stay tune for the "late edition" with jeff barnd and jennifer gilbert. and it starts right now. >> the inflight safety dance. how attendants are training, and how passengers are responding. >> ♪ >> political theater in the nation's highest court. >> dear god, god hates you. >> the maryland cass that could set a precedent for the entire country. >> and the vice-president's political survival. the rumor of a new you presidential ticket. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition".

>> hello again, i am eff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. the father of a maryland marine killed in iraq, finally gets his day before the u.s. supreme court. >> heesued the westboro baptist church when they protested at johnnrydell reports now from washington, d.c. on the battle over free speech. >> ♪ >> on the steps of the nation's highest court, an motional clash ovvr free speech. those familiar and to many proudly waved by members of the westboro baptist church.3 >> dear god, god hates you. >> igns that were displayed by the same protestors in westminster at the funeral of lance corporal mathew snyder. killed four years ago in iraq. church members claim his death3 and that of countless other soldiers are god's punishment for america's tolerance of

>> i thought that was the worst day of my. ú% for several years, snyder's father fighting back. he says the protestors inflicted emotional stress on their faaily and coming to the funeral was compounded by the family being targeted and subject to perronal attackss >> westbbro's attorney that is also the daughter of the church's founder, said their actions did not violate the first amendment..3 >> the mere fact that youutake or call yourself having your feelings hurt over words, is not enough to shut up the speech. >> the legal battle is far from over. the supreme court is not expected to issue an opinion on3 the case until next year.in asú 45 news "late edition". >> the debate over freedom of speech has everybody talking of course tonight. at fort mchenry people studying history wonder what history will be made that be affects the

first aaendment. at towson univvrsity tudents are eager to share their views. >> that's what it is called freedom of speech. >> fine line between what is appropriate and inappropriate. >> hitler has his own freedom of speech. i am jewish, against what he did. butthe has his ownnfreedom of speech to speak what he wwntss3 whether he can kill millions oo people for ii, that's different. >> our question of the day waa. do you support the church's right to protest military funerals? moot of you said no. 90 to 10 %. and terry wrooe on facebook tonight. it ii indeed the most disgraceful thing i have ever seen. i believe in freedom of speech, %->> but michael writes on facebookktonnght the first amendment said that they can say and the court cannot change that. >> the 17-year-old boy is accussd of raping three ounger boys. he only faces juvenile charges. but tonight one family wants a tougher penalty. learned a trusted 17-year-oldng.

relative is accused of raping their 10, and 12-year-old sons. they wanttthe een to be charged with as an adult. the couple believes jessica's law could help. >> because jessica's law states any person, it does not state an age. does not state juvenile or adult. any person four years older than the victim. he is four years older than ú%ery one offthe victims. >> baltimore county prosecutors are not commenting on the case because the suspect is a juvenile. he goes to trial october 13. >> jurors in the ken harris murder trial. ssow signs of deadlock after three days of deliberations. it comes in the form of a note that reads the jury has ot reached a decision n the first two charges. with three defendants each facing 29 counts. jurors have a substantial amount of evidence to review. they will continue tomorrow. >> breaking news out of

-outhwest baltimore tonight. this is the scene of a shooting in southwest baltimore. police called to windsor mill road and fouud a man inside of a car shot several times. hooicide investigators called to the scene. police say the actual shooting occurred at quinn falls and baltimore. >> nearly 150 police officers in bg county investigateddfor cheating on academy tests n 1:03 cadets got perfecttscores on 11 tests in basic police work. all but two got perfect scores on the 12th test. one cadet got a perfect score, even though he cannot take the test because he was earlier dismmssed. the llegations surfaced last year, after a cadet said an instructor was giving out the answers. %-at cross country elementaryis school in northwest baltimore has some parents on edge. a letter sent to parents on3ú monday alerting them of a young student hospitalized aftee contracting viral meningitis. meniigitis is inflammation of

the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. it can be life threatening and3 emergency. >> make sure it is comppetely done. >> welcome to l come to school. no alarm to not come to school. >> thh principal said the school bottom.ú wind down from top to and including all desks, water spouts and door handles. there is also another possible case of meningitis at cross country but that case has not been confiimed. >> new this hour. baltimore jury awards nearly $21 million in a lead paint lawsuit. victim had lead poisoning while living in a city housing3 authority apartment. damages will be likely reduced because of the state cap on non-economic damages. but judge will make tte final call. >> days after pleading no

contest to a misdemeanor a city council woman is headed to floridd on the taxpayers dime. the city spending board approved almost $1100 today for helen holton to attend a three day beach.ence next week in palm among thh expenses the city will spend $259 a night for holton's hotel room. so she can attend the national association of county's conference. >> she is a working councilwoman with a budget. she has travel expenses as a part of the budget. >> prosecutors say holton asked two local businessmen to pay for a political poll on her behalf. he was removed on the finance committee. ú%d bribery charge still pending in the court of appeals. >> it is our duty to hold our government accountable. help us do that by joining waste watch. our hotline. >> you can also go to

foxbaltimore.com and click on waste watch.., >> new details tonight about changes to the senator theater. new management is hoping to brrng it back. adding a restaurant, bar and new screen. theater purchased by the city, you may recall, after the owner defaulted on the mortgage. the owner of the charles theater to revamp the old senator. >> howarr county cop gets caught been telling citizens not to do. a passer-by snapped this picture of the officer's cruiser, parked in a handicaped space, outside of a barnes & noble. policc sayythe officer was responding to a non-emergency call for reported theft that had taken place earlier that night. police are only allowed to use spaces for emergencies, irony, howard county police will be the mva on cracking down on illegal handicapped parking.

>> stuck in traffic. just dial 511 to finn out why. new service provides traffic updates state wide. -aryland highway officials say the new service will help gasoline, of course. the new service costs about $5 milliin. the sun finally peekeddout today. >> it was great to see that. and see more of it coming this way. chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a look at the ú%recast. >> not too bad of a day. cool side. mixture of sun and clouds. more sunshine joins us downnthe road here. in the forecast. looking at a few showers that were rolling in on the back edge of the area of low pressure. h.d. radar scanninn the skies right now. shows that the showers ave een pretty dissipateed over central maryland. few remaining showers to the north of us. ww will continue to see a few of the showers to the north. but you can see that little line that pushed through. you folks up in bblair and3 aberdine got a ddusing of rainfall. around the city rain.

to breakup as the low pressure weakens and moves further east and takes the showers with it. things up with the rain tonight and more breakssin play for the overnight. so lining at the next day planner. you can see temperaturee around 51 for the overnight. rain showers ending. for tomorrow morninn, looks like you can get out the sunglasses. 53, cool start. but more sunshine in the afternoon.ú -unch time. almost 70. i think you will like the seven-day forecast. weekend outlook. -oming up ii a few minutes. %-the inflight safety dance.úthg and how passengees are responding to all of this. >> a giant sinkhole at a race track. %-historic discovery. to a3 >> and the viceepresident's on the line, vival.

>> the vice-president's own political survival is now the washington right now.tion in mike emmanuel reports oo the hot rumor involving secretary of state hillary clinton, and wwether there is anything to this rrmor. >> today's stories have you and biden swapping jobs. i am not going to ask you -- >> that's what read. %-clinton offeree tattreaction o the feeding frenzy about whether

she will replace joeebiden as president obama running mate in 2012. >> i hhve no interest, and no reason, for doing anything other stories. and moving on. no time. we have so much to do. %-what weeare doing.aapy doing >> clinton's spokesman did not want to talk about it either. >> shh is not involved inú politics and we do not take political questions at the podium. >> started when reporter bob woodward that wrote a book obama warriors said clinton biden33 could change roles. it is on the table he told cnn. and they see it as a possiile in 2012. senior advisory axlerod fired back saying there is nothing to it.3 both are doing great work and mr. obama wants to keep them on the job. in a recent fox news opinion dynamics poll revealed 2/3rds of democrats would prefer clintonn3 as vice-president and 25 %

prefer biden. ssid biden clinton swap makes sense. >> it gets people's attention and aalows obama to make the case why he should continue in a hillary clinton personnlly is popular with a lot of the very voters that obama needs to get elected to a secood term.3 independent voters, moderates,ú women, blue collar voters and union members.3 it serves as a distraction. the administration does not want for 2012 when it as to deal with 2010. >> ssill trapped underground 93 90 but tonight, 33 chileann3 miners have new sunglasses. the shades will help to protect the men's eyes from the harsh the men trapped since august. they could be rescued as early

as next week. >> that's great news. >> it could be the largest investigation into police corruption in fbi history. more than 900 agents, fanned out across puerto rico to arrest 129 suspects. and 44 were residents. they were all indicted on drug trafficking charges. all caught apparently paid to provide security for drug deals. >> weather wise fall is setting in now. >> felt like it this week. but the chill in tte air. check back with vytas reid for a look at the niggts. >> niier conditions commng our way. cloudy with sun breaking through in the afternoon. relatively decent day. %-probably had to have the jacke with the temperatures in the 60s. in wiih the area of low pressuree you can see drrps on the lens here. looking toward the inner harbour. on the hd skycam. looking at our temperatures.

currently 54 degrees. the clouds are starting to break. you see the moon there. indicating mostly to partly cloudy skies. winds out of the west-southwest %-deal with this afternoon. to and that made it cool. humidity levels right nowwat 77 %. pressure is steadily rising. as we continue to see the low pressure move out. and make way for high pressure building in. and clearing. across the region. looking at the temperatures. you can see 52 in harrisburg. 50 in pittsburg. down in charleston westtvirginia 50. and we will see a shift from the temperatures coming in from the north. we had the winds coming in the from the north eeping us cool, on the back edge of thh low pressure. but as that moves northeast, into the new england states. we will start to see high pressure build in. that willlstart to bring in a warming trend. so outlooks on the bigger ú%chanism of the atmosphere. this is what is going on. area of low pressure with counter-clockwise low spin near new jersey, southern part of new york. and that brings down the cooler temperatures. but it will continue to move up

to the north. as that does that, makes way for clearing down south. and that will start to warm u up. as we ggt into the next couple of days with more sunshine. eastern shore. fabulous day tomorrow. looking at 72. then around the central portion of the state. pretty much the same. temperatures 74. beautiful afternoon. maryyand also is going to see a nice day. but breezy. with winds out of the west at 10 to 20. and like i said low heads out of here. making way ffr the big blue i. high pressure. drags in temperatures from the and increasing our temperatures for the next couple of days. looks fabulous as it parks over the mid look into the weekend. tonight showers to an end. 51 tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. five-day forecast. 72 on frrdaa. sunshine. 77 saturday. and then on sunday. looking at 74 degrees. for the game. it looks decent. comppete seven day coming up in a bit. >> so they thinn they can dance.

flight attendants in the -hiiippine turn safety demonstration into a dance. get this. >> ♪ >> that will get your attention. the manila based airlines said they made the change to draw passenger's attention to the safety reminders. -oo know how many people nod off. and plus it is fun. airline officials say the dance is secondary after the routine explanation first. taken dants have rigorous rehearsals. passengers ressonding well. giving standdng ovations in some cases.3 >> i would put the newspaper down to watch that. i would. that's gooddstuff. >> get this. a diiaster leads to a discovery in north carolina. crews working to fill a sinkhole -t the charlotte motor speedway infieed uncover a relic of soots. a copy of the charlotte news,3 newspaper july 16, 977.

it reads,,northhkorea releases crewman. a story about a surriving military pilot that chopper was shot down over communist terrrtory. >> still praising heir young quarterback. ravens got back to work today. team reactions tonighh to joe flcco'

>> they say in the nfl the best thing you can have is a good case of amnesia. forget the bad and move on. that applies to good hings too. in the ravens' case that means sunday. they have to put thattaside and look ahead to this week's game ú%ainst the broncos. before they turn the page. ravens are marveling over the performance of joe flacco against the steelers. %-with time running out and hit t.j. houshmandzadeh with the game winner with 32 seconns to plly. that earned him locker room props for suree >> yao is joe. whether he wins the game or lost the game last week. we will ride with job that's th3

way we are. as far as defense, if they don't scooe, they do not win. to come back. because they should not allow them to score. but he took a step for our team3 to go forward and capitalize. >> couple of the walking wounded seen in owens mills, jared gaither visitee with a back specialist in california. he is not cleared to play. he has a vertebrae issue aad unclear when he will return. kruger, defensive end has a grade two tear of the medial collateral ligament suffered against the steelers ann will >> frustrating. hard. i want to get back as soon as i can. see how it reacts. >> i cannot wait until the day i wake up and i am not in dire pain or aaything. i mean, i cannot wait. you know, it has been on my mind every day. every day iiwake up i cannot wait to play and get back on the field with the guys. >> orioles passed him over for buc showalter, interim manager samuee is drawing attention from

teams with vacancy and tonight he will interview with pittsburg, milwaukee and tor ron tomorrow. he had a 17 and 34 record after taking over from tree bree. division series, historic night for the phillies, holiday sailed through the reds.ú punched out rowland swinging. helped his own cause. bottom of the second. 1-0. base hit to left. and louise scores. 2-0. top of the forts. holiday keeps the hammer down. he gets daniel cabrera struck out eight night. bottom of the 9tt. two out. phillips on the base. pounces, throws to ffrst. that's it. holiday throws the first post season no hiiter since 1956. asas phillies take game one. >> holiday faced only 28 bbtters. one more than the minimuu.

>>well, seven-day forecast. 74 tomorrow. sunshine. beautiful weekend with temperatures in he mid to upper 70s. next chance for rain won't hit until tuesday. enjoy the weekend. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, vytas. that will do it for the "late edition". i am jeff barnd. ú% and i am jennifer gilbert have a great night. real time closed captioning provided by u.s..captioning