> i think everybody assumes they will end in marriage. >> reporter: a plan for the couple to be married before william's grandmother queen elizabeth celebrates the diamond jubilee of her reign. marking 60 years on the throne. that happens in 2012. which means the young couple now has only three years to tie the not. time for kate to learn the ropes. >> we've never heard kate speak. so she will be having media training. >> reporter: star and retiring didn't dim the power of the last princess to dominate. but the media is what they hope to end repeating.

the plans also said to be aimed at boosting william's celebrity. more foreign tours are on his schedule. >> prince william met at the university of st. andrews in 2001. besides from a brief break up, they've been together ever since. as we told you a short time ago, big drops in the market today. here's the final numberless. the dow was down 186 points. the s & p and nasdaq also saw big drops. >> reporter: the stock market dropped by triple digits. investors worry the american public is not confident enough to help lift the economy from its slump. consumer spending accounts for 2/3 of the results. results from lowe's home improvement store backs that up. lowe's says the bad weather made matters worse, as

consumers chose to put home improvement projects on hold. readers digest is going bankrupt. the recession has brought a slump in ads. the magazine will stay in print during the bankruptcy process. if you ever wonder what 2 million-calories look like. this is it. for more business headlines just log on to cbs money watch.com. docksons invaded a dog run. qualifying races and finals will run in between horse races. but what they lack in race, these little guys make up in

heart. >> you have to love them. yeah. what's couper cuter. will it be safe enough in afghanistan to get more than 17 million people to the polls. >> reporter: the last time bruce springsteen was here in the arena it was 1973. he's coming back. details when we return. it's warm and muggy outside, get your update on wjz.com. >> it's an update

let me show you temperatures around the region. we are heating up this afternoon. the clouds kept us down. it was 86 degrees, but a lot of

people around us are around the 90s. in the past hour it dropped from the upper 50s to 62 degrees. so a little bit of a break out there. the over all trend is heating up with higher humidity over the next couple of days here. so situation is this. winds are out of the south. that's what's bringing up the higher humidity. high pressure is keeping that storm at bay for us at least for now. but this high eventually is going to start to give way. as it does, all of the stormy weather you see out here will start creeping in our direction too. by tomorrow, the chance of a thunderstorms in the mountains, but not for the rest of us. it's starting to pick up some of the moisture. so we'll see some of the moisture ride into this front and move our way. but it's not really going to be much more than scattered showers and thunderstorms breaking out on wednesday. and continuing into thursday. a new flow is going to right along the same front. and friday it will bring us more thunderstorms. this front will keep bill away

from the united states mainland. and bill, i mean hurricane bill, it is this one way out here. the strongest of all of our tropical systems. and there are three that we are tracking. bill winds 92 miles per hour. the new update comes up at 5:00. there's very big chances it will be a category two storm when that comes out. all it has to do is get to 96- miles-per-hour to be a category two storm. all signs are showing this is going to be a major hurricane as it makes its way through the atlantic here. that means category three or higher. something we'll be watching here. as i commented on, the front is going to be over us is ultimately starting to make this turn as we head through the latter part of the week here. but also, we do have tropical depression anna back down to a tropical depression. and it is really bringing a lot of rain to puerto rico today. racing at 28-miles-per-hour. that is so quick right there. it is getting ripped apart as

it does so. still producing some rain on its way. winds five to 10 knots. going down to about 70 degrees tonight. tomorrow, we're going to heat it up once again up to about 92. the humidity will continue to climb as we head through the day tomorrow and into wednesday. we'll start to see the chances for showers and thunderstorms also increase. we'll have that five day coming up in a little bit here. >> thanks. >> don't forget to tune in to our our line up. an exclusive investigation, the battle over the aarp. the president says the organization sports him on health care reform. but the group says not so fast. now thousands of members are leaving. so what's really going on? tonight only on the cbs evening news. can michael vick's actions

speak louder than words? an air traffic controllers union says the ntsb spoke too soon on the collision over the hudson river.

it is 4:28, 88 degrees and partly cloudy. hello, thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm dennis koch. >> and i'm kai jackson. >> julie chen reports, the frantic search to find a woman that went missing while on a

walk. >> reporter: she was allegedly abducted during a walk near her home. >> we have not focused in on any one suspect. >> reporter: more than 100 officers have been combing the georgia mown mountains for the missing mother of one. >> we are going to get the photos in the air as much as possible. that's the only reason i'm here today to try to keep christie's in people's mind. >> reporter: cornwell was on the cell phone when she was abducted. her cell phone was found friday evening about 3.5 miles from where she disappeared. >> we know that it is the victim's telephone. >> reporter: cornwell's disappearance is a blow to a community that is still recovering from the january abduction. who was held three days in the area before being bludgent to death. >> when i learned this woman was snatched, i cried.

i don't even know her. but this is awful. this is awful. >> police are not saying whether cornwell's boy friend is a suspect in the case. and a ruling in the cop killer who is facing death. sally is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: davis's attorney insists he is innocent. claiming witnesses identified the wrong shooter. today the supreme court says the risk of putting an innocent man to death requires a new hearing. >> thank you sally. the case has attracted world attention.

michael vick is still getting readjusted to life now as an nfl quarterback for the philadelphia eagles. it's a change of pace after spending a year and a half in prison on dog fighting charges. sarah brown reports for wjz. vick says he deserves a second chance. >> reporter: he sported a red practice jersey with his old number, seven. vick threw passes with his new team. vick told 60 minutes, once he was incarcerated his feelings of guilty brought him to tears. >> the first day i walked into prison and they slammed that door, i knew, you know the magnitude of the decisions that i made. >> you understand why people are outraged? >> i understand why. and i'm going to say it again, it sickens me to my stomach. when i was in prison. it was disgusted because of what i let happen to those animals. i could have put a stop to it. i could have walked away from

it. >> reporter: vick's new contract with the eagles could net him $7 million over two years. fans have mixed reactions. >> i think he paid he has debt. i want no problem. he served two years in jail, he deserves a chance. >> nfl is a privilege, and not someone who is charged with murder of animals. >> i understand some people are not going to agree with it. but i think the people who do agree with it outweigh that other group. >> reporter: vick is working with the animal society. saying his actions will speak louder than his words. >> i'll still be involved in the community, because i still, regardless of football will have a voice. i can have an impact on kids. because i've been a living example of what not to do. >> under vick's conditions, vick is only allowed to practice with the eagles and go to team meetings. it could be late october before he could play in the regular

season. it has been a relative quiet tropical storm season up until now claudette came on land. as you can see the winds were briefly strong as well. there is a powerful hurricane beginning to churn it's way through the atlantic. bob turk is tracking it now. >> last friday we had nothing going on. over the weekends we had three named storms. take a look at this is from earlier this afternoon. three storms listed. bill is sa big one. anna is pretty much just a tropical depression. claudette came on shore earlier. bill we'll be watching very carefully for the next couple of days, because bill is already a hurricane. it's going to be bothering cuba, south florida by the end

of the week. with rains, thundershower activity. it's in rather warm water and has a chance to go to a category two or even a category three hurricane. expected by that track, some where between the united states and bermuda by saturday morning. so we'll be watching bill throughout the end of the week. it'll be causing very rough shore all in the east coast by the latter part of this week. stay with wjz for the latest updated forecast. and our special hurricane section log on to wjz.com. the federal law outlaying gay marriage is under attack again this time by the obama administration. gay rights activists say the president needs to make up his

mind. well next time you are stressed a work, researchers want you to put something special in your cup. kai is in the newsroom with more on the new study. >> not that denise. a new study shows the benefits of drinking a freshly brewed cup of tea. the study says the process of actually making the tea also reduces stress. among the reasons, the promise of comfort and warmth. and the means of a psychological escape. the study also recommends drinking a cup of tea after arguing with friends and colleagues, i should help calm you down. i'm making your cup as we speak. >> i'm going to drink a lot of it. firefighters are stretched thin in california as wildfires show no signs of slowing down. jack blackstone reports. >> reporter: among a half dozen

major wildfires burning in california. the blaze 70 miles north of sacramento threatens thousands of homes. as well as a power plant and transition lines. the fire started after a hawk hit a power line. the fire near santa barbara has a more sinister cause. >> it was a cooking fire from an illegal marijuana operation. >> reporter: in the santa cruz mountains, there was good news for some 2,000 residents, the evacuation for the town of bonny doon was lifted. >> it was going to be part of our house that we were going to build. >> reporter: that loss was made easier by what was saved. the flames reached within 4 feet of her house. before firefighters stopped them. >> to have it come that close, i just have to say those guys are my heros.

>> reporter: that sentiment was echoed by senator arnold schwarzenegger during a visit. >> and two of the fires are more than 60% contained. the others just 25% contained. let's check on the roads right now with parker shane. >> hello parker. >> hello, good afternoon to you. we're looking at i83 the harri sburg parkway. the right lane has been blocked with an accident. i believe they've just finished moving that off to the right shoulder. your big delay is in the annapolis shoulder. all jammed up. that's all the way back to perroll at this point. that was because of an earlier vehicle fire along northbound

47 at 178. that has been cleared to the shoulder. now down not section of arodondo county, we have on creek road an accident. we still have the down wires blocking philadelphia road between middle river and king avenue. this report brought to you by pennsylvania dutch convention and visitors bureau. chose a great value for your next vacation and visit lancaster county. go to lancaster county.com to plan your stay. back to you. >> thank you parker. from the beatles to the rolling stones, at some time or other, the big bands have showcased in baltimore. with the exception of bruce

springsteen. >> reporter: springsteen has only played in baltimore one time, and not as the main act. >> i had bruce one before and i lost him in minutes. >> they want to sell out. so we have to prove we can sell out. we sold out hannah montana. u2. you're talking in seconds almost just because the computer system couldn't handle it. >> reporter: a baltimore bruce show will sell out. >> i would put bruce at the top in terms of demand for ticketing. for shows, you know. he's got the most fans. he's been doing it the longest. he's here in the east coast where he's everyone more beloved. >> basically i start out trying to tell a good story. one that will hold interest. >> reporter: the stories promoters are taking a bet on

our past baltimore shows featuring icons. >> we came to baltimore and sold out in 15 minutes. fasters sell out in history. and they're going to be treated as royalty. in other venues they come all the time, it is what it is. it's not a big deal. for us, you're talking about the king of rock & roll basically. >> wjz eyewitness news. and the shows are on november 20th. tickets go on sale september 3rd. chick fillet. a doosey of a mistake the manager says he made with a nursing mother.

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brutality where a man claims police officers battered him without cause. an uproar over a federal safety report suggesting an air traffic controller could have prevented a midair collision over the hudson river. sally is in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: denise, traffic controllers union are demanding a retraction of what they call an error in the report. the error, the traffic controller not giving the pilots that there was traffic in the area. the air controller tried

twice to warn the pilot but he was unsuccessful. a manager is under fire, after a manager asked a mother to cover up. chick fillet managers has apologized for his actionings. not all customers agree with the protesters. >> there's a bunch of people who are still worried about their rights and are not worried about other people's rights. i want to come here and have a dinner, without a bunch of women breast-feeding their babies. the presidential election in afghanistan is just a few days away and campaign efforts must end at midnight tonight. 17million residents are allowed to vote. but the numbers that could make it safely to the polls could be much lower. >> reporter: soldiers continue

to battle taliban militants this weekend. firing mortars. this area has been the sight of intense fighting between militants and marines. as the u.s. tries to establish enough security for afghans to vote safely in thursday's election. the taliban has vowed to attack polling sights and threatening to kill anyone that goes to vote. >> yes there will be an election here. it may be modest, but as far as i'm concerned, if one person comes out to vote, that's a success. >> reporter: across the country, security is tightening. campaigning is at its last moments. yesterday, the three top contendsers took part in an

american style debate. president karsai's security chief has promised that they agree to open polling stations. but the taliban quickly denied that any deal had been made. in the areas of the south that are under their control, there is no ballot papers and no polling stations to be opened. >> thousands of u.s. marines are pushing ahead with their largest ever operation in afghanistan. as they try to secure parts of a major southern taliban stronghold. kiss is back, but you will only find them at wal-mart. the heavy metal band is releasing new music and selling it exclusively at wal-mart and sam's club. their new album will include kiss hits and a live dvd. a new michael jackson

documentary shows statements by latoya. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight. your first look at the documentary the jacksons don't want you to see. the documentary includes the day latoya failed to stand by her brother. >> this is very difficult for me. michael is my brother. i love him a great deal. but i cannot and will not be a silent collaborator of his crimes against small innocent children. >> reporter: it is part of the new documentary devotion. and unauthorized tribute to michael jackson to be released on september 1st. it also tells michael's story from childhood till the end with footage of michael with his bands all over the world. including princess diana with whom he celebrated the success. also tonight, donnie osmond speaks to us about being on

dancing with the stars. >> i'm disturbed. well it seems like some farms in china. nature has gotten a little confused. at one farm a dog has successfully reared a piglett. he's taking care of it. feeding the tiny pig milk and carrying her around in her mouth. at another farm, a hen adopted a whole family of ducklings. i don't think hens swim, do they? >> not on their own. >> not on their own. >> not

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take a look outside, it was nice and calm outside but not so in other parts of the country. >> maybe one or two more really humid very warm afternoons. take a look at the temperature right now. temperatures did come down.

88degrees but the dewpoint down to 62. which makes the actual feel temperature, the real feel of temperature of 89 degrees. humidity at 41%. winds are dead calm now but they've been southerly. currently holding steady around the state. the hot spot cumberland. ocean city also the upper 80s to 90 down there. ocean city coming in at 90 degrees. the dewpoint did drop late in the afternoon. so it's a little more comfortable than it was a couple of hours ago, as you probably can feel. winds out of the south, brings us this rather moist very warm air in some spots. tomorrow it'll be into the low 90s. we did have a little batch of clouds that kept the temperatures down. you can see from the ocean area. tomorrow with a little more sun, temperatures get to 90,

91. some spots maybe 92. up to the west, a batch of showers and thundershowers. pretty good shot. these two are west southwest of showers developing. maybe tomorrow night, we'll see one here. the best chance will come here on wednesday as a funnel system approaches from the west northwest with a chance of showers and maybe some thundershowers. what's left of claudette just a remnant low. wednesday may be even into thursday we will get showers. we go back out to the atlantic, ana they just issued the last advisory. claudette came in this morning in florida, alabama it's just a remnant low. but bill is the big one out there. pretty big winds out there. up to 90 and 95-miles-an-hour: it's going to be heading out to the west northwest, some where out to bermuda.

this is where we'll have to be watching very, very carefully other the next couple of days. tonight, kind of a warm night. some upper 60s to 70s. we'll call it warm and rather humid. tomorrow, hot rather humid. maybe a shower, thundershower in a few spots tomorrow afternoon. the better chance tomorrow night. and the best chances will come for us near the mountains. most areas will see a chance of a thundershower wednesday. so pretty typical july weather. it's almost the end of summer, so enjoy these warm days. >> still to come on eyewitness news tonight, shoppers and diners run for cover as shots ring out. ring out. why the mayor

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>> coming up next, a shootout inside the light street pavilion and two are injured. and hurricane season is heating up as claudette makes landfall and bill turns in the atlantic. first warning weather coverage tracking it off. the city of baltimore is a step closer to bringing the indy 500 to race downtown and there are plenty of obstacles ahead. that's straight ahead on eyewitness news. check in for more on the stories and eyewitness news at 5:00 starts right now.

gang crack down. two shot inside harbor place. >> and tonight, anger from city leads and how this could have been avoided. hi, everyone, i'm sally thorner. >> and i'm kai jackson. >> out rage after two were hurt inside the lilt light street pavilion. adam may is live where the shootings happened. >> reporter: sally, right now as the police identify the shooter, there's growing criticism of state lawmakers for failing to crack down over the gang violence over the past few years. >> saturday night's shooting was the result of a feud between the bloond