outside the new haven lounge. that was two years ago. >> it's been a long and terrible time for his wife and children he as they waited for justice. >> i would like to say on behalf of my family we are pleased with the verdict. although two of the defendants were considered to be guilty of kenneth's murder, we still feel that justice was served and this will not bring him back, so that's the pain that we'll have to live with for the rest of our lives. >> the jury split over who should be held responsible for harris' death. charles mcganey and jerome williams were convicted of killing harris and rob be dozens of people at gunpoint. 22-year-old gary collins was acquitted of murder and convicted of the robberies. >> clearly they ultimately agreed on a verdict but i do think that some of the jurors

in their heart of hearts were not satisfied with the outcome. >> . >> the prosecutors say they saw it differently. they felt that the dna found in a mask that was used in the robbery was more than enough in a conviction for all three even though the jury said otherwise. >> our strongest piece of evidence was the dna evidence. it was the evidence that was challenged most vigorously by the defense, and it's gratifying to know that the jurors listened to our explanation for all the evidence, for the challenges to the evidence, and they found without a doubt that we were right. >> harris' family says it should be a strong message to criminals in the city they will be caught and punished and they need to think about the harm they caused. >> i'm wearing purple today because kenneth said purple meant victory i feel that today we have the victory. thank you. >> sentencing for all three will be on october 19th.

in a statement the mayor said says quote i am deeply relieved to learn that justice was delivered today in a baltimore city circuit court that the individuals responsible for the senseless violent murder of ken harris will be held to account for their actions. >> searching for leads in a home invasion robbery. police in hartford county are asking for your help with the victim's help police have come up with composite drawings of two men in their late teens or early 20s who forced their way inside of an abington home. the robbery occurred at 2:30 in the afternoon and the victim says they were posing as door- to-door salesmen. >> they were coming around the neighborhood posing as giving estimates for home improvements, which is pretty common around here. they come around giving you estimates to do gutters or siding or windows or any stuff like that. that's what they were posing as. >> the victim suffered minor

injuries if you recognize either of these men you're asked to call detective phil golden (410)836-5430. police staffers at clifton t. perkins hospital have retired. police charged a male percentage for first degree murder for the death of another person. both the suspect and sachs were committed after murder trials. oversers say the man told detectives he strangled sachs. tomorrow hartford community college will hold a memorial service or did he van take donely. he died suddenly during his first basketball practice at the school. the public is invited to attend the service at hartford community college held from 4:00 to 7:00 in the globe cafe' in the student's center funeral service is also planned for saturday. water service is back on parts of northeast baltimore near aragon drive. the break occurred in the main

yesterday afternoon. the water is running again but the roadway will remain closed between alameda and lock raven until next week. they may notice cloudiness in their water anyone who that is questions or concerns should call 311. terrific day of weather across baltimore, across the entire mid atlantic region all of maryland just as good as it gets for early october. lots of sunday temperatures in the 70s. let's take a look at some of the numbers these are awfully nice. at 6:00 on this friday evening we're talking about 73 out at the airport. little closer to 75 downtown. we got 75 in frederick. 72 over in easton. zooming out a little bit here. there's just nothing going on out there that's a good thing going into a weekend. >> means more of the same next several days right through our columbus day holiday and early look at your forecast on your saturday hour by hour 73 by midday we're into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow afternoon. we'll hit 78 or so late in the

day. much more on your weekend forecast we'll break down the temperatures through columbus day coming up. in tonight's economic outlook according to the labor department things are still bleak on the unemployment front. analysts say that's because more people are still out this looking for work. the labor day department reports that private employers added 64,000 positions last month but a wave of government layoffs led to a net loss of 95,000 jobs. president barack obama concedes the tough days continues for millions of unemployed. the you number of homes being sold dropped. buyers purchased 400 fewer houses townhomes and condos last month than a year ago. this is the third month in a row of double digit declines after the spike of buying that came with the federal homebuyer tax credit. the embattled sexual assault unit inside the baltimore city police department is getting some help from the state. now earlier this summer it was found the department had a large amount of quote unfounded rates. and rapes and some cases were

not being properly investigated. the city has worked hard to fix this unit, the state is chipping in. >> reporter: crime does not wait for a change in leadership. last week police investigated two attempted rapes that happened within minutes of each other according to police oscar lopez perez attempted to rape a woman in the 200 block of south register street in east baltimore. she got away, but perez made off with some of her belongings. just minutes later detectives say he pulled another woman into patterson park and attempted to rape her. according to charging documents perez used the make up of his previous victim to lure his second victim back to a stray mattress in the park. she too got away and police say it was patrolman working in concert with detectives that night that were able to make the connection and apprehend perez. >> this is as good as we can

investigate cases it's true collaboration between patrol and cid. they are attacking the problem from both sides. >> reporter: this is one of the new cases solved underneath the new leadership of the sexual assault unit. a unit undergoing massive change to correct the problems of the past, a change now funded in part by the state. >> it's giving us additional resources that we can make sure we're doing a good job and doing it in a timely fashion. >> reporter: the mayor's office announced a grant from the governor's office to help in sexual assault investigations. $278,000 toward new equipment victims advocate and training for officers. money the mayor's office applied for to help right the possible wrongs of the old sexual assault unit. >> yeah, we knew once we took a look at the process and opened up the hotline, the hotline to get the story to see if there was more cases we could investigate we realized we could do better. >> reporter: an effort under new management with hundreds of

thousands of dollars from the state. in baltimore brian kuebler abc 2 news. maryland governor martin o'malley and bob erhlich have agreed to a second debate on larry young's radio show on october 21st from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. two candidates are running in a rematch of the 2006 gubernatorial race. ask anyone living in baltimore city if they want to see traffic ease up a bit and the answer will be emphatic yes. mayor stephanie r make she has the solution to this problem. she signed legislation making baltimore a more bicycle friendly community. two bills will allow for the creation of drainage greats and fines for people who park in designated bike lanes. baltimore has 58 miles of bike lanes with 23 more under construction. the owners of pas 0's

restaurant say they are ready for business again. it wasn't enough to stop operations. the restaurant is open tonight for dinner. there's no doubt that children are some of the most curious folks on earth. but when tough questions are asked about life and death it can throw adults off their guard. hear how one family is talking through this tough topic. plus we're taking a trip to annapolis to get a tour of some historic homes and why people living there feel like they are in touch with the founding fathers. i'm meteorologist wyatt e great friday around here. 76 degrees. 6 degrees above average been as hot as 91. two degree guarantee for you 75 last night. shirley vance you're our weather winner. five days in a row we've hit that 2-degree guarantee and your weekend forecast after this.

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two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. . when it comes to history maryland is certainly rich with

places and stories as abc 2 news don harrison tells us tonight to place has a rich error more diverse history as our state capitol of annapolis. >> reporter: annapolis is rich in history. >> annapolis has been maryland's capitol for over 3 centuries. it's a great site where you can come and see historic architecture, see historic community that's been well preserved. >> reporter: some residents get to live and be a part of history every day. this is the home of howard and carol say fear, it was built in 1773. some of the furnishings are from the 1800s. >> i like the idea of living in a house that had seen ww1 and wwii. and the civil war. this house has gone through and been right here throughout all the american history. it opens like this, and there

are many secret compartments that i haven't even discovered yet. it's a secretary desk that would have been used to keep the account in the house or whatever else, and we use it for the same thing. but then people were living here when george washington was our president and he was in washington. so we like to think that maybe this was one of the homes that he visited at that time. it's a good, solid feeling knowing that you're living in a house that's than here for so long, but when you really think about it you're just passing through. this house is going to be here a long time after i'm gone. >> reporter: this house started construction in 1893. it houses one of annapolis' unique residents. >> charles zimmerman wrote anchors away, and he was a well loved annapolis personality. he was very kind and generous he was the naval academy band master at the turn of the

century and he lived here until 1916. >> reporter: annapolis is a place to visit and shop perhaps enjoy some of the nice food. you can even get a taste of the fine ale in one of its establishments. this old town has held up well. don harrison for abc 2 news. people for the ethical treatment of animals are known for their views on meat eating but today they were about serving your lunch. dozens of people came out to give free veggie dogs served by peta's lettuce ladies. baltimore is ranked the 8th unfittest city in the country according to one health magazine. veggie dogs sunshine women in bikinis good day. >> i don't know man. i guess it goes together. it all goes together. >> veggie dogs aren't bad. >> you talk about bikinis this

weather we're going to have all weekend you could get another couple of days at the pool or go down to the beach. >> sunshine to enjoy. >> we got to savor while we got it it we know what can happen here. give it a little time. let's take a look first at the inner harbor. man, nice night out there rosie. don't you love it when the humidity is low. mid-70s going. look at all the sailboats out there. 73 degrees humidity bone dry 37% and winds southwest, west southwest actually, more of a westerly wind at 8 so not bad. current winds statewide breezy conditions but not powerful gusty winds. think we're set for another breezy today tomorrow another day for a lost sunshine on tap. take a look at our weather net camera downtown. just a jewel of a day. blue skies as far as the eye can see. it was the case all and up down the east coast baltimore in the middle of this great weather

pattern. take you down to chesapeake beech. what a great day would have been to be out on the bay do a little boating maybe a little skiing a little fishing, whatever your heart desires. water still pretty warm out there and so we've got another little stretch here of maybe some indian summer, we'll enjoy that. high temperatures statewide today. unless you're out in far western maryland you found 70s. mid to upper 70s. this was pleasant. 75oc. baltimore 76 and 77 down at dulles at the airport there. closer to home right now we're still hanging on to 76 at the inner harbor. the sun this time of year still pretty strong, and when it bakes that concrete, you tend to get warmer high temperatures in the fall and spring heart of the downtown areas. >> that's why we think federal hill is example tomorrow. south baltimore looking 80 for a high. hamden maybe a touch cooler 78 and as we take you up to haber 75 with sunshine and all along the bay we're talking about some good looking sunshine on the water. game day forecast man sunday it

couldn't get any better for football. 70, i know the players like it a little cooler than this usually for the you can't beat it. 70 great tailgating weather. 60s lots of sunshine and almost no wind. so many times we get real windy games in october not going to have it in this weekend. widespread sunshine there's not much going out. giant high pressure cell big ridge over the east keeping us dry and cloud free just about. this will slide a little further east over the weekend, and as it centers up over baltimore right under these highs you generally have no wind. so that's what we're kind of expecting as we move toward sunday. future forecast tonight just a couple of passing clouds not much though. tomorrow afternoon maybe a few clouds midday, but a lot of sunshine saturday keep the sunglasses handy all weekend, beautiful travel weather, sunday great tailgating wherever your plans take you here. also this is going to last into our columbus day so enjoy a three day weekend if you have it. 50, clear and calm tonight. good looking weather not quite

as chilly. tomorrow two degree guarantee 78 sunny skies breezy but again warmer downtown and warmer down in zorn maryland annapolis southward as we check out your forecast tomorrow night. 48 or so mostly clear and getting a little bit cooler but not bad. and your 7-day forecast again the trend into the weekend. is this fantastic. we'll push close to 80 tomorrow. bit cooler sunday, still great. and then on monday we're talking about columbus day that once again may reach close to 80 degrees. great weather. next chance for rain not until tuesday. rosie. coming up tonight at 11:00. facebook is rolling out some big new changes including a new way to communicate with your friends but already users are sounding off on the site's new group speecher. plus a family is horrified at the actions of the neighbors and you won't believe why the neighbors say that they are doing this. all that and more at 11:00.

. answering children's questions about a tough topic such as cancer can be helpful to the child as well as the patient. report on a book that's doing just that in today's health minute. >> reporter: when tropical storm found out her na-na had cancer. >> i was only 4 years old. >> reporter: a grandfather died of cancer there were more questions. tropical storm and her grandmother put their conversations into a book called na-na what's cancer. it's published by the american cancer society. >> i really believe that the way to talk to kids about cancer is to be open and honest with them. >> reporter: some of the questions children ask are surprising, others universal. >> the first thing that surprised me was that she was worried about can i catch cancer. >> reporter: or if she can make it worse. why some people got the good

cancer and others the bad. she hopes her book will not only educate families about the disease but encourage adults and children to share their worries and joyce as they live with cancer. spending time with tess is good medicine. >> there's nothing like a smile. >> reporter: nearly half of all people with cancer now survive leaching more time for conversations and answering those children's questions. it's a huge step forward for those bounds to wheel chase a new device can actually allow paraplegics to walk again. >> i'll living my dream. >> it's liberation, it's independence. it's standing up. >> the device is called electric legs or e legs was developed in berkeley, california. arm movements on a backpack community move battery powered legs the concept was first developed for the military. >> this machine is actually

moving amanda. it has its own control. it has its own act weighs it has its own intelligence. >> this is truly going to revolutionize mobility options. >> e legs cost the same as high end electric wheelchair and commercial version is expected as early as next summer. let's take a look at a live picture at i-95 liberty road it's moving. you got to watch out for the speed camera in that zone. we have more on the weather coming up. [ female announcer ] after months of martin o'malley telling us

"maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. [ female announcer ] ...this jobs report tells the truth... maryland's economy stalled. [ male announcer ] "we face an uphill struggle in trying to regain the jobs lost." [ female announcer ] o'malley attempts a cover-up, falsifying the jobs report to help his campaign. [ male announcer ] "whatever we can do to make it disappear, we need to do it. that's coming straight from the top..." [ female announcer ] martin o'malley. first he makes stuff up. when caught, he covers stuff up. we need a governor who tells the truth.

. for the first time in five months if do you closed above the 11,000 mark. >> investors are hoping the federal reserve will take more action to get the economy going again. >> wall street's going up. >> the temperatures are going up too. >> yeah. we like that. >> we expect nothing on the radar throughout the 3 day weekend tomorrow no exception

to that. mid-70s by midday pushing 80 by tomorrow afternoon. enjoy, bring the sunglasses. >> sounds good. that's all for us abc 2 news at 6:00 we'll see you right back here at 11:00. ks to se jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!!

so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees. the $2.5 million he got paid working at a lobbying firm. or the fact ehrlich worked for the casinos to put slots at arundel mills mall. now, bob...that's all true.

i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.