they can and take the funds and donate them to hospitals such as johns hopkins for cancer research. >> alex was a entrepreneur making things out of duct tape because he had the talent and help raise money to help others part of the proceeds from the sales of ties and other items went to swim across america. he was one heck of a swimmer following in the foot steps of his older brother, drew, he was a leader in and out of the water. >> he was someone when speaking to other swimmers i could use him as an example as to how to practice, the types of questions to ask, how to set goals and how to bounce back after something doesn't go your way and how to respond and move forward. >> eric was his coach for the 100-meter fly for a year h. was someone who they could depend on to do his best saying he was a gunmen. >> you could replace him because of the positive

qualities he brought. he was more than just the times. we are going to miss his enthusiasm day in and out and competitive spirit is going to be missed the most. >> going in to his senior year , the school driekd hip as a leader and well liked by classmates. in a statement the school says he was joyful and spent countless hours swimming in the classroom his teachers called him a quiet leader with a strong sense of character. arrangements have been made. he will be remembered in a mass of christian burial saturday at the cathedral in baltimore. service begins at 10:00 a.m. he died on one of the deadliest days, july 9th is the 8th deadliest day for teenage drivers. most are in is summertime

month. according to the safety administration, one in five teenage drivers crash in the first year of learning to drive. car crashs are the leading cause of death for people age 15-20 years old, accounting for more than 40% of the teenage deaths. the death rate of teenagers is now times higher than drives age 25-69 years old. warm day out there, certainly low humidity, take a look outside, it's a beautiful shot looking at the harbor k some of those puffy cumulus clouds moving across the sky. not much happening, you go towards pennsylvania, a little more in the way of storm activity. the southeast wind about 10. great visibility. ideal visibility at 10-miles. 88 in town.

88 washington. frederick 90 degrees, little bit cooler over the eastern shore where there is a sea breeze that came in dug the afternoon hours. 85 for the rest of the evening, partly cloudy, a spotty shower, especially towards the northern half. kale, frederick, an isolated shower or storm. the big boards, nothing happening though, tremendous amount of precipitation down to the south showers and thunderstorms and big heat setting up over missouri. we will talk about the heat and more heat and humidity on the way coming up in a little bit. the search for a new baltimore city police commissioner continues. officials say they have come up with a blue print for improving the department. jeff hager joins us with the details on this. >> in the tough economic times, some police departments cut jobs, pensions and in scranton, pennsylvania, they are only offering the minimum wage. the union leaders say the

success in cutting crime here could be jeopardized if the department doesn't enhance recruiting and the benefits of the officers out there on the streets. we don't need more police. what we need is better policing, a better deployment of resources, and taking better care of the police officers on the street who got the job done for you over the last four or five years. >> they call on the department to require two years of college or military service for new recruits. fop brought in a consulting group and compared baltimore's police department to those of other cities to come up with the recommendations over the last year and hopes the search committee will use them to become the next top cop. jeff hager, abc2 news. firefighters took the microphone at city hall this morning at the board of estimates meeting some members protested a raise and contract extension for fire chief.

firefighters went upset about the extension, they were against the raise because of the recent fire department closures. firefighters didn't get a raise this year. the mayor pushed for the contract extension. under his leadership, the number of people killed in fires dropped to the lowest level in years. clack's contract was extended through july 2018. looks like the third time will not be a charm for republicans and the house of represents after the supreme court upheld the signature piece of legislation, the affordable act care, gop lawmakers vowed to repeal it. today they tried again voting on the measure for the 33rd time. democrats said the vote wouldn't advance past the senate or president's desk. >> the american people have been clear, they don't like this terrible law.

>> the job of congress is not to defend failure. obama care makes it harder for job creators to hire and fails in its most basic objectives. >> the votes for the overall repeal of the affordable care act failed, house republicans did succeed in spearheading repeal of 7 provisions of the legislation. it's been two weeks since the supreme court upheld the affordable care act. leaders are working quickly to make sure people living there benefit. ken allman announced efforts to get the qord out and expand the door to health care program. when the act goes in to effect in 20 14, there will be more than 25,000 people who will need to enroll in insurance. rumors are rampant about increase due to outages. an adjustment applies to times throughout the year but can't be used to regain cost due to

outages of 24 hours. last year bge spent $81 million to restore power after hurricane irene. the final cost, we don't know it yet but bge will apply for a rate increase with the public service commission. to the latest on the fiery train explosion. a 10 member crew from the safety board arrived on the scene this afternoon. trying to figure out why a freight train carrying alcohol and chemicals explode. two people were hurt but the train's conductor got out without a scratch. firefighters decided to allow the fire to burn out instead of trying to put it out, people were evacuated. hazmat says there was never a risk for air contamination. passengers on a miami bound flight got quite the scare when their plane ran in to severe turbulence. the american airlines flight

took off from aruba and a half an hour away from landing and things got really rough. >> basically with the noise and the bumps you think it's going down. >> five passengers including two members were taken to the hospital and 7 people were treated on the scene. the rest of the 191 people were shaken up but fine. american airlines says the pilots saw nothing before the flight that indicated it would be a rough ride. we are expecting to learn more about how penn state handed jerry sandusky. the results of investigation in to the university's conduct will be released tomorrow. last night the lead investigator briefed the board of trustees on the results , the report is expected to focus on whether the university tried to cover up the case and what legendary football coach joe

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he says he is not guilty but a youtube video of a southern california father whipping his stepson with a belt has raised questions beginning with the neighbor who taped the beating and ending with local police. >> reporter: southern

california father accused of beating his stepson during this game of backyard catch is out on bail. >> how do you defend yourself against this? >> my client is not going to have comments. >> reporter: anthony pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse in his first court appearance tuesday. the prosecutor commented after. >> i haven't seen video hike this before. >> reporter: his defense attorney says the video has been misinterpreted and his client didn't beat the 10 year old because he dropped the ball. >> this is discipline as a result of behavior during a game of catch. that's all it was. it's not illegal to spank a child. >> reporter: he is seen hitting the boy several times. a furious neighbor recorded the incident. >> that's enough. i am having a problem. he won't catch the ball. >> i'm a father, too. come over here and teach me.

>> after the video went viral, sanchez stepped down from his elected post at a water agency. a woman chairmaning to be his up at says he is a wonderful father. sanchez has not commented a i bout the video. if found guilty he faces 12 years in prison. the president of florida am university announced resignation. it's the same day that a lawsuit became public. champion was a drum major who died after beating in a hazing exercise with the band. champion's parents are suing the university for not stopping the hazing. they say administrators knew of the hazing three days before their son died. what a beautiful day. 88 now.

look at annapolis. we will show you a few of the clouds moving through, nice sea breeze today. that kept our temperatures delightfully in to the 80s. we will go to ellicott city, a gorgeous shot, breeze off of the ocean. right off the chesapeake with the winds between 5-10. lorel to the south, a beautiful shot. lots of sunshine, the clouds billowing in during the afternoon hours. where we sit now, 5:00, that's the observation from bwi, 87. easton 84. dover 81 for the wind off the atlantic. you can see the wind flow southeast to northwest, that is allowing for a very comfortable feel. it has kicked up the dew points, the amount of moisture in the atmosphere a bit. 63-degree dew point now in dover, 58 in town. a little bit more moist up towards the north and west. terms of your forecast, through the rest of the evening, a

really pleasant overnight, 81- 75 around 11:00 . we will wake up to 70 with sunshine and clouds. a warm day tomorrow afternoon with a mixture of sunshine and clouds on the way for 87 degrees. in terms of this evening, not much. we find showers and storms up towards the north up towards the north central pa a, maybe a spot shower or form over northern carol, baltimore count county, we are keeping a slim chance of that happening in the forecast through the overnight. the clouds gifting over the mountains. that is the case, we will mix it up over the skylines through the evening. this high pressure over detroit will nose in, that's going to suppress storm activity to advance towards the north. this front has been set up for days now, tremendous amounts of rain from tennessee valley, right through charlotte in to parts of louville. see the storms in there, that goes in to jackson and well down towards dallas, texas.

this stays away from us, it's close you have to have a spot storm in the forecast in to the weekend and especially next week. look at the temperatures, 80s up and down the eastern third. 87 dulles. 80s over the lakes. yoppedz that, hop over -- beyond that and hop over the mississippi, 90s working. 93 93 oklahoma city. some pushes towards the east. little bit of a dip in the jet streams that's keeping pleasant weather overhead. you go 500 miles towards the south and west and it's baking, hundreds, it's a nasty humid mess out there, that will be starting to push in to the area as we head in to the weekend. especially if to next week. here is the future trend showing again 3:00 píñin the morning, overnight temperatures in to the 60s. there is a pleasant evening. tomorrow we may touch upon 90. we will call 2-degree guarantee of 88. nice night tomorrow night, setting up a nice day for friday.

maybe a shower or storm south of town and north of town a little ripple of energy that comes through. nothing to be concerned about. the chance of a spot shower and storm increased as we go in to the weekend. 85 for the rest of the evening. partly cloudy, there could be isolated storm north of town, maybe carol, frederick, better shot of the spot shower. 66 for the overnight. few clouds, 2-degree guarantee tomorrow of 88 degrees. we set up a nice stretch of weather for tomorrow and friday. we will say 88. some spots could touch upon 90. humidity comes back, that's by saturday, that could trigger a shower or storm sunday. the good news is it's not going to be as hot as what we have been dealing with. we will be in to the 90s by next week. >> glass is half full. >> soak it up now, we will get more humidity and it will feel like july, early august. >> i won't complain today.

check with me tomorrow. baltimore ravens running back ray rice is launching an event friday to bring attention to bullies. recent suicide of a high school student grays makes the event so much more important, in april, a student committed suicide after she was bullied on social media web sites. rice held a similar event in may at howard to discuss bullying. friday's event will offer a 22 minute powerful film put together by students. maryland's first lady, katie o'malley says the event will raise awareness on bullying as well as cyber bullying. >> social networks, twitter accounts, facebook, youtube, kids that are really subject, people are subject to having

anything embarrassing or horrible said about them, not just one on one but having it go viral. look at what happened to tyler clementi. it's happening not only in our state but across the nation. >> it kicks off friday, july 13th. the doors open at 6:00 p.m. and runs from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the mary weather post pavilion. kids under 13 need to be with a parent. find more on abc2news.com. most research on breast- feeding focuses on the baby. tonight learning about the effects it has on mom. find out what new research says about the long time side effects of breast-feeding. will you back on the pounds when you quit puffing cigarettes?

health alert tonight, mom whose breast-feed may benefit from a surprising side effect down the road. a study found out of britain found that for every six months that women spent nursing, they had a 1% reduction in body mass index later on in life. women who breast-feed as young mothers also tended to have a lower bmi. the authors believe breast- feeding could reduce the number of obesity related diseases for women as they get older. another factor that can effect your weight is decision

to quit smoking. kicking the habit is good for your heart and lungs but on average people gain about 10 pounds after quitting, four pounds more than most stopped smoking literatures claim. nicotine is like an appetite suppressant and a stimulant. doctors say you are still better off quitting quitting smoking. scientists measured rates of birth defects and developmental problems in babies born to women vaccinated during the height of the h1n1 scare. doctors weren't sure of oh the side effects. for more, log on to abc2news.com/health for more information about the study. coming up, the arundel

county counsel gave a vote of no confidence months ago. why police chief james decided to step down. >> reporter: now that the power is is back on, find out what mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants from bge. a painkiller, addictive for adults. why would oxycontin be tested on children? details coming up.

up to the minute on top stories, families and friends remembering the life of aleck, a swimmer died in a car accident mondaying remembered as a great swimmer and a really nice guy. funeral services will be held this saturday at the cathedral

of mary r queen in baltimore. fop wants to use recommendations to find a new police commissioner and asking the department to require two years of college or military se vis for new recruits. ravens running back rice is launching an effort to launch awareness because of a bullying suicide incident. it start friday at 6:00 p.m. at the mary weather pavilion in columbia. find more information about this antibullying event on abc2news.com. more upheaval for the leadership in arundel county after john leopold was indited in march, the counsel voted and