past several years. during that time, all but two of the businesses left. atwater's restaurant says they're willing to take a chance in the old market, even in this down economy. >> in this economy, while business is not what it was a year ago, it still isn't bad because people -- hopefully we can let them know there is value and money for this kind of food. >> reporter: even if you take into account, the histories, the tradition and the central location, the bottom line has been sort of grim for this place. market house has not been that successful over the past few years. even though you have thousands and thousands of tourists that pass by here every year. even on a hot and humid thursday, the tourist traffic is quite brisk. this place should not have lost money. and that's what the city says. they plan to remake the market into more of a gathering place instead of what the mayor calls a fast food court. >> it's a placfor people to get together, whether you live here or you're visiting. it's still a place to gather together and just enjoy.

we have an outside patio. we hope that that -- that we do things on that patio. >> reporter: lawyers say they will close the market january 3rd. and they plan on taking applications for permanent tenants in october and give the current businesses a chance to stay. that way they can bring the old market some new life. in annapolis, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >> the former owner of the original steak house and sports heater in parkville has apparently gone missing, leaving behind millions of dollars in debts and confused creditors. osama el atari owned four of the restaurants in maryland and virginia. in court documents, banks say he used nonexistent life insurance policies to get millions in loans. creditors say he owes nearly $42 million. el atari failed to show up for a hearing to consider his creditors' petition to force him into bankruptcy. and now for a look at tonight's top stories, a former baltimore city police officer has been charged with attempted

murder. police say 59-year-old daniel marshall shot a man during an argument. the sykesville man is charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and handgun crimes. marshall was a city police officer from 1976 until 1986. he left the force because of an injury. baltimore police have arrested three men in connection with last month's shooting at the 700 club on pulaski highway. but tonight a female suspect is still on the loose. the victim was dancing with a group of people when shots were fired. he was wounded and treated at a nearby hospital. but police still have no motive for that shooting. three men have been arrested in connection with the incident. the woman has not been identified. but the club's video cameras did capture her image. detectives believe she freaks the edgewood area of harford county. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor wrapped up her testimony today before the senate judiciary committee. the panel also heard from

witnesses, including a group of connecticut firefighters. sotomayor ruled against the firefighters in a discrimination lawsuit. that decision was reversed by the supreme court. the firefighters testified against her, but the judge is expected to become the first hispanic to sit on the high court. a warm one out there today with higher humidity. taking a look at some of the temperatures, and the feel-like temperatures at cecil community college, glen burnie high school, veterans elementary in ellicott city and winters mill high school. definitely feeling warm out there. now for the next couple of hours, look for partly cloudy skies. a few showers up to the north and southern p.a. and also in northern delaware. our temperatures will be in the upper 80s for the next couple of hours. some rain is on the way. we'll she you, curve. a hotel and office complex that found itself in the middle of a political scandal goes on the auction block next week. aug's auctioneers begin taking

bids, made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to president richard nixon's resignation. the hotel's owner has defaulted on its loan. now to an update. the former boston med student charged with killing a masseuse he met on craigslist has lost a bid for an investigation into media leaks he claims may have tainted the grand jury that indicted him. last month, an attorney for philip markoff asked the judge to have prosecutors prove media leaks didn't influence the jury. but the judge ruled the defense did not show that grand jurors were influenced. he also noted grand jurors are not banned from reading news reports. investigators have found a safe stolen from the home of a florida couple murdered last week. they also found several guns and believe at least one of them was used to kill the couple. >> in our opinion, this was a home invasion robbery where the

people stole a safe. and we recovered the safe. and we think it's a simple -- i personally, and the sheriff can speak for himself, think it is as simple as that in terms of the motive and the -- and what occurred. >> eight people have been arrested in connection with the crime, including pamela long wiggins, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact. wiggins is a friend and landlord of another suspect. back here in our area, abc 2 has launched a new effort to keep you in the know when it comes to crime in your neighborhood. here is abc 2 news brian kuebler with this week's crime checker. >> reporter: abc 2 is working to keep your community safe. each week we're highlighting some of the most dangerous criminals in your neighborhoods, hoping to bring them to justice. this week we're focusing on two violent crimes in baltimore county. the fbi is trying to track down this man. his name is hector manuel

brasila. on the left a picture from 191996. he is an illegal immigrant who repeatedly stab manned and dumped his body under an overpass three years ago. the fbi says she a day laborer and is on the run. if you have seen him call the fbi. baltimore county police are trying to figure out who shot two men in the middle river area. the shooting happened wednesday night at an apartment complex on star wood court. one victim was found there, shot in the chest. another victim was found at the intersection of rossville boulevard and philelphia road. county police say a friend was driving the second victim to the hospital when the car ran out of gas. call police with any information you have about this case. now don't forget, you can see more of our reports by heading over to abc2news.com/crimechecker. if you have any information about any of the crimes we report, please call your local police department. brian kuebler, abc 2 news.

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40 years ago tonight, three men huddled together, hurtling through space between earth and the moon. the crew of the apollo 11 was on a mission to make history. within days, the lunar landscape would include an american flag. from cape canaveral, abc's carla wohl remembers a space odyssey. >> reporter: buzz aldrin says he felt a few butterflies as he, neil armstrong, and michael collins climbed aboard the apollo 1140 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> reporter: people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day journey to the moon, and a short hair-raising ride on the eagle lunar module down to the lunar surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the

low level light came on, and we were still 100 feet off the ground. and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. >> reporter: charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard -- then we heard contact, engine stop. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: it was a triumph of technology and a moment of national pride. >> got the flag up. now and you can see the stars and stripes. >> beautiful, just beautiful! >> reporter: it's been 37 years since the saturn 5 rocket like this last boosted an apollo mission to the moon. now there are plans to return, and eventually to go further to mars.

carla wohl, abc news at the kennedy space center. >> if you would like to check out video from that historic moon walk, head to abc2news.com. we've posted the site we choose the moon to ours. put together by the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum that takes you back in time. you can find it under links mentioned on air. in the meantime, a check for $10.50 that neil armstrong wrote to a fellow nasa worker sold at auction for more than $27,000. armstrong wrote the check the day he took off for the moon, and told his friend not to cash it unless he died in space. of course, that didn't happen. jack stahl, an engineer and business owner from california is now the new owner. he won it after a seven-day online auction. it turns out that check is the single most expensive item autographed by armstrong. what do you do when you're 17 years old? you probably weren't sailing around the world by yourself.

but zack sunderland thought it was a good idea, so he did it. zack has finally returned home, docking in marina del rey, california. he is now the youngest person ever to circumstance typical world solo in a sailboat. the challenge lasted longer than a year. >> a crazy 13 months. and yeah, it's awesome to finally get back here. >> zack kept an internet blog throughout his adventure, surviving rough seas and a close call with a pirate ship in the indian ocean. now, the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate, here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> well, the heat is on. >> i tell you what. it went from very nice san diego weather to las vegas very easily outside. and tomorrow is going to be another hot and humid one with shower and thunderstorm activity. but we do need the rain very badly. let's take a look outside right now. your shot from harbor cam. yeah, some of the flags getting

a little bit of a workout at the inner harbor. the temperature at bwi thurgood marshall remains at 93 degrees. 35% humidity. wind from the southwest at 8. and the pressure steady, 29.76. there are your tides at fort mchenry. low tide 10:21 this the morning. high tide 2:22 in the afternoon. winds tomorrow from the west, 6 to 12 miles per hour. sun comes up at 5:54. we'll set at 8:31. temperatures across the area right now, look at hagerstown, 95 degrees. 88 in york. winchester, virginia at 93. it's 92 down on the birthdays at oc. pax river at 91. we're not the only ones where the heat is on. it's that time of the year. want the take a look at the tropics there it is right there. not much happening. there is florida. there are the carolinas. all the way back to the coast of africa. not much happening at all. as a matter of fact, the tropics are very quiet right now. but we continue to monitor them. and every couple of days, we'll show you what we're watching just in case something pops up. our satellite picture throughout the day. a few little light clouds.

early this morning, there was some showers over just off the ocean city area. that made their way out into the atlantic. and during the day today, we saw some breaks in the overcast. quite a bit of sunshine. the heat and humidity humid has given rise to thunderstorm activity and very active weather down through the north carolina, south carolina area. the next chance that we're going to get for some showers is going to come from the stationary frontal system. it's going to actually a front that is passing through the area right now will get locked up right here. and then some of this moisture will be traveling along it. we'll see it during the day tomorrow. some much needed rain. right now shower and thunderstorm activity being pick upped by maryland's most powerful radar. having its way down towards the vineland region. out in the philadelphia area getting some shower and thunderstorm activity. right now they've got some thunderstorm watches for northern delaware and into southern portions of new jersey. but around the baltimore area, no precipitation. tomorrow different situation. 267 wise right now, in moncton 90 degrees currently. and again, this is live data, only available here on abc 2.

owings mills at 89. 90 up in churchville. perry hall at 91 degrees. frederick at 92. rock hall 88 degrees. and up in northeast right now 86 degrees. our forecast for tonight, the showers that you just saw in southern p.a. and northern portions of delaware will continue to move to the southeast during the day tomorrow. here comes that shower and thunderstorm activity, making its way through the region, giving us much needed rain. now on saturday it looks like it's going to be a mostly cloudy day. no precipitation. but more precip is on the way for the first part of next week. your forecast overnight. partly cloudy, a few showers. you just saw them on the radar. 70 degrees for the overnight low. tomorrow during the day, mostly cloudy. showers and storms from noontime on. that's when the best chance for showers are high tomorrow. 89. extended outlack for the next seven days. mostly cloudy on saturday. partly cloudy and cooler on sunday, 82 degrees. then monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we return to very summer-like weather with scattered showers and thunderstorms. not all the time and

everywhere, but they will be in the forecast. we'll be back at 6:00 with more on the weather. >> all right, thanks, norm. carol tucker thought she had a job for life. but on a friday 25 years to the day, she was told her services were no longer needed. she came home and told her mom we're going on a road trip. abc 2 news jamie costello hits the road for tonight's dine on a dime. >> reporter: what do we have here? >> we've got the burgers, fries, hot dogs and then the mural. >> yes, my cousin's husband did that for me. >> reporter: what we have here is carol's chuck wagon. >> it's really carol's chuck wagon express. i didn't have room to put it all! >> reporter: what we here is genius. >> i bought in pennsylvania. >> reporter: used? >> used truck. it was an old postal truck. >> reporter: an old mail truck. >> well we gutted the whole thing. if you see we have everything stainless steel, all washable surfaces. my husband did it. >> reporter: what we have here

is a woman who lost her job and found her passion. >> the company went out of business. i thought well, where am i going to get a job? so i thought well, i'm going to try this. >> reporter: get this. you know where she sets up her chuck wagon? right across the street from the place that told her to take a hike. >> right where i used to work across the street. carol, aren't you ever going to leave there? and i say no! >> reporter: but this weekend she'll be cooking for the 4- hers at the fairgrounds. >> during the day i have a full menu of almost anything you can get in a sub shop. >> reporter: what is the best thing that carol makes that nobody else can? >> my cheese steaks. >> reporter: and you'll also see at carol's side every single day her 74-year-old mother. once she had pepper in the wounds after getting laid off. now she lays off the fat to make a little extra cheese on the side. >> i'm still not making it, but i'm trying. >> reporter: carol's chuck wagon express, coming down a street near you.

jamie costello, abc 2 news. >> and get this. while at the 4-h fair, carol's husband lands a job teaching country line dancing, tomorrow night. so carol and her husband are in the right place at the right time. and now with a look ahead to abc 2 news at 6 tonight, i'm kelly swoope. trash talk. three days after a change in garbage pickup, what our cameras found. and summer is a time for many students to relax. but one local student isn't taking a break. how she is working to help others. now a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. >> coming up on world news, president obama's health care plan is running into headwinds. wal-mart has a new marketing idea that could affect decisions on nearly everything you buy. and nasa releases enhanced video of the first moon landing. crest whitestrips has created a strip so revolutionary...

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and the nominees are? we now know who is up for an emmy this year. who is racked up the most nods from the academy. >> reporter: it was the early morning prelude to television's most prestigious prime time event. >> the nominations in the drama series category are -- >> the academy of television arts and sciences unveiling the nominees for the 61st prime time emmy awards. co-host chandra wilson of "grey's anatomy" and jim parsons of "the big bang theory" found out during the presentation that they had been nominated. >> it is completely coincidental that you have both been nominated. >> reporter: the sitcom "30 rock" led all shows with 22 nominations. the nbc come comedy about a fictional nbc comedy swept best comedy, actress and actor last year. now former winners tina fey and

alec baldwin have been nominated again, as has the show. on the drama side a repeat performance for "madmen." a look at the hard-living advertising industry in the early '60s. last year's winner for outstanding drama picked up 16 nominations this year. the prime time emmy awards will air sunday, september 20th. and congratulations to abc's "lost." the show has been nominated for best drama. u.s. news and world report ranks the nation's best hospitals. did any local ones score high marks? find out on abc 2 news at 6, which starts now. >> now abc 2 news at 6. >> good evening. i'm kelly swoope. some love it. others hate it. it's only been three days since baltimore city's new trash plan went into effect, and so far the reviews are mixed. abc 2 news linda so takes us to a neighborhood in east baltimore where the transition hasn't been so smooth. >> reporter: trash has been