about. >> the woman was bit by the pit bull while she was getting her mail this morning. she is in serious conditions. derek valcourt has the story. >> reporter: because of the woman's age and severity of her wounds, her family tells me they are worried about her recovery. it happened friday night where the 1-year-old lived with henrietta rouser and her family. >> i take full responsibility of what happened with the lady because usually my dog is inside the house. >> reporter: she admits the dog did bite the elderly woman in the face. the victim's family members declined to speak with wjz on camera but say after a six hour jaw reconstruction surgery, athena niafitu is still on icu.

she is hooked up to a breathing machine on a coma and she could be on a feeding tube for three two four months. >> i feel terrible, i really do. i just -- >> reporter: rouser feels so bad she's even written this apology letter to the victim and her family saying they are praying for her recovery. they even had a copy translated in greek. for now the dog is being held in quarantine until a hearing determines his fate. >> the family you might imagine wants to put this dog down. how do you feel about that? do you contest that. >> no, to tell you the truth i love my dog. but i will not contest it. for her to come home to her house and her neighborhood, i will do that. >> reporter: the dog's neighbors have already been issued three citations from the

city. family of the victim say they have already contacted an attorney. another incident involving their dog is causing controversy in anne arundel county. a little girl witness as man kill her dog and tonight the family is seeking justice. denise is following the case for us from the newsroom, denise. >> reporter: the dog was shot to death in the middle of a sever neighborhood. it happened sunday on the 700 block of oriol court. the family was walking their pit bull named cane. that's when hoe was attacked by another dog, and that's when the owner took out a gun and shot cane. >> i feel real distraught. because my daughter, she could have been injured. this is something that, i mean you have to really know you know your surroundings when you're firing out in the open like that. >> reporter: police have not identified the man who shot the dog.

they are looking to whether he had a permit to carry a gun. animal control will hold on to the other dog involved in the incident until the investigation is complete. the trial continues for baltimore police officer accused of killing an unarmed man. today a police sergeant testified that officer tashambi appeared under the influence during that shooting. mike hellgren is covering the story. >> reporter: the big question that lingers about this case was this self-defense or was it murder. the prosecution rested here about 10 minutes ago and they called a powerful witness today. was it difficult for you to testify today ma'am? >> no comment. >> reporter: amy dodge stood just steps away from brown.

w hen he was shot. brown smacked the buttocks of tashambe's female companion. she says he apologized for it. but she remembers brown's last words. i got shot as he fell to the ground. >> it wasn't about poking holes today, it was about an intense difference in her testimony. >> the woman who would be closest to the incident and least favorable to the defense. >> reporter: a police sergeant took the stand too and he told the judge that officer teshambe appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and was slurring his words. he also asked the officer if

they saw how hot his female partner was. but never asked about brown who's body was riddled with shots. >> this incident happened in a certain way for a certain reason by a certain person. >> reporter: officer teshambe's lawyers have not released if he will testify on his own defense. the defense will begin tomorrow at 9:30 in the morning. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the officer faces life in prison if convicted of first degree murder. and embattled new york congressman anthony weiner comes clean about lewd internet photographs. christoforous joins us now with

the admission he made. >> to be clear, the picture was of me and i sent it. >> reporter: the congressman admits to different lewd communications over the internet, including while he was married. weiner apologizing to his wife of only one year. >> my wife is a are remarkable woman. she's not responsible for any of this. this was, visited upon her. she is getting back to work. >> reporter: weiner also apologized to his con constituents but he says he's not resigning from congress. alexis christoforous. >> reporter: weiner says he spoke with nancy pelosi before

his conference. pelosi expressed her disappoint but asked him to be truthful. >> with the courage to fight for freedom, with the courage to fight for america. that's why i am announcing today that i'm running for president of the united states. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum launched his campaign. santorum has enjoyed strong support in the past by the republican party. he enters the race four days after mitt romney formally declared his candidacy. and the list of candidates for baltimore governor grows. >> reporter: this announcement

has been weeks in the making, and katherine pew has made her announcement. a race of included carl stokes now also running for mayor. pew increases the field of democrats to six not unusual for baltimore. >> baltimore doesn't have a very centralized. it's quite common that you get multiple candidates. >> reporter: the front runner is mayor blake. but other candidates believe since she was appointed mayor after sheila dixon resigned and not elected by the people, she can be taken. and others in the race are otis roely. expect a lot of campaigning in a very short time.

>> especially in this kind of an election. baltimore has an odd election calendar. we have our primary in september. whoever wins the primary almost always wins the election. >> reporter: pew expects to be that winner. early votes starting september 1st. reporting live, i'm pat warren where we're expecting katherine pew in just a few minutes, now back to you. >> we'll continue to follow it. only one republican vicki anne cartie has filed to run for mayor. police say ronald preston got into if victim's house by climbing into the woman's window. the woman woke up as the man tried to sexually assault her. preston was last seen running away from the home. anyone with information should

call police. crews resumed searching today for a man who disappeared in a maryland reservoir. yentsen was last seen drowning. crews didn't find anything today but they do plan to continue looking tomorrow. ocean city is on alert as dead fish are washing ashore by the dozens. beachgoers are being warned to stay away. the fish had their heads and tails chopped off and many are decomposing. >> the dead fish started washing ashore on delaware's fishes this weekend. they are often processed on board ships. why they are ending up headless and tailless remains a mystery.

hundreds of these partially processed fish. >> it looks like you took a white paint brush and made a white line on the ocean. there might be a thousand of them together. >> reporter: crews are cleaning up the dead smelly fish as quickly as they can. and beachgoers are being warned not to touch the fish. it's kind of gross, because when the kids went out to the water said it was smelly on the beach. it was pretty quick. from the time we got here, it was 15 minutes before the guys cleaned it up. delaware's division of fish and wildlife is investigating. along with maryland's department, many say it's likely that the fish were dumped from a commercial vessel. things are much more calm on baltimore's waterfront tonight. it's a nice comfortable start

to the workweek but will it last? wjz is live with live weather coverage. bob turk and bernadette woods are updating conditions. bob-- >> today is going to be the coolest day. beautiful clear skies, very comfortable conditions. temperatures low to mid-80s right now. the humidity only in the mid- 30s. that's going to come down a little bit. temperatures will only get warmer. take a look at tomorrow, a little graphic we have for you. to the west of us particularly, ohio, indiana probably the mid- 90s. we're going to get to 90 degrees tomorrow and it's just going to go up for wednesday and thursday. we're talking mid- to upper 90s across the region. the only chance we have for my rain probably be coming here on friday and that's going to help knock temperatures down. as far as rainfall goes, a little bit scattered this weekend.

bernadette woods has a look at those temperatures. >> unless you're underneath of those rainfalls, we're starting to suffer in the rainfall. we're about a half inch down in a month. we're only a few days into this month. so it's quickly adding up. we're an inch and a half down for the year. so starting out as a pretty dry june here. we do have a few chances for showers and thunderstorms starting to develop later on in the week. we have that forecast coming up. a large piece of history is parked in maryland for the night. u.s. airway play that landed safely in the hudson river in 2009 is stopped at the perryville wayne station until tomorrow morning. look at that sight. the plane is being moved to a north carolina museum. the journey will resume at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow when the plane is heading west on interstate 70. can you imagine. most people i don't know what's going on. >> you took the words out of my

mouth. and i said, that has to be a startling sight to see. >> you're pulling up aside it going. wait a second. >> okay. >> that plane looks familiar. pretty cool. protest after a powerful man is accused of sexual assault goes to court. dominique kahn heckled on his way into court. what happened when the former head of ifmc heads to court. and traffic for repairs to the grand prix. how you can get around it. bob will update the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,

new constructiondelays. tonight one of the city's busiest streets is closed for repairs. it's part of the preparations for baltimore's grand prix. gigi barnett says drivers are not the only one feeling the impact. >> reporter: it is a short stretch of road that could cause some long delays. orange and white cones, construction crews, and bumper to bumper traffic all equal one thing. a new traffic pattern on one of the city's busiest streets. >> you try to get around it but you can't. >> reporter: city leaders are closing conway street in both directions between light and charles street. >> kind of a mess. >> reporter: it's all to make way of the baltimore grand

prix, a new event into baltimore's streets. >> some streets have not been repaired for years. >> reporter: conway street is right in the middle of race route. it shut down this morning at 5:00 a.m. and the detours and delays aren't just for drivers. >> reporter: they're blocking it off and i won't be able to cross the street. it's going to be a problem for me. and i have to walk all the way around. >> reporter: the city says there are several detours drivers can take. for instance outbound traffic can take lombard street to howard and that should lead them out of the city. and if drivers are coming into baltimore, take i395 right down to mlk. we're no downtown baltimore, i'm gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news, now back to you on tv hill. right now christie breslin is monitoring the traffic's impact. >> reporter: let's go to a live

shot right there on conway street. it's going to make your commute home and into the city a little more difficult. conway is closed between charles and light street. so the best way to get around that is out bound to lombard. if you can avoid the area that would definitely be your best bet. as far as other accidents go in the region, if you're traveling on the east side of the outer loop we have an accident there at hawkins point road. delays continue on the west side interloop, that is to liberty road. and on the north side outer loop unfortunately no improvement there. traffic still crawling along. northbound 95 slow traffic there from 32 to 175. and some congestion to watch out for up to the harbor tunnel. you can see not too bad there, 95 just north of 24 in hartford

county. and an easy drive on the tyling bridge. >> christie, thank you so much. if you like today and the weekends temperatures you're going to hate this week. >> thank you, bob. >> let's just end it all right ,

look at that, beautiful. >> beautiful. >> now that is a way to spend the afternoon. >> that's it, mary. >> that's the way to get home from work. >> yeah. come pick us up. >> it was a perfect afternoon for that. light temperatures, light breeze out there. and it's a lot cooler over the water. over the next couple of days that where you'll want to be. by the water, any where near the water. some where in the deep woods some where. 85 current conditions, but it's still very drew.

dewpoint 55. when that dewpoint gets to 67, 68 which it might on wednesday and thursday, you're going to feel hot. which makes it feel like more like 100 than in the low to mid- 90s. we're at 85. locally low to mid-80s as you see. close to the water, bell air also 81. 85, 62 today that was the average. temperatures on the average right now. and the records 1925 99 degrees. in 1957 46 degrees. winds have been pretty light all day long. not really a factor. the water temperatures only in the mid-60 down in ocean city. now look at this heat that's building up to the west. 98 memphis, 93 chicago,

minneapolis. 94 kc. dallas 97, all that heat. 87 in new orleans, showers and storms. this heat building in the central pushing to the midwest. it's going to be moving to the east. tomorrow close to 90. expecting mid- to upper 90s on wednesday, thursday, friday probably just a tad cooler as the front might get to the area friday afternoon evening but scattered thunderstorms. that will put an end to this heat wave that we're expecting this week. right now all the activity is drying up. we still have showers saturday night but they were very widely scattered. look how clear it is from vermont all the way down to the carolinas and that's just going to build heat over the next few days. high pressure goes down across the carolinas. that means the heat goes down to the west northwest bringing in the heat from the mississippi valley. five to 10 knots at the bay. the bay temp about 44 degrees.

tonight, clear, it'll be comfortable tonight. you might want to open the window and let some of that cool air in and trap it in the house. it won't be all that humid until wednesday and thursday will probably be the worse day of the week. might get to the upper 90s both of those days. >> all right, bob. back to the ac, thank you. still ahead at 5:00, apple unveils its newest invention. how the i cloud could make life easier. airborne at the park, inflatable toy houses tossed around in the wind tonight. new fall out from the accident. i'm ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 5:30, 85 degrees and sunny. good evening thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. higher tolls, with a hike in bridge tolls looming, people who depend on the hatum bridge are vowing to fight to stop tolling from going up in their community. alex demetric is in cecil county. with the first no toll protest. >> reporter: not everyone wants to pay higher tolls. for the occasional bridge it's $5. but for locals $10 by a decal bought for a year.

that may be about to change. >> it's going up from $10 a year to $90. i don't think that's good. >> reporter: neither do those gathered along i40. they are here -- >> to see about stopping this such an increase on this toll here. >> reporter: an increase that will do away with easy decals. >> you can cross and go down but that's another gas factor. if you have a car like me that's 23 years old, you're babying it and you don't want all the extra mileage. >> reporter: toll hikes have been increased. but there are those who depend on them for family, doctors visits. not just commuting. >> we are not going to be discriminated against by the o'

malley administration. >> if they don't back down on this we're going to be filing suit against the state of maryland for what they're doing. >> reporter: welcomed words to this crowd. especially if it means not paying more here. >> reporter: anger is likely to become a common feature at several proposed hearings scheduled for this week. and tonight police are looking for a man responsible with a hit and run. 27-year-old juan perez crashed and fled the scene. a terrible accident at a children's soccer tournament. high winds toss around several inflatable houses with children inside.

>> we have learned a woman is in critical condition after those bounce houses flew away. the mayhem was captured on home video. 13 people were sent to hospitals following the accident saturday on long island. most had minor injuries but today we're learning that kathleen hughes suffered head and spine injuries. it's not known if the houses were securely fastened. >> so far league officials have not commented. the u.s. military says five american soldiers were killed in iraq this morning. it is the most american deaths in one day since 2005. terrell brown has the latest for wjz from washington, d.c. >> reporter: five american service members were killed in baghdad this morning. rockets slam into a joint u.s.- iraqi base where americans were working as advisors. it is the single largest loss of life for the military in

iraq in the past two years. monday's blast was one of seven across iraq. west of baghdad, the home of a police officer was destroyed by a bomb. at least four people were killed. an in tikrit, a pipe bomb exploded a bus. troops who remain as trainers are under constant attack. all american forces are expected to leave iraq by the end of the year. >> the u.s. death today rose to 4,459. 29 of those death just this

year. u.s. counter terrorism officials are concerned tonight about new clashes in yemen. at least six people died today when progovernment groups opened fire on opposition fighters. the threat of a new terror strike against america grows. yemen is home to the most lethal al-qaida franchise and the fear is the group will exploit the chaos to plot fresh attacks. protest in new york city as a powerful banker appears in court. former imf chief dominique kahn pleads not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. >> reporter: dominique kahn and his wife walked constantly to shouts of shame on you. the chanting came from dozens of hotel maids who were there to show their disapproval of the french political figure and support for the hotel maid he had accused of sexually assaulting. >> we are not going to stay

quiet, we're going to speak up. >> reporter: at his arraignment. the 62 kwraoerl pled not guilty to mull tip -- 62-year-old pled not guilty to multiple acts. dna was found on the maid's uniform but kahn might say any sexual activity was con consensual. >> reporter: since the news broke last month, more hotel workers have come forward to report problems from guests. >> i'm outstanding about how many incidents they've had with customers when they are trying to clean the room. >> reporter: these maids told

me they felt unsafe in hotel rooms more than once. >> yes, you have to be careful these days. >> reporter: he could face 25 years in prison if convicted. manuel gallegus. kahn's next date is july 14th. sony has once again been hit by hackers. the same group that targeted sony has claimed responsibility. in a twitt they said they just did it quote for fun. time for a quick look at some of the stories you will find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. consumers loved them but see how many restaurants are not fans of groupon. how you can protect yourself. meet the players selected for the orioles. for these stories and more look in tomorrow's baltimore sun. apple's ceo steve jobs took

a break from medical leave to unveil a new product called icloud. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and even an audience shout out. >> we love you. >> thank you. >> reporter: looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtle neck and jeans, jobs who is fighting cancer was only on the stage a few minutes. >> today we're going to talk about software. we've got some great stuff to talk about. ios5 and some pretty interesting new cloud stuff. then he tossed much of the presentation to others. this was only his second appearance since going on medical leave. it was the worse kept secret, but apple's icloud service was

apple's big news. >> some people think the cloud is just a hard disk in the sky. >> reporter: lion and ios5 system for mobile devices were also introduced. >> a lot of energy in the room. this is a developer conference. >> reporter: lion is available in july and ios5 this fall. when you will see jobs again was not announced. >> iclouds music features will be available right away. the rest in the fall. tonight is scott pelley's first night as anchor. >> tonight we will have fighting in afghanistan. plus fresh information on how the president is planning to withdraw troops from there and iraq. on the cbs evening news. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. finding the source, what's behind the deadly e-coli outbreak. the major set back for scientists. wildfires burned through

homes, did someone start the flames? things will be heating up this week. we'll have the five day forecast. today's report from wall ,,,

very comfortable out there right now. tonight could be a very pleasant night. tomorrow we begin the, it's called the heating up of our atmosphere. bernadette woods outside with a look of at our tuesday forecast. >> the sun just came out from behind the clouds. we start out in the 60s, pretty comfortable. as we head through the afternoon those temperatures start rising. we're up close to 90 degrees. then tuesday we don't drop off quite as much as the last few nights. for the rest of the five day here is bob. >> take it easy the next few days. just a few clouds but still rather dry. 97 wednesday and thursday. that's approaching records. good chance you will see some

thundershower activity as things begin to cool down. 94 and only mid-80s. scattered thundershowers. save money while trying to beat the heat. on a cool summer night consider turning off your air conditioner. for more information on how you can be an energy saver, go to wjz.com. scroll the left hand side of the page and hit on our special section. scientists in germany think they might have found the source of the deadliest e.coli outbreak in history, but today

they eliminated that threat. >> initial test reports from this organic farm shows sprouts are not the culprit. >> these tests are negative. >> reporter: directors at the farm questioned how sprouts could carry the deadly bacteria since they are grown with seeds and water. manure and fertilizer are usually involved in e.coli outbreaks. close to one dozen people have gotten sick here in britain after traveling to germany. but markets here insist there's no e.coli threat and they're urging customers to keep buying fruits and vegetables. >> i am not eating salads anymore. it's a shame. >> i try to listen to it, but if we would listen to everything, we wouldn't eat. >> reporter: workers destroyed tons of the vegetables and

spanish farms are demanding compensation for their losses. so far, sprouts, cucumbers and tomatoes have all been blamed. scientists are raising to uncover the true source of the outbreak before it makes anyone else sick. tina crauss. >> this isn't the first time fruits have carried a deadly strain of e.coli. strong winds and low humidity are making it nearly impossible for crews to contain the blaze which has scorched more than 200 million miles of land. >> a person doesn't realize how hard it is to face something like that. you think you're prepared for

it. you think you're mentally prepared for it, physically prepared for it, you're not. >> investigators haven't pinpointed the cause of the fire but they think a person may have sparked it. doesens of people are hurt -- dozens of people are hurt after a tour bus flips off the highway. about 50 student, band members were on that bus. at least 30 of them were treated for minor injuries. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 with these stories and more. denise is standing by with the preview. >> hi kai, an officer in trouble. the new charges against a police officer already accused of murder. and -- >> reporter: the miracle makes its way to maryland. i'm jessica cartalia along i85 as the plane involved in the miracle on the hudson arrives in our state. i'll explain next on wjz. changing of the guard at

cbs news. vic sits down with scott pelley as he takes over the evening news tonight. now back to mary. >> denise, thank you. one of the world's most famous wedding dresses are going on display. the dress that kate middleton's dress is headed to buckingham palace. i think the lines are always long to get into buckingham palace. but now with this. >> really long, right. still ahead on eyewitness

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in town. unfortunately for the o's, injuries continue to be trouble this season. >> the last time the a's won a game was when they won three will have zero against the orioles. on the injury, scott is out of the line up for a third straight game. he is suffering from pain in his right shoulder due to a torn shoulder muscle. he had a cortizone shot in that shoulder. scott was the oriole's most powerful player. led the team in home runs last year but he tells us it's tough not to be at full strength. >> it's not like it was last

year. in the past it's just -- it's a challenge but happens in this game. happens in life so we -- i can complain. i can try and make excuses that hey, i have a torn labrum that's why i'm not hitting, i'm not making any excuses. >> reporter: maddox too is coming off of a back injury. next hour a football player released from prison. obviously looking forward to his future. i'll have details on that story on eyewitness news at 6:00, back to you for now. >> tonight's wjz health loss, weight loss surgery may lower the risk of alzheimer's disease in diabetics. the scientists found six months after the procedure, the patient had lower levels of

gene activity connected to dementia? >> reporter: randall pinkston reports from new york. >> reporter: six years ago beth hockaman's doctor discovered she had abnormal cells growing in her breath tissue which could lead to breast cancer. >> i was extremely upset and stressed out and scared. >> reporter: tphoup >> reporter: -- now a new study found that a drug already used to treat breast cancer may treat it. taking a hormone blocking pill known as an inhibitor can reduce the chances of developing invasive breast cancer by 65%. >> i think this is going to begin the possibility of using these drugs for breast cancer prevention in postmenopausal

women. >> reporter: doctors are excited about the findings because these drugs do not come with extreme side effects. >> the inhibitors do come with some hot flashes, a few amount of women do get thinner of bones with these drugs. >> reporter: the drugs are not recommended for the average woman because they carry the risk of blood clots. >> it's just very good to have more than one choice. especially people who don't have cancer but have a high risk condition. >> reporter: doctors say more research is needed to study the long term effects of taking these medications to prevent breast cancer. randall pinkston, wjz news. >> each year about 200,000 new casesover invasive new breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the united states.

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