that's moving off to the southeast, right towards wharton. on the eastern shore, chestertown to kennedyville to southernville. that is the storm we're watching now. the rest of the region is pretty quiet. the activity near d.c. is weakened. from baltimore north and west, things are really quiet. and looks like we'll have a quiet evening and a dryer day coming tomorrow. now, officially, we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the entire region. until 8:00. i think they'll probably drop northern maryland very shortly, as that system has already moved through our region. things have begun to quiet down. temperature-wise, a hot and humid afternoon. bernadette has a look at what we have out it there now and what we kidnap tomorrow. >> authority. -- that's right. we will show you temperatures across the state. we were in theurn 80s to near 90 degrees for a lot of us. 95 in patuxent. but where the front is starting to come through. it dropped with a thunderstorm.

79 in elkton. 73. also, notice the dew points are so high. tomorrow, both the temperatures and the dew points are coming down. and those are coming way down. those are coming down tomorrow. that's a little break before another round of heat moves our way thursday. and we'll have your forecast coming up. >> thank you, bernadette and bob. it's time to get to work. training camp for the ravens is under way. wjz is live at the ravens complex in owings mills. sports director mark viviano speaks with some of the players. >> reporter: not a bad first day of work for the ravens. considering that for most of the time they were on the field, it was overcast, even a little drizzle. not bad for late july here in owings mills. today was just the rookies and the quarterbacks. so a lot of guys new to the team getting their first taste of a real nfl training camp. and another thing that is new. look out for your new head coach. and his new look.

john harbaugh, sporting facial hair. he's trying something different in a new year. >> reporter: the excitement starts in the summertime for the ravens and their fans. for the players, it's time to get back to work. >> reporter: training camp means long, hot hours in preparation for another season. what they hope is that they put together a team that is capable of what they have o they -- what they accomplished last season. quarterback joe flacco has been in charge of the offense each of the past four seasons and it is said the goal remains to go even further to super bowl. >> the guys came back in really great shape. you know, for the vast, most part. couple of guys will learn their lessons hard way, sphaz conditioning tests. but that's a good thing, too. so this will come off very quickly. but it's been a good few weeks. >> reporter: while the players take the first steps toward a long season, we ask you, with our wjz fan cam, what are you

most excited about, as training camp begins? >> i think joe flacco is going to turn it on this year. so i'm looking forward to a good season, i think. >> i'm just excited for this season. we all moved a bit last year. so this year, you know, we're just a little closer of. >> purple is the way to go. everybody deserves second chances. we're going to do great. and i'm really excited. how is that? >> well, you heard the coach mentioning about his facial hair. it will come off soon. it's like when brian billick grew a beard for training camp, it was sort of open to public opinion. maybe there will be a poll somewhere. i'm pretty sure that will be the case. anyway, about half the team here so far. first full squad workout coming up on thursday. we'll hear from matt burke, coming up a little later in sports. back to you for now. >> i like the facial hair. there's my vote. fans will get a chance to see the team at open practice,

at m&t bank stadium, august 4th. new patients with hep tight c. prosecutors in new hampshire are planning for charges against david quikowski. he is accused of using contaminated syringes on patients. wjz stays on the story with complete coverage. mike hellgren speaks with the family of a shooting victim who planned to attend college here in maryland. but first, teresa garcia has more on the flurry of activity at the scene. >> reporter: federal investigators were back at the crime scene today. they were processing evidence at the theater, where a dozen people were killed and 58 others injured. a tow truck was seen hauling a car from the century 16 parking lot. the boyfriend of the woman who owns the car was killed. police returned her keys, along with her blood-soaked purse. verdicts and lawyers -- investigators and lawyers for the defense ask

have asked to be allowed into the theater. they also want access into the apartment of james holmes. he is expected to request a psychiatric evaluation of holmess before he is charge -- holmes before he is charged. >> reporter: the first funerals will begin this week. but in the midst of all the sadness, there is also good news. >> reporter: katie medley, who escaped the carnage, gave birth to a son, hugo. her husband, caleb, was shot in the eye and is in the same hospital. . >> he will close his hand, squeeze, and give a thumbs up. he is going to fight through this so he can be with his newborn son as much as possible. >> the medleys do not have medical insurance. and the family has been told their bills could reach $2 million. >> he needs to get better. he needs to be a dad. [ crying ] >> reporter: more than $70,000 has been raised so far. and updates on caleb's

condition are being posted on facebook. in aurora, colorado, teresa, garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, our complete coverage continues with mike hellgren, with more on a shooting victim, fighting for her life and her ties to maryland. mike? >> reporter: defleece, if the bull -- denise, if the bullet would have hit petra anderson's head just a fraction of an inch differently, she would probably be dead. instead, she's expected to make a full recovery. >> reporter: petra anderson's story is one of the miracles to come from the horrific massacre inside a theater in aurora, colorado. a musician and composer, she was excited about her upcoming graduate studies at the university of maryland. now she's in the hospital after being shot four times, including once in the face. >> doctors did tell us initially that she's not really even supposed to be alive, because of where the injury is. and she's not only alive. but she's, you know, walking around and talking to people. >> reporter: the bullet went right through her nose and through her brain.

but because of a birth defect, she doesn't have major damage. >> reporter: it followed the path of that defect, a tiny channel of fluid, running through her brain, she can speak and move and is likely to continue her music career. >> it's amazing. i've been in shock the last couple of days. she is a hard-core composer. that's what she loves to do. >> reporter: the close community is pulling for her. >> it's really sad. i know a lot of people here who are grad students. everyone gets to meet each other. i can't imagine what they're going through. >> reporter: anderson's sister made a video, asking donations for her care. >> thank you for standing with us and letting this joker know that he may have intended it as a story, but we're taking it back. >> reporter: her mother, who is suffering with term nalt cancer -- terminal cancer and with perhaps just weeks weeks to live, is by petra's side now, and praying for her recovery. >> reporter: people have raised $130,000 to respect pay for her

medical bills. >> what a story. a fund has also been set up to help all. victims,s, similar to the kind of fund that was done after columbine. wjz 13 is always on. check in for complete coverage in aurora. for the latest on the suspect, the victims and the investigation, including a detailed account of anderson's anderson's recovery, log onto wjz.com. a respected funeral director is the victim in a brutal attack, becoming baltimore county's latest victim. wjz is live in east baltimore. rochelle ritchie has more on the victim and recovery. >> reporter: baltimore county police are investigating this as a pomedz homicide. the victim owns the funeral home that you see here behind me. tonight, his family and friends are in mourning. and the suspect is behind bars. >> reporter: 20-year-old mark brown, jr., sits behind barbs, with no -- bars, with no bail, charged with first-degree murder. baltimore police say brown and the victim, 52-year-old phillip

weatherford, were driving back from harford county yesterday. but neither would make it home. >> they got into an argument as they were driving southbound on pulass key highway, at some point in the argument, mr. brown produced a knife. >> reporter: police were called for help. a dispute that would turn to murder. >> reporter: when baltimore county police pulled up to weatherford's suv, they found him bleeding, with multiple stab wounds. >> he was transported to bay view hospital. and he died several hours later at the hospital. >> reporter: weatherford owned weatherford funeral services. we tried to speak with friends and family of the victim, but they were too upset to speak. police say brown and weatherford were acquaintances, but would not say how they knew each other. >> baltimore county police say robbery does not appear to be the motive. vic, back to you. >> thank you. state police arrest a popular baltimore radio personality, for driving under the influence. derek valcourt is live in the

newsroom with more on the arrest of the dj known as stash. >> reporter: stash was arrested. steven smith, known to 98 rock listeners as "stash "was arrested sunday night, when police say his vehicle slammed into a car, stopped at a red light, near i-95. that car then crashed into a third car. several people suffered minor injuries. police say they conducted field sobriety tests on the 47-year- old. and then placed him under arrest for dui. schmidt has not been on the air at 98 rock monday and tuesday. >> the station is declining to comment, calling it a personnel matter. growing controversy to raise minimum wage. struggling families take on politicians. wjz is live at city hall. adam may has the calls for change. >> reporter: for the last couple of years, plans to create jobs and fix the economy have been hung up in congress. in the meantime, members of the

working class are being becoming the working poor. >> reporter: baltimore city hall, packed with people demanding raise in minimum wage. bruce gross recently lost his construction job. now he's raising his twin boys and daughter on $7.25 an hour. >> i can't even raise my kids or my family on that type of money. i have to go through months of deciding whether to pay bills or get food. >> reporter: current minimum wage is $7.25. part of rebuild america act, which calls for infrastucture to create new jobs. partially paid for by increasing taxes on the wealthiest americans. >> we're struggling to get to the middle. and i feel like they should be thinking, oh, how can we help? >> reporter: there's no question, middle class families are falling behind. their salaries have increased 35% in the last foury decade -- four decades, while the wealthiest has seen a 278%

increase. >> it is absolutely destroying the very health of our democracy. >> cindy walsh is an activist. >> we will continue to see if if this if we do not put our foot down to the idea of free market and globalization being the answer to domestic hiring. >> reporter: president obama and democrats support raising the minimum wage, while mitt romney and congressional republicans do not. they claim it could slow job growth. >> i i want my dignity back. we're struggling. we need help. i need help raising my family. >> reporter: not looking for a handout, rather a brighter future for his family. >> reporter: what about that issue of job creation versus minimum wage? some comichtds say yes, -- economists say yes, if could slow down job creation. but many say that that does not happen. reporting live tonight, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. there's the debate. thank you, adam.

when you account for inflation, the minimum wage has fallen 20% since 1967. a grand debut at the smithsonian national zoo, down the road in washington. two, three-month old cheetah cubs show off their athletic ability. for the first time today, they will be named after the fastest fastest -- man and woman at the olympic games. they will be introduced to the general public on saturday. boy, they're having fun. >> like kittens. romping like kittens. still to come tonight. he always believed in baltimore. now more than a year after his death. a former mayor and governor, william donald schaefer is making an impact. sex abuse scandal. the fallout for penn state, after it's leveled with unprecedented sanctions. british sendoff for michael phelps' family. after they get set to leave after the olympic games. i'm andrea fujii. storms in the region.

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it is partly sunny. 86 degrees. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. more than a year after his death, william donald schaefer's quest to make baltimore a better place continues. pat warren explains, the civic fund he established awards major grants for neighborhood

improvement projects. >> residents throw their backs into the daily challenge of creating this oasis in the desert. >> i live about a block down at the end of the field. >> the work won't wait. and in baltimore, nothing says do it now like william donald schaefer. >> a one-sidedded, obsessive for the city of baltimore and its citizens. >> reporter: it's a description of the former mayor and comptroller that never changed. today, a $1.4 million schaefer legacy gift was donated for a civic fund established by the late governor. >> i think he was wonderful. >> reporter: today, money was distributed to 30 projects like the white lock community farm. >> i have a 5-year-old. and i bring her down here to show her the different vegetables and so forth. >> reporter: baltimore is identified by neighborhoods and in each of these neighborhoods, there are efforts by residents residents to make improvements. the schaefer funds smentds

those projects. >> we pull up the carrots. and in a couple of hours, it's going into the pot and she's having vegetables. >> reporter: whitelock is one of the farms that received funding. >> there's always something to work on, to build on here. >> reporter: at one point, william donald schaefer donated his house to the fund, a continuing legacy of better homes and homes and guard -- gardens. i'm pat warren reporting. back to you on tv hill. >> and $137,000 was awarded in small grants today. three days and counting until the london olympics kicks off. swimmer michael phelps is already there in training. and as andrea fujii explains, his family is now on their way to cheer him on. >> reporter: as michael phelps gets set for seven events at the london olympics, his mom and sister had high tea at the four seasons. a british sendoff as they'll soon join him over the pond. >> i tell people i'm not nervous. but yes, i'm nervous. >> reporter: hillary phelps, also an athlete and ironman

competitor. says she still sees michael as her little brother. >> i'm going to support michael at his swim meet. >> reporter: deborah phelps, who is leave said middle school is principal educator. says right now, michael is her main priority. >> they think the last child in the family, the baby in the family, will go down in history -- it's like over the top for me. >> reporter: after three olympics, he's earned 16 medals. >> reporter: if michael earns just three medals in the next 70 events, he will become the most decorated olympian ever. >> but in his family's eyes, he has already won. >> he will be legendary. and that is monumental to me. >> i'm andrea fujii, harbor east, wjz eyewitness news. >> and michael's family leaves for london on thursday. safe travels, everybody. >> absolutely. can you imagine how nervous

you'd be watching your kid in something like that? weather is calming down here. in fact, the showers are gone. still warm and humid out there. 86. dew point still at 72. of west winds at 12. barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at live radar after this. ,,,,,,,,

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here's a live look outside right now. sunshine. clouds are moving out of the way. >> big storms moving through baltimore county. but dissipated completely. take a look at radar. one little shower is left of that over near chestertown. about an hour ago, look what came through baltimore county, big stuff around hereford, cockeysville, sparks. the only thing that is left is that little shower around chestertown. and it's really weakened. practically nothing left there. it will be in pretty good shape now. one pretty good storm here over the delaware bay, moving into jersey. away from our region. so it looks like a pretty quiet night. now, south of us, it's a different story. still activity going on, particularly in virginia and across the lower eastern shore. and there's still an advisory, or at least a watch for a possibility of more thunderstorms. until about 8:00 tonight. 86 degrees here at the airport. elkton. 89, ocean city. and still quite humid.

-- humidity up there. locally, to the north. few sures. cockeysville to 72. 90 in rock hall. didn't really rain much there. kind of went through york county and just east of the city and just kind of dissipated. pretty amazing stuff. all right. the advisory in effect now for southeastern areas of the region. south of baltimore. much of virginia there. and delaware as well. city north and west, the advisory has been lifted because all the action has moved through. so the west wind. i think that west wind did help to dry things out, at least in the atmosphere. and kind of break up those storms. still a chance south of us of those activity. kansas city has been hot for so many days this summer. really had a horrible summer. to the north, it's much cooler and dryer. we're going to get into that air mass tomorrow. for at least one day. and then unfortunately, we're going to start seeing some more heat come back. i think on thursday, we may get

into the mid, maybe even upper 90s. front to the south and southwest now. dry air coming in. thunderstorm activity, particularly in virginia and the carolinas. as you see. now we're clearing out. looks like a nice night. west winds on the bay. bay temp around 80 degrees. yes. we just saw that, didn't we? okay. tonight, then, 67. any activity south and east. partly cloudy. tomorrow, less humid, a lot of sunshine. back up to 88. but it will not be that humid tomorrow. so a nice summer day tomorrow. it will be hot. but it won't be that humid. >> okay. look forward to it. >> thank you, bob. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. dur atio, powerful enough to topple this tree. i'm tim williams with more on this story coming up. it was a crime that sthoked the community. three people found dead inside a home after it was set on fire. one year later, this case

remains unsolved. i'm moneek grieg -- griego coming up. we'll hear from the victims' families and why they're angry at police. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, remembering sally ride and what lives on after her. that story as eyewitness news continues.

it is just before 6:30. 86 degrees and mostly sunny. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. sally ride, blazed trails in space and across headlines, as america's first woman astronaut. her death yesterday is now bringing memories to life. >> reporter: in 1983, a woman headed for the space shuttle was a news event all its own. and nasa wasn't shy about it. >> and america's first woman astronaut. >> reporter: sally ride's ride was the focus of enormous attention and pressure. >> somebody said that sometimes the best man for a job was a woman. >> reporter: for sally ride, there was -- that was a lot more than a folksy saying. if there had to be other behind her, she had to be perfect the first time. >> it was very important to me that i understood my role

really well and that i was really well prepared for the mission. because the last thing that i wanted to do was get into space and make a mistake. >> reporter: she made that journey only once more in 1984o. the floor of the senate, barbara mikulski honored ride's second act. >> she dedicated her entire life to encouraging young women to studying science, math and technology. >> reporter: that eventually brought her to meet with middle school girls. [ applause ] >> reporter: unfortunately, there is no recording of what was said that day, but the center's ceo was there and remembers -- >> sally talked about how if you just stick to it, that there are opportunities for women in science. she was a ph.d. physicist, after all. there was no reason why the young ladies who were in attendance, couldn't achieve some of the things she achieved. >> she died steadfast, true, and true to herself and true to her mission. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news.

>> sally ride was 61 years old when she died from pancreatic cancer. while she gathered so much attention as an astronaut, she re -- requested nasa not reveal her illness until her passing. ncaa drop trs s the -- drops the hammer for covering up on the penn state sexual abuse case. >> penn state graham spannier said he never would have ignored the accusations against sandusky because he was a victim of mental and ms. abuse by his father as a child. also giving the football team a four-year ban from the post season. and wiping out 111 victories of legendary coach joe paterno. the ncaa says he hopes this sends the message that the win at all costs mentality is not

okay. >> moody's may also down grade the university's credit rating, which could worsen their debt. a house is set on fire. one year later, police say they are at a dead end in the investigation. wjz is live. monique griego explains how the family is working to dig up new leads. >> reporter: well, vic, family members are working with police to keep attention on this case. however, they still feel officers botched this investigation. >> reporter: it's a murder mystery that left a community shaken. and two families devastated. >> we are really struggling to deal with the pain and the hurt that we have to deal with. >> reporter: one year ago, bertina ricks' son, michael jones, was found murdered inside this now abandoned home. along with his friend, tani didn't ca gibbs and her father. >> they discovered the bodies only after the house was set on fire. >> whoever it is, they have no heart. they are just cold-blooded

killers. >> reporter: today, family members gathered with misto reignite the case. >> at this point, we've pretty much exhausted every lead that we've had. >> reporter: besides the mysteries surrounding the murder, there have also been questions raised about how police responded to this. because 90 minutes before it was set on fire, officers responded to a shots fire said call. >> if they did the proper job they were supposed to do, they would have caught the killer. >> reporter: lubbock also believes the officers could have saved his sister who was still alive when firefighters found her. but police say officers did all they could do. >> we can't just run into houses without warrant. >> reporter: despite their anger, both families are working with detectives to canvas the neighborhood with flyers. >> thank you, sir. >> reporter: ricks says it's all she can do until the killer is caught. >> whoever done it out there, there's no peace for you. you will not rest until you come to closure with this. >> reporter: and police say the night of the murder, officers

did try and make contact with people inside the home. and he also said that they did try to speak with several neighbors. back to you. >> monique, thank you. anyone with information on this case is asked to call baltimore city police. a baltimore man already serving a 60-year prison sentence for murder gets a life sentence for another murder. 25-year-old dante jeetdy -- jeter was convicted for killing a well known anne arundel county dentist. he was hired by his cousin to carry out the crime. she has also been convicted in that case. time now for a look at the baltimore sun. some city officials are questioning whether star scape is wort the problems it has created the past few years. new twist on frozen yogurt. and meet allison schmidt, michael phelps' trainer. remember to look for the

weather and are the stories. storms knocked out power for days. now, people will have a chance to share their frustration. the public service commission is going to hold four each month. the final in towson on august 16th. well, since the night of that wicked storm, wjz's first warning weather team has been analyzing the data. tonight, meteorologist tim williams reveals just how unusual and destructive it really was. >> reporter: a vicious storm races through maryland. the national weather service warns of danger. >> property through seeking shelter in a sturdy building. >> reporter: howling winds, drenching rains, brilliant lightning. booming thunder. >> baltimore county, 911. >> it was an explosion. and you can see fire coming up all around it. >> reporter: but this is no ordinary storm that sweeps across maryland. it's a dur atio. >> all your ears could do was

pop. and it was so much noise you couldn't concentrate. >> it is along the line of thunderstorms. producing damaging winds over 58 miles per hour. in this case, it lasted a few states and worked off heat. >> it sounded like the whole house was coming down. >> reporter: the strength of dur atios is often compared to that of tornadoes. but it's their punishing straight-line winds that toppled trees onto houses and power lines. >> reporter: damage from duratio is different from what we would see in a tornado outbreak. because in a tornado outbreak, it would be concentrated areas. because this covered people in the northern parts of the state straight down into the southern counties. >> reporter: it formed that morning in the midwest over iowa. you're looking at nasa's satellite image of the storm. as it travels 700 miles. first warning weather continues. >> that's a category 1 hurricane. straight-line winds. so the kind of damage we saw over huge, huge area, was

probably even more extensive than a hurricane would cause. >> reporter: it's still packing a powerful punch when it reaches the east coast later that night. 911 system is flooded with calls. >> 911. >> storm coming through big- time. >> until this storm, many people here had never heard of a dur atio. >> and in this part of the country, we have interference from the ocean, interference from the mountains. and that sort of breaks up some of the lines of storms. but in this case, it was stronger than even that. >> reporter: these storms frequently come with incredibly intense lightning. this captures almost 1400 lightning strikes in just 15 minutes. >> this is a dangerous storm. >> as the duratio moves across the country, the national weather service issues warnings. >> over 1200 reports of severe damage from these storms in over 11 states, which is really unprecedented. >> reporter: for first warning weather, meteorologist tim

williams, wjz eyewitness news. >> wjz's first warning weather team explains that the last duratio to strike maryland was in 2008. tonight, at 11:00, our first warning weather special report focuses on the man at the center of the storm. in his first, in-depth interview, bge's ceo, talks exclusively with mary bubala. about how his company responded to the power outages. another ban. the agency says there were nearly $1.8 billion in sales. a record for the 15t straight year. the state gets $556 million of that. an increase of $36 million from the year before. that money, of course, goes to schools and other state needs. >> and as we've seen, they certainly need that money for the state system. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >> i'm mary bubala. london may have the olympics. but why so many british football fans would much rather be in baltimore this weekend. the reason why coming up.

in an instant. a deadly house explosion in new york. how did it happen? i'm bob turk. in the first warning weather center. more humid coming after a brief cooling down and drying out tomorrow. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at wjz.com at this hour. for updates on all the day's news, and the updated forecast, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,

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we have a developing story from west africa tonight. 68-year-old john adam mills died suddenly today. the cause of death is not known at this point. ghana has long been looked at as the model of democracy. a family is mourning the loss of a young girl after their house exploded. it happened just after 6:00 this morning in wilson, new york. about 30 miles north of buffalo. the girl has been identified as sarah johnson. she died on the scene. her parents and two siblings were found outside. they have serious injuries. crews still aren't sure what caused the explosion. but say the home did use propane tanks. a roman catholic monsignor is the first church official ever to be convicted for

covering up sex abuse claims against priests. monsignor william lynn was sentenced to three to six years in prison today. prosecutors say he covered up the sex abuse of children for more than a decade. to the rest of the world, what the we call soccer is known as football. and coming is a big soccer match. when the players set foot on the stadium, they'll be on grass. >> reporter: you are looking at genuine kentucky plu -- blue grass. filling the field. it takes 530 roles -- rolls of sod to create a field of dreams for a matchup. liverpool fc and tutten ham. >> it's about $110,000 worth of product. >> reporter: stadium groundskeeper tells me it takes two days and 24 truckloads of grass to fill 86,000 square feet of playing area. >> as they're installing it

here now, they make sure they pull the pieces of sod together as tight as they can. and later this afternoon, we'll come out here with a roller and roll it down. when you roll it down, it pushes together even more. >> reporter: the process is now second nature for the stadium crew. because this is the third time baltimore has hosted a huge soccer match. >> reporter: as fast as this grass is getting put down, it has to get rolled up after saturday's soccer match. because there's still a football field under here. >> reporter: and football comes back to m&t bank stadium a week later. >> this week, we have the game. then we have the ravens players. >> reporter: mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >> 40,000 tickets for the match have been sold. but you can still buy them online or at the gate saturday. the match starts at 8:00. i want to point out that mary's heels were good for aerating the grass. >> i always loan them my heels. i may have to check that out.

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after some storms, things have calmed down. and we may be in store for a very nice night. wjz is live. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating the forecast. here's bernadette and the outback, where the sun is in her eyes. >> that's right. bright and sunny evening. that's wawe've got going for the next hour or so. but take a look at this forecast. really going to start to cool down. sorry, i have to do that to see the forecast. as we head through the afternoon, sunshine. dry air on top of us. up to 88. we start to cool it down tomorrow night, but the heat is returning. for more on that, here's bob. >> tomorrow looks like a really nice summer day. it will be warm. but a lot less humid than today. upper 80s. mid- to upper 80s. 66 tomorrow night. thursday, the heat comes back. humidity comes back. 96. probably feels like 100. and a chance of a thunderstorm again. friday into saturday. 93, 88.

sunshine and dryer conditions on sunday. with a high back up to 90. denise? >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. the ravens' first training is owner. >> remark -- mark talks to some >> remark -- mark talks to some of the players, coming up next.,

well, time to dust off your purple. we're getting there. mark is live with the wjz the fan sports report. how does look, mark? >> first day of training camp. coach harbaugh was pleased. about half the team for this first day of workouts. all the veterans will report here to owings mills tomorrow. then join in for the first official full squad workout coming up on thursday. now, there were a few veterans on the field today. among them, center matt burke, who is coming off season leg surgery. he thought about retirement. but he got a new contract is back for his fourth season with the ravens. his 14th year in the nfl. and he has an understanding of what the new guys are going through, in this, their firstcamp. >> i remember what it's like to be a rookie. you know, i just let those guys know that i'm here for them if they need me and want me. once in a while, i might say something if they don't ask. most of the time, being a

rookie, your head is spinning. and it's a lot to try to figure out at once. so i try not to confuse them. and stretched out a win and encourage them. >> reporter: matt birk, an important part of the ravens' offensive line. coach harbaugh gave us injury updates. jaw reed, unable to practice because of a calf strain. and rookie out with back spasms. the coach expects both of those guys to be okay soon. again, it's rookies and the quarterbacks back. today, he was busy putting the players through the paces at his own camp. and we asked ed what he expects from his young students. >> the two things i wanted them to do for me is to listen to the coaches and work hard out here. and take the time to do those things in the classroom. and then make sure you got the right path going ahead of you.

>> coach ed dixon, working the kids. there's baseball in town tonight. as the orioles are back home after a successful road trip. they take on tampa bay to the start of a three-game series at camden yards tonight. newly acquired designated hitter, jim thome has been warming up to his new team. picked up in a trade to philadelphia two weeks ago. he picked up his two wins. in addition to his bat and the lineup, tomey also provides have ther an leadership. scied him about his style. >> maybe you sit on the bench and you talk to the players and kind of talk the game and learn the game. and just like i said, be a friend, be a teammate. be a guy that is willing to sit there and listen to some of the questions they might have. no doubt. >> counting on jim thome to add pop to the lineup. in the last eight games, he has hit home runs, three doubles

and driven in three runs. the o's haven't scored a lot of runs, despite winning five of their last six games. tonight's starting lineup pitcher way yin chen would -- wei-yin chen would appreciate this. and o's are going to face talented jeremy hellicson. the first pitch coming up in about 15 minutes. and you can see it on masn 2. more on the ravens and the orioles coming up tonight at 11:00. we'll see you then. going to wrap it up from owings mills for now. back to you. >> all right. get some dinner. thank you, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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that's it for us tonight. we'll be back at 11:00, after person of interest. i'm denise koch. >> for bob and mark, i'm vic carter. thanks for watching wjz, much more on the cbs evening news with scott pele. including violent crime on the rise in a major u.s. city. what the department of justice is doing to combat it. we'll take ,, >> pelley: tonight attacking crime and corruption in a great american city. the federal government moves in

to oversee the new orleans police. chip reid has that. byron pitts talks to the city's crime-fighting mayor. >> if the ku klux klan killed 200 black kids on the streets of america, there would be hell to pay. >> pelley: barry pederson has search for clues in the theater massacre as a wounded man fights for his life his wife today gave birth to a son. david martin investigates serious weapons. israel is handing out gas masks. and we remember a remarkable postal clerk. it's not what he deliver that made him special. it's what he collected. >> you know, mike, this is one of our most famous pieces. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. new orleans is famous for many things, but it is infamous for one. the police department is among the most corrupt in america. plagueded by