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scandal. >> hello, again. i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm don scott. >> here's what people are talking about today. people are cleaning house with the prostitution scandal with the agency. three unnamed agents have been out, but as reporting for wjz, some are fighting back. >> reporter: three secret service agents allegedly involved in the prostitution scandal are out. one supervisor was fired, another forced to retire, and a third resigned. but cbs news one is threatening to sue. eight remain on administrative leave. all engaging in questionable behavior. lawmakers say more needs to be done. they've been grilling officials and congressional hearings planned for next week.

>> if people aren't fired, then nothing changes. >> reporter: they've expressed confidence in the secret service and the director. several investigations are under way here in washington and columbia. former secret service director believes a swift investigation would help the agency recover, but said it must be fair. it happened last week when he refused to pay the full bill and called the police. they're interviewing possible witnesses. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> also involved ten military personnel and 20 women. prostitution is legal in columbia. mother of the university of

virginia, yardley love is taking the national stage about what took her daughter's life. violence against women act. she spoke in washington, d.c. yesterday. vice president joe biden, who offered the original bill back in 1994. >> no one had any right under any circumstances for any reason other than self-defense. >> found guilty of second- degree murder in her death and will be sentenced this august. baltimore police raid the home of a west baltimore man after a narcotics investigation result in a search warrant, but what kept the raid in the news is what else they found in this home. wjz live found the details.

mike? >> reporter: raided in early morning hours yesterday in west baltimore, on suspicion of drugs and found evidence of a drug fighting ring. when they entered johnny taylor's house, the warrant said they'd find drugs, but they also found this dog and this one and six more. >> when they executed the search and seizure, it would be a long dog-fighting ring. eight dogs in the location as well as manuals, medications, and other things. >> reporter: it was 2:30 in the morning. the dogs are in pretty good shape, some with scars that could have come from fights. >> there were dog fighting manuals there. there may be some kind of indication that there may have been dog fighting there.

>> reporter: charged with animal cruelty. tonight, we look at dog fighting or talk with a woman whose pit bull was stolen twice and a bounty is placed on pit bulls and kids steal them off the street. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, mike. live in the newsroom with more on a proposed increase to the container tax. good afternoon, ron. >> they want to increase the tax by three cents to bring the total tax per container to a nickel. she estimates it would get more to go to construction. but wants the city to go another way. they want to see what happens with the state budget before they make their decision. back to you. thank you, ron.

answers about the bay population is expected to be this week. sediments into the bay. martin o'mally will bring the results today at 5:00 and 6:00. a drought is still developing across the eastern half of the state. be conscious of the water use. baltimore city, eastern baltimore county, hartford and amarillo county. this is the most since 2008. the rain seems to be staying away. it is cloudy but cool afternoon. still looks pretty nice out there. maim is live with complete weather ever coverage for you.

tim in the first warning weather center. tim? >> wjz drought watch continues to watch rainfall totals and we're doing that this morning. don talked about the levels of droughts in the lower eastern shore. take a look at central maryland. and abnormally dry conditions from baltimore county out to portions of the western part of the state. as far as our rain total from yesterday, did not put any significant dent in our drought totals into the rain deficit, but got a quarter of an inch of rain to belle air. saw a quarter of an inch in towson. and only 1.6 inches at bwi marshall. more on the way, but until then, very nice conditions for the next few days. more on that, heading out to martin. >> thank you, i scan out from the outside. significant amount oof blue

skies making an appearance. by a few degrees, 63. that's going to convert to a difference over the next 24 hours of about seven degrees. the next afternoon, we'll max out early in the morning. we have a graphic for you to get into the weekend. a work and school week that starts days of relaxation. we're going to go easily back into the mid 70s tomorrow. possibly a little warmer. notice to the left though, the area of low pressure that dived down south, that's going to define a good portion. more rain coming our way. tim williams on the details back inside. >> thank you, martin. more on entertainment icon dick clark who passed away

yesterday. american bandstand for american three decades. hollywood and those who knew clark best are reacting to the sad news. >> he was like my older brother. he gave me my start. >> he was so decent and articulate and in love with music, just a genuinely good man and we will all, of course, miss him. >> clark won six daytime emmy awards and was often called america's oldest teenager. they're taking shots at sheila dickson for the charity at the comedy factory. she admitted to using gift cards meant for needy families. still coming up on wjz eyewitness news, how syria and united nations are monitoring the cease fire. >> goes up in turkey.

what set off and kept the fire going. >> amid the sunshine, your complete local forecast is coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with ,,,,,,

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flames. a storm with 60-mile-an-hour winds quickly turned a small fire into an inferno. everyone on board managed to escape safely. the new james bond is in istanbul. 70% of the polls say the economy is in bad shape, but that's down from the past four years. however, 40% say they've fallen behind financially themselves while 64% worry about how to pay their housing costs and 38% say higher gasoline prices have been a serious economic hardship. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, still a gray day outside. your local forecast is two and a half minutes away. >> first, a look at the midday stocks followed by the power ball numbers.

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now weather and the first warning of severe weather. >> nice day out there. >> yeah, dry too. >> yeah, you know, it was just enough rain yesterday to soak in any you put down or see just to get puffy or paws muddy to get in the house. >> it happens.

>> not enough to do any real damage or put a dent into our drought numbers. but we're making head way. in the meantime, we have a gorgeous day shaping up today. tomorrow's going to be really nice and as marty said, just about 70 degrees. 55 for set relative humidity. 30.12 is the barometer reading. 66 in cumberland. 61 in elton. 63 in easton. and 63 in columbia. pretty calm across the state. we don't have much by way of any breeze out there. the little we have is coming down in the eastern shore from northeast maryland to ocean city. bit of a northeast wind. around, we'll say 5 to 10 miles per hour in the area, but the rest of the state is calm right

now. the rain from yesterday has since moved off the area or off the coast now. the bulk of the rain that remains around the carolinas. what we're watching now is two portions of a system that's going to move in here by saturday afternoon into sunday. most of it coming in from the west and what we're going to see is clouds increasing by monday into saturday. most move in by saturday afternoon, and start to see the tip moving in to the western portion of the state. it's going to take a while to get out of here. saturday night, we could have some thunderstorms or even rain continuing through sunday and then to tuesday before it gets through the area. it's going to happen again, mostly in the day on saturday and through early sunday afternoon. our sunset today. mainly clear tonight, 48 degrees. airport tomorrow, going back up

to 70 degrees. we'll call it 74. warm sunshine, mixed with clouds. rain by the weekend. marty will talk about that in the five-day forecast. still coming up, repairing heart damage. a new test in health. >> the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for the instant updates, log on to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

wjz health watch in san francisco believe they can repair hearts after a heart attack. they put genes many mice to reprogram damaged cells. tin if he canned hearts seemed to be better than ever. of course, researchers caution. more until it's tested on people. >> check in with wjz eyewitness news at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. more firings as as the secret service grows. join us for these two stories at 4:00 right after dr. phil. >> and stay with us, the five- here's my rubarb marmalade, my cheddar cheese marmalade, my kidney bean marmalade...

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>> sun out here. going to be a fine day. busting out the morning fog. early on saturday, 77 and then showers come in through the latter part of saturday an then sunday, sunday is very much like yesterday but slightly warmer than yesterday. clearing breezy. monday and tuesday, 62 and 63 by the time we get to the 65

and monday, the normal daytime high is up to 68 degrees so we slide back below normal. >> thank you. don't miss another intense episode of the mentalist tonight. a slightly differing offering, check out the mcbaguette, served hot with beef, a kind of strong hot mustard sauce and a local swiss cheese. a lot of french foodies are not embracing this, but applauding burger king for adapting to different cultures. >> does that make room for le big mac? >> and then the mcpanini is

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