in our community. >> police say they're not sure if it was distributed locally. the chemicals could determine if the product is illegal. that's up to the federal drug administration. investigators in anne arundel county are looking for the american who shot a man in severn. the man was found along the side of reese road. he was taken to police and firefighters. police say this was not a random attack. >> in our health aletter tonight the health department is announcing maryland's first west nile cases of the year. three people in the baltimore metropolitan area have the disease. most people infected with the virus zoo have symptoms. those who do complain of fever, headaches, body aches and a rash 14 days after getting that mosquito bite. battling cancer can be hard

enough on a person's body and mind. ed a to that to -- add to that, navigating the system that is supposed to help you out. >> reporter: charles "pops" wilkses grew up in baltimore, graduated from poly. and he worked for a company. >> people wanted to know what happened to pops. >> reporter: he made enough money to get by but not enough to purchase the health insurance offered by the franchise. earlier this year -- >> i was feeling week and didn't know why. >> reporter: coworkers asked why. >> we asked if he was going to the doctor but not having insurance he was relocktant. >> reporter: in may he went to

the doctor. the diagnosis prostate cancer. it's terminal but pops has more immediate concerns than that. >> what happens when the paycheck ends. >> reporter: he will find out soon enough. doctors at the university of maryland center began treating pops. hospitals can treat and get reimbursed by the state. still, pops no longer has any income. he does have a rent payment, power bill and now prescriptions to buy with no insurance. coworkers helped him ally for medical assistance and social security benefits. there's a five-month waiting people. >> i said how is that possible and she said you have to wait your turn like everybody else. >> reporter: in pops case, the delay could lead to the loss of

his home. >> i'm not sure how much longer he will be able to stay at the place he can stay without paying rent. it's like the system wants him to be homeless and on the street before this happens. >> reporter: that's why they've been collecting donations online along whether the jiffy lube in pikesville and hope in the future exception may be made so disability payments can come in time. >> officials with the maryland hospital association said if the affordable care act, better known as president obama care works as intended, that number of insured in maryland, 800,000, should go down. friends of charles wilkses is setting up a facebook page.

this is the first weekend of the maryland state fair in timonium, the 11 best days of summer full of animals, exhibit and a little bit of food. it's games and rides on the midway. it opens at 10 in the morning. live horse racing at 1:00. there will be a fireworks show. this weekend parkts 50th anniversary of mar -- martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. the reverend al sharpton will march with martin luther king, iii. >> it was inspired. >> i think everybody should stand for it. >> president obama, part of the

big test visits. he will speak at the lincoln memorial. bells will toll nationwide mark the moment that dr. king delivered that quote. that's just for wednesday. crush. you know what you're getting when chris davis comes up to bat. >> chris davis had o's fans on their foot and how long some waited to see him. >> and he traded cleats for a meat cleaver. >> all right. weather wise 80. five degrees below average because of the cloud cover and rain shower activity. no two-degree winner but we have clearing to tell you about out to the north and west. we'll talk about how fast things change for the weekend straight ahead.

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welcome back with cloudy skies over manchester. we have chief meteorologist wyatt everhart coming up in three minutes. after the super bowl shawn hung up his ravens uniform and picked up an aprofnlt eight year -- apron. eight years in the nfl was enough for him. now he runs a meat market. in 2009 sports illustrated reported 78% of nfl players run into serious financial problems

two years after retirement. >> i will go to work and try my best. this is a challenge i look forward to for a long time and here we go. >> long lines proved him a let. he plans to take the mobile meat markets to tailgates. >> he is major league baseball's most prolific power hitter. we spent some team with orioles first base man cress davis as he was signing autographs in columbia and brian kuebler chatted with the slugger about home runs, the post season. >> reporter: the line was wrapped in and around this strip mall for so long, you'd think it was the '60s and the beatles were in columbia. >> we did a little bit. getting excited. >> reporter: he didn't

disapoint. the orioles first base man stayed for more than an hour citing everything fans would give him, including a first, he says a bottle of orange crush, the crush born out of the moon shots he hits at the yard and at an impressive clip. on pace many said to approach or break the record that day vills feels is a -- davis feels is a true mark of power. whether i will hit it, i don't know. is that my goal, no. my goal is to make the post sew son but if i hit 617 and we make post season, it will be a pretty good year. >> reporter: it would be a good year but he is already having one, evidences by the hundreds in line. the playoffs are still the main goal for davis, the team and the fans. last year set the bar and davis and company are fixated on raising it. >> we obviously, want to get

back there and not only prove for us but for the fans. last year we had a good time, just a couple of games. and i think it's a team we want to see. >> reporter: in columbia, biewb burkes abc2 -- brian kuebler, website whoib -- abc2 news. >> weather wise showers being felt, beginning to clear out western side of baltimore, certainly out to frederick and carroll county, clearing nicely. showers coming down in talbot county. it will be a great weekend in oxford. good looking weather through the weekend. we see clearing again out further to the west, west of the city. a knew breaks forming over the city. take a live look downtown, 70 at bwi. wind is north at 5 as it should

stay. north breeze helping to drag in somewhat mild are and drier air. if you have a great sunset shot like this one, send it our way. we think it could be a pretty good sunset with the clouds breaking. nothing like it, honey, i shrunk the meteorologist in reverse. here's the setup. you may feel like a giant yourself with the good weather. so looking forward to that. i'll be out golfing. so it looks like the weather will be good for that. 70 in baltimore. 74 at the beaches now. i'm not telling you where. winds from the north at 5 and 10. dry air comes in for a chunk of the day. it will be comfortable.

the front coming through but by a slower clip. still dealing with the chance for additional showers. by the way, the overall setup will be nice with high pressure, maybe some clouds tomorrow but most of the rain shower action, most of the moisture will be headed south. the next couple of days sunshine, low 80s and into the middle part of the week temperatures will be ramping up into the upper 80s as we go into tuesday and wednesday. we're talking all kinds of sports this news cast. the golf tomorrow is a good idea. go for a swim. did for a bike ride. >> in columbia they will have a beg bock ride. fun events. >> what is it called? >> 24 hours of booty.

>> we are in columbia, business park center. the tents are set up where cyclists will come in. they will cycle for 24 hours. some of them will be on the bike for just that long. we were in the tent. it's called the wall of hope. it's where cyclists are able to come am and honor their loved ones, the reason they're doing the event, in honor of jessica. look right here, jessica herself, a cancer survivor, someone who was diagnosed at a young age of 26. tell us briefly about your fight for the past four years. >> basically i was diagnosed before my 24th birthday with a rather form of cancer. within a couple of months i was in end stage and need lifesaving

liver transplant which i did receive in march of 2011. >> so you received that and been healthy etch ver since. in fact, three of them. >> this is my third time in bootyville and i'm really looking forward to it. the only cancer fund for young adults who's significant and integral in me becoming active and getting involved in 24 hours of booty. they help me run races, run triathlons. >> the ulman cancer fund, $200,000 has been raised. when you're diagnosed it's enough of a shock. how did this help you get on your feet? >>hat i needed, i needed help with a patient navigator, someone who could help me navigate the services that were available. treatment, clinical trials. we needed help with transportation to and from

appointments. tanning jiable practical -- tangible practical things. it helps you with your fight and take care of the other things you don't need to worry about. >> reporter: you'll be on the bike for 16 miles? >> the more the better. >> reporter: we've been talking about the booty. how do you protect the booty. >> shammy cream. you stand up and ride and ride what helps is talking with your other booty riders. >> reporter: absolutely. it's all about comradery. >> and sharing stories. that's what 24 hours of booty is all about, benefiting survivors. remembering and commemorating those we have lost. >> the events starts at columbia at 2:00 and goes until sunday at

2:00. if you're used to being on the bike, come on out here. we're live in columbia, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >> how great was jessica. >> tough lady. >> we'll be right back after this.

1400 kids in the baltimore area are backpacked and ready to

go. all the school slides were from a special drive. you gave them the gift and it was like christmas morning. >> i got these really cool bracelets. it's a ruler, too. >> we are so blessed in the u.s., just to have people who care. >> they gave away 300 backpacks at that event today in lansdowne. here's a look at what we're looking at at 11. your car doesn't start. is it the battery or engine. >> what you can do. >> showers clearing from west to east. i think we're in for a better weather ahead. it's coming six to eight hours than thought. it's looking better into the

evening. >> through the weekend. >> sunshine comes back. we like it. >> that's all the time we have for abc2 news at 6. thanks for joining us.

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this is "world news." tonight, yosemite on fire. monster wildfire now burning its way through the great american park. we're live on the front lines tonight and our cameras just feet from the flames. this view from the sky this evening, the all-ought battle to get control. this is summer. hail two feet deep. the snowplows back in action tonight. abc's ginger zee right here with the extreme weather coming this weekend. the great escape. caught on tape, the brazen prison break. tonight what police have just announced in the case. and getting out alive. what happens when those storms drop power lines on the street

on your car? how to get out and the experts who say your floor mat could save your life. good evening. diane has the evening off. we do begin with that part of the great national park burning tonight. the wildfire racing into yosemite. growing a a break neck pace and just look tonight, firefighters right there on the front linds, part of the forest up in flames tonight. look at this, another view from the sky. the national guard lifting water from a nearby lake and dropping it from the air to dry to douse the flames. one more image of the scope tonight, a wall of smoke filling the sky and word this evening that that smoke now setting off a red alert for air quality. 150 miles away in reno. our team is live inside the fire zone again tonight and abc's neal karlinsky leading us off.

>> reporter: a view of the air from above a fire that is now so big and so fast-moving veteran pilots are stunned by the sight. >> that is unreal. >> reporter: from the cockpit, look closely, that speck is a spotter plane, it unleashes some smoke to mark the target, seconds later that's where pilots drop their flame retardant. >> ready? drop. >> reporter: the land is torching wh extreme fire behavior. you can clearly see trees ignite and be stwalyed up in second. the park, bigger than the statement of vermont is only being touched by fire on the west side right now. >> i got to know what people are. >> reporter: we got up with hot spot fire teams concerned about conditions. >> you guys got to -- [ bleep ]. >> if you guys pull out, i have

to know. >> absolutely. >> your job is here is hold the line. >> exactly. >> are you surprised the behavior of this fire? >> never seen a fire move this fast. in different directions. >> reporter: along the other front lines, homes with views of the fire burning straight at them. teams of firefighters are actually sleeping here now. >> i just hope to god that it doesn't get past this point. i hope it doesn't burn any of these houses on this side. >> reporter: back out here live, this is an area the fire just burned through. you get a sense of the devastation. there are still hot spots here. the fire is burning on two fronts right now, one near yosemi yosemite, the other near homes and there's very little containment on either. >> just a stunning scene. neil, thank you. the extreme weather also the story some 1,100 miles east of there in colorado this evening. something we never thought we'd see. look at this. is it really a summer storm? sag