com wmar. now, abc 2 news. our prayers are with her. we hope they come out okay. >> the neighbor is in intensive care. in order for them to start their engines, you have to cool your jets, your morning commute could be a nightmare. shifting into plan b. baltimore takes care of itself, leave it to women to make sure each step is taken to stop letting breast cancer interrupt our lives. two blocks, call it greek town and a pitbull made a run for it

across the street when it attacked a neighbor. cheryl with the owner has had her own story of heart break. >> reporter: on one side there's an elderly woman who lived there half her life. on the other side of the street the new owners. blood is left on the sidewalk in front of an elderly's house. the family of the 80-year-old says she may never return to her greek town home. her lower lip was ripped off and she broke several bones. a pitbull ran across the street when she was out getting her mail. >> it was not on a leash, it ran across the street and dragged her down to the sidewalk. >> reporter: the dog's owner showed us this picture of blue. she says she's sorry for the attack and her dog most likely felt threatened.

>> she startled him and he jumped on her. he was smacking at him and hit him. >> she says she ran to help the woman before she was rushed to the hospital. blue typically staying inside. >> normally he's in the house on the chain. >> reporter: on friday evening, she says he was on the porch, unleashed with their son. police say she will be fined and have to pay the woman's medical bills, she says that the elderly woman is her main concern. he -- she is lost to losing loved ones, she escaped a fire that killed 9 relatives including her three sons and then in january, she lost her mom and three relatives in a fire and now she takes full responsibility for her dog attacking the woman she hasn't

met. >> my prayers are with her. i'm hoping that she is okay and i would like to see her. >> the dog was taken by animal control. it will remain in quarantine for ten days at that point there will be a hearing to determine if the dog should be euthanized or returned to the owner. fire investigators are trying to determine what caused the fire to break out. firefighters arrived after 11:00 and found heavy fire in the house. two alarms were called. authorities say that the building was empty. three other buildings were damaged. rescuers looking for a swimmer they believe went missing at the reservoir. the search was called off because it was getting dark. they were swimming when he went under and never came back. starting tomorrow, your commute to and from work could

be a nightmare if you have go to anywhere near downtown baltimore. starting tomorrow, conway street is going to be shut down in both directions between light and charles, so plan your commute accordingly. let's look live outside the w, a beautiful night here in baltimore. a warm, sunny day but the heat is making a come back. details in your first forecast. wyatt. >> reporter: talking about the heat, we'll see what happens tonight, we know that the weather heat will be strong. no question about that. a still pleasant evening after cloud cover burn off. we had some sunshine. all clear, just a slight chance of a shower in tonight. temperatures 75, 84 frederick, i think we'll see temperatures falling through the 70s.

mild and pleasant. now to the latest in the murder trial of casey anthony. testimony picks up in the morning, right now we're hearing experts present scientific evidence like microscopic details on hair. they're proving that anthony kill her two-year-old daughter caylee. >> reporter: new evidence in the casey anthony murder trial. csi experts are taking the stand. the packages, photos and canisters have replaced the emotional video that captivated the courtroom. at issue now? a single strand of what is believed to be caylee anthony's hair recovered from the trunk of the car. >> no tissue was present and it was 9-inches long.

>> an expert testified that hair showed signs of post modem banning suggesting it came from a dead child in the trunk. >> it has a darkened band and consistent with the composition. >> the defense fought back with what they call junk science. >> is this the first time you have testified for hair banding is that correct? >> yes. >> that one hair is still something you can not say came from a dead person. >> i can't say absolutely that that's the reason the characters are present. the smell evidence, materials from casey anthony's trunk inside the canisters, the prosecutors say it smells of human decomposition. >> it's identified of a piece of stained spare tire cover. >> it was sale and now the prosecution wants them opened

for the jury to smell but the judge can't ruled. >> it's the first time you have taken air samples. >> correct. >> you have no trains in the preservation. >> this was somewhat of an experiment. >> it's new. >> they get the one day off but they're hard at it back tomorrow with more forensics in case. they're waiting to hear if the canisters would be in the courtroom and if they could smell what is inside and a computer forensic analyst talks about the searches on casey's computer. the british are coming, that's a story we first reported on, but sarah palin says she wasn't misstating the facts that he stated that paul revere's

ride was intended to warn the british. he was telling british soldiers they were not going the succeed. when it comes to fighting breast cancer, knowledge is powerful. how a group of women are spreading the word. information that could save their lives. wildfires in arizona. more on the flames that are breaking records. the heat about to come on this week, but not today. 80 is normal for this part of june. joe, you get a storm umbrella. we'll be back with a hot out hook for the week after this. @

to what is called a breakthrough, this could be a drug capable of preventing the

risk in women that are at high risk of developing it. it gives them a reduction in the risk of getting breast cancer. this are two drugs on the market but both have lethal side effects from blood canner to clots to strokes. more african women in our city will die from breast cancer than anywhere else in the state. word got out about getting mammograms. good morning. >> it's the 2011 gift for life block walk. >> we go into the community and ask women information about breast health and knowledge. >> we're doing breast awareness

and want to ask a couple of questions. >> do you perform monthly self-exams? >> no. >> they're breast cancer survivor ships. >> my name is alice, i am a 20-year survivor of leukemia, a two-year survivor of breast cancer, today we are here to go out into the neighborhoods and make people aware of the devastating disease of breast cancer. >> could i speak to the lady of the house. we're talking about breast cancer awareness, could i ask you a couple of questions? >> sure. >> they're asked a series of questions. >> their age, history in the family, do they do a self- breast exam. >> very scary, one of the

things to promote is the fact that we have to start talking for our own health. breast cancer is bigger than it is, people don't think, but it's a big issue. >> they give breast cancer a face. >> they get a good response. the ladies are receptive. people looking for hope and seeing me gives them hope. >> i know absolutely i'm making a big difference. >> some clouds out there earlier today, things have cleared up nicely across the state. people enjoying high top of federal hill. winds northeast at 5 and the humidity has come down a bit, that's good. just a slight chance of a shower. for the most part, we'll sit pretty out there.

the weather net camera, finding just some morning cloud cover burning off nicely. a little murky early on and then we had the brightening skies. all clear, nothing out there. winds have been light and our temperatures comfortable. 82 in baltimore. 81 in easton. creeping up in southern maryland, most of us seeing a comfortable humidity level. tomorrow maybe more sunshine early in the day. satellite radar picture showing some active weather, mainly to the west out -- towards west virginia. then as we look up into the new england states, a couple showers towards new hampshire, could it hug the coast and bring a

couple showers? possible. i don't think it is likely. we have the hot ridge building across the east. that's going to make a move over m maryland. look for noticeably hotter weather towards midweek. our future cast and terms of rain chances slim into the day on monday. a hit or miss shower possible. going into tuesday, a sunnier scenario but heat surges in tuesday into wednesday. overnight, down to 62, partly cloudy, a slight chance of a shower and a slim chance tomorrow. we'll call it mostly sunny. a passing shower at times, cannot be ruled out. seven-day forecast, looking ahead, what do we see? heat. one word. wednesday into thursday, the

ridge builds in, could push triple digits, but a cool front on friday and next week will be a lot like this one. a slight chance of showers. we saw a few last evening and some this morning. most of the weekend was decent. >> it poured this morning. >> looking at this. out in arizona, firefighters are battling two of the worst wildfires in the state's history and not getting help from the weather. it's fueling the flames. look at that smoke. it's terrible. check out this. we have lightning, gusty winds and heavy rains continue in central illinois and they will continue through tomorrow. you're going to raid the refrigerator, you think your child art belongs in a museum or on the fridge? we'll meet one youngster who is coming to america to draw

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you've did this, looked at our kid's art work and stuck it up on the fridge. what if someone walked in and called it brilliant? rob nelson with a 14-year-old with paintings selling for $20,000. the work resembles -- >> it has depth and skill. >> from an artist who is four years old. an international art sensation from australian and the star of the gallery this weekend. >> i'm very excited. >> reporter: her parents both former artists discovered their daughter's talent when she was 9 months. >> she crawled on to the canvas

and started to move and twirl the paint with her fingers. >> one painting went for $24,000 in hong kong. >> i was blown away. i could not believe that a four-year-old had the capacity had the understanding the process of painting. >> reporter: the business is just fun and games. >> you have to show me your favorite painting. show me your favorite painting. >> it's just a playground to her. i don't think she understands the gravity of it. she's not affected by it. >> reporter: child prodigies are nothing new and some have controversy, like the 4-year- old considered another star in the art world but then came accusations that her father was the real painter, charges he

denies. others are convinced that she is the real deal. >> she is an artist with a brilliant future. >> an artist with big energy and just a little girl. >> i want to paint like that. like that. it's going to be exciting. >> rob nelson, abc news, new york. >> is it true there's a bunch of two-year-olds trying it? it was prom graduation weekend, going to the prom, the kid where the school said he couldn't go. there he is in the tux.

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remember this guy? yeah, well he's the connecticut teen that made headlines when he was banned from the prom.

he made it with his date, the girl he wanted to impress. he was suspended after he taped a message on the school building asking her to the prom and the ban was lifted after the story got so much intense media coverage and the students launched a campaign on facebook. >> power to the people. >> he's in ocean city and staying on 81st street with the rest of them. >> june bug season. good for him. slap on the wrist. taking a look at the temperatures, talking about 70s now, some low 80s in bel-air, arnold at 78. back in the 80s, nice start to the week, just a slight chance of a shower but kept it out for now. jimmy is next here at 7:00 and then the game tonight at 8:00 with the heat and the mavericks and we'll see you tonight at 11:00. [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend?

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