this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz. maryland's news stays. >> bracing for heat, dangerous temperatures headed our way, and it could be days before there's relief. just how hot it could get and how long it will last. hi, i'm kai jackson. a heat wave is about to boil maryland. baltimore city has already issued a code red alert. let's go to bob who's tracking the rising temperatures. >> today was warm, but it was dry. that will change. look at temperatures right now. still in the upper 70s to low

to mid 80s. the cool spot is ocean city. for the day tomorrow, we in fact have a heat advisory from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. that pretty much all day long, because of the combination of high temperatures and high humidity compared to what we had today, which will make you feel over 100 degrees most of the afternoon and all weekend long. most areas, upper 90s to neighbor 100 degrees. will this heat let up for the holiday week? i'll have a look at the forecast coming up. >> bob, thank you. in an historic ruling, the supreme court upholds president barack obama ice health care reform law. megan has more on what this means for maryland. >> the justices -- >> reporter: the justices decide in favor of the president's health care reform law. opponents say this fight is not

over yet. >> reporter: both supporters and opponents of the president's health care law rallied outside the supreme court. in a 5-4 decision, the court upholds the affordable care act, including an individual mandate requiring every american to have health insurance or face a fine. >> today's decision was victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> reporter: opponents promise a fight. >> we must replace obamacare. i'm asking the people of america to join me. >> reporter: in maryland, an estimated 747,000 people are uninsured. >> reporter: many seek medical assistance from clinics like total health care. >> we are actually the safety net providers for a of the patients in baltimore. >> reporter: patients we spoke with say they support the supreme court ruling. >> it's good for me because i

need all the help i can get. >> we have access here. >> reporter: republicans are now vowing to strike down the law. >> you can't cothis to americans. you can't do this to american liberty. you can't do it to american health care. >> reporter: and that could mean this case is far from closed. >> reporter: the new health care reform law won't take effect until 2014. reporting live, megan mccorcal. governor o'malley released a statement, praising the salespeople court's decision. the u.s. house of representatives votes to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. this came after holder refused to hand over documents related to a botched gun running zimb. criminal charges are brought against the son of baltimore's

state's attorney, greg bern seen. owen bernstien has just been charged. bernstien needed 38 stitches to close a cut on his hand. several police scandals aring ashaking the baltimore city police department. mike elborn has some serious questions surfacing about credibility and the possible pattern of bad behavior. >> reporter: sandals are rocking the police department, including accusations of overtime abuse. >> we have to make that adjustment. >> reporter: and the recig nation of the director of police training. add to that the commissioner's

retirement, sparking leadership questions. who will clean this up? sharp black has been here almost 40 year and is concerned the hubt is being shut out from the selection of the next top cop. >> we think it's outrage, twai. not just bad. it's also about policy. it's not just about the individual. so we're lock at the whole packening app. >> reporter: but there are a of people in the community that support the current policing strategy and point to huge reductions in the murder rate over the past few year. >> reporter: one johns hop kins criminal expert told wjz he does not see a pattern of corruption, because tease are isolated cases among many levels of the department. councilman stokes wants more transparent say. >> i am concerned about what turmoil there may be. by and large, the men and women of the police department are decent, committed, caring

individuals. we feed a police commissioner that will restore confidence and trust and integrity into the police department. >> reporter: the mayor isn't saying anything about this. her office told us she was unavailable for an interview and doesn't comment on police personnel issues anyway. reporting from police headquarters within mike helgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> police have said these cases represent their push to root out corruption. an army soldier opens fire on base at fort bragg. officials say he so the and killed a senior officer an then tried to kill himself. the shooter is in custody. military leaders done know what caused the attack. average colorado springs man videotapes his frantic escape from a wildfire. >> oh my gosh. it's all the way down the hill, dude. look at this. we got to go. >> he's among 32,000 people who've been forced out of their homes. the area around colorado springs looks like a war zone.

back in maryland, some families are also forced from their homes because of a gas leak. sky chopper 13 is live over the roads where officials say a non- bge work struck a gas line that sent gas into a nearby sewer system. crews are work to fix that leak. : baltimore city's populationing shrinking by the mere. -- population is shrinking by the year. pat warren has the troubling new numbers. >> reporter: in the past 15 months, 1500 people have left the city that's the bad news. the good news is people are leaving at a slower rate than in past years. >> reporter: while bath mother is hard at work promoting itself, the hard-at-work baltimore group posted this as

part of their facebook campaign. in the last decade, the city lost 30,000 people, and since the to 10 census, the population declined by 1500 in 15 months, not the way the mayor wants the city to go. >> i set out an ambitious goal to grow our city by 10,000 families. >> reporter: baltimore was iraqed the 6th lampleggest city in the nation in the 50s and 60s. by the 1980 census, it ranked 10th. it now ranks 24th. analyst anna basu calls that trouble. >> the message of the data is cities that are attractive to young families have a growing population. >> reporter: the good news is bath mother is losing population at half the rate it was in the last decade.

>> it's an overarching principle. it's a goal in all the policies that we make. >> reporter: and of course, affordability is the key issue. the city of baltimore continues to have the highest property tax rate in the state. recently, it raised its bottle tax and its water rates. i'm pat warren reporting live. back to you, kai. while baltimore was shrinking, washington, d.c., is multiplying its population, now only about 1500 people away from outranking baltimore. 4 supersized cranes are now being put up in baltimore. they will help the port handle a new generation of supercontainer ships. port workers will undergo training to operate the new crane when they're fully installed. get ready for traffic jams this fourth of july.

aaa predicts that half a million people will hit the road tomorrow, and over 30 million over the week. coming up, cashing in on his penn state pension. why convicted child molester jerry sandusky could keep getting paid while behind bars. a woman goes toe to toe with an attacker at a parking lot brawl. heat and humidity headed our way. aisle bob turk. aisle have our complete forecast coming up next. >> also ahead, who what is adam jones' talking about? mary muballa with a side of the orioles star you haven't seen next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's mainly cleaver and 81 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warn weather forecast is coming up. first, a developing weather disaster in china. the the government says 30 construction workers are missing following a landslide. heavy rain triggered the dirt and rocks to cascade over the site of a future hydropower station. 8 workers were rescued.

they all suffered minor injuries. a conviction on child sex abuse charges will not keep jerry sandusky from collecting his state pension. he will likely keep receiving his $490 a month payment. pennsylvania law requires forferture of those for violent crimes like robbery and extortion -- of corruption crime, but not violent crimes. take a look at this video. the victim was thrown to the ground, but responds by kicking her attacker. this prompted the suspect to flee without getting the purse. >> she was in a pretty good fight, trying to get herself away from the victim as well as hold onto her purse. i would think this woman's not done yet and would like to catch her before she can do this to somebody else. >> police hope the surveillance video and description of the

getaway car will help them track her down. a tractor tailer accident in pennsylvania leaves the highway looking like a snowstorm just hit. but it wasn't snow but powdered sugar that coated the road. it took several hours to clean up the sticky mess. the driver suffered minor injuries. new numbers shows the orioles have winning ways and afilling seats like never before. so far, more than 960,000 people have cheered on the os at the ballpark. that's the most in 5 years. one of the reasons for the team's surge may be its new leader and superstar adam jones. he just signed an $85 million contract, making hip one of the richest athletes inball mother history. tonight, he confides in mary vuballa that his passion for

life and baltimore goes way beyond what happen on the field. >> jones is back, and that ball is out of here. >> reporter: he's now the $85 million man. centerfielder adam jones just signed a a huge contract. now the highest-paid oriole ever. he's a high-octane player on the brink of becoming a major league star. but when adam jones agreed to an in-depth interview with wjz, we found out there's a lot more to this 20 yierl than big cash, big hits, and big money. >> reporter: do you pinch yourself? >> it's not about me buying big houses. it's more of a legacy that you set your family up on. >> reporter: adam was raise bade single mom until he was 5. >> i'm a mama's boy.

>> reporter: she's still by adam's boy. >> there it is. >> my grandmother and my mom and aunt are the three strongest women in my family. >> reporter: adam's two great loves, his family and baseball, have shaped him in ways he wants to share. he wants to be known for more than his heroics on the feel. >> i have the opportunity to change lives. i think the sky's the limit with what ki do in the community here. i want to give money and my time. that's a lot more valuable to kids. if they can actually see you doing something instead of just receiving something. they actually get to see me, come up to me, ask me questions. >> reporter: i bet think ask you about the money. >> i say, come on, ask me for a hug, and they're like, you make too much money. >> reporter: 40,000 people follow him on twitter where he

reveals his life off the feel, lots of food and dogs. >> i have a dog, my girlfriend has a dog. >> reporter: his girlfriend is from baltimore and adam hints he wants to start a family in the near future. >> reporter: you've committed to stay here for a long time. that has to be a seven of relief for you as well. >> it is. i play my hardest every day for these fans. and this is my clubhouse. this is my family. >> adam jones is expected to be selected to his second all-star team when the results are announced sunday. >> good for him. keep it up. we've got some heat headed our way and humidity. that's the big change, because it's been very, very destroy the last receiver days. today was hot, but it was dry. 81, 58 dew point, the barometer

way back up, currently 79 out to the west, ocean city at 78, 83 still in washington. the dew point is still low. down in virginia, it is getting humid. it's going to stay warm tonight. it got town 96 today. it was so dry, it actually felt like 91 or 92. tomorrow, we will get up to the upper 90s and maybe 100, but it will feel warmer than that because it will be more humid. 64 this morning. 86 and 65 are the normals. in 2010, the record was 99, and 53 in 1970. no wind here, but tomorrow, more of a west-southwest wind. now the wind tomorrow could make a difference in the exact temperature we get. if we have a due west wind,

temperatures could go up a couple degrees an the humanity may come down a bit. but i think tomorrow will be a downright uncomfortable day except for down by the water. there are some scattered shower and a few thunderstorms. you see the boundary line, between much cooler air antibiotic real heat. temperatures, 100 degrees in a few spots. threus got up to 108 degrees in indianapolis, 104, 1 degrees shy of their all-time high. there will be a weak front boundary in the area. there's a few showing up. doesn't look like we'll have much of a chan. for the most part, we'll stay on the hot and humid side all

week long. it will begin to cool down somewhat. bay temp, not too bad at 76. maybe a brief thunder shower. 99, may get to 100 tomorrow. but the record is 105. i don't think we'll get that hot. and maybe a scattered shower. another hot one on saturday. upper 90s again. maybe a shower. 95 on sunday. it will begin to cool down and start to dry out by next week. 90 and 92 on tuesday. kai? >> thank you. coming up, it's a power display at camden yards, home runs flying out of the ballpark tonight. did the orioles do enough to beat cleveland? we have sports next. ,,,,,,

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mark is here with our wjz the fan sports, and cleveland in town. >> oriole fans are bracing for what they think is a june swoon for the fans, as the orioles need to heat up. the braves come out hitting. johnny damon adds a 3-run home run to put his team up. and mark reynolds continues to strike out. just 2 runs for the os. chen was out in the game when the braves beat up the -- indians beat up the os's bull pen. the indians win 7-2. 3 more

days against cleveland. the finale is sunday afternoon, on masn on wjz. in basketball, draft night for the nba. will barrton goes to the -- barton goes to the trail blazers. barton played college ball at memphis. no surprise about the number one overall pick. commissioner david stern announced that annie davis was selected by the new orleans hornet. davis played one season in college, led kentucky to the national title, his teammates, michael kill-gilcrest, went second overall to charlotte, and bradley beals went third. and michael phelps took first in the 200 meter butterfly at the olympic

trials. and as phelps swims his way to the olympics, we'll see if the orioles can swing tear way to a win tomorrow. >> and the butterfly looks difficult. still ahead, could boiling temperatures make baking easier? inside this special summer recipe next.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

here's a way to be green. turn your car into an oven. temperatures reaped 1 hurricane degrees in iowa, and that's where a cook baked. it was over 110 inside the car. that also shows ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,