lead to an arrest, and soon. >> reporter: for chris amos, working behind the register at putty hill liquors isn't as easy as it used to be. >> and they killed my boss, you know, and they're still out there running around. that's not justice. >> reporter: his boss, 57-year- old kang was shot. police are still looking for the suspects. >> it angers me. it frustrates me. it upsets is me. kang was like my second dad. >> reporter: kang's wife says it's a struggle every day to walk into the store. and knowing the kill canners are still out there despite surveillance video makes it even harder. amos is trying to up the reward money being offered. joseph represents the korean grocers and beverage association who recently put up $2,000, raising the total reward to four grand. >> we lost a good man. he was working hard for his family and his wife and son. >> reporter: the employees started this petition right after the robbery to get more

cameras and security in this shopping plaza. so far, they have collected more than a thousand signatures. >> you needed something? he was there for you, no questions asked. >> reporter: chris harris quit his full-time job and came back to work at the liquor store after hearing about kang's death. he is hoping the increased reward will lead to an arrest. >> i urge anybody with any information, please come forward. this is important. this needs to be stopped. we don't want nobody else hurt, killed, whatever. >> reporter: in fullerton, linda so, abc 2 news. >> if you have any information, please call metro crimestoppers. the number 1-866-7-lock-up. callers can remain anonymous. and now for a look at tonight's top stories. in less than two hours people are expected to pile into a town hall meeting on health care reform at towson university. even before that, members for health care for america now coalition are rallying against

any opponents. you are looking live at the scene right now. the meeting is being hosted by senator ben cardin. it is one of many being held nationwide amid growing protests over reforms congress will consider after its summer break. hundreds of americans are lining up for experimental flu shots in eight states, including here at the university of maryland. it's all in an effort to get new vaccine out this fall before the virus sweeps the country. the government says the first vaccine doses will be available by fall. the studies of 2800 people underway will test the safety and effectiveness of vaccine developed by drugmakers. a man who barricaded himself inside the home of an elderly man after allegedly robbing a gas station. police say they had the man in custody at around 3 after using tear gas. the 94-year-old who lives in that home was taken to the hospital as a precaution. police are still looking for one other robbery suspect. new at 5:30, the 911 tapes

from saturday's mid-air collision over the hudson river had been released. the crash between a sight- seeing helicopter and a small plane is being called the worst air disaster in new york city in nearly eight years. and as abc 2 news aaron kotirski tells us, on the river, grieving continued from three continents. >> reporter: the single engine piper was found about 250 yards from the new jersey edge. the river's strong currents and poor underwater visibility make it tough to retrieve the rescue. the helicopter ride was supposed to last about 12 minutes for an aerial tour of new york city. but just after takeoff, it was apparently struck from behind by the piper. as soon as the crash happened, 911 calls poured in. >> 911 operator, what is your emergency? >> i think someone just went down in the hudson river. i think it was a helicopter. can you have somebody check, please. >> a helicopter in the water?

>> yes. it crashed. it disintegrated. >> reporter: among those killed, a pennsylvania family, an italian tourist, among them a man celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary and his son. the man's wife stayed behind, too afraid of flying. investigators is believe the accident happened happened about 1100 feet above the river. that's the top of the so-called exclusion zone. the corridor over the hudson river where pilots operate on their own. no air traffic guides them. they're supposed to use a radio frequency to call out their location. >> this is not magic. >> reporter: but there are blind spots. on the plane, the pilot probably couldn't see below. and the helicopter pilot probably couldn't see above and behind. it appears now neither pilot saw the other, and some aviation expert says the rules need to change. >> it's time that we move on from that concept and use electronics and procedures to bridge the gap. >> reporter: but new york city mayor michael bloomberg says bridging the gap would not be easy. >> it would be an enormous

addition in the amount of traffic to la guardia and newark's controllers. >> aaron kotirsk, new york. the coroner's report is in on michael jackson's death but, police have asked authorities to withhold their cause of death as the investigation continues. meanwhile, michael jackson fans will get to see the king of pop one more time. jackson's final performance will now be on film, and it could hit the big screen by the end of the year. the movie will incorporate footage for rehearsals of jackson's london comeback tour as well as already produced videos. while that is being done, the family is in court struggling to settle estate issues. meanwhile, the real billie jean who jackson wrote about on the song made a surprise announcement in court saying she is the mother of his youngest son, and asking for custody. starting tomorrow, many new gm vehicles will go up for sale on ebay. the trial starts in california, and if it all works out, it

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tough day on wall street. down across the board. the dow, the nasdaq, and the s&p 500. well, you've seen them all across the country, town hall meetings on health care have been filled with angry outbursts. now in an effort to dispel all health care rumors, president obama is traveling to new hampshire to host a town hall meeting of his own. abc 2 news t.j. winick has more on the medical controversy. >> reporter: some congressional town hall meetings have been loud, combative, and downright nasty.

>> yes we can! >> reporter: one issue that is really upsetting voters. >> they're going to give us [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the proposal in some of the health care legislation that would reimburse a doctor for talking with a patient every five years about what kind of care they want at the end of their life. >> let me start by dispelling the outlandish rumors that reform will cut medicaid, promote euthanasia or bring about a government takeover of health care. that's simply not true. >> reporter: president obama does believe millions of dollars could be saved if americans could consult a physician about what type of care they want. >> we're closer to achieving a serious health care reform package than we have been in the last 40 to 50 years. >> reporter: the aarp agrees, calling the proposal, which would be entirely voluntary, entirely humane. >> it's designed to let patients take more control over their own lives. and i think that's what would happen. >> reporter: as for all the shouting? >> who sent me here?

i sent myself. >> reporter: democrats calls even some of the protesters behavior unamerican. >> i think attacking citizens in our country for expressing their opinions about an issue this magnitude may indicate some weakness in their position on the merits. >> reporter: democratic senator charles schumer told the "new york times" that if his party does not get a health care reform bill passed by september 15th, they may not get one passed at all. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. tonight's scam alert. a warning about website ads, even ads you find on station news sites. joce sterman talks to a woman who lost a lot of dough on ads that can show up anywhere on the web, even on abc2news.com. plus, where is the best place to get your prescriptions filled? is it the drug store or the neighborhood grocery? we shop around so, you don't waste your money. two medium ppcis,

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web ads often make products sound nearly irresistible with their claims of free trials. in this week's scam alert, you'll see why sometimes you don't see what the ads offer, no matter what sites you see them on, even ours. here is joce sterman. >> reporter: teresa mckelvey is an abc2news.com junkie, searching daily for her news fix. she trusts our website and the ads that went along with it. so when she spotted a weight loss product on our site, she decided to give it a try. >> and i saw this article about baltimore woman lost 47 pounds. >> reporter: this is the article. it's really an ad for an acai berry cleanser that claims to help you shed pounds. they had offered a free trial on two separate product, but in the end, that's what she got. >> they're offering a free trial. it's not free. first of all you're going to pay for shipping and handling.

and most importantly, it obligates you if you don't cancel within 7 to 10 days it obligateious into a monthly fee. >> and this fee was $88 for one product and $65 for the other. charges mckelvey says she was shocked to see considering she says the ad didn't mention she would be charged. >> you should really put that on your website the first time the consumer reads about your product. it's not just a cleanser. you're paying for a membership. >> reporter: a membership that is mentioned in the fine print but, not up-front. it's a common practice with internet ads that we've told you about before. but it's a practice we didn't want to trip up our viewers with, costing them money that they never intended to spend. >> i thought going on in the channel 2 website, that you knew about these products, and that you would endorse them. >> reporter: but we don't endorse this ad. that's why we pulled it from our website, protecting consumers like teresa, people who surf our site putting their trust in our web pages. joce sterman, abc 2 news. >> and of course you can get

more helpful advice from the better business bureau of greater maryland on our website, abc2news.com. you'll find a list of local businesses in good standing with the bbb, including things like automotive services and construction and remodeling. with all of us looking for more and more ways to save money, yahoo has launched a website to provide you with coupons, store circulars, and exclusive deals all in one place. the new gentleman hoo deals website also has social and community features, as well as money-saving video features. well, come with us on a trip to the future. to the hotel room of the future, where windows turned into tvs, and beds actually rock you to sleep. take a look. this is what travelers may want by the year 2020. it's part of a research project in germany where hotel chains can test new ideas. one of the first? voice commands. also in the room of the future, there will be no light switches, instead sensors. sensors that can be used to

monitor heart rate and temperature, and you could change the color of the room depending on your mood. maybe the most practical feature, movable walls. >> we started the future hotel project about two years ago. with the purpose is to find out what do guests like in hotels at the moment, and how do they want to be a hotel, the perfect hotel. today and in the future. >> now we're told you shouldn't get too excited just yet. hotel owners don't expect any one hotel to have all of this stuff. but there could be a floor or two in top hotels with some of the options. maybe even the infrared lighting, which rejuvenates your skin, making you look younger after your hotel stay. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> i think we've got enough sun working on us that we may not

need the infrared. >> don't need any hotel rooms just yet. but it is a nice day. >> how are we doing? boy, it cranked up all of the sudden. >> all of the sudden the heat and humidity built, and the temperatures themselves aren't that impressive. they're in the low 90s. when you factor in the dew points and the heat and a humidity, that's when it gets out of control. let's take a look right now. we're looking at 93 degrees outside. a little bit of light breeze. westerly winds at 14 miles per hour. relative at 46%. and our barometric pressure is holding steady. here are the conditions out in the bay tomorrow there is your high and low tide. winds out of the west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. the high temperatures today so far 93 degrees at the airport there for us in baltimore. 92 in dover. 94 in hagerstown. yeah, we've seen them before. they're not that impressive, until you factor in the heat and the humidity. so that's the high temperature of the day as well as where we are right now. but when you factor all that in, you get a heat index, a feels like temperature of 100

degrees in baltimore. 104 in dover. 110 in ocean city. so yeah, it feels hot. and that's kind of dangerous. we are under a heat advisory for most of the state until 8:00 tonight. mainly clear skies throughout the day today that will continue to be the case for a little while longer. and then we have some clouds moving in as we head towards evening and the overnight hours. see a batch of showers and thunderstorms that are coming just to the west there of the mountains. not sure that they're going to make their way over the mountains into our region. more likely that that activity will pass up into pennsylvania. that whole state is under a severe thunderstorm watch. taking a look, at what is happening as we widen the picture, high pressure is in control that is what is creating that big clear area there just to the south of us. that is what is also creating our heat and humidity. it pumps all the air in out of the south and the southeast. so the heat builds. the humidity increases, and things get very uncomfortable here. we do have a cold front that is

going to be approaching the region. there you can see it off to the west of us. the line of showers out ahead of it. that will be making its way into the picture by tuesday afternoon. that's when things start to quiet a little quieter for us as far as the heat and humidity is concerned. things will lighten up. taking a look at the forecast. there you see not a whole lot going on tonight tonight or through the day tomorrow. tuesday we may see a couple of showers here and there as the front moves through. for wednesday, again, a fairly quiet day. most of the activity as far as showers are concerned stays off to the south of us. for tonight 75 degrees in the overnight hours. that is about where we're going to bottom out. so things are going to feel very warm and muggy. a couple of isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible. more likely we'll see those north along the mason dixon line. 92 degrees tomorrow, partly sunny and storms developing in tavern. and this is what it looked like as you head into the next seven days. the heat and the humidity continue for a while. and even once that front has passed through on tuesday, and

things cool down for us, into the 80s for wednesday and thursday, it still stays on the warm side. this is one of our warmest weeks that we've seen thus far this summer. and those temperatures stay in the mid-80s, really right on into next weekend and into the beginning, the early part of next week. back to you. where do you go to get your prescriptions filled? do you run down to the nearest supermarket or drug store because it's convenient? but that can turn out to be much more costly than you think. john matarese has the results of a new consumer investigation so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: generic prescriptions are cheaper than brand names. that's a no-brainer. ask for the generic and you'll save money. unfortunately, that can lead to complacency and paying higher price than you need to. when tom baldwin needed a prescription, he went to the drug store his mom used for decades, walgreens. he was surprised when the family pharmacy charged them $136 for a bottle of a generic

antiseizure medication. >> at first i thought it was just an error in their computer system. >> reporter: they were even more stunned when they checked the pharmacy at a nearby costco. >> the price was $15.90. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the receipt from the next visit shows the difference, $136 at walgreen's. $15.79 at costco. >> same pill, same strength, same medication. >> reporter: we did a price check for 120 homes for the drug. two walgreens quoted us $136. drug store.com just $71. a supermarket quoted us $56. and costco just 15 bucks. according to consumer reports magazine, it's not a fluke. they priced a 30-day supply of five common generics. walgreen's was again highest at $157. target 106. wal-mart 104. and sams and costco just $48.

walgreen's defends its pricing saying it offers neighborhood convenience and has a prescription savings club with many generics just $4 a month. but in survey after survey, sam's and costco come in with the lowest prices. as the baldwins learned, you don't have to be a member to use their pharmacy. my advice, call ahead. compare prices if you're not covered by insurance. don't assume all generics are cheap, and that way you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. and we've got some breaking news now out of california. take a look at this. this is a live picture. 32 people are stuck in what looks like the top of the roller coaster at the great american theme park in santa clara. fire crews are working to get everyone down safely. we'll stay on the of this and bring you any new developments as they occur. >> ooh, that's heart-stopping. i'm marybeth marsden. here is what else is coming up new at 6. in just over an hour, a town hall on health care will

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in portland, a 92-year-old man is seeing the world for what seems like the very first time. this is martin alvi. he suffers from macular degeneration, and has been legally blind for a few years now. but after a dizzy spell, marty spent the night in the er, and it was during that trip that marty told the doctors he could see again.

>> i feel great. i never had it so good as i have it now! god bless med. why, i don't know. >> marty called his daughter in the morning, and she wasn't sure she believed it until they took a walk together, and he could describe all of the beautiful things that he saw. the latest from train camp, as we take a look at who is heating up the field. abc 2 news at 6 starts right now. >> now abc 2 news at 6. >> sizzling sun and soaring humidity add up to summer in maryland. we knew it was coming. and it's reaching dangerous levels as people search for the best ways to stay cool. good evening. i'm marybeth marsden. it's gotten so hot so fast, that baltimore city has issued a code red heat alert through tomorrow. the best way to beat the heat is to stay in an air conditioned space. but that's not possible for a lot of people. if you have to be outside, limit your time