be this heat advisory. outside doing some work. stay cool, stay hide rated but also watching this line of storms through western pennsylvania moving toward the center of the state, back through harrisburg. we will see if that line holds together as we go into the lat effort part of the evening. perhaps they will fizzle out but plenty of heating right now. we will fall through the 90s. >> thank you. the dea has a new target and it's going full force against the people who put your kids in danger by selling synthetic drugs that are popular with the young crowd. . >> reporter: local authorities won't go into details about what they found here but confirm baltimore is one of 109 cities involved in a giant crack down on those drugs, they are designer drugs like spice and bath salts.

in city after city the scene was the same, agents with blacks of evidence. > thousands of pounds of product. we think we will have large sums of money. >> reporter: the dea raided targets across the country including in baltimore after a raid at this san diego business one man said he was always a bit suspicious. >> you come around and the big guy with the coat and goggles on in the parking lot. it's -- of course it makes you think. something not normal. >> reporter: the dea said the designer drugs can be found at smoke shops, even convenience stores and gas stations, often hidden and we spotted them while shopping last year as part of an investigation. >> sold in real looking packaging, these substances are marketed to teens and to young adults with benign and catchy titles. >> reporter: the drugs can cause extreme paranoia and violence, even death and we have told you some of the

stories we have heard. the feds hope the raids send a message to the people who sell them. >> you are nothing more than a dug trafficker, and we will bring you to justice. >> reporter: the dea said the crack down took five million packets of synthetic drugs off the street. the president signed into law a measure banning many of the chemicals, but many continue to sell them claiming they don't have the banned ingredients. if you want to know more, go to abc 2news.com. abc 2news. >> thank you. what a sticky mesa long i-95 and route 100 in howard county. a tractor trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of sugar overturned early this morning, there have been 60 gallons of fuel also leaked so a hazmat crew was called in but nobody

was hurt in the crash. just a mess. a different kind of spill on i-270, an overturned beer truck spilled suddens on the highway and backed up traffic. maryland police say it hit debris and hit into a guardrail before it overturned. the cause is being investigated. the man who clocked himself going 186 miles an hour down a canada highway is in jail. randy scott turned himself in. he posted a video online showing his bike hitting close to 190 miles an hour weaving in and out of traffic. tips from the public helped identity him. he faces up to five-years in jail. and now we have the very latest on the ongoing jackson family saga. michael jackson's mother is at home tonight with her grandchildren but what happened to her these past few days and what is next? brandy hicks sorts it out. >> i'm devastated that while i

have been away that my children, my grandchildren have been taken. >> reporter: in her first interview since losing guardianship. cathryn said that the rumors she had been kid 23457ed were lies. >> they would never do a thing like that, homing me against my will -- holding me against my will. >> reporter: last saturday her nephew reported her missing while she was in arizona. that's when things appeared to go out of control. there were reports of family lights, wednesday a judge granted temporary guardianship of michael's children to tj's jackson. >> i said it wasn't necessary for him to go down and do that. >> reporter: when she fought them early thursday paris jackson said grandma is here, thank you god. brother prince's post was different. although i'm happy she has returned i realized how

misguided and badly she was lied to. i'm angry and hurt. sources say that tj has taken the children to cathryn's home and she will likely get back custody. >> the short proceeding where her attorney will petition the court, nothing to indicate that cathryn jackson did anything wrong. >> reporter: cathryn's attorney said he hopes to meet with her today and will file paperwork for her to get custody again soon. >> coming up a fight outside a courthouse in missouri, why punches were thrown after hearing testimony in a murder trial. wow. jc penny a drastic plan to try to get people to come back into the stores. what they are doing that could be a benefit to your wallet. >> traveling, you may want to down load the abc2 weather app. you can check out the interactive radar showing you the storms, in pennsylvania or where you are traveling. we are back with more after this. [ barks ]

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. caught on tape a hearing for a murder case in missouri turns violent. look at this outside the courtroom. police say a fight broke out twine the son of a murder suspect and a witness for the prosecution. they have throwing blows. the witness said that he heard

clay waller threaten to kill his estranged wife. the son confronted him and they were eventually arrested. a scary day for these folks in las vegas. thehe window washers outside the hotel, equipment got stuck on the 35th floor stranding them. crews used ropes to go down -- to get them into hearnesses, good news, everybody made it down slowly, safely and unharmed. take a look, a massive, 250- pound crocodile in south miami. the clock wasn't to happy to see police and they weren't happy to see him. officers called in professional trappers, they caught the croc and sent him to a safe location, faraway from humans. this is an 87-year-old tradition. the pony swim. about 140 wild horses swam the

200 yards . the yearly event is a fundraiser for its volunteer fire department. they auctioned off some of the ponies, to raise money and close to 40,000 people cameo watch that event. if have you never sewn it it's a sight to see. coming up the drought has already pushed up some of the food prices and guess what? expected to rice more. what you can expect to pay at the grocery store in the next year. and on a very hot summer day it's hard to find ways to entertain the kids. we will tell you about one place where they can spend hours in the ac and run as much as they want.

. guess what? looking hot tomorrow as well. how do you wear the kids out and beat the heat at the same time? tony went to find out. >> >> reporter: the girls had something to make him go to sleep. >> beat the heat. you know daddy is afraid of needles right? >> reporter: and now in the middle of my interview he got stuck. >> you did give me the same thing. him i did give you the same thing. >> oh my. i think you are right. what did you do? put to sleep. >> yes i did. i did. >> reporter: off she goes, i do know this is one of the greatest places to get out of the heat. >> they have everything a kid

could want. the bouncy stuff, the jungle gym and the kid city. you come here for a couple hours, especially when it's hot outside, 100 and something. you want to run around and have a lot of fun. that's what we do. >> reporter: elizabeth middleton, this place has it all. a sand castle, sleet with sand, bucket thing, even a room of bouncy houses and best part, it's air conditioned. >> beat the heat. it's -- we can only do the pool so many days. good to decide -- to come outo and the air condition, all their crazies out. >> reporter: on a day when the sun was just horrible i found a place that was opposite. >> ready, set, go. >> reporter: abc 2news. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate.

>> wasn't looking where she was driving, just looking back, walls coming, just -- it was all going to work out. heat advisory up for the rest are of the evening here across all of maryland into pennsylvania. heat and humidity a big story localliful just north of us, there are significant severe weather action -- severe weather thunderstorms -- severe storms and weather action up into pennsylvania. there is that line of storms, nasty looking line. it's a -- a nearly stationary line. not making a lost progress south. with any luck here, it won't be asa search as they weaken later this evening. baltimore today. hot and hazy. we had that morning cloud cover, then the -- the sun came out and that warm front pushed through out of the west we saw the hot, hazy conditions back in force. we are feeling them out there now from kent island, hot and stuckey and hazy.

classic, classic late july weather. even little hotter than the standard late july weather. right now, 97 degrees. winds are southwesterly at 12, visibility for the moment remains unrestricted and the numbers don't lie. upper 90s with the humidity feeling hotter than that. feeling like about 113 right now in the heart of the city. this is about as intense the afternoon of heat as we have had all summer despite the nice refreshing weather we had yesterday. heat and humidity back in force. long frontal boundary reaching back into oklahoma city. up into northern new england. slow moving, we think it'll stall overnight into the day tomorrow. as a result we won't get it through maryland until tomorrow evening. could bring storms to us tomorrow afternoon and evening and hot humid air continuing to surge up out of the south and the gates open again to the gulf coast humidity. talking about that moisture -- continues to over spread the

east coast now. it's a widespread hot, humid pattern for the east coast of the united states. trends showing, not much in the way of showers or storms tonight but the action flairs up again tomorrow afternoon. on a scattered basis with that front going around very possible we will see more showers and storms at least on a scattered basis, saturday afternoon. overnight tonight. 78 with a few storms, a real steamer out there and i think most of the storm action likely toward the north part of the state. the state line. tomorrow 95, more heat and humidity. afternoon storms a good bet. some could go into tomorrow evening and here is the seven day forecast. weekend remains fairly unchanged. we think another very hot sticky day tomorrow with a little bit a break behind that boundary should mean a more seasonable weekend. temperatures near 90 but much of the day in the 80's on saturdays, sunday and monday. some improvement kelley.

getting there. getting there. not tomorrow though. that's going to be miserable. >> may be a good day to go to the bounce replace. >> i think so. the bouncy place looked cool. >> mitt romney is in england meet was british officials, the first of three countries he will visit ono his international tour. sandra are joins us now, little bit of drama. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely. it's only his first day, on his international tour. this is the first time he has gone overseas as the gop candidate. even though he is overseas out of the state his campaign is marching on here as well. romney spent his first full day in london meeting the british political leaders like the former and current prime ministers. photograph ops meant to show romney as a future head of

state. in a neck and necklace voters give the president the edge on who they think can better the president while overseas. he is leave that to some of his surrogates who are campaigning back home. the headlines so far comments he made last night where he appeared to criticize the country over preparations for the olympics. >> few things that were upsetting, stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs firms. >> today he tried to clarify. >> of course there are be errors from time to time but those all over shadowed by the extraordinary demonstrations of the courage, character and determination by the athletes. >> reporter: and no campaign trip including an international one would be done without a fundraiser or two. romney held a reception and a

private dinner for patron who are willing to pay 75,000 dollars a ticket. >> wow. all right. while he is in london what's the president doing? >> reporter: interesting because he is off the campaign trail today. he wrapped up a three day swing and now at the white house all day long in meetings. he held a cabinet meeting which was his first since january. he had luck lunch with the vice president and a meeting the defense secretary. no campaigning for him. just official white house duties. >> all right. thank you. the debate over extending tax cuts is really heating up in congress and becoming a major issue in the president alley election. congress will de-- vote to extend the cuts but only for people earning less than $250,000 a year. democrats and republicans are weighing in on opposite sides of the debate. >> 23 we want this economy to

move forward working families, midthe income families need help. >> the races taxes on small businesses who employ 25% of the american work force. >> a measure to extend them for everybody was defeated earlier this year. this bill is unlikely to make it past the gop controlled house. >> all right. coming up a ten foot wide hole openod up here yesterday and we were back in the neighborhood today to find out how the people and businesses that live here and work their business right here are handling this, this big massive job. and its been a hot, dry summer but what about the fall? what the experts are predicting for just how hot it's going to be when your kids get off the bus for the first day of school. we talk school already? come on. talk a lot more. see you at six. now a preview of world news. >> facebook, one of the biggest stock market launches

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. jc ten write wants to draw shoppers back so they plan to make deep price cuts. it's to get rid of the month long specials on select items and instead permanently mark down a large selection of items. they will now offer only two options, the every day low prices and clearance sales on certain items. thought they just did that. the effects of the drought

aren't confined to the midwest. going across the country and hitting your grocery store. now the government is weighing in, telling you how much more you can expect to pay on monday food items. here is allison with more. >> reporter: the drought has already pushed up food prices but the u.s.d.a. said the trend will continue. the government expects overall prices to rise 3 to 4% next year. that's more than inflation. it all comes the price of corn that is close to a record high. this means products made from corn will cost more too. things like ketchup and noadls could cost another 4.5%. it doesn't stop there. animals eat corn sot price of meat is also rising. beef prizes are expected to rise the most, jumping as much as 5%. the u.s.d.a. said you will notice its increase in poultry because they are smaller, grow faster and get to market faster. they are expected to grow three to 4% and markets may not be

the only place you will see it. we talked to a restaurant owner who said a lot depends on his supply prices. >> up for an extended period of time we may have to raise prices to the guests. however if prices go up for four weeks or eight weeks, we probably won't make a difference. >> reporter: it's to early to tell if customers will be affected but it's a possibility. safe to say, everybody is hoping for some rain. in new york. >> coming up they go back decades and it's back. a look at what you can expect at this year's farm fair and we will be there live. that comes up at the news at six. >> now, abc 2news at six. >> extreme heat, humidity, back and big storms to the north. we have the details coming up. and police say they know what the man who kidnapped vi ripkin mother looks like.

the latest on the details on this breaking news. and we are breaking the temperature. look at this. it's a hot humid day in the city. temperatures got as high as 101. it's thursday though. we are thinking about plans for tonight and already plans for the weekend. here he is. wyatt with the first forecast. tell us what we want to do and know . >> i thought i saw something. breaking news. we have basically the extreme heat and humidity back. cut over -- and we now are facing more storms tonight into the day tomorrow. its been that kind of july. let's get a look at the numbers and it's tough to feel the numbers but you look at the set up here, big storms across pennsylvania but in the state here, the heat numbers showing mid100's out there. 108 in baltimore, what it feels