at least 70 firefighters were called out. about 11 people were forced out have their apartments. were you there? dead you look up and -- did you look up and see the space shuttle discovery. it road piggy back on a jumbo jet. >> reporter: space shuttle discovery road toward retirement on a coned of wheelchair with wings. a jumbo jet passed kennedy space center one last time. >> it's kind of sad. >> reporter: when the shuttle program ended after 30 years, it flew 13 missions to the international space station. no shuttle was busier. >> looks like a sad dog to me.

you know, there's a lot of pride there. >> reporter: after discovery touches down, it will sit at dullest -- dulles' airport. steven lindsey is one of the 252 passengers discovery carried. americans will have to hitch rides on russian spacecraft. >> i hoped we would have a re'sment by now. >> reporter: at least discovery is going out in style, flying above crowds just as awestruck today as they were during any lunch over the last 30 years. discovery is one of four shuttles that will be on public display. atlantis is staying in flament

endeavour is going to l.a. and endeavor, the prototype is coming here. >> you want to talk about picture perfect, you're looking at it, pork and beans, maybe flip that t bone on the grill, beautiful night. meteorologist wyatt everhart with the very quiet storm center. your first forecast. >> it is quiet. we felt the change in temperature. i'd much rather be out there watching baseball when it's 90 not. a few clouds from the west kind of beginning to break apart. take a look at the temperatures. 66 in hagerstown now. that's quite a bit cooler. 82 in salisbury. most of the central part of the state has fallen in the mid-70s. this represents about a 15-degree cooloff. northwesterly breezes keep the cool air coming. it will be cooler, only in the 60s. so enjoy the 70s. we'll talk about how things change and the chance for real rain around here.

it's coming up. this story is about a 3-year-old who's back at home. he was in his dad's car when they stopped in a seven-11. the father left the son in the car for a few seconds. the key was still in the ignition. a man ran up. the toddler was inside. the thief left the little boy on the curb. the little boy started knocking on tracy gilbert's door. >> i opened the door and a little tiny boy said help me. i'm cold. >> she was able to get in touch with the family. as for the dad he promises to never leave his kid or keys in the car again. a 6-year-old is charged with simple assault in georgia after officers were called to the kindergarten class to control

her. felicia johnson started throwing furniture and tearing items off the wall. she reportedly knocked over a shelf that injured the principal. police were called and felicia was handcuffed. family members said authorities went too far. >> she might have misbehaved but i don't think she misbehave to the point that she should have been handcuffed and taken to the police department. >> they were unable to reach the child's mom. that's why she was take tonight police department. let's go to this woman in michigan who continued to collect food stamps after winning the lottery. she has been charged with welfare fraud. clayton told a tv station she thought this would be okay to continue to use food stamps because she was out of work,

didn't have a job. she faces up to four years in prison if she is convicted. although the price of gas may have dipped a little, the president wants to do something. his new target oil speculators who said -- he said are driving up the price of gas. he said speculators manipulate the market by buying up large amounts of oil and driving the price up to flip it for a profit. tonight more allegations of waste testimony spending. this is day two of the hering into whether or not officials at the gem services administration have been lavishly spending on trips. reports and video clips surfaced showing $800,000 was spent on a conference in las vegas in 2010. there's a report of a seven-day trip to the shout pacific anden intern conference in palm

springs that may have cost as much has $150 now. the manager kneelly pleaded the fifth. we've heard the saying criminals are not the smartest. the weapon of choice for one suspect as he tried to rob a convenience store. plus, the entire newsroom was shaking but this anchor wasn't going to let all that shaking interrupt his newscast. he's a pro. we'll be right back.

a man who tried to rob a convenience store may not be the sharpest tool in the shed. surveillance video captured this guy threatening the clerk and customers at at arkansas vons store with -- hot dog tongs. >> nobody took him seriously. >> police say the drunken man grabbed the tongs and was in the store for 15 minutes and wrote a note. nobody was hurt. all right. check this out.

this is an anchor with cnn chile. he kept reporting at the 7.2 magnitude quake shook the studio. it was strong enough to shake buildings in the capital city of san ti ago more than -- santiago more than 70 miles away. here's a solar fleamplet nasa released it. unbelievable. charred particles and super heated plasma were shot millions of miles in the sky and the blast posed no danger to us earthlings. sex and the secret service. abc2 news has obtained exclusive

new details on the brothel in colombia. plus, are we paying too much in taxes? not everybody says so. the latest poll ahead when abc2 news continues.

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listen to what abc2 news found out. the scandal in colombia that's causing major embarrassment. sources say there was yet another incident involving these agents at a nightclub that offered high-priced prostitutes. karen travers with the latest. >> reporter: the secret service scandal in colombia is growing. so far it's been on the heavy

drinking and partying but abc2 news has learned at least 11 secret service personnel came to this nightclub last wednesday. they were looking for sex. a bouncer at the club said the agents were brag they work for president obama. they said we're here to protect him. they had several bottles of shop shelf whiskey and had high priced prostitutes. one member refused to pay his bill. the police were called. a fight sphil spilled -- spilled into the streets. it's different from the one at the hotel. >> there was a dispute when one of the women did not leave. >> reporter: the pentagon said it's investigating as many as 20

service members from all four branches of the military who may have been involved. >> you let the boss down. nobody is talking about what went on in colombia other than this incident. >> reporter: the personnel lost their security clearance pending an investigation. police have been directed by u.s. authorities to not comment on that night or any other party investigation. karen travers, abc2 news, washington. all right. nice sunny view of federal hill today, sunny out there. things getting nice and green. we could use a little green. looks like that could happen by the weekend. winds are northwest at 13. continue to bring in that cool air. our view from arlington, why

not. we had clear weather for the shuttle discovery. clouds rolling in later in the day. now the sun back out. annapolis the same deal. sun, clouds and back to some sun later in the day. maryland's most powerful radar crystal clear. we hope that will hold up all five sweeps. temperatures running, 50s in the mountains. 80 in ocean city. winds steady from the northwest will continue to bring in the cool breezes. that's also bringing in nice dry air. even though the highs were near 100, 19% at the inner harbor. that makes things feel so much more comfortable even when they get on the warm side. cooler, colder air funneling in north and west. a cloudier day, less sunshine and even the chance for some showers. it does not look like a lot of rain. we've got a couple of

disturbances passing south. some of that may spiral up, spiral around the edge of the storm. it will bring us a few showers. also helping to draw in cooler air from the north and west. you can see the trend basically through the overnight hours, partly cloudy. by midday here's the outer spirals of that system spinning to our south. could bring a couple waves of showers into our wednesday afternoon. it looks like as we get into thursday, nothing more than a few showers and we're dry. after that chance of a shower hit and miss tomorrow, the best chance for rain is going to hold off until the weekend saturday, sunday, maybe into monday but it's rain we need. it's tough to be upset. overnight 50, variably colder skies. into your day tomorrow we'll talk about 63 for the two-degree guarantee. generally cloudy and chance for showers, especially in the afternoon. we're talking maybe 30%, 40%.

we could see some much needed rain activity. tomorrow night down to 47 with nothing more than a couple showers lingering. all right. here's the outlook. again, not as warm as today even. the next two days will be in the 60s. the chance for a shower tomorrow but the better chance for rain coming in saturday, sunday, lingering into monday. so, again, with the big komen event in ocean city, we don't love to see rain but in this situation we do. >> let's take a look at democracy 2012. the parties haven't formally picked their candidates. the national polls are starting to show. one of the polls came out and it might give mitt romney reason to be a little more optimistic. what does the latest poll show? >> reporter: first of all, i want to say the focus has

shifted to the jnl election -- general election. take a look at this brand-new orc poll. 53% of americans said they will give mitt romney a second look wednesday the primaries are over. romney has the backing of two key republicans. >> it's clear now that mitt romney is going to be our nominee, and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> reporter: it sure is official from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i support mitt romney. >> reporter: it's more than enough to keep mitt romney confident and staying and staying on emergency. >> when he wants to raise the tax rate that will impact a lot of small businesses. >> reporter: taxes could take a

back seat to courting women voters. that's why the romney camp is pushing their so-called secret weapon, ann romney. this week's poll shows voters think president obama is more in touch with problems of women than romney by almost 30%. ann romney will be celebrating her birthday with donald trump today. it's a birthday party and fund-raiser all in one. michelle obama willñi be speakig with -- at a couple events. here's a name we haven't heard for awhile. herman cain is in the headline. >> reporter: remember when herman cainen doampsed knew the -- herman cain endorsed newt gingrich. now he is saying he should drop out. interestingly enough, he's decided to endorse mitt romney

along with all of the other people who have over the past few weeks. >> tory dunnan reporting live for us in washington. rocker thed knew gent went -- knew gent went off on the obama administration. knew gent called the obama administration vial, and american hating and called the top officials criminals. ted knew gent endorsed mitt romney in march. nearly a year after a 12-year-old was murdered in baltimore city, police make three arrests. plus, could fast food be putting your relationship on the fast track for disaster? linda so explores the relationship. those stories and more at 6:00. here's a preview of what's ahead tonight at 6:30. coming up on world fumes

tonight, they are beautiful to watch but struggling to find food to survive. the home is vanishing beneath them. how americans are saving the polar bears.

we're down to five hours and hopefully you have filed your return or at left filed for an extension. how many people have already beat the clock and what the refund picture looks like. >> reporter: whether you finished your taxes months ago or waiting until the last

minute, taxes must be in the mail tonight. if you need more time you better hurry and foil for an extension. the irs has already received 199 million returns, an increase from last year. 86% were filed electronically. that's also up from last year what is down is the amount of money that americans are getting in their refunds. the irs says the average refund is coming in at about $2700, down 3 1/2% from a year ago. remember, a refund meant you paid too much and the government is giving this back without interest, of course. one thing people can feel good about tuesday is tax freedom day. meaning americans have worked enough days in the year to be

freed of their tax burden. that works out to 107 days and 29% of the average worker's income. >> thank you. there's a new poll that shows more than two thirds of you believe the revenue system benefits the wealthy. in the cnnorc survey 60% said the current system benefits the rich. everall 45% saying their taxes were too high. all right. wondering what in the world you're going to do with your kids for the summer. we have some summer camp tips. no an arrest tonight in a hit and run crash that injured an anne arundel police officer. an early morning fire left several families in glen burnie

looking for another place to live. did the hot summer damage our bay. downtown baltimore. the skies are clear. it's just a beautiful evening in baltimore. there you are, looking live at federal hill. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. are we going to see rain anytime soon? >> we may see rain as early has tomorrow but you may never know this. just a few increased clouds just diminishing. really quiet. a couple of showers toward northern virginia that have fezled out. we're looking dry the rest of the night. temperatures running the gamut. 82 in salisbury. some gusts at 21. the rest of the evening, enjoy the 70s. humidity nice and low, comfortable with the breeze but the chance for rain goes up tomorrow. cooler air comes in. we'll talk about that in the weekend coming up. ann