that means you'll see a little added humidity later on today. not going to be unbearable, but considering how spoiled we are the past couple of days, you'll feel the difference, a little added mugginess out there. olney, 66. prince frederick at 63. front royal right now at 62. so another comfortable start to our day. now let's head over to the almanac. yesterday, only 81 for the high temperature. average high yesterday and today is 88 degrees. we are approaching the warmest stretch of days all year long, on average, here in the washington area. notice the cloud deck that we do have rolling overhead. some debris cloud cover coming in as well. so we're seeing that cloud deck this morning, some of that will clear out, some of it will hang around, so just partial sunshine throughout the day today. high temperatures in the mid 80's. so a few degrees warmer than yesterday, but still running a little below average. and we do throw in the chance of a late-day shower and thunderstorm. i think especially around and after 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. today as the col

highs up close to 90 by later this afternoon.nd with all the heating we'll have chance for thunderstorms coming up later on today. >> chuck, thanks for the warning. right now, we'll take a live look along northeast washington. new york avenue, coming in from maryland over the anacostia, bladensberg road. all the way to the exit for the 3rd street tunnel, no worries. >>> elsewhere, check out the beltway, inner loop around georgia avenue, report of an accident, police were sent to investigate that. so far, so good along 270 and at the wilson bridge, barbara and joe, back to you. >>> thank you, jerry. it is 5:42 right now. and the temperature is 73 degrees. flying the fendly skies getting more expensive. a new fee, a major airline is charges for bag fees. >>> plus a northern virginia top cop is busted behind the wheel. next at 5:45, what he did that got him arrested by fellow police. >>> we're following breaking news out of bethesda this morning, montgomery county police have discovered a body inside a burning minivan. officers call

we're going to see the chances of more showers for later, maybe as early as later this morning lightshowers but a better chance of more activity comes later tonight when we could have thunderstorms as well. here is why, see all of the warm, moist air that is coming in from the south and east still. we will continue to watch that. it's creating the real soupy atmosphere we talk about in the summertime and also the trough of low pressure that is aloft helping to lift whatever is there. you can see all of the moisture producing a lot of rain for the ohio valley area. some of that activity could be moving our way especially for tomorrow as it moves over us then. in the meantime, it's definitely going to be a humid day and a warmer day, too with the warmer air coming up from the south. the warm front heading in our direction, bringing os a chance for some showers. you can see back to the west it's holding off, but certainly any place could see showers like that. here is a chance for a 50% chance and for the rest of the area, too to see some showers, too. the warm front will be more likely

a chance of showers later this afternoon. let's check the rush-hour commute. >> busy out of clarksburg. they worked late clearing road work. it is now out of the way. i will show you the pace. the further downstream you get, the better it is on father hurley boulevard. more traffic streaming into dale city. this is leaving newington to get into the pentagon. good on the greenway and the toll road. now to dg mckelway. >> thank you. >>> he is accused of participating in a street race that killed eight people. he will now face a judge as this trial gets underway. matt brock has the latest. >> taylor was just 18 years old when all this happened. his family stands ready to defend him to say he did not hit anyone with his car. with the state's attorney, he says he is ready to convict. this is what the memorials once book like along 210. eight people were killed in what police said was a drag race that when too far. two men were charged. when trial will begin today. his family began his defense long the gate. >> my son did not hit a

later today, the company's c. o will announce executive cuts an plans to make gm profitable. >>> a metro operator allegedly nodding off behind the controls. this exclusive video highlighted what appears to be an alarming trend among distracted drivers. >> metro is already impresident- electing a zero tolerance policy when it comes to operators talking or teching on cell phones. sherry ly is on this story and is live at metro head quarters. >> reporter: when you are riding on a metro train, you don't expect to look up and see the operator texting, talking on the cell phone or even sleeping. but metro riders have seen this and they're taking action. now, metro is too. cracking down on distracted drivers would put passengers at risk. metro riders are on alert these days. many have turned into rail watch dogs armed with cameras. >> it is necessary. that is the proof right there. >> reporter: proof like this, shown wednesday exclusively on fox 5, a rider fed up with what looked like an operator sleeping on the job. a 1

it looks like that could be the case later this afternoon as well. let's take a look at our current temperatures. we're knit mid 70's. these are the storms that rolled through last night that caused all the heavy wind damage. we saw very large hail associated with that. today, again, the risk for isolated severe storms. i think of late-day storms once we get through this morning batch. it's going to remain hot all week long. >> we're dealing with several problem spots related to the storm. we have downed trees in many areas. we're also dealing with an accident. we're hearing it's a fatal crash in white marsh. we've updated this location originally thought to be at campbell and honeygo. but, yes it means it's a very busy intersection. lots of police and rescue on the scene amount void that intersection if you can. we have some debris to watch for left over from the storm in cockeysville at cranbook and york. also blocked in the area of stevenson due to downed wires. nicodemus, a downed tree belong -- blocking some lanes. and problems at howard county,

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almost a year and half later, when trial will begin today. the family began the defense long ago. >> my son will be indicted. >> they say he did not strike anyone, prosecutors are expected to claim the men were showing off spinning their wheels for the crowd. there were told to leave. that is when they went up the road and raced toward the crowd. it will be alleged that taylor was able to avoid collision. under the law, prosecutors say it both drivers shared responsibility. >> i think the evidence supports the indictment. >> my son has never done anything wrong. >> you can see his family is there to defend him. they are expected there today. the second trial is expected to begin in september. matt brock, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> some local police officers are being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes. five police officers from police george's county and a former d.c. housing authority officer are the target of a pro. they're working security for a powerful gambling operation. >> as a resident, i would trust that the officers are

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some of those storms could come earlier than later. it could be around lunchtime. seeing more development out there. partly cloudy skies. near 90 this afternoon. some storms could be severe. this weekend, perfect. a lot of sunshine, less humid. >> i have nice traffic right now. along 270, just the growing volume. this is a live picture at new hampshire ave. it seems to be very light for now. we hope it stays that way. let's go to 95 at the beltway. left side is heading north down there are leaving dale city to get into woodbridge. -- left side is heading northbound. you are watching traffic on the dulles greenway and over on a 2, hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and water country usa... where family-fun surrounds you... and world-class rides astound. start at buschgardens.com. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health ca

however, we will see more activity later on. on the weather computer you will see activity to the west in ohio and kentucky and southwestern virginia. look at that stuff firing. couldn't here later this morning before the noon hour. we will watch this carefully. were aseeing a warm morning. mid-60s in winchester. 75 in town. highs in the 80s but watch out. strong storms will be possible. 75 degrees. good morning angie goff. >> good morning. half way through the 5:00 hour and still tracking that condition out on the outer loop near the braddock road exit. drivers here are losing two left lanes and that is due to police activity. checking out the drive on 66 eastbound. here's the camera shot through centreville. we are doing fine but as you approach route 50 we are seeing a lot of early-morning volume really start to build. 270. no delays from father hurley on down and 95 and the bw parkway, thumbs up. over to you, and ya. >> thank you. >>> president obama is pushing hard for congress to move ahead with legislation that would refo

bob can add to this later. he did not know he was making recordings which he made around the year 2000, we are not sure exactly. he taped over these. we can talk later about who the people were that made it outside of china. he made his recordings, he didn't specify what was to be done with them. on the other hand he meticulously numbered them all. there are passages when he is speaking where clearly he wants to be speaking to the great world out there. the judgment was made that he expected and intended these to be published for the world to read. he did not leave explicit instructions but implicitly it seemed quite clear. he made the recordings, he did and trust a few people to go outside the country and eventually they were reassembled, compiled, translated, and it turned into the book. the hero in this stage is not me. it is something that was made for years where this would be published. the publishing house in hong kong publishing miscellaneous books, it is fair to say, really, have a publishing house ope

you later. captioning funded by cbs >>> farewell to an icon. ♪ as family and fans prepare for michael jackson's memorial. his life, filled with innovation and wonder. children and scandal. now his death is full of controversy. his kids are caught up in a custody battle. >> are you ready fto fight for your children? >> are you ready to get your butt kicked? >> and his mother struggles for control of his estate. >> oh, yes. >> today, thousands will crowd an arena in los angeles and millions will watch from around the world as family and friends say good-bye to the king of pop. michael jackson, the farewell, early this tuesday morning, july 7, 2009. good morning from the staples center in los angeles. this is a special edition of "the early show." i'm maggie rodriguez with harry smith. julie chen is on assignment. we are here for what promises to be the biggest memorial in this to town's history. maybe the biggest in the country. harry, we already see the press here and we're expecting the crowd to

could see showers in denver later in the day. 6 in seattle. portland going up into the 90s. 69 in san francisco and 80 in los angeles. take a look at what else we are going to be seeing. comfortable water temperatures along much of the gulf coast and for the eastern seaboard until you get to the outer banks, north carolina. then those water temperatures cool to the 50s and 70s, especially 60s as you get to the jersey shore. that is a look at your forecast. ima reynolds wolf for hln. >>> we are seeing a sight of new york that has been out of sight nearly a decade, the view from the newly reopened crown on top of the statue of liberty. pñpñpññ >>> it's an idea that went from the streets outside their college book store to the marketplace. these three aren't just using book smarts to make money, they are trying to do good, too. stephanie elam has today's "money and main street." >> we saw all the bookstores that the book store was saying, no, i don't want it. there is totally value in the books. you've got to get them on the internet and someone

later tonight cloud cover will be sticking around. a few breaks wire we could pick up the international space station and talk about that later. dropping to the mid and upper 70s by midnight. fast forecast, it is a mostly dry evening for us. more of the summer stickys coming to us and how many any 90-degree temperatures. could that be on the te i will have much more coming up in just a few minutes. pat? >> when "news4 at 4:00" continues, singer chris brown apologizes. >> i am very sad and very ashamed of what i have done. >> is saying sorry enough to restore his image? >>> plus -- investigators are

why frances bacon some, what, 20-plus years later? >> well, our pretext was the sen topiary of his birth. we get to have the exhibition. especially in europe but it's been 20 years in new york. i think bacon looks very differently today than did he 20 years ago. >> charlie: how does he look today? >> i think he looks different to us because we've changed. in those 20 years. one thing he's dead, he can't control his legacy. his friends can no longer sensor their remarks in the critical take on the pictures. we have access to a studio and concept of the studio that we have much more precise understanding of what he was using, what influences his were. lastly the whole discussion about his sexuality has completely changed in the 20 years since he was last seen. >> charlie: how has it changed? >> i think we're much more open to alternative lifestyle that people and art in the norm is more acceptable even to people because that have. >> charlie: in britain there are stories when we first began to paint. they were worried where it would be

showers are likely later on tonight. we'll show you where and when, coming up in a couple minutes. >> all right, thanks, norm. >>> baltimore's historic senator theater might have a new owner by this time tomorrow. and it actually could be an owner from right down the street. the single screen movie house goes on the auction block tomorrow morning, and we're learning now that loyola college might put in a bid. college officials will not say what they would do with the theater, but its main campus is only about a mile and a half south of the senator. baltimore city bought the senator's mortgage last may with plans to foreclose and sell the property. >>> hiding information that may have saved lives. coming up, why some important documents about cell phones and driving were kept under wraps. >>> and new mommies, listen up. why your labor may not be induced earlier than 39 weeks. >>> and the naked cowboy could soon be ditching his skivvies for a suit. the next adventure that could give him a more prestigious title in new york

a cool front could trigger a few showers later on today.settled weather pattern is taking shape pretty much all the way into the early part of next week. we could use the moisture. >> some brief delay is forming southbound on 270. a good ride between 109 and the beltway. we're could on 29 where there was an earlier car fire reported. there were two accidents on 66. there was one near not the street. 95 slowing up to route 1. the change the traffic pattern over -- overnight near van dorn street. the same amount of lanes remain. taking you live to the springfield camera. traffic still pretty decent leaving newington up to the pentagon. >> thank you. >>> 6:45, 72 degrees. cars wading through rushing water and a sink hole is to blame. >> we will have the >>> 66 lot 47. we have breaking news out of fairfax county -- 6:47. >> there is a sin called in fairfax county. >> -- there is a sink hole in faiax county. >> crews are out here trying to repair a water main that broke around 11:00 last by. they are hoping to open two lanes on 236 west by this

the best chance will be later t aordd nayearly tonight.e showers break out at just about any point. 87 later avse rhos wean ddohe h thunderstos n is thefothstrecae 89 in fredericksburg and again, the forecast look brighter for tomorrow. i'll have more details on the weekend coming up. >> thank you very much. >>> julie wright is standing by. she has more on this morning's rush hour traffic. >> all right. again, we are talking about the commute in virginia if you are traveling northbound along 395 headed up towards the exit for shirlington. that is where we had the crash involving the overturned vehicle. the ramp still blocked at this point for those traveling northbound off of 395. delays are building as you travel north of duke street trying to work your way up toward the accident scene. this is affecting the commute off of northbound 395. we have agot the car up on its wheels. it is now loaded on day roll back but the ramp now, it looks like yeah we're still having a couple of cars able to squeeze by to the right and that is about it. bet

mercy who later in life is cancelling all these women and advocating women's education later on and letters never responds to this congress and historians especially the feminist scholarship of the last 25 years has wondered why, but if you read in that section her eldest son had essentially a nervous breakdown and this was not a time for her to get up there and be the perfect mother. she hadn't in a sense the fact that her son had this nervous breakdown reflected she fell very badly on her and her family with so there is a mystery because later she is advocating to lease half full imitation with men. she never goes as far as suffrage one, but she is winking. she tells women let him be the big man and think he really runs everything, but we know better. >> during the adams arguments to james warren it is very much for the common people, then they had always lived, he claimed they always lived by the common people and john adams said no, sir basically you have lived by an aristocrat by virtue of your wealth. mercy grew up on a farm as repairs for the head of a big farm with but the service w

maybe a shower or thunderstorm later on day. we'll show you what is going on out there this morning. and so far, so good. we've got mostly clear skies. no rain in the area. you see a couple of clouds moving through here and there but mostly clear skies. we'll get more clouds moving in later on today. the nearest precipitation looks to be in central pena.ylniva ngrhinifo us toworry about during the early part of the day. regional temperatures were in the 60s as topose d 50t hes where we were for parts of the area yterdaymynayniorg. ni ri ght now, 68 in washington. new york city is at 70 degrees. and in pittsburgh, it is 63. here is your forecast for washington for today. partly sunny skies, a stray shower or thunderstorm possible this afternoon and during the evening. about a 0% chance. high today about 87 degrees. our normal high for this date, 88 degrees. there you go. >> right where it should be. thank you, tony. >>> let's check in with julie wright for the latest on the roads. got off for a rough start this morning. >> absolu

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that will bring us thunderstorms later in the day or evening.eft us with a little bit of fog so be aware of that. 71 at baltimore and a few degrees warmer then. we can sum it, with storms, possibly stopping this afternoon or evening and a a humid weather through tomorrow but a break of the rain then, before thunderstorms return, probably later on sunday. we want to let you know what is happening on the roadways. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thanks, steve. and good morning. if you're traveling in downtown baltimore this morning, it's going to be an extra headache for you. we do have thousands of people that are flocking to the downtown area, all because of two events. we have the fire expo this weekend, and we do have the world-class football challenge that is taking place tonight at m&t stadium. it's going to be extra congested down there, and as a result we do have one road cloug closure already. there's ray street that is blocked between houston street. if you're going to use the light rail, exit on the ham

then your storms come a little later. that's your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. well, storms will be on and off today in areas like cincinnati, ohio. also in columbia, south carolina, you'll be dry out. watch out later this afternoon, you could have storms roll through your area. and it's going to be warm and humid in many spots. well, christinchristina, everyo begging for the summer pattern to arrive now they're left scratching their heads. >>> honda hums, the search for madoff millions. and if you can't sell your house, why not try robbery? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> she may be glamorous, but you will not believe the unglamorous place eva mendes goes to find peace. >>> former cy young winner not what you think and michael phelps shatters another world record. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm christina brown. and here are some of your top headlines. >>> according to a new nbc news/wall street journal poll, a whopping 67%

could be showers in denver later on today. 86 in seattle.tland going up into the 90s. 69 san francisco. 80 degrees in los angeles. take a look at what else you are going to be seeing. it's very comfortable. for the eastern sea board, until you get to the outer sea board. 60s and 70s, especially 60s toward the new jersey shore. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> carolyn manning lost a family member on 9/11. she rebuilt her life and used her experience to show others how to do the same. she's today's c nrnn hero. >> my brother-in-law was killed in tower one on september 11. after september 11th i saw a picture of an afghan family that lost a member because of the taliban. we lost a family member, too. we naturally went from that to let's show them we welcome them. >> my name is carolyn manning. i started the welcome america to help refugees in phoenix, arizona. the families we help are from war and genocide. they have never flushed a toilet. the welcome to america project is the community. it operates by community v

we do expect them to fire up again later this afternoon. just some fair weather cumulus is what we'll call them. not expecting any rain for the day. 57 in frederick. 52 out toward oklahoma. still 70 degrees in ocean city. if you are heading to the shore, this is going to be the best day for a while in ocean city. we'll get into that in just a little bit. cooler air will make its presence known here over the next few days. we have had a tough time of seeing any summer-like weather. that trend will continue in the rest of the week. this is going to be a beautiful sunday because we are between two different systems. a stationary front further down to the south. we are dealing with rain out to the north and west. not concerned about that for today. the real problem here, we have a switch going on. the front will come up to the front of the warm front and it will become stationary by monday, and that will be sitting by i-95 from new york city all the way down through virginia, and that will spell problems for us during the work week with rain. n

he was may be able to appear in court later this month.police released surveillance video of the crash between a car and a train near detroit that killed all five people in the car. you know this, is a different story. all right, we'll keep going with this story. the video shows it black car speeding around an suv that had stopped and running right in to the path of the train. five people were killed. they ranged in age from 14 to 21. the 21-year-old, tarence harris is from stafford, virginia. the 19-year-old behind the wheel was driving on a suspended license. former senator and presidential candidate bob dole is in the hospital. he was admitted to walter reed army medical center in bethesda last week. his office released a statement saying he underwent surgery for open sores on his left leg. he has a skin graft on hiseft leg. mr. dole is 85 years old. >>> a memorial for michael jackson turned into a celebration of his life and hometown in gary, indiana last night. thousands of people gathered to sing h songs and dance to his music as the

that will regenerate later today.at the thunderstorm complex around oklahoma stretching in toward arkansas. here's memphis looking at a thunderstorm right up toward your north in toward the arkansas side. that's all drifting over toward the east. heavy downpours is what you get with right now and that rain extends all of the way back into the mid plains. more on that in a bit. let's show you what it looks like in miami. traveling toward southern florida. nice weather. 91 degrees the high temperature. haze and humidity up there. slight chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. a little bit of a sea breeze. that's it. 91 not that bad. good morning to you guys. more in just a bit. >> you still like looking at miami? >> love it. one of my favorites. >>> an eighth person is in custody in connection with the murders of a florida couple. investigators are still trying to piece together the many parts of this puzzle. they do say the suspects missed one very important detail. >>> an eighth suspect has been arrested in the murde

we will take your calls later.ou can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. >>> if it's three days of music, art and dance and it's all free, then that must mean it's time for the 28th annual artscape in baltimore. the event starts at noon in downtown baltimore. joel d smith is live there with some of what you can find if you head out there, good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, the biggest annual art festival, the swaight annua thef the artscape. this will be the belly troop that will be out here performing a few times. it starts at noon today and goes through sunday as well. now, i have nina amaya who is with this group. when you will be performing. >> we will be performing at 5:00 in front of the mica building and 7:00 at pen station every night of the artscape. >> reporter: what is the attraction. why do people like seeing this so much? >> it's absolutely beautiful in color, in joy, the music will be live. >> reporter: yes. >>so it's just a spectacular spectacle. >> reporter: and you guys are

the charges were later dropped.geant crowley, who nied any wrongdoing, said the white house meeting was polite but no apologies were offered. >> in the big scream of things, i think there is more important things than have been a beer on the white house lawn. >> i don't think it would solve anything. i think they got together for a beer. >> it probably solved some problems. people need to communicate with each other. >> just some thoughts from folks on the street about what they thought of that summit. after that meeting, the president said he is hopeful all of us are able to draw a positive lesson from this episode. >>> he didn't want to go to church so one #-year-old took his parents' car for a joyride. we'll show out video up next. >>> another metrobus driver ing th llegedly e viatg th zero tolerance lipopolicy. >>> we'll be take august look at your forecast and julie wright will have your on-time traffic right after the break. (announcer) we're stepping up our style at the jcpenney appreciation sale. everyone ge

would be three -- later version, later iteration of logcap in which there would be three competitors and they -- i think the talk about that goes back at least two years. they are now slowly phasing in that successor arrangement and that's an activity that we're going to be following in theater but it is still not been activated in iraq. each task order still has only one vendor, kbr, and there has been some concern voiced that phasing-in of a competitive arrangement has been going too slow. >> i know your jurisdiction covers just wartime, you know, in theater, but it seems that that problem goes beyond. as i mentioned, i've been trying for months to get access of some of these j & as to justify why some of these contracts aren't bid out. and i haven't been able to get them yet. so i think -- are some of these problems that you see in theater, do you think they go beyond that or is it justified just because of the circumstances inherent in wartime? >> i'm not at all surprised that you're seeing similar problems back in the united states and in domestic context. there's no special exc

cash's body was found hours later. >> he's just accommodating. a good friend of mine. >> reporter: wednesday, a mother and daughter were slain. the younger, a second-generation educator. >> gina was the sunshine of our school. she loved calhoun. she was an encourager. she always was positive. not only for the children, but for our staff. >> reporter: thursday, steven tyler and his daughter abbey were gunned down. officials say that attack may have been carried out to taunt police. gaffney is no stranger to mass murder. in the late '60s, the so-called gaffney strangler killed four women in ten days. whatever the motive for these recent killings, fears and emotions are on edge throughout the region. ron mott. >>> steve mcnair was found murdered today in nashville. mcnair, who refired last year after 13 seasons, was the highest drafted black quarterback ever with the houston oilers in 1995. before injuries ended his career with the baltimore ravens last year, mcnair led the titans to the super bowl in 2000. mcnair was named co-mvp of the league in 2

he later chokes up when discussing his family. the soldier's identity has not yet been released. >>> a possible break in the jakarta hotel bombings that killed 9 people including the two suspected attackers. more than 50 otherswere also injured. indonesian officials say the attack at the hotels may be linkinged with the mastermind behind the 2002 bally blast. both bombers are expected to be membered of jamal. both are said to have assembled bombs in their room. and another one was found in a laptop computer bag. these hotels already have tight security, including metal detectors. investigators are particularly concerned about how the bombers got through security. >> they were considered among the most well secured hotels in jakarta. operating at the highest security level known as code red. which means there were 40 different security procedures in place. including drop down barriers where vehicles were inspected, metal detectors, x-ray machines and special vapor detectors but that didn't stop at tack. >> terrorists continue to ev

later in the day tomorrow.e late morning for a couple of light showers in the northeast. i think for this afternoon, a better chance of seeing showers with thunderstorms here indicating just the northeast, but i think it could be really to be fair, it could be anywhere across state in the afternoon and into the evening as well. it then tapers off a little bit, the coastal low comes up with the north and east, it moves with it showers and thunderstorms into our area by tomorrow night and into the overnight period friday night into saturday it looks like. we do have the jet stream toward the north. it's going to steer a lot of the warm moist way and bring the thunderstorm chances into the afternoon. 77 degrees at the inner harbor. mostly cloudy skies with a southwest wind at 5 miles per hour. the dew point and humidity and that means it's definitely more humid. 77 in baltimore and the same throughout the area. look for the temperatures to climb quickly to the mid-80s by noon. and the mid-80s with the high tempera

but doctor, this is 20 years later, 20-plus years later.greeing to feed him dope like -- like it's -- it's candy corn? what is their duty? and we know that there are dozens, repeat dozens, of doctors, that's at least 24 doctors, now part of a criminal probe, dr. bethany. >> their duty is to protect the patient and provide safe and reliable medical care. but what drug addicts do, we've heard the term doctor shopping. they'll go to a -- one doctor. and especially if they're particularly wealthy and powerful, they'll say to the doctor, oh, you're so wonderful and no one else has ever helped me like you and you're the best and they seduce the doctor with money and compliments. that's why these doctors should not practice alone. they should always practice with partners in a treatment setting when it comes to -- >> you're making excuses for doctors doping up an addict. he, jackson, seduces them. they're the doctors. it's their duty. >> well, explanation is not the same as excuse. but you have doctors with greed. i mean, look. he surrounded himse

moments later he was spotted. sinclair fired directly into the police cruiser hitting the officer three times, in the chest, arm and abdomen, still the officer was able to fire back hitting sinclair. >> reporter: >> after being wounded in the seat of that car, to pull himself out and engage the suspect in a gun battle, i think it says a lot about the men and women of this police department. i'm dam proud of their work. >> reporter: again, the officer remains in stable condition this morning. sinclair himself is expected to recover. when sinclair gets out of the hospital, he will be facing several charges including attempted murder. we did speak with sinclair's wife. she tells us the husband who she is trying to divorce is mentally ill, but hasn't been seeking any treatment. live from shock trauma this morning. i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. >>> hear more from police commissioner bealefeld on the two shootings of the officers at our website. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on raw news. >>> ridivide

later he delivered the commencement address. he said they are not destined to antagonist. president obama touched on another uth-botton topic including north korea and nuclear ambitions. >>> a car burglar in houston led police on a wild high-speed chase. squad cars pursued that white mini van for over an hour with a lot of close calls and near misses. police eventually trapped the man in a parking garage. he tried running away. made a leap off of a 30-foot ledge, in fact. police did finally catch him and arrest him. charges are still pending. the suspect was treated, though, for a broken leg. >>> authorities in ohio are looking for three robbers who botched their exit. the suspects smashed their suv tloo through a store and started grabbing cigarettes but their getaway truck wouldn't budge so they took off on foot. police are using surveillance video and fingerprints at the scene to track down those three tlooefz. >>> a fire at a historic house in kentucky left over the chimney and brick walls standing. firefighters believe an electrical mob-bmleay have sparked this blaze.

we'll report on that later.> well, judge sotomayor is expected to cruise towards confirmation during a full senate vote next week. the senate approved her nomination yesterday. every democrat on the committee has to vote for her with the one republican, lindsay graham. if confirmed, she'll become the first his panic country man on the supreme courtment. >>> lawmakers and aids may have been exposed to swine flu. here's more on this and the precautions being taken. good morning, tracey. >> reporter: good morning. we don't have reports of lawmakers being exposed yet, but they have put out this memo to put everyone on alert. if they don't to demonstrate some symptoms, then they know what it is about. we have pages here that come during the school year and also the summer. they are typically high-school unions. five of them were isolated from l lawma lawmakers. the office of the attending physician says they probably have the swipe flu, but the cases have not been confirmed. the sergeant at arms says the test is too

risk of strong storms later on today in the northeast. showers and thunderstorms hit or miss through the gulf >> it is going to be a bit hot today. at 90 degrees is the high. slight chance of isolated thunderstorms today. variably that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. now to that stunning video just released showing michael jackson's hair catching on fire while he was filming a tv commercial for pepsi. was it the beginning of his downward spiral? nbc's jeff rossen is following it all for us. jeff, good morning. >> natalie, good morning to you. you know this became one of the most talked about moments in american pop culture. but we never saw saw it, not like this. for the first time you're going to see what really happened on the set of that 1984 pepsi commercial, from the explosion to michael jackson's hair actually on fire many say it was this accident that sparked an addiction to painkillers. it was michael jackson's final take of the pepsi commercial that changed everything. ♪ the shoot had been going smoothly, until

federal prosecutors in nashville will announce this later today. he was shot to death on july 4 at his condo by a 20-year-old girlfriend. she then killed herself. she bought the gun in a private sale from the person they have not identified. >>> road crews are removing debris from a collapsed section of a bridge on i-75 in detroit. the explosion happened wednesday night when a tanker carrying 13,000 gallons of fuel crashed. minor injuries were reported. 94,000 drivers use that highway every day and it will remain closed until next week. the natural -- the national transportation safety board is investigating. >> investigators want to know how white 3-month-old baby girl came to be found dead in her bed covered with over 100 small animal bites. they say the girl's father was found in the front of his yard screaming that his daughter was dead. police found the child in her crib with severe wounds on her nose and legs from what appeared to be bite from rats. bloody animal footprints were found in the crib but it's not clear how the child died. >>> chu

pepcid complete, works now and works later. now with a great new taste. >>> now complete forecast, and a first warning of severe weather. >> take a look, few peeks of sunshine, more in the way of clouds. 76 degrees outin baltimore, it is much muggier than it has been. dew points in to the 60s from the 50s of yesterday. feels more thick outside for the air. 80 degrees in hagerstown. 82 ocean city. people in the 70s this afternoon, only going to top out close to 80 degrees, winds are out of the east, and that's because of the storm we are dealing with, that is what is keeping the cooler ocean air on top of us. showers in to the ocean and moved through, breaks in the sunshine farther west you go, we will be in and out of that, scattered showers and thunderstorms will fire up, it's going to come from the same storm system. some of it hanging off to the south, which will move to the north. not a guarantee with this one. another one follows. the next one is going to come our way on thursday. this one out here to the west, scattered s