someone with heat distresses, get them out of the heat, and every second counts when the heat strikes. we'll have more coming up at 6:00. abc 2 news. this is the third heat wave we've had to deal with so far this summer, and it's claimed four lives so far. this child was left in the back seat for four hours, the medical examer said she overheated, and passed away. they said that three others died because of the heat. now we don't know the circumstances that led to the deaths, but we do know the child died because she was left in the hot truck. it's the worst place to be when it's this hot. sitting out in the sun, the inside of the car can get up to 94 degrees in two minutes. the dashboard can get to 200 degrees in the same amount of

time. you can check out the latest temperatures on our weather page, and the cooling centers in our area, you can find it in the slide show at abc2news.com. now the developing story the arrest ofundreds of child predators, some right here in our state. for five weeks,ing agents with immigration and custom enenforcement, has been getting suspect says, including five maryland men. >> four, involving the exploitations of minors. a 53-year-old male was arrested when showing up, and hoping to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he met p online -- online. >> one of the men is accused of communicating online with a girl he thought was a 13-year-old girl, and setting up a meeting to have sex. the agents were able to identify

61 young victims. police found a child hit by an amtrak train late yesterday morning. luckily he's at the hospital recovering from his jersey tonight, and -- injuries tonight. >> they confirm a child was struck by the tra, he was tyler eugene smith, and the conductor said he believed he struck a child, they did find clues though, including a maryland license on the side of the track. they found the four of the boy at the hospital, where his son was recovering from some pretty serious injuries. >> his driver's license is a piece of evidence we found at the scene. so we were able to locate him and talk to him. >> even when they did, the father didn't tell the truth of

what happened. the police figured that out, and coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you how they figured it out, and explain why the father and son were near the traction where the trains fly by at more than 200 miles per hour. >> the details of this stoishgs you can find him on twitter at ryan, at abc 2. the emergency surgery of this cat. more on this story, jeff? >> people who live near here, say the children often throw rocks at the cat ps in this neighborhood. the vets at this animal hospital, amputated what was left of his back leg, after it was discovered hanging from the

tether cord of the blindly in an abandoned house. >> the people around here are cruel. he didn't hurt nobody, they don't care. >> at this point, it remains unclear whether the actions of the children led to the cat in the blinds, but they discovered a dead kitten inside the abandoned house as well. they called the cat brownie, they renamed him cooper. jeff, abc 2 news. >> thanks jeff. continuing coverage tonight, the journalist who first reported snowden's leak, there's more to come, and here's the latest on the information to be released, and what this could mean for snowden. >> he's in possession of what could be an instruction manual

of how to -- was put together. >> thousands of document that is can taken blue prints that would allow somebody to read them, to know how the nsa does what it does, and they can evade that surveillance or replicate it. >> last week, we finally saw snowden, at a meeting inside the airport. snoenld applied consider snowden applied for asylum in russia. the president said that snowden will leave russia as soon as he can, and he doesn't want the situation to harm the u.s. russian relations. but there's more that's not yet been revealed, and snowden can reveal how easy it was to get

this data. >> able to inform the people of the true severity of how much it has access to people's personal private communications, with very little safeguards. >> the russian officials they they haven't received his request for alie lum -- asylum, and it means he could be hiding out in the airport for some time. now a san francisco tv station, could face legal action for broadcasting the wrong names of the pilots of the asiana jet that crashed. the report was demeanoring, and damaged the reputation of the pilots. a summer intern is to blame, that intern has been fired, and both the stations have apologized. coming up, a 6-year-old boy

is swallowed up by a sand dune, buried alive. and the rescue effort it took. rocking a neighborhood so badly, the shaking can be seen on the local news. and is humiliation good mvgs? -- motivation? the public shaming, is it acceptable?

. caught on camera tonight, a 6-year-old boy, swallowed up by the giant sand dune, buried alive, and the incredible rescue that went on under the blazing sun. >> they tried frantically to save this boy, buried alive

under 11 feet of sand. >> he got stuck a sand dune, and he's under the sand, and can't get him out. >> he was playing with a friend, and then suddenly he was going to. >> it drank him up, for me to think about that, half -- have the earth literally consume your child. >> he was in there for three hours, when the rescuers found him, they weren't sure if he made it. >> we pulled him out, and he didn't look good. the only thing you can think of, that could be your kid. >> they feared the worst. >> we thought he was dead. >> but today, incredible news from the doctors. >> his initial exam, and so forth has been remarkably good, and we expect a full recovery or close to full recovery of his neurological functions.

>> we believe that god spared him for a reason. we're very confident that the god will give us back nathan whole. >> their prayers for him, now replaced of thanks. the doctors say he'll have sand in his lungs for 6 months, but will be breeth ond breathing on his own shortly. not the typical way to start a morning show, but this happened in corpus christi tv station, the blast was so strong, it destroyed 3 homes, and damaged 15 ours. take a look at this, this guy has had season tickets for four years, but he's never

caught a foul ball before, until yesterday. he caught the four of them, and he credits the fact that he was sitting in a different section, four in one day. let's take a look at the current heat alert, in effect today, on tuesday. you can see the more urban areas, around philadelphia, and baltimore, and down to the dc area. heat advisories are already up, and a hot day in effect out there. this evening will be awful warm and steamy too. if you're going for the evening jog tonight, do a lot of hydrating. bring a small jug of water if possible. very hot spot on the map, the heat index over 100 in the city. 94, almost no wind to stir things up, but the dew point is 68, humidity is very, very high,

and that's the combination of heat and humidity that's on the dangerous side of the heat tonight and tomorrow. below 90, and into the 80s this evening, and the muggy start in the morning. you want to be prepared for another hot day. and make sure you load up the jugs for ice water, they'll probably need that. the hi temperatures -- high temperatures today, mid 90s, however, when you throw in the combefs levels of -- excessive levels of humidity, that's the highest you'll see the humanity in central maryland. this is what it feels like, 98 in jorjs town -- georgetown, and when is this going to let up? no time soon, this is the longest of the summer, and it doesn't look like a two or three

week eventual, but a multiday event. we need something to break this heat pattern that we're in, and the index values will happen up above 100, for the next few arches. the -- afternoons. a lot of action may be south of us, this is tomorrow at 6:00, maybe a pop up shower, wednesday it looks dryer, but again, heat and humidity could drive an afternoon shower or storm. we look at the big picture, and the bottom line is, more days of sering heat. you see the high pressure bubble sits on the east coast, and keeps us cloud free, except for the pop up storms, and the multiday of sering heat, that'll not happen until friday and

saturday, more than likely. tonight, muggy and uncomfortable, and then tomorrow, we're talking 96 for the actual temperature. the heat index will be in the mid 100's tomorrow afternoon. you have to be careful, do not leave an animal or anything living inside a car for tomorrow or the next several days. 75 tomorrow night, look at the next several days. upper 90s, on the hotter side we've seen of the summer, and beyond that, when might we see some relief around here? well, maybe in the weekend, a slow moving cool front, that snaps the heat, and that'll allow us to drop down in the upper 80s. remember, last summer we were in searing heat in june, the first legitimate heat wave of the season, so you have to be careful for 4, 5, 6 days.

>> stay hydrated. we're electronic more tonight -- learning more tonight of the glee star, corey monteith, but they say he was by himself when he died in the holt room. his body was found over the weekend, and police say no foul play is expected. he's battled substance abuse since childhood. acrobats, fell from the stage during a show at the mgm grand, and osha is still investigating the death. how department of justice, and martin's family can still pursue legal action. if you want to teach your child a lesson, how about public humiliation, is that acceptable

or too embarrassing? we'll take a look.

. every parent struggles to understand the best way to teach their kids a lesson, but public humiliation? one oklahoma mom is forcing her son to stand on the street corner with a sign, and peer pressure got me a ride with a cop. i think i'm so grown, the cops took me home. there's hot discussion on our facebook page, weigh in, we want

to know what you think. is public shaming the way to go for discipline? george zimmerman, now in hiding tonight, it sparked protest across the country. what legal actions could come next for him? he had a break, the warning us you -- warnings you need to hear about this drug. how long should you wait to cut the cord? a new study says you may want to wait longer with your baby. this huge heat wave is in no rush to get out of here, and how things will change for the weekend, but in the meantime, do what you can to stay cool out there. how hot it'll get, right after this break.

. getting you up to the minute on the top stories tonight, five maryland men in police custody tonight, after

arrested for a child predator. officials say he's accused of making contact with a person that he thought was a 13-year-old girl, and trying to arrange a meeting for sex. a boy that was struck by a train, he's in the hospital recovering tonight, the police responded to the scene after a call from amtrak, but they couldn't find the boy. they eventually found them at the hospital, but the father did not give an honest explanation of what had happened. a severely injured cat will survive, the cat was found in baltimore, the vets amputated of what was left of his back leg. it was discovered hanging from the blind of an abandoned home. all right, the weather

front, you have to protect the animals out there for the next several days, including the rest of this eeg. -- evening. this is the airport, the city is 5 degrees heteroon the -- hotter on the heat index. this is a significant heat wave, and one of the times to take that extra outdoor precautions. do the exercise indoors, maybe, but get extra hydrated, maybe now. extreme heat advisory, upper philadelphia, also, southern baltimore, and the dc area. the things are more oppressive, heatwise, and no end in sight tomorrow. you could see the heat index over 103. rest of the evening, slow fall, in the mid 90s, and in the upper

70s overnight, it'll feel like mid 80s. how hot we get this week, and when we break the heat wave, that's straight ahead. thanks. one scene of not guilty verdict, for george zimmerman, the people disappointment went ahead that took to the streets. a rally in support of trayvon martin, last night, there was a similar demonstration in the square. more than 100 folks there last night, and probably again tonight. now they're pushing for the federal government to open a civil rights case against him. people in baltimore are not the only xrsz taking to the -- citizens taking to the streets to protest the trial.

>> from prayers to protests. reaction across the country over saturday night's not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman murder tile. -- trial. speaking at an eventual today, the attorney general called trayvon martin's death unnecessary. >> the justice department shares your concern. i share your concern. and as we first acknowledge last spring, we have opened an investigation into this matter. >> as the feds look for civil rights violations, the parents are considering the wrongful death charge against zimmerman. and zimmerman could file one of his own. adding that they hope all responsible will be held fully accountable for the actions. but those prosecutors standby their case, saying they believe he killed the 17-year-old in

cold blood. >> i think there was a struggle at some point, trayvon was aware of gun, and backside up, and -- backing up. >> i don't know how he could not lawfully carry a gun at this point, this is the worst time in his life, isn't it? >> we haven't heard from the jurors that reached that verdict, one of them has just signed a book deal. abc 2 news, florida. today the baltimore city opened up a place to help keep kids out of trouble, where they can stay, learn, and stay active. there's a computer lab, an indoor, and outdoor place for them to play. it's key to fighting crime. >> this is the