now here is jeff barnddand jennifer gglbert with tte "late editionn. >> messages from an angry wife. shortly before her husband's murder. how the suspect explained the emotional calls. >> we are announcing the creation of a new hotline. -> the mayor launches into action after her police force is ú->> and maryland's waist linees expanding. two ways to trim the fat. >> live in high definition, fro3 wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition".

>> hello again i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. balliiore cityypolice force accuseddof under reporting rapes, now city hall may have a >> starting tomorrow morning, opeeators will object standdby to help sexuallassault victims.3 >> late this afternoon, mayor made the announcement right here in city hall with the police -ommissioner by her side. the new hotline will go into effect tomorrow morning, at 9 a.m. the hotline is intended to give victims an ooportunity to report past incidents or mistrratment they experienced, when reporting rapes. one rape victii shares her story. >> the llne of questioning as pretty much, to make me look i was a liar. >> the police commissioner promises change. >> we're ccallenging ourselves, on many, many fronts, about from the very start, to thh finish..3 and certtinly reviewing what occurred in the past.

so we ccn, you know, bring closure and heal some of the wounds. >> and the mayor will holdd3 police accountable. >> commissioner bealefield has is conducting a full audit of unfounded complaints. -nd an internal review, of tracking and investigative practices. >> the new hotline will be rrn by turn about. it has been an agency helpingg3 victims of sexual assault in the baltimore region for more than ouuside oo city hall. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> and the ape hotline is 4439 --279-0379. >> tonight on baltiiore at 5:303 we asked if the city was ddingú enoogh to adddess rape concerns3 nearly every one oo you said no. 93 to 7 percent. facebook, one said as long as the rapes are not at the innnr harbour thhy do not care. and another writes, the real question is are they doing enough to address the crime

period? >> new toniiht. police in arundel county arrest after ssliciting appointments on the internet. police arrested 18-year-old %-width of.h and carroll skip finding two ads for an eecort service on the internet. appointment on riday. when smith arrived and offered sex, they arrested her. smith faces prostitution charges and skip worth facing human trafficking chargesshe would get a cut of theemoney. >> ounty police arrest travari agoothe rape of a woman a eek during a search and seize you home.they found items in his held onn$1 million bail. >> a woman charged with killing her husband and attempting to3 today in her own defense. explaaning the angry voice mail3

left to her husband. >> i hate you with a passion. you have no idea how much i hate you mr. for what you have done. you ruined my life. >> mary koontz going through a bitter divorce n courttshe blamed mentaa illness. described the murder saying i saw myself like i was a character in a movie. the gun in my handled. is seeing koontz was also upset, with her daughter asswell.3 siding with her husband. she left the voice mail for the teen. -> you don't have a future. pain.ú iipromise you that. >> koontz lso claims herú husband ron abused her. >> a murder-for-hire scheme has baltiiooe county prosecutors seeking the death penalty. karla portee and walter bishop ú%peared inncourt today. last march william porter gunned down at the hess stop in baltimorecounty. karla porter paid bishop $9000

to kill her husband. >> this is not a rime of ú%%-it was planned out. thought out. had been tried to be arranged for quite a period of time. me. so that certainly disturbs all along the way, a lottof people coold have stopped this and nobody did. neither however, appeared fazed during the proceedings. >> anddarson investigation ends with a standoff in baltimmre county this morning. and it all started withhthis fire on norfolk avenue in baltimore. 54-year-old randall martin set the blaze. then drrve to his home in himself inside.d barriiaded when police brought iinthe swat team. and canine units. >> i was scared. >> how come? >> becaase i diin't know what ú%s going on. >> well, the standoff ended peacefully. martin has been charged in baltimore city with arson. charges in the county could be >> the fight to keep slots out3 over tonighh. opponnnts say they will appeal a

judge's decision last week that, developers. opponents hooe to put the question on ballot. but judge decided that would violate state law. >> all we want is the opportunity to put on the their best intereets for tteir neiihborhoods and families aad children. be heard by the staae highest court some time durrng the summer. >> northrup drum monwarns of layoffs in hagerstown. defense contractor does maintenance and modification to surveillance airccaft at the site. 58 workers were told they cou be laid off within 66 days. company was hoping forra new government contract this fall. but now, it is not expected until early 2011. >> troubles on the tracks. continue. and frustration rises for marc train riders. yesterday a train missed the odenton stop by three car

lentzs. forcing passengers to get off at bw and i am takeeanother train back to odenton. for seven days, trains have been delayed for problems ranging from brake failure to malfunctioning traffic signals. >> itthas been chaotic. >> amtrak officials were at the odenton station this morning to apologiie to passengers for yesterday's delay. >> maryland's waist line is expanding. ranking number 26, most obese in the country. trust for ameriia heallh saii 26.6 percent of maryland adults are obese. 36 percent of blacks in the state of maryland are obese. more than 24 percent oo latinos obese. 244percent of whites in the state of maryland are obese. to solve the weight problem. matt mcclellen is on aatour depizza, 1300-mile bike ride of two cities and eating only

pizza. goal is to promote pizza as a healthy food alternative. >> health benefits for all of t garllc and oil, help build your and lower cholesterol. tomato sauce and antioxidants protect your skin against uvú rays nddcolon cancer. helpee that it is baked and not fried. health fast-food on the market. but we eat it wronn. >> instead of eating a whole pie with coke, pizza man said it is about oderation and riiht top pings. average american eats 46 slices3 a year. and fda urges meat producers to use less antibiotics. -eaath aalysts believe the drugs given to the animals we eat are conttibuting to the resistant strrins of bacteria affecting humans. they are using it to >> u.s. home prices in april,

rise to the first time in seven -onnhh. 18 off22 cities showed price increases between march and govvrnment tax incentives help to crrate the positive trend. tax incentives expired at thh enddof april..3 >> new sectiio of he site hulu it wiil cost 10 and include popular network showss older episodes will still be available for free. %->> breaking newssout of northeast baltimore as we speak3 a man shot in the chest. on car stteet near the college. 60 minutes ago. no word on the victim's condition. rushed to johns hopkins. -olice have no suspects or a motive at this time. >> weather wise ww could possibly turn off the ac. >> that would be a nice change. the corner. here is mily gracey with the sky watch forecast.

>> we have been sweat ting out ú%r a ouple of days. bbt may need a sweater overnight. outside we have not cooled out. 80 degrees in baltimore. 88 in d.c. the difference we are feeling is humidity. you caa see the dew ppints down in the 50s, comfortable air. we have beee in tte 70s with the dew pointtfor a past few so elief comes with humidity. and temperatures by tomorrow, w3 will have highs in the low 80s for the afternoon. and byy he next day, we will not get out of the 70s. you can expect for the rest of the week, as well as hurricane alex coming up in a few. >> i am assuming that the question you mean is wheeher aú person, who was apprehended in the u.s., is -- >> now just assed you r where yoo were at oo christmas? >> light hearted moments, at tenne confirmation hearings today. where was the suemm court nominee on christmas? and why it has any significance.

amounted to a gross net of $107,,00. and basically offered me $33,000. -> thouuands of claims, o bp.ú. coming up next. w

>>well, as you cannsee from the -ive picture. %-waters.nues to leek into gulf3 and mann small busiiesses along

the coast are more and more frustrated. they have lost money because of the oil spill. but they saa bp is not paying them for losses. chris lawrence spoke with one struggling businessman dealing with the disasser in the guuf. >> we first met ssew on a charttr boat. >> customers scared off by the oil spill. stew filed a laim with bp for damage done to his fishing bussness. >> theyywanted 2798 returns. log books and bank statements, all of my licensess p&l statements. >> you laid out everythiig. all of his paperwork? >> yeah, to he number. >> tt the penny virtually. amounted o gross net of $33,000. >> we have leaaned that bp is ú%ing a process called forensic %-techniially it means that the apppication of scientific knowledge tt a legal problem and

but to a lot of business us down here like stew. forensic means death. >> this investigative approach prevents fraud. partial losses from month's past. >> with that type of a formula, if they have the well capped they may come back and saa you can fish noo.ú but it doesn't work thaa way. >> the peoole that booked out f state, charter boat trips, they are cancelled. >> that's right. i mean, give you an example. aatual booking, in october.3 $133400 gross. i cannot say ell lets look at it in october. they haveeto make plans now. so we have lost the business. >> so went back to bp..3 where an official told thaws ssew's claim is now beingg3 recalculateed. and what about coming back to the adjustor every 30 days? we took that concernnto the man about to take charge of the whooe claims process. >> some of the folks have complained to us, that they areú being forced to file claiis every single mooth. they feel like they are beingú

treated liie children. handed an allowance. >>well, i am sympathetic to the ccmplain. senator lan drew suggested to consider he idea of ann3 emergency lump sum palm, maybe over three to six months raaher thhn ne mooth. andd i think, that i will give that serious consideration.3 >> so if they keep their word and follow through. and you were to get a payment from july through december, in addition to that 33,000 that they hhve offered you. >> that would probably, you know, be pretty good, and i amú hopeful that everything they said comes about. and, i think, with hii in charge, i am more optimistic. >> well, stew is ooe of about 80,000 ccaims filed so far. bp has cut checks to bout half of hem. and paid out almost $130 million.

>> u.s. supreme court nominee elana kagan offers comic relief on day two of the confirmation %->> i am assuming the question you mean is whether a person, who was appreheeded in the u.s., -- >> o i just asked where yyu were at on christmas? >> you know, like all jeww, i was probably at a chineseú restaurant. >> great answer. >> if confirmed the 50-yearrold solicitor general would become the 8th jewish justice inú suureme court history and 4th woman. >> welcome break weather wise from the heat. good answer incidentally. >> she was quick with that. how long will it stay comfortable? emily grrcey is here with the forecast. emill? ú% nice weather in the forecast. in fact, starting to feel it this evening. humidity issgone down. and we are not seeing any rain

showers in baltimooe. although southhrn maryland is seeiig wet weather rrght now. that's due to the cold front that passed ttrough earlierrthis morning. couple of days. that front will continue tt push south. ú-maryland.em for us here in in fact, pleasant weather in the %-not the case to he south. you can see the front causing a and we are atching, of course, now hurricane alex. which is moving toward the gulf. starting to sloowshow up on radar here. aad satellite picture definitely strong storm, moving closer and hurricane alex is bringing it in toward mexico. tomorrow, prrbably, tomorrow eveninn, some time. the winds now are at 75 miles per hour. and oving to the west. very slooly. thaa is not good. that eans it will have more time to strengthen in thoss warm gulf waters before it does makk laadffal tomorrow..3 -e ill continne to monitor that. but that is expected to strengthen as it gets closer and close to land.

back at home. we are looking at pleasant conditions..33 as the colddfront lingers to the south. and causes wet weather down to the carolinas. we will be dry or the next few days. ú%nny forecast. cominggin overnight ttnight. and stay with us for several iffyou are headed out on the bay great day to beout there. %-high.reeze. -t will feel nice ompared o tte 90s we have had in the record breaking temperatures over the past week. for tonight. drop down to 62 degrees. and unner partly cloudy skies. we will experience heading to the end of the week. withhwinds out of thh northwest. that rings in the cool and comfortable ir. and looking aheaddto the ú%causeeit looks llke great ocean city, high tempeeatures will be in the low 80s by sunday fternoon. just in time for the footh july. but staying in the 70s for friday and saturday. all right.3

81 tomorrow. 79 foo the afternoon high on thursday. and we will haveetemperatures rise on slowly back to the 80s by he weekend..3 and warmer weather in the future. i will have more on that coming -p in theeseven-day forecast. >> can baseball's hottest team, in baseball, can baseball's hottest teammin baseball. jennifer, can you believe it? they are a hot team in baseball. can they keep the winning streak

usually getting a night off in the middle of the season helps a team regroup if they are in a slump.ú however the birds are on a major league best four game winning so with their night off last night break the momentum? they face the as. braden pulled as the starter because of a sore elbow. then masaro started instead. bottom of the second. still no scoree jones at the plate with a runner on thirdd flies out to right. not that deep. but luke ssott will test davis.

and advantage davis in that one. scott thrown out by a mile for and game is scoreless. top of the third.ú suzuki on the plate. grounds it to miguel tajeda. trice to make the play. but he beats it. and as have thh lead. kevin llfts it to leet. -ose tinggin the lights. and regains position. and makes the grab. not necessarily the rettiest catch in the world but it gets the job done..3 and bottom of the fifth. lugo at the plate. masaro hits him on the shoulder and lugo is not happy. he exchanges words with masaro but cooler heads prevailed. both stay in the game. and after a wild pitch. lugo to second. izturis serves it down the ine. falls in. lugo scores. anddizturis goes in with the %-o's trail. and top of the seventh. suzuki with a baltimore chop.

bounces oof miguel tajeda ggove to leftt barton scores. and as up. and they win, snapping the o's -our game win streak. >> and the ironman, is reportedly still in talks with the orioles about rejoiiing the organization. according to the baltimore sun, cal ripken jr. has been meeting with macphail and owner angelos on a regular basis to discuss a future front office position. ú%d an advisory role. although the talks are progressing he doesn't see them finalizing anything before the 2011 season and ruled out %->> it was widely publicized tt universityyof maryland basketball coach gary williams and former athletic director debbie yowe did not always see eye-to-eye. and gary will have a say in the replacement. and university has formed a search committee to find a new athletic director. yowe leaves july 10 for the same role at north carollna state. as well as women's head coachams

freeze, and plank, ceo of under armoor. >> timetable is not set but they will be beginning the process

>> tomorrow, is the last day of june and we are headed for cooler weather as we start off

july. in fact, thurssay 79 degrees for well below that average high ww typically are in the mid 80s.3 back to the mid 80s by thh week. by the 4th of july looking at temperatures n the low 90s. warming up to 93 for mmnday. so the warm wwathhr comes back. but cool weathee toofinish off the week. >> all right. emily thank ou. hard to believe june is over. >> i know. flies by. >> yeah. that does it for the it "late edition". thank you for joining us