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now the complete forecast and first warning of severe weather. you're in that cool pool. you don't even realize how warm it is. nice dive there. be careful.

really that is the way to keep cool but remember the sun, this is the warmest, highest sun we'll have all year long so sunburn is an issue. in 10, 15 minutes you can get a burn. it wept up 2 degrees after it went back to 95. 97. 85 ocean city. the coolest spot oakland at 81. 91 cumberland and 97, the met froe areas with all the blacktop and concrete and brick, they really to get hotter than the suburban areas. north and west of town got 92, 93 but in the urban cities it does get hot. dewpoint is down from what it was at noon. down to 65. it could be a lot more uncomfortable than it is right now. a light west wind. what usually happens as the winds come down the mountains, they tend to dry out a little

but they tend to heat up a little bit so it is a compromise. would you rather have lower dewpoints, less humid and lower temperatures? not much of a difference but tomorrow will be another hot, uncomfortable day. take a look at the temperatures. kansas city 90. 107 phoenix. lots of showers and rain to the south. up the road here boston, 96. newark, new jersey at 97. to the north this is the relief we have been talking about for the end of the week. a lot of activity across the northern plains and great lakes. heavy rain there. a risk of scattered showers and thunderstorm activity friday afternoon and friday night and then it will get somewhat cooler, but morism portantly less humid for the weekend. upper 80s instead of upper

90s. >> the mid-70s there, a good place to be. tonight, a warm night. 73. 80 in the city. tomorrow another scorcher and may get up to 100. that could tie the record that back in 1923. it hasn't been this hot on this date in quite some time. >> okay. >> still ahead at 5:00, an expensive hoax. new clues after fake emergency calls off the coastguard of new york. attorney general, eric holder, why he is being held incompetent after a gun operation gone wrong. and this building just started exploding. i saw fire and black smoke coming out of the window. >> now, the 911 call to tell us what those tapes reve,,,,,,,,,,,

this is wjz hd and wjz.com. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now, it is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. it is 5:30, 97 degrees and sunny. good evening. thank you for staying with us. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. >> a proposed change could put more than 100 neighborhood liquor stores out of business. now, the angry owners meeting to voice opposition. almost all of a fected stores are owned by korean americans. >> city officials say many of these stores a track crime but

many korean american business owners are saying they are being unfairly targeted. >> many gathered at the green mount senior center to hear from planning officials about the new zoning proposal that would strip the liquor license from their stores. store owners are beyond angry. >> it is basically a feeling of death because the fact that he is going to be losing everything if things don't turn out right. >> more than 100 were grandfathered in back in 1971. but city managers and health officials say new studies show a link between violent crime and neighborhoods with high concentrations of liquor stores so that is why neighborhood stores with grandfatherrd licenses would have up to 2 years to either stop selling liquor, move to an area zoned for liquor or sell their license to someone else. >> i think they need to be

looked at on an individual basis. >> he agrees the city needs to be fair to the store owners. >> get rid of the store. it is difficult to transfer a liquor license in baltimore city and compensate them. >> but taking their liquor license would lose their livelihood and financial futures. >> in a democratic society, this is not even possible. this is probably something that you would see income munnism or socialism but not in the united states. it is completely absurd. >> they will not propose it until sometime this fall. >> derek valcourt, wjz news. >> some of the affected store owners may be able to apply for waivers to keep operating. dangerous hot weather tonight. tons of people trying to find relief at the state park. you can see the water is

definitely the place to be. it is packed with swimmers cooling off from the hot sun today. >> construction crews kicked some bottles nearby. health officials urging everyone to stay hydrated. >> right now no sign of a cooldown. you're looking outside with the sun. still shiny and a heat advisory in effect still. pretty hazy out there. wjz is live with bernadette woods and tracking the intense heat. here is bob. >> this is as of 5:00. it went back up a couple degrees to 97. 97 in washington and ocean city at 85. the cool spot oakland at 81. locally temperatures ranging from 93 in westminster to a cooler 88 by the way and annapolis and rock hall at 91. it feels more like 100 degrees

out here. east of 102, ocean city 93. dc, also feels like 100 degrees. bernadette will look at the advisories in effect. >> heat advisor has been expanded since this morning and it is in effect until tomorrow night at 10:00 because this heat is going to continue. another hot one moving our way tomorrow. our high has been 97 degrees. it may get a degree or two up from there, but we're coming into the 90s and not 100 but we are close to it. as you factor in the humidity it feels like that outside. average on this first day of summer is only 85 degrees. we're 10 to 15 degrees above that. thank you. stay with wjz for first morning weather to find forecast updates and the watches and warnings, log onto wjz.com. tonight we're hearing the 911 calls from the moments after a five alarm fire rinked

through a warehouse. >> here is a look at the emergency response. >> the first caller is almost a poll jet stick. >> i am not sure if this is an emergency yet. >> but soon there is no doubt. >> but then the smoke is getting heavier and thicker and now i'm starting to wonder if it could possibly be a fire. >> with that the calls flood in. >> the building just started exploding. i saw fire and plaque smoke coming out of the window. >> we have smoke coming from the building. >> oh, yeah. black smoke all over eastern avenue. it is like thick. >> report of a building fire in the rear of the save a lot. >> over 100 firefighters begin to arrive. >> it looks like there is a police helicopter so they must be aware of it. >> i'm in my residence. >> the firefighters know they can't get in from the front and they have to break in.

>> i need your help down here. >> got to open this metal door. >> this grows big enough it takes firefighters over four hours to douse the flames. in the process one hurts his foot but otherwise no injuries, but the building is destroyed. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> bye-bye. >> the fire investigators are still trying to determine the cause the some new developments in the investigation of a fake boat explosion in new jersey. the new lead in the case. >> mary similarities and the caller's voice led the coastguard to see that hoax may have been with the same in texas last month. nothing was found and the coastguard later determined the call came from land. a few weeks earlier, authorities were spotted to a similar call in texas. in both cases the calls came in over a high frequency channel and the caller used similar

phrases to describe the victims. >> thank you. a voice expert is analyzing the tapes. on capitol hill, a republican led panel votes to have holder in contempt. tera mergener reports with more on the showdown. >> reporter: a house panel has voted to hold the u.s. attorney general incompetent of congress. >> he calls the vote after attorney general eric holder did not turn over subpoenaed documents. a botched mexican gun running scheme. >> the department of justin sis has fought this committees investigation every step of the way. >> reporter: they met tuesday, but could not reach a deal. then holder asked the white house for executive privilege

to protect the documents and the president granted it's. >> it creates even more questions. >> reporter: the committee has been investigating fast add furious for a year and a half. during that time, the justice department has turned over 7600 documents related to the operation. >> i think we're involved more in political games man ship as opposed to getting the information they say they want. >> reporter: they spent hours in heated debate with republicans voting for contempt and democrats voting against it. >> it shouldn't be a political witch hunt against the attorney general of our country and the president in an election year. >> reporter: some called for holder's resignation. the attorney general says he still has the full confidence of the president. tera mergener, wjz eyewitness news. the next step is for the full house to consider the contempt charge.

a man claiming ties to al- qaeda, hostages were released unharmed. the gunman claimed he was acting for religious reasons. prosecutors are saying he has psychiatric problems and has no ties to al-qaeda. a military hospital in cairo says he is flipping in and out of a coma after suffering a stroke but his lawyer said he suffered a blood clot in his neck and is in stable condition. he received a life sentence for failing to stop the protestors that forced him out of office. >> the federal reserve takes actions. ben bernanke says consumer spending is rising more slowly and the economy needs support so the fed will extend a program called operation twist through the end of the year designed to drive down long-

term interest rates. well investors were not encouraged by those marks today. here are the closing numbers. dow is down 13. s&p is down 2. the nasdaq is up a point. >> time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow's edition of the baltimore sun. >> a planned promotion is generating some unexpected backlash. the progress rates have good news for some maryland schools and not so good news for others. >> the guide for the hot trends in beach fashions. read tomorrow's baltimore sun. >> it looks like the way to kickoff the first day of the summer. the maryland department of agriculture is launching the sweet trail with 7 dairy farms that sell ice cream. you can cool off with a scoop. trail blazers can pick up a passport at any creameries and

have them stamped between june 20th and september 7th. >> there is a certain ice-cream store you and i like that has a certain flavor we both like and i went there last night and they are out of it. >> our favorite flavor. >> the that is a crime. >> it was strange. >> conspiracy. >> it goes to show that's our flavor is very popular. >> very popular. >> all right. we'll tell you one day. >> still ahead at 5:00, turning the tables on the tsa. the new twist to this video of a woman groping a security agent. >> a brutal attack on a california highway but no one helped the victim. what police are saying tonight. >> when will this heat break? i'll give ,,,,,,

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all right. here is the way to cool off. the cool water does make a huge difference in the way you feel. >> now, if you hated today, you're going to really hate tomorrow. bernadette is looking at the thursday forecast. >> the heat is going to

continue. we're starting out all ready warm in the 70s. the temperatures are going back up. a high of about 99 degrees tomorrow. the record is 100. then as we head into tomorrow evening, still hot and muggy out there. the rest of the five day with some relief. here is be bob. >> i made it 100. it will feel like over 100 tomorrow afternoon. friday a front approaches. 91. there is the drop. then back in the 80s for the weekend. in fact mid-80s. that is about normal sunday and monday. then even cooler for the middle of next week, only in per 70s by wednesday and thursday. >> thank you. today's energy saver focus on the lighting in your home. consider three-way lamps. use task lighting instead of lighting the entire room. focus the light where it is needed. dimmers can save energy in your home. >> how to be an energy saver go

to wjz.com and click on our special session. >> colorado firefighters are making progress. it burned more than 100 miles in bellevue. the blaze has destroyed more homes than any other fire in that state's history. some residents on standby to leave their homes today. >> the temperatures are expected to drop 20 degrees and that should help firefighters contain the flames. >> a scary jetblue flight leaves several sick. it lurched from side to side. people on board felt like they were hydroplaning. the plane made an emergency landing in las vegas. >> a florida woman is arrested for allegedly groping a tsa supervisor. carol price said she did that to demonstrate how she was inappropriately screened by tsa

agents. video shows the agent touches price's inner thighs and chest and price's attorney said she previously worked as a tsa scanner. she is charged with misdemeanors mean more battery. her case is set for july 3rd. well police are searching for the men behind a brutal beating caught on camera on a california interstate. another driver posted it's on the internet. amanda reports for wjz from los angeles. this video of a brutal beating is going viral tonight. watch as fists fly with one man winding up on the ground barely conscious after getting repeatedly kicked in the head. the video begins where the driver pulls up to an argument when they believe it is the 5 freeway on the 12th of june. the driver starts to see a dispute of the three men and

the man wearing a red shirt on the right outside his honda. the argument escalates and all of a sudden a brawl breaks out with the man on the right her ling high kicks at the guy in the striped shirt. that is when the video turns extremely violent. take a take a look as the man in the red shirt gets jump and is taken to the ground. he suffers several kicks to the head. that is when the three men speed off in their volkswagon leaving the victim on the side of the highway. >> the bystander filming this outside the passenger window wasn't alone. if you look closely, you can see many other witnesses were there to this terrible assault. >> in the rear view mirror or you can see other onlookers on a motorcycle and other cars and trucks. they hope witnesses can help figure out the identities of these four men and if this man survived the brutal attack. >> can you get up?

ha? get up. >> the video was uploaded to the web site live leaks on monday. so far it has more than 130,000 views. alec baldwin said he was assaulted but the photographer said the actor attacked him. baldwin's representative said they were leaving new york city haul tuesday morning when someone obstructed the photographer's view of the couple. the photographer assaulted him with the camera and now, the actor is telling his side. >> it was a person in front of me and he blocked him and he almost hit me in the teeth with the lens of the camera. >> i pushed him away. >> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for all new stories coming up. denise has a preview. >> blazing heat. a heat advisory in effect as the heat index moves past 100 degrees. first morning weather coverage

begins at 6:00. >> they are on alert in ocean city. the bogus bills at the beach. check into these stories all new at : 00. >> thank you. still to come on wjz eyewitness news, the orioles have been violenced by the new york mets. >> one more chance to get back on track in the big apple tonight. mark has the latest,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the orioles wrap up their road trip with one more game in new york tonight. the latest on the birds who suddenly hit a hitting slump. >> reporter: two straight games against the mets. they faced two of the top pitchers. for the orioles it has been dramatic. two straight games without scoring a single run. they have gone 21 consecutive innings without getting a run home. while some will wonder if they are doing something wrong, they faced santana last night. he threw a no-hitter earlier this season.

five hits, no runs. they have been shut out for the first time in seven years. tonight, they will face mets pitcher. after tonight the birds are back home with the washington nationals. that is another team that pitches pretty well. masn on wjz. first pitch 1:30. plenty of runs scored in the bronx today. nine home runs. jason hayward hit 2 homers for the braves. now atlanta hit them out and got some good defense to keep one in the park. jason nicks for the yankees. watch michael born go airborne making an outstanding catch to take away a hit. the braves beat the yankees 10- 5. new york is two games ahead of the orioles. i'll have more on the o's next hour and the tally san

university basketball team with sanctions. i'll have details on sports at 6:00. mary, back to you. >> thank you, mark. >> an unusual and dangerous accident on the massachusetts highway. one driver ended up with a machete lodged in the bumper of the car. he wasn't prepared for what he found when he went to inspect the damage. >> i expected to see a broken headlights or some type of damage and sticking straight out is a two foot long machete. i couldn't believe my eyes. >> he traveled 15 miles to and from work everyday so he has had his share fair of damage from the roadway and doesn't plan to fix the hole from the machete. it went in a strong way as well. >> it looks like in the went in the car n't >> that james bond car. crazy. >> unbelievable. >> system ahead on eyewitness

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korean i'm denise coach >> here's what people are talking about. >> a heat advisory in effect right now as the heat index source past the triple digit mark. workers are doing whatever they can to try