them. >> worst oil spill in history. ssall progress and what is being done tonight. >> the crime against the professionals. >> cheating on state assessment how it was discovered and who is held responsible. >> and a prank on a priicipal. the surprising culprit. >> live in high definition, from ú%ff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late eddtion". >> we were under a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the night. and storms are still moving ú%rough marylaad now. >> least one major storm produced a lot of lightning here in north baltimore. >> hello again, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. hot day brings thunderstorms. >> and we will go to vytas reid with a look at where the storms are now. >> a lot of instability n the atmosphere from the daily heating we saw out there. good thunderstorm cell making -he way down 833 if you are

driving northbound, you are getting a lot of driving rain and gusty winds aad lightning. across the border from pennsylvania to cecil ounty right now. wwere there is a severe thunderstorm warning at this time. zooming in. take a closer look at the activity north of the city. north of towson and cockeysville. we have heavy rain coming down. and this is going to continue it to be a driving force for the next hour or so. sooif you are in that area, definitelyyyou will runninto %-and then of course in the cecl couuty area there is also heavy downpours of rain coming down. folks in aberdine, probably get -eavy rain shortly. and you will probably see a llt of lightning with this as well. so a lot of activity to talk abbut as we have gone through the evening. espeeially the lightning. look at all of the lightning crossing the border. west of the dc area. hail even doww there. and watching that. and progression of the storms have come across the border and continue to move through the area through the overnight. so what we exxect to see is these warnings will lessen through the night but we have

the severe thunderstorm warning for cecil county until 11:30 and montgomery county unnil 11:30 as well. and portions across the border in pennsylvania warnings as well. looking at next day planner. we will see the overnight showers and thunddrstorms. tomorrow still chances for rain, maybe a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. mostly cloudy skies. temperatures cooler, in the mid to lower 70s. back to you guys. >> government scientists say ú%is is the worst oil spill in3 u.s. history. bp continues the top kill efforts to plug the leak. as chris reports, the company said it won't know if it worked until late friday or some time over the week. >> new numbers released thuusday about how big this oii spill sú the u.s. geological survee now said there is anywhere from 19 to 39,000,000-barrels of oil already mixing in with the gulf waters. that's half a million to a million allons a day, surpassing the exxon valdez oil spill by conservative estimates.

bp said the latest effort to plug the leak, the top kill is goong as well as expected. >> pumpiig mud into the well bar and as long as it goes down and hydrocarbons does not come up. goal is to put anddplug it. they are in the process of doing that. >> we should know in another day or so whether it has worked..3 >> they said it could take 24 to 36 hours when it start asked pumping mud down the well and need to lee it run the course. >> as the clean up effort continues, coast guard is on scene. and bp s hiring out of worr fishermen and shrimpers to help. >> all hands-on deck effort. and lets not forget the private sector, commercial people, that have been trained ask our staff to respond. >> scientists have found a new huge plume underneath the gulf of mexico. trying to figure out whether or not it is pure oil or if it is partially caused by the chemical dispersants used to breakup the

oil nnveence louisiana, fox news. >> president obama has been taking heavy heat for the government's response to this disaster for a lack of oversight before as well. head of the agency meanp time overseeing the oil drilling resigned toad today. that brings us to the question of the day. should offshore drilling be halted. 25 percent say yes. 75 percent say no. hopefully the oil industry has learned and will act swiftly if ú%ere is a next time. custody tonight.an is in federal accused of haaing the largest child porn collection ever found in married. jeeemy gooswich lives at these apartments. 27-year-old an faces a list of charges, including extortion and sexual exploitation of children. -rosecutors ay federal agents found the collection of child gooswich owned.omputees that neighbors are calling it an alarmmng discovery.

>> i don't know.ú it makes -- kind of lost for words. it makes me angry that someone would have that much on a child, or to be interested in children is shocking. >> according to the indictment, child porn while investigating the man's online relationship with a 12-year-old girl. if he is convicted of the charges, gooswich faces more than 80 yearr in prison without the possibility of parole or probation. >> the forrer principal at george washingtoo elementary school loses er license. susan urgess blamed for tampering with studeet answer is on the maayland ssessment two years ago. after reviewing test booklets,3 state investigators found hundreds of wrong answers erased aad replaced with correct ones. >> we know what is sort of a normal range in terms of this far exceed that had. and answers were changed..3

>> somebody got far too smart for their own good, in terms of what appened here. because they hought they could get away with it. >> burgess retired from the school district two months before er licenne was revoked. >> theelegal tug of war over zoning for slots at arundel mills may come to an end. the cordish comppny is challenging a petition drive by opponents claiming fraud and deception. john rydell has more on today's closing arguments in circuit court. >> if you live in arundel county there is a good chance you signed t a petition to overturn zoning approoal foo slots at >> the voters spoke, 40 thousands of us, wanted to have our voices heard on this issue >> slots important rob, said 23,000 signatures were validated with the county board of elections. that's 4000 more than required fall ballot. question on the buu the cordish company is crying foul. its attorneys say that petition

drive was bankrolled by the maryland jockey club that hirrd a private company to collect most of the signatures. cordish attorneys claim that 9000 signatures accepted should be rejected because of fraud and forgery. >> there is petition after petition. where they are written in the same handwriting, so you can see that you know, there are not unique signatures to each of the petitions. >> they site one form in which the petition organizers find his name with an x. and attorneys for the citizenú group and maryland jockey club are dismissing the allegations. >> perfect procees. there will be mistakes. but mistakes are different than fraad. and allegations that were made by the cordish company, have not withstood tte teet of glime attorneysp are not expecting a decision from the judge in this case for another week or two. but they sayywhatever the decision is, the issue over zoning for slots at arundel3 mills is still far from over. they say maryland's highhst court may ultimately deciie whether county residents get a chance to vote again, on slots

at the mall. in baltimore. john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition". state of maryland $28 million in licensing fees, for the right to build slots at arundel mills. >> baltimore county was on high alert because of a blackkbear sighting earlier today.3 police released the picture of the bear, on the deck. it was last seen today at bond avenue and timber grove road in reisterstown. poliie are asking anyone that may see it, don'' do anything, just call 911. >> construction on the bay bridges that was suppooed to be done in time for the holiday weekend comes to a halt. deck replacemeet project will not be done in timeefor memorial ú%y. a grinding machine broke down last month, that meann the westbound span will need to be closed one night next week to complete the project. all lanes will be open, however, thursday night through monday night, for the heavy holiday

traffic. >> booze is back in state parks. the departtent of natural resources decided to reverse the decision to ban alcohol after many complaints. much of the criticism came from western maryland which is home to 83 perrent of state owned woodlands. >> cuts, scrapes and broken bones unfortunately this holiday weekend. many kids wwll get injured. recent survey puts memorial day as the second highest holiday for childhood injuries. doctors have tips to save you a trip to the hospital. >> sometimes he adults start to rellx too much. and they areeout ith friends and so forth. and the kids get out there on their own and end up falling or hurting themselves. and things like that. so supervision is one of thhm. and 22 is clearly you need to have pool safety and make sure you are watching the kids around the pool. >> top five tips can be found on our website foxbaltimore.com/news linkss 3 >> farm workers exposed

torturing livestock, the horrific video and what is being done to top them. >> scienttsts warn we could be can a smart phone push you to your limits ?

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statement saying it is a private matter and ask privacy be respected. >> baltimore county wife accused of killing her husband tried to ggt protection from him last winter. kathleen cairns tells us whatt3 she found sifting through court -ocuments today. >> mrs. martin and 3 others are accused in an elaborate plot to murder the dundalk bar owner. but last winter she fear fodher own life. jaclyn martin turned to police for help last december hen she filed for a protective order against her husband lee, the owner of hospital's in dundalk in her own handwriting she states states. he will kill me. now mrs. martin is charged with ú%e murder. courttdocuments reveal she never followed through with theú protective order. anddthe case was dismissed. house of ruth counselors cannot comment on this case. but they do help 11,000 women each year. >> people are scareddto leave their abusers foo a number of reasons.

probably biggest one is that they are not sre if t will make it worse. will it kill her anyway? harm her anyway? >> prosecutors meanwhile say the weekend murddr of mr. martin took a lot of preplanning. baii for the four defendants was -enied. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> i can assure the public that nothing improper took place. >> controversy is quicklyú brewing over whethee the obama white house offered joe ses tacú a ob if he dropped out of the senate primary against specter.3 sooe say the case could be obama's water agate. >> i don't expect this to be about impeachment but if it goes on like watergate did, you begin toorealize thht the american people will want more than just an admonishment. specter backed by presideetú obama in the democratic primary. >> immigration and custom

enforcement may not be on board with arizona's cootroversial immigration law. head of the agency told connress his office will prosecute, at least some of the defendantss3 arrested. but not all. >> i think, what he was referring to issthat, you know, within our resources we have to eeercise prosecutoral %-we cannot take every referral ú%at comes to us. we have to prioritize ttem. >> this as president obama plans to send 1000 troops to the ariiona mexico border. >> meantime, arizona's governor will travel to ashington, d.c. next week, meeting with the president and 9 governor to discuss nationnl guard and ú%rders. >> cows abbued and tortureed. we warn youuthe video is graphicc it wws shot over a four week period by an undercover worker with mmrcy for animals t shows ccws at conklin farms in ohio beaten in the face with crow barr, stabbed with pitch forks,

undercover worker said he -itnessed every employeee including the farm owner, abusing the animals at some point. very disturbing to see animals treated that way hether they are companion or livestock. it doesn't make a difference. one farm worker charged with 12 counts of cruelty to animals. only a misdemeanor in ohio. conklin farms said they fired that employee and they do not condone buse. >> this could be a acttve hurricane season. forecasters predict seven major hurricanes this year. water temppratures in the atlantic ocean are 4 degrees warmer than average and warmer water means favorable wind patterns that feed the storrs. >> not great news there. storms pushing through but we have sunshine on the way anyway in this aree. >> that's good news. go back toovytas reid wwth a

look at the holiday forecast. vytas? >> we are starting off with a noiss start to the weekend. we have some strong thunderstorms still loomning the area. and ittlooks like eavy downpours of rain, with lots of lightning. atmosphere from all of that heat and humidity that we had earlier ú%day. so right now, we do have aú severe thunderstorr warning in effect down in montgomery county. aad we have that until about ú%other 15 minntes. and then up to the norrheast of us. we alss hhve severe thunderstorm warning in effect in ceccl county right now. that is until 11:30..3 so still some strong gusty %-heavy rainfall. there dropping in fact, go to radarr we can see some of the rain coming down, up to rising sun. along 95. heading into cecii county. heavy dowwpours of raan. stretching thrrugh the llttte leg of heavy downpours thrrugh harford county.ú belaii heavy rain. and also we have the heavy rain string up through noothern baltimore county. %-as well.g and thunder ith ths

soo t will continue for the next several hours as we go thrrugh %-with this daily heating aalowg forrall the of this to go on..3 looking at the x vision. cutting throuuh the storm. showing intensity of the storm. right now the storms are going -- lines indicating about 20,000 feettright here. and then it gets up to 30,000 feet. so we an kinn of see that the %-with it.a little bit of umph not severe. no hail. mainly heavy downpours of rain and also we have the lightning out there. so we wwll continue to watch the track of the storm making the way down through baltimore county. %-so we will robably get heavy downpours of rain downtown shortly. 92 in baltimore was the high. 93 in d.c. lloking at 92 in hagerstown. over the mountains 79 degrees in western maryland. so we arr seeing the heat out there for the day. but cooling down.ú as the back door front slides the 60s over the state. as it battles with the warmmair off to tte west. the front fired up thh

ttuuderstorms along the delmarva. and drops heavy rainfall. to help from upper atmosphere, the lift from the low pressure sitting north of us, created lot of instability in the storms. for the next day here, off and into the afternoon.row morning and then we have high pressuue building in from the west. which will help for us thh weekend. clear oot quite a bit. so tonight thunderstorms still sticking around the area. down to 74 degrres. witt temperatures dropping into the 60s. for tomorrow, high of only 71. -nd cloudy skies, for the most and then looking iito the five-day forecast. clearing on saturday. sunday 82 degrees..3 plenty of sunshine. monday 92. on memorial ay. nice hot day. but a quick peek if you are heading out to the beach. lloking at saturday decent oot sunday.ooking at clear skies 75. 79 by monday. >> classic practical jjke played on a middle chool principal but a twist in the story. who is responsible for the %->> and the ravens finish the

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>> get this. some middle school teachers pull a prank on the principal. teachers covered their %-carl johnston's truck in postú notes to celebrate the principal's last day before he retired. and to poke fun at him for how he always left notes for the sttff on post-ii notes. >> this is ouu send off to him. he deserves it. he is always playing jokes with us, so . . . the ultimate joke has been repaid. >> you like to use post-it %->> he used post-it notessfor everything. they are everywherr. >> that could havv gone either way. but principal johnston was a good sport. %-staff before driving off in to retirement. >> gooo news and bad news for the orioles onight. they have the game in despite the forecast. good news. bad news?

they have the game in. as the birds book another ú%ustrating defeat. top of the second. no score. gross sends one to deep center field off burgesonn that's a two run shot for him..3 first of the year. they lead 2-0. bottom of the third. %-wieters at the plate. takes it to center field. wigginton chugs around third. he scores, game is tied at two. and burgeson settled doww after3 that. top of the seventh. he gets gross to bounce bbck to the mound. easy play to end the inning.ú burgeson retired 15 in a row at one point. bottom of the seventh. o's lead it. miguel tajeda shoots a singleeto right field. lugo heads flight. here comes the throw. luuo beats it with ease. oriooes lead it 4-2. but the birds bullpen could not hold the lead. we have heard it before. top of the eighth. 5-4. bases loaded for kevin. and e clears them with a double to gap in left ceeter. %-score.eney, suzuki and fox all

a's score five in thh eighth to take the lead. and burgeson, yeah, he is bumme3 out. he can no longer pick up the win. bottom of the 9th. o's down to the final out. tying run on base for adkins. bayley with a pitch. strikes him out to end the ame. a's come back and win, 7-5 to take the threeegame series. >> across town. the ravens wrapped up mini camp today. but they will nnt be off practice field. rookie only camp is on tuesday. joe flacco will take part even though he is not a look keep third season of the quarterback. conffdence level is rising. as is leadership and 1 veteran has taken notice.ú >> he had to feel his way through the first year. %-maturity on the field became evideet. so, i think this, year it will be better for us as a team. has, you know, blossomed out of

that shell of his. and he has beccme the face of theeorganization. and that's what you want from yourrquarterback. that maturity and that confidence, and, i think joe has ii. >> mason and the other ravens veterans are off until thh next full squaddota on june z back to you. >> and it looks

>> final look at the forecast ffr tomorrow. 71 degrres.ú chance for off-and-on showers. 50 percent chance. if you have to cut the yard you may have chance to do so. maybe. looks like 74 on saturday. with breaks in the clouds later today. sundayyplenty of sunshine. 82. 92 on monday. fabulous memorial day weekend. back tooyou guys. >> vytas, bruce has to cut the