this is wjz tv, wjz hd, wjz baltimore. >> it's wjz maryland's news station. >> rodney king is dead. tonight his final moments and a look back at his troubled life. >> good everyoning. i'm adam may. police believe rodney king drowned this morning. he was captured being beaten by police. >> reporter: rodney king's daughter spent father's day in tears. king's fiance found his body. she poke to officers and told

them she was outside with king in the early morning hours. she headed back inside the home and when she return she was at the bottom at the pool. they describe his death as an accident. >> rodney had a lot of nightmares and panic attacks and the way he handled it was by drinking. >> reporter: the officers involved were acquitted sparking one of the nation's worst race riots. he pleaded for an end to the violence. he spent the last decade living here. neighbors remembered him as a guy who kept to himself.

a few months ago king put out a memoir. >> can't we all just get along. that's how i would like to be remembered. dead and gone. >> reporter: the corner will perform an autopsy monday morning. wjz eyewitness news. >> king won nearly $4 million during his civil trial in the 199 0 -- 1990s. last week eight accusers took to the stand. the former coach is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15 year period. thousands are taking part in this week long event in

baltimore's harbor. wjz's complete coverage continues tonight with more on how those huge crowds this weekend, derek. >> reporter: no official estimate on the number of people yet. despite a huge crowd, police not reporting any significant problems. >> hundreds watched the baltimore symphony orchestra. it was hundreds of thousands that packed the inner harbor once again sunday morning to be part of the week long commemoration to be a part of the celebration. they took advantage of the tours of the ship. for father and son's kevin and james, it made great father's day bonding. >> had lunch and walked around.

>> reporter: for many, the real show was in the air. >> reporter: they give a repeat performance packing the grounds around fort mchenry. >> it feels fantastic. my dad is one of the best around. i'm happy to spend the day with him. >> beautiful day, good weather, beautiful people. good way to spend father's day. >> reporter: etch the governor got in on the action with a rare performance from his rock band. a lot of the fun ends tuesday morning when some of the ships sail on out of the harbor in what's called the parade of sail. >> all right.

thanks so much. the fun does continue tomorrow. make sure the join us tomorrow morning at 11:00 for a live special with bob from cbs news along with jessica and mary right here on wjz. in other news tonight an investigation is underway. flames engulfed this home just after 11:00 last night. firefighters tell wjz after they put out a blaze they found a man inside. four other people living inside the house wasn't hurt. the family of a maryland teenager killed during a struggle with an off duty officer gathers to honor hem. brown died wednesday of affixation during a fight. that officer chased brown down after he heard rocks hit his

door. tonight he's on administrative leave. financial disaster averted. new leader promising to take action. tonight we report how the greek elections are effecting the entire world. >> reporter: greek voters went to the poles sunday and told leaders that want to keep country in the euro zone the party has declared victory. the new democracy party should be able to form a government that can work to make sure theistic to the tough conditions of the 164-dollar bail out. they made the country dependent on the loans. the new democracy leader faced a challenge. in the lead up to the election they rallied voters as they

promised to rip up the tax heights and slashing of salaries and pension. the news is likely to calm jetters and financial markets. they feared it would send financial markets tumbling. they suggest they may give a new greek government on how to repay bail out debt. not much. wjz eyewitness news. >> as you can imagine these developments are being closely watched by obama and other leaders gathering in mexico. now to the violence in

syria . on saturday the monitors operation was suspended after intense violence threatened observance. the u.n. says serian forces have killed about 10,000 people in protesters. drivers may notice a little difference. a major interchange is getting a make overand something maryland drivers have never seen before. >> reporter: it tracts -- attracts thousands of people each day. >> it's right off the beltway. you're here in 15 minutes. >> reporter: now to ease traffic, the intersection of 295 gets a major make over. the state's first ever diverging diamond. >> it was designed and built to

accommodate all the traffic from the area development replacing the round abouts. >> reporter: sky chopper 13 gives you a look at the new design reducing back ups. >> this allows a lot more traffic to get through. >> they spend $5 million on improvement projecting an increase. >> we'll have an additional 7 or 8 million people a year we draw through the casino over 20,000 people a day. >> reporter: only a hand full of others are in use across the country and more could be built here in maryland. >> we'll see how this one works. >> it's a really neat interactive map of the

interchange at wjz.com. they're celebrating father's day with a 5 k run and walk this morning. more than 75 teams met at the starting line in hunt valley. this year mark it is 24th year for the father's day run. all of the money raised goes to help premature babies. perfect morning for an event like this. we have a lot more still to come. a fierce fire. check out this video. a california brush fire swirling out of control tonight. more on the effort to try and contain it. a police stand off. why a new jersey cop is caught shooting at this police rescue tank. >> i could have multiple injuries. i shouldn't be here. >> she's walking and pulled the safety. a texas woman pulled from the

car. >> the wait is over for thousands of shoppers who packed one of the largest grocery stores this week. all the details are just ahead. >> happy father's day to all you dads out there. summertime heat headed our way. we'll have that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's cloudy and 60 degrees. a brush fire gaining momentum in southern california. check out this blaze. the flames have scorched at least 1100 acres. more than 200 firefighters are on the scene. strong winds are a real factor here. so far no reports of injuries or property damage. right now police if pennsylvania are caught in the middle of a fire fight with a new jersey cop. an off duty officer is held up inside of a wife's home with more than 2000 rounds of ammunition. authorities say several police vehicles have been head. police have barricaded the area and trying to keep neighbors safe. a florida plan behind bars

tonight atuesdayed of abusing young girls inside stores. his father tipped off police. hard to see the surveillance video. police believe he groped another girl at a wal-mart a couple of weeks earlier. a good -- one man decided to jump into action and grab the fire extinguisher here. he pulls the woman up out of her vehicle just seconds before the car was fully engulfed in flames. >> he didn't get up and i'm very thankful that he knew what to do and did it. >> that guy is brave. it turns out he's a member of

the texas national guard. he says it's the first time he has to put the training to real life use. the super store chain opened its stores to thousand of should wanters -- thousands of shoppers. >> reporter: bumper to bumper cars on every aisle. it's part of the excitement in maryland. >> there's so much stuff here it's unbelievable. >> we didn't want to miss anything. we just kept going around and it was a good thing because we missed a lot of stuff the first time. >> i came here for cheese. >> reporter: the super store is like ray -- a mini village. it's so large shoppers need a map. some of them scoped out the

scene before the weekend grand opening. >> it's the fifth one in the state but should want -- but should wanters -- shoppers pleaded for one. >> it's one of the most requested sites we've had. >> reporter: they have two more stores coming by the end of next year. >> anyone else see those lobsters that looked good. it was supposed to be a relaxing father's day weekend. a chopper had to swoop in and save them. the mother and her 11 year old

son had to swim to shore. the father and the 12 year old son was swept downstream. crews pulled them up to safety. let's check in with the meteorologist. i cannot remember another stretch of weather that has been this perfect in a long time. >> this was absolutely gorgeous. i know some people liked the heat that will be coming our way this week. >> this weekend was perfect. >> next weekend you're going to want to be in the pool. >> absolutely. we're going to get to that in a moment. everything going on you couldn't had much better weather. happy father's day

>> not a major wind by any threat. also, we're going to see some clouds because of a warm threat coming our way. temperatures in the 90s. temperatures in the 100s plus. we know it gets hot out there. it's 104. in phoenix it was in the 90s. it's moving our way. tomorrow we're still in the 70s. that's because we have clouds coming our way. as soon as the warm front comes. also you see a couple of showers. there were a few thunderstorms out there. it's breaking up as it moves our way. a couple of showers and a few rumbles of thunder out there.

as it travels over us we have the chance and additional clouds around. once that leaves us, the sunshine busts out. we are in the 90s and it's going to be muggy. there is a chance after thunderstorms. they're going to be running incredibly high. by friday this cold front off to the north west will come our way giving us our best chance of thunderstorms. with the front coming our way small craft advisory goes in. tonight we go down into the 50s and see some of the clouds come in. late tonight into tomorrow depending on where in the state you are.

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they're definitely not a one trick pony. did you know the last time baltimore had a pair of pitchers with seven wins was 13 years ago. mike did it in '99. that team finished six games under 500 .

the pressure lies on the shoulder of mvp lebron james. he came through winning it down the stretch but will his clutchness carry over tonight.

in the second half the heat had the lead going down the stretch and oklahoma city had a chance to put it away. james comes through with his big shoulders facing away with 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and two games to one series lead. final round action of the u.s. open, tiger tees for the first two rounds that blew up in today's final. he shot six over. he was never in contention after saturday. he rounded up six strokes. overall, the course pretty much tamed everybody except web simpson's one over par was good enough. the 25 year old went the college on a scholarship. tiger finished 21st. in nascar the wait of winning is over. today at the michigan

international speedway earnhardt won. tony stewart ran a close second. >> a long time waiting. thanks so much. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

12 members of the national guard -- nine of the returning soldiers were fathers and while

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