"its just real bad, hot and humid, thats what we got out here today." today." the heat ...takes hold.../ as... baltimore... braces for... another day of dangerous temperatures. hello... im jeff barnd. ... jennifer gilbert is off. the... death toll... from the heat... increases tonight... in maryland..../ the... department ...of health.../ now... says.../ nearly... two dozen people... have died... this summer ... from... heat-related... cause. causes.janice park... live... in... federal hill.../ , where... things... have cooled down... just a bit. janice? jeff,no relief today and it looks like it will be just as hot tomorrow.to give you an idea...it's just about 11 o'clock...but our heat gun still shows...health officials are warning just how dangerous this heat can be...as the death toll climbs. 23 people have died in the state from heat related causes.

with this latest count...the heat has taken 5 more lives since the last heat wave. today, people still went about their daily jobs...despite triple digit temps.lots of people turned to cooling centers, because it was one of the few ways to escape this code red heat. "114 degrees...underneath some air!" cooling centers will be open on code red heat days, everyday until 7 pm.live in federal hill, janice park fox45 news late edition. how... hot... did it get today?...chief... meteorologist... vytas reid... is... here... with your first look... at your skywatch forecast...vytas baltimore county... firefighters... are... called... to... a major... transformer fire... this afternoon..../scott ... sent. .. us... this picture... of a large cloud of smoke... from the fire... on... eastern boulevard...near the back river water treatment

plant.../.hazmat...crews ...were also ... called to scene.../ one... firefighter... was treated ... for... heat- related problems. when.../ news hits your neighborhood.../ see it.. shoot it.. send it.. ááuploadáá photos and videos to foxbaltimore dot com../ ááclickáá on. the see it shoot it, send it. icon./ ááalsoáá... send photos from your cell to "pics at foxbaltimore dot com." city crews ... have been working all day... to reeair.. a... downtown ... water main break../ that... buckled... part of light street. street. water... began gushing... from the pavement ... just before... rush hour... last evening... / leaving ... a... big sinkhole.../. now, ... crews ...must replace ...two aging pipelines..../ the... oldest one... was installed in 1889.../. it's... estimated... the work ...will take... four weeks..../ but... the city... was able to create... a temporary,... above-ground pipeline... to... restore ...water service ... to... nearby businesses. that brings us to our question of the day...//. do you think... higher water rates ...are justified... to... pay for repais... to the water system... ? infrastructure? strong response... to this question... on... our...

facebook page.... / most... of you... think repairs... are... necessary../ .but... higher... water rates... are not.../.join... the debate... at... facebook dot com slash fox baltimore. baltimore... police... investigate... a... double shooting... this morning... in south baltimore.../ that left ...one person . dead.it happened... around... two.. on... sixth street... near duane avenue...//.police... found... two men... with... gun shot wounds..../a... 35-year-old man ...was shot in the head... and... pronounced dead... at... shock trauma,.../ the... second victim.. . a... 32-year-old man... is... in critical condition.../.police... think... drugs were... involved. a... man... and woman... in waldorf,... are... found shot... this morning.../ possibly... at... the hands... of their son....//they... were rushed... to the hospital..../ charles... county... sheriffs... say... the shooter... was the couple's son and was found dead... in... a... nearby home.../.it... appears... he committed suicide.../. 3 first on fox.../ nearly... 70... passengers... on a "megabus"... headed... to baltimore .../ find... themselves... stranded in new jersey .../ after... the...

driver... refuses... to bring them... any further. further. here... are... some pictures... sent to us ...of the incident. .../ you... can see everyone... off the bus.../. this... night of hell... started... after passengers say... one of them ... asked the driver... if... the... air conditioning... was working..../ passengers.. say... at that point... the... driver... pulled over ... and... slammed on ...the brakes..../ that... jolt... was enough ...to cause one woman ... to... end up... in the hospital. 17:52 she was going down 95 and she was like ruur and it's a double decker....butt bite 23:14 eveyone is confused everybody is worried some people are scared scared megabus says... it's looking... into the matter.../ but maintains... the driver... did everything.. by the book. johns... hopkins hospital../. slips.... to second place.../ after... years... as the... top hospital... in the country..../ but ... they're... only down... one spot.. to... number two... in... the rankings... of... best hospitals... by... u-s news... and... world report..../ the ... hospital did receive... the number one spot... in... five specialties.../ it's... also ...the only maryland hospital... to be nationally ranked... in all sixteen... medical specialties.../ still...

this... historic institution,.../ can... no... longer say.. / it's... number one. (stephenson) "we both, us and the number one hospital, had 30 points each. we were edged out because of the slight change in their methodology.. but again it was a photo finish" finish."for... a... complete list... of the... top hospitals.../ go... to... fox baltimore dot com ... and... click on... newslinks. a... meeting... at the governor's mansion... involving... the state's ...top three lawmakers ... produces ...little progress ... on... whether to call... a special se/ session.../ so... the... fate of... expanding gambling... is... still in limbo.../. governor ... o'malley ...met with senate president mike miller... and... house speaker michael busch... today.../. yet... no... special session... is... scheduled.../. now... some ...maryland lawmakers... doubt... it... can be done this year. (curt anderson-md delegate) "you cant have a special session unless you have the votes... and right now i cant see them anywhere close to having the votes. " there's... pressure ...to get

...the... special session ... scheduled before... august 20th..../ lawmakers ... need to meet ...that deadline... if... they want ...the proposal ...on the ballot in november... how... hot... did it get today?...chief... meteorologist... vytas reid... is... here... with your first look... at your skywatch forecast...vytas 3 3

bad day... for... delta airlines.... . . the f-b-i... is... investigating... after ...sewing needles ...were found in turkey sandwiches ... on... four... separate flights... from amsterdam ...to the u-s.../.two... needles... were found by passengers.../ one... was discovered by an air marshal i bit down not on the sharp side but on the flat side. it could have been a bad injury orally but had i taken a big swallow and swallowed that i'd have a needle inside and that would be very concerning to me. 3 the sandwhiches came from gate gourmet... / a company that provides food to several airlines..../ they're cooperating with the fbi../ delta ...

is... now serving ...sealed... prepackaged food instead. bad day... for... joe paterno fans.../.a ... small plane... flew around the penn state campus today... carrying a banner... that read,.../ "take down the statue... or... we will,".../ a... reference ...to the paterno monument ... outside... beaver stadium.../. meanwhile,... students have changed the name... of "paterno-ville".../ an... encampment ...where they... line up... to... get the best seats... for football games. .../ the... new name ...is... "nittany- ville"...//.paterno's ... reputation... has been tarnished... after... recent reports... found ... he... helped... cover-up allegations... of... sex abuse... against jerry sandusky. 3 good day... for... a... lucky... 7-year-old girl./.. watch ... as... she falls... from a ...3rd floor window... in... new york city... straight into the arms... of a... good samaritan..../ the ... bus driver... -turned-hero ...got nervous ...when he saw the girl... crawl onto ...an... air conditioning window unit.../ and

start dancing, so he ran over and positioned himself below the window.the... girl is fine.../. her rescuer ...suffered... a...tear in his arm,.../ but... he's... okay.../. 3 > 8:21:43-:50> "if my owner if going to taxed into oblivion... what's the incentive to > grow the company to be more profitable?" profitable?" the health care worries.the concerns of small business if the president's plan moves forward. there were people on the sidewalk, and he stood for several minutes watching and observing before ever firing a single shot shota gunman opens fire at a crowded bar .... injuring 17 people..... why police think he was targeting a single individual. a disturbing scene caught on dash cam... what these bus passengers were looking at... and the reason police want to question them.

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obama administration's ...// "affordable care... act"... / many... small businesses... are concerned ... about... the future.../as... deborah linz... reports.../ from our...sister station... in... charleston, westvirginia.../ the... big worry... ? uncertainty. 3 nats...> > here at rock branch mechanical...a heating and cooling company.. the > owner pays 100 percent of his employees health premiums.... under the > affordable care act...beginning in 2014... all businesses with more than > 50 employees must offer some form of health insurance... rock branch cfo > worries how that mandate will impact his vendors.> > 8:19:23-:42> "if they don't have the health care coverage like us... they may have to > increase prices...pass onto us...ultimately..we may have to eat...or > pass on somewhere down the road.> > if small businesses don't comply with the new legislation...they may be > fined two to three thousand dollars per employee every year.> > 8:04:33-"41> "my

concern is they're going to find the penalty is less than offering > insurance to so they are going to drop employee health insurance and put > onto state exchange."> > congresswoman shelley moore capito> > 08:06:40-:49> "what were seeing now...even in anticipation of the program...premiums > gone up over $1,800...and small biz dropping plans because they are > unaffordable."> > but supporters of the landmark legislation say it could trigger lower > health care costs for everyone.. by requring most americans to have > health insurance... the pool of insured healthy people would expand.... > making the overall risk pool less risky.> > still the uncertainty is what is keeping many small business from hiring > and expanding... not yet knowing future health care costs and other tax > implications.> > 8:21:43-:50> "if my owner if going to taxed into oblivion... what's the incentive to > grow the company to be more profitable?" > > a question many small businesses are pondering and one in which will > only be answered in time.> > =================== =========================

republicans... still... plan... to repeal.... the... affordable care act. a... gunman ...accused of firing... into... a... crowded bar... in alabama .../ is... taken into custody. this... surveillance video... shows the ...accused gunman .../ minutes... before... he opened fire... inside the "copper top"... bar... in..tuscaloosa.../he's... armed ...with a... military-style... assault rifle../ and... appears... to be looking for someone ...in the parking lot... , before... opening fire... into the crowd..../ at... least... 11 people... were shot..../ 17... were... hurt.../// mos: "it was so loud, couldn't really tell what was going on. all you see was sparks and people ducking, and glass busting, we never saw the guy shooting. 3 44-year-old... nathan... van wilkins... turned himself in.../ he... faccs... attempted murder charges.../ police... think... he was targeting... a... specific individual.../ disturbing video... out of virginia.../ , where ... a... man... was hit by a car..../ and... ignored by... people nearby. 3 this... is... dash cam video... from a bus...

that was stopped ...just feet from a man... who lay dying... on the sidewalk... in arlington..../ you ... can see passengers ...looking at his body... / but... not... a... single person ...stopped to ...check on him.../. police... say... the pedestrian was hit by a car... that didn't stop.... at... a... traffic signal.../ the... man... later died.../ and... detectives... are looking... to question those witnesses -- / seen on the tape. 3 3 another day of brutal heat.../ chief meteorologist vytas reid is here to tell us when we'll get some releif. 3

he... only drinks water ...from wineglasses... / but... that's okay... because... he's got... a... really important job.../. coming up... / how... this... finicky feline... became mayor... of a small alaskan town. a shocking discovery.. when a high speed chase... ends in a crash.../ what... police found in the back seat of this stolen car. 3

more than... 50 percent ...of... maryland... small businesses... are... ánotá.. online..../ but... the folks... at google ... are... trying... to help them.. grow. grow. they... hosted.. .a... seminar today... for business-owners... wanting... to get online. .../ the... seminar... included instructions... for creating.. .a... secure website..../ participants... also received... a... free domain... and... other tools ...to help them ... maintain... their sites.../. business- owners... believe... a... good on-line... presence... is... key... to reaching customers ... and clients. businesses ...can google - get... maryland online -/ for... more information about the program. 3

common sense... says... cats... may be better politicians.../ than people...// people...//meet... "stubbs.".../the... friendly feline... became mayor... more than 15 years ago... as... a... "write-in"... candidate.../. since... the village... is... a historical district... , stubbs' job... is more symbolic ... than functional..../ apparently... he's... doing something right.../ because... his approval ratings... have... never been higher.../. a.. store clerk... who cares for... mayor stubbs... says... he's very demanding..../he ... will... only drink... his water... from a wineglass... with... cat-nip in it../ common sense... says.../ if... you're going to steal a car.../ leave the kids at home..../// police say... the man driving this stolen car... led them on a chase... at... more than ...90-miles-an- hour.../. it... ended ...when the car... slammed... into a bus...//. police ... couldn't believe what they found in the back seat..../ a toddler..../ the... child... didn't appear hurt, .../ the... driver suffered ...minor injuries.../. he's.. charged... with child

endangerment. 3 3 3 an incredible catch.... how a fan managed to snag a foul ball... without using his hands. 3

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baseball fan... steals the spotlight../ . after he catches a foul ball... with no hands.../. take a look.... look.... 3 it happened during a blue jays - indians game...//.a ... foul ball... bounces into the stands.../ up some steps.../ and... is caught... by a fan... ábetweená the legs.../. his... hands... were full at the time... as you can see.../.amazingly.../ he doesn't drop a thing! ---toss to vytas--- vytas--- 3

four orioles starters... from opening day... are gone.../ can zach britton ... get back in the starting rotation?his return to the bigs, next in sports unlimited. that'll do it for the late edition,.../ 3

thanks so much for joining us. i'm jeff barnd..../ up next is morgan adsit, sports unlimited starts right now. there seems to be a new theme for the orioles...on to the next.not next game... just next player.weekly roster moves continue...thanks to injuries and bad pitching.two arms up from triple-a.brad bergesen and zach britton. britton making his orioles season debut tonight in minneso. minnesota.twins starter having some issues... samuel de- deknow on the mound... throwing error to first... nick markakis makes it all the way to 3rd..still in the first... wild pitch... joe mauer can't get the handle on the hop... markakis scores... so on just one single by markakis... o's on the board 1-0..britton helping himself out in the 2nd... two on, no outs... oh-2 count... fires to

first... gets the out... no run scores..bottom of the 4th... britton gives up his first run... jamey carroll keeping it fair... ryan dough-mit scores... carroll in at 2nd... 1-1 ball game.. 5th... after two walks... o's have two on... adam jones doing some work... going opposite field... getting a little help from the wind and see ya... 3 run shot... his 21st of the season... orioles take a 4-1 lead..bottom half of the frame... britton done after loading the bases no outs... luis ayala can't get out of the hole.. dough-mit singles to right... two runs score.... twins up 6-4 in the 7th. blame the o's problems on the d-l.injuries are killing them. and it's been showing this month...winners of 4 of their last 12 games..two second basemens on it... robert andino the newest member.brian roberts still outweighing hip surgery options..starter jason hammel had knee surgery monday. nick johnson's moved to the 60 day d-l.and nolan reimold's expected to be done this

season. misery loves company in the a-l east...blue jays placed jose bautista on the 15-day d-l.last night he injured his left wrist on a swing against the yankees..bautista had a m-r-i... his return, unknown. he leads toronto in r-b-i's... and tied for 2nd in all of baseball with 27 homeruns. the ravens had two orders of business this off season...the first... ray rice's contract. well that's a done deal.5 years, 40 million dollars. dollars.now the focus turns to joe flacco.the ravens q-b is under contract this season... but wants a new one..can't blame him... all four seasons... he took baltimore to the playoffs and won games. 9 total post season games... 5 of those wins.flacco's agent couldn't be reached today... but he told me earlier this summer... flacco doesn't plan to holdout.but they do expect elite q-b money along the lines of brady, brees, rodgers and the mannings. former ravens running back jamal lewis is heading into the ring of honor.it will happen during week four... when the browns visit the

ravens at m&t bank... fitting. lewis ended his career in cleveland..lewis played 6 seasons as a raven.and is the franchise's all-time leading rusher. any time he's on the links for a major...count on the focus to be tiger this, tiger that. comes with the greatness territory for tiger woods. woods.he's just 4 majors away from tying jack nicklaus' record of 18...but he hasn't won a major in four years. he'll look to change that at the open championship..but i wouldn't put all the pressure on tiger.that goes to the locals...no english golfer has won a british open on english soil since 19-69.this could be the year with the world's number one golfer luke donald and number 3 lee westwood in attendance.westwood's focus for thursday... block out pressure. i've gotten more relaxed and played while letting the cards fall where they may really. i don't find myself pressing particularly hard. i think because they are such a hard task, it's hard to press a

major championship. lee westwood... has yet to win a major..that's all for sports unlimited. i'm morgan adsit.