about break -- breaking news. >> all right. let's take a look. don't even touch the sky. what coned of blue did you use. we're looking over chesapeake beach. let's find out about the lack of humidity. >> beautiful, beautiful shot. yes, a little warm. temperatures pushing 90 at the inner harbor. most spots in the 80s. there are reports of 70s along the chesapeake with humidity around 33%. this is comfortable. we like it this way. we'll keep it for another six, eight, 10 hours. then the steam will push back into maryland out of the south and west. we'll have much more coming up in a few minutes.

we want it take you live to baltimore tonight. take a look at what's happening right now. parts of monument street are shut down because of sinkhole on east monument. that tunnel carries water from storm drains into the inner harbor. no word on how long roads will be shut down. we'll be monitoring the situation and bring you updates as we get them. well, a hiker make has discovery in a baltimore pancht the biker found a human skull in the 200 block of north hilton. the skull was taken over to the medical examiner's office. there is grant money to baltimore and 23 counties. they can use it for cost including personnel and equipment, including hardware

and software. sex offenders found guilty of the most serious offenses are required to row register every six months for the rest of their lives. the jackson family feud is heating up tonight. late pop star michael jackson's relatives are fighting over michael's children and his estate. it's getting ugly. >> reporter: during a court hearing, titto's son was given temporary custody over pear ris, prince and blank -- paris, prince and blanket. katherine jackson went to arizona for rest. tj said when he spoke with

katherine over the phone, i never heard her talk like that. her words sounded slurred. she said she believes katherine is being held against her will. this came after randy, jermaine and janet went to the estate. >> janet jackson slapped paris jackson in the face. after the slap she said are a -- you're a spoiled little brat. paris slapped janet jackson back. >> where the kids did, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, potentially billions. >> randy told "good morning america," the executives created this because of a bogus will. how he could sign a will in los angeles when he was in new york. the state is using my mother,

nephews and niece for financial gain. >> the exec cuetor said it's false. debbie roe, mother of two of the children must be notified of any change in guardianship. >> what is going on in anaheim. for the fourth straight day violence spills out on to the streets. people there are outraged over the -- liver involved -- police involved shooting. the latest protest happened outside city hall. the u.s. attorney's office was asked to investigate. a man was killed and a a police officer fell into a

gornlg -- gorge. authorities say the officer was chasing the man when they both went over a retaining wall. the man was pronounced dead a the scene. reports of wildcats taking people's pets led to a prank gone arrive in southern cal. people in laguna beach panicked. animal control rushed to the home. it turned out to be a stuffed mon than lion put there by a joke. the prearchg -- prankster said they were just trying to scare a neighbor's wife. oh, man. scared the wife all right. you already me about the leak button on facebook but could a once button be text. how it could work and what facebook might do after you click once. if you swear at work, a new

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all right. those on facebook like srp things -- certain things. soon crop -- you can have them. >> reporter: talks began after a web developer said he found the code and put it on his blomght facebook has removed. it the want button may work as a wish list. they may find interesting products. facebook could track it and sell it to advertisers. the company is always testing new platform features but it doesn't have anything new to announce. if the want button is real, it's likely to debut at the next conference. that event is expected to happen

this fall. for investors, it would open up a new revenue source. facebook's stock price is down almost 25% sense the ipo in may. the want button could facebook generate more revenue. >> that want button. for those who get a let shaky when you get on a step stool, a man take as dive back to earth. from likability to handling the economy, voters are weighing in on where each candidate works.

stay off of monument street. it is shut down because we have

a sinkhole in the area in the 2300 block of east monument. it's over a storm drain tunnel. it carries water from storm drains into the inner harbor. no word on how long the roads will be closed down. we're watching it. you see our live truck. we're watching the situation. this will be well into the night. daredevil felix bumgardner pushed the limits and made an extreme sky dive. scott goldberg has the details. >> reporter: anybody watching the early morning liftoff of a giant balloon with a space pod carrying a man would be excused for thinking this guy is crazy but felix baumgardner said there's nothing crazy about it. he went to the edge of sparkes

96,000 -- space and went for a free fall. then he released his parachute and finished at 18-mile sky dive standing up. >> felix has lefthanded safely back to -- landed safely back to earth. >> reporter: the hardest part was being alone. >> when you open that parachute it's a huge relief. >> reporter: this is a tuneup. next month he's going up 12,000 feet trying to set the record for the sky dive. >> just happy you made it. >> reporter: baumgardner will break the sound barrier with his body and nothing else.

he is looking forward to having his family on hand for the past -- next jump. hey, another noise looking afternoon sky shot here live from chesapeake beach. blue skies on tap and low, low humidity. this is the way we like it. 85 degrees and winds are northwesterly at eight. that's helping to pool in drier and more's air. many spots hitting 90. without the humidity, especially in the shady areas, not bad. middle town from frederick county. tell me that is not a most card shot, some gorgeous weather over frederick county. ellicott city, howard county looking good, breeze shaking our trees in the foreground, a

breeze down main street. temperature wise 77 oakland. a comfortable 78 in ocean city. this is in the bad. what a change tomorrow. melting the mercury as we get back into the heat advisory criteria, temps mid to upper 90s. heat index values with the humidity pumping up probably 105 to 110 is what it will feel like. relative humidity is nice. let's enjoy it, very dry. dry hair locked in across maryland. the steam bath is still out there. it's south and west of us and is headed in our direction overnight but especially through the day. you'll notice the humidity creeping up all day getting more hot and humid. >> to the south and west there are additional clouds but a qie

yet pattern -- quiet pattern. st. louis, kansas city, all those mid-section of the country, unbelievable heat wave continuing in the mid-100's. chance for storms will be phil tonight but they -- nil tonight but a better chance for storms to roll through on friday evening. so a couple of different opportunities for showers and storms isolated tomorrow but more widespread friday. overnight 67 with generally normal temps. as we go into the day more heat, more steam in the offing. tomorrow night down to 78. with a lingering isolated storm early, you she that the steam -- see that the steam holds into the next few days. we may get a break. that friday night front could bring in slightly more pleasant conditions.

the last days of july, jamie, not counting tomorrow, not the severe days we had earlier this month. there's no triple digits. >> looking ahead to august, what's the long range? >> there could be one more mini heat wave toward the beginning of august but most of august looking more seasonal. >> let's take a look at democracy 2012 in the race for the white house. new poll numbers show a slight advantage for the president but it's not all good news for the commander in chief. let's go to tory dunnan. what do you have for us? >> reporter: jamie, let's start with some of the national numbers from the poll. it's a new poll that shows president obama is leading romney 49% to 43%. he also has the edge when it comes to likability. 67% of voters say they like

president obama personally. 47% say they like romney personally. it's in the all bad news for mitt romney f we look at the -- if we look at the economy. 43% romney have better ideas compared -- it doesn't matter what issue they're looking at. both have work to do. >> what's his message going to be tonight? >> jamie, he has a major lead when it comes to african-american voters. romney is at 5%. as he explained earlier today there's a lot at stake. >> african-american voter turnout is part of that category of voters that we continue to be swing voters, voters whose

participation in the election is really going to have a big impact. >> reporter: he then goes on to mention states where african-american voter turnout is going to have a big impact on this race. >> one more question for you. mitt romney kicked off his much anticipated international trip but people are starting to pick this apart. what about this? >> reporter: he arrived in london this morning and really arrived to find a scathing new add from a pro obama super pac. they're going after mitt romney's time at bean -- bain capital. >> there's mitt romney waving to china, home to a billion people, thousands of their jobs owe it to mitt romney's company. >> reporter: romney will attend the opening ceremony. i guess politics are at play even for that event.

>> thank you. all right. if you don't want to be president, how about your chance to become a game show host. we have a new game show. it's called let's ask america. now we talked with the casting director today to get a better understanding how the show will work. >> let's ask america an opinion based show where we poll a bunch of people and got answers. each day four contestants log into skype or web chat from home. they're able to play from the luxury of their own homes. >> the contestant search happens this coming friday at the harford county farm fair. you get to meet host plus the team. it will hold a casting call and run from 3:00 until 8:00. the half hour show will start at

7:30 starting september the 17th. for more information on the show go to abc2news.com/laa. >> coming up at 6:00, we continue to take a look at this story, a family of local legends. >> a woman in anne arundel county said her pet was mauled by coyotes. now here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30. here's diane sawyer. >> it's been a hot dry summer, americans feelinged heat. could you soon feel the impact of the drought at the grocery store. find out what scientists say how height prices could go.

watch your language. a new survey finds four letter words could affect your professional image more than you think. karin caifa explains. >> reporter: on the most stressful days of the office it's easy to let a few four letter words slip. >> it's something i don't want to do, that i do on accident. it kind of happens. >> reporter: but swearing in the workplace can put a dent in the reputation according to a career builder survey. employers said they would be less likely to to promote the person.

>> they think less of the person and they question their professionalism. they also talk about question egg the lack of chrome and their a curt -- maturity. >> reporter: most use their language just to vent. >> get off the phone frustrated, get it off your chest. >> reporter: regardless of the reason or how comfortable you feel hard your colleagues, career builds advise you hold your tongue. >> our work load is increasing, but keep that level of professionalism. what you may think is an okay word, your coworker may not or manager may not. >> reporter: in washington, i'm karin caifa. >> all right. we have a sink hole 10 feet wide right on monument street.

it's affecting traffic right now. the gunman remains at large, the man who abducted the mother of cal ripken. >> and why business told us the fbi came calling today. >> and a pasadena woman said her cat was killed by a coyote. the mother of baltimore baseball, vi ripken was kip napped. she's okay now. jeff's live in aberdeen. >> reporter: we're here at headquarters