while others are soaking wet. hot and steamy days setting the stage for powerful storms. bob is tracking the storms, we begin live in queen ann county where the heat is being blamed for sickening students and coaches. >> good evening, that's what officials believed happened that it is heat exhaustion, but not ruling anything out. it's very odd that 14 players and 6 coaches became sick at the same time. >> reporter: varsity football players are indoors recovering. >> i saw about 12 guys line up against the shed 14 players and

three coaches transported where they were heat for heat exhaustion. >> they were on their needs need -- knees throwing up and then all of the ambulances came. >> school officials say a higher than normal heat index may be to blame. at this point, they are not ruling anything out. >> they're looking into other factors that could have been involved. it was unusual that 14 kids were taken to the hospital. we're looking at other factors. there were also coaches that went. >> deputies looking at what they ate and drank. concerns for insecticides on the field is ruled out. >> this is none and never put anything on there as well as the lines they painted were done with a water-based paint

and we called just to confirm it. >> all players and coaches have been released and said to be doing fine. wjz eyewitness news. thank you. first-warning coverage continues with the weather center tracking showers and storms on live doppler radar. >> before the rain hit, we had heat index in the 90s. all of the showers moved through and they're all now in the shore in delaware even some across the shore weakening. another line of showers, that will be with us tonight. from elkton, north of dover, south of that region, more storms from henderson to delaware, salisbury, yet to see

it. it's beginning to weaken. we have another batch to the west, that is probably going to get us around 8:00 tonight. some of the storms produce heavy rain and maybe some brief gusty winds. >> thank you. two teenagers charged in what is called a hate crime will spend the next month in jail. >> reporter: the teens charged with attempted murder. a judge ordered the two held without bail. the teens were with calvin when he beat a man early tuesday. the 76-year-old was fishing at the park. he's a white supremacist. after the beating, the summit stole his suv to get away. they were with him but did not participate in the beatings according to them. >> a preliminary hearing

scheduled for september 18th. an inmate wanted for

>> for wjz, the government is putting the brakes on the "cash for clunkers" program. douglas smith took a look at the ford hybrid and sat down to fill out the paper work. >> he got here just in time to

save $4500. the "cash for clunkers" program is running out of money and will end on monday morning. sales up 20 0%. over the next two days, he has 75 appointments. his problem now, he's out of stock. >> we hit gold with the program. >> the dealership collected 150 clunkers good for business but also good for the environment, the old gas guzzlers is off of the road for good. on the downside, he's waiting for nearly $700,000 from the government to reimburse the discounts he gives to clients. as a regular trade-in, his

clunker wouldn't be worth much. i wouldn't get $4500 for it. the white house says it has no plans to renew the program. wjz eyewitness news. . the "cash for clunkers" program was supposed to last until november but spent $3 billion in one month alone. >> you might be waiting to get someone home from work, you may be waiting longer. >> lots of delays out there, getting to it, the inner loop of the beltway, about 30 minutes, outer loop jammed to security boulevard, that security, a disabled vehicle, southbound 395, pretty much from 97 all the way to the bay bridge and finding the delay right here at sandy point,

eastbound 50, that's two miles approaching the toll plaza and looking at the green spring, it's looking better than it was. it's still packed. traffic brought to you by subway. play scramble where winners eat. >> maryland transportation says 19,000 users required to close their easy pass in july. it came after a monthly fee went into effect for monthly pass users, they say it represents a small fraction of the accounts throughout the state. if your family is on the lookout for a whole some activity, the ravens think they dream up the perfect event.

the special i want event takes place tonight. >> some raven party animals are inside the stadium. there up on the big screen, they're showing madagascar 2. and members of the rookie, if they can run around and watch a movie, it's a night out. >> really it's not about the kids. >> it's a date, almost a date night. >> you can hang out. >> that's right. >> they with run around. >> why are you not tagging us. >> you can run around on the shield, at the 50, not only is the movie going to be up on the big screen, but the audio is pumped through the speakers here throughout the stadium.

>> the event is $6. sign up and pay for tickets online at the site or show up in person, if you wait until then,. >> we're expecting lockups on friday before the event, however, where else can you run the field? where else can you race kids and dive into the end zone. >> ravens movie night will be moved inside the stadium, for more call 4 10-261-rave. >> fabulous idea. >> it's all gone for the time being. 76, because the rain cools us down. the barometer rising. looking at the forecast after

this. >> it's friday.

now, complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. there's a pot of gold down there.

>> incredible cloud cover. >> it's pretty. it shows the clouds moving through. the region cleared the area with the rains well to the east. another batch to the west. looking at radar, in between things, kind of quiet, one shower developing but most activity east of us, south of us and for the time being, looking at the area, you can see how it is move to the northeast and all of those watches and warnings have been cancel. that's the good throughs. that will be approaching you folks in southern maryland is the next hour or two. out here, that's what we're looking at, all that off to the east and northeast and may lose some punch because it's evening time, the sun's energy is gone, the heavier stuff to the east and moving away from the region, it's cleared the entire

state. seeing one popup shower across the western portion of the city. you can see it here and one just not too far from the airport at the watch, severe thunderstorm watch canceled from the bay, west. i think they dropped it and institute some watches tonight. keep watching the radar. very humid and we had the thunderstorms. looking at temperatures where it's raining, temperatures in the 70s , it's still in the mid to upper 80s and it was a hot afternoon around 90 most places, 70s , no rain in d.c. east winds, we had a southerly flow. you can see it, the front and out to the west, the front will not move through until tonight or tomorrow and we'll have enough force in the atmosphere to create showers and storms and this batch comes through tonight and into the afternoon

before it clears out. the good news, by sunday, less humid air, looks like a great start the next week with lower temperatures and much less humidity and comfortable air. it's going to do a nice number on bill keeping bill away from the east coast. it's down to a category two. it's weaken off of the coast and heads to the northeast, it's speeded up to 20 miles per hour. it's going brush bermuda. south winds in the bay, 10-15 knots until 10:00 tonight. some more thunderstorms around 72, tomorrow, another warm but not as hot as today but humid. maybe some thunderstorms and could be some brief heavy rains. could be some flooding possible. 84 degrees tomorrow. >> okay.

cooler and dryer tomorrow. thank you. the prostate challenge continues as part of the commitment, another free prostate canner screening sunday from 9- 3 at the baptist church at 4501 old frederick road. a marriage proposal stunt. the future is now in baltimore county, taking you to the first of its kind tour. more fans than ever

complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. 76 degrees and there's light at the end of the rainbow if you're getting in. here's what people are talking about. another post and another apology. using city misto stage a scene for his wedding proposal. pat has more on the statement and whether an ethics investigation is in order. >> that's the question analysts ask about the proposal staging a raid on a friend's boat on the inner harbor. >> talking about what are the political consequences. >> i regret and apologize. i love my hometown baltimore

and would never jeopardize it. as police commissioner waits for results of the investigation, the question is, how could he not know he was using the resource. >> he says it's a 5- minute safety check. i think that shows the judgment. he didn't understand what he had done and he is 39 years old. he's not a kid, this isn't something you can write off to be immature. he hopes the new statement serves as an apology and hopes the mistake in judgment will not define his career. in all likelihood it won't. >> i think it will hurt him little or not at all. >> embarrassing. he's not providing tell me tails of the event. >> when people act as if they are coming clean, they have to

come totally clean. >> talking about judgment now. the ethics committee waiting on a report and the department spokesman tells eyewitness news it's not ready yet. >> thank you. >> as he has all week, he has refused to respond to an interview. >> a deadly plane crash, it went down on august 8th. two people kill. they saw the plane's engine crash. some of the control cables were corroded and the fuel was contaminated. >> they're gearing up for a fight following the metro train collision that killed 9. more on what officials are doing. >> metro officials are depending the system stemming

from the accident. 7 lawsuits have been filed as a result of the crash. it was the scene on northwest washington d.c., one train plowed into the back of a second train. if damages are awarded. it could cause tens of millions of dollars. >> thank you. federal investigation into the crash continues. >> results from yesterday's presidential election in afghanistan are days away. they're claiming an election victory. >> the two leading candidates for afghanistan are both claiming victory. president obama made it clear the u.s. is not taking sides. >> our only interest was the results fairly accurately reflecting the will of the afghanistan people. >> reporter: early vote tallies from the election could some saturday on the ballot are

dozens of candidates. they're flooding and the agency says it's too early to tell who came out on top. they're accusing the camp on tampering, the president denies it. he told supporters show he's heading to the 50% margin of victory. it was an early test for president obama's buildup of troops in afghanistan. he called it successful and praised the afghan people. >> as i watched the election, i was struck by their courage and dignity in the face of disorder. >> 26 afghans were killed. they used rockets and roadblocks to keep voters away from the poles, voters did stay home. there's concern that some won't

accept the outcome and there's fears it could lead to more bloodshed. in washington, joel brown. those results are being sent to the capital. preliminary results could come next tuesday. >> startling allegations from the former head of homeland security. he became secretary after the attacks says he was told to raise the alert on the eve of the election. he reveals the information and voices objections and ultimately it was not changed. >> the new school year around the corner but the future is already here. that's the message to baltimore educators today from a first of its kind classroom. >> this may look like the

video game. these students are traveling to mount st. helens without leaving maryland, learning has never been so much fun. >> if we can get to students engaged in using this simulation, it will really facilitate understanding more than a traditional kind of learning. >> this is the learning classroom and lab. he kicked off the school year. >> classified and the military is now come full circle. if you're committed to preparing children for the future, we might as well be a part of it. it's been the works for two

years, he partnered with the physics lab to get it right. >> you can see the relationship with preparing students for workplace as well as the higher education. it's all about working together and solving problems. >> i'm thrilled about the technology, brings environments in that we're not exposed to us. allows us to kind of explore different environments and learn about it as we go. >> later in the school year, the classroom launches students to the moon. they have been awarded a 29,000 bonus by a school board. city schools have seen a lower dropout rate. the head says he should forfeit the bonus because he did not

receive across the board raises. >> some more stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. the convention hotel opened but a bad economy. more employees will reinstate benefits within the next six months. >> for all of the stories and more, read the baltimore sun and look for the forecast from wjz's first warning team? >> still surprised that some think flacco is a popular guy. now fans have more reason to celebrate because his jersey is among the top sellers in the nfl. >> at the sports legends museum, the sports gear for baltimore who love baseball and for football as well. >> i have season tickets and

i've been following the team since they moved here. >> now fans have another reason to be proud of their team and the players. it's number 17 on the top 25 sellers on nfl.com. >> that's surprisings that he is that high. for all of the nfl players across the country. >> he was a rooky last year who performed with a poise of a veteran and led the team to the championship against the steelers. the ravens lost but the team and flacco scored big in another way. >> we found out that joe flacco, it was thrilling, we're happy for the ravens fan. >> it's his second year in the season and it will boost his ego. >> as what do you think of

joe flacco? >> he's a good guy. he comes in when they have games in baltimore and i feed him. >> she says he loves his food. last year his jersey ranked 23 in sales, he's moved up to 17. >> don't miss the cbs evening news. it looked like this baby, but it's a tool to help physicians nurse real infants back to health. the king of pop keeping us in suspense some showers and thunderstorms heading our way. check out the numbers from wall street, the dow, the s&p

and the nasdaq at highs for 2009. we'll be right back

now, complete forecast, and the first warns of severe

weather. we have some shower activity and rain going off. we ha some big storms earlier and maybe tonight you can see some rain, tim has a look at the saturday forecast and if you're heading to the beach. >> if you're heading down to the ocean, it's a great weekend to be there temperature-wise, we can't stretch enough that the water is going to be rough. the surf is high. the swells are going to be there. bill is going to be moving along the east coast. the water temperature, 78 degrees, 87 tomorrow, 84 on sunday, a chance of thunderstorms on both days. improvement on sunday. talking about temperatures around 72 degrees tonight. that's where we start tomorrow. a bit of cloud cover and heavy rain at times through the day with your daytime high in the 80s.

for the next five day, we go to bob. >> some cooler air, most of it is gone. monday-wednesday looking nice. low humidity, some confidentability summer weather heading our way. >> thank you. tonight, eyewitness news health watch, welcoming a bouncing baby boy to its staff. reports of wjz, it's helping doctors and nurses save others her age. >> if this baby stops breathing they can figure out what to do. she doesn't have enough oxygen. >> this baby simulator named sam can do many things a real baby does and used to help the staff practice worth case

scenarios on infants. >> it's a way to make mistakes and learn from our mistakes. >> you can hear her heart beat or blood pressure or pulse. >> she can cry even react to overdoses of medication and it's all caught on camera. >> you can show what they did. >> it's a way of making the hospital one of the safest hospitals around by having this kind of training. >> reporter: who would use it? >> nurses and professionals. >> they hope anyone from can learn. word spread fast as the baby arrive and many rushed down to see her. workers through a baby shower to welcome the new edition. eyewitness news. the computerized baby cost

$35,000. she joins four other artificial patients and the medical center. michael jackson won't be laid to rest on his birthday after all. they planned far daytime service on august 29th. instead it's moved to september 3rd. he will be buried at a private ceremony. hundreds of music fans paid their respects to les paul today the creator of the electronic guitar was held in milwaukee. it play over the loudspeakers, his inventions created the sound of rock 'n' roll. he die on august 12th. an international man hunt is on for the murderer who brutally killed a former swim suit model. the suspect is a former reality tv star. police named a suspect in the brutal killing of of a

model, it's her ex-husband. >> the body was noun this dumpster. fingers and teeth were remove. >> they believe he fled to canada. he has a history of violence and received probation for an assault in canada and charged with domestic violence for hitting her. jenkins a reality show contestant reported her missing after her body was found. >> it's believed he has taken

his father's plane. for more, we have a preview. the man responsible for the pan am bombing is releaseed. new developments in the murder case against casey anthony as defense attorneys call for depositions and the day caylee anthony's remains were found. sports is next.

the popularity of joe flacco's jersey, it's all about staying focus on the game. >> and focus on the road for the drive up there. every day for the last four weeks and a lot of purple on

the way. the ravens have one more practice before they pack up camp and relocate. in the second season of head coach, he told me today that he's better able to appreciate the ravens experience more so than able to take in last year. he has noticed the support. record crowds flock to see the ravens up close. as they get ready to finish up, it's declared a successful training camp. he likes the atmosphere. >> they're positive, they get behind the team, they cheer, mostly for the offense, the defensive guys get tick off. but they're knowledgeable, into it, there's no heckling at all. i think it's a good environment. >> the coaching staff have some important evaluations to make. it's monday night, the new york jets come to town and the

ravens practice is tomorrow morning. while they roll to owings mills, they move to chicago. it's the next stop on a road trip and jeremy gets the assignment with the white sox tonight. the season allows for runs. the high school, having a strong year with the sox. this reminder, tomorrow it's masn on wjz. we'll bring you the second game from chicago. o's and white sox, coverages coming your way at 7:00. some of the best little leaguers in the world gathered for the tenth annual tournament, it's mexico against japan. mexico wins out 1-0 final and with that, mexico advance to the championship game to face the best of the u.s. at cal

senior's yard. this from the world track and field championship. a gold medal in the women's hurdle. she celebrates with a rye on -- ride on the back of the mascot. she gets the gold medal and a little bit of an embarrassing moment following her victory. take another look. he can't see when he's looking down. >> coming up next hour, the buffalo bills has a new haircut and contact and can't wait to start playing some football. we'll hear from him coming up at 6:00. you'll tell us the specifics behind the haircut and why. >> let's say he's playing tribute to a newly inducted

hall of famer. kent island high school on the eastern shore, the latest on the football players that got sick and collapsed yesterday. the story ahead in a live report.

coming up, was it heat or something else? that's the question after a dozen high school football players fall ill on the field.

>> reporter: in howard county, a inmates capes and captures the deputy. did he violate any ethics? new controversy over a marriage proposal. >> some lingering rains in the region. we have the updated forecast. checking for stories and all of the breaking news starts now. this is wjz tv, wjz dt and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood, complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. more than a dozen football players collapse during practice. >> did the heat make them sick at the same time? >>