what's yours? the anne arundel county man who called himself a joker and threatened to shoot up his former workplace is charged with the misuse of telephone facilities and equipment. the charge is punishable by up to three years in prison. prescott is undergoing treatment at a hospital and will be taken into custody as son as he is released. >> after chick-fil-a's ceo spoke out about same-sex marriage, people are speaking out on

whether they support or condemn it. at chick-fil-as cars waited in line. although many showed support of the classon, on the flip side there are rallies in support of same-sex marriage scheduled friday at chick-fil-as all across the country. today is the day that women's preventative healthcare amendment goes into effect. eight will be in effect. the most talked about provision is the requirement of private health insurance companies to provide free contraceptive access to women. not all women can take advantage of because of some complicated grandfather clauses for large insurance plans. it was a mixture of sunshine and clouds across the area. take a look. we are talking about temperatures that are into the 80s. a warm reading in frederick at

90 degrees. you have a storm on the way. rain cooled temperatures into the 70s. maryland's most powerful radar is clear over much of baltimore city toward brooklyn park but some pretty big storms stretched from southern parts of pennsylvania right down into frederick county. this is a storm that we have to keep an eye on for taneytown. the storm track brings in this cell to the south and east, rocky ridge. just be aware that this is starting to move in your direction. so for the rest of the evening, definitely headlining the idea of showers. 90s. tomorrow more humidity. details on the full forecast coming up. a jogger find has body lying in the road in carroll county. now state place and the sheriff's office are working to determine what happened.

the jogger found the man tuesday morning along patapsco road. detectives are awaiting results of the autopsy from the medical examiner's office. the baltimore city police officer and a dog, today the officer was honored. >> you can't take your eyes off the picture. look at his tongue. it's the officer and his dog. unbelievable story. weave a done stories about police and pitbulls before, but they don't usually have a happy ending. officer dan was called out for a report on a vicious dosmght he called out to the dog. the dog came running right over with his tail between his legs. he has since adopted the dog who he has renamed bo.

today the humane society honored him for his actions. pitbulls, we should not be so quick to judge. >> just like you shouldn't judge people, you shouldn't judge a dog. he has as much love as a golden retriever. it's about how you raise a dog and how you treat it and the environment. >> look at bo looking at him. the officer was praised for his new best friend. the baltimore humane society said he is truly an asset to the area he serves. >> the spca is kicking off its 2012 rachael ray challenge. only 50 animal shelters were chosen. bark also compete over the course of a three-month period to increase their adoption. they could win grants including

a grand prize of $100,000. so if you think you might want to adopt a new four-legged friend, now is the best time to do it. >> from dogs looking for a home to kids needing school supplies, celebree learning center is having its annual back-to-school drive. the items include backpacks, wide ruled paper, composition books, pens and pencils. you can drop off the supplies at any of the celebree learning center locations. just go to our website. now to some strang and scary -- strange and scary news from microsoft. the company is developing what they're calling a robot boss. that could change the lives of

you, me, and offices everywhere. >> reporter: your supervise are could be on vacation and in the office at the same time. microsoft is working on robot that allows people to be in two places at once. >> we will call bruce, who's sitting not far. he literally have two cameras here. he has a camera which shows the full 180-degree field of view and another one that's looking right now. >> it is controlled refloatly, so your boss could be on the beach with a laptop checking in on you. it's not just for conference calling. the robot would have wheels, several cameras and a display so this can chat face to face with someone. this scan be used outside of the work place. you can travel the world from your living room. at this point it's just an

experiment. but robots working in the office shouldn't sound like a spleen in a sci-fi movie. microsoft said it's a matter of time. reporting from new york. coming up, a woman kidnapped and taken to miami's airport. instead of disappearing forever, it was the tsa agent who stepped in and saved her life. >> an rv in a pool. how did this camper make thises way into somebody's backyard swimming pool. >> should have gone right, not left. we're talking about annapolis. we have some storms brewing well north and west of town. does it make the trip into baltimore city? whole rae have the details cup -- we'll have the details coming up next. right now? yeah go hide. go on buddy.

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some of the busiest travel times of the year. over the past 24 hours, hundreds of airline passengers had to deal with some strange and scary situations on at least three different flights. abc2's t.j. thj -- t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: the jet had been in the hair for two hours when officials got an emergency call. >> i got to get him in here. >> reporter: the plane, escorted by two fighter jets requested an emergency landing after a land in noticed a camera inside an air sickness bag. the camera turned out to be harmless but terrorists have been searching for new ways to get devices past screeners. police believe the man behind

the underwear bombing was trying to develop a way to hide a bomb inside a camera. >> that allow them to understand what's going on in the environment and help the pilot act appropriately when presented with threats. >> reporter: onboard an air canada flight a different scare, this time the food. another sewing needle appears to have been found inside a sandwich. it's unclear if it's connected to the half dozen needles found on four separate delta flights. yesterday there was oorts emergency aboard a plane on approach to denver ver international airport. the 737 collided with what appeared to be a large bird. no one was injured. >> in this case it's something the crews have been trained to handle. >> reporter: they cost $60 million in damage every year.

t.j. winick, abc2 news, new york. the trial of drew peterson continues in illinois. the defense attorneys accused the prosecution of intentionally bring evidence before the jury that the court had already excluded. peterson's attorneys are asking for a mistreel saying that -- mistrial saying that savio's death was an accident. we're covered, smothered in bel air. take a look at the shot right around 9:00, 10:00 this morning. a lot of clouds. clouds for much of the afternoon. a few peeks of sunshine and the clouds coming back into play right now. kent island, that comments your temperatures down into the

middle and upper 80s for the daytime highs. that's below average. outshot showing a one passing shower, now pretty nice a pretty shot. sunshine has come out. that aloyed for our temperatures to get back up to 85 degrees. 90 in frederick and a pair of eights. rain cooled 70s over parts of dover and salisbury. so in terms of where we stand, we bring the maps up. when we get the dew points around 70, that makes it feel muggy, sticky. this could also allow for storms to fire up. a pretty clear sweep from bel air toward glen burnie. we have a few of the storms trying to test the limits but they're falling aapartment we'll go through phases where they will pulse up and pulse down. this one cell that we have been

headlining showing some lightning but not much. this will run into woodsboro, so just be aware. there could be a rumble or two of thunder but the storms are not testing severe limits. you're seeing a clearing right now. that's a defining line over the eastern shore. the planner will take you through 8:00, just a few storms headlining north and west of town. at 11:00, 76. we go down to 73 and back up into the 90s. it's a sticky feel tomorrow. the oppressive humidity comes back into play. you can see the humidity back over the carolinas. this stationary front separates the real sticky hair to the tolerable humidity. then there's a storm out to the west that we'll keep an eye on. in terms of temperatures, not bad. 85, 87 down the spine of the appalachians. how about the heat. 109, 102 in parts of arkansas.

we'll stay to the south and west. we'll see a few 90s. it's an unsettled pattern. we could be dodging storms both saturday and sunday. speaking of storms, how about the tropics start took heat up. tropical depression number five is over the central part of the atlantic. pressure is 1008. so not expecting rapid intensification. there's a tremendous amount of shear coming up off of south america. that will inhibit development. the forecast for the rest of the overnight 69. early storms, just a muggy feel. tomorrow two-degree guarantee in the city. a few select spots along the bay and out toward the eastern shore, maybe a shade below that. the seven-day forecast shows not a bad day. there is a very, very small

threat of a storm. better shot of some storms for friday. that humidity is going to hit us by friday, saturday, going right into the weekend, a very, very sticky feel. we'll hold off the chances of a thunderstorm but there could be big storms for sunday. 91, drier, slightly cooler as we head into early next week. >> so feeling like august. >> july is the seventh warmest. it's more of the sticky dog days of summer. >> all right. thanks a lot, mike. now to democracy 2012 news. president obama returns to the campaign trail after a few days off. where does the president head off today. >> reporter: president obama went to ohio. he was greeted with two favorable poll numbers. so really, this was a perfect time for yet another campaign

trip there. the president kicked off a three-state campaign swing. today's stop number one is ohio. it's the president's ninth visit. with the economy still stuck in neutral, he preached patience. >> we knew this would take more than one year, or one term as president. the crisis did not change who we are. it did not change the american character. >> reporter: the president must win a handful of critical back grounds states if he want as is the at a second term. the quinnipiac poll shows he's in a good position, a 53%, 42% in pennsylvania. 50% to 44% in ohio. >> here in america you can make it if you try. >> reporter: as the president hits the trail, mitt romney is take the day off in boston. but that didn't stop obama from

hammering his tax plan. >> he's asking you to pay more so people like him chan get a big tax cut -- can gets a big tax cut. >> reporter: tomorrow the president will round out his trip to florida. meanwhile, mitt romney is traveling out west. that will be happening later. he will make stops in colorado and nevada. >> all right. tory dunnan thanks for that live report from washington. the postal office s service is -- service is looking for help from congress. they owe more than $5 billion in healthcare prepay payments. they're deeing on the pay -- defaulting on the payment which is due by midnight. the post office is independent and doesn't usually use taxpayer dollars. coming up at 6:00, a family

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