surrounding the february shooting, and have yet to determine if it was justified or whether the officer could face charges. police in anne arundel county need your help tonight identifying a woman who was hit by a van while riding a bicycle. it happened in arnold just before 9:00 last night at the intersection of college parkway and bellriv drive. the unidentified woman is in critical condition tonight at shock trauma. she is identified as a light- skinned black woman, 18 to 25 years old, with dark curly hair. she has a tattoo of a pit bull on her chest with a name bishop underneath. anyone with information about the woman should call anne arundel county police at 410- 222-8573. and now for a look at tonight's top stories. shirley foulkes never thought she would get shot, let alone in her own home, but she was

shot by a stray bullet last night and rushed to the hospital. miss foulks is back home today, talking with city leaders and family friends who called to check on her. in new york city a prayer service was held today for five italian tourists killed during a mid-air collision over new york's hudson river. grieving relatives attended today's service before the caskets were carried to waiting hearse to begin their trip home to italy. police divers have also removed the bodies of the last two crash victims as investigators begin inspecting the wreckage. maryland continued its health care reform debate today. senator ben cardin held a second town hall meeting of the week, this one in hagerstown. and once again, the audience was excitable, but generally peaceful, even though jeers often interrupted the senator during the 70-minute session. cardin also drew loud applause when he says he supports a patient's bill of rights and opposes age discrimination and access to care.

as the town hall meetings continue, so do efforts to influence debate outside of the meeting. t.j. winick has more on what has become an incredibly passionate and at times contentious debate. >> reporter: the national dialogue over health care reform. >> you don't trust me? >> reporter: as turned into is a screaming match. >> do you all think that you're persuading people when you shout out like that? >> reporter: yesterday in portsmouth, new hampshire, president obama tried to clear up misperceptions about the health care bills making their way through congress. >> for all of the shouting and the noise, what you need to know is this. if you don't have health insurance, you will finally have quality affordable options. >> reporter: outside the president's appearance at portsmouth high school, this man showed up with a semi- automatic pistol legally. a man was also arrested for carrying a knife inside the school, but prior to the event. police later found an

unlicensed gun in his vehicle. across the country politicians are coming face-to-face with angry voters on all side of the issue. >> this is an attempt to use this issue and to use this opportunity when you have a black person as president. >> i'm in opposition of this health care. the government hasn't done anything wrong. >> reporter: today in about 20 states, the u.s. chamber of commerce will begin airing tv ads opposing the obama plan. >> inflated taxes, swelling deficits, and expanded government control over your health. tell congress let's slow down and reform health care the right way. >> reporter: the president's supporters are launching new ads of their own and airing them in the congressional districts of drama lawmakers who are under a lot of pressure to oppose the current health care reform bills. t.j. winick, abc 2 news, washington. good evening, everyone. i'm meteorologist susan schrack. we have a couple of storms around. not necessarily the central part of the state, but we are seeing them over on the eastern shore, a line of them bubbling

up. also, we have some out to the west of hagerstown. we may see a few developing in our area yet tonight. temperatures right now are in the low 80s. for the most part. 83 in towson. 82 in bel air. 83 also in baltimore. a little cooler where the thunderstorms are. you can see centreville at 75. easton at 73. and it's still feels like we're in the upper 80s because of all that humidity that we have streaming in off of the ocean. for the rest of tonight, 67 degrees for your overnight low. mostly cloudy. a couple scattered storms and showers are certainly possible, and that's going to continue to be the case for a little while longer. i'll tell you how long in just a few minutes. back to you. >> all right, thanks, susan. police say it's all in the family when it comes to growing pot in kent county man. and his daughter have been charged with growing marijuana at their homes. 42-year-old erica arminger is charged with growing marijuana plants at her pomona home. jeffrey is also charged after police found pot plants and drug paraphernalia at his house

near kingstown in queen anne's county. it was a close call for a litter of eight puppies in baltimore, and now they're all hoping for new homes. earlier this week, these retriever-mix pups were found by two young men in highland town. they say they heard a noise inside the dumpster, and get this, the pups were inside a sealed plastic box inside that dumpster. they say the puppies were nearly lifeless. the young herod cooled them down with water and air conditioning, which authorities say saved their lives. >> fortunately, it look like a good outlook for those puppies. they're doing really well, now. everybody is eating. so we think they're going to be okay. but they were very fortunate that those gentlemen stopped to see what was going on. >> after being taken care of by experts at barcs and at an animal hospital, all eight pups are doing well. they have since been turned over to rough life rescue where they'll hang out until they're adopted. to check out their website,

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do for these children, they appreciate it. >> reporter: for ten days, it's nothing but baseball. >> we cheer for them, just like the big leaguers. >> reporter: now they do have house rules. no gum, no rough housing, and -- >> guys, don't play ball in the house! >> reporter: but after ten days, it's tough. >> you're a parent for ten days of these children, and then you have to give them back, unfortunately. >> you put them on the bus when they leave. it's like, you know, you're saying goodbye do a family member that you're never going to see again. and the first year it was really hard for us, because we really bonded with those kids. >> reporter: what do you learn from these kids? >> a lot. >> reporter: this 12-year-old, the only girl pitching for a team from hawaii. >> she graduated this year. we got an invitation for her graduation. of course, we couldn't make it. but, you know, she keeps in touch with us. she has gone on to college, and it's just unbelievable that this 12-year-old has graduated from high school and is in

college now. >> reporter: and watch connie's emotion as george tries to explain why they do this. >> if someone had to ask me why do you do it, and if i had to try to explain to them, you wouldn't understand. unless it's something you get inside of you. >> jamie says the ripken world series is still looking for host families. if you're interested, call 443- 858-3044. opening ceremonies for the series are this friday at 7 p.m. the games begin saturday and run through august 22nd. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> and of course they're going to be counting on some good late summer weather. so susan? >> no pressure there! [ laughter ] things aren't too bad for us right now. we're seeing a little bit of hazy sunshine. it's kind of humid out there. and we may see some thunderstorms yet tonight. let's take a look at what is happening right now.

you can see some hazy sunshine. it's not too bad. we still have sun, it's just a little bit of light cover over top. relative humidity 59%. wind is light and variable at 6 miles an hour. conditions on the bay for tomorrow, there is your high and low tide information. and the wind out of the northeast 5 to 10 miles per hour. take a look. maryland's most powerful local radar showing quite a bit of storm activity, especially on the eastern shore. we're also seeing a little bit just south of baltimore. just south of the city. but especially over on the eastern shore. and now starting to develop in parts of cecil county also. just seeing a little bit of thunderstorm activity. it's not severe or even strong level just yet. and as far as the rain amounts, we're seeing northeast already picking up almost 2/10 of an inch. easton seeing nearly half an inch out of the storms that have just been in the last hour or so. bel air picking up little as well. for most part it's another night of widely scattered shower and thunderstorm activity. some will see it. some will not.

84 in baltimore. 73 in easton. you can tell where the thunderstorm has been through. 84 degrees in york, pennsylvania. 79 in hagerstown. it feels like we're int the upper 80s. 88 in baltimore is what it feels like. and it feels like 91 in ocean city. taking a look at the satellite radar composite, a couple of high as well as mid level clouds throughout the day today. have a little bit of activity coming through. this is just from the day time heating because the air is so juicy. and as it gets warmer, then things start to pop a little bit. we have this same trend continuing for the next couple days. now out to the west of us, you see all that clear sky out there across the midwest. that is what will be coming our way, and possibly bringing us some dryer relief from this humidity by the time we hit the weekend. we have a cold front that has stalled out across the eastern seaboard. what happens is that makes things a little unstable for us, as well as a bermuda high out in the atlantic ocean that continues to put that heat and humid into the region and makes things unstable too.

once those two features start to go away, then that high pressure can come in from the west and make things a little more comfortable for us. taking a look at the extended forecast, we can see a couple showers and thunderstorms possible for us tonight, then things clear out pretty nicely throughout tomorrow. but again, as the daytime heating cooks up, we'll see a couple the thunderstorms moving in. same thing for friday. the clouds start to move in late in the day. so for tonight, overnight 67 degrees for the overnight low. mostly cloudy, a couple scattered storms around. and for tomorrow, a high of 83 degrees. mostly cloudy, some showers and thunderstorms around. and for the next seven days, the muggies continue, at least until friday. then saturday and sunday, we still have warm temperatures, but we should be a little dry and comfortable. as we head into the early part of next week, we're still looking at warmer temperatures. the humidity is going to creep back into the forecast as we head into tuesday and into wednesday. back to you. >> all right, susan, thank you. remember this abc 2

investigation? our delia goncalves taking us to restaurants around baltimore to see which ones were feeding us the cheaper version of the fish we thought we were ordering. now we're heading to the grocery store and the fish market. john matarese helps explain the difference between a monk fish, tuna, or tilapia, so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: when you buy fish from the glass cooler in the supermarket, or order it in a restaurant, are you sure you're really getting the fish you asked for? some new reports say in many cases, you're not. what if that 7-dollar a pound fresh atlantic fish was really imported from a chinese fish farm for a fraction of the price? two new reports in the south florida sun sentinel and the toronto star say it's becoming commonplace. one study at new york city's sushi restaurants found white tuna was often inexpensive tilapia. red snapper was often cheap cod, and some monk fish was

chinese puffer. my advice, do you have a taste for pricey fish, ask the staff at a fish market what it should look like cooked and uncooked. and from the doesn't that stink file, continued questions over the quality of fish imported from china. the fda has found banned chemicals in some chinese fish. frozen shellfish often says from china right on the package. but if it's a cheap substitute, your fish won't tell you it's from china. doesn't that stink? the simplest solution is to stick with recognizable fish you know. it's almost impossible to fake a salmon. that way you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. baltimore's board of estimates approves a deal that could give the city a bigger slots parlor than expected. it replaces ray lewis' long planned sports complex with a gambling complex run by the baltimore entertainment group. the russell street property gives the casino operators a more visible location and a

larger plot of land for up to 3700 slot machines. with a look ahead to abc 2 news at 6, another town hall meeting in maryland erupts in anger, this time in hagerstown. opponents and supporters square off on health care. and firefighting is a dangerous job and can take a toll on their health. how a new program schepping firefighters stay healthy. now a preview of what is ahead on "world news" at 6:30, coming up on "world news," we'll fact check the ads you'll soon be seeing from all sides. look at the growing problem of women driving drunk. and 16 people received extraordinary honors at the white house today. we'll show you that as well.

the kind of thing you expect to see in a detective mystery, or caper movie. just a few minutes, a few men, and tens of millions of dollars worth of stolen jewels. but for glass diamonds flagship store in london, it is very real. gloria riviera gives a solo. >> in this just released amateur video, the jewelry thieves are caught on camera, making their escape. a blond woman is seen with them. police say their hostage. then the suspects fire a shot to clear the air. [ gunshot ] >> reporter: why the time the witness with the cell phone is back up, the thieves have released the hostage and

disappeared. here is how police say it all happened. at 4:40 p.m., two men dressed in suits entered grass jewelers. just two minutes later, they were headed to a getaway car with a bag full of diamonds. police say they switched cars three times in just half a mile. at one point handing their bag full of jewels to an accomplice on a motor bike. in that bag 43 pieces of jewelry. earrings and rings and a stunning necklace with 272 diamonds. their take makes them so far the most successful jewelry thieves in british history. police are desperate for a break. >> we're hoping that somebody out there knows who these men are, and we would love to hear from anybody who was able to tell us the identity of those men. >> the real-life caper can only be compared to the movies. like oceans 13. only this time it didn't take hollywood special effects to

pull it all off, just two men in two minutes and a lot of missing diamonds. police have made one arrest. that man sought on bail, and authorities are looking for four more suspect who could be now be anywhere. gloria riviera, london. the emotion over the health care reform turns into shouts and angry words in hagerstown. abc 2 news at 6 starts right now. >> now abc 2 news at 6. >> the hottest topic in the nation was center stage in hagerstown this afternoon. good evening. i'm marybeth marsden. a packed house for a health care town hall with senator ben cardin. and as roosevelt leftwich tells us, the raging debate continues as vocal opponents and supporters square off. >> reporter: it's not the usual welcome sign to hagerstown. free market works. there is even a group called freedom works. it absolutely does work. >> reporter: opponents of the president's health care initiative wanted everyone to know where they stood.

>> we have a welcome senator cardin sign, and we want to make it clear to him as he drives down the road and approaches the meeting that we are very much against the government takeover of health care. >> more than 800 people stood in line for hours as they tried to get one of 400 seats. but you didn't need to get in to get an earful. >> if you're going to restrict care and kill the elderly, you know you're being targeted by obama. they say if you're over 65 and have too many diseases, we're not going to cover you. >> where do you get your information from, the psychiatric ward? >> reporter: there is so much disagreement, that even outside people are holding debates, let alone the folks challenging the senator. >> there are no moms here. we're all aging hippies and patriots. >> reporter: there was yelling and there were questions. >> i'm happy with my health insurance, but i know people that have none. $99trillion in debt. how are you going to look at my children in their eyes and tell them they're going to have a better future? >> reporter: i think generally the more public discussions you can have,