parade that runs through hamden will not be cancelled it attracts thousands of people a year. the mayor says it's much too popular to pull the plug on that one. the city fully funded the thanksgiving parade but over the years attendance hasn't been that great, that's why they decided to cancel it. >> the thanksgiving was pretty light so most people tend to come out in the spring and for certain events and we want to build on those as well and maybe do something in the inner harbor to celebrate thanksgiving to get people out into the community. >> reporter: for mark becker bringing the parade back is important to his family. >> it's big in baltimore. i got a lot of kids myself. expwhrrks in hamden, linda so, abc2 news. >> the mayor says the city are reconsider bringing the parades back next year if the economy picks up.

we want your two cents. go to abc2news.com to vote in the on-line poll. governor martin o'malley says there could be a drop in revenue as high as $300 million. he says the state's 7.2% unemployment rate took a toll on the amount of money the state is bringing in. o'malley says the drop in revenue could lead to another round of "painful choices in reductions." yesterday a judge ordered paperwork be turned over. sheila dixon faces trial in november on charges including perjury and theft. prosecutors say the mayor lied about gifts she received from developer ronald lipscomb who was her boyfriend at the time. prosecutors also say dixon toll gift cards meant for needy families. tonight two baltimore city police officers are on routine administrative leave after

shooting and killing a man who attacked one of the officers. the incident happened this morning, the officers were making a drug arrest on orleans street near north kenwood avenue. the suspect attacked one of the officers with a knife but the officer's bulletproof vest protected him. that's when the man was shot by police. >> the suspect tried to stab an officer in the back. the partner witnessed this, withdrew his service weapon and fired multiple shots in defense of that officer. >> the suspect later died at the hospital. the mastermind of the washington, dc-area serial sniper attacks is scheduled to be put to death in november. a virginia judge set a november 10th execution date for john allen muhammad. sentenced to death for the murder of dean meyers, one of 10 people shot to death during a rampage that terrorized this entire area for about three weeks back in 2002. we have new details in the death of annie le, the medical student from yale whose body

was found stuffed in a basement wall on sunday. kelly swoope joins us with the latest developments. >> reporter: the medical examiner ruled the cause of death, asphyxiation. so far no arrests have been made but an animal research technician who worked in the same yale lab building where annie le's body is discovered is being looked at very closely. investigators searched raymond clark's middletown, connecticut, apartment that he shares with his fiancee. the 24-year-old is not a student at yale but was employed by the university. he was led away in handcuffs, questioned for several hours, plus reportedly failed a lie detector test and had defensive wounds on his chest. >> we'll take samples of his hair, we'll take a saliva sample from him. scrape his fingernails. >> investigators say they have been tailing clark for several days. he left the questioning with his attorney. he's not called a suspect, but

a person of interest. neighbors, however, cheered as he was led away by police. investigators will compare clark's dna and evidence from his home to the more than 150 pieces of evidence collected at the criminal scene. kelly swoope, abc2 news. >> thank you. even though he apologized republican congressman joe wilson's outburst during the president's health care speech last week still has democratic colleagues upset and passed a resolution denouncing his actions. >> this resolution is not about substance of an issue but the conduct we expect of one another. in the course of doing our business. >> congressman wilson says it's time to move on and argues the president's acceptance of his apology should be enough. >> the president said no more game-playing. this was classic political game-playing. and i've been involved in the political process all my life, but to have such a -- a resolution brought up while we

should be addressing, as the president asked, we should be addressing health care reform, health insurance reform. >> a congressional historian says this is the first time in the 220-year history of the house that a member has been disciplined for speaking out during a presidential speech to a joint session of congress. this is definitely a hot button issue, even former president jimmy carter is speaking out. at a town hall meeting in atlanta he said joe wilson's outbursts was "based on racism. " he should be given respect. ( indiscernible ) ever since i've been involved since the 1960s - >> the republican party chairman and former maryland lieutenant governor michael steele says president carter is flat out wrong. he says democrats are using the

race issue to shift focus away from the health care plan. the latest on health care reform on capitol hill today. democratic senator max baucus introduced his much awaited version of the health care overhaul. the $850 billion plan would require everyone to buy health insurance, pay a fine if they don't and ban insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions. >> as i understand, what it looks like, it includes massive cuts in medicare, tax increases on individuals and tax increases on business. >> if congress goes along with these solutions the bill might as well be called the insurance industry profit protection and enhancement act. >> it is unclear how many of the bipartisan gang of six senators negotiating health care reform will support this bill. president obama plans to continue his appeal for change directly to the public. he's scheduled to appear on five news talk shows on sunday and on "david letterman" next

week. tomorrow, he will bring his push to our area. president obama is slated to speak at a rally at the university of maryland college park. the event is open to the public. it starts at 11:00 a.m. at the comcast center. seating will be on a first come/first serve basis. the president will be arriving on campus at a time when the h1n1 virus has infected hundreds of students there. in the last week the number of students reporting flu-like symptoms has more than doubled to more than 600. the university is installing additional hand sanitizers in buildings throughout the campus and instructing sick students to stay in their dorms or return home until they've recovered. >> people in my dorm, we still share food but there are people who get sick, we just wash our hands more. >> students say the teachers at college park have been working with the sick students accepting assignments electronically. that would normally have to be handed in, in person. when it comets to the swine

flu, the washington metro is taking no chances. the chief safety officer says good personal hygiene can cut the risk of catching the disease. the system is asking its more than within million riders a kay -- one million riders a day to take necessary precautions. that includes hand sanitizers and wipes. they are also using disinfectants throughout the system. to find out how the swine flu impacted maryland go to abc2news.com, click on health and look at the left side of the screen. you'll also find tips on how to how -- help guard against the virus. we told you it would be a mostly cloudy day, changeable skies, clouds, showers, and sun. we had some sun sun, some clouds, and there are the showers. it's from the west to the east affecting the eastern shore of the delaware area right now. as far as what our forecast is for the next couple of hours, mostly cloudy, a few sprinkles,

we'll see temperatures hovering around 70 degrees. more rainfall is on tap for tonight and during the day tomorrow but what about the weekend? we've got the answer coming up in a couple of minutes. the economy is forcing bwi marshall airport to make some cutbacks. the maryland aviation administration says they are closing the communications center at the airport. that means eight staffers including those who deliver announcements in five languages are losing their jobs. officials say the use of cell phones and automated system for the airport's 800 number deals with most problems. the cuts will save about $450,000 a year. a baltimore raven gives back possibly to the world. in a bold way. hear from matt berke who pledged to donate his brain for research. we're following the recover of a little boy saved in the rescue caught on tape. we have the latest. and a leisurely drive turns into nightmare for a woman when a tree branch slams through her

car window. the temperatures in parkville, cooler day, 68 now. norm has the full forecast coming up.

a young boy who narrowly escaped a brush with death still has a long road of recovery ahead of him. little d.j. harper is out of the hospital after two months of treatment for severe burns. as diana avillar reports the two men who saved his life are still his guardian angels. >> reporter: it's hard to believe this happy little boy was once trapped inside this burning suv in a milwaukee neighborhood. >> we need water! come back! there's a baby in there!

>> reporter: two months ago 5-year-old d.j. harper was that baby. visiting from tennessee, his family's vehicle went off the road, bursting into flames. neighbors were able to pull out his mother and sister but d.j. was still inside. >> as soon as you crawl in, you just see the boy screaming. then reaching for help. >> reporter: off-duty firefighters and brothers joel and john broke into the vehicle and pulled him out. a neighbor doused his burns with a garden hose. the brothers, first heroes are now family to the harpers. >> we are referred to as uncle john and uncle joel. >> we got years of recovery ahead of us but this is a big step today. >> reporter: d.j. left the hospital tuesday but he's got a tough road ahead. his burns were severe. >> he no longer has ears. that's one of the things he's looking forward to is getting new ears. >> reporter: he'll await his new ears in his adopted hometown of milwaukee.

>> reporter: living in the city that saved his life. the brothers who rescued d.j. have set up a registry to help save money for his family. they lost most of their belongings in the fire. deanna avillar, abc news, chicago. another terrifying story. a leisurely drive turns into a nightmare for a woman when a tree branch slams through her car window and into her neck. we want to warn you the pictures are graphic. as the woman and her husband were driving an eight-inch branch crashed through their car window and got lodged in her neck and shoulder. that moment gave way to screaming and panicking. michelle childers said she thought her life was over. >> it felt like someone stood there and shoved it in my window. it was not there and then all of a sudden, it was there. >> she and her husband began saying their goodbyes but in an emergency surgery doctors safely removed the limb and today the scars and painful pictures still exist but

childers is alive and well. definitely looked like it was going to rain today. >> the showers are around the region. nothing went over where you live or here at the station but we did have showers. early this morning we had scattered showers. like before 9:00 in the morning. >> we had a touch. >> just a little light sprinkle but as we go through the next 36 hours a chance for scattered showers across the area but things looking pretty good for the weekend. take a look outside now. your shot from harbor cam. our live camera looking at one of the harbor taxis making its way to the fells point region. our temperature at bwi marshall 71 degrees. 73% humidity. winds currently from the northeast at 14 miles an hour. the pressure rising 30.11. a coastal flood advisory is in effect for harford county, southern baltimore county, baltimore city, anne arundel county and also the counties in southern maryland as well as

the lower 2/3 of delaware. there's only three counties in delaware. as the jersey shore as well as the maryland shore. they are looking for heavy rainfall and also pretty gusty winds that could give them a little bit of light flooding. that means just watch out for it. high tide early in the morning 5:53. low tide after the noontime hour 12:40. tomorrow's winds from the east at 6 to 12 miles per hour. sun coming up 6:49. will set 7:13. temperatures across the area now, it's already down to 66 in york. 64 philadelphia. the cool front is bringing in the cooler air, riding over the top of us but on its way southward. and will drop our temperatures. our satellite, there are the early morning sprinkles we had. most of the activity is from the west to the east. heavier rain shower and even thunderstorm activity in southern portions of virginia. what is causing it all? we talked about it yesterday. a stationery frontal system or a frontal system that will become stationery stretching right through this region

there. and across that stationery frontal system little areas of low pressure will continue to move into the region. that will be causing the scattered showers that we see across the area now. mostly right here in northern delaware and also just south of the dover area. some scattered showers but as we go through the evening and into tomorrow even more scattered showers. don't forget you can always go to our web site, to abc2news.com. to check out our interactive doppler radar. right now we got a little bit of a light sprinkle around the stern sterna park area -- severna park area about you if want to see the larger picture, you can scroll around. there's the heavier shower activity, just south of the richmond area towards the greenville area. down just east of rocky mount. also heavy shower and thunderstorm activity over the charlotte region. so, again, you can access it yourself the your convenience, your own computer, at abc2news.com. there 24/7, 365. our forecast for this evening, scattered showers, will remain around through tonight.

also through the day tomorrow. then on friday things start to clear up a little bit. we'll see a little bit of sunshine, saturday looks to be a pretty decent day, sunday also looking pretty good. most of the heavy showers will stay back to the west of us in the ohio valley. here's your forecast for the overnight period. mostly cloudy, scattered showers, we'll see an overnight low of 63 degrees. tomorrow, during the day, it's going to be a mostly cloudy day, 67. scattered showers around. and the extended outlook, things start to clear up friday. saturday looking nice. sunday the nice weather should continue, high of 72 degrees. sunshine continues into monday, tuesday and wednesday, scattered showers, temperatures warming slightly. i'll be back in a while with more on the weather. the greater baltimore medical center is expanding counseling for sexual assault victims. the hospital received a $17,000 grafnt from the verizon foundation to help in the efforts. the money will go to the sexual assault forensic samghts or s.a.f.e. program. >> the intention of that grant is to help us fund a

new initiative of being able to reach out to our victims after we complete a s.a.f.e. exam. >> gbmc's program provides certified nurse examiners who care for sexual assault victims. they take a full assessment of the victims, and provide therapy, crisis counseling and support services. "2 your health" -- past research connected the consumption of sugary drinks with diabetes, obesity and heart disease. now a group of public health experts is calling for a tax on those beverages in order to reduce the amount the public consumes. dr. timothy johnson has more in our "medical minute." >> reporter: the american heart association recently released dietary guidelines to reduce sugar intake that highlighted the health benefits of cutting back on sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages.

now in a recent report on health policy a group of public health experts suggest placing a tax on these sugary beverages as a means of reducing public consumption. according to the report americans consume about 175 calories daily from sugar-sweetened beverages on average. past research has linked consumption of these beverages to obesity, diabetes and heart disease. the report proposes that a tax of 1 cents per ounce be placed on beverages with added sweeteners. the tax would increase the cost of a 20-ounce drink by 15% to 20% which the report estimates should decrease consumption of these drinks by about 15%. in addition to the health benefits gained by decreasing america's consumption of sugary drinks this tax would have the added benefit of generating revenue that can be used in health programs for treating obesity, diabetes and heart disease. with this "medical minute," i'm dr. timothy johnson. we have a pretty good idea

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abc2 news at 5:30 is just minutes away. i'm terry owens. he made national news with the announcement. matt birk talks about his decision to donate his brain to research. lawmakers in washington turn up the heat on the community group acorn. what some are now demanding. is there danger lurking in your showerhead? what is the latest research? that plus baltimore's most accurate forecast all new at 5:30. our look at news around the nation takes us to southern california. where a mother is suspected of

stabbing herself and 3 and 5-year-olds in this home in westminster. all of them were taken to the hospital. the mother and one of the girls are expected to survive. the other child is in critical condition. police say they recovered several knives from the sixteen. -- scene. tragedy in arizona, police say a baby boy was killed after an suv ran over his stroller in front of a phoenix school. authorities say the baby was his mother and 4-year-old sibling when he was hit. they were taken to the hospital for treatment. the woman in the car stayed at the scene. police are still investigating. to ohio, where a death row inmate is going to stay where he is at least until next week. 53-year-old ramel broome was supposed to be executed yesterday but it was called off because of problems finding a useable vain. >> i was concerned, very concerned. i was very distressed when i felt that what i observed on

the screen looked to me as though he was wincing in pain. and it had gone on for quite a while at that point. >> broome was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in 1984. the victim was on her way home from a high school football game with two friends when she was murdered. there's supposed to be another attempt to put him to death next week but one death penalty expert says legal challenges could delay it. a hollywood hills mansion went up in flames this morning. the fire could be seen for miles. crews fought the flames which engulfed the multimillion-dollar home. eventually the best they could be do was to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby houses. no word yet on what caused the fire or who might have lived there. cast and crew of an adam sandler movie are evacuated from a boston hotel. find out what happened on abc2 news at 5:30. in just two minutes.