police tell us just after 3:30 they scan the tags of a suspect vehicle on mlk and lexington. it came back as a stolen car. just as police were beginning their pursuit, the suspect took off, driving at such a high rate of speed we're told he nearly ran a sergeant off the road. that sergeant immediately got on his radio, called off the chase. but the suspect still sped off. and about six blocks later, he struck this woman's car right in that intersection. >> car flipped over, hit the tree, and they say the woman died. so it's sad. >> reporter: lots of folks are just baffled. can't believe the impact and what the cars look like after that impact. we don't know at this point how fast the suspect was traveling, but i can tell you the impact has thrown both cars 50 to 100 feet away from that intersection. we'll have much more on this story tonight at 11. for now live with breaking

news, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> thank you, delia. prisoners can commit crimes from prison with cell phones. but those phones may soon go silent. a senate committee has approved a plan that would stop inmates by jamming their cell phone signals. maryland senator barbara mikulski sponsors the bill and is battling for a full senate vote, despite a broken ankle. brian kuebler reports. >> when we said goodbye to the cash, i now have this boot. >> reporter: senator barbara mikulski jokes that the boot she has to rehab her broken ankle will come in handy to kick butt in the senate. one of her bills is to jam cell phones in prisons. >> we want to jam the criminals. so they're going to jam the cell phones they have out there organizing more violence. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley pushed for the legislation following the high profile maryland case involving

carl lackl. this past spring, a federal jury convicted patrick byers of ordering the hit on carl lackl from his cell phone in his prison cell. a crime that does not come as a shock to correctional employees. >> security is a problem. and our officers can only do what they're ordered to do. >> reporter: in fact, state authorities say despite their efforts, near lay thousand cell phones were recovered from prison cells last year. a 71% increase from 2006. mikulski says that's why jamming, not banning is necessary. >> i believe it will pass. i think maryland has brought this to the attention of others, and senator kay bailey as well. it's coming out all over the country. >> reporter: other states now also beginning to see the connection between cell phones behind bars. and the type of violence that ended carl lackl's life. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> senator mikulski says you can look forward to her being an advocate on the bill when

the senate comes back after the labor day break. a man has been arrested in the robbery of a woman at anne arundel mills mall. 24-year-old joshua stone is charged with robbing the woman in the parking lot at knifepoint sunday morning. stone allegedly took her purse and drove off in a pickup truck. he was arrested at a linthicum motel. a 41-year-old west baltimore man remains in critical condition after trying to swallow a plastic bag filled with heroin. police say deon snipes swallowed the bag which held 17 gel caps of heroin when officers tried to stop him on monday night. an east baltimore man remains behind bars tonight, even though he no longer faces charges in connection with the police-involved shooting, a shooting that cost his uncle his life. abc 2 news jeff hager spoke with jay forest's family today about the incident which cost one man his life and the other his freedom. >> reporter: greta forest's brother died at the wrong end of a police revolver, and then the officer who pulled the trigger claimed her nephew, jay

forest, had tried to wrestle her gun away from her as well. he spent more than five months in jail before she admit head played no role in the incident. >> he lost his barbershop. he lost custody of his newborn baby. he lost his partner. he lost a lot. >> reporter: now the family is also raising questions over how that same officer shot and killed 61-year-old joseph forrest. his sister claims the female officer approached her brother from behind during a domestic dispute, and her bright orange and yellow hair coupled with multiple ear and facial rings made it difficult to identify her as a cop. she believes the confusion fueled the fatal confrontation. >> he was trying to keep her from killing him. that's what he was trying do. she's going to kill. and all he trying to do is keep her from killing him. >> reporter: forrest says one officer fired a shot into her brother's back, and then the female officer got up and stood over him as she unloaded her gun into his lifeless body.

in east baltimore, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> the state's attorneys office is trying to determine whether the shooting was justified. meanwhile, the family plans to file suit on behalf of the nephew for false imprisonment. been tracking some showers and even some thunderstorm activity on the eastern shore of maryland as well as delaware. you can see the showers pulling off the coast. now this is what it looked like in delaware at the boardwalk hotel, rehoboth beach early this morning. people having a good time walking up and down the boardwalk. but watch the showers come through mid afternoon. here they come, boom. right there. people are returning to the boardwalk around the region. here is your forecast for the next couple hours this evening here in baltimore. partly cloudy, mild. temperatures will be in the 70s. tomorrow a much nicer day. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. >> thank you, norm. maryland car buyers and car deals are anxiously waiting for the senate vote to keep the cash for clunkers program alive. the senate is expected to give

the program another $2 billion tonight, keeping the popular program going through labor day. the cash for clunkers program has given a much needed boost to auto sales in this country. and gm's white marsh plant is looking forward to a boost from uncle sam. allison transmission will get federal stimulus money to help develop a rear drive electric system. it will provide some stability for the plant which is already a model of efficiency for the automaker. >> allison, they really are the workforce of the 21st century. they went from an old industrial model, went to the community colleges, got trained and embraced new ways of organizing to get work done, brought in new technology. >> a gm plant in michigan will receive similar funding. a rodgers forge-based bank has 15 days to sell itself or merge with another bank or it could become the second maryland bank to fail during this recession. the baltimore business journal is reporting that the bradford bank was told that it is

significantly undercapitalized. bank execs are reportedly working to meet federal banking regulators' deadline. an annapolis man has died after a hiking accident in croatia. 23-year-old brandon wild fell 120 feet. wile was reportedly traveling with his girlfriend who has family in the balkan nation. they had hiked up to a church, but after reaching it, weill wanted to climb higher. he reached the peak by himself, but apparently stumbled and fell last friday. it took search and rescue teams two days to find his body. weill graduated from annapolis high school five years ago and began traveling the world. a memorial service is planned later on this month. the chief of pediatrics at peninsula regional medical center is at shock trauma after a car crash. state police say dr. jose alvarod's car ran into the back of a tractor-trailer on route 50 near pittsville yesterday. he is in critical condition tonight. an accident that killed a bicyclist in baltimore this

week is raising concerns about bike safety. john yates was riding his bike when he clipped the back wheel of a box truck. his death is prompting city officials to take a closer look at existing bike routes and alternative roads that might be safer. yates was killed in what is known as a right hook crash. it's how most cyclists died. >> the car is going to make a right turn because we're programmed to think you can make a right turn because that's your vehicular right of way. but what we need to learn is that we got to look for pedestrians, cyclists, anyone else that is going to be in the road at the time. >> and police are still looking for the white box truck that hit yates. the driver probably didn't even know it they say. the city has published a resource guide for cyclists. and you can get a copy by contacting the department of transportation at 410-396-6802. it looks like baltimore may have a bigger slots parlor than first thought. much bigger. the baltimore city entertainment group applied to the state last february for a

casino with 500 machines. the company has now purchased a bigger piece of property called gateway south. it's an 11-acre vacant lot south of m&t bank stadium. the company is now expected to ask for 3700 slots. the city is counting on a big revenue boost from the slots. the state commission must approve the slots license. coming up are, you kids ready to go back to school? are you ready to have them go back? we're not just talking about paper and pencils. they better be vaccinated, or they'll be sent back home. also, senator mikulski won't let anything like a broken ankle get in her way when it comes to a vet on capitol hill. and snoop dogg is in the house at ravens camp. he huddles up with ray and the rest of the team in just a minute. yesterday agave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of 82 degrees. i knew it was going to be cooler today, but i didn't know it was going to be this cool. the official high at bwi 7 degrees. however, we're going to hold off our 2-degree guarantee until later on tonight at 11:00.

i think we can still climb a couple of degrees and possibly hit that 2-degree guarantee. we've got the forecast coming up can right after this. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. explain.

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you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now abc 2 news at 6. >> maryland crab houses and other seasonal employers are thrilled with news out of washington. the federal government will allow 25,000 more temporary foreign workers into the country. maryland crab-picking facilities, hotels and other businesses have been complaining about how difficult it is to find workers this summer. many eastern shore companies had their applications denied early this year. now the department of homeland security will allow businesses to hire more foreign labor. maryland senator barbara

mikulski made the announcement this morning. and mikulski also took time to thank the doctors and nurses. she had surgery at the hospital along with what she called rehabilitation boot camp. >> i'm doing leg presses and so on and following my regime. and with the concurrence of my doctor, i expect to be back full time in the united states senate with the senate resumes after labor day. >> good for her. the senator also used this opportunity to push for health care reform before leaving for capitol hill where she voted to confirm judge sonia sotomayor to the supreme court. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> i'm just waiting to see if it's going to get a little bit warmer outside. >> a little warmer once we get along to the latter portion of

the weekend. today we started out slow and on the cool side with shower activity. as we went through the day, got progressively better and better. it was such a nice day, decided to ride the motorcycle today. >> good for you. >> a nice evening too. nice cool evening. moon is going to be out you. wait and see. it's going to be beautiful. >> how wonderful! >> let's go ahead and take a look outside right now. i tell you what? you are a joy to work with. our temperature at bwi right now 76 degrees. >> that was sincere. >> yes, you. i said that very sincerely. i wasn't trying to make anything of it. wind from the southeast at 3. the pressurizing 29.96. here are the tides. high tide 7:45 in the morning. low tide 2:41 in tavern. the winds tomorrow from the northwest at 6 to 12 miles per hour. sun comes up at 611 6:13. the high so far at bwi. we did not hit our 2-degree guarantee yet, but i think we

may creep up few more degrees. we're just going to wait to hold off until 11:00 tonight to find if somebody takes home a bobblehead. 79 in winchester. 73 in easton. and 74 in pax river. 75 degrees in ocean city with shower activity. throughout the morning hours, we have some light showers, heavier rainfall on the eastern shore. and as you can see, some heavier thunderstorms made their way across the eastern shore. the larger picture shows the flow. very warm, humid air making its way up the eastern seaboard, triggering the showers. but in behind it, clearing skies, cooling temperatures. that's going to be our weather for the next couple of days. right now maryland's most powerful radar is indicating that shower activity making its way off the atlantic. and/or off the eastern seaboard into the atlantic. the showers gradually coming to an end in the ocean city area. and they too will have pretty nice weather over the next couple days. right now in hanover 76 degrees. germantown at 76. up in elkton, maryland 77

degrees. middletown 78. rock hall 77. 78 in stevensville. we had mentioned elkton. that's where our people helping news the weather center are, our michelle. thank you very much, michelle. had to mention elkton for you. anyway, what is going on across the region for the forecast this evening. tonight the clouds clear out. it's going to be a pretty nice evening with mostly clear skies. temperatures are really going to cool off. few light clouds by saturday. but i think you're going to like what is going on temperature-wise, at least for the next 48 hours. tonight clear and cooler, 62 degrees for the overnight low. tomorrow during the day, a mostly sunny day, mild with still below normal temperatures of 85 degrees. the extended outlook for the next seven days, here is the sunshine tomorrow. but on saturday, we start adding in a little bit of moisture and a little bit more heat. and as you see, once we get along into sunday, monday, and tuesday, we're talking about even more heat moving back into the region well. can have some of the warmest temperatures that we've had so far this year. and don't forget, you can always go to our website, abc2news.com to check out our interactive radar that you can

drive yourself on your own computer at home. here is what you get when you click on the weather tab. just grab a ahold of this tool down here. we're going to expand our view out there. is the shower activity that you see over the eastern shore making its way. showers over the outer banks of north carolina. again, it's available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week at abc2news.com. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. >> thank you, norm. it is time to get the kids ready to go back to school. and that means getting school supplies and making sure your kids have their vaccinations. baltimore county's department of public health is offering two early back to school clinics at no cost to county residents. the first was held at rosedale's family resource center. the another clinic tomorrow at the woodlawn health center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. parents are asked to bay a copy of their child's immigration record with them. for more information call 410-

887-2705. a different style to ravens training camp as they introduced a new coach to the rest of the team. rap star snoop dogg. snoop performed at the post pavilion last night. so ray invited his friend to camp this morning. dogg is a huge fan, so he really enjoyed the visit. he even got to join the team huddle. snoop is a long-time steelers fan, but he says ray lewis is one of his favorite players. >> ray lewis one of the greater linebackers to ever play the game. a personal friend of mine. i love his story. i love his hustle, his attitude, his enthusiasm. it's inspiration to see how he can aspire his whole team and turn the level up, and how they go out there and just become dogs. they're just nasty on the field. i love it! >> he had insight into our receivers situation he wanted to share. so we took a couple of notes.

and it was fun: >> there was some player news today. mark clayton will miss the first two or three preseason games because the team wants to be careful with his injured hamstring. clayton has missed the last four days of training camp. so some future ravens showed off their talents instead as the team hosted some new rookies. >> we're here for ravens rookies. we're here for you. what is the most important thing we're going to do today? >> what did you say? >> fly? >> i think we're loose yet. we got to do it one more time! >> i think this camp right now today is just so full of energy. i'm just so happy that i've got a bunch of kids out here that have got their minds wide open, ready to have a whole lot of fun. >> any dogs in the house? >> one two three! everybody see the guy right there with his hands up?

one, go to one now, go! there is a couple kids out here i saw looked a little like future mats, future joe flaccos. let me check that arm out. it's amazing! i don't know what i'm doing and i'm getting it right. let me see that again. we're going to go have corn on the cobb later. >> coach is really energetic. he yells a lot. >> let's go to work! let's do it. they're all getting to learn everything about football, the punt, the kick, the catch, it's a blast! we've got to have more rookies. come on out here. let's go. good job! >> sounds like nick nolte out there coaching. a look now from the camera at the inner harbor. pretty night. norm is coming back with the final forecast. and let's take a look at temperatures from arbutus, 77 degrees. when my wife started forgetting things...

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prize money. the largest white marlin so far is only 93 1/2 pounds. and here is a live picture of harbor island marina. it's a rainy day today. it looks much different. the tournament will wrap up tomorrow afternoon. from the looks of things in ocean city today, farris is in danger of losing his prize money. our intern has been with us the past couple of months in the weather center. michelle from towson. we want to introduce you to her. she is going to be calling it quits here pretty soon. we want to thank you very much for participateing and helping out in the weather center. i hope you learned a few things. >> i did! >> you did. okay. nice weather for tomorrow and saturday. but the heat comes back for sunday, monday, and tuesday. say good night, michelle. >> good night! >> oh, you learned much more than that. i know you did. that's all for us on abc 2 news at 6. i'm marybeth marsden. thanks for joining us. we hope to see you back here tonight at 11. good night.

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