uncuffed for a bathroom break. see the wild day on wabash. >> maryland's first slots casino announces cuts. >> and speaking up about lull big. >> as we get set for a special session, at the six slot casinos, the first one wants to dumb as many as 500 machines. jeff hager has more on why it's trying to down size. >> reporter: they're in the business of making money. for almost two years that hasn't been a problem at hollywood casino perryville. >> the report will be coming out today. they will show that we're 30% off of where we were and closer

to 40% off of what our peek numbers were in march and april. >> reporter: when maryland live! opened up, hollywood business dropped off from $260 are machine per day to $150. it wants the state to take back 500 of the 1500 machines, ultimately placing them in other facilities. hill says this is not a foreboding sign of things to come. >> this is not a death penalty by any stretch of the imagination. this is us doing the fiscally responsible thing to make our property the right size. >> reporter: he readily admit there is may be more reasons behind the drop off in revenue over the last few months. as the casino is renovated to make way for a new upscale casual dining area, the standard buffet has been pushed outside

to a tent. the summer is also an especially slow season for slots but earliest mats that the casino would thrive here simply missed the mark. >> the figures were way off through some of the analysis that they had done back then. that's normal. you never really know what the markets will bear. >> reporter: in perry vicialtion jeff hager, abc2 news. >> hollywood said in absence of a bill it's hard to tell what this would mean to its bottom lean. casino cuts remain mystery to us. let's break it down. hollywood casino has about 1500 machines. giving back the 500 would knock it down to 1,000. here's what the current ones have ocean downs 800. maryland live! 3200 but will have 4700 by october. and the har rods plans for

baltimore and in allegany county they've both been approved but still in the planning stages. har rods should have more than 3700 slots. we're looking at 850 slots. the casinos have generate lad lot of money. lottery officials report the state has gotten more than $345 million from the gaming program so famplet while the casino in perryville may be making less since the opening of maryland live the lottery commission said the year to date revenue for 2012 came to more than $61 million but the real difference can be seen in the numbers from last month. hollywood casino pulled in more than $6.8 million but maryland live pulled in more than $35 million during the same month. where does the money go? are we see tsmght the biggest chunk goes to -- seeing it?

2% to the lottery and 1 1/2% to minority owned business. law enforcements will be taking on expanded gambling. one of the big issues up for discussion adding a casino with table games to the national har bluer in pg county. and there's talk about changing the controversial pitbull ruling. let's take a look the our weather on this monday afternoon. here we are at the harbor. humid out there very sticky. let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. warm and muggy but some drier air is trying to edge in. it's been cloudy today. most of the rain, however the actual showers and storms, have been to our south northern virginia down through virginia beach and norfolk. that's where most of the active

weather has been and of course the caribbean sea or tropical storm ernesto right on the limits of a category one hurricane. ernesto will keep strengthening. hour by hour tomorrow 70s. we're surging back up into the 80s and 90s. we'll talk about how the rest of the week develops. >> city police arrest a man. it happened outside the district courthouse. roosevelt leftwich as it all for us. >> police say 25-year-old tavon williams put an officer's life in danger as he tried to flee the courthouse. williams watt at the court -- williams was at the courthouse for one case when officers realized they had a warrant for another case. he was arrested, cuffed and was waiting for transport when

williams said he had to go to the bathroom. he ran out the courthouse and tried to escape in a gray car. >> the suspect tried to run the officer over. the officer fired his round. >> police say williams was hit in the right arm but still managed to lead police on a chase that ended on rosalynn avenue. he was take tonight hospital where he is expected to be okay. police say charges against williams is pending. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> carolyn conrad died in a fire. smoke detectors were working in her home. the fire was accidental but they still do not have a cause yet. who set the food line on fire in pasadena. those in the store on mountain road two friday nights have told everything they know to recount recount firefighters. an illegal device on a shelf ignited. the search is on for these two

teen suspects on your tv. you can't make out the faces very well but you can see what they're wearing so maybe you can help anne arundel crack this case. a couple of workers at the mon it bell low filtration plant got sick. looks like a worker was repairing a valve when this sprung a leak and chlorine escaped. the leak was contained to the building. we are putting the spotlight on bullying. des spiept hasn't bullying efforts, it remains an all too come mon right of pafnlgt old-fashioned bullying is more common. researchers surveyed hundreds of thousands in grades three to 12. 18% say they have been verbally bull li.d 5% on line. about 10% have bullied others

and 3% have cyber bullied others. researchers say there are actually few new bullies or victims. we are weeks away from a new school year. there's a new ad campaign tackling bullying. kelly swoope is here to tell us what parents can do if you suspect your child is being bullying. >> the ad council is teaming up to teach their kids to speak up if they witness bullying in school. it was unveiled in d.c. now in one tv ad a girl watches two other girls bullying a schoolmate and doesn't intervene. a narratetor tells parents to teach their kids to be more than a bystander. marlo thomas said there should ab zero tolerance. >> if you don't stand up for a child who's being bullied who

will stand up for you? >> the television, print and web ads will start rung this october. kelly swoope, abc2 news. kids can expect some lesson changes when they return to class this year. u.s. education secretary arnie carlson said schools could face more cuts. it is back-to-school season. that means shopping for school supplies. the first item on your list will probably be a backpack. we're working for you on tips to help you pick the best back pafnlgt pay attention to shoulder straps. lack for wide shoulder straps and it helps distribute the weight evenly. load the heaviest items closest to your child's back.

carry a lighter load. your child's backpack should weigh no more than 10% of their body weight. look for safety features like reflectors or reflective fabric. abc2 is working for you to make sure they get the school supplies they need. the annual back-to-school drive is on. we are teaming up with celebree learning center an the preston mitchham jr. foundation. we are looking for backpacks composition books pens, pencils. you can drop off supplies at any of the celebree learning locations. we have it on our website. it's at abc2news.com slash school supplies. all right. if you had a rough day at the office hopefully you'll be able to throw up your feet and get a

nice massage. while you're at it, would you change the look of your feet? toes are the object of some women's affection. landing on the moon, the space shuttle landed on mars. what a start for curiosity.

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nasa celebrates its success. the science center opened up. dr. jennifer constitutes discussed sam which stands for

sample analysis of mars. it's part of the analysis lab on curiosity. >> it's great we're able to have that partnership between gotard and the scientists and talk about it with the public. >> while at the exhibit people can see a model of curiosity and even some of the rock scientists are hoping to find mars. let's take a look at the health alert. honesty is the best policy. not telling lies is the best for your health. a study shows honest interactions can benefit your physical and mental health. in the study people took a lie detector test to measure the number of lies they took a week. when they lied more their health went down. when people told the truth their health went better. the average person tells about 11 lies a week. am i telling the truth? yes. >> vitamin d builds strong bones and boosts the immune system.

there's a new study out that finds the sunshine vitamin could make a big difference for our children. researchers at boston children tested vitamin d levels in kids who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care uniony. 40% had a vitamin z deficiency. they became severely ill. and they found viet min d deficiency was less common in younger patients, and children taking supplements of vitamin d. beauty at what price? some women are now getting cosmetic surgery even shortening their toes to fit into their favorite jimmy choos. for other women it's not the length of the toes but the sweating. you can have botox injected in them to keep them dry. >> a lot of people have the

problem. the shoes are very expensive. >> if it's painful to walk in those pumps, you can also get by yes degradable cushioning. the procedure lasts about nine months. doctors say messing with your feet is not a good idea. well, is your child all set for the school year as far as in the immunizations. we want to relined you you better take advantage of this freebie. >> what we do in the county is we try to have a few events so that people have the opportunity to get updated at a convenience. just walk in, bring your shot record with you. we have all the vaccines

recommended by the cdc and vac spin nate for free -- vaccinate for free. >> there less one wednesday at the eastern resource center from 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. a little breezy out flags flapping, a little bit of a breeze from the north and west, variable at 6:00. top of the hour at bwi, up to 90 today, even up to 91. a nice looking afternoon in spots across the state now but it was cloudy most of the day in laurel a mix of sun and clouds. not a lot of sunshine to be found. at the beach where some of us got in quality time, cloudy now but it's bright, sunny and hot all weekend in oc. the heavy weather is to the

south, richmond, newport news. but most of maryland staying dry, just kind of cloudy through the day. the frontal boundary is barely south of us. some drier air trying to get in but the hair has been still relatively warm, upper 80s and low 90s. winds have shifted north. basically northwest into easton but a bit of a south breeze when you get down to the a tux tent river -- patuxent river. it has not pushed far enough to really knock the humidity south. so dew point is 71 in annapolis. so it feels like the low 90s in spots, including in the state capital. heavy weather or least the more active weather some heavy rain has been, again confined to our south. virginia beach down through the outer banks. carolinas through georgia very

active weather. again, that dry air is out there. this has marched through the midwest gotten into pittingburg but -- pittsburgh but has in the pushed into baltimore. a disturbance is keeping the weather active down toward atlanta, charlotte charleston. that's where the extreme humidity siments. although it's muggy we're not quite as steamy as parts of the southeast. the trend is showing more of the same tom. storms staying south frontal boundary stays south partly cloudy at times. it shifts back north on wednesday. we think pop-up showers and storms by wednesday but tomorrow does look dry. all right. let's check the tropical satellite. tropical storm ernesto a large system that encompasses the middle two thirds of the caribbean sea. we have honduras and belize south of mexico. that's where we think ernesto

will head next, landing between belize and coastal mexico south of cancun and crossing the bay of cam peach which i over into -- campeche. it will be 88, sun and clouds, muggy, a stray shower, the better chance will be wednesday evening. the 70s r--- seven-day forecast bearing that out. we're looking good. the weekend mid-80s, partly cloudy. >> not bad. keep it that way. don't touch a thing. we had 20,000 at m&t bank stadium and a sun drenched saturday. the ravens were off yesterday but back at work today. ravens leave for their atlanta wednesday and will play their first preseason game. kickoff is at 7:30.

all right the orioles against seattle tonight. the first pitch is coming up in 45 minutes. you may have seat cushions and floppy hats but you'll get one of these orioles on the front and chin's name on the back, both written in mandarin chinese. he leads the club with 10 wins. his t shirt give way way day. we'll be right back.

before we go, kelly is here with a look at what's coming up at 11. >> you nee know -- know, tires are important. we will have rules to keep you safe. >> plus, if you or your family is on medicare, you may be worried about the premiums going up. those stories and a whole lot more when you join us tonight on abc2 news at 11. >> all right. should we be awar of anything tonight? >> never recommend the bald tires in the rain. the rain is south of us. take a look at maryland's most powerful radar showing the rain toward newport news. that's where it stays. by noon tomorrow mid to upper 80s and pretty quiet overnight. again, not a bad setup.

>> i've got to see who's winning the white marlin open. >> all right. we'll see you tonight at 11. have a good one.