preseason. here is jeff barnd with the "late edition". >> gathering for a major rally in the nation's capitol.ú we're fighting for the causes of the country. >> i don't understand the timing. >> the reason it is creatingú controversy tonight. >> a astor, pleads guilty.ú >> embarrassed for the sake of his faaily, for the church and for all other pastors. >> the deadly crime he admits to committing. blockbuster goes bankrupt. what led to its downfall. >> and twinkle tows accomplissmentt of this 10-year-old musician. >> ive in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeef barnd. karen parks is off. major rally on the national mal3 in washington, d.c. thiiú weekend. whitemarsh this morniig bouud for the capital. weekend long fourtt annual

defending the dream summit is drawing lots of people and lots of controversy. sarah palin and glenn beck are there. and beck will sppak tomorrow. it is just happening to be the anniversary of dr. martin luther king "" have a dream" speech. the fact that organizers chose this paaticular weekend and the lincoln memorial as he site for the rally has some questioning why? >> i just don't understand the timing. i think everything is deliberate. and i just want more unity for america. >> i believe what dr. king believes in too. to me it doesn't matter it is on the same day or at the lincoln memorial, i am there to honor him as well. >> civil rights officials will commemorate with a march of their own ending on the national mall. >> now the question of the day. is it appropriate to hold a taxpayer rally on the anniversary of dr. martin luther king "i have a dream" speech? 64 percent say yes. 36 percent say no. jean writes on our website. to stir up controversy. they planned it that way. >> but mary joe writes on

facebook..3 i do believe the rally held on the anniversary is appropriate because we all have dreams that the politiciins continue to take >> and in other news of the day. a woman found dead in anne arundel county home thursday may by a man that dded in a car accident just one hour after the homicide. police say deanna pat 10 died from sphyxiation in her home in -anumans, shortly later the car belonging to him crashed. the driver carl patt10 was recently released from jail. >> he took the vehicle and left. it is frightful. this is just an evil world. and it is a bad time for everyone. >> deanna was killed on her 47th birthday. >> a pastor, pleads guilty in a plot to kill a disabled man for his life nsurance money. kevin pushia led a east baltimore church until fire destroyed it a few years ago.

pushia admitted to payinn $50,000 in church money, to kill emmanuel. blind and challenged man. he conspired with another minister to do this. police found wallace shot to death in a leakin park bathroom februaay of 2009. >>as a mother, of a very disabled child, the fact that i -- facts heard in court are chilling. and every parents' worst nightmare, what the young man had to endure from the time he was piiked up until the murder occurred in february of 2009. >> pushia also pled guilty to taking out seven fraudulent life insurrnce policies, totaling nearlyy$1 million. >> pushia is back for seetencing in december. >> you can help to fight crime and take fugitives off the city streets, opening up again the fugitive files. hoping you can help to put two suspects this time behind bars.

joy lepola standing by live at the warrant apprehension task force headqqarters. with the latest on the two fugitives. hello joy. >> hello jeff. as you can see, deteetives are working late tonight. hoping you will pick up the phone and call us here at the warrant apprehension task force. theefugitive files hotline number 410-637-8970. here is a look at the man and woman we are hoping to track down. we have 33-year-old michael waters, he is susppcted of raping his ex-girlfriend's 9-year-old daughter. he is 5'7, and weighs 165 pounds. then we have 24-year-old ttrese jackson wanted for murder. 5'4 and weighs 160 ppunds. if youuhave any information, on3 the whereabouts of these two individuals. at 410-637-8970.ne and call us after tonight you can always call 1-866-7-lockup.

as well as going to fox 45 ---3 foxbaltimore.com and clicking on fugitive files. again, these calls are strictly confidential. we're just looking for information on the whereabouts of water and jackson. if you know anything call us. your information could be wwrth some oney. joy lepola,,fox 45 news "late edition". >> thank you, joyy >> the 129th maryland state fair is officially underway. myranda stephens at the stateú fairgrounds all day today. where it is fox 45 night. >>well, jeff, the fair just wrapped up for the night. but today was just the getting the 11 best days of summer. thousands of people turned out for opening day of the maryland state fair. it is a 129-year-old tradition. a fun ride. and games. and, of course, lots of great food. >> i like the turkey. >> it is good.

an opportunity to eat. you knnw, not so healthy but good. >> again tonight was ffx 45 night at the fair. our very own jennifer gillert, had the honor of introducing tonight's concert headliner country music star gretchen %-if you were not able to make t there will be more opportunities. the fair runs through labor day, september 6. in tamonian. >> it will be a great day for the fair tomorrow weather wise. emily gracey joins us wiih a look at the sky watch forecast. you were there earlier and you were loving it. >> i was loving it. it was warm. but nothing compared to the -emperatures that we have in store for us for the next 11 days. warm temperatures. to come. no rain though, at least. dry for the entire fair. and looking outside this evening. we are dryy on h.d. rrdar. not a drop of rain showing up. dry forecast for severalldays here. to talk about.ú and while the temperaturee may

be comfortable this evening. we ave warmer air on the way. nice out there in baltimore. 67 degrees. 73 in d.c. we will continue to cool down. ii fact, looking at the dew points. the air is dry. but more moistuue is on the way. as far as that humidity level is concerned. and not as far assrainfall is concerned. so the next 12 hours, we will be cool overnight. dropping down to the upper 50s in many locations. and then warming up to the mid 80s by tomorrow afternoon. and we will see 90s before the weekend is up. i will have thh details on that coming up in my full forecast. jeff? >> keep an eye on the atlantic3 storms, five years ago this weekend, hard to believe. hurricane katrina came onshore and batteeed the city of new orleans and other gulf coast cities. costliest natural disaster in u.s. history. >> we still are struggling. problem wwth paperwork getting it filed. people walking down through the neighborhoods like before, now they walk away. and we are homeless and helpless.

>> several events are planned in new orleans this weekend. to ark this dark anniversary. including a visit from president obama, this sunday. >> two big companies have recalls on automobiles. first toyota toy is recalling 1,000,000 of the most popular cars. carolla sedans and matrix hatch bax due to possible engine stalling problems. it affects vehicles sold in north america from 2005 to 2008. so far three accidents and 1 injury have been attributed to the issue. ford, is also recalling nearly half a million of its windstar advance. rust that could cause he rear axle to break. recall affects vans from 2008 to 2003 in the cold weather states. 200 reports of rear axle brakes and 2 minor acciddnts. for more information on the recalls, go to foxbaltimore.com/news links for all the information you need to know. >> the internet may kill the video star.

blockbuster may file bankruptcy as soon as next month. it faces tough competition. thela times said it plans to restructure deet and possibly close hundreds of stores. blockbuster has nearly 3500ú stores throughout the u.s. >> the recession may be taking a toll, on the number of babies born in the u.s. the bird i rate dropped atú 13 and a half birth phooevery 1000 people in 2009. the lowest birth rate in a century. experts say a very poor economy may force some people to put off having children, just liie they did, in the 1930s. where he nned to keep moving with the policies that help to get us out of the crisii. >> debate hhats up as the economy continues to slow down. what experts say we need to do, to avoid a double dip recession. >> chilean miners stuck underground for three weeks. 2000 f ÷ ú%

>> new numbers out show the economy is slowing down big time. but the debate over the cause of the best fix is heating up. jennifer davis shows us how it will be a key issue heading into the mid term elections. >> gross domestic product growth dipped below 2 percent this spring.

latest in a series f disappointing economic news becoming aakey campaign issue heading into the november elections. if everything goes well republicans take over and we have basically a standstill and spinning stops in washington. 2011.uld see a big rally nto >> but democrats argue voters should keep hem in office because progress comes slowly economic challenges left behind by bush administration and republicans. >> they want to reenact the same agenda that drove us into the ditch in the first place. or not to extend bush era tax cuts on the wealthy. obama aaministration said they should be allowed to expire in december as planned to reduce the deficit. but republicann and number of democrats worry it could be bad for businnss and cause the economy to slip back into a recession. >> something unexpected happens or if we have bad policy like a big tax increase or fed tightening, we could have a double ip. >> administration saad it is their policies that kept things

ú%om getting worse. >> we have to keep moving with the policies that help to get us out of the crisis. and not go back to the ones that got us in here. >> the white house said even on vacation president is getting updates briefings on the economy and before a friday round of ú%lf with the new york city mayor, they discussed the economy for 15 minutes. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >> republican candidate for maryland governor ehrlich made more morning working in privvte sector than ever as governor of the state. he made five years worth of tax returns available. he was working for a law firm. as governor back in 2006 he made more than $145,000 a year. governor o'malley will make his tax returns available tomorrow. >> and stay with fox 45 news, always, for thh latest on the race for governor of maryland.3 just go to foxbaltimore.com/vote

2010. >> new video of the 33 miners trapped inside of a mine in there for three weeks. you see them waving and laughing. sending personal messages to their loved ones. they are also giving a guided tour of their surroundings. at one point, they are arm in arm singing chile's national anthem. it could take until christmas to get these miners oot. >> a woman is arrested in thailand after trying to sneak a baby tiger on board of a aircraft. airporr officials opened the bag. found a toy tiger next to a real one. arrested before flying to iran.3 tiger is recovering at a wildlife refuge. she has been arrested. >> enjoy the weekend it will get hotter. emily gracey is back with a sky watch forecast. how hot will it get? >>well we are talking about the mid to upper 90s. before it happens. few days in fact, next coupleeof days are

very nice out there. feeling cool temperatures this evening. 67 degrees is where we are sitting right now. from the inner harbourr with calm winds and humidity at 81 percent. clear skies will allow us to cool down in many locations to overnight tonight.0s for comfortable weather out there. that's the case for tomorrow as well. we are keeping the eye on the3 tropics. because we have a couple of storms to talk about here. anniversary of katrina. watching hurricaae danielle hurricane category 4. turning into the atlantic. not a threat for the u.s. over the next coople of days, as far as any approaching land situations..3 but it will move north. still, such a strong hurricane that it could cause strong rip currents up nd down the eastcoast. something to bear in mind if you are headed to ocean city. and other storm is right here. tropical storm earl, and while it is still far off the coast. we are watchhng it because it is expected to become a hurricane over the next couple of days.

possibly a major hurricane. could become a category 3 hurriccne. right now though, not anywhere %-winds at 52. per hour. the west at 17 miles and you can see that cone bringing it closer and closer to the u.s. it will wraparound the side of the high pressure that has been bringing us nice weather. so we will moniiorrtropical storm earl ooer the next couple of days and see what it means for the u.s. and eastcoast in particular. back at home. we are talking about comfortable weather. in fact, high pressure has been3 sitting on top of us over the past couple of days. bringing us nice weether here. will bring us cool emperatures. once the high pressure hifts on top of us, we will see warming temperaturess and then when it moves off the coost. that's when we start to heat up. that will happen sunday, monday3 tuesday. we will haae high temperatures reaching the low 0s to start off the week..3 by thh middle of the week, we will be in the mid to, possibly, even upper 90s. warm weather in our forecast. not feeling it tonight though. cool out therr.

down to 59 for the overnight low. calm conditions. clear conditions. and possibly little bit of patchy fog out there as well. 86 egrees for that afternoon high tomorrow. gorgeous day to go to the state fair. -arm but nothing compared to how warm we will get next week. aa the beach tomorrow. 77 degrees. 82 by sunday. i think that chancc of rip currents really comes in saturday night to the sunday. back at homm. just he hot temperatures to talk about. 97 monday. 95 tuesday. staying warm on wednesday. as we finish off the month of august. hot temperatures in the nextt3 five days. let you knowwif they will cool down in that seven-day forecast. coming up. jeff? >> this guy takes twinkle toes another level. find the tragedy that led him to the talent. >> someesay the ravens are struggling but that's what the

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ea-? >> look how this guy is playing the piaao with his toes, he is from china loot his arms when he was 10. playing hide nd seek when he was young aad he was electrically shocked. he is performing on china has talent and preparing for the next round. >> and thousands cheer as the bulls and uffaloes race through muddy water during a cattle race in indiana. it marks the end of the harvest season. animal rights activists call it animal cruelty. at one point they got the high ú%urt to put a ban on the event. however it went on again this year. why? well some of the high court officials were there watching -his year's race. >> the ravens third preseason gameetomorrow night is

considered as most important in terms of evaluating where the team is at. the first team guys play, at least the entire first half. much more time than we have seen in the previous two games. it gives the coaches more opportunities to try different schemee, get a better idea of how the players are clicking and offer up challenging plays in difficult situations. although the first team offense has not put a ton of points on the board. cam cameron said that he is not worried, that's what preseason is for. >> i try, in the preseason, at times, to put us in difficult situations. i made the mistake in the past of scheming routes to where the ball came out. against really the right coverage, the whole time. and i know joe will do that. i want to see the quarterback get complacent when we have bad looks. when they have theedefense with the advantage. weights at times. in the preseason. to find out some things we may not find in the normal part of

the season. >> to the orioles that had a late start.3 facing the los angeles angels. burgeson starting in the series. top of the first. roberts with a lead off double. second pitch to markakis, the speedy roberts is off for third. and he slides in safely for a seven steal of the year. later. markakis hits the line drive. falls. robertssdrops in from third to give the birds a lead. and bottom of the first. runners on the corners. two outs for the angels. brad burgeson is called for a boo. both runners move up the base. meaning kendricks scores from third. and game tied at one. that's where it stands in the fifth. >> big news out of washington. nationals phenomenal pitcher strasburg will require tommy john surgery on the elbow. 22-year-old hurt the throwing arm saturday night against the phillies.

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there is a big difference here. just sold for $1.. miilion. it is tradition in louisville to auction the blue ribbon ham for charity. this year a doctor and a bankee split the bid. all the money goes to charity. no word on who split the ham. >> that is indeed a ham. here s emily gracey with a look at the seven day sky watch forecast. emily there is a difference there. >> speaking of ham. %-you are the ham. 86 for tomorrow. plenty of sunshine out there. all across the week. ú% fact, warming by sunday. reach of high of 91. 97 sunday. 95 tuesday. heat wave final pushing off the %-few clouds wednesday to fridd. but a nice forecast out there. if you are coming oot to the fair. stay cool and hydrated. jeff? >> thann you so much. that does it for the late edition. thank you for joining us tonight. i am jeff bbrnd. up next, is that 7