police released surveillance video of the suspect, which was take an at the wal-mart on ordinance road in glen burnie. detectives believe is same man is responsible for robbing multiple people at multiple atms. victims were robbed at gun point during the evening hours. another robbery occurred this past week. so far police are not saying whether it is related to the other crimes. chick-fil-a supporters had appreciation day for the fast

food chain on wednesday. today opponents are making their opinions heard. protesters across the country were planned at chick-fil-as which organizers are calling national same sex kiss in day. customers boycotting the restaurant turned up to hold a same sex kiss day in response to the chain's ceo statements against same same-sex marriage. a hot and muggy week. you can see people melting down there in the beautiful inner harbor. it's sunny and nice. you are open for relief this weekend. let's check in with mike masco to find out the weekend details. it's going to be cooler, drier or bucket full of humidity? >> bucket full of humidity. that's the case for the weekend. it is in the water if you are going to the beach. it's not much of a relief in to this weekend. not much of a sea breeze along the eastern shore. 91 in town. it's about the dew point numb, when we see a number over 70s

we know it's near tropical. we are feeling like the heat index, feeling like it's 99 degrees in town right now. one storm right now on maryland's most powerful radar. extreme southeast cecil county, chesapeake city, a good downpour and thunder and lightning from the celling a it moves towards the north and east. these are slow movers. active warning until 6:00. anticipate them to drop that as indications the storm is starting to pulse down. 91 in town. dc 944. little cloud activity over frederick knocks your temperatures down significantly. at 82, but earlier we saw an observation of 96 degrees. in to the 90s tonight. one of those sticky humid nasty type of nights, down to 78. on our way back up to climb to the 90 mark. starts around the afternoon hours from 1:00 through and there is a chance of an afternoon scattered shower and thunderstorm. active eastern half of the

nation, all the humidity allowing for big storms to develop. speaking of a big storm, something that is starting to intensify and ernesto to the south. if you have interest towards the east of florida, let's talk about this system in main weather. they are supposed to be out patrolling the street but annapolis police are spending less time doing that because of the false alarm calls they are getting from homes and businesses. they will try to tackle the problem. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people live in annapolis and more come to annapolis to shop and vacation. all of them rely on annapolis police for security and handle emergencies. police get strapped when they are chasing down false alarms, at businesses and homes, that's why the police are taking action to fight the problem. it's a big waste of resources. >> reporter: one false alarm ties up multiple people at the same time. >> not just for the officers

responding but by our dispatchers to take the phone calls. >> reporter: not only does the dispatcher has to handle the alarm company calls and send two police officers to check it out. a security check could tie them up for a half hour or more to verify the alarm is real or the alarm went off by mistake. starting september 1st for example you have false alarms, you could be fined. >> we don't want to fine anybody, we want the problems to be corrected to cut down. >> police are hoping the fine will be an incentive for a homeowner or business owner to correct the problem. >> upwards of 90% of the alarms we respond to, turn out to be false. >> i was unaware that 90%. >> reporter: he is a business owner downtown, and has his security system checked once a year. he sees that it's everyone's responsibility to not make the police work more difficult than it needs to be. >> it's incumbent upon all of us citizens and business owners

to make sure we maintain, have the systems maintained so they are not creating the false alarms that are taking up the policemen's time. >> reporter: after september 1st, for your first two false alarms, annapolis police will give you a warning, on the third false alarm you will receive a $100 fine. don harrison, abc2 news. annapolis police will set up a program to inform alarm owners on how to make systems operate better. around the nation tonight, officials in aurora colorado, the site of the deadly mass movie theater shooting are preparing for students to come back to school making sure there are counselors on hands when classes begin next week. we have been talking about it for the last ten days, what we want to do is give them an opportunity not require them to talk about it but open the door. >> while the school is focusing on the first few days back, they say it will probably take

much longer than that for many of the students to feel okay about what happened. officials held a special meeting for parents last night. we told you about jc penney's offer for back to school hair cuts this week. one washington state mom says her 10-year-old son was denied a free haircut because he is autistic and has special needs. christina says yesterday while she was at work her nanny took her son to jv penny but the stylist refused to cut his hair. he covered his ears but was behaving fine other wise. >> disgusted that somebody would treat another human being like taand be judgmental. and that they would do it to a child, someone that can't, i mean most children canted defends themselves, let alone a child with special needs. >> businesses have the right to refuse service within reason, but if they don't have a good

reason, the refusal could be considered discrimination. the corporate headquarters did not return a call for comment but managers said they are aware of the situation and handling it appropriately. she would like an apology for what happened to her son. marijuana plants growing as tall as big trees. where cops made this enormous pot bust. umpire makes injection in a game but it wasn't a player or coach who got thrown out. i'm mike masco, look, if you are a weather buff, we have this great app from wmar, a nation national satellite feed. that's ernesto. the high pressure system is bringing in the heat and the humidity. we will let you know if this is relief that's up next at 5:00. wççñçñ

a law enforcement officer found marijuana plants during a fly over. 631 plants were recovered.

some 3 inches in diameter. police had to use atvs to get the plants out of the woods. a catch site was found nearby. officers are looking for the folks who lost this big crop. you could hear this umpire throwing someone out of the game but he wasn't talking to the player or the manager. that guy there in the red shirt, he got thrown out of the cubs game in florida. dj started playing 3 blind mice. barbecue these days, you need more than charcoal to grill. find out about the latest high- tech gadgets for the grill and july jobs report is out, what impact will it have on the 2012 presidential race. [ mosquitoes buzzing ]

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we have an update on the multi-vehicle crash. police say 9 people have been taken to area hospitals. one headed to maryland shock trauma. it happened at north point boulevard and east baltimore street. police are asking drivers to avoid this area right now as they investigate. now onto the art of the summer cookout. technology is making grilling easier these days for folks. charley crowson tried out the latest grilling gadgets. >> reporter: on any given day you will find aaron grilling with friends. >> anywhere from 5- 7 times a week, depending upon the weather. >> reporter: grilling masters need high-tech help.

dan ackerman says the latest crop of grilling gadgets is sure to add flavor to your next outdoor party. >> most of them are pretty simple, set them up once and you are good to go. >> roll away gas grill. >> a built in stand that folds down and they can wheel the entire thing away and roll it down the street. >> reporter: when things start to sizzle, keep the cook cool with the grill light and fan. >> the fans move the smoke and heat and move them away from you. it's more comfortable. >> reporter: he shed light on his spread with man laws twist flashlight, battery free and magnetic. >> you can attach and detach from the tripod, so it can be used for grilling and other things. >> reporter: for something more simple, these light the way. cook your patties to perfection with the help of brook stone's talking meat thermometer.

>> you have a receiver you take with you. >> reporter: ready for drinks? this iphone case doubles as a bottle opener and the cooper cooler chills beverages in a snap. >> slip in a bottle of wine or beer or soda can, water and ice, plug it in and it will cool it down in be or 4 or 5 -- three or four or five minutes. >> reporter: check out this solar powered boom box or echo terrace water proof player. >> you can put your iphone or ipod inside in a water proof case and toss it in the pool and lit float. >> reporter: aaron plans on firing up his grill gadgets all year long. charley crowson, abc2 news. some folks have way too much money. these products cost from 20 bucks to upward of $300. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate.

>> bel air, a lot of sunshine, put the time lapse to work for you. a few clouds this afternoon. it was all about the humidity today. making it feel oppressively humid. daytime highs felt like close to 100 degrees in bel air. mount airy, quick storm, mostly towards the west. see the clouds in the western horizon start to bubble up. it was close, a storm darkened the skyline a bit as it moved inland and we are left with people down there, close to 6:00. not bad for the shore points. maryland's most powerful doppler is clear overhead. we are talking about extreme southeast cecil county and severe warning. that has been discontinued. the bad news is, it's really hot out there. 91 in town. 94 dc. 90s over the eastern shore. right up against the coast to find some relief from the heat

and relief in the form of 80- degree weather. it's feeling like 99 in town. feeling like 99 dc. frederick earlier, showing a feel of 104 degrees. 86 through the 8:00 hour. still muggy and 79 around the 11:00 hour. we will start saturday off at 76. 90s tomorrow and similar to what we dealt with today, the chance of a late day gusty shower and thunderstorm. all about the humidity and the southerly wind bringing in the humid air and storms cooking back over the west virginia, tennessee border, we will watch the storms during the

posted. sunday, sundays could be worse with more widespread numerous showers and storms. for that reason, prediction center put much of the mid atlantic under the slight risk category. maybe damaging thomas as we head in to the day on sunday. speaking of a mess of thunderstorms, towards parts of the caribbean, this is tropical storm ernesto. winds sustained at 50 miles per hour, moving towards the west at 18. ton of warm water ahead of this. a chance to continue to intensify as it moves over the southern basin of the caribbean. by wednesday, thursday, the hurricane center has this over the yucatan. look at the computer models, trying to bring this towards the north. this track is subject to change. i will let you know about that through the course of the weekend. clouds, very humid, that 74 is going to feel like it's in to the 80s. 93 tomorrow. isolated thunderstorm possible. how about the beach forecast,

get on down to the shore. temperatures delightfully, can't say that, 90-93. humidity is going to make it feel terrible along the shore points as well. seven-day forecast showing you again hazy, hot and humid conditions through sunday. isolated shower and thunderstorm on saturday and sunday widespread threat. next week looks beautiful. sunshine, temperatures close to 90 degrees. >> we will get through this and have to go back to work. now on to democracy 2012 news , the july jobs report may have exceeded expectations but it was still a mixed message. paul joins us from washington. no surprise both candidates are trying to put their spin on the data. >> reporter: let's get to the numbers and take a look at the report from the labor department, 163,000 jobs

created last month. unemployment rate picked up to 8.3%. more people decided to reenter the job market. two different responses on the campaign trail. mitt romney slamming obama's economic record. the president tried to look at the big picture. >> 42 months , the longest period of time we have had unemployment ape above 8% in american history since this has been recorded this is an extraordinary recod of failure. >> we haven't had to come back from an economic crisis this deep or this painful since the 1930s. we also knew if we were persistent and kept at it, and kept working, that we would gradually get to where we need to be. >> reporter: the economy remains by far the top economic issue in the country. what is the top concern? , jobs, jobs, jobs. we will find out maryland's unemployment rate in two weeks

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ever walk in to a wedding reception or party without knowing anything in the room, what if your on line connections allowed you to connect with the crowd before you arrived? the latest trend in social seating. >> reporter: for don burger inspiration came from attending a wedding. >> i wanted to see where the

cute girls where. i thought, wouldn't it be cool if i saw a published seating tool. >> reporter: his start up working its way in to the event planning business. >> do everything from manage the tabes list to the floor plan and the seating charts. we let guests interact before or after. >> reporter: the last part is what puts social on the table. the platform draws data about guestssocial network to seat people with common stresses together, hopefully trading awkward ice breakers for meaningful conversations. they can publish the guest list to get a head start on getting to know you process. if you feel that's too much information too soon, there is the option to publish the list after the party, more people are opting for that, even though he sees offline and on line worlds merging.

as more people get more social, the time on line could turn in to more face time. airlines continue to look for ways to make more money and american aligns is the latest to of a new service in hopes of boosting revenue, delivering your bags to your home or hotel for an extra fee. the fee will be in addition to the money paid to check your bag and the airlines are raising fares by 10 bucks a trip. it is national grab some nuts day. you head me right. we will tell you about it on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. do you know anything about the case? or about the identity of the person in the photos, the sketch, i would encourage you