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terror in a temple. new information about the army veteran accused of murder in a house of worship. >> this man injured a heroic officer of law and two persons. >> hello everyone i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. police uncover information including the link to white

supremecist music. the massacre inside a sikh several has shaken the community and nation to its core. five men and two women were shot. among the dead is 65-year-old satwan colega. >> my father by engaging the shooter save add tremendous amount of more hardships. >> investigators have questioned. >> in this country regardless of what we look like, where we come from, who we worship we are all one people. >> reporter: wjz has learned

the shooter payge has tied to maryland. according to the southern policy, payge played at a racist music festival in baltimore. please do not take what wade did as honorable or respectable and pleads do not think we're all like that. >> the sikh's are all standing united. >> reporter: coleco was the president of that sikh temple. and his heroic actions allowed his wife and others to hide in a closet until it was all over. baltimore man is in the hospital tonight shot by an officer when police say he tried to escape from custody outside of court. trevon williams was arrested. he managed to jump into a car

and nearly ran over an officer. the officer shot williams in the arm, williams will be charged when he's releaseed from the hospital. thunderous applause in maryland after a t -- a mission to mars goes without a hitch. alex demetrick reports, that gives scientists here reason to celebrate. >> reporter: the problem slow a spacecraft down from 13,000- miles-per-hour to a landing at mars. and at one ram in greene belt scientists personnel watched nervously as the rover curiosity slowed and continued

on into a rocket powered landing. curiosity was gently lowered to a soft landing by cables, a radio signal let controllers know it worked. >> slow down confirmed. >> reporter: within the hours the first black and white photographs show curiosity shadow and inside the rover is the chemistry lab and now on mars in one piece. >> nervous trepidation and that it was possible is so cool. >> reporter: one of final missions is to -- from deep in the planets past. >> whether or not there could ever be organic life on mars. i can only imagine the amazing things we will learn.

>> alex demetrick. high resolution and color photographs from mars will come in the days ahead. curiousty will roam mars for the next three years. casino controversy, maryland's first casino takes a financial hit. megan mccorckel takes a look. >> reporter: now they're talking about downsizing. a jackpot for anne arundel's casino coming at a cost. empty seats at perryville casino. with the new casino just an hour away, revenue from this july compared with last dropped more than 32%. >> i don't know that it'll ever come back to the levels of when they were the only game in town. >> reporter: now casino officials here in perryville are asking the state to take

back a third of their 1,500 video gaming machines. >> you have a bunch of games on your floor and nobody is playing them there's no feeling of excitement. >> reporter: that the excitement alive where they're pulling $1 million a day. >> we will be the number one taxpayer by far. >> reporter: but a new hand will now be pulled. joe wineburg says the state's over all july casino revenue clearly demonstrate oversaturation is now a serious problem for maryland. nancy jacobs agrees. >> there's only so much gamble income to go around. when you divide it and divide

it and divide it you -- >> hollywood casino will open a new restaurant this monday. they hope to add extra amenities to entize new customers. and you will have to hit on those brake as new speed cameras go up. beware of swine flu. centers for disease control

confirm that several people have gotten sick. a controversy, ruling on pit bulls prompts outrage. the future of this pit bull puppy recovering from a broken leg at the spca hangs in the balance. >> i hope he gets better and a happy home. >> reporter: but shelters report a slow down on pit bull adoptions. they ruled landlords could be liable in pit bull attacks in a case involving a small townsend child almost killed i didn't say -- >> i don't want to see anybody lose their dog but i almost lost my son that day. >> i think it's wrong because some people, they really love their dogs and for them to get rid of them, that's kind of disrespectful. >> reporter: now lawmakers will vote on new liability laws on a

special session. the spca reacts. >> what kind organization would you like to see? >> reporter: curt anderson says his bill would put liability back on dog owners. >> you have to look at liability. not just a gender. >> if they're trained and socialized right they'll be no problem. of course there's some who support that ruling. adam may, wjz eyewitness news. tens of thousands of marylanders have signed petitions protesting the pit bull ruling. >> when michael phelps comes back to the united states he might not come home alone. michael phelps reportedly has a new girlfriend. e online is reporting the two

have been dating five months and phelps flew rossi to london for the games. our topping moment, high above a busy chinese street, how a girl became trapped and the risky efforts to save her. the terps try out their new field. what the team is saying about the make over. a warm but pleasant tuesday on tap. i'm bob turk i'll have the complete forewarning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

mainly clear, 76 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather is coming up. a 34-year-old girl is dangling off a balcony. she was left home alone and somehow got her head caught in the railing. neighbors rushed to help and comforted the little girl until a rescue team was able to break into the apartment and save her. police say the child suffered only an abrasion on her cheek. >> despite more high level defection, syrian government forces turn up the attacks against a rebel stronghold. a major ground assault is expected in the city of alepo.

meanwhile eight government officials including the prime minister defected today. several wildfires continue to burn in oklahoma and one of them has now turned deadly. fire officials a body was discovered in the burned out home near oklahoma city. some homeowners and rural areas have tried to fight the advancing flames. >> i mean it, you feel helpful but then you do whatever you can because you don't want to lose your home. >> yesterday when i lost electricity, we had no water i sat on the porch and cried. because it was coming right through me and i thought i had lost it. the national weather service says temperatures will stay high around 105 degrees. rain could provide some relief later in the week. alan gross is still dreaming of his freedom from a cuban prison. according to his sister he has plans for if and when he's

released. bonny ruben says tonight that alan would like to enjoy ribs at his home and watch a cuban game. he is determined to keep wrestling and hopefully -- the university of maryland football team takes its first steps on a revolutionary new field. mary bubala reports the terp's new stadium is now like no other in the nation. fans say the new field at the university of college park is cool and it is literally. the new turf field includes exclusive new technology called cold play. play -- players are getting

the new feel for it. >> i thought it was great. guy w-rs getting the field of -- the guys were getting a feel for it today. >> reporter: the company says the technology can keep the field warmer than normal. >> it mix with the silica sands makes it firm enough so it makes it a fast track. >> reporter: last august the school unveil add new lineover eye catching and controversial uniforms and today we saw the new under armour version of the terp's uniform. >> all the things that i've invisioned you know when i came here you see it starting to come together. >> the new field is also supposed to play better in the

rain and snow and it will be used by the lacrosse team the field was paid for through private donations. back to you. >> the terps first game on their new field will be september 1st against maryland. >> driving topples and we're not talking about a convertible here. this is the fully clothed woman police was chasing. her excuse, she was topples on her way to surprise her boyfriend. she was charged with eluding. >> you mean enuding. >> the weather was great. >> the top was down. about 88, 89 a little humid. take a look at temps. pretty comfortable here. not that far from our average

temperatures. southwest winds at three. the barometer right now holding steady. set your barometer 30.00- inches. yeah, set it and you will see if it goes up or down depending on our changes in barometric pressure. nice night out there. locally a lot of mid-70s already a few spots north of town reporting 69 and 70. it's going to be a very comfortable night overnight with lower humidity in particular tomorrow. lower than it's been recently. a slight southwest wind. tomorrow more of a southeast wind. tomorrow night with the south an southeast winds will start seeing the humidity come back again. and by wednesday it's going to be a little sticky once again the front that came through with the thundershower. down to the south kind of slowed down and stalled that. it's going to start coming back to the north as a cold front by late in the day wednesday. we will start seeing increasing clouds, by thursday this front

approaching the region with drier and cooler air. in the weekend will create scattered showers mainly to the south on wednesday. thursday maybe a scattered thunderstorms friday a pretty good shot at a thunderstorms here on friday. could be some strong ones. quick look at the tropics ernesto. heading out now to the west northwest at 13. the winds are up to about 63 miles per hour. it's going to move, it's actually about 365 miles east of belize and it's going to head south of the belize the honduras border right around cancun. the winds around 53 miles per hour. you see the motion here moving off to the west and the northwest at around 13. it slowed a little bit. now as far as the spaghetti models we're all taking it just south of the main area of

cancun and rivi era maya. this crazy one going into the gulf. but it should have weakened. bay temp around 83 degrees, so tonight looking for partly cloudy less humid conditions. upper 60s maybe some mid-60s. 89 tomorrow but not as humid. humidity begins to creep back by wednesday. a better chance on friday. maybe one or two left over on saturday but down to 85 to start the weekend not bad. >> okay, bob. thank you. check in tomorrow among on eyewitness news starts at 4:55 for the updated warning weather forecast. the orioles are back home and heating up for the play off race. the first attempt at 10 straight games at camden yards, can the birds start off with a win? ♪

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the fan sports report, orioles back at home how did they do? >> looking pretty comfortable. riding the ups and downs of the season. picking up the pace in the play off race, the biggest tkeurpbs lately great starting pitching. chris tillman's turn tonight in the series opener against the visiting mariners. o's coming off the shut out. tillman keeps the mariners going. that's a drive to the lift field two-run shot. home run number 11 for markakis. that's more than enough for tillman. he allows just one run while pitching into the eighth. five strike outs along the way, a 3-1 win it's the o's third straight and has been in hot

pursuit. >> score some runs for them and win some ball games. >> oriole pitchers have allowed just one run total. game two at camden yards. preparing for another run with training camp under way. young players like delight end ed dixon know nothing but success going to the play offs in each of the two seasons. success breeds quick confidence and adds to the expectations to continue. >> i mean that's championship, divisional championship and over all world championships and individually it takes me stepping up because i'm going to the third year. growing up as a man and leading this offense.

>> the ravens first preseason game thursday night against the falcons. we're going to hear from quarterback joe flacco. the action got ugly, defensive back lynch shoves joe mcknight out of bounds. that ignited tempers and eventually a full team brawl. players pile up in front of the jets fans. the jets get to hit another team and they feed suns ár cincinnati on friday. that's a sure sign that camp is too long when you're fighting against your own teammates. olympic honors for fast runners, but the kind you would expect how the national zoo is joining in on the olympic action. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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