>> the president portrayed as hitler. the very public place where it is causing a stir. >> promoting the city. what people are saying tonight about the cost of a new campaign. >> and a report card on the airlines. how they are doing when it comes to getting there on time. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition." >> hello again, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. impeach obama. call to action tonight from a familiar and active political group. >> keith daniels live at bwi thurgood marshall airport, where the group is pushing politics on thousands of travelers that are passing through. keith? >>well, jennifer it is quiet outside here tonight. the rally cry is happening in one of the most unlikely places. and that's inside the airport terminal. now the linda laissue political action committee set up shop in

concourse c. volunteers say they want president obama kicked out of office because of several reasons, including the trillions of dollars spent on the wall street bailout. and there is criticism over the added troops in afghanistan. fodder for those standing by the president. more fuel for laroche supporters. >> our economy is a mess. he has done nothing to help anybody. >> he is trying to do what he thinks is right. that's one thing i have liked about president obama, i feel like he is trying to do what he believes is right. >> well, airport officials say the group has a right to be here. it has met all the requirements. but officials do say this. they say they do not endorse or approve any group's message. we're live at bwi thurgood marshall airport. keith daniels. fox 45 news, "late edition". >> all right, keith. war in afghanistan takes the life of another marylander. 21-year-old marine corporal curt

shay died monday in combat. parts of a unit out of camp lejeune north carolina. >> made a decision that he thought about. it was not an impulse decision. this is something he want. something he did really well. >> no word this hour, how marine corporal shay died. >> pregnant woman murdered and body stuffed under a bed. tonight a government agency is in the hot seat. days before betsy riggin's killing, a judge signed a warrant for the arrest of 29-year-old andrew jackson. the victim's boy friend and father of the unborn child. he was already on parole but paperwork for the warrant did not make it to his parole forget seven days. it was put in the wrong agent's mail box. >> just we did not -- we did not intervene. we just did not get t we missed it. had an opportunity and missed t we saw him at 11:00 on the day of the murder. >>well, police say jackson has

confessed to the murder. >> virginia leaders want to change state laws to prevent crimes like the murder of yeardley love. murder suspect george huguely had several scrapes with the law prior to the death. but university leaders never knew that. and now they want transparency. tonight, huguely's mother spoke fondly of love and would continue to support her son. law experts say many red flags were missed with the delaware pediatrician charged with sexually abusing more than 100 children. easterly bradley pled not guilty to charges outlined in a 471 count indictment. the dean of widener university law school issued a report hoping to shed light on how people in positions of trust can indeed exploit children. >> developing story out of northwest baltimore. police are investigating a case of animal abuse. where a dog was beaten with a machete. we want to warn you the pictures of the dog's injuries are disturbing. this is a pit bull shepherd mix.

with a wound in the side of the face. and she may lose an eye. right now she is being treated at an emergency veterinary clinic in catonsville. police called to wiley avenue at 6:00. attacker has a history of mental illness. no charges have been filed. >> possibility for horse racing in downtown baltimore. as pimlico struggles for survival. former governor ehrlich is again suggesting the state build a race track in downtown baltimore. >> we need to have a venue that will attract people to it. camden yards was built, boom. 3,000,000 people for many, many years. >> tonight governor o'malley called the prospect of a downtown race track a wonderful vision. but very offensive in this tough economic time. >> the cost of happiness in baltimore city being criticizedton. the new ad campaign for the city, find your happy place in

baltimore. is costing taxpayers about half a million dollars. promises to boost tourism. highlighting spots like inner harbour, museums and restaurants. >> you really have to spend the money to bring the dollars in. the tourism can generate. we know from studies we have done of overall marketing efforts, and sales, with visit baltimore. about every dollar we spend we bring about $54 back in the market. >> critics say right now is not the time to spend half a million dollars on tourism in these financially strapped times. find out more about baltimore's happy campaign on our website. foxbaltimore.com/news link. >> now that brings us to the question of the day, is it worth paying $500,000 on a marketing campaign for baltimore city. so far only 8 percent of you say yes. 92 percent overwhelmingly say no. steve writes on our website. that's $500,000 that the city claims it does not have for essential services. cynthia writes on facebook.

how about coming up with something better. most college students can think of something worthwhile than that. and make it cheaper. >> maryland's biggest environmental group declares a truce with the epa. chesapeake bay foundation filed suit claiming epa did not do enough to crackdown on polluters. and suit is dropped now that epa agreed to enforce tougher guidelines in area states as well as bay polluters. >> this agreement is a game changer. this agreement is going to lead to pollution reduction in the chesapeake bay. and if it does not, the chesapeake bay foundation will be back in court. >> tomorrow, the obama administration plans to announce new plans, to crackdown on bay pollution. >> north avenue is known as ray lewis way. location at north and broadway is where lewis and his foundation host an annual thanksgiving distribution for nearly 1000 needy baltimore families. lewis has been involved with the

community since joining the ravens back in 1996. you can hear more from lewis on our website foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >> satellite drifting out of control, threatens u.s. cable programming. owners of the galaxy 15 satellite say their systems were knocked out by a solar storm. it could drift into the amc 11 satellite orbit around may 23. that could scramble the signals. amc 11 transmits to all u.s. cable networks. >> airlines are getting better at meeting arrival schedules. airlines averaged an 85 percent on time arrival rate back in march. much better than february. airlines now get hit with big fines if they leave you stranded on the tarmac for more than three hours. >> fresh produce every tuesday at the university of maryland medical center. their weekly farmer's market kicked off today a long the first block of south paca street

across from the medical center. every tuesday, 10:thought 2:30 through mid november. you will find fruits, eggs, poultry, seafood and baked goods and flowers. >> last year's doubled blizzard could mean higher fees if you have a townhome. dorsey hall townhomes, residents are charged an additional $200 to cover cost of snow clean up. costs soared $25,000 over what was allotted. >> snow vendors were in place. what we did not account for was the budgetary issues that would arise with removal. >> people would maybe pay 25 or $30 a year extra. but $200, that's a lot. >> i was expecting some sort of compensation. and i am surprised they are throwing the fees at us. >> several condo and townhouse associations face the very same problems. >> more than a dozen tornadoes left, at least, two dead in oklahoma last night. the storm dumped hail as big as soft balls and tore down power

lines. leaving thousands in the dark. state of emergency is declared in 56 counties. >> and the rains we're seeing is part of the system that hit oklahoma last night. >> we could see more of that rain, if predictions of this hurricane season come true. vytas reid, tells us we could have a mean season hurricane wise. >> very busy season. beginning with severe weather out there. storm prediction center issued a high-risk category for that area. that's rare. we do not get those issued. but dangerous for them. looking at the hurricane season. 2010. above normal as far as how many storms. total name storms potentially 15 to 18. we could see seven of them making landfall on the u.s. border. possible. out of the 15 to 18, hurricanes, that will become hurricanes, is five to seven of them named storms. and then major hurricanes, two to four of them. could be three category or greater. we are looking at a busy season because of a weakening el nino. warmer atlantic temperatures.

weak trade winds and higher humidity levels over the atlantic. so we have the potential for seeing activity out there. right now we have activity off to the west. showers and thunderstorms that could work through overnight as a warm front pushes in. and temperatures will increase. i will have a closer look at how long warmer air will move in and how a weekend will shape up in a few minutes. >> we should not be making a rush to judgment. >> finger pointing on capitol hill. who is to blame for the catastrophe in the gulf? >> police days down a drunk driver. but how one officer ended up being tased. >> and still ahead on the "late edition". car wash and a

>> oil company top brass pointing fingers on capitol hill. lawmakers grilled the three companies involved in the oil rig blast. and oil spill in the gulf of mexico. craig boswell now reports, many questions were left unanswered. >> lawmakers repeatedly pressed bp about paying for the clean up in the gulf of mexico. >> we will pay all legitimate claims. >> for lost tax revenue you will pay? >> question mark. >>well, is putting oil into the water weeks later. bp is attempting methods to cap

the leak. including putting debris in the well. and they are trying a smaller containment contraption. as to what caused the explosion and leak. bp's american president focused on the piece of equipment called blow out preventer made by transocean. the company that owns the well. transocean's chief pointed toward concrete or haliburton used to block the well. >> one thing that we do know is on the evening of april 20. there was a sudden catastrophic failure of the cement, the casing, or both. we should not be making a rush to judgment. >> some on the senate panel said the future of domestic oil development hinges on finding the cause. >> it is important, to our nation's ability to be competitive. i think, in the world marketplace. but it has to be done safely. >> also today the obama administration proposed splitting the mineral as management service in two. one agency for oversight. and one for inspections. >> we will ensure the american people that they have a strong and independent organization

holding energy companies accountable. >> interior secretary salazar will testify before congressional panel next week as hearings into the disaster in the gulf continue. in washington, craig boswell, fox 45 news. >> the oil may never reach our shores but it is affecting the state seafood industry. gulf waters produce 20 percent of the world's known seafood. that means the oil spill is putting a major dent in what is available. >> for us, it is the crab fishery, shrimp and oyster fisheries that will be impacted heavily. >> simple economics. while the demand is high and supply is low. higher prices are inevitable. >> police break up a marijuana operation in virginia. they found 70 pounds of processed marijuana, plus 60 pot plants in one home. about 125 plants were found in another home. authorities are calling it a family operation. four people were arrested and more people could be. >> a police chase ends with an officer tasing one of his own.

dash cam video shows ohio police trying to pull over a drunk driver. turns into a 100 miles per hour chase. when the drivers cornered him. he fires a taser at the driver and misses. and ends up hitting another officer. the driver admits to speeding, but as far as being tased? >> i am truly sorry, i never even thought about that. i have respect for the law. whoever shot the tase at me shot the other officer. they may need to say something bomb where he is aiming. >> the officers are okay tonight. fouler was drinking beer, sitting in his car. innocently listening to the radio. >> listening to the radio. >> apparently that's what he was doing. >> gloomy day today. >> hope things clear out for the preakness weekend. check back with vytas reid. >> watch where you point that thing. when you fire it. anyway, talking about what's going on. we're looking at showers that are coming off-and-on for the

last several hours. pretty much all day, cloudy skies. and still seeing rain scattered across the area. not a lot. it has lessened but we have mostly cloudy skies. 50 degrees. winds out of the east-southeast at eight. and humidity levels at 86 percent. looks like we will continue to see the potential for scattered showers tonight. and line of showers moving along a frontal boundary back west. we have a warm front building in. but right behind it a cold front. so seeing the slide across the region. giving us a potential for more showers later tonight. maybe early tomorrow morning. looking at 52 in baltimore. 47 in harrisburg. down south. 66 in charleston. 66 in lexington. you see the warmer air as it collides with some of the cooler air north. firing off the showers and thunderstorms. in fact, a few strong ones early they are evening in eastern ohio and west-northwest of pittsburg right now. as this line continues to track our direction. late tonight, maybe a chance for showers. the heavier storms over parts of pennsylvania and southern portions of new york state. as far as what is controlling

that. warm front and cold front closely together. brings in a wedge of mild air south of us. but by tomorrow, it looks like it will scoot off east a bit. and temperatures go up. probably in the low 70s as we get through the day. and then we have the warm front approaching out of the midwest. along that bring showers as well. thursday night another round of showers possible. and then it looks like cold front pushes through late thursday night and friday morning to the afternoon. and we will start to see, actually, things clear up for the weekend. which looks good. here is how it plays out tonight. 55 degrees. showers across the area. winds out of the south-southeast at 10-to-15. and tomorrow mostly cloudy skies. few breaks in the clouds. some areas warmer out there. anywhere from 74 to 76 degrees. wind out of the west-southwest at five to 10. and then your preakness cast it looks like it will be decent if you are going off to the track. 77 degrees. clear and mild. beautiful day if you are going out to pimlico race track on saturday. so it looks like a good day saturday for the race.

then as we break it down for the next couple of days. roller coaster ride for temperatures for the next couple of days. 70 tomorrow. 60s thursday. mid 60s. and then it looks like up to the low 80s by friday. and then we level out to the range of where we should be for this time of year. 70s on saturday and sun day at 75 degrees. >> coming up in tonight's "get this". car wash and a show. how one company is making a chore much more fun for the family. >> and the first two horses for saturday's preakness arrived at pimlico today. we will near the hall offa

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but in a jam in the fourth. two on and 1 out. facing the wigginton. lee gets through to chase a lead fore strike three. and orioles did not score in that inning. top of the fifth. scoreless game. hernandez fast ball down the middle. ryan crushes it into the seats in right center for the solo home run. hers first of the year. and mariners take the lead. later in the inning. bases are full for figgins, hernandez walks him. forces in a r seattle leads it. and then top of the sixth. same score. two on, two out for rob johnson. lines a single to left field. wilson scores from third. reimold fumbles in left. allows ken griffey to score on the error. mariners are up. and hand the orioles the third straight loss. >> the draw is not until tomorrow afternoon but the action started today at pimlico first of the preakness horses arrived. they left louisville around 4:00

this morning. pulled in before 6:00. two horse from the d wayne lucas stable, dublin. finished seventh in the kentucky derby. and northern giant that did not run in the derby and has new shooter status. so obvious question is why ride 14 hours when you can fly the horses in to bwi thurgood marshall airport. according to lucas that process is difficult. while vaning them in is simple. >> the plane deal is a little bit complicated. first of all, only let you take one guy. so we have a full crew of six people. so now we have to fly five of them commercially. and that's always a bit of a headache. and then when we go in the van everybody gets here at the same time and jump on this like we did. and it works out good. i did it last year and i will keep doing it. >> more horses are due in tomorrow n draw, tomorrow night. 5:00 at pimlico. back to you. >> looks like we saw or you knew.

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the droid incredible. >> final look at the seven-day forecast. for tomorrow. it looks like temperatures around 74 to 76 degrees. it looks like we will see a 30 percent chance for stray showers. maybe a rumble of thunder. a little sunshine poking through the clouds as well. cooler on thursday. 63 degrees. but we will get mostly cloudy skies. chance for late thursday to

friday morning. see showers. warming up to 81 on friday. and then we will see the temperatures back in the mid 70s saturday. 77 on preakness. beautiful day out at the track. and then sunday 75 degrees. nice conditions continuing to monday and next round of rain arriving tuesday. jennifer and jeff? >> thank you, vytas. >> that does it for the "late edition". thank you for joining us tonight i am jeff barnd.