>> his last laughs. >> i've been able to accomplish every goal i've ever wanted to. it's just timing. >> my cal phelps hangs up his towel. his history making swims and the pool where it all started. good evening, thank you for

joining us. i'm adam may. we should give you a spoiler alert that michael phelps is in the pool right now but it was an emotional night for bought's star olympian, for the last time, michael phelps ends with a final gold medal. easily wins the relay in london one day after winning the 100- meter butterfly. >> i tried to fight it but then i just decided to let it go. whatever happened happened and just take in the last couple of memory and moments of my swimming career. >> people were cheering as phelps awarded the special silver trophy for his achievements. >> he went out with a bang. >> he's a great swimmer. can't take that away from him.

>> phelps is now the most decorated in history, winning 18 gold medals, two silver and two bronze, leading the world with two world records. he wants to travel over europe, dive with sharks and work with children. >> a lot of things i want to do personally just to be able to relax and, you know, even though i am retiring and my competitive side of my career is over, there's things i want to do around the sport. >> phelps plans to stay involved with the charity swimming schools. at m&t bank stadium, it was all ravens all day long. the first open practice of the season. wjz is live on the story. monique griego has reaction from happy fans out there. hey, monique. >> reporter: those fans are definitely ready for football season to kickoff. many people arrive hours before

the practice even started because they wanted to get a good seat. >> with the official start of football season just weeks away, ravens fever is heating up. >> can't wait. >> it's nice to get back in the football field. >> tens of thousands of fans pack into m&t bank stadium for the team's first open practice. >> so happy. >> i love it because, like, i don't really get to go to a lot of games sometimes, so to come here for free is really exciting. >> watching the ravens on the field gave many people a much needed football fix. after the month long wait between seasons. >> it's nice to watch the orioles, but it's tough and i'm glad football is back in town. >> but mixed in with all the excitement is also a lot of anticipation from fans keeping

a close eye on the team's performance. >> the faces to see if they come up with new plays and how the veterans are doing. >> reporter: some came to get close to their favorite player. >> i want to see him up close and personal. >> who's your favorite player? >> ray rice of course. >> reporter: fans showing support but they also have high expectations. >> i have hope to take it all the way home. i hope the super bowl wins. >> reporter: today may have been the practice but we're told around 20,000 people still showed up to the stadium. adam? >> looks like fun out there, monique. thank you. the ravens first preseason game against the falcons. first game at home is august 17th. an elderly woman is killed after flames engulf her home in baltimore county. the blaze started in the bedroom of the house on main street down this afternoon. after crews put out the flames,

an 80-year-old woman was found in the home. her identity was not released just yet. the cause of the fire is under investigation tonight. chicken place caught on fire. quickly moved to two alarms. investigators are trying to determine what caused the blaze. the damage was extensive. no one was hurt. oklahoma city fires are believed to be set on purpose. one of many wildfires spreading across oklahoma. >> reporter: people came back to luther, oklahoma, to find their homes reduced to ash. saw some of the homes destroyed by the massive wildfire. she called it heartbreaking. many of the people here lost

everything. >> most everything else was just ash and dust. i come back early thinking that i pick something up and be able to find some things underneath that were protected but you can't pick anything up because it's falling apart. >> reporter: firefighters got the upper hand on the fire that charred four square miles. the oklahoma county sheriff is investigating reports someone tossed out newspapers that had been set on fire. in creek county, firefighters forced residents from their home. >> i never seen anything like this before, i'm 84. i've lived in this community all my life. >> reporter: bone dry temperatures at 113 degrees. conditions are treacherous for the firefighters. >> the wind comes up and the cedar trees look like dynamite coming off. it's scary out there. >> reporter: it will take days to put out the blazes.

drew, wjz eyewitness news. >> the state is on track to be a record number of wildfires. a storm rolls through chicago evacuating a music festival, lollapalooza. festival goers underground. the national weather service issued flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings for the area. >> we were here last year and it rained and i know when it started, everyone ran so i guess they're just taking precautions. >> better be safe. the festival reopened later on in the night after all the bad weather passed through the area. we have breaking news, just in wjz tonight. the man charged with shooting congresswoman gabby giffords is expected to plead guilty. jared lautner is now competent to understand the charges against him in the assault that killed six people and injured 13 at that gathering in tucson.

lautner is expected to plead guilty on tuesday and under the terms of the deal, he would serve a life sentence. other terms remain unclear tonight. we'll keep you posted here on wjz this weekend. baltimore city police are looking for a gunman right now after a deadly shooting. a 22-year-old man was found bleeding from gunshot wounds in the 3000 block oviger son of garrison avenue. gambling at friday, august 10th days after the members are said to come back from annapolis. they let members know in an e- mail they'll address the recent controversial decision with pit bulls and liability loss. get ready to eat up. not ending tomorrow as originally planned. the deals continue through august 12th.

nearly 30 restaurants are deciding to extend their options with dinners at $20 and $30. the dates for extension varies so call or log on to the internet and check it out and read those menus for hours. really get the mouth watering. i tell you. more to come on wjz eyewitness news tonight. underwater, massive storms strike china, flooding parts of the country. the very latest on evacuations. a shopping trip gone horriblely wrong, a u-haul crashed into the biggest shopping mall. >> if you need help, go for it. >> that's what the life guard did, but now billed for an ambulance ride? inside this growing controversy. >> reporter: inside the meredith health corrections. i'm gigi barnett. the answer is just ahead. >> a pretty hazy hot and humid

tonight. i'm tim williams in for meteorologist bernadette woods. i'll have your complete first warning weather forecast coming up in just a few moments. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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first warning weather forecast coming up, but first, two powerful storms slam china flooding the country. the remnants of two typhoons caused rivers to swell and flooded streets and hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated. authorities are warning local governments to prepare for more floods and mud slides. in other news, new zealand, a building implodes in just a matter of seconds. imagine how cool it was for a 6- year-old boy that got the detonate the explosives, he was nominated by the cancer foundation. eight companies to demolish the building. it was in the earthquake. other buildings will be demolished the same way. back here in the u.s., a man slams into the mall of america who misjudged the size

of his u-haul truck and it fell on the vehicle. it killed him on impact and two other people were there that were later rescued. controversy in portland racks up a big bill for saving a boy's life after john clark rescued a 12-year-old from the water, he told emergency crews he had a headache and gave him to the hospital. he got a bill for $2600. >> i saw that, you know, the physician's bill is like $300 and he gave me a cup of water and a blanket and the ambulance driver made $1800. i mean, i just got in and got my blood pressure taken and gave me some fresh water. >> the family was worried after seeing the bill because they don't insurance. since the story be hit, people across the country have been giving the donations. anything that exceeds the bill is going into the life guard's college fund. unbelievable. thousands of people headed to prison today.

they were visitors before it was torn down. gigi barnett with what people learned about its history and horrors. >> reporter: behind the bars of this state correctional facility, some prisoners served time. they're gone now, but opened the hall for tours. >> we knew a lot of people that worked here and housed here also. >> reporter: built in 1878, it's one of the state's oldest correctional facilities but too small for a modern jail and increasingly violent jail mates. it became a death trap when he was ambushed by two inmates who stabbed him to death. it forced to shut down the house of corrections for good. >> it was an opening to the yard. >> reporter: lawrence worked at the prison from 1965 and 1986. he came back this weekend for

one reason only, to give his wife a tour. >> i come here and got involved to slam dunk this place. it should have been closed many years ago. >> reporter: it wasn't all bad, at least for gary hornbaker. now, this weekend's tour is the last step before the brick by brick deconstruction comes. >> i don't shed a tear. it's played a big role in my life. >> reporter: more than 10,000 people are said to tour this weekend. i'm gigi barnett. wjz eyewitness news. >> scrap metal from the prison has already been used in other facilities. a bulldog from oklahoma is capturing the hearts of people everywhere. it's hard to look at this who

came in contact with a porcupine. doctors removed 500 quills from her body. she's fine. the bulldog is now recovering at home. doesn't that just ache you? close your eyes. look at the face on that poor little puppy. >> cringe just to look at it. like acupuncture. >> do we have porcupine here? >> i bet you they're in the outback. >> walk out there right now, see what happens. catch some porcupine bait. >> [ laughter ] no porcupines out there today, just hot weather. we were just talking about how hazy it is. you saw the moon and it was hazy. got to 93 degrees today. we're down to 82. we were well above the average. the heat index, when you factor the dew point around 100 to

sometimes in parts of the state at 105, so it was definitely a warm day. we're at 82 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. dew point in the 70s, so it's still pretty moist out there. it's pretty muggy and humid. southeasterly wind with the southeasterly flow helping to bring in more moisture off the bay and the ocean depending how far out to the east you are. the temperatures around the state are 70 in oakland, 79 in ocean city. 85 in d.c. we have 82 out in hagerstown. 79 in bel air and everyone else reporting 80s. 85 in annapolis and kent island. the southerly component, bringing in the high air in control of the forecast for the last few days. the high started around the great lakes and has been continuing to slip off the coast of the mid-atlantic. the high that allows for that warm air to move on in, the high moves out and that low

comes in from the south and southeast. that's what we're dealing with now. the storm system in chicago, the lollapalooza concert that kind of delayed as a result, this is the same front that moves our direction starting now that's starting to make the push, but by tomorrow afternoon, it will be here. the same type of storm could be headed our way by tomorrow afternoon, but in the meantime, the hot and humid temperatures stay in place with less humid conditions behind it. this front will be the transition. downpours that could be strong with a tornado threat, that will be posted but then a nice start to the week. this is ernesto. expected to strengthen to a category 1 hurricane by the middle of next week. we're going to keep a close eye on that and then a tropical storm out there, that one is not really a concern for us

now, but ernesto, our models keep it down around the vacation resort area of cozumel and canczn. again, if you have any resort travel plans or whatever, cruise travel plans, check ahead before you go down there. the storm will be stirring things up for the next week. sunrise tomorrow, advisory in effect through tomorrow afternoon. we're looking at 73 degrees tonight. maybe a little cooler out in the outlying suburbs. stronger storms tomorrow afternoon. 93 greed. that's bright. 93 tomorrow. 88, 89, 89, 91. >> you don't have to worry about porcupines by the way. western maryland, you've got to go way out there. check with tim. he'll be back with gigi tomorrow night with the first warning weather forecast. next, football is back. how the ravens performed on the

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>> all right, stan with wjz the fan's sports report. boy, a lot of people showed up today. 20,000, they said. >> 20,000 plus. the preseason is thursday at atlanta. put that in your memory bank. hey, folks. as you may have heard earlier in the newscast, the ravens held an open practice today. it was basically a continued dress rehearsal of the first week of grinding training camp. joe flacco, rookie out of temple. the kickers squared off in their competition. 54-yard kick good. a 63-yard. right between, that drew the crowd's biggest ovation of the

day. >> a lot of rest for the kickers. it's really unusual and hard to do. they both came through. both got kicked as well as you could kick. >> okay. baseball now. orioles at tampa bay tonight and the crews will gain the contenders. starters weigh in allow five hits over 70ings. now 10-6. later, nick markakis. veteran newcomer mat mcclout. here comes matt wieters. not acknowledging he's a speed demon. the whirling himself, j.j. harding. shortstop. wins 4-0. they win the tampa bay 3 game win streak. road trip continues this week in tampa against the rays on

wjz. see tomorrow afternoon's game live on wjz 13. in the meantime, from our nation's capital, protennis, the u.s. open series near court. marty fish floundering with the errors. joe who was at one time number two in the world. his practice partner and third final in the last five. he will face alexander in the final. the nascar for you now. fast and furious qualifying for tomorrow's 500. one pack pablo had the fastest ride. he hasn't won a race in two years. nascar tonight. won the nationwide series in iowa and i can tell you, a

whole lot else going on. ravens doing good in the united states men's basketball team, serena williams won. if you got more time, i'll give it to you. >> so michael phelps. he said he's going in retirement i. any reason to doubt? he would be 31 years old swimming again. >> money talks. >> probably got a lot of money already. >> money could draw him out of retirement. you heard about gabby, right? about to make $4 million to $10 million. so imagine. >> still to come on eyewitness news at 11:00, a jumping goat. news at 11:00, a jumping goat. meet the ,,,,,,,,

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