investigators discovered an injection of that strong anesthetic was administered nine hours after several other medications failed to help jackson sleep. dr. murray deny nice wrongdoing in this case. michael jackson was 50 years old. delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> and we'll bring you the latest on the investigation into mack's death tonight at 11. and when we're not on the air you always log on the our website, abc2news.com for up-to- the-minute information. students return to class at a number of public schools in maryland today. yet questions remain over how parents will protect them against the h1n1 virus. the trial continues but there at this point there is no available vac for the swine flu. how the state is preparing for worst. >> reporter: on the very day that many maryland students are returning to school, the state announced a 7th death tied to the h1n1 virus in a d.c. suburb. parents are growing anxious over the lack of information on how they're supposed to protect

their children. >> absolutely nothing about it. that's why i'm waiting until school starts to find out about it. >> i don't know if they're going to do vaccines in the school or having all the children go to the local health department. >> reporter: trials on children began last week, but the timetable for producing mass doses of the vaccine still points towards mid-october. federal health officials have still identified five priority groups. that will include pregnant women, 6 months to 24 years, health care workers. it will also include adults with underlying health conditions, and individuals who live with or are around children under six months of age. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley says maryland is the first state in the country where every acute care hospital is committed to an early warning system, where they'll monitor emergency room visits for any sign of an outbreak. as parents wait for a vaccine, he is urging them to get their

children immunized for the ordinary, or seasonal flu. >> that vaccine is already available. and citizens make sure that they schedule right away a time with their doctor so that they can get that seasonal flu shot. >> reporter: in the meantime, schools are also prepared to look for signs of infection among the returning student populations. >> is monitoring the daily attendance and sharing that information with the health department, and sharing the daily who gets sent home, if anybody from the health room. >> jeff hager, abc 2 news. the state is lobbying health insurance companies to cover the cost of the two-shot h1n1 vaccine for students, and the government will provide it free to those without coverage. and as four million college students move into dorms for the new school year, there is growing concern about possible youth outbreaks on college campuses as well. universities across the country are said to be stocking up on

masks and hand sanitizers. we want your two cents do. you think maryland schools are ready to handle swine flu outbreak? log on and look on the right side of the home page to vote in the online pole. the agent for tony fein says his client was profiled by police over the weekend. police say the 27-year-old linebacker was arrested on sunday evening after he allegedly assaulted a city police officer. security officers at the light street pavilion at harbor place say they thought fein passed a gun to a friend, but it turned out it was just a cell phone. when city police went to investigate that. >> say fein shoved the officer. fein's agent says he was profiled. but today baltimore's mayor fired back. >> i don't believe that's the case. and i don't accept that in this case at all. >> fein was released on his own recognizance, and is due to appear in court october 7th. baltimore county police say they don't have much to go on in the murder of a man over the weekend in owings mills.

but authorities do believe the victim, 51-year-old scott greenburg may have known his attacker. greenberg's ex-wife found his body at his parents' home on velvet valley way. she was going there to drop off the couple's two children, but it didn't seem he was home, so she called his father. >> the father-in-law told her where there was a key. she got the key and went into the house and found the victim dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. he had been shot multiple times int the upper body. >> there were no signs of forced entry. we're told greenberg owned a snowball stand. police have arrested an elderly man charging him with the county's first homicide since october of 2008. officers were called to an assisted living community on cedar lane in columbia last monday for a reported assault. investigators believe that the suspect, 87-year-old earl wilder, was sitting outside when unprovoked, he began to

strike a fellow resident in the head. the victim, 91-year-old james brown, was taken to the hospital and he died on saturday. glen burnie man has been arrested for impersonating a police officer in anne arundel county. this morning police say they were notified that a man inside a dark-colored oldsmobile cutlass attempted to stop vehicles on route 100 in glen burnie using a red strobe light in the front windshield. officers located the vehicle and arrested the driver, 18- year-old robert mace. the archdiocese of baltimore has removed a cumberland priest following allegations of sexual abuse. the archdiocese says 73-year- old monsignor thomas bevin is not allowed to function as a priest until the investigation wraps up. the archdiocese says a former student at a parrish school in frederick says he was abused by bevin back in the '70s. the archdiocese says bevin denies the accusations. one of baltimore city's most historic churches welcomes

back the faithful. bethel ame held its firsts is in almost two months. the church steeple was struck by lightning on july 1st, touching off a fire that damaged the steeple and the balcony. but the church managed to get the main sanctuary repaired and ready to go in time for a week- long community outreach program. the pastor says they couldn't have done it without the support of the entire community. >> we're going to have our first sunday service sunday, and we're going to honor the people who like the rabbi and bishop brown who have been so supportive, and we're going to that night have a unity in the community service. >> while the sanctuary was being repaired, the congress met at the temple in park heights. the reverend says they hope to have the damaged balcony reopened in a couple of months. may be slow going if you're going to the ravens game. public works crews are still trying to fix the 40-inch water

main between king and green streets on saratoga. the hole could be as deep as 25 feet. well, cash for clunkers officially ends tonight at 8:00. but many local dealerships have already hit the brakes on the popular rebate program. the saturn dealership for example of towson ended the program on saturday and had to turn some people away. many other local dealerships share similar stories, and some stopped making clunker deals even before that >> i think it gave people the incentive to go out and purchase a new car with the discounts that they were seeing. i think it's a really good idea, because maybe those people who aren't able to afford a car before are now able to do so. >> consumers were given up to a 4500 trade-in on their gas guzzler for a more fuel efficient model. maryland is asking for federal dollars to improve passenger rail service. state transportation officials have sent in an application

requesting $360 million in economic recovery money. state officials say the money would be used for the study and engineering or construction of a variety of projects. maryland's most powerful radar still picking up that shower activity over the lower eastern shore. it's basically been there all day with the scattered shower. right now it's not thunderstorm activity. just shower activity from southern delaware over through the black water area around the salisbury region, seeing a few scattered showers. a little bit closer look at it shows the activity making its way northward up to georgetown and the millville area. here in baltimore, our forecast for the next couple hours. partly cloudy, mild, temperatures in the low 80s. but it's going to be cool by tomorrow morning. but don't worry about it. by tomorrow afternoon, the heat comes back. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. >> thanks, norm. a celebration today at baltimore's rich diversity and culture, and new federal funding to help preserve it. the city has been designated as a national heritage area. terry joins us now to tell us what that all means. >> reporter: marybeth, we all

know baltimore has an abundance of landmarks. and now the city is getting millions of dollars to help protect its national treasures. from the science center to the national aquarium in baltimore, there is no shortage of places to see and things to do. but many of our local attracts also provide links with our past. >> and it is a special place. we have 24 national, historic landmarks. thousands of buildings that are on a national register for historic districts. we have fort mchenry, uss constellation, the home of frederick douglas. the list goes on and on and on. >> reporter: and now it's been designated as a national heritage area. that means the city's historic and cultural attractions will receive money over the next 15 years through the public parks service. >> upon the roads and the streets, and they did great things. >> but if they just knew that

there is a connection between them and what happened here, then i believe that the violence and things that we experience today by some of our young people would vanish. >> reporter: the celebration took place at the baltimore square market in baltimore's historic fells corner. ♪ a national heritage area is defined as a location or region that has a distinct flavor and density of historic, cultural, and natural resources of national significance. another highlight of the event would be the unveiling of baltimore's new water taxi landing signs. they'll provide information to residents and visitors about related attractions. and baltimore joins 49 national heritage areas in 32 states across the country. terry owens, abc 2 news. >> thank you, terry. millions of older americans may get a pay cut of sorts. coming up, why seniors could see less money at the end of the month, even though their

social security checks will stay the same. i'm rob carlin live at m&t bank stadium. just a few minutes, john harbaugh and rex ryan shook hands and said hello. they'll be rivals tonight. ravens and jets, coming up later in sports. yesterday we gave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of 85 degrees. the high today at bwi 85, right on the nose. our winner today of an abc 2 umbrella comes from elkton. marie rex, congratulations. you scored that abc 2 umbrella. we'll be back with our forecast right after this. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1. my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses

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and his new team, the new york jets. and abc 2 sports rob carlin is with a preview of tonight's preseason game. but first, i would just like to say welcome back from your honeymoon. and i just want to see if you can see the ring on camera. >> there it is. >> oh, good. >> there it is. it's big enough. it's a big ring, yes. it was a fantastic wedding, from the rehearsal dinner to the wedding to the honeymoon, the best three-week stretch of my life. thank you so much. of course it's always good to be back. >> and now you're back at work. >> yes, right where i want to be. actually, this is not a bad place to call work. m&t bank stadium tonight for the big game between the ravens and the jets. it is the return of rex ryan. just a few minutes ago here out on the field at m&t bank stadium, a really cool moment. we captured it here. it was john harbaugh and rex ryan on the field together. the former head coach and his defensive coordinator getting together, saying hello. kelly gregg, used to play forex, having a good time out on the field. a really cool moment as the two

guys who coached together now will coach against each other tonight. here as the ravens play the jets. as we know, rex spent almost a decade here as a coach with the ravens. the last four years as a defensive coordinator. and his team loved him. he talked trash, and he had a team that was able and willing to back that trash talk up. ed reed knows it's going to be a little weird having rex on the other sideline, but he is looking forward to it. >> not at all, man. at this point we made the transition. i'm sure he has made the ajudgment, you know. happy for rex, you know what i'm saying? i'm sad to lose him, but i'm glad he got the job. well-deserved. it's going to be fun. >> reporter: that's part of life in the nfl. you always play against a former teammate or former coach. it will be weird seeing rex on that sideline. but good for him. he deserves the head coaching job. training camp officially ended yesterday. the players love that. the coach isn't always so happy about things. earlier today the players were out here on the field, getting their last-minute stretching in

before the game tonight. derrick mason getting ready to play tonight. joe flacco is on the sidelines. the players dread training camp. they do not look forward to it. they only look forward to the end of training camp. the coaches find it very beneficial. john harbaugh spoke about the importance of training camp to build a team. >> the fact that it's together, and also we can have meetings at night. they can walk back to the room and they're teaching the young guy to the offense or defense. it's as vic puts it, it's wall to wall ball for whatever amount of time here here. and we think that's valuable for building a football team. >> reporter: here is the rest of the preseason schedule tonight. the final home game. then two games down assault, y'all, first in carolina next saturday night. and then a thursday night in atlanta. and then the season opener september 13th right here against the chiefs. tonight 8:00, monday night football, kickoff on espn. it's raven and jets.

rex ryan on the other sideline. live at m&t bank stadium, rob carlin, abc 2 sports. >> thanks, rob. and what a beautiful night to be is there at the game. >> a beautiful evening for the game. the temperature is going to be cooling down. a little warm right now, it's going to cool down and the game time really, really nice. tomorrow we start building the heat back in. but it's only going last for two days. your shot from harbor cam overlooking the downtown area. i guess marybeth brought her yacht again today. a beautiful day throughout to do a little boating. 49% humidity. wind currently from the northwest at 8. and the pressurizing, 30.07. as far as your tides tomorrow, there is your high tide at 10:45 in the morning. low tide 5:03 tomorrow evening. tomorrow's winds from the east. sun comes up at 6:29. we'll set at 7:47. the low 66 degrees. the high today 85, which did hit our 2-degree guarantee right on the nose. temperatures around the region right now. 82 at bwi and downtown.

84 in hagertown. your, p.a. at 80 degrees. 80 in atlantic city. dover at 81. 82 at pax river. on the boards in ocean city, not much time left for summer time, 83 degrees right now. the heat index makes it feel like 83, even though the temperature is really 82. a little humid. but things are going to cool down. early we had shower and thundershower activity over the coastal sections of virginia. that shower activity has stayed there throughout the day. that's with it's been generating. right now we're seeing is showers lower portions of delaware, stretching on down through the easton area, just south of easton getting a few scattered showers. these showers out in west virginia will not bother us. we're going have a mostly clear sky tonight. right now maryland's most powerful radar indicating some pretty good heavy shower activity right there. as you can see around the black water, salisbury getting scattered showers. but ocean city looks like they are precipitation-free. temperatures right now, from the storm center weather net,

live data, 80 in potomac. 80 in reisterstown. northeast at 79. galena at 80 degrees. 79 in denton. and cambridge currently at 82 degrees. but they all cool down quickly because showers are in the neighborhood. as far as the forecast for tonight, all of the showers stay south of the region. during the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine, more heat comes back into the weather picture, and that's going to build even into wednesday. mostly clear, cooler. overnight low down to 64 degrees. but litter than that. don't be at all surprised to see a 59 or 60-degree overnight low. during the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine, warming up, high of 88 degrees. and the extended outlook, 88 tomorrow. 92 on wednesday. thursday partly cloudy and 84. friday increasing clouds, 81 degrees. the showers move into the weather picture on saturday and sunday. clear up on monday with 80 degrees and mostly sunny skies. we'll see you tonight at 11. >> thanks, norm. a big event is taking place

at the baltimore convention center. the national organization of blacks in government is hosting its 31st national training conference. experts from a variety of areas are conducting workshops on topics from information technology to communication skills. >> they're going to obtain an opportunity to network with other federal employees across the country, across sectors, not only in the federal sector, but in the state and local of course the emphasis on training. enhancement is the key. >> 6,000 people expected to attend the conference which runs through friday. let's take another live look there at the inner harbor. now norm, those are my boats. right there. >> sorry! >> let's take another check on the temperatures, from fort meade 81 degrees. a high today of 90. norm is coming back with another quick look at the forecast.

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[ closing bell ] >> investors slowed down just a bit today after a four-day advance. a mixed day. the dow jones closed up 3 points. the nasdaq dropped 2. s&p closed down about a half a point. millions of older americans face what amounts to a pay cut next year. that's because we're not expected to get a social security cost of living ajudgment for the first time since 1975. that increase is tied to

inflation which has been negative this year. but medicaid, drug premiums often deducted from the checks are expected to rise slightly, and that means a net loss for seniors. hey, what is for dinner? tonight at 11, how you can turn an ordinary meal into a five- star feast. plus, the ravens take on a few familiar faces at m&t bank stadium, all in the shadow of a weekend incident that landed one potential raven behind bars. those story and more right after "castle" tonight. it's going to be a nice night for football, and tomorrow lots of sunshine around. but we'll have a high of 88 degrees. so it's going to be warmer than today. then wednesday the temperature goes up, even more up to about 92 degrees. now thursday, we get some cooler air. a few clouds move back into the region. on friday, saturday, and looks like probably sunday, a good chance for some scattered showers in the region. as summer is gradually winding down here in baltimore. we'll see you tonight at 11. >> thanks, norm. that's all for us on abc 2 news at 6. i'm marybeth marsden. thanks for joining us. we'll be back tonight at 11,

and we hope to see you then. have a great evening. >> thanks for choosing abc 2 news at 6. for more news, watch abc 2 news at 11, or go now to abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you.

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