plants in his backyard but he claims it was for his own medicinal us. >> i had surgery for cervical fusion and i can't take medication and pain pills. >> reporter: but anne arundel county police see it differently a virtual field of marijuana concealed by a six foot high fence with lattice and black sheeting near a high school. toss in an ak assault rifle and they see it as more. >> we have information that it's for medical purposes. 46 plants. all the plants are between five and six feet tall, a large amount of marijuana, too much for a single consumption by one individual. >> you might think so. this was a storage for a year until next year i can harvest a

year. none of it ever left the property. none of it ever left the issue. i never have guests. >> reporter: at this point police have no evidence that dom min knock sold any of it to students, teachers or anyone else but they're look at ties to a distribution ring. >> angry. you ask any of the neighbors. they think i'm a great neighbor. i'm the won who runs the snowblower so an elderly couple can get out. >> reporter: he's a free man after posting a $25,000 bond. >> under maryland law a person caught using marijuana for medicinal purposes face as maximum fine of $100 or a year in jail. that's for an ounce. also in anne arundel county tonight police are looking for a

man who exposed himself to a woman walking on a path in crofton. it happened near allison. she was on the path we a man in a red -- on red mountain bike road by and exposed himself. after, he continued on his way. officers did not find him. police in st. mary's county arrested this severna park man after he exposed himself to them while they ate at a lexington park restaurant. he exposed himself to the women last thursday. the women told the restaurant manager. they gave a description to limits detectives were able to identify him, arrested him and charged him with two counts of indecent exposure. he has since been released. >> all right, kelly, a couple of

showers, but for the most part conditions are staying relatively dry. had some decent rain early this morning. drone on this map meaning high dew points. yeah, a steam bath continuing. 91 in annapolis a tropical 93 in frederick. it will feel warmer. we'll talk about the better chance for storms this week and how things develop into the first days of august, coming up. well, walmart shopper unless the midwest are on edge after a string of bomb threats. 11 threats were made to walmart stores in missouri and kansas triggering evacuations and panic. customers are still concerned. >> i don't think people should be worried about shopping at walmart. i think people should understand that the law enforcement takes bomb threats seriously and they cost the community last lot of

money. >> police to believe all the 11 threats are connected. right now wall police department is working with law enforcement to find the person responsible. >> and now to tampa, police believe tennessee tie tans -- titans oj murdock shot himself to death. because of these, there's a new prong called lifeline. it's a 24/7 life line for players and their families. it will be run independently of the national football league. the baltimore grand prix is about a month away. officials say they're committed to keeping the city accessible during the construction. >> building a race track really is not one big thing that we can do. it's the thousand little details. it's make sure the ada

crosswalks are open. it's making sure that traffic isn't impacted, that we're doing it at night. all of these things are important to us. if takes place labor day weekend. so people are able to get in and out of their neighborhoods. now the story about a baltimore police officer. no guns, no bites, just understanding. >> my prediction is this will be the story of the day. officer dan is a recent graduate. he was responding to a call from a vicious dog. when he showed up, he found a pitbull being chased by kids who was throwing glass bottles. the dog immediately came running over with his tail between his legs, started licking the officer's stays. the officer put him in the squad

car, taking him to the rescue and care shelter. he wanted to check on the dog, so he came back in a few days. eventually, when no one claimed the dog, the officer adopted him. after bringing him home the officer renamed the dog bo. the story spread and now the officer is being honored by the human society. the ceremony will be coming up wednesday afternoon at the baltimore humane society in reisterstown and everyone is invited pooh that is a great story. coming up, a high speed police chase in california. find out how this chase ended for the suspect. >> and the roller coaster rescue. more on the coaster that left riders trapped for hours. look at that.

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a high speed chase in california does not end well. highway patrol officers tried to stop the driver and ended up using force. wow. they smashed the car window before the suspect took off. one person is in custody. shots may have been fired. police are still investigating tonight. imagine this. trying out a new roller coaster and getting stuck up on top.

it happened at a group at six flags, california and they waited for almost two hours. no one was hurt. rescue crews used a crane to get the riders down. six flags said the ride will be closed ending a safety investigation. a massive dust storm in phoenix left people running for cover. it's a haboob, arabic for strong wind. it left thousands of people without power. wow. painting the exterior of your home doesn't have to be difficult. what to do to make sure the project goes shootingly. >> this is being called the patent trial of the century. more on apple and samsung coming up. kate and i have been married for 15 years.

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should get that product oar you can paint just about any material, vinyl, stucco and brick. >> the type of home it; things of that nature but brick can be painted. >> reporter: if you don't have the time or patience to paint, you can hypersomeone. either way it will have a fresh feel and a brand-new look. and let's start off with a check of maryland's most powerful radar. not a lot of action. add a couple showers up 83 north in the last hour or so. southern maryland reaching across the bay south of the cambridge area. for the most part conditions continue to be quiet. after some morning rain, looking across the harbor and, yeah, i

mean, the sunshine came out in force, kind of the reverse of a typical summer day. today our rain came early. look at that blue sky, a nice finish to this late summer, late july afternoon. look how green the grass is, just partly cloudy skies. right now conditions at bwi are relatively warm. 85. humidity moderate. dew point numbers in the upper 60s, low 70s. so it is humid. mid-80s a little misleading. even though we have a bit of a breeze with that bries off the bay and -- breeze off the bay and the atlantic, that dew point around 72 in cambridge. so sticky conditions absolutely. heat plus humidity, what it feels like low to mid-90s. a scattering of showers from maryland up into pennsylvania. but the main weather maker on the map is off the carolinas.

we'll be watching our one weather wild card, this coastal system off cape hatteras just beginning to get its act together. we think the track will stay offshore. if it were to push further in that would mean more rain and more unsettled conditions for maryland. it all depends on the track of the low. by the way, this time of the year you can see some border line tropical development. the temperatures off of the outer banks are very warm and the gulf stream in particular. we'll see if it develops and see how it moves, but it could play a real wild card late this week and into the weekend. you'll want to keep posted on the movement of the system. we'll be tracking it all book. it is our weather wild card. 70s, staying balmy. tomorrow 86, sun and clouds with

some plate day showers and -- late day showers and storms possible. seven-day forecast, here's how things shape up, steadily hotter a slight chance of showers with august like temperatures into the first days of august. that makes sense. however, although we keep just a slight chance for showers, now, getting the wild card will be that disturbance off the carolinas. this time of the year, sometimes those will come in to the mid-atlantic and give it a chance of gray rainy weather, so that could happen into the weekend. >> we'll keep a close eye on you. >> keep tracking it. all right. let last talk politics -- let's talk politics. mitt romney arrived in poland. some of the comments he made over the weekend in israel continue to dominate the headlines. tory dunnan joins us from washington tonight. what did mitt romney have to

say? >> reporter: well, mitt romney definitely delivered some tough talk during the speech. people both here and israel were watching. >> we should stand with all who should join our effort to have a -- >> reporter: the republican candidate seemed to leave the door open to military action if the diplomat tk approach toward iran fails. >> we must lead the effort to prevent iran from building weapon capability. we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iranian regem from its clawrs course. >> reporter: the obama campaign made this clear that it doesn't differ much. >> his policy is to prevent iran from gaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: with polls showing romney trails obama 68% to 28%, romney tried to send a message

back. >> we will not look away. nor will our country look away from our passion and commitment to israel. >> reporter: kelly, mitt romney finished off his trip to israel with a fund-raiser breakfast -- fund raze -- raising breakfast. >> the we're learning -- we're le learning about who will be involved in the convention. >> reporter: you can expect to see a lot of bill clinton. the former president will deliver a prime-time speech. that's happening on wednesday, september 5th. it's the night before vice-president joe biden will speak. clinton will be given the honor of placing the president's name into nomination. the nfl season opener is happening that very shame night and this is a true tft of

clinton's popularity, i guess you could say. >> thanks for that live report from washington tonight. in other news, a geneologist says president obama may be related to the first documented african slave. ancestry.com released documents that back up the link mullet tell geneologists have established a connection between obama's family and john punch. punch was an indentured servant sentenced to life in slavery after trying to escape a revolutionary virginia. he is related to punch through his mother's side of the family. it's an important day in carney. a long time road will be closing. we got the latest from prince george's county and the man accused of plotting a

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in tonight's consumer alert, tech giant apple and samsung are headed to court for a battle called the patent trial of the century. we have more on the case. >> reporter: it's been two years

in the making. samsung and apple are fighting over which tablet design came first. apple claims samsung deliberately copied it's iphone and ipad design. apple is asking for $2 1/2 billion in damages. samsung claims apple is the one doing the copying that apple's inspiration came from sewny. samsung claims by initiating the lawsuit apple is trying to stifle competition and limit consumer choice. afterall, a judge has banned a version of samsung's tablet until the dispute gets sorted out. if samsung is found guilty, then more of the product could be banned in the u.s. for apple it means tougher competition. apple's iphone was once the market leader but samsung is outselling them. ultimately, it's a case that

will determine which company is the real innovator. i'm reporting from new york. well, gas prices have gone up more than nine cents in the past few weeks. the national average is now sitting at $3.51. the major reason is the price of crude oil. the largest single component as increased by $3 a barrel over the past two weeks. air travelers will finally get relief from soaring air fair price. next month fairs are ex-- fares are expected to drop 10% to 20%. in the first three months of 2012, domestic air fares were 5% higher than at the same time last year, so a little bit of relief. your bills are big and you'll try anything to cut them

down. why a new plan to save on your you tell the bills is nothing but a scam. we have it on abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. tonight, why women at the beach are being told to pay extra special attention to their soundings once the sun goes down in ocean city. >> we continue to track a few showers. our rest being of storms go up -- risk of storm goes up. >> you heard your first band here. but tonight this is the story about the barn closing down. we begin with allegations of rape and kidnapping coming in from frostburg. police said a man from baltimore was drinking with three women he had just met when he attacked them. this is the suspect, 24-year-old andrew dash. he shot at him when they found him sexual assaulting a third

woman. they said that woman was being held at gun point. police found dash at the home with the woman and arrested him. he is charged with rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment. new tonight chris woods says this can't be true. lisa loved it. that's why this is so tough. the barn is closing. local bands got their start here. it's at harford and joppa. we're told it's because of management restructuring. no crabs tonight. no joey mccann show today. >> we are closed but we're working on things to make it better than ever. >> bob calls this a carney classic and a sad day. this is the bar that many of you grew up in. it's tough news to h