. >>> another pitbull is shot in anne arundel. it happened saturday in the 300 block of benfield road in severna park. the man was in his backyard when he was approached by the neighbor's pit bu. the dog was aggressively barking at him. the man pulled out a handgun and shot the animal. mcconnell was charged with discharging a firearm in a residential area. >>> a pitbull that attacked a woman was euthanized. 78-year-old athina neofitou was attacked last friday when she went to get her mail on ponca street. the family said they would like to be at her bedside. the health department handed out three citations to the dog's owner. no lease -- leash, no vaccination. >> the recent heat wave has claimed to lives. two seniors died in the past 10 days from excess heat exposure. a cecil county man and an anne arundel woman had underlying medical conditions. >>> that's something we're going to have to watch for as the heat surges. today not a cool day, low 90s from bwi, the hot spot downtown. cambridge 81. clouds have rolled in. now we're see

a cecil county man and an anne arundel county woman both over 65. >> we see it often times when we get early in the season before people are used to the heat, we find people aren't really thinking about the fact they need to check in on their neighbors and the elderly to make sure they're okay. >>> in 2009, six people died and last year 32. last week the heat knocked out power to thousands of bge customers and that's a concern for this week too. bge has prepared workers are on call. >> there can be issues with equipment because the equipment by nature is already hot. it heats up even more when it's hot outside because there's more power flowing through the lines. it heats up even more because the exterior temperature is still hot. >> reporter: it will be worse wednesday and thursday. health officials remind us to take it easy. >> nobody is immune to the problems of heat. so even if you've got your kids outside or if you're outside yourself working in the garden, make sure you take a lot of breaks, keep yourself hydrated and cool. >> reporter: often with the heat comes poor air quality.

. >> in anne arundel county, a man shot a dog. he says it is not the first time that his dog and a neighbor's dog have gone into a fight. they were headed to their room and he was worried about his family's safety, he says. >> the other dog game and kept fighting on his neck trying to drag him down. if i try to push him off, he could have easily gone after the kids. they were scared. i wanted to make sure they were safe as well as my dog's life. as well as mine. >> he says he has a permit to carry the gun at all times. police have taken the gun pending in the investigation. >> a hit and run just before 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning in the 200 block of eighth avenue and glen burnie. an actor had a caravan and it was head-on. a woman was taken to the hospital with serious, but non- life threatening injuries. and 8-month-old child was taken in for evaluation. the driver of the acura fled the scene. if you know where he may be, call anne arundel please. downtown construction and how you can get around that repairs, next. >> and where t

in anne arundel county. then we take you to howard county and laurel school annex, you see the clouds streaking across the sky here. some kids on the field there, why not? in washington today, look at this, beautiful shot from reagan international over the nation's capital, good-looking weather for commuters headed back to baltimore later on this evening. maryland's most powerful doppler radar, crystal clear now. that should hold up. we have seen very little action, one stray shower earlier this afternoon. looks like south of salisbury toward the eastern shore of virginia. other than that, high and dry all day and humidity, really, again, not oppressive. not oppressive. i think tomorrow another day where humidity will be tolerable. temperatures will be a bit warmer but still acceptable for june. 90 in mount vernon. 88 fells point or so. then we take you further south and i think we'll be pushing close to 90 in parole. lake shore about 88 for you as well. across the entire mid-atlantic this evening it's quiet

anne arundel county we are going to have 97 southbound at quarterfield road on the right shoulder. megan. >> once i realize i posted to twitter panicked and took it down and said was hacked. >> first he says he's victim and now a congressman says was not telling the truth. that's wouldn't big stories we are work on for you this morning. new york congressman anthony weiner's political career and personal life in limbo this morning. abc's john h-endron has more on the admission and a woman at the center of the scannedda. >> reporter: eye took a week for him to go from this. >> this is a twitter hoax a prank that was done. i am the victim of it. >> reporter: to this. >> to be clear, the picture was of me. and i sent it. >> reporter: the new york congressman delivered an apology to his wife and an aid to hillary clinton and to the media in blunt language. >> once i realized i posted to twitter i panicked. >> reporter: and he went on. >> i took it down and said it's been hacked. >> reporter: and on. >> i exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with 6 women over the last thre

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two people in anne arundel and cecil counties have died because of the temperatures. both people or elderly and had underlying medical conditions. >> we're most concerned about the elderly. we're all at risk with these extreme temperatures. take frequent breaks and drink water. >> that is worth repeating. take a water bottle with you. avoid caffeine and alcohol. for a list of those cooling centers, coach for website, wbaltv.com. george lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> two women who said they sought a baltimore police officer shoot and iraq war vet gave different accounts this week. sister was called to testify. she said her brother was apologizing to the woman he repeatedly tighouched. that contradicts testimony given by the woman who was touched. she said the officer stepped in. >> it is a difficult opinion to accept that the brother somehow feared for his life and feared for his safety, it continued for such a long distance towards an advancing my clients. >> the defense claims to tshamba shot the marine 13 times at of defense. >> a family is demanding justice after peop

a pit bull is shot and killed in anne arundel county, it's not far from a dog park. andrea fujii is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning, once again, don and everyone. it's been nearly ten months since an off duty police officer shot and killed a dog named bear bear. now, the police are investigating another incident that's similar. >> reporter: sunday morning, two people were walking a pit bull named cane. they came across a group of young people. >> he was not on a leash, mine was on a leash. >> reporter: the dog's owner says that the two dogs started fighting. >> someone else went and got a gun and shot my dog. my daughter could have been injured. you have to know your surroundings. >> reporter: the shooting comes after an officer shot another dog in severn dog park. a judge gave the officer probation. he served no jail time. >> they come to a dog park where people are with a loaded gun and shoots an innocent dog and again, the dogs lose. >> reporter: she's ready for a legal battle. >> i want to seek justice. he has to be locked up or something.

another accident in anne arundel county. of the jam-packed right southbound on the harrisburg expressway. and now extant on the left lane. -- an accident on the left lane. on the gallup north side come late clearing construction still in place -- on the outer loop north side, some late clearing construction still in place. delays stretch back to harford road., st conway street shut down between light and charles. harrisburg expressway. the accident scene on the left lane pass timonium street. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> so for a nice start for us weather-wise. the butchers of the upper 50's and low 60's. 56 in york, pa. -- temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. heat is on in the seven-day forecast. here is keith mills. >> thank you, tony. the orioles get another win and another first-round draft pick. the orioles select dylan bundy. in the bt as -- then they beat the a's. brian matusz was good enough. he pitched into the sixth and got the win. is vlad guerrero -- this is vlad guerrero. robert andino scor

. >>> a frightening sight, an anne arundel girl witnesses a man shooting her family dog. >> reporter: the two pit bulls started fighting. that's when one of the dogs owners grabbed a gun and shot the other dog. the family rushed their dog to the vet but he died there. now they want the other owner to pay for killing their pet. >> right now i want to seek justice in this case because he has to be locked up or something. i don't know what the plan is or whatever. but something needs to actually be done. >> reporter: right now police are trying to figure out if the man accused of shooting the dog is legally allowed to have the gun. vic. >> reporter: so far police have not filed any charges. >>> more troubling accusations against the baltimore police officer charged with killing a man. wjz is live at courthouse east. mile hellgren tells -- mike hellgren tells us what another officer noticed after the shooting. >> we have never before seen photos. the prosecution rested but not before calling a powerful witness. >> was it difficult for you to testify, ma'am? >> no comment. >> reporter: bal

one of the victims is a cecil county man the other a woman from anne arundel county. both were more than 65 years old and they each had previous health problems. >>> if you think the heat is back, imagine what it's like fighting a fire in these temperatures. firefighters spent the afternoon battling several fires in this northwest baltimore apartment complex. luckily the apartments were empty at the time of the fire. and we are expecting more dangerous heat over the next few days. baltimore county schools are closing two hours early wednesday and the city has already issued a code red heat alert for tomorrow and thursday. >>> wjz has your first warning weather. bob turk and bernadette woods has a look at how hot it's going to get. >> last week that's what we're looking at for the next couple of days. take a look at the temperatures around the region. they are not that hot right now. 87 to the west they had shower activity. here we go right up to 88 just one minute ago. so we're still in the upper 80s. we did get to 90 degrees earlier today. because the heat and humidi

the victims was -- where a man from cecil county and a woman from anne arundel county. both for over the age of 65 and had a underlying medical problems. this is a reminder to check on elderly family members and neighbors. and you can go to wbaltv.com for a list of local cooling centers. >> and he is expected to return. a heat advisory for tomorrow afternoon. >> on the east side of johns hopkins. it is a little loud with the construction, but it does not take away from maryland wine week. >> and on the road again where we caught up with the miracle on the hudson plane. the cracks and one tiger will remain invisible for the u.s. open -- >> and one tiger will remain invisible for the u.s. open, while a very different type reports on a full-court press. >> the miracle on the hudson plane is heading south tonight. it was more than two years ago that the plane hit a flock of birds and the pilot made before the emergency landing on the hudson river. the plane will be on display at the aviation museum. you can see video of a traveling through maryland at wbaltv.com, click on a

two senior citizens, one from cecil county, one from anne arundel, both with -- with under lying medical conditions deed from the heat. wyatt everhart is watching the latest heat wave. how hot is it going to be? >> today in the low 90s. tomorrow mid to upper 90s. with the humidity it will feel hotter. here it; the beginning of the heat wave. today was an exceptable level. skies clearing out there this evening. that's good. heat advisory up noon through 8:00. that's not so good. i expect same thing, if not a heat warning for thursday. we push up into the mid-nos knots -- mid-90s. we'll talk more about when the heat wave breaks straight ahead. >> all right. log on to abc2news.com/weather. you can also download applications to your smartphone. >> all right. right now crews are on the scene of a three-alarm fire going on in northwest baltimore. when they got to the scene they found three story vacant apartment building on fire. no word on the cause. because of the intensity, crews had to be called out on garrison boulevard. we have a crew on the scene. we'll get more information on abc2news.

it is moving towards the south and will continue that way on towards anne arundel county.et's widen the view of the radar. you can see the storm had its origins up and pennsylvania. it did not die out as the evening cooled. it was persistent. some severe reported -- severe weather reported in pennsylvania. there is rain out to the west, some decaying storms coming out of ohio. that stuff is aiming towards the carolinas and not coming our way. today, 83 was the high at the airport. 82 at the inner harbor. morning lows in the 60's. .001 of an inch of rain was measured. parkton, 67. frederick, 70. in western maryland, the coolest air is up in new england. the hot stuff is to the southewest. humid there, too. that area of thunderstorm activity moving to the south and will dissipate overnight. here is the activity out to the west. this trough or disturbance in the atmosphere. that is helping to trigger a little bit of this stuff. basically, a lot rider error is beginning to flow into the area behind the stationary front. the warm, sticky iaair it out to our southwest. so overni

arundel comes in at number six. >>> if you were hoping for a tiger woods sighting when the u.s. open comes to town, you're out of luck. he announced via twitter he will not play at the open at congressional next week. this is the shot where tiger actually hurt himself at april during the third round of the masters. he tweaked his achilles tendon. there he made it only nine holes before dropping out of that. woods voiced frustration but admitted his injuries have not healed enough to play. >> finds wade. wade lost the ball. back put. gets it to miller. miller puts it up. air ball. and that's it. the mavericks have evened the series. >> the mavericks played the comeback kids once again in the nba finals. dallas overcame a high fever that plagued dirk nowitski to win over the miami heat. dwyane wade led the heat in scoring with 32 points. the mavs will try to get one more at home thursday before heading back to south beach. >>> a massive solar flair peaked the interest of nasa scientists and now they released a picture of it. you may have heard the thunder. the actual flair extende

. >> reporter: a decision eventually determined by the anne arundel county state's attorney's office. in severn, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> the one pit bull was shot and later died in a local vet office. the other dog is currently in the custody now of animal control. we're going to update the story we've been reporting all weekend about the elderly woman attacked by a pit bull. still in the hospital here tonight. we're told she's in stable and in fair condition over at bayview. 78-year-old athena was walking to get her mail in the 700 block of porchga street in greektown. the dog on a nearby porch then came running. according to the health department the dog will stay in quarantine for 10 days, after that a hearing will determine if there should be -- if the dog should be returned to the owner. we've now learned the owner has been hit with three citations since the dog was without a leash, without vaccinations and without a license. she's been fined $550. on abc2news.com, that's where you'll find the information from the center for disease control about pit bulls and wanted to fin

anne arundel county came in sixth. prince william 17th and prince georges county 20th. >> for the first time this year, maryland's two state casinos saw a drop in the amount of money they brought in. the casino and the hollywood casino took in a combined $13 $13.29 million in may. they are focused on the long- term results. of course we are focused on today, but not just today, the next couple of days because of what is on the way. >> we have a heat wave coming this way. the dew point there tonight really not too bad. but it's really tomorrow and into thursday where we will feel the heat and humidity. so get those ready, we'll hang out. our heat alert is in effect. we have heat advisory in effect from wednesday tomorrow at noon until 8:00 p.m. this is the areas you see in orange. look out to the areas in northeast. that's the excessive heat warning in effect. so you know, we don't have it as bad as they do. heat index values expected at 100, 105 for tomorrow. avoid being outside during those hours. heat advisory, it me

right now, another dog killed in anne arundel county.t police say happened and what the dog's owner is telling us. >>> a major college campus without power for the entire weekend. when will the lights come back on at umbc? >>> congressman anthony weaner, was his twitter account really hacked? is he trying to cover up an embarrassing mistake? we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, dinner's ready! it's french's crunchy onion chicken! (announcer) for a quick and easy dinner crush french fried onions. dip chicken in egg. coat with onion crumbs and bake. when dinner's made with french's french fried onions, everyone's happy. french's. happy starts here. look for it in the canned vegetable aisle.

. >> reporter: anne arundel county police were back out on the scene today, coming up at 6:00, we'll explain what happened to the other dog and where the police are in their investigation. brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> information from the friday pit bull attack that left an elderly woman injured. the health department handed out three citations to the dog's owner, no leash, no vaccination, no license. $500 fines in the town. the 78--year-old victim remains in fair condition. the attack happened friday night when athena went outside to get some air. in the 700 block. the owner says she typically keeps the pit bull on a chain. even in her home. but on friday night blue was with her son on the front porch on a leash and ran from the front porch and scared the elderly woman. the animal is in quarantine with animal control. after 10 days they will hold a hearing to decide if the dog should be euthanized or returned to the owner. >>> more information about pit bulls on our web site. from the centers for disease control. abc2news.com. just click on the story about the greektown attack. we

. >> reporter: those deaths, annie, happened last week in anne arundel county in maryland.y were elderly individuals and the reports come just as some climate scientists are poised to produce a brand new study tomorrow with some really surprising results. they predict in only 20 years, super hot summers are likely to be the norm. and in that time, relatively cool years will be hotter than the hottest summers we get right now. how hot is it? try 105 this week in houston. temperatures so hot in wisconsin today that the pavement was buckling. all of this headed in washington's direction tomorrow. >> the emergence is an unprecedented heat regime has been occurring. >> reporter: and live tonight from stanford university in california, climate scientists say new data suggest we are witnessing the new normal and only 20-50 years from now it will be a lot worse. >> even the coolest is still hottest than the hottest season that has occurred in the late 20th century. >> reporter: the study is backed by the u.s. department of energy and the world bank essentially finding that climate

we have an accident reported anne arundel county 97 southbound but that's nothing compared to what we have top side of the beltway. 695 at providence road. a parking lot on the outer loop to the left of your screen due to late clearing construction up ahead. this will last through up to the 83s because everybody is getting by single file only. so make sure you are aware of that. we have an accident reported on harrisburg expressway southbound between timonium road but before the beltway. that has the left lane blocked there. back to you guys, charley. >> thanks a lot. >>> you know they used to say drink your milk. it's good for you. guess what? things they are changing. the l.a. unified school district is thinking of dropping chocolate and strawberry millint from the menu fighting obesity is one of the reasons the district says they are look at taking the flavored milk off the food trays. some moms and dads out there is supporting the idea because they say that the flavored milk has too much sugar. the current flavored milk contract expires at end of the month. stay tuned chocolate ma

call anne arundel police if you know where he is. >> a ship in indonesia six. six people are still missing. -- a ship in indonesia sinks. overcrowding and poor safety standards. 14 people are dead in china because of flooding. roads were destroyed. more than 500 vehicles were washed away. 27,000 people have been affected. 63 degrees on tv hill. a woman smashed her car. >> how immense survived into being shot during a robbery -- how a man survived after being shot during a robbery. >>3q these are the old aerosols you know, and this is the next generation of air fresheners from air wick; powered by 100% natural propellants for a cleaner fragrance experience. come see how refreshing, a fresh scent can be. >> welcome back. beautiful shot downtown. temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's in the suburbs. 57 in frederick. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. we have the chance for a thunderstorm later this afternoon with a high temperature of 88. we will continue that trend in the seven-day forecast. >> a louisiana man is behind bars. he is charged with first-degree

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. >> anne arundel county police are charging mcconnell with discharging a firearm and animal cruelty. both are misdemeanors and mcconnell declined to comment. derrick hopkins is considering legal action against his neighbor. >>> a pit bull that attacked a woman in greektown has been put downch the owner gave consent to have the together euthanized and on -- have the dog euthanized because on saturday the dog attacked a woman that is in the hospital with injuries to her face and broken bones. the dog's owner owes $550 in citations for the attack. >>> a man is questioned inconnection with a rape. a suspect followed a woman into her apartment as she was moving things in and attacked her, raped her. jason kurtis with the mount vernon belvedere association says after hearing about the rape they increased segway patrols. >>> we have learned a 12-year- old girl found dead in her home was stabbed to death. so far police say they don't have suspects or a motive in the killing but they are talking with the girl's family. in the meantime, they are asking anyone with information to call the montg

. >>> another incident involving their dog is causing controversy in anne arundel county. a little girl witness as man kill her dog and tonight the family is seeking justice. denise is following the case for us from the newsroom, denise. >> reporter: the dog was shot to death in the middle of a sever neighborhood. it happened sunday on the 700 block of oriol court. the family was walking their pit bull named cane. that's when hoe was attacked by another dog, and that's when the owner took out a gun and shot cane. >> i feel real distraught. because my daughter, she could have been injured. this is something that, i mean you have to really know you know your surroundings when you're firing out in the open like that. >> reporter: police have not identified the man who shot the dog. they are looking to whether he had a permit to carry a gun. >>> animal control will hold on to the other dog involved in the incident until the investigation is complete. >>> the trial continues for baltimore police officer accused of killing an unarmed man. today a police sergeant testified that o

one lived in anne arundel adnnd teh other -- the other from cecil. >>> at least it is not snow. caroline lyders has more. >> at least it is not snow. i least it is not 100 degrees. it is at 94 degrees behind me right now. >> he may be the luckiest kid in the sea. he has a cold snacks, a high- tech thriller, but it is as mom trying to keep all four kids cool. >> the dog days of summer. >> the only problem is that not only is it not summer yet but it is about to get even harder. >> tomorrow sounds like a killer. >> groundskeepers to tourists, the government workers taking a lunchtime volleyball braked -- break, everyone is trying to keep cool. >> drink a lot of water. >> stay in the shade. >> go to the pool. ice cream. sprinklers water bottles. >> you are wearing them. >> yes. >> they picked today to walk the mall and tomorrow when we reach 97 degrees, it is a whole different story. >> we will do maybe more museums inside tomorrow. tomorrow, this will be unbearable. >> definitely not going tomorrow. >> when the cooler air returns come in the temperatures will fall and we will be b

anne arundel county police are trying to determine if that man did anything wrong. wjz is live, derek valcourt has the latest on this investigation, good evening derek. >> two dogs, two sets of dog owners and two entirely different stories of what happened that day. >> reporter: 18-year-old bianca more says she was walking her family's pit bull cain in her neighborhood. when a neighbor's son was walking his dog, lost control of the dog and he came to attack her dog. >> this is the third situation we've had with this dog. >> reporter: noriega admits that when his children came in running to tell him about the dogs, he grabbed his gun. >> i came out and said, please grab your dog, grab your dog or i'm going to have to shoot him. she did nothing again. he then came at me. i had my kids blocked and they could not get away. at that time i decided i had to shoot the dog. >> it's still under investigation. right now we're in the fact finding stages. detectives are still gathering information. >> i feel that i did the right thing. i feel the only option that was left for me

both of the affected residents were from cecil county and anne arundel county. >>> the temperatures are climbing. we have another heat wave on the horizon. the heat wave didn't bother those in row land park, but maybe another story tomorrow. baltimore county schools are closing two hours early tomorrow. wjz has first warning weather coverage. bernadette woods has more on what to expect when the mercury climbs. >>> well, the warm front is passing by. nothing all that extreme. we're in the upper 80s in a lot of cases and closer to 90. we have a lot more clouds and rain. temperatures are lower. notice the dew point. still, it's low. the temperatures and the dew points are going up tomorrow. when they factor it in, it will be closer to 100 or in the low 100s. heat advisory starts tomorrow afternoon at noon. in addition to that, we have a code orange air quality alert today. this is going to be extended into thursday. this week, it's going to continue. the peak of the heat is tomorrow and thursday. as you heard from the recent story leading into this, this is survivable, but you have to be s

a man in cecil county and a woman in arundel. the department of health and mental hygiene says this marks the state's first 2011 heat related death. both patients had underlying medical conditions. but this comes as temperatures are continuing to rise to dangerous levels. let's check in with doug in the weather center. >> once again, it's not just the heat we're going to be talking about. it's the humidity. temperatures today got up to around the 90-degree mark but the humidity was very, very low. right now the humidity only sitting around 43%. temperatures outside around 88 degrees. plenty of sunshine. we're looking at a very nice evening out there. temperatures around the rest of the region, 84 in sterling. 82 down towards ocean city and hagerstown, maryland, around 81 degrees. tomorrow, that's when we have that heat advisory in effect. could approach 100 to 105 degrees. actual temperature, i'm going for a high temperature tomorrow of about 98 degrees. if we were to hit 98, that would set a record. it could be even hotter durin