building we would have to search through the building. look through pages. >> if that engine out on another call and the backup comes in, they don't have the advantage of having the book. >> there's nothing like going to a call not knowing, starting off on the wrong foot. then you have to adapt and overcome that could mean a det trimeant to someone -- detriment inside. >> it will put it in an electronic format. >> reporter: it's called command scope. it's a much needed move into the digital age for these firefighters who will have immediate access and route to critical information. >> it can pop up these preplans and have very important safety information about the building, the hazards involved, the people

inside. it's like having a cheat sheet going into a test. >> reporter: information is entered into the data file that becomes immediately available. soon they can upload pertinent information about their own homes. >> the information they provide will affect their outcome. >> reporter: fire company veterans see it as a passing of the torch. >> a lot of this will retire and all of the knowledge we want to install to the younger firefighters so they have the information. >> reporter: in howard county, tim resultser ford -- rutherford, abc2 news. >> about half have already been trained and the goal is to train all front line firefighters as soon as possible. you can see a little bit of hit and miss activity. we're tracking this one shower that has been stationary.

decent rain on the edge of the chesapeake, north of the cecilton area. areas to the south and west, fredericksburg, virginia, we continue to track these as they go north, and perhaps scattered activity in the baltimore area from the storms. for now sun and clouds and a couple of stray showers. we'll talk about how things will change through your memorial day weekend. stay tuned for that. just like devicing a game plan, the terps coach has a game plan to boat lou keel -- beat leukemia. >> reporter: four years ago they didn't know one another. today they do. it's them. it's you. it's the world against leukemia. with that good of a team, how

could we lose. winning it all, the greatest feeling in the world. the worst, the phone call. september 28th, 2010, alone on a trip when her husband tells her to pull off the road. >> my first thought obviously for me is how long was i going to have with my son. >> reporter: tyler, her youngest twin has leukemia. once the last tear fell she turned up the positive. >> beat this, just positive energy and thinking about, you know, how he's going to grow up and be a teenager and nothing but positivity. >> i felt like i needed to do something. >> reporter: with the bone marrow kit in the office. >> four years ago i was diagnosed in may 2008 and my wife was nine and a half months pregnant. >> reporter: so, brenda, swabs and cheeks. it takes second.

somebody somewhere could be saved by what you're watching. eric said this will happen. >> a 23-year-old woman in german who's my bone marrow donor. for mow me -- me to have that match. >> reporter: so a man who won and a coach who is winning. she remembers seeing the buzzer go off but she never wants to hear the buzzer sound over her most prized champion. >> the minute you walk through the door, tyler is very affectionate. as soon as he gives me a hug or a kiss or tells me a thousand times a day how much he loves me, you're thrust back into the moment and never take a minute for granted. >> reporter: tyler is now forks taking his medicines, seeing his

doctors. by december sufficient next year he will be cured. the fourth annual pow low match and outing will be sunday in fallston. the coach and her family will be there. it's a great organization. there goes my hero. >> great story. thanks. checking headlines around the nation. a frightening scene. a fire broke out on the sub uss miami. the $900 million nuclear sub was undergoing maintenance when the fire begafnlt the cause is unknown but it is being called major. >> it was limited to the forward compartment spaces only, which include crew living and command

spaces and the torpedo rooms. the weapons were isolated from the compartment early during initial response. >> investigators are venting smoke and noxious fumes. 7,000 people were hurt but the good news is they were not seer yesly hurt. an upspeat viewer breaks into a kansas television station and attacks two employees. investigators said the man came to wibw in toe me ca with a story idea but was upis the when the station said they could not help him. the man came back, threw a lamp through the glass doors, ran through the halls and stabbed two employees. several people held him down until police arrived. the two employees were treated for minor injuries. a shocking crime caught on tape in new york. find out what happened when

police spotted this man coming up here passed out on the sidewalk. >> plus, it's not toolated to plan that quick memorial day getaway. we have tips without breaking the bank.

a man passed out on the streets in new york is robbed and it's caught on tape. apparently the man passed out in someone's yard in port chester. some men noticed him on the ground. they didn't call limits instead, they started going through the man's pockets. and at one point took his shoes off to check his socks for cash. no one stopped to help. wow. check out this. the plaza hotel in texas coming down. now just a pile of rub belt demolition crews brought down the seven-story building today. there was a spectator area. developers plan to build apartment and retail space there. this is the sun like you've never seen it before.

nasa captured these pictures of the sun's surface. it was shot over a 24-hour period. and it is raining hot dogs. the american coney island restaurant teamed up with a local radio station to drop 955 hot dogs from a helicopter. people on the ground rushed to pick them up. the person who scooped up the most won a lifetime supply of coney hot dogs and $1,000. the hot dogs was in celebration of the restaurant's 95th anniversary. don't worry. the hot dogs did not go to waste. they were donated to a dog shelter. it can get tough for veterans, especially when the tour of duty is over. how the country is trying to help them get back on their feet. >> mitt romney lays out his first day in office and democrats mock him for it. i'll have the details coming up.

the national unemployment rate is near hexic levels. that rate increases when veterans return home from deployment and retire from the military. today there's a job fair to help those vets get back into the workforce. abc2's lamont williams has their story. >> reporter: it was filled with veterans of the battlefield. this targets veterans of the united states military. many are returning home there deployment. >> the number that initially gets out, that number is higher. the minute you're out of the military you're considered

unemployment. >> i'm a veteran myself. >> reporter: making job serks feel at ease having someone who can identify with their needs. >> i know what it's like to be away for long periods of time, separated from your family and going through all the stresses that are associated with those types of employment and to come home and have to be worried about being unemployed or looking for a job adds to the stress. anything that we cran do to help them transition we're all for. >> reporter: earl cooper served in the army in the early 80s when his country was in need. >> preparing individuals for deployment. >> reporter: earl says he's been feeling left out and bond during a time he is in need. >> we do need help. so this is a within consider itful thing that needs to be continued and with more and more

employers as well. >> reporter: many have our returning vet also have suffered severe injuries but for these companies it's a no brainer. >> you see the number have companies. they're motivated, not because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: part of your workforce is and your nose. it's the veterans. >> deployed in '04. >> reporter: at m&t bank stadium, i'm lamont williams. >> thy we clan get behind, hiring the veterans. 79 degrees. winds are southeast at 13. that's good. humidity is high. the humidity at 54% but the dew point number is higher than that. so, yairks this is feeling muggy. any active weather, a little

bit. rain in sealsle county. some of the showers reaching down. further south in kent county. other than that our main weather has been here west of the fredericksburg area in virginia with pop-up showers and storms continuing. we'll look for this line to potentially hold together and drift further and further north, could ultimately and up in the d.c. baltimore area but we'll see if the storms hold their string-- strength. kent island today beautiful blue skies. the story for much of it. dundalk, the fair weather puffy cumulus clouds. clouds lock like cotton balls. a quiet scenario. you're not going to see rain orian thing approaching the thunderstorm. this cloud is an example of when the cloud begins to stack up. not a storm cloud but you get

idea. beach forecast this weekend. 75 at the beach tomorrow. it's going to be refreshing. that wart temp is 6345 -- 65 degrees. bethany beach, you name it. maybe pushing 80. fantastic weather because of the cool ocean breeze. i have a feeling they will have a record weekend. 79 in baltimore. 70 at the beach. winds are light from the southeast. humidity is high. in question about that. the humidity around 50% but the dew point numbers are north of 65. that ibd indicate -- indicates it's muggy. so relative humidity can be misleading. with we do see is drier weather to the west and that's going to be our story friday and saturday. high pressure cell. this will bring in hot weather for the weekend. in the meantime one more day or so of this where we have a weak area just enough to generate

pop-up showers and storms the rest of the evening, perhaps in the much for the immediate baltimore area but some in the mid-atlantic region. as we go from friday into friday afternoon nothing more than a stray shower to the west. dry saturday, a lot of sunshine, maybe hazy at times. the dry slot will mean good weather for weekend. variably cloudy. tomorrow enjoy it, mid-80s. after this it will get hotter. tomorrow down to 68 and the seven-day forecast again. each day getting hotter. chances for rain getting slimmer and slimmer. we will put in the chance for a few afternoon thundershowers both sunday and memorial day monday. so for all those key parades, especially in the d.c. area, maybe a pop-up storm. dress light, hot near 90. >> and keep your water handy. >> keep hydrated. now to democracy 2012 news. it's all about the number one

issue with the voters. we've been hearing about it unemployment. ram prowl made -- mitt romney made some promises today. >> reporter: he said he can get the unemployment rate down to 6%, that's if voters give him the chance. >> we have to start seeing rising wages and job growth. >> reporter: in an interview mitt romney went big. >> over a period of four years we'll get the unemployment down to 6%, perhaps a little lower. >> reporter: explained how he would do that. >> let's stop dog things that are -- doing things that are hurting small businesses. their dollars will be worth they in the future. >> reporter: it's part of an effort to answer this question. >> what will the romney presidency be like?

day one president rm ni announces deficit reductions helping secure our kid's future. >> reporter: but democrats were quick to mock it. here's what a pro-obama super pac put out there. >> i like being able to fear people. i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> reporter: the obama campaign is directing people to a report from the congressional budget office. this already projengts that the unemployment rate will be below 6% in about five years time. >> i know the president and their camp were going after bain capital. what's the focus today? have they moved on to something else? >> reporter: president obama is on the campaign trail. he held a priest fund-raiser in california. now he's moved on. he's in iowa, a couple of campaign event there is as well.

no coincidence there. we know iowa is a swing state and the president has his eye on it. >> thanks for that live report. >> let's check in with jamie costello, who's in the studio. >> coming up at six, the store are of the day, three lives lost, more on the three men who died in a manure lagoon in cannot county. >> every parent dream about their baby sleeping through the night. those stories and more coming up at 6:00, so stay awake. here's a preview of what's ahead on world news tonight at 6:30. >> kids and football. see what's being done to protect kids from a brain disease linked to former nfl players. tonight a look with diane sawyer and the full report on nightline on abc.

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are you looking to make that last minute memorial day trip. if you're looking to hit the sky, there are ways to enjoy the long weekend without break the bank. karin caifa has some tips. >> reporter: it's the first long weekend of the summer. if you haven't planned a memorial day getaway, there may still be deals. a survey put las vegas in the top spot. as temperatures go up, their hotel rates tend to go down. family friendly orlando took second with average hotel rates coming in under $100. to save more look for travel packages. >> what lots of consumers don't know is that hotels, airlines,

they will discount as a part of a package and you may not get that same rate if you book that hotel stand alone. >> reporter: if jet setting isn't an option, aaa shows lower gas prices. money saving tips can go beyond the pump. >> one great way is your driving behavior. you want to slow down. driving the speed limit will actually increase your fuel efficiency. >> reporter: the national park service is offering free passes to all active members, with free admission to almost 400 parks. i'm karin caifa, abc2 news. >> we've got some tips to help you and your family stay save closer to home. that story and more coming up at 6:00 which starts right now.

when you hear a story like this, you wonder it can't get any worse. a father and his two sons died doing what they had to do to make a living. >> police are investigating a possible sexual assault across from towson u. >> and we're looking into a 9-year-old bit by a pitbull. wait until you hear this story. we begin breaking news, a father and his two teenage sons were found dead on a farm in kent cowed. they had rescue workers. don harrison is on the farm where the unbelievable happened. >> reporter: every day glen nolt and his sons 18-year-old kelvin and 14-year-old cleason would come here