>> because my younger brother michael, he died of cancer. he was alive for nine months i didn't get to see him to much because i was -- i had to go to school and he was -- he visited the nicu a lot. i couldn't see him much in the nicu because children aren't allowed. >> reporter: i know it's a personal cause for you. swimming for your brother and hoping that you can help save kids just like him in the future. very incredible work and thank you so much for what you are doing out here. we will see you at the swim this weekend. >> yes. >> reporter: all right. thank you so much. again, that's what it's all about. people who have been touched by this disease, swimming hard and raising money as -- aggressively as they can to fight this disease. we will head back to the studio. >> thank you. you know the strongest fighters come in the tiest bodies. you don't need to look further

than the nicu. they have a team behind them and that's the case for the 450 babies who need that special care. megan introduces us to a grateful couple >> yes. yes. >> reporter: spend some time with them and you can tell there is never a dull moment. the baltimore county couple had their arms full, of love and work >> exciting but challenging. exhausting. >> reporter: there is 3-year- old list beth and twins joseph and e li. you would never know by looking at them, healthy and full of personality that they as the resulted life in a tough way. >> it was emotional. not how i saw anything. >> reporter: they could never prepare for the challenges that were ahead of them as 32 weeks in, an emergency c section put them where they never expected, nicu. seeing their sons like this was

agony. they both said they have a hard time thinking about it. they struggle to remember what it was like. >> when you first see them it's shocking. they are so small and hooked up to cpap to get oxygen and -- tubes all over their bodies. >> reporter: joseph for two weeks, eli for four. >> you aren't used to diapering with wires attached to them and tubing and feeding them through feeding tubes. it takes a lot of getting used to but they were wonderful as far as their education and training to you as a parent of a child who has special needs. >> reporter: now they say it's unbelievable to look at these two healthy boys who needed extra help and care coming into the world. >> they are a blessing. it's shocking when you look at the pictures and how we were just doing that the other day. >> reporter: they say they will always be grateful to the people at nicu who helped their children and helped them. >> everything that they did to reassure you as a parent.

it was almost as if it was their calling and it's almost as if they will get their reward in heaven. >> reporter: abc 2news. >> they say they will always give back to the hospital, they went on a father's day race and they are trying to get a group photograph of as many as possible. they will attempt it on september 28th. we want all of your pictures and stories, you can e-mail tome pictures at wmar.com. >> imagine taking that photograph? >> the guy back in -- over to the left. that's what you need. a teen kidnapped from her home at gun point back with her family. what a story this was. we had a lot of questions about this crime. suspects are still out there. and the man who confessed to a dui on youtube finally admits to his guilt in court. how long will he stay in jail?

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it's pre-measured. fresh tasting. and it's only from land o' lakes. . a teen is back with her family after being kidnapped. >> police aren't saying what led to her location but two suspects are in custody. investigators still looking for two others who they believe

kidnapped her during an armed burglary. neighbors say the victim is smiling and just happy to be home. >> we are happy and glad she is home and god answered our prayers. >> there are questions about the family. court records show one of the suspects and the victim's mother were both arrested on drug charges on the same day in february of 2012. the charges were later dropped. >> the man who posted a youtube video with his dui confession filled his promise. the 22-year-old pleaded guilty to court after first giving a not guilty pleas. he hit and killed a 61-year-old while driving drunk, going the wrong way on the interstate. his lawyers say the confession was not intended to influence the case but they hope the judge will impose less than the maximum. >> we have confidence that the judge will impose a fair and appropriate sentence. >> what did matt say he want? >> a fair sentence and to

raise awareness and to apologize. >> we will find out next month. he faces up to eight years. >> and now from abc 2news. >> beautiful shot. i have some fog this morning. it was cool, upper 40s and low 50s. right now it's hanging around the 75-degree mark. the airport 75. dew points have come up a little bit. you will feel a little stickier into tomorrow. we have a feel real number around 77. here is the evening planner. it's beautiful tonight. 68 degrees at eight. at 11 we are back on the newscast. we should be around 61 and then back in to the 50s for tonight. otherwise back up to 74 for lunchtime. on the way for 80. it'll be a nice day. stickier and much warmer. take a look at the temperatures, highs should be around 77. we are seeing all the normal highs, 80 downtown as we go

into tomorrow. right now, 76, lower 07's along 70. you go up toward northern carroll, also in to the low 70s. dew point trend at that comfortable level but as we go into tomorrow afternoon dew points start to spike and that will bring in creases as we get into saturday. talk about that in a second. the radar, clear overhead right now. we go out to the west. big storms firing up. take a look. this will march into chicago and these are the same storms that will be in here in to the day on saturday. right now high pressure still in control. that's going to set up a great day tomorrow. the first part of saturday looks good and then here comes the muggy air and also the precipitation. 70s across midatlantic. where is the heat. it's pushing 90, if not exceeding 90 as you get down toward texas and arkansas. some of it comes in as we go into the day tomorrow. high pressure will reign tomorrow. a mix of sun and clouds for the day. tomorrow afternoon and then most of the highs between 77 to i think in the city you will

get up to around 83. as we go into saturday the cloud wills increase from west to east and here comes the rain shower that will develop. the weekend forecast will start cloudy for saturday. rain will develop during the afternoon on saturday around say lunchtime and then by the evening showers, that eventually clear into sunday. future trend showing us radio 50's for tonight. otherwise close to 80 degrees and as we go in to the day on saturday here comes the clouds, temperatures held back in to the 07o's due to the rain. quick look at the tropics, we will watch one system. the models all over the place. otherwise nothing going on tonight other than clear sykes, 60 in the city. 40s as you head out and then pushing 80 into tomorrow afternoon. now, big plans, lots going on this weekend. rain showers in here saturday afternoon. 75, it looks like clearing will take place saturday morning swim across america, everything

looks good-bye the midmorning hours and it's beautiful by next week. we will talk more act the tropics at six but the weekend forecast, saturday is not your day, sunday is. >> saturday not my day. >> no. >> not my day. when is it your day kelley? >> sunday will be my day. >> there you go. >> at this point everybody has heard about apple releasing two versions of the i-phone. complete with new upgrades including security. tonight connor from the list walks us through the changes including a new optiono that allows you to have a password that's just one letter. >> talked about feature of the new i-phone has been the thumb print scanner. it's a bit of technology and perhaps most importantly it may finally encourage people who don't use a pass code to use one. >> our research about half of smart phone stomers do not set up a password. they really, really should. >> reporter: i will admit i didn't have a code for a long

time. years. it was only after i left my kindle on my flight that i thought about if someone got my phone. my texts and e-mails and photographs. that's to much information. the idea of pressing on the phone is still to much you could pass that. there is a simple pass code, that is a simpler way. you can go to get a full key pad. then you can type in thing you want and you could type one letter. not the most secure in the world but it's better than nothing. you can unlock with a safe unlock or a pattern unlock. they also allow third party apps to control security. one will take a picture or record sound of someone trying to unlock the phone and you can set it to announce to the world that your phone is stolen. apple's find my iphone and

google both allow you to locate your phone, make it ring and erase it row remotely. the thumb print scanner may not be a revolution but it has restarted the conversation about having some sort security feature. you wouldn't leave your front door unlocked, don't leave your phone. >> just keep it right here. every week night, the list after let's ask america. can your phone do that? >> i don't know. ly try that. one letter. >> there is someone out there who made a lot of money last night. not us. the winning powerball ticket was sold. >> i think i found my job. if you are looking for work, nasa has a great opportunity. you can earn thousands without getting out of bed

. this weekend charm city is making waves to fight cancer. swim across america is back. >> wyatt will be out in the water this weekend. he is live, this cause is very important to a lot of people. >> reporter: absolutely. even if we haven't personally been touched by cancer we all know someone who has. it's all about fighting the good fight. with that, right here from baltimore i have an amazing story. this is karen. you are very healthy as we look at you but two years ago that was not the case >> in january of 2011, i was-ed wasdiagnosedded with cancer and leukemia and my doctor said you have a very aggressive disease which was very scary.

he also said so we will treat it aggressively. in order to treat it aggressively, i required a bone marrow transplant. >> reporter: yes and that put new to a long odd situation. like one in 450 odd thing. that was hard for you to probably hear but you were hopeful and i just have to advance the story because we don't have a lot of time. let's bring in lucas. he, what's your age? >> i'm 23. >> reporter: at the time you were 20. you were a donor right? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you here? >> i'm the donor for karen's cancer. this is -- she is the reason i'm here right now. happy to be here. >> he is the reason i'm mere right now. >> both of us. >> reporter: you just met an hour ago. >> yeah. i just got off the flight. i just met her for the first time. i'm happy to be here. >> reporter: talk about just briefly the bone marrow is 100%

not yours. >> its mine but i share it with him. >> reporter: it's yours now. you just met an hour ago. you will swim together. i know it means a lot. we are out of time but it's so great to have you here. these are the stories, these are the stories that swim across america is so famous for and while we swim hard every year for the cause. >> karen lucas, what a story. that's incredible. all right. coming up new at six, a string of fires on campus at the naval academy. a crime or coincidence? ? future basketball players get tips from the real deal those and more coming up next at six.

. winner of last night's powerball is still a mystery but we have new clues about the winning ticket. >> there are new changes coming to the lottery. what, what you mean? we explain how you could be the next big winner. >> reporter: lottery officials could barely control their pride. >> this is great. it's -- it's just -- i can't tell you what it feels like to know that someone has been that fortunate and that lucky and for us it's just wonderful. >> reporter: among the 350 tickets sold at this murphy's gas station in lexington was the one ticket that won it all. >> the big story is there is somebody out there who is $399.4 million richer than they

were this time yesterday. >> reporter: nearly $400 million will go to the winner. if you didn't win this time better luck next time. really, you may actually have a better chance of winning next time. the odds of winning a mega millions lottery price is improving from one in 40 to one in 15. >> it would be great. we great. >> reporter: and a helpinga millions is improving their odds they say they are also improving their prizes. usually if you hit five out of six numbers you get $250,000. but starting in october, that number will soar to between a million and five million dollars. and with all that cash, comes big tax dollars. that is why south carolina is singing. >> we really hit the jackpot in south carolina this time. >> porter: they don't know for sure if the winner lives in south carolina or was just passing through but they hope it was a resident and look forward to collecting tax

money. abc news. >> hit the jackpot in south carolina. >> do they? >> yeah. >> if you didn't hit the jackpot there is still a way to earn some cash. nasa wants volunteers willing to lay in bed for 70 days. you just have to lay there. $18,000. you can't get up but you can read, you can surf the internet, watch tv, even works, why would you? you just have to stay on that bed, laying down. purpose is to research the effects of long term space flight. the kind where you are strapped in for weeks on the human body. 18 grand. >> i can do that. >> part-time job. >> 70 days? >> yeah >> make it more challenges. >> i will do it. that's great. we have more news to tell you about. a 40-year-old boy set the family home on fire. >> the warning that you need to hear about keeping lighters away from family. that's coming up

>> you're watching the station that works for you. now, abc 2news at six. >> we begin with more on the news we told you about first on twitter. if you are a ravens orioles orphan you probably have seen this man out at the games and rallies, he is the baltimore bird man. >> he is also charged with sexually abusing a minor. we just spoke to police . >> reporter: disturbing story. a so-called super fan said he is devastated by this news today. the baltimore bird man now facing a charge of sexual abuse of a minor. baltimore county police say the victim is a member of his family. we do have some video of him from one of his events dressed as the bird man. this was back in december of 2011, one of the classic cars they would drive. he appeared at charity events

around the area. he worked for the baltimore county fire department. he retired as a captain back in 2008. county police say that last month a member of his family came forward and told detectives that he had sexually abused the victim adding that the abuse went on from 2005 up through 2008. we are told the victim is now older than 18. last flight he gave up to county baltimore police and is charged. they don't know if anymore victims and they say they don't have any evidence that his activities as bird man led to any other cases of abuse. >> this suspect told our detectives that he is known as the baltimore bird man. that fact incidental to this case. >> reporter: he posted $750,000 in bail and was released. we are continuing to follow the story and will have new details

all night on the website and of course more on abc 2news at 11. live in the newsroom. abc 2news. >> thanyou. another investigation we have been following. who was behind the sexually expolicive messages online. now more students coming forward saying they have been targeted. the latest incident, today. amy finds out how one school is handling it. >> reporter: you have probably heard of twitter and facebook but what want vine, snap chat and instagram? it's the latest trend someone is using to target students. >> it's just terriblely frightening that we know it's a -- someone doing things of a sexual nature and that is just totally inappropriate. >> reporter: john carroll's school principal said that after hear that a predator contacted more than 50 students

she is not surprised it's hitting there. >> this happens frequently everywhere. we are not immune to this. we are constantly talking to the kids about social media and the dangers. >> reporter: ball made the announcement tuesday to their students warning them of the online predator. since then five girls reported getting the messages. >> surprised that there were five? no. i won't bed if more come forward. >> reporter: the most recent today. >> we had a broadcasted in this way. i don't know if we would be where we are today >> reporter: it's an issue making its way to a handful of private schools. >> they are all in the same social networking to. i'm not surpof the students were contacted. >> reporter: we noticed