now, abc2 news at 5:30. baltimore city is under a code red heat alert through the weekend and people will be seeing triple digit temperatures. a nice heat related death was reported. a man in baltimore county. this heat can be dangerous and deadly. let's check in with wyatt everhart to find out how long this extreme heat is going to last. i hope you got good news for us. >> the end is in sight. the problem is the end doesn't get here until monday. a lot of heat this weekend. the peak coming tomorrow. our excessive warning nearly statewide, except for the mountains where it's a different climate. through saturday even eve. we are talking about a humid warm night. the grounds extremely hot from the days in a row of heat and sunshine today. we will get down close to 80,

upper 70s. the numbers have been in the upper 90s. feeling like 107 frederick. 101 baltimore. that is a computer glitch. 140 easton, i don't think so. weather equipment is having difficulty. 102 tomorrow. that's going to be the peak of the heat wave. that's not the index, that's the air temperature tomorrow. this heat is almost unbearable for those of us that have power and air-conditioning but it's worse for those who still don't. cheryl conner is live in harford county. how in the world are the people dealing with the extreme heat with no power, no ac, no fan. it's got to be terrible. >> reporter: i don't think we will know until we wear their shoes and hopefully we don't have to. the people inester hill, feel ignored. they have gone a week without power and yet to see a bge

truck. look at hank getting cooled off in the bath. here is what we have, 21 homes without power. the condos next to the town homes have power. what a tease. bge says it's an underground line affecting the 21 homes, here is what people are doing. they are packing up. this is bob evans car, we talked to him 30 minutes ago. his wife went in to labor last week when the storm hit. he has pillows in the car. not ready to bring his newborn baby home yet because it's so hot inside the home. bge says a crew will be out here tonight but so far the people out here don't believe it. a week without power and they feel it in the berry house. 1 year-old mason is able to stay cool. his dad is mostly sweating his wallet. >> if i keep it going all day, it's $40 a day. >> reporter: they kept the

generator going for five days, offering power to a neighbor. about two dozen customers onester court in forest hill feel left out the at risk population, elderly, babies, pets and expectant mom. >> dehydration, i don't want to go in to early labor. >> reporter: holly hill is 7.5 months pregnant, her house is no longer welcoming, the generator keeping one room cool is now getting hot. >> it's starting to get excess excessively hot, even in the bedroom. >> reporter: signs direct people to cooling centers. fernando is doing exactly what health officials advise, if you are working outside, limit your time, take breaks, and drink water. >> it's 11:25, then we will take a ten minute break. >> we are concerned about the

excessive heat but particularly because it's over an extended period of time. >> reporter: back at the berry home the meters stopped working last friday , the gas bill keeps adding up but there is no choice , the generateler stay on until bge finally fixes the problem. you can't put a baby in that. the young and old that suffer in the heat. >> reporter: we are back live now, playing with hank trying to keep him cool in the shade. you've seen him go in and out of the pool. an at risk population when you talk about pets, young people, elderly, folks who live onester court, terry, tell us the calls you made to bge, the attempts you've made. >> the whole court has called numerous times and everybody gets a different answer. we will be out between 10:00 and 2:00 on tuesday, 5:00 and 6 on wednesday up. they are still not here. >> reporter: what they told me an hour ago, hopefully they come through with this, you

will see a crew out here tonight's. but the power may not come on until tomorrow. certainly the 21bge customers will keep us informed and we will join you at 6:00. >> they got to take a page out of hank's play book and take a dip in the pool. if you are headed to downtown tomorrow, be prepared for a crowd if the heat. 500,000 people the african american heritage festival goes through the weekend and set up today, lots of music, food and 150 different vendors to check out down there. with soaring temperatures, organizers are planning for the code red he. they wanted to make sure we did all precaution. as many as possible. we have the mta bringing in the cooling buses for us. we have misting tents in several locations throughout the festival. we have cooling areas which are over where we have tents covering so people can get out of the sun. >> the festival kicks off

tomorrow at noon until 10:00 tomorrow night. sunday will start at noon. finishes up at 9:00. all of that happening at mt bank stadium. new video tonight of a man who led police on a chase near the university of maryland college park campus. he is in the hospital after being shot by police. prince georges county cops say endra stole a car and took off after his mom call 911 and reported he was high on pcp. he started firing at officers and he was shot himself after cops tried to subdue him with a stun gun. >> i saw a officer say this is it he took an an asp out, which is almost solid metal and hit him over and over and over again. probably breaking bones but there is no way a nondrugged

person could even stay conscious during that. >> a police spokesperson says his condition has been upgraded. he is in good condition but facing attempted murder of a police officer. a surprise on an exit ramp in dallas. you won't believe the speeds this van was traveling. how many people were send to the hospital in this careless crash. this road transformed. how extreme heat caused this road to buckle. as our heat wave peaks in to the day tomorrow, track the temperature where you are, check out the abc 2 weather app. search for it on i tunes. find out the exact temperature where you are now. annapolis a little cooler but awfully hot in westminster. get the hour by hour also, back with more news in a few minutes. @

a driver that didn't know when to slow down and it's an amazing video as you see there, a rapid transit van in dallas smashes in to a line of stopped cars on the exit ramp. it put two drivers in the hospital. transit officials say the driver is on paid leave as the careless crash is being

investigated. temperatures are soaring here. check out what the heat is doing to the streets of chicago. this road has been transformed. high temperatures buckled columbus in to a ramp. nobody was hurt but the road is closed so crews can fix the problem. we've heard about counterfeit cash, did you know your food could be a fluke as well. what you put in your mouth might not be the real deal. and the jobs report gave romney supporters more to talk about. an update on the presidential race coming up. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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you know to be suspicious of counterfeit purses, cash, but could you repeat fit food? it's a growing threat in the u.s. and beyond and when you fall victim to this crime, not only are you not geting what you paid for, you could be putting your life in danger.

finding food fakes is a constant battle for investigators across the world. video shot by police shows could you repeat fit products which could have ended up in the united states, candy bars, fish, cheese and tomato sauce. food and drug administration agents are on the hunt for products, seizing could you repeat fit olive oil to expensive wine , the feds say is fake. >> we think we are buying a high value or specific type of product , the bad guys swapped it out with something inferior. >> reporter: a national data base was created to try to track it. the keyword here is try because it's hard to catch during production and shipping. once it makes to it market consumers don't realize they have been ripped off. >> it's designed to be not detected. frequently they don't use fake

ingredients that would cause meet health problems. >> reporter: in a study, dr. john crunched the data base numbers revealing the counterfeit foods, 16% involved olive oil, diluted with cheaper oils, milk watered, 7% honey with sugar and corn syrup. fruit juice between 2-4% of cases. it was watered down or diluted with other types of juice. not only are you not getting what you paid for, it could be down right dangerous. >> the bad guys aren't following good manufacturing practices. there is a risk for contamination that can be lethal. >> reporter: the most recent case involved vodka laced with methanol which left students in england with permanent vision damage. companies are hiring security firms to monitor their products. >> we've unfortunately found counterfeits of pretty much any product that you can think of.

>> reporter: garden variety tomato marketed as more expensive heirloom ones. consumers we talked to were shocked. >> it could hurt someone. >> it would be overwhelming to try to police that. >> reporter: she is right. investigators inspect, in each police crack, experts know there is always more. >> there is not ten bad guys in the world, we can arrest 8 , there is a infinite number of fraudsters and fraud. if you suspect food fraud, report it to your local health department. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. a look at the latest heat warning map. spanning the state through the saturday evening. the heat wave peaking now and peaking for the next 24 hours. we will get a break tonight.

temperatures will be slow to cool. tough keep in mind the last several days the intense heat, is heated up the earth. heated up the ground temperature. it's tougher and tough er to cool off night. the heat waves feed off themselves. as we look at the cameras today, you can see there wasn't a cloud in the sky today. across the outer harbor, it was scorching, bel air, not a cloud in the sky to cool anything down in the north part of the state, maybe a passing high thin cloud. not much, further south, hotter here in lorel. the bottom line is this, more sweltering heat this evening and in to the day tomorrow. expect the heat to spike up a few additional degrees as the most intense heat to the west spreads further north and east. charlesville now, 100, we think that's the type of air we will get in to tomorrow afternoon. 100-102, hotter in the city. dew points in the low 60s. a false reading easton.

most of the state is with the heat index value, north or above 100. there is a light breeze 5-10. no improvement with that. it's a hot wind and burns you. the pattern is this, quiet one for maryland. a hot one and this tropical high pressure cell continues to churn up the heat. it's a heat basically a heat generator, south of us now, the ring of fire surrounding the high, in the scorching part, slightly cooler air in the new england states. that's as close as it's going to come. most of us sweltering and the really intense heat, i'm pointing out that it could be worse, these are the actual air temperatures towards st. louis, 105. that's extreme heat. tomorrow they are back there. tomorrow we will see the most intense heat. 102. the old record from 2010 is 101. tomorrow a good chance at

breaking tying and or breaking the old all time record. a slight break is cooler air begins to move out of new england on sunday afternoon, that could spark storms in to sunday night. the possible of pop up thunderstorms as we go in to the last part of the weekend. tomorrow, relatively storm free. can't rule out isolated storm tomorrow. as we go from tomorrow in to sunday afternoon, there is that cluster of storms and some could be strong, pack gusty winds. make sure you check out the weather as we go in to the late part of the day on sunday. the good news with the thundershowers, is that we will begin to break down this incredible intense heat. overnight 7 of. warm and steamy -- 76. warm and steamy tomorrow, 102. smashing the old record of 101. tomorrow night, down to 78, muggy, sultry, possibility of a stray storm tomorrow night but the better chance for storms have come sunday evening, and behind those storms we look for

improved weather in to the upper 80s on monday, tuesday, and in to wednesday, that's quite the change around here and a good change i must say. >> the three best words anyone ever heard, not as hot and not in the 90s. that's amazing. that's better. i don't know how that's doing to happen. big shift. >> it will feel like november compared to what we have had. democracy 2012 news. the jobs report delivered tough economic news as employers added 80,000 jobs in the month of june. failed to meet the number many economists predicted. was it enough to lower the rate of .2%. -- rate of 8.2%. what is the reaction on the political front? >> reporter: a lot of it. let's start with the president. as far as jobs growth goes, it's been on this downward trend, few good months at the beginning of the year and after that it flat lined for the president he probably hoped for better news especially

given the fact he was on the 2- day bus tour through ohio and pennsylvania. this morning he walked out to a group of supporters and told them to look at the bigger picture. >> businesses created 4.4 million new jobs over 28 months, including 500,000 new manufacturing jobs. that's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: he said this warning for what would happen if republicans were in charge. >> that top down economics never worked. we have to have somebody who is fighting for you. >> reporter: i seems like the voters are pretty evenly schmidt on schmidt -- split on who they think will do a better job of handling the economy. we will wait and see if the latest jobs report affects the numbers at all. >> all right. torey doesn't nan reporting on

the job numbers. thank you for joining us. i'm roosevelt leftwich, coming up, brand new at 6:00, lifeguards in one area county will have a new training tool to save lives. all in the memory of a 5-year- old boy who drowned. plus, would you be okay with your insurance company keeping tabs on you. a big brother of car insurance. details so you don't waste your money. those stories and more coming up new at 6:00. a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. coming up, captivated baseball with a strange pitch. 80 miles an hour knuckle ball.

the thing we love about the beach can reek havoc on our electronic devices. >> reporter: beach goers slather on sunscreen to stay safe what about protecting your favorite gadget? >> the beach is not a very friendly place for technology. water is obviously an enemy of it and sand can get in to the ports of your devices, they can get in to the seems between things and make them grind as they move. >> reporter: this are a variety of cases for smart phones, ereaders and tablets, consumer reports found a simple plastic bag with a zipper or seal can also provide protection. keep a few things in mind. bag that gadget before you leave home, so you are not

fumbling with it on the beach. don't remove it until returning home to avoid contact with sand and sunscreen. replace bags regularly so sand doesn't accumulate. sand and water aren't the only concerns, sun and hot temperatures can also damage a device. >> it's a good idea to keep the device out of the sun, keep it cool like in a bag, a little bit insulated would be good. don't leave it in the car. pay attention to that. 95-10 hundred degrees is the max you should be looking at. >> reporter: if a unprotected device takes a dip in the water, act fast, remove the battery and simms card and refuse to dry wit a heat dryer which can warp what is inside. as long as your laptop survived your last trip to the beach or a pc at home, this message is for you. smopped the day the fbi will shutdown dns changer malware infected a ton of computers.

facebook and organizations have been sending out warnings. it's not a scam. there is a link on the fbi's website. taco bell son expik other chains are promoting sodas on the morning menus. mpd research group reports from april of last year to this year, morning soft drink servings were more than the year before. sonic are running ads with $0.99 fountain drinks. a paver gets his punishment. we will tell you about victims and whether they are see their money, which is