you have to love big seus. he hopes to open a 24 hour station at dc or college park. now here is jeff abell jeff barnd with the "late edition." >> desperate call for help. the trial of evidence accused of shooting her own husband. >> break from the heat. where the temperatures top off tomorrow. and why the rez leaf won't last long. >> he got her. he got her. he got her. oh, my god. >> beloved pet stuck in a tree for days. why it took so long for this cat to finally get down. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> baltimore bakes with the

mercury hitting 100 today. setting a new record. some sought refuge in the shade. others took a dip at sparrow's point. >> average person cannot deal with the heat. mud russ out there. >> cooling centers were open again today in the city, stocked with ice and cold water. hello, i am jeff barnd. jennifer is off tonight. relief tomorrow. but temperatures creeping back up again. chief meteorologist vytas reid has the forecast. when will it end? >> repeat of some of the heat back in play. but today was definitely a record breaker. down in inner harbour, the number was 101. but the actual number recorded out at bwi thurgood marshall airport, was 100 degrees. so that was the record today. 100 in d.c. 100 fredericksberg. so all across the mid-atlantic looking at very hot conditions. 86 right now in baltimore. 85 in d.c. looking at 79 in hagerstown. nice cool temperatures out there in garrett county and oakland at

63. what we saw wii was a front that pushed through. that allowed for cooling to take place. we got gusty thunderstorms on the eastern shore. now things are clearing and we have a northwesterly wind, so that's helping things as far as keeping the humidity at check. but none the less the humidity will return and the heat will as well. but tomorrow looking at plenty of sunshine to kick off the weekend. lunch time 86. closer look at the weekend outlook in a bit. >> thank you, vytas. >> baltimore county woman on trial for killing her husband. jurors hear a 911 call from the only witness. the couple's 16-year-old daughter. >> hurry. >> she is shooting your dad right now. >> she is shooting my dad. >> kelsey koontz was hiding in a closet while her father ron koontz was dying. prosecutors say it was coldblooded murder. defense claims koontz is insane. eventually the mother turned the gun on kelsey. >> she shot at me. >> she shot at you? are you injured kelsey?

>> no. >> koontz was arrested when police stormed the home. testimony in the case will continue tomorrow. >> a dundalk man is accused of brutally murdering his elderly neighbor. 89-year-old eleanor hailey was found in a pool of blood inside of her home on york drive in dundalk. michael hester stabbed and kicked hailey to death. investigators say the woman paid hester $3000 a year to cut her lawn. and recently loaned him $15,000 to pay off credit card debt. now neighbors want justice. >> i feel for his wife and his children. i also feel he should pay for what he did to her. >> it was hester that called 911, on the day of her murder. he is held behind bars without bail. >> city police investigate two double shootings that left one man dead. both occurred overnight. in east baltimore. a man and woman were shot.

bbth will survive. in west baltimore on mcmayken street, 33-year-old tyree page shot and killed the other victim treated and releaseed from shock trauma. >> the woman accused of hiring someone to kill her husband could get the death penalty. march 1st, porter shot and killed at the hesitation in baltimore county. today the state attorneys will seek a death sentence against the two for the roles in the murder. >> and maryland's death row has moved. the state's five death row inmates were taken this week from baltimore to western maryland. death row was located at the former supermax, you may recall. but that prison is now used to house inmates waiting for court appearances. execution chamber remains in baltimore.

>> this is glyndon and bond avenue in reisterstown where a child was hit by a car no one on the k but child taken to hopkins pediatrics with serious injuries. >> arundel county high school graduate drowns on vacation in the state of oregon. walter dines died swimming across the river in glad stone, witnesses say three boys were swimming there when one of them suddenly struggled. part of the way across. they say dines went under and never resurfaced. >> relief tonight, from the family of a todler left in a van, for hours, in this sweltering summer heat. 2-year-old izzie hill fell asleep inside of a day caravan wednesday on a field trip. the staff at fitness fn and games in baltimore. did not realize she was in the van when they got back four hours later. her grandfather found her in the van. >> i could think of my god, somebody took her from the park. oh, my god, you know, she has been killed. oh, my god where is she?

and then i was relieved, i was angry. i was overwhelmed. and i just -- i couldn't believe that they were solely responsible. >> izzie dallas cowboys ski hot when found and taken to the hospital aas a precaution. she would not return to the day care center. which issued a statement that said it is taking steps to make sure it does not happen again. >> gays working for annapolis can extend benefits to partners. lawmakers say it will cost the city more money. mayor claims the initial cost should be insignificant. >> they are unable to get that same legal rights and responsibilities, because they are prevented from marrying, but, i think, they deserve the same opportunities to get their partners covered. deserve the same legal rights and responsibilities, like hospital visitation and that sort of thing. >> several other maryland cities offer the same benefits.

>> word tonight, city council gave final approval to that 2-cent bottle tax. council approved the measure, that now tack os an extra two pennies for most bottled beverage purchases for three years. leaders say the fee will save thousands of jobs and generate $6 million in the first year. >> we need to do what we have to do to maintain te core service that is we have. >> i think, at the end of the day, this really does not make any difference on -- in terms of the services provided to the city. >> exempt from the tax are two lee der bottles, milk and juices. mayor is expected to sign it next week and should take effect july 1st. >> new bill in baltimore city is timed keep families safe during a fire. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake signed the bill at city hall. requiring all new one, and 2 family houses, built in baltimore city, to have fire sprinklers. the bill goes into effect july 1.

>> maryland orders utility providers to make it much easy fore residents to compare prices. public service commission wants all companies to provide more price information for standard utility services. so far, some 80,000 bge customers switched to independent suppliers. >> bge meantime working overtime, here is the operations building in woodlawn today. and bge said the hourly usage will peek at 6600 megawatts. all time peek was 7100, set back in august of 2006. >> hospitals and insurers agree to a 2.44 percent hike in the amount hospitals charge patients. measure has to be approved by a state panel. scheduled for june 7. any rate changes would be retroactive to july 1. >> the makers of seven cribs are recalling products because of concerns that babies can suffocate. become trapped.

or fall from the cribs. more than 2,000,000 cribs are recalled. the consumer product safety commission said most of the cribs have drop sides. there are reports of, at least, 16 babies so far becoming trapped. find a complete list of all seven makers involved in the recall. on our website, foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> and every parent believes their child is the most adorable, right? now is your chance to prove it. the search is on for america's most photogenic infant. competition today through sunday at arundel mills, infants through five are eligible. proceeds go to johns hopkins children's center. >> left handed i-phone users are complaining a lot. users say the signals strength decreases or drops when they hold the phone a certain way in the left hand. apparently their palms bridge the left and bottom antenna sections hampering the signal. experts, so-called experts say, the problem can be solved by holding the phone a different

way. thanks a lot for the advice. >> i don't think it is right for little kids that young to have anything to do with condoms. >> a condom controversy. one elementary school in massachusetts is making protection to kids as young as kindergarteners. why the superintendent said parents have no say in the matter either. >> the battle over the deep water drilling rages on. how the federal government moratorium was setback again today. and new spot along the coast, oil was discovered washing onshore. >> i have been trying to call people all week. unfortunately no one was willing to help. >> a woman's beloved pet stuck in a tree foe almost a week without food or water in this heat. who fina

>> day number 65 now as the oil continues to gush into the gulf of mexico. battle over the deep water drilling moratorium ages on. the federal government was dealt another blow. >> federal judge denies the request to delay the court ruling that overturn the federal ban on deep water oil drilling. white house is not stopping there though. interior secretary salazar working on a new moratorium. louisiana governor jindal are ready to fight the new ban when it comes out. >> these rigs will not just turn

on and off by a switch. they will not sit there for six months and then able to resume production. here is the problem. once the rigs go, we will lose activities for years. >> jindal joining workers at a economic survival ral leaks calling on the government to drop the moratorium. containment operation in the gulf is back on track. after an incident where an underwater robot bumped into the cap, siphoning crude to the surface. bp workers reconnected the cap after 10 hours of oil flowing full force into the gulf. in the mississippi sound, crews cleaned up a large patch of oil, avatar balls found there wednesday. mississippi has been relatively spared by the leak when compared to neighboring states. but tourism and shrimping industries have taken a hit. >> at pensacola beach florida large patches of sludge washed ashore. workers packed the beach trying to keep it clean. >> i know it is hot. not the most pleasant work in the world. but these people standing behind

you and i, appreciate it more than you will ever know. >> in texas governor perry declared sunday a day of prayer in the lone star state asking for the healing of individuals, building of communities and restoration of the gulf coast environment. in grand aisle louisiana, lora engle fox news. >> bp now estimates more than 2,000,000 gallons of oil are tainting the water every day. two teams in arizona teamed up and may have come up with a solution. they developed a type of sleeve that will fit over the broken and jagged pipe line allowing the crews to shut off the flow. it is made to prevent ice crystals from forming. and developers are awaiting the green light. >> condoms for kindergarteners. new policy in one massachusetts school district. kids in grades k-12, in province town can get a condom from the school nurse without their parents permission.

and the new policy states if a parent requests their child not be given a condom. that request simply will not be honored. >> i would suggest that they have that conversation with their children. and tell their children not to ask for them. >> children engage in sexuality with or without counseling, and with or without condom availability. >> the new policy meantime starts next school year. now earlier we scud, on fox 45 news at 5:30. should condoms be provided to students as early as kindergarteners and 100 percent say no. one writes on facebook. whatever happened to childhood? no they do not need condoms. they should not even know what they are. >> when do we see relief from the heat weather wise? here is chief meteorologist vytas reid, with a look at the five-day forecast. vytas? >>well we get a break. a little break, for tomorrow. but then the heat returns. in fact, lining at the hd skycam

downtown. hot day in the inner harbour. 80 degrees. winds calm. humidity at 67 percent. air quality may not be good across the metropolitan areas, dc, philadelphia. and looking at the almanac page. story of the day. we topped out at 100 degrees. so that was a record breaking number, because our normal high should be at 85. and our record was 98 degrees back in 1966. so we beat that. by a couple of degrees. and it was pretty uncomfortable out there. inner harbour, the number was coming in at 101. so out at bwi thurgood marshall airport. they were at 100. then downtown, 101. dc got 100 degrees. fredericksberg at 100. and 98 in salisbury. 96 in hagerstown. factor in the humidity levels, heat indexes were feeling like 105. out there through the day. down in fredericksberg. 111 to 114 early. so hot temperatures. across the region. looking at mid 80s. 85 in d.c. 86 in downtown baltimore. 75 in salisbury. cool from some of the rain

there. 79 in hagerstown. bigger picture. we can see how the temperatures were hot across the core of the mid-atlantic. new york sitting at 82. 77, more comfortable the further north you go. all the bigger picture. we had the heat out there earlier today. we saw the hot air across the mid-atlantic. all the heat that was out there. now with the thunderstorms pushing through we had a cold front that stretched through the area. area of high pressure north of that that's helping to bring down a northwest flow. so change in the atmosphere. but what will happen is we will get plenty of sunshine to kick off the weekend. and clear skies across the area. but another frontal boundary builds in and helps to fire up, maybe few showers and thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic. maybe 20 percent chance. saturday. noon. moves out of here. back west we will on get more showers toward the end of the weekend sunday. so clear skies tonight. 81 degrees. d winds out of the west. dying down. which they are now. calm down now that the front pushed through. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. 89 degrees. so going to be a warm day.

not in the mid to upper 90s. but upper 80s, which says the difference. going into the weekend. things warm up on on the beach. if you are going out there. good weekend at the beach. 86 sunday. and with a chance for showers. back at home. 94 on saturday. warm up to 95 on sunday. chance for showers and thunderstorms. and thunderstorms maybe strong winds on monday. back in the 80s by tuesday. back to you. >> hot as she can go. rookie. stop it. rookie. >> okay rookie stop t pet stuck in a tree for a week. guess the name. why it took so long for the cat to get down. >> the ravens bolster the

>> cats, of course have nine lives, one cat in charlotte north carolina may have whittleed down to, maybe six. >> rookie. stop it. rookie. >> yes, rookie the cat. was stuck in a tree for six days. no food, no water. and the heat. rookie was surly.

her owner called the fire department and animal rescue but no one would help. except a tree trimming company. >> guy finally decided to tie a rope around the limb, and the other two guys were pulling on the limb and pulling the limb close to him. >> he got her. he got her. oh, my gosh. >> my ear hurts. that's right. rookie jumped plummeting to the ground and when rookie jumps rookie is no rookie. good news, is that rookie survived. shaken but home safe. and she is still a rookie. >> you know, no secret the o's have struggled scoring runs. tonight's game, birds tied for the fewest runs scored. tonight the o's batts finally came to life. and bottom of the third. o's down 2-0. wigginton serves it into center. lugo touches home. orioles tie it at three. after a sack fly gave the o's the lead.

jones drills one to left. over the head of chris, and markakis scores. o's score five runs in the third. and to take a lead. and bottom of the fifth. 5-4. solo shot, his 11th of the year. second in as many games and o's take the lead. and bottom of the seventh. miguel tajeda has not hit a home run since april. and he delivers with two on. into the first row. his fifth. only the first in the last 200 and 6 at batts. birds lead. and win it 11-5 ending the three game skid. >> you got to hand it to ozzie, moriarty and the rest of the ravens personnel team. they have had a heck of a june. signed four veteran free agents this month. and kickers gram, safety hamlin, boljer and latest veteran corner walt harris. one week ago, 35-year-old harris turned the ravens down. there was obviously a change of

heart. the 35-year-old harris is a 15 year veteran and provides the ravens with much needed depth at the cornerback position. number one draft choice in 1996, he played for the bears, colts, redskins and 49ers and pro bowler in 2006. he missed all of last season with a knee injury and passed the audition in owen's mills a couple of weeks ago him. and also signed david reid of utah to three years. >> with the 28th pick, in the 2010 nba draft, the memphis grizzlies select greivis vasquez. how about that? there is a terp in the first round of the ncaa -- nba draft. greivis vasquez. taken by memphis with the 28th pick overall. greivis vasquez considered a second round pick but stock has been rising. tonight it came to peruse. first player in history to top

2000 points. 700 assists, and 600 rebounds. >> and big news out of the university of maryland tonight. athletic director debbie yowe expected to be the new nd at nc state. look for that announcement tomorrow. >> if yararar

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