about. >> police shakeup. james tear is stepping down right in the middle of a scandal rocking the government. wjz is live in millersville. mike hellgren explains how this is related to the indictment of county executive john leopold. mike? >> reporter: for chief tear, any criminal investigation goes away because of all of this. and he could now be a star witness in the case against county executive leopold. >> reporter: anne arundel county police chief james tear made the sudden announcement that he's retiring, amid a cloud of scandal. >> i respectfully decline to answer questions. >> he angered some on the county council when he refused to testify about what he knew of allegations his boss, county executive john leopold, misused security detail. making officers empty his catheter bag, be a lookout while he had sex in the parking lot, and illegally use the police database to digip -- dig up dirt on his political opponents. >> we need to get past that. >> reporter: the county

executive named pamela davis to replace tear. she's the first one to lead the department. leopold faces charges. he will now announce that he was ending that probe. it is important to resolve this matter without any disruption to the functioning of the police department. our officers believe -- office believes that this resolution is in the best interest of the citizens. many believe it is likely part of the deal. and the chief will testify against leopold at trial. >> i don't know what his testimony will be. but i suspect he'll be among those who have called in during the case against the county executive. >> and instead of stonewalling and playing games. and not complying fully with our public records request. it's time for the county and the police department to come clean. >> reporter: mr. leopold thanked the chief for his service. and in a statement said, the reason chief tear was stepping down, was to spend more time with his family. >> reporter: and many

councilmembers say they only learned about chief tear stepping down this morning. as for mr. le, his trial begins at day after labor day. reporting live in anne arundel county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the chief's retirement takes effect august 1st. well, updating the breaking news we told you about at 5:00. arson investigators are on the scene of a fire in cherry hill. investigators say the playground padding somehow caught fire, destroying the equipment. no one was injured. wjz is learning today about the baltimore firefighter charged with running an online prostitution ring. police say this wasn't his first brush with the law. mary has more on the growing investigation. >> reporter: investigators say jamar simmons and another man were running the out of a west baltimore warehouse. officers raided that building, seizing a handgun, drugs, condom. and a ledger with information about the ring. the 29-year-old simmons and 23- year-old franklin coit are now facing weapons and prostitution charges. reports show simmons was charged with human trafficking

in a prior case and received probation before judgment. simmons is a 12-year veteran of the baltimore city fire department. he is now suspended without pay, pending an internal investigation. vic? >> mary, thank you. simmons was a firefighter with truck 25 out of rowland park. >> controversy continues out of plans to give fire chief james clack a contract extension and a pay raise. comes at a time when fire companies are being closed. >> derek valcourt explains, a vote on the measure was taken today, as more opponents speak out. derek? >> well, the mayor says the fire chief has earned that pay raise. but firefighters and some city residents say the fire chief is benefiting from their loss. >> reporter: the permanent closure of three city fire companies because of three budget constraints already had firefighters angry. which is why the mayor's request had firefighters union leaders saying no way.

>> this [ inaudible ] i don't think chief complak or his command staff should take the raise. >> reporter: but in a 3-2 vote, the city board of estimates agrees to extend the contract for six years. the deal grants clack more than $28,000 worth of pay increases. 2% in almost year, except year 4, when he would earn a little more than 8%, nearly 14,000 dollars. in her support, the mayor touted clack's accomplishment as fire chief, point to a record low of 17 fire fatalities lav year. and only three so far this year. >> allows him to continue to implement changes for the department. and public safety for the city. >> she must have reasons for him being so deserving, i guess. >> reporter: while some city residents offered luke warm support of a pay increase for the chief, others disapprove. >> if they cut everything else, you need to take the cut for everybody else. >> for his part, chief clack

released a statement, saying i'm very happy that the chief has asked me to continue servinga the fire chief for the next several years. we have made great progress. we have more work to do. >> reporter: both the city comptroller pratt and council president jack young opposed the pay increase for the fire chief. live at city hall, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much, derek. the chief's contract allows for the mayor to terminate the chief's employment at any time if she chooses. for breaking news we're following, sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of an accident in on i-83 northbound. >> two lanes of traffic getting by on the left of this three- car accident on the jones falls expressway, northbound, right before ruxton road. and at least one person has been in the ambulance for transport. and the traffic is backing up quite a bit. as more people are leaving the city northbound. reporting live from sky eye chopper 13. i'm captain jeff long. now, back to you. >> okay, jeff.

thank you. police are asking for your help, finding two men wanted for allegedly engaging in sex acts with an underaged girl. take a look at these two men. 19-year-old nicholas jackson and lawrence mayo. investigators say they took a 13-year-old girl to a home where the girl engaged in sexual activity with both men. each is charged with second- degree rape. anyone with information is asked to call police. a murder in florida is sending shock waves all the way up to our region. a retired former principal in anne arundel county, murdered in cold blood. wjz is live. rochelle ritchie has the troubling details on the crime and the suspect? custody. rochelle? >> reporter: well, denise, the body was found in a south florida canal, just west of fort lauderdale. the motives behind murder, money. >> reporter: in the shallow waters of a florida canal, the bodies of a former anne arundel county principal was pulled out monday. two people are charged with his murder.

19-year-old david winetrap. and 19-year-old an dress. >> i hope they pay dearly. they took away a really nice person. >> reporter: rosemary bender became a close friend to him after selling him a home. >> he was the first principal here at chesapeake high school in the early 70s. and he worked for ann arundle until 1989. >> reporter: yearbook photos show a lot of memory the. >> he had a big heart. he gave a lot of himself. >> reporter: police found his body with a plastic bag taped over his head. the upons is confessed to gagging him, tying him up and beating him before throwing him into the water. he represented a home to one of the suspects. >> it was vacant. but then he said, i let these friend goes in. and then he said, they weren't paying. >> reporter: those friends, now murder suspects, charged with premed taded murder. according to a florida newspaper, the duo stole

norman's credit cards and tried to inquire about the victims' saving accounts. she said she is glad the suspects are in jail with no bond and can only hope for the ultimate punishment. >> and norman is a divorced father of two. denise, back to you. >> thank you, rochelle. now, the cause of norman's death is still pending. the time report on the internal investigation into the sex abuse scandal at penn state is about to be released. a team led by former fbi director, interviewed hundreds of people. the man convicted last month of abusing several young boys. the report will be posted online at 9:00 a.m. morning. and will focus on what the university did or did not do to protect children. tough questions for local utility companies after a recent storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power for days and even longer. wjz is live in north baltimore. monique griego has more on what city and county leaders want to

know. >> reporter: their main concern is how we can be better prepared for another storm. but they also want more to be done to prevent heat-related deaths. >> reporter: heavy rain and hurricane-like winds. destroyed neighborhoods and left millions without power across the mid-atlantic. >> oh, it was hot. itterrible. >> reporter: viola bowers lost service for several days. but in this neighborhood off lake avenue, the damage was even worse. and homeowners were in the dark for a week or even longer. >> people who drove around said it was like the epicenter. >> now, city and county leaders are asking bge and pep co, one main question. >> what else can they be doing to prepare us better, when these instances occur? >> reporter: baltimore county executive kevin kamenetz is one of seven leaders from baltimore's largest jurisdiction to sign off on a letter to the public service commission. in it, they ask the psc to press the companies on several issues, including how to

prevent such widespread outages. and whether their staffing and equipment are adequate. >> because most of the outages were caused by falling trees, kamenetz says one of the most important and costly things the psc can look at is bearing power lines across the neighborhood. >> statewide, there were 19 heat-relatived deaths. the utilities need to disclose more information. >> we would obviously like to have better information from bge as to where outages have taken place, so that we can send our resources out there to offer assistance. >> i think that given the severity of the storms that we're having. and the frequency. that they need to come up with a better plan. >> reporter: and county leaders say while they know this is an expensive option to bury lines, they still think it is something that needs to be looked at. monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> governor o'malley also suggests looking into the idea

of burying power lines. another mild summer night. hopefully this string of pleasant july days will continue at least for a little while. we deserve it. meteorologist tim williams is in the weather center, tracking a little activity on first warning doppler radar. >> we have had just one pop-up shower out there. most of the state has seen nothing but sunshine and just a mixture of sun and cloud the for the day. right now, out towards hagerstown is the only place we've seen any rain pop up at all this afternoon. and really, for the most part, for the next few hours or so. and really for the next day, we're not going to see much more than this. this is out near mawginsville. that is just one pop-up shower. right now, temperatures are coming down from a daytime high of 96 degrees. 78 in ocean city, where the wind is coming off the ocean. and 79 out toward oakland. where the rain out there on down in the panhandle of west virginia actually cools things off just a little bit. the actual heat index is about a degree cooler than the actual temperatures. 86 feels more like 85.

and with that high pressure moving off to the east, we're going to feel more warm, humid air being pumped into the weekend right on through the weekend. we will get up to around 93 degrees more consistently. but we'll talk about how warm it gets in your complete updated first warning forecast. republican presidential candidate mitt romney takes his campaign on the road. while most of the conventioners are supporting president obama, romney made his case for why they should reconsider their vote. danielle notingham reports from washington, with this campaign 2012 report. mitt romney received a luke warm greeting at the naacp's annual meeting. much of his speech was met with light applause, until he started criticizing president obama and his policies. >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care. and i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> reporter: about 90% of black voters are expected to support president obama in november. but romney says that support

has not led to results. >> the un. m rate, the -- unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment, average income, median family wealth, are all worse in the black community. >> reporter: romney believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november. and polls show the race is tightening. a new quinipiac university survey of voters naz wide shows romney just 3 points behind, 46 to 43%. president obama has been working to lock in his support in the battleground state. >> the states in this election could not be bigger. >> reporter: he traveled to iowa on tuesday, trying to reignite the enthusiasm that led him to victory four years ago. >> i'm betting that you are going to be as fired up as you were in 2008. because you understand the stakes. >> the president is trying to convince voters, he is the candidate who can turn the economy around and defend the

middle class. in washington, danielle notingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. for updates on the candidates and the key issues, logton on wjz -- log onto wjz.com. a million dollar discovery, found siting in an attic. why these baseball cards are setting the card-collecting world on fire. i'm andrea fujii. in westminster, where they're putting a stop to red-light cameras. why these two at this intersection were shut off. that's just ahead on wjz eyewitness news. blueprint for a better force. is what the police union unveiled today. i'm gigi barnett. it's all written out in this new report by the union. that story is just ahead. muggy and hot weather returning soon. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. ,

86 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. a new report by the city police union lays out how it can happen. but it may mean some sweeping changes for the department. wjz is live. gigi barnett has details of that report. gigi? >> reporter: well, vic, the police union say its has some issues with the police department. some of those issues, though, they can work out. others will take a little bit

longer to work out. however, either way, the union says it wants city leaders to read its new report. >> reporter: the baltimore police union spent a year compiling this 15-page report. in it, the union calls the city's strategy to improve the force outdated, ineffective, and reactive. >> reporter: union president bob perry unveiled the report today, saying city leaders can extreme line the department, without raising taxes. >> the money just isn't there. we hear that every time. >> reporter: the report comes at a time when more than a dozen city officers were caught up in a towing kickback scandal that stole thousands from drivers. and the city's top cop, commissioner fred bealefeld, recently announced his plans to retire next month. now, the union wants more training for officers. competi55 wages to keep the ones they have. and instead of bigger force, better management. >> we will challenge anyone that says that you need more bodies in the street to make baltimore a safer city. no, you need to adjust your

game plan. >> reporter: the union says baltimore needs a better educated police report. so its report is calling for the department to hire new officers with at least two years of college. >> addle the end of the day, what this police department needs is effective policing. it's not who we hire. it's what kind of folks we hire. >> reporter: but last year, violent crime was brought to a historic low in baltimore. city police leaders say they're one step ahead of the union. in a written statement, wjz, police spokesman anthony gullemy says, while we value their suggestions, the baltimore police department has already identified and focused on many of the yeas identified by the paternal order of police. >> reporter: and the union says making these changes will make baltimore safer and will help the mayor in her quest to bring at least 10,000 families to the city in the next decade. vic, back to you. >> gigi, thank you. the union says it will offer the report to the department's new commissioner. friends and coaches are expressing condolences today, following the death of a local

swimmer. alex cosgarria died monday night in a car crash. the 17-year-old was a varsity swimmer at the mcdonogh school. and a competitor at the aquatic club. coaches there saw alex just moments before his death and said they still cannot will he's gone. >> i was just amazed because one minute he could be laughing with his friends. and the next minute, he could be behind the block, ready to be part of our relay team and be all business in the same minute. i mean, he was an absolute pleasure to coach. and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: viewings for alec will be held friday at the funeral home in towson. a funeral mass will be held at the cathedral of mary our queen. westminster is putting a stop to most of its red light cameras. police say they may have been posing more accidents than they were preventing. >> reporter: after more than two years, the red light

cameras at route 97 and 140 in westminster are turned off. the city council voted monday to deactivate them. >> these cameras were not in a great mode. they were literally costing the city taxpayers money. >> reporter: they were meant to make the intersection safer and generate revenue. but police say they did neither. >> reporter: in the two years they were up, police say there have been 11 serious crashes at the intersection. and 35 fender benders. >> these numbers are not characteristic of red lights programs. >> reporter: in 2010, the city installed five red-light cameras. and within the year, they took down two. and now, they shut off two more because of the low number of citations and high number of collisions. drivers have mixed feelings about the decision. >> i'm not saying i'm going to run a red light. but if i'm late, i'm going to do what it takes to get to school. >> there were a lot of people that try to run the red light. and as soon as it turns yellow, it goes. i guess it's probably better if they have them. >> reporter: the one remaining

camera is at 97 and nursery road. the only one police say is working like it should. >> reporter: and we're told, there are no plans to add any more cameras. in westminster, andrea fujii, week eyewitness news. >> it cost the city of westminster more than $2200 a day to operate red-light cameras. all right. well, we're still normal. feeling normal. >> yeah, normal in westminster and everywhere else. that's the nice thing. nice little change. temperatures are right around 86 degrees. i don't think anybody is complaining about that. >> no. >> not at all. >> we have 30% relative humidity. southeast wind at 6 miles per hour. just a light breeze out there this evening. it's gob a nice july night ahead. your complete updated first warning forecast is coming up. ,

live look outside right now. from our camera down at the inner harbor. beautiful afternoon down there. >> quite a distance. >> yeah. you know, that is the key, too. the haze and the humidity, not so much that you can't see across the bay. that's a nice change. it's been so hazy, hot and humid. we haven't been able to see much of anything when the days have been really cooking. today got up to 90 degrees. it's been a comfortable 90 degrees. dew point has been relatively low. so the actual heat index has been lower than the temperature

by about 1 degree. pretty much consistently throughout the day. 90 degrees is where we topped out today. 88 is our average high. 100 is the record. we didn't get quite to that 100. but only been a few days ago that we were right in that range. today, we're coming down from 90 degrees and going down into the 70s fssments 77 now in hagerstown and in oakland. we have 87 -- or 77, i should say, in hagerstown and oakland. winds have been consistently off the water. and things cooler on the boardwalk. 85 on the board now in elkton. 88 in westminster and bel air. 85 in kent island and annapolis. and 84 in rock hall. winds have been primarily coming in from the south and east. we have high pressure that is moving across the region. and that high is kind of pulling things in from the south and east. that high is going to continue to push off to our east. and itself asit does, it's going to allow for warmer air. but what we're watching here is the one dynamic that has been

dominating our forecast. it's the front that pushed across the region that pushed all that really hot, humid air out of here. several days ago now. it is stalled to our south. it is close enough, however, that it is allowing for some cloud cover to be pushed up into our region. all of the clouds we have now are the result of that front. the high pressure is punish pushing in, dryer air. and that's coming in from the north primarily. but that high is going to continue to push off to our east. as it does, it is the clockwise flow around that high. going to allow for temperatures to gun. dew points to go up. humidity levels to go up. heading into the weekend. we'll start to see temperatures climb. it's going to be a little more summer like. a little more uncomfortable. but nothing, nothing in comparison to just about a week ago. sunset time, southeast wind on the bay. no advisories in effect. next high tide at fort mchenry is at 2:25 tomorrow morning. patchy shower or so. other than that, no one else in the state has seen anything in

the form of rain. 93 degrees now with a few clouds and sun. just another delightful july evening. >> great. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. >> unfriendly skies. terrifying passengers try to hold on as several planes make emergency landings. we'll tell you what happened. >> the next step for maryland in the same-sex marriage debate. i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news. voters move closer. and an american heiress is dead and her billionaire husband behind bars. the latest on the investigation. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 6:31. 86 degrees and partly sunny in central maryland. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a rough day for passengers on three u.s. flights. they all had major turbulence in midair. and when they landed, more than a dozen needed medical treatment. >> reporter: tuesday, turned into a turbulent day in the

skies around the country. as three flights were met by emergency crews immediately upon landing. in miami, american airlines flight 1780 landed with 12 injured people. five of them rushed to the hospital. >> it was scary. >> reporter: the miami-bound boeing 757 took off from aruba, just after 7:00 p.m. local time. about 30 minutes from landing, severe turbulence jolted aircraft for a full 15 seconds. launching people from their seat. and even slamming one woman into the ceiling after she got up to secure her stomach. >> i was in the bathroom. and i hit myself in the knee. and i went back to my seat. >> reporter: the two other flights were actually diverted off course. the first, a delta flight, headed from minneapolis to st. louis, made an emergency landing in cedar rapids iowa. all 150 people on board landed safely.

>> medical. >> reporter: across the country, however, five crewmembers were taken to the hospital in philadelphia. u.s. airways flight 720 out of charlotte, north carolina, was forced from its destination to rome, when fumes on board caused several people to become nauseous. >> everybody is screaming. >> reporter: none of the injuries in either the philadelphia or miami incidents appear to be life-threatening. american flight 1780 arrived on time at miami-dade at 6:00. >> i don't want to have it anymore. but everything is fine now. >> we do not have word jtd on -- yet on the source of the fumes of the flight that made the emergency landing in philadelphia. a mysterious death. one of the world's wealth west women is dead inside her mansion. and mow her -- now her husband is arrested. >> reporter: accord to reports, eva rousing's husband may have been living with her body for more than a week before it was discovered by police.

her husband, hans christian rousing is being held on drug charges and is receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed condition. police are curntdzly reveing surveillance video and questioning the couple's staff members. an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. vic? >> mary, thank you. rousing was the daughter of former pepsi executive. her husband is heir to his father's $6 billion food packaging fortune. the debate over president obama's health law. earlier today, the republican house of representatives voted to repeal the law. this is the 33rd time they have tried to strike down the president's signature achievement. each time, it has failed to get past the democratic-controlled senate. republican leader says they are not concerned because voters will have the final say in november. it is official. the state board has voted to certify to put it on the november ballot. >> reporter: the maryland

marriage alliance, on line and on foot, got more than 162,000 voters to sign its voters to repeal same-sex marriage in the state. the board of elections stopped cowbtsding -- counting after more than 109,000 signatures were validated, nearly twice the number needed to put the question on the ballot. that was the numbers. now, it's all about the words. >> let it be defined as one man, one woman. >> how it will be worded. voters will either repeal the law, legalizing same-sex marriage, signed by the governor this year, or allow the law it stand. and a war of words will be fought in ad campaigns, like this marriage equality ad on you tube. >> why should i be treated different? i love who i love. so why can't i marry woi love? -- who i love? >> reporter: others believe traditional marriage trumps personal preference. >> we understand happiness means a lot of things do a lot of -- to a lot of different people. happiness does not mean let's change the laws and redefine

things so we have our own self- fulfillment. >> as an african american male, i know what it's like to be discriminated against. >> reporter: still, traditional supporters expect maryland voters to go the way of 32 other states holding one man, one woman marriage. >> people have a deep seeded passion. >> reporter: the maryland alliance set a record for the number of signatures needed to put the question on the ballot. >> and marylanders for marriage equality still have the option of challenging the petition in court. we may know what is causing a mysterious illness in cambodia again that has already claimed the lives of more than 60 children. doctors say a combination of pathogens is responsible for the deadly outbreak. that is the word for people familiar with the investigation being conducted by the world health organization. doctors say the inappropriate use of steroids which can

suppress the immune system. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. more on the retirement of police chief james tear. things you could and should do -- should be doing now to prepare yourself for this fall's baltimore marathon. and five questions about the orioles as they get ready for the second half of the season. for these stories and much more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated first warning weather forecast. it is one of the biggest finds in the history of baseball. and it happened while a man was simply cleaning out his attic. how baltimore is playing a role in this history-making discovery. >> some of these valuable cards will go to the highest wider at the convention center -- bidder at the convention center. >> carl in this attic. after he and his family inherited this turn of the century house. passed down by her aunt after recent passing. what he found were there's

unassuming little baseball cards. about 700 in all. they had been tied in a neat bundle and put in a cardboard box. sitting untouched for 100 years. he didn't know exactly what he had. but the sports collectible experts did. >> we believe this is the most significant find in the history of the hobby. when they sent in the package, and we initially opened it up, you know, our reaction was, oh, my god. you know, these are the nicest condition examples of this series that we've ever seen. >> the cards were given away as a candy promotion around 1910. they include such baseball luminaries as tie cobs, cy young and mathison. he says his immigrant grandfather didn't know what to do with them. so he put them in the attic and forgot about them. today, they're valued at $3 million. and the best bunch, 37 cards, will be sold here in baltimore,

when the sports collectors convention is held in august at the convention from. radio center. >> when they-- center. >> when they called me and said this is the most significant find in baseball cards ever i was like, whatever. but they said, no, these particular cards, some of them are mint conditions. it blows everybody away. >> reporter: the grandfather is survived by about 20 family members who will divide the winfall when the cards are auctioned off. >> the 37 cards being auctioned here in august are expected to fetch around $500,000. denise, there's 700 cards total. >> wow. >> i wish i was a collector. thank you, mary. the highest price ever paid for a baseball is $2.8 million, handed over in 2007, for a 1909 hoinous wagner card. >> makes you want to go root around in your attic somewhere. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news.

a train explodes in flames in the midwest. where it happened. and the latest on the people living nearby. a chaotic end to a police chase in california. what police are saying about the man behind the wheel. i'm tim williams in for bob turk in the first warning weather center. putting the finishing touches on what is going to be a pretty warm july weekend. your forecast is coming up. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top story at wjz.com at this hour. for updateoss the day's news and the forecast, log onto wjz.com. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway:

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a train derails. two people were hurt when it burst into flames. three of the burning cars were carrying ethnol. firefighters and the hazardous materials crew were monitoring the blaze right now. the cause of the derailment is under investigation. a california man is recovering today after taking police on a wild chase on the freeway. this is all that's left of the pickup truck in the chase. police say kip arnold was wanted for allegedly committing lewd acts on a minor. when police tried to question him in the car, the conversation didn't last long. >> stopped the car. made contact with him up at the window of the car. and he said, i know why you're here.

and put the car in drive and took offer. >> arnold was then taken to a nearby hospital. some people in new jersey have a growing animal problem on their hands. residents say more than 20,000 turkeys are roaming their neighborhoods. the birds are apparently caution problems for drivers on the roads. and farmers say they're ruining tomato crops. it was a $2,000 fine for anyone caught feeding some troublesome turkeys. >> i got some solutions. >> thanksgiving in august. scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> in one of the biggest cities, police are now comparing fighting gangs to the war in afghanistan. we'll ride along as they do battle. tonight on the cbs evening news. >> hey, scott. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers on wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,

live look outside right now. tim will tell us if we have to break ourselves -- brace ourselves for another warmup. he is in the weather center with the updated forecast. >> nothing too uncomfortable.

we are going down tonight to about 68 degrees. we'll start off around 70. and a good bit of sunshine. humidity levels and temperatures are going to go up slightly into the weekend. we did get up to 90 degrees today. and i want to show you first warning doppler radar, just for one quick second, just to show you that there has been one little bit of activity, out towards hagerstown that has now since gone away. and that is going to be the case really now for the next few days. we'll have these pop-up showers. now, the five-day forecast looks like this. temperatures going up to 90 degrees tomorrow. 90 on friday. 90 on saturday. 92 and 92. the humidity levels going up with those temperatures. so we'll be up a slight bit more uncomfortable than it has been. denise is and vic? >> okay. >> still to come tonight. the orioles step into the spotlight at said orioles all- star game. >> mark has the summer classic next. ,,,,,, i'll have the $4 everyday value slam with... bacon.

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trying to remember. if the orioles go to the world series, they don't get to choose because. >> yeah, the all-star game. >> court advantage. >> i knew there was some reason they can't. >> they've made the all-star game mean something. win the -- when the orioles get to the world series, they won't

have it this time. we keep hearing that the american league is better than the national league. it does show an interleague play. but when it comes to the world series, the national league won three of the last four. in all-star games, national leaguers have won three straight. the best gathered in kansas city. the 83rd game, collected if the third time. three orioles were there. jones honored for the second time in his career. matt sweeters is an all-star for the second year in ray row. then jim johnson, he's a first timer. detroit tigers's a -- tigers ace, justin ver lander. pablo sandoval brought in three with this fly off the fence in right field. they cleared the basises. the first inning got national league rolling toward an 8-0 victory. texas manager ron washington won two straight world series. and now, two straight all-star

games. >> because we're competitors. and we want to win. but i think you gotta tip your hat to the national league again. they came out, they swung the bats. started bringing those arms in. and they got the job done. you got justin verlander out there, you don't expect they're going to come out and get five runs on him like that. but it happened. that's why you can't predict baseball. it's got to be played. you never know what is going to happen. >> and wieters and jones were not able to help the lineup. jim johnson did pitch one perfect inning of relief. this is wieters making the final out of the game. friday, the detroit tigers visit camden yards to start a weekend series. in football, it's countdown to training camp. and the clock is ticking on a deadline for some contract. the ravens kick off camp in two weeks. and running back ray rice has until monday afternoon, to negotiate a new long-term contract. if there is no new agreement,

rice would then have to sign the franchise tender to play. that's something he want toss avoid. rice told the times, that his time from mini camp felt like the lockout last year and he misses his teammates. but rice says he will be ready when it is time to play. let's make a deal. miami heat welcomes free agent ray allen to south florida. the veteran sharp shooter was introduced at a press conference today. hoo -- he is a 16-year veteran. steve nash has also played 16 seasons in the nba. he's never won a championship. today, he officially joined the l.a. lakers. nash is 38 years old. and his time to win a title is running short. so he has left. >> you know, i've always wanted to win. i've always competed the best i can to try to win. and to be back in a position to win again is a phenomenal feeling. and i'm ready proud-- really

proud to be a laker today. >> reporter: nash sprayed -- played the last season with the suns. they traded him to the lakers for first round draft pick. speaking of basketball. we'll check in with carmelo anthony and the team preparing for the olympics. >> go, usa. thiewg, mark. ,,,,,,,,,,

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