some school supplies, and new clothes for her son, tracy martin has an idea how dr. alonso could put the money to good use. >> the money he's getting could help children that need supplies or uniform the. >> katherine randall would like to see is pumped back interest the classroom. >> he should probably give it to teachers or even making more teachers. >> reporter: the school board aworded dr. alonso to go along with his quarter of a mill dollar annual salary based on the the school's performance. board chairman says the sew sew has earned every penny, guiding the system to vast improvements across the board. >> i'm a baseball and football fan an as would. would folks know from there hear, you get what you pay for. if you want to put a competitive team on the field, you got to

pay for it. >> reporter: great kids, great schools and a great big bonus. the head of the teachers union has a problem with her accepting this money. she says teachers also play a key role in improving the school. >> you're asking us to go without a pay raise and then a bonus is offered to the coee o, my phone started going off the hook. if the teachers contract had called for a raise, they would not be willing to give it back. in baltimore city, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> dr. alonso was unavailable for comment and doesn't want this tube distrack. we want your two cents on this story. do you think dr. alonso should

pay back his bonus? vote on the pole on our home page, abc2news.com. bail denied for two teenagers charged with that racially motivated beating. they appeared for a bail review hearing this morning. they face charges, including attempted first degree murder and theft. the teens, along with 28-year-old calvin lockner were arrested for the beating of 67-year-old james prospective et privet t. a 42-year-old maryland man is one to walk aaron from the plane crash this morning. they found the copilot and pilot from pennsylvania at a nearby bus stop badly burned. >> we were able to egress the

airplane as it was consumed by fire. i was pleased to hear that they survived. you're concerned when you say somebody is transferred to the hospital with burns, you're obviously concerned but i am told that they are going to survive. >> the plane was carrying medical specimens for quest diagnostics when it krarnd. the pilot is critical. teeter boro o-is the same airport where the plane took off earlier this morning before colliding with a tour helicopter over the hudson river. he was on the loose for a week, but tonight devon champagne is back behind bars. >> reporter: mary beth, once devon champagne's trail went cold here in maryland, sheriff's deputies alerted the u.s. marshals who were able to track the suspect down. as we reported champagne had been on the run since last thursday. the 20-year-old was being driven to the howard county detention center when deputies say he

attacked a deputy when handcuffed and hackeld. last night, u.s. marshals found him at a home in richmond, virginia, hiding inside a wall. authorities aren't sure if champagne's family helped him to hide. >> i don't think his family's been uncooperative of i think anything else in live there's one bad apple in the bunch, i think the family was somewhat shocked that this had happened. i don't think they realized the intensity of the violence. >> reporter: it is still unclear how champagne got out of his cuffs and shackles of the investigators will be looking into how the felon was able to escape and see if changes need to be made in security. as for the deputy that was attacked, he has been released from the hospital. new at 5, baltimore city police have found the tanker truck they believe was involved in an accident that killed 67-year-old buy sicklist john yates and tonight police say

yates was at fault. it happened on august 4th. tats hit the back of the vehicle getting tangled in the wheels of the the video clearly shows the cyclist to be at fault. now to an abc news 2 up date, all 12 of those high school football players who were treated for heat systems symptoms in queen anne -- the detectives seized the large water container the players were drinking from as well as several water bottles. the students became sick last night on the field. none of the players was seriously hurt. the varsity team reportedly had been practicing for just over a half hour when some players started complaining of cramps and nausea. angry relatives of americans killed aboard pan am flight 103

plan to protest. -- 270 people were killed when the jet liner brew up over lockerbie scotland in 1988. 189 americans were among the dead. 8 from maryland. today, friends, family and colleagues said good buy to veteran political columbiaist robert know vac. he tuesday after a battle with brain cancer. the funeral was held at saint patrick catholic church. the d.c. met osystem has hired a law firm. the a spokesperson says the firm will work alongside why-house counsel. nine people were killed in a ta red line crash and lawsuits have already been filed. thousands of easy pass users are canceling their accounts

after the state started charging a monthly fee for service. the maryland transportation authority says 19,000 users have filed so far requests to close their accounts. that happened last month. the new $1.50 per month fee went interest use. the number of dropped accounts is a small fraction of its nearly 560,000 accounts. speaking of thousands and millions, multi million dollar being sold a bucket at a time. the jackpot now stands the $207 million. that makes the cash option a mere $130 million. we were asking a few folks what they would do with all that money. >> it will be my last day of work. fy win tonight, i won't be to work tomorrow. >> i won't have nothing to worry about. >> help all my family, pay off their homes and vacation and help a lot of charities. >> i would say all of the above.

tonight's drawing is at 11 p.m.. the big back to school decision these days? mac or pc. we'll help you make that choice easier. a boating accident like you've never seen before because this one happened on a highway during a police chase. and drivers call it the flash of death. and tonight, its responsible for a major auto recall. let's check out the temperatures now from our weather net station, 76 degrees, much coolinger. you know a torm came through there.

storm came through there. . for many of us, our biggest back it school decision was

skooby doo, these choices between mac and pc. we tray to make that decision a little easier. >> reporter: we like to make that decision easier too but unfortunately we can't do that right now. let's go to norm and the forecast, i believe. we've got some storms out there? >> things are rocking in some areas tonight? >> tell you what, by about 1:00 this afternoon the crowds started to thicken up an we had thunderstorm activity moving through between 2:30 and 4. it's now in the process of making its way to the northwest. but the unfortunate thing is that again tomorrow, more showers and thunderstorms are going to be popping up across the region. >> but it did drop the temperatures quite a bit. >> yeah, wait until you see. you want to see a boat? this is a big boat. >> it's a big boat. >> what happened to the big boat in okay. that's the video.

>> that's squall swallowed bit building. >> this is between noon and two when the thundershowers made their way through the region. let's take a look at that big boat out there. there it is right there. that is the carnival pride. >> that's what that is. >> it's the carnival pride bod docked here in blrm and it is 960 feet long, 106 feet wide, that is one large ship. wow. anyhow, our temperature right now at wbr thurgood marshall, 91% humidity. the pressure steady 29.87. our temperatures across the area right now, 76 in downtown, 9 in york, 86 in the haguers town region, over in ocean city it's 88 degrees. they haven't gotten the rain. all the rain went up through this region there. it's heading into portions of new jersey as well as northern

portions of death. the satellite picture throughout the day, we had the sunshine this morning, then it gave way to shower around thunderstorm activity. there it is making its way through the region but nothing like we saw earlier this afternoon. larger picture shows that system again as it makes its way to the north and east. again, heavy moisture flow coming in off the gulf of mexico combined with the heat that we had during the day, and it did get to 91 degrees today. but when the rainfall hit, it dropped us down into the 70s very rapidly. around the baltimore area no, precipitation. but there's the storms as they made their way north and east with lightning strikes. still some more showers back toward the mountains. we can see some that have later on this evening here in the baltimore area as well as south

of d.c.. if you're traveling south toward the fredericks burg area, you'll see some shower activity. 72 in kingsville. over in rock hall, 76 degrees, stevensville at 82. 72 up in northeast. here's how the forecast is going to work for this evening. scattered showers making their way toward the north and east continuing out of the region. we should be basically precipitation free. but tomorrow starting from 11:00 in the morning on, some shower activity. it will be a lot better on sunday. here's your forecast for the overnight period, mostly cloudy, showers and storms, 73 degrees. during the day tomorrow, partly cloudy but showers and storms will pop up. some of them will be severe. the high temperature of 82 degrees. the extended outlook for the next 7 days, as you can see sunday looking good, sunshine on monday and tuesday, 84 and 86

degrees. wednesday, partly cloudy, 88. then thursday and friday, the sunshine continues with no precipitation and temperatures of 85. we'll be back in a while with more on the weather. as president obama begins a week vacation with his family, a new abc washington poll reflects the bruising fight over the healthcare reform reform plan. it shows drop in support for the plan and how the president has tried to make it into law. >> reporter: some of the anger and dissatisfaction shown at town hall meetings over president obama's ideas for healthcare reform are mirrored in the latest abc washington post poll of the new survey show half of americans disapprove of mr. obama's handling of health care. the white house insists that reform is on the way. >> we are closer to health reform than we've been in 7 decades in this country. >> reporter: but the declining poll numbers say the americans

are asking the president to provide more details about what the health care reform would mean. still claiming to want a bipartisan bill, the president is accusing republicans of trying to kill a reform bill. >> i have no to control what the other side decides is their political strategy and my only gags to the american people says we're going to get this done one aor another are. >> reporter: but some are are are republicanses who remain steady in their opposition are predicting failure for him and their party. >> the next reelection cycle needs to be -- >> reporter: the president's numbers are better than others in washington. only 35 brz have confidence in congressional democrats with only 21% in republican lawmakers.

a new report provides hope for pregnant women dealing with depression as many as 23% of pregnant women will experience depression but won't take an antidepress ant fearing it could be bad for the baby. but a new report says using antidepress ants can be the safest option for both mother and child. it stresses open communication between the patient and doctor is essential. school recess may be some children's only chance to get some real exercise but in tonight's health minute, we take a closer look at why recess is disappearing in some schools. >> monkey bars and kick ball, in some communities, those memories are all that's left. >> nationwide, we know that 67% offer recess every single day for all students in their schools. for at least 20 minutes.

>> cdcresearcher sara lee says that leaves a third of schools that offers recess to some students or not at all. >> one of the big reasons is pressures for improving test scores within core academic sukts. >> but along with higher test scores, may come higher obesity rates. to bring attention to the problem, lee has joined with the cartoon network's get animated program to get some major help. >> recess is where everything started for me when it came to loving sports. and just wanted to be activity and get out there with the rest of the kids. >> recess can do as much for a child's brain as their bodies. >> there is evidence that shows recess can actually improve classroom attentiveness, concentration and time on task. >> for today's health minute, i'm dr. son jay gulp ta. we show -- for parents now

the choices, well, do you get a mac or pc? abc's andrea smith tries to make that decision a little easier. >> reporter: top bunk or bottom bunk? students have so many decisions to make, but the biggest one just may be mac or pc. for many it's a personal decision but lots of factors come into play. macs are very easy to use and wildly popular with teens. going into graphic designer music, it's a must. but they're more expensive, typically running about twice as much as comparable pc notebooks. if you prefer a pc, you can buy a slim and sleek laptop. what size screen, how much memory, do you want a built-in web cam. parents usually say yes to this one. you can shop around in stores and on-line and look at different manufactures like dell or acor, and ask for student discounts when you go to the

store. ask your school if they have a deal with one particular company. often they give you a discount code to enter at a company's website. apple's got a back to school offer, buy a mac get a free 8 gig ipod and 13 inch mac book pro is on sale to students for about $1200. lastly, before you get talked into buying software you don't need like a copy of microsoft office, check with your school and see if they give it to you as part of your technology fee because you don't really want to spend money that you don't have to. andrea smith, abc news, nrk. a fill-up turns into a holdup and the whole thing is caught on tape. why police believer this is no random crime. good news about the housing market? this is through the roof. explain.

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terry owens. the popular but controversial program ends at 8 monday night. abc news myron leftwich with more on this. >> reporter: it has the people back in the show rooms, consumers who were scared to buy a new car because of the economy couldn't resist the lure of clunker cash. that's what brought out julia snide man. unfortunately, it just wasn't clunker enough. >> i don't qualify. i'm going to stick with my car tore a while. >> reporter: but the lure of that money is what brought you out? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: for consumers whose old cars qualify it has worked wonders. >> these cars are they're picking up most of them are cars that are getting 28 or more miles per gallon. >> reporter: getting rid