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>> orioles outraged. star outfielder adam jones fires back at a fan he says threw a banana at him on the field. >> it's an unfortunate thing to happen. >> tonight, jones speaks out about the social media firestorm that started with one tweet. >> hello, everybody. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> adam jones is in the social media spotlight after a fan's reaction sets jones off on twitter. we have reaction from twitter and from jones tonight. >> goodbye, home run. adam jones, a line drive shot to left. >> reporter: a three-run home

run sunday afternoon in san francisco. orioles all-star adam jones is having an incredible season until this. after the o's 10-# 2 win over the giants, jones went on twitter to address a disrespectful fan, tweeting i want to thank whatever slap expletive through that banana toward me in center field in the last i hoping. way to show your class, you jack expletive. >> just an unfortunate thing to happen. you never know what could be thrown towards the players. our backs are turned. you never know what could be thrown our direction. >> it was poor sportsmanship and i hope they threw whoever threw it out of the stadium. >> reporter: unfortunately, they weren't. there's no video of the incident. the team issued this statement. the giants have a zero tolerance policy against this type of behavior, which results in immediate rejection from the ballpark. in response, orioles fans also

took to social media. one says classless. who takes a banana to a baseball game anyway? charlie mccabe says it's disgusting and carl says adam should not have even acknowledged it. this is what that person wanted. jones says he's angry with some twitter followers for defending the actions of the banana- yielding fan. >> i can say whatever i want to on my own social media, so i can voice my opinion. >> reporter: the giants say they are now reviewing the stadium's security cameras. jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> and in a late development tonight a man has come forward to claim he threw the banana on to the field. he says he's embarrassed and he apologizes. an accident involving a cement truck ties up traffic on i-83 for hours tonight. this photo posted on twitter shows the truck overturned on northbound 83 at northern park way leaving a big mess for crews to clean up. traffic was at a complete stand

still for quite sometime. the crash sent one person to shock trauma. late tonight, police say a secondary accident has shut down lanes again, and they expect backups to continue for another half hour. a california 16-year-old is finally home safe with her family after her kidnapping sparked an international manhunt. hannah anderson was rescued where police shot and killed her abductor. fbi agents told hannah that did i imagine geo killed her -- dimaggio killed her mother andyounger brother before he kidnapped her and fled. he had an unusual infatuation with hannah. she's now back home with her father and grandfather in san diego. a massive sinkhole sends there vacationers running from their hotel. it swallowed part of a resort near disney world. the stunning images tonight for wjz. >> reporter: crews are watching a giant sink hole in florida to see if it gets any bigger.

the sink hole already swallowed part after three-story hotel about three miles from disney world. >> we heard some shaking and running up and down the hall and glass breaking. next thing i know people are yelling get out of the building. >> reporter: it happened overnight at the summer bay resort. half the building was destroyed when a 50-foot wide hole suddenly opened. two nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution. one vacationer caught a big part of the collapse on his cell phone. the building housed about 100 visitors. security guard richard chandley saved lives by knocking on doors as the building started to crumble. >> people were like is it really happening? i was like you've got to leave the building, because it is collapsing beneath us. >> everyone got out safely, but some guests made it out with very little time to spare. >> one woman was sitting in the tub and the tub just leave stated and that's when she just grabbed a pair of shorts and

came out with nothing. >> reporter: florida is prone to sinkholes because the ground is made up of limestone, which easily diswill solves in water -- dissolves in water. but most are small. the developer says there were no signs of any problems at the resort before sunday night. wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the developer says testing was done before the resort was built about 15 years ago and it showed the ground was stable. a man flying out of bwi marshal airport is caught with a loaded gun and extra ammunition in his carry on. tsa officials spotted this 383caliber handgun along with a magazine carrying extra rounds. he was arrested and later released. little italy fights back. one of baltimore's top dining destinations says resent crime is driving business away, so community leaders are taking neighborhood safety into their own hands. wjz is live in little italy right now. kai jackson has the efforts to

keep criminals out and welcome visitors back in. kai? >> reporter: that's right, denise. residents and business owners in little i takely are stepping -- italy are stepping up in a big way to protect their safety and neighborhood. a restaurant employee is brutally beaten leaving his jaw broken. >> it seemed like they beat him up for kicks. i don't know how you can describe it but for hate. >> reporter: four teenagers have been arrested and are now facing attempted murder charges. the attack stunned residents of the historic neighborhood and now it's prompting action. >> wall the walk look like? wall you be doing? >> well, we will be together. should be about 10 to 15 in each group. >> reporter: she owns calf day gia on high -- cafe gia on high street. she says they've performed a citizens on patrol. they plan to use electronic surveillance and old-fashioned foot patrols to make sure

residents and patrons are safe. >> we are the safest community in baltimore and we plan on staying that way. >> reporter: baltimore police say community intell led them to suspects in this crime. and they say if citizens stay involved it could stop other crimes from occurring. >> it was really the community's help and the great work by our detectives in the southeast that was able to bring this case to a close. >> reporter: the citizens on patrol walks are scheduled to start a week from tomorrow, august 20th in the evening. the baltimore city police department is expected to assist business owners and residents. back to you. >> all right, thank you, kai. little italy business owners say they also plan to hire an outside security company to patrol the streets for a period of time. well, a step forward for the city's controversy harbor point development deal. tonight city council gave preliminary approval to $100 million in public financing for the project which will be built at the waterfront between south point and harbor east. protesters tried to stop the city from giving public money to the development, but the

mayor argues in the long-term it will bring $20 million a year in taxes to the city. a budget crisis has one maryland school system going to extreme measures to save money. parents and students are furious to learn they'll have to pay for school sports. that has families in other parts of maryland wondering could it happen there? wjz is live. rochelle richie has details of the changes this school year. >> reporter: one of the changes harbor county public schools have implemented is cutting several bus routes for magnet students, all of this to make up for a $20 million deficit. with just 2 1/2 weeks before the first day of school, hartford county parents are hit with a double whammy. they'll not only have to pay for their kids to participate in clubs and sports but getting to school could be a challenge for magnet students with several because routes now cut. >> it will be a daily chore to get rides, because my mom works late. >> reporter: the school board decided it's the only way to

combat adds 20 million deficit digging deep into the pockets of parents. >> the idea that this is in the best interest of the students, i don't agree. >> reporter: neither do county officials. >> they have more than $13 million in a budget surplus for the school system. >> reporter: but the budgeting committee says no, they don't. they blame the deficit on a $6 million cut in state funding and a $15 million increase in expenditure. >> changes of any kind are always difficult for everyone involved and we are committed to working with parents in the community and families. to make this transition as easy as possible. >> reporter: teachers worry the pay to play policy may leave some kids out. >> not all students have the same financial ability, not all parents do. that's going to be hard on them there. >> reporter: parents will have to dish out $50 for their kids to play sports. >> i'm on two sports teams right now and i'm trying out for a third and that's $150 right there. >> reporter: students will also

have to pay $25 to participate in clubs at their school. i'm rochelle richie, wjz eyewitness news. rochelle, thank you. the first day of school in hartford county is august 26. quick, find a window. a celestial fireworks show is underway in the night sky. the perseid meteor shower is peaking tonight and tomorrow night it lights up the skies each time as the earth passes through the dust of a comet's trail. between midnight and sunrise you should see streaks of light every minute or so, some very bright. >> but you're going to be in a place pretty dark to see it. >> without clouds. coming up, finally convicted. a notorious mob boss faces his fate after 16 years on the run. what's in a name? a tennessee judge bans one family from keeping their baby's name. why she says the baby boy does not deserve this name. plus, it may be the future of transportation, so why does it seem more like something out of the jet sons?

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maryland. your complete first warning forecast is coming up. a powerful typhoon is triggering flooding and landslides throughout the philippines. one person is dead and several missing. it's packing wind and torrential rains. this is the 12th tropical cyclone to hit the philippines this year. it is expected to affect southern china tomorrow. frightening scene in downtown seattle. a suspected gunman is shot on a metro bus. he opened fire hitting the driver multiple times. the suspect fled and got on to another bus and that's when they shot him. he later died at the hospital. the bus driver is listed in satisfactory condition. he spent 16 years on the run, but now boston mob boss whitey bulger is facing life in prison after being convicted in a string of killings. the jury found bulger guilty of racketeering and having a hand in 11 murders. the charges date back to the 1970's and '80s when he was the

leader of the winter hill gang. he became a fugitive after being tipped off about the indictment. the tune vicion brought tears of relief to the relatives of bulger's victims. many were in the courtroom. the 83-year-old is scheduled for sentencing. paula dean, a judge throws out the race discrimination claims. she was dropped after multiple business partners after acknowledging she used racial slurs in the past. it will still allow the former restaurant manager to go forward with claims of sexual harassment. a ruling by a tennessee judge regarding a baby's first name is causing strong reactions. louie baloo changed the child's first name from messiah to martin. she said messiah is a title and not a name for a been.

commuters using the train will find a new and improved station in -- handicapped accessory elevator towers and an elevator bridge. a raised platform, 2,000 commuters use this station each day. from present day commuting improvements to fantastic ones that are set in the future. let's go back to kai who has more on one man's vision of transporting people. kai? >> reporter: that's right, vic. it may sound like science fiction right now, but the inventors believe the hyper loop may one day redefine long distance travel. it sounds like something out of the cartoon show the jetsons, a space age method of transport that some day could get you from new york to l.a. in less than an hour. superstar entrepreneur hinted at the project in an interview with the tech site. >> i have a name for it which

is called the hyper loop. it's a concord, a rail gun and an air hockey table cross. >> reporter: the basic idea has been around for decades. while we don't know when or if it will ever be built it has captured the imagination of futurists. videos of this one on youtube are attempting to show what a hyper loop system would look like. but in the real world there would be challenges. >> we're going to have some serious not in my backyard problems. >> reporter: still all of us stuck in traffic jams, airport delays or crowded subways can dream. >> i love it. it is needed to move us forward. somebody that says, these old ways aren't working. old transit is kind of boring, it's infect. why don't -- inefficient. why don't we leapfrog all that. >> reporter: so it remains to be seen if he can take the radical and turn it into reality. the inventor says he believes his idea would cost a fraction of the price it would take to

expand roads, airports and rail travel. back to you. >> okay, thank you. musk is also inviting others to take his idea and improve on it. well, he's had good success in the past. maybe he can make this happen. >> i just want to get a jet back. >> it will happen sometime. yes, it will. maybe not the next two years but maybe screen. it's rather interesting concept, that's for sure. let's take a look at temps and conditions around the region. a few clouds here and there. saw the moon a little bit so you might be able to see some of the meteors tonight. 78. 68 dew point humidity up there again. no wind, the barometer holding steady 2994. only 64 in oakland. light sprinkles and showers. 80 in d.c. 77 ocean city. 75 in elkton. locally, temps in the mid to upper 70s. warm and humid right now across the region. showers in the eastern shore. south of d.c. a little batch of rain moving across southern maryland.

that little area west of d.c. one, two, quick little thundershowers popped up near romney. overnight tonight more of this activity will develop and move across the region. by morning, decent rain in the morning, showers and thunderstorm activity expected. generally a southerly wind bringing in moisture from the gulf of mexico. one little area of low pressure kind of sitting over kentucky area spreading rain into the virginia, west virginia area this afternoon. some of that has dissipated. another big area here of ohio. that's actually frontal system just clearing in chicago, much cooler air, trier air behind that. this whole mess will cross our region overnight. may take a little while but we'll see rain tonight into tomorrow and during the afternoon, maybe a slight break. if we get any sun at all, we could see another line of showers and thunderstorms developing again in the afternoon. but for the most part i think the bulk of this rain is going to be coming tomorrow morning.

behind it back in the pleasant and cool 50s for the end of the week. that should last through the end of the week the way it looks right now of the southwest winds ahead of the front at 5 to 10 knots. overnight tonight, showers and maybe a thunderstorm or some rumbles of thunder overnight. then tomorrow, showers, maybe some strong thunderstorms. could be some moderate to heavy rain in the morning with a high in the low to mid-80s. next five days, temperatures dropping to 82 with sunshine and low humidity 50s at night, even cooler on thursday. 81 friday. a little warmer, maybe an evening shower saturday. temps still running below normal which is about 86, 85 by the weekend. denise? >> thank you, bob. coming up the orioles are heating up out west. >> winning games on their road trip and the show walters are hot under the ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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>> all right, orioles still on the left coast. the fans sports report. >> playing real well on this road trip. they still want to come home at some point, despite the fact they're doing well. they won four out of five in their tour through san diego and san francisco. now to phoenix, arizona. the continuation of road games against national league west teams. big ovation for buck showalter, the original skipper of the diamondbacks when that franchise started. brian roberts hitting well on this trip. a couple of runs driven in. the single in the second inning put the o's on top 2-0. pitching has been good on the road trip. scott feldman's turn tonight, aaron hill hammers one to leftcenter. it gets over the fence. that's a solo home run. feldman would give up another run later that evening on a disputed call that allowed an arizona runner in on interference. the showalter agency the team

is fighting back right now. o's leading arizona, 3-2 as they play in the fifth inning. the ravens welcome in a couple of new guys who are old giles. 37-year-old receiver brandon stokely and 33-year-old tight end dallas clark, old by nfl standards. they are the ravens newest additions. stokely in uniform for today's practice in owens mills. clark not participating until he passes his physical exam. stokely is a blast from baltimore's past, a member of their first superbowl team 12 years ago. stokely is the last player from that team still active in the league. i asked him today how his game has changed with his advanced age and experience. >> i don't know if i'm as fast. i still feel like i can play football though and help a team win games, so as you get older, you've got to learn your role. i know my role, what the team wants and expects from you. and so i just try to go out and execute it and help a team out.

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