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this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com baltimore. >> now it's complete coverage. it's wjz. maryland's news station. >> stars, stripes, and ship the down. baltimore on the world's stage, celebrating an american milestone. >> the festivities bringing crowds to the inner harbor in full force. >> i'm eric cart e. >> and i'm denise coke. >> sailers and revelers have descended on the harbor of baltimore for a real celebration. denise spent the day with the ships at the harbor and maggie mccorkell has the moving flags

ceremony. >> reporter: the celebration officially gets underway. >> we are officially kicking off baltimore's star-spangled sail-ebration >> reporter: thousands of visitors are expected to tour the ships, all to commemorate the bicentennial of the war of 1812. the sail-ebration is drawing national and international attention, some people expected to see the ships of their home country. the navy blue angels are putting the finishing touches on their air show this weekend. >> every show location is unique, every show location has

its very unique challenges. >> we're loving it. we ran outside as soon as we heard everything, taking pictures and videos to send to all of our friends. >> reporter: and you will hear the blue angels screaming by when they rehearse tomorrow. from the air to the land, fort mchenry holds a special 1812 flag day salute. and now megan mccorkell shows us how baltimore is who new york the real star-spangled banner tonight. >> reporter: it was an emotional celebration as people across baltimore and the country stopped to remember. >> reporter: the stars and stripes proudly wave over fort mchenry as they did nearly 250 years ago. >> it's awesome. >> reporter: the crowds pause for the pledge of allegiance. >> i think it's just everybody

respecting america. >> it gives you goose bumps. it does. >> reporter: the celebration of flag day even more meaningful at the place where so much history was made. >> this is a shrine, and for that reason, the people gave their lives that we could still be free. >> you feel the goose bumps. >> reporter: and the flag flying high here in the breeze over fort mchenry isn't the only historic flag in town today. >> reporter: found in the wreckage of the world trade center, the 9/11 flag has been patched together. >> the ashes from all of those people that were killed at the world trade center are residing in the threads of the flag. >> reporter: now threads from the original star spangled banner are added to the 9/11 flag in its final patch. the flag is set to be raised one again tomorrow.

>> one nation, under god, indwizzable, with liberty and justice for all. >> reporter: and another celebration of the american flag will be held at fort mchenry on saturday night. that will include a concert and fireworks. reporting live, i'm meg began mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> you can catch a live broadcast of the star-spanged celebration special. a teenager killed in a confrontation with an off-duty police officer. the officers heard a bang at his door and chased a group of people running away from hissous house. he caught up with brown and the two got in a fight. new testimony from new victims in jerry sandusky's sex

abuse trial. the young men give descriptions of countless encounters with the coach. but the defense claims they are motivated by money. >> reporter: jerry sandusky left court after spending four days listening to # accusers recount disturbing childhood memories of sexual abuse by the former penn state assistant coach. the last prosecution witness was a slight 18-year-old who just graduated from high school. like the other alleged victims, he didn't have a relationship with his father. he lived in a trailer with his mother when he met sandusky through his charity, the second mile. the team told the jury sandusky started sexually abusing him during sleepovers in the coach's basement. it escalated from oral sex to rape. there was no fighting against it, he said. he said e he would scream and tell him to get off him. the teen was there more than

100 times, he said. earlier, two other accusers recounted their memories of alleged abuse by sandusky. thetorian for one of them said sandusky had power over them. >> it's a function of power. it's a function of prestige. it's a function of the able of an abuse tore manipulate and control. >> reporter: sandusky's defense is trying to suggest that the accusers are corob rating on their stories, or now years later they're motivated by money. >> reporter: the defense will begin to tell sandusky's side of the story, with witnesses and perhaps sandusky himself on the stand. >> in all, sandusky is charged with 52 criminal counts. he denies doing anything wrong. more trouble for the man accused of killing his roommate and eating his organs. alexander dinue is arrested for

an earlier attack on the campus. he's accused of beating a man with a baseball bat wrapped in barb wire. drivers along i-eu9 are on high alert. we have more on the latest deadly crash. mo'nique? >> -- monique? >> reporter: a driver was heading the wrong way when she crashed into a vehicle now we have the frantic 911 calls from witnesses. >> reporter: the i-97 near mill ark rdville is the scene of a crash that leaves two cars mangled. one driver made a fatal misfake. >> we have a car going the wrong way, and another car taken by surprise and they smakd into each other.

>> reporter: 25-year-old kelly wit was traveling south in the northbound lane when she smashed into a car driven by zhang wo-chen. the accident killed both drivers. it is similar to another accident where a 19-year-old driver was hit by another driver while driving the wrong way. while there was alcohol involved in that crash, there's no indication that world chol was involved in this newest crash. >> reporter: we talked with the department of highway transportation if there's any concerns. from an engineering standpoint, there's nothing wrong with this road. >> reporter: drivers are also unsure how it could happen twice. >> i don't know if it's the road or the lights getting up

to it. >> i have no idea how you can go the wrong way on 97. >> reporter: police say they are still trying to figure out just how wit ended up on the wrong side of the road. reporting live, mo'nique -- monique grego. >> it will take a loft money to rebuild -- it will take a lot of money to rebuild after the fire that burned down a warehouse. investigators are not sure what sparked the fire. another flacco fella has made and perns. joe flacco's -- made an appearance. joe flacco's wife dana gave birth to a baby boy, named steven after joe's father. baby delivered, the focus is now back on football. well, sometime soon.

>> he will be the only baby encouraged to throw things. coming up, walking over water. nick rolinda prepares for his historic high-wire act over new yorking a are -- niagara falls. and the blindfolding case in walmart parking lot. and a man speaks out to defend julian henson. more great weather headed our way. i'll have your complete forecast coming up next. ♪

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there are a few clouds and it's 69 degrees in maryland right now. the forecast is coming up. a destructive hailstorm strikes north texas. 3 intense thunderstorms dleferred halt size of golf balls. havens vehicles and homes were damaged. officials are not sure howmp the damage will cost, but no one was injured. a garbage truck plows through -- a garbage truck plows through a home in california. the 35,000 truck also knocked out power in the neighborhood.

the truck's driver says the brakes stopped working. facials are investigating. the still-growing wildfire in colorado is now the largest in state history. 450,000 acres have burned. an immediate evacuation was ordered for the area. fire crews are using helicopter and more than a thousand firefighters on the ground to battle the flames. a shocking discovery in the parking lot of a walmart in kansas. two boys are found tied up and blindfolded inside an suv. the parents have been arrested for child abuse and endangerment. police say the vehicle was on the lot for several days and they're analyzing walmart security footage. all 5 of their children are now in protective custody. the punishment for the man bind those election night

robocalls draws criticism from a strange source. julian henson's public enemy is the only one defending him. >> reporter: larry gibson does not like julius henson at all. he agrees the election night robocalls for offensive and reprehensible, clearly intended to suggest democrats need not go vote. >> nevertheless, it is dangerous to our society and particularly to minority communities to begin to criminalize political statements. >> reporter: gibson called the election laws that henson and paul shurek were charged with

unconstitutional. also, henson's one zeern con vick resulted him n him being put into jail for 60 days, while the other was charged convicted of 2 felonies and only will spend 30 days in jail. >> reporter: but prosecutors say the lack of remorse that henson displayed justified his harsher punishment and jail time. >> mr. henson made clear he didn't see this as a problem what he did. it was almost the implication highway would do it again. >> reporter: but gibson says henson's treatment was unjust and calls on the judge to reduce henson's punishment. >> henson says he's confident he will be vindicate bid appellate courts. lance armstrong fires back

after he's accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. his lawyers are demanding access to the evidence gathered, including names of witnesses that say they witnessed him using the drugs. he has been bard from competing in iron man events. armstrong has until next friday to respond in writing to the allegations. how do you prepare for a tightrope walk across niagara falls? tomorrow, a daredevil will attempt it. the daredevil is nervous because he's never worn a tether. he walked across the harbor last month. he will be the first person in history to make the trek over new yorking a are falls. >> that's a new twist, having him wear a at the timer. could be dangerous still. >> dangerous, but maybe not fatal.

>> that will be tomorrow night i think, right? >> what will the winds be? >> i just want to take a look at the weather around here. up there, might be some showers in the area. here, just beautiful. 69 degrees, southeast winds at 9 miles per hour. ocean city has been kind of cool, because winds are off the ocean. 64, it's clear out in some spots with and eastton has dropped down to 62. we're now at 69. the dew point, 61. most areas north of town will be in the upper 80 those low 60s. and d.c. at 72. east winds continue. we have had some crowds coming in from the atlantic ocean. you will notice at time it's been overcast. a bit of a shift maybe. a little bit drier coming in. 82 today, 65 the low.

so far, 83% humidity. east winds today, sun will rise around 74-degrees. high pressure will counts to build in from the north. not much changing as far as temperatures and conditions. by early next week, begins to warm up a little bit. by tuesday, a slight chance of a shower to the north and west. there's not much of chance at all. there's where the showers are across upper michigan. it might get close to niagara falls, but it will get close to it. fair weather will continue all weekend long. 0eu degrees, 82 on saturday, 82 on sunday, and monday, a little built warmer, 84 by tuesday. and it looks like wednesday, probably in the mid to upper 80s, maybe a shower, slight

chance bit end of the week. looks like temperatures by wednesday, thursday, think fried, could get close to 90 degrees once again. denise? >> gorgeous. the orioles are heating up. >> their bats are booming during a winning streak. can they keep it up going up against pittsburgh tonight? machas highlights next in sports. ,,,,,,,,

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i'm starting to think this is not a fluke, there is a really good team. mark is here with the wjz team sports report. >> it's been some years since baltimore has enjoyed a summer of meaningful baseball, but this year, the os are heating up and they're fighting the yankees for first place. here it is, mid june, first game of a home stand as the

pittsburgh pirates are about to get swept. the lineup includes former pirate steve pierce. pierce sends this deep to right centerfield. that brings in matt wieters and mark reynolds. pierce drove in 5 runs, so did weiters. the 0s hit 8 -- the os hit 8 doubles, and cruise to a 12-1 victory. the os proving to be pirate- proof during sailing week. on sunday, masn on wjz, the oz and braves. the ravens have wrapped up

their last of three days of mandatory workouts. the ravens did get a visit from injured line backer terrel suggs who limped to the microphone to answer questions about his surgically repaired achilles tendon. he vowed he will be in uniform this year and that it's hard for him to watch practice while he recovers. >> i've never appreciated it so much, because i've never had to sit and watch my brothers go to battle without me. so it's definitely frustrateing. it's going to be a learning experience for me. >> the ravens will reconvene for the kickoff of training camp july 25. first round of the u.s. open golf companionship companionship, all eyes on tigers woods. he's off to a good start. he as a birdie putt to finish

up. he's not well-known, but in the lead. tiger woods is right on his tail. tiger is shooting for his 15th major title. should be an interesting next 3 days at the olympic club and for the os as well as they hit the road. >> coming up, it's a sweet snack that gives new meaning to the cupcake boom. the cupcake boom. >> the special occasion that

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