morgan calls moxley a friend. >> that was a concern of mine that it might look opportunistic, i had a time line set in place. >> reporter: morgan has proven himself worthy of holding a e lekive seat by launching initiatives like the christmas tree park. moxley was unavailable. on the streets mixed feelings about the incumbent democratic competition and his admission before the court he is an alcoholic and needs help. >> i think that's separate from what he does. yeah he wasn't a good example for the constituents but on the other hand he has admitted he has done something wrong. if i had a choice i would vote for somebody else. >> voters will have their say during the september primary in 2010.

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> greg morgan will officially announced his candidacy friday september 11th. for a look at the top stories, baltimore police charged one of their own tonight officer michael sylvester charged with drug possession and theft after a sting operation. police spokesman says he took $70 from an under cover officer during the sting a bag of crake cocaine was found in his locker he has been with the department since 2005, 55 children are safe tonight after escaping from a fire at the daycare, happened after 11:00 today although the learning center. the cause is still under investigation, the state fire marshal says he thinks it may have started in an un used kindergarten room. damages are totaled $175,000. it has been more than a month since michael jackson passed away. tonight he will finally be laid

to rest. it's private service, jackson will rest in the great mausoleum at forest lawn glendale, 8 miles knot of downtown los angeles, stars including clarke gable and wc fields has been buried there. no charges have been filed. the latest now on efforts to keep cell phones out of maryland prisons, officials spent the day learning about technology designed to detect illegal cell phones inside jail cells. cell phones are becoming a bigger problem as more inmates are using them for criminal activity. two years ago patrick meyers used a cell phone to odder a hit on a man who was set to testify against him in court. he was shot and killed in front of his home in rose dale. >> we hope when they come to prison they disconnect from criminal activity but the cell phones make it easy to stay engaged.

several cases of where criminal activity has been ordered from prisons. >> maynard supports cell phone jamming. allegheny county liquor board ordered a tavern to close and sell liquor license after three police officers were hurt in a fight involving 30 people. the board gave the owner six months to find a buyer and said the license cannot be used again at that location. this order followed a disturbance that made a police corporal fear for his safety when he was surrounded by 10 to 125 drunk patrons. . from our storm center weather net, nice day out there t everybody sharing about the same temperature. look at the temperatures now from middle school, summer ridge, umbc, everybody in the mid-70s with mid humidity there. see the humidity changing air. this is live data. you can only get here on abc 2.

forecast, partly cloudy, mild temperatures, holding in the mid to low 50s for the next couple of of hours, tomorrow is going to be similar to today. a little bit of a change. we will tell you about that coming up. bahamas, monte go bay, time for a vacation? air tran just announced schedules for new service to those destinations starting thrieghts to nassau december 17th and montego bay february 11th. nonstop flights. to check out the schedules, head to abc2news.com, go to links mentioned on air, a sweep of the crimes to keep you posted on what is happening in your backyard. abc 2 news brian shes us who police are looking for tonight so you can keep your eyes peeled too. >> reporter: we are working to keep your community safe. each week highlighting the

dangerous criminals in your neighborhood hoping to bring them to justice, we are focusing on two crimes in baltimore county, police are trying to figure out who shot a man outside his home in arbutus monday night. granger just gotten home from the store he was about to unload his car when a tbrup of armed men came up and started shooting he tried to run but was hit. he died later at the hospital. investigators are trying to figure out who stole an atm from a convenient store it happened tuesday morning on belliary near tailor. sources tell abc 2 news that the suspects took the atm is an area where they emptied out the cash. two weeks ago robbers stole an atm from a convenient store. see more of our reports by heading over to abc 2 news.com/crime checker. taking time to reconnect.

what life is like after her niece was kidnapped nearly two decades ago. and find out why the redskins are suing more than 100 of their fans. first we will head outside, checking the weather conditions. high today was 79 degrees. low was 60. stay with us, we'll be right back. they have alzheimer's and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator barbara mikulski understands the importance of innovative biomedical research,

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it was a positive day, the dow up 63. nasdaq up 16. sp over 8. football fans sued by their favorite team? it is happening and has people ip set. the red skins filed a lawsuit against 125 season ticketholders saying they defaulted on the multiyear contract. the team reportedly resold some of their tickets to ticket brokers. angry fans say money is tight sp they shouldn't have to pay for tickets that were resold. web is a dallas cowboy fan but his dad loves the red skins, he was shocked when the team sued

his father, his father settled in court for $18,000 had to take out a credit card loan to pay the amount. >> i think he is fed up with the red skins. now they are watching raven games, getting raven tickets. not season tickets but supporting the ravens more. still watching the skins. he is a die hard red skins fan. has the memorabilia, he is like i will watch it from home. ly cheer from this way. >> the post reports of the 125 people sued the team won in 34 of those cases. new roommates, professors and the yes the swine flu. a recent report claims more than 1600 cases of swine flu have been reported. how the schools are keeping the other students virus free. when you go to work tomorrow, take a look around. how your workplace is changing.

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new information from the center force disease control about the swine flu and children. cdc said the swine flu has killed 36 children in the

united states. i want to emphasize most of the children had other medical conditions however the latest findings under scored the fact that younger people seem vulnerable to the h1n1 virus. the cdc reports swine flu deaths appear to be higher in children who are at least five years old. half of the kids who die from the regular flu are four or younger. >> most of the children who had fatal h1n1 infection this past spring had an under lying condition. >> medical conditions are considered high risk and include mental retardation, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, of the children what were healthy, many were probably killed by this virus and a bacterial infection. in tennessee, health officials are trying to get more information on the swine flu death of a 5 year old kinder

kindergarten student. college students are also vulnerable. a recent report claims 1600 cases of the swine flu and the first weeks of classes, some campuss such as atlanta's university have quarantined infected students for their safety and that of a healthy student body. >> i think it's -- it keeps you around other people that are going through the same thing. it's good to know we are not infecting other people around us. >> i made calls and talked to the folks at university of maryland college park, so far, no cases of the swine flu had been reported. they are prepared for when the cases start surfacing. now, the forecast certified

baltimore's most accurate, here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> before we get to weather, let's check out tropical storm jimena. dumping buckets of rain. flash flood warnings in affect across the peninsula, made land fall near mexico causing slight damage to some resorts, stormy weather expected to reside. there are some indications some new computer models that think that the storm could turn around, and go back over the area where it made land fall. erika is making changes in the caribbean. erika down graded to a tropical depression. falling apart. our good weather keeps rolling.

shot from harbor cam, temperature bwi remains at 76 degrees, wind currently from the east, southeast at 8. 30.05. delaware 76 degrees, 76 york, 80 hagerstown. 73 atlanta city. 75 on the boards down in ocean city. throughout day, early morning clouds gave way to lots of sunshine throughout the day and the shower activity continued off the outer banks of north carolina, few showers there. also some pretty good shower and thunderstorm activity north of louisville kentucky around new albany, south of the lexington and elizabeth town area. tennessee scattered showers. showers in ohio will stay there. the big dome of high pressure is going to stay there. protect us. keep this system from moving in

and up. consequently what you got today you are getting it tomorrow. same kind of situation. now nothing showing up on the radar. nice clear scan, staying that way through the long holiday weekend. 76. 79 handover. 79 chestertown. elkton at 78 degrees. forecast for the overnight period, few light clouds around are going to be dissipating through the overnight period. shower activity continues off the coastline of the carolinas. by saturday a few clouds around. for the most part nice weather for the upcoming weekend. here is your forecast, mostly clear, not as cool tonight. overnight low of 60 degrees, tomorrow during the day, little bit more heat, not a whole bunch, partly cloudy skies, warmer with a high tomorrow of

80 degrees. extended outlook for the next seven days, saturday 82. sunday 83. monday partly cloudy, and 84 degrees. tuesday partly cloudy, and 83. 81 wednesday. thursday partly cloudy, but there could be a shower on thursday. brief shower, looks unlikely that that would happen. as you can see nice weather the only problem is that it's very very dry through here, getting dry out there and going to be drier by the time we get through the long labor day weekend. back at six with more on the weather. after being more than a memory or little more than a memory for 18 years, jaycee due guard is bonding with a family she hasn't seen for most of her life, she was kidnapped in 1991 and not heard from until her escape last month. her children appear to be in good condition. we are learn i about how jay key and her daughters are

getting along. after her 18 years in isolation. >> we spent timesharing memories and stories, and getting to know each other again. jaycee remembers all of us. >> her auntie narevealed the family reunion is taking place in a secluded location, the girls ages 11 and 15 are healthy, never having seen a doctor and never attended school. >> they are clfer, articulate, curious girls who have a bright future. >> dugard was kidnapped at age 11 in 1991. repeatedly raped by her captor and gave birth to his two daughters. among the disturbing details the daughters thought jaycee was their sister. >> people ask can she return to normal. we believe there is a new normal defined. you can't erase those 18 years. >> the center for missing and exploited children in washington provided a psychologist to work with

jaycee and her daughters as they adjust to freedom. >> there is real hope here and we heard that in the press conference today that the beginnings are positive, and we really hope that she can achieve a relatively normal kind of life and be happy and productive. to give you an idea of how unusual this case is of the abducted children found alive, 90% are rescued within the first 24 hours of being taken. tj winnick, abc news, washington. work is under way to soundproof part of i-85 in baltimore county, how neighbors helped push the project through. staying in town this labor day holiday? we will tell you about free and cheap things to do in town for your staycation. ♪

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feminine. the study points to changing demographics on the job. >> reporter: after 53 years on the the job, marty said good- bye to colleagues and retired. mr. peters is not an exception, he is part of a trend. the american work force is changing. workers are working longer and younger adults are delaying their careers. >> trending a sell rated by dark accelerated by the recession,. >> 93% of the growth will be among workers ages 55 and older and the majority of the growing employees are not in it for the money. >> they want to stay active and feel useful and be with people. >> younger workers are riding out the downturn by staying or returning to school. acoints for the lowest share of the work force since 193. >> society come to a conclusion if you want to get ahead in the

21st century knowledge based economy you need to have a college education. >> they are not only getting older, women have been edge. women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the work force. >> that is recession related. the sectors that have taken the biggest hits from the recession a have been the male dominated sectors. more than a million jobs lost in construction, 2 million jobs lost in manufacturing. >> the women earn at least 20% less on average than men. would what you can do to make it harder for criminals to steal your car, that story and more coming up at 6:00 which starts right now. maryland road projects fall victim to the budget acts, millions will soup proof part of 83. good evening i'm marybeth marsden. work is already underway. to buffer a baltimore county neighborhood from the sounds of

the busy highway. it's in priceville along the southbound lanes of the harrisburg expressway. jeff hager reports, the project comes? response to residents making noise of their own. >> reporter: the drilling -- (inaudible.) -- residents like tim don't mind the noise. they've been living next to interstate 83 for decades. >> i was just a child then, there was no noise from the highway back then. >> reporter: now he can't help but notice. when a study was done on this section of i-83 ten years ago, it produced