carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> now to a frightening story out of tampa, florida. a 4-year-old girl gets sick after eating candy tainted with oxycontin. the girl was with her grandparents driving home from tampa international airport when she became sick. they rushed the 4-year-old to the hospital. investigators found several oxycontin and oxy codone pills mixed in with skittles, and the bag had been resealed. the girl's father says his daughter spent two days in the hospital. >> didn't know you could open it up and seal it back like nothing has ever happened to it. you couldn't tell it was tamperrd. with. >> we're told the girl is doing okay tonight. police say the skittles were not bought at the airport. officers have pulled about 30 bags of skittles from store shelves as a precaution. police have sent the pills to the lab for testing. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> one of those days that your right guard was at parade rest. i tell you, a sticky one ou

abc's carla wohl in downtown los angeles. thanks, carla. >>> did the day live up to the hype? staples center, estimated crowds of 500,000 people, never materialized. just a few hundred were there, as most stayed home and watched it on tv. tv estimates put it at 1 million people worldwide. that's dwarfed by those who watched princess diana's memorial. many said it tie order surpassed the viewership of the obama inauguration. >>> millions turned out to pay tribute to the pop icon. and sonia gallego has more on how the world said good-bye. good morning, sonia. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy. the london papers all leading with the incredibly touching ceremony. on the stages of "the london sun," splashes of pictures of jackson's children. now, london was, of course, the place where jackson was meant to play 50 concerts this month, in which he called his final curtain call. all across the world, fans took time to watch the service and mourn the king of pop. already set to be one of the most-watched television events of all-time, from berlin, to beirut and hong kong, they gathered

and carla wohl is at the staples center this morning. good morning, carla. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy. you know, it was here at the staples center that michael jackson last took the stage, rehearsing for his comeback tour. as you mentioned, it will be on this same stage later today, that thousands gather to say good-bye. family members have made final arrangements for michael jackson's private memorial at forest long ceremony this morning. the pop star reportedly will be laid to rest in a specially designed costume, likely covering his arms, which abc news has learned were scarred with track marks. police are bracing for massive crowds at the public memorial, which will follow. there will be a star-studded event. mariah carey will sing her version of michael jackson's hit, "i'll be there." the dancers who were part of jackson's final tour will take the sage. beyonce, jennifer hudson, lionel richie, and usher will be there. and from the sports world, magic johnson and kobe bryant. not coming, jackson's ex-wife, debbie rowe, who said

live in los angeles, i'm carla wohl. jeremy? >> all right, thanks. >>> abc is planning extensive live coverage of the jackson memorial service tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. eastern. 10 a.m. pacific and i'll be reporting from los angeles beginning tomorrow morning. >>> in nashville stunned fans are leaving flowers and messages outside the restaurant owned by former quarterback steve mcnair who was murdered this weekend. investigators are focusing on mcnair's relationship with a 20-year-old woman found dead nearby. they say both had been dated for several months. >> we have already begun talking to friends of miss kazemi and friends of mr. mcnair in an s y ascertain if they were upset at each other. >> he was married with four sons. funeral arrangements are expected to be announced later today. >>> china's state media is reporting 140 people have been killed and more than 800 injured after police cracked down on ethnic protesters in a western province. it could be the deadliest outbreak of violence in china in years. tensions betwee

let's go now to abc's carla wohl.the latest as fans get ready to say goodbye. >> reporter: christina beltran is one of the lucky ones. >> a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: that feeling shared by over 17,000 michael jackson fans who won the lottery and will get a seat at the king of pop's memorial tomorrow. >> i could not believe it. i thought i was dreaming. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of ticketless fans also are expected to converge on the staples center to say goodbye to the singer. streets in the area are being blocked off and 2,500 police officers will be on duty. working crowd control. their message to people, if you don't have a ticket stay away. >> just doesn't make a lot of sense for purposes of being able to see or participate in the event. i'm hoping that people will heed that advice and to the degree that's possible we'll have much smaller crowds. >> reporter: before the memorial the jackson family will have a private service at the forest lawn cemetery. meanwhile, police continue their

from cape canaveral, abc's carla wohl remembers a space odyssey. >> reporter: buzz aldrin says he felt butterflies as he, neil armstrong, and michael collins climbed aboard the apollo 1140 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> reporter: people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day journey to the moon, and a short hair-raising ride on the eagle lunar module down to the lunar surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the low level light came on, and we were still 100 feet off the ground. and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. >> reporter: charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard -- then we heard contact, engine stop. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap fo

abc2 news carla wohl tells us what is available for help. >> twice a day after eating. >> reporter: glen leavitt is picking up a couple of the different dozen medications on his list. >> on ambien, topomax. >> reporter: fortunately he has insurance. >> without it i guess it runs $1,000 to $1,500 a month. >> reporter: you're still paying a couple hundred? >> $100 and $200. >> reporter: that's with the special discount on again rig drugs now offered -- generic drugs now offered by some grocery stores. >> more than 300 drugs are offered with our program. that is $4 for a 30-day splai. >> this is a list of the $4 and $9 generic medications. >> reporter: 87-year-old edward wolfe is hoping to find a generic equivalent for his $140 blood pressure medication. you feel you don't need the $140 one? >> no, i don't want that one. >> reporter: for those drugs you can't find in a cheap generic form you may be able to get a break by going directly to the drug's manufacturer. there are hundreds of different programs offered by drug companies for those who are struggling or uninsured. the partnership for

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >> our wonderful producer upstairs pays how much? >> $30 a month. that's cheap. if you're interested in money-saving tips for anything in your life, check our "financial survival guide." abc2news.com. you can get a laptop for just a dollar. and we're also going to tell you, on there today, how to avoid rental scams targeting you on craigslist. check out abc2news.com for our "financial survival guide." >>> let's find out about the weather now with justin berk. >>> 6:16. halfway through july. check out these temperatures. head back across this part of the bay, 60 in baltimore. i mentioned earlier just two degrees off the pace of the record 58 set back just 10 years ago. we could get close to that as we dip back maybe in the next half-hour before the sun starts to do its thing. york, pa, 47 degrees. that is chilly. and the chill continues to flow in across the area. look back towards altoona 48. 53 pittsburgh. some places across the great lakes will struggle to reach 70. we'll get there before lunchtime, though. but we've got this cool

abc's carla wohl shows us. >> once twice a day after eating. >> reporter: glen is picking up a couple dozen different medications on his list. >> topomax, ambien. >> reporter: fortunately, he has insurance. >> without insurance, i'm guessing it would probably run a thousand to $1,500 a month. >> reporter: and you're still paying a couple hundred? >> between 100 and 200. >> reporter: and that's with a special discount on generic drugs now offered by wal-mart and some grocery stores. >> more than 300 drugs are offering with our program. and that's $4 for a 30-day supply. >> a list of all the $4 and $9 generic medications. >> reporter: edward wolf is hoping to find a reequivalent for his blood pressure medication. >> you don't need the $40 one? >> no, i don't want that one. >> reporter: for those who can't find a cheap generic form, you may be able to get a break by going directly to the drug's manufacture. there are hundreds of different programs offered by drug companies for those who are struggling or uninsured. the partnership for prescription assistance is a  clearing house for al

carla wohl is in los angeles. she wraps it up. >> reporter: michael jackson's goodbye was both personal - >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine. >> reporter: and it was professional. motown's berry gordy remembering the man he said was more than the king of pop. >> i think he was simply the greatest entertain they're ever lived. >> reporter: a pastor urged the audience to let the music help them heal. ♪ in love i'll be there♪ >> reporter: there were songs from mariah carey, lionel richie, stevie wonder. and usher. ♪ gone too soon ♪ >> reporter: emotional tributes from brooke shields and al sharpton who spoke about how jackson outsang his cynics. >> every time he got knocked down he got back up! every time you counted him out, he came back in! michael never stopped! michael never stopped! >> reporter: jackson was there, too, on video. his famous moves filling the arena. and then his family and the performers joined on stage. in jackson's hit song. ♪ we are the world we are th

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carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate.ere is chief meteorologist norm lewis, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> it wasn't as hot today, but it was definitely a bad hair day. maybe not for you. >> you would be surprised. seriously. this whole week is going to be a bad hair week because we have very high humidity. not real hot temperatures, and scattered showers are going to be around. not everybody is going to see them. they're going to be here and there, hit and miss. we've got some showing up on radar that we'll talk about. let's take a look outside right now. your shot from harbor cam overlooking the downtown area. kind of a bloomy afternoon right now, but really not too bad out there. our temperature at bwi thurgood marshall 81 degrees. 44% humidity. wind currently from the east at 9. and the pressure falling 30.09. here are your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. 5:32 in the morning. low tide 1:07 in the afternoon. 6 to 12 miles per hour. the sun comes up at 5:54. we'll set at 8:29. we do have a coastal flood

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate.e is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> boy, i got caught in one of those pop-up showers this afternoon. >> yeah. >> and it was coming down. >> i know. i had the same thing. i was coming into work, and boom! about two blocks later, the sun was out. come on, you know. and that's basically the way it's going to go this evening. but the big thing that you probably have noticed today, it was thick out there. >> humid. >> it wasn't that warm. it was just very thick. and that's what we're going to see over the next couple days. and was arizona we get into the weekend, yeah, that favorite hot, humid weather is going to be with us here in the baltimore area. arrgh, summer time in baltimore! take a look outside right now. looking a little thick out there right now. our temperature at bwi 85 degrees. 57%. don't complain about the heat and the humidity. we haven't had that much of it so far this summer. the pressure right now 30.05 and falling coastal fl

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate.is meteorologist emily gracey and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> emily, we have been blessed with some great weather. >> we have. >> i should say thank you! >> i can't really take credit, but you're welcome anyway. we do have gorgeous weather, at least for the rest of tonight and early tomorrow morning. but some storms on the way. we have a stormy weekend to talk about. and a lot of people have outdoor plans. they want to know what is going on. let's take a live look outside right now. we have a game starting in just over an hour. so gorgeous weather, at least for tonight. our temperatures right now are very comfortable, 80 degrees from the airport. but the kicker is the humidity, 45%, very comfortable outside. it has been all day today. a light breeze out of the south now bringing in slightly warmer air at 3 miles an hour. all right. we are taking a live look where a lot of people are headed this weekend. rehoboth beach, a gorgeous looking view down there. a lot of people

abc's carla wohl has the latest. >> reporter: los angeles police have more questions for dr. conrad murray, michael jackson's personal physician who was with him when he died. we now know investigators believe there is probable cause he committed manslaughter. search warrants for his houston office show they took a copy of his computer hard drive, a suspension notice from the hospital, a receipt for an untraceable cell phone and a powerful antianxiety drug. but none of the propofol investigators found in jackson's home. they're trying find evidence that would establish dr. murray really had no business administering a drug like propofol to michael jackson. >> officers also raided dr. murray's storage facility. the general manager there says two women who worked in dr. murray's office went into the unit the day jackson died. >> they were putting a few boxes, small boxes, you know, like paper would come in. and they were putting a few of those in the become of the car. >> what was in those boxes, and what role dr. murray played in michael jackson's death should become clear nex

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> noted author e. lynn harris has died. his publicist says harris became ill last night at a hotel in beverly hills. he was reportedly taken to cedars-sinai medical center where he passed away. laura gilmore says harris, who lived in atlanta, fell ill on a train to los angeles a few days ago, but blacked out for a few minutes, but seemed fine after that. the cause of death has not been determined. harris has written more than a dozen books including basketball jones, and just too good to be true. he was 54 years old. >>> president obama didn't exactly say he is sorry, but he did admit today that his remarks on the arrest of a black harvard professor heightened what he called a media frenzy, one that is distracting from his political agenda. timmon bradley has details. >> reporter: president obama today tried to put to bed the controversy over his comments about the arrest of harvard professor dr. henry louis gates, junior. >> to the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenz

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> local 12-year-old is being called a hero tonight. meet the young man and hear why he already has a head start on achieving one of his goals. >>> plus, anyone dealing with arthritis knows how debilitating it can be. but one area hospital is trying to make life a little easier for those suffering. >>> yesterday i gave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of 89 degrees. our high today officially at bwi was 88. so we did hit that 2-degree guarantee once again. three days in a row. what about tomorrow? well, it's going to be thick. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. [ closing bell ] >>> your money now. a choppy day for stocks. the dow dipped nearly 12 points. the nasdaq gained more than 7 1/2. and the s&p fell two and a half. a lot of losses to go around locally. joseph a. bank continues to struggle, fall mortgage than 1 1/2%. t. rowe price fell just thigh of 1%. mccormick and company was one of the only local stocks to post a gain today. the sparks-based spice makers closed up just shy of a half percent. >>> tonight all four major pr

from cape canaveral, abc's carla wohl remembers the space odyssey. >> reporter: buzz aldrin says he felt a few butterflies as he, neil armstrong, and michael collins climbed aboard the apollo 1140 years ago today. he reminisced at an event commemorating the historic space flight. >> maybe a little unnerving when you climb up and get on top of that thing. >> reporter: people crowded the beaches and highways to watch. a three-day join to the moon, and a short hair-rising ride on the lunar eagle module down to the moon's surface, a ride in which the astronauts almost ran out of fuel. >> there was a time when the low level light came on, and we were still 100 feet off the ground. and charlie says 60 seconds. i was beginning to wonder. >> reporter: charlie duke remembers there was dead silence in mission control. >> literally, we were holding our breath when we heard contact, engine stop. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: nasa has released new enhanced images of armstrong climbing down the ladder and into the history books. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >>

here is abc's carla wohl. >> reporter: investigators will now sort through the medical records, computer hard drive, and cell phones seized from dr. conrad murray's home and office. sources tell the l.a. times they're hoping to find out who called around the time of michael jackson's death. >> i'd be shocked if we don't see that dr. murray is soon arrested or a grand jury returns an indictment naming him as the criminal defendant for this manslaughter case. >> reporter: dr. murray was hired as jack's personal physician a couple of months before he died. jackson's chef, kai says in the morning she often saw him carrying oxygentakes out of the singer's bedroom. but she says on june 25th, she didn't see the doctor until noon when he came screaming down the stairs. >> at the end of the day, it was really just dr. murray and his patient michael jackson in the room, and his patient was found dead. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells the associated press dr. murray admitted to giving jackson the powerful anesthetic propofol, which authorities believe led to his death. toxicology results

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> getting back to work could be easier with a little help.coaching for your job search. how to get your own personal coach. >>> plus, a new leader at the historic hippodrome. we're going to introduce you to the man making the calls and take the theater into the future. >>> plus, remembering a legend. a special tribute to michael jackson that continues this morning. we'll be right back. >>> good wednesday morning. welcome back to "good morning maryland." our director marybeth said it's beautiful. it is a beautiful day out there. after the show get out and enjoy some sunshine. >>> the view down pratt street you were just looking at may become a popular site of another big race in baltimore. we're not talking about a race involving four legs but four wheels. state and city officials along with the racing promoter are looking at bringing indy car racing to the streets of downtown baltimore. as abc2 news roosevelt leftwich tells us, it's an idea that has many revving their engines. >> reporter: sometimes when you drive around downtown it can feel

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> we're talking about how great our weather was, has been.to take you to the beach and show you the time lapse. they've had great weather. at the beach this week, some people were talking about how gorgeous it was. yesterday, extra clouds but overall temperatures pleasant and the water a little chilly, 70 now on the boardwalk, east/northeasterly wind at 12 miles per hour. baltimore 75 degree and sunshine. and baltimore county, we were looking at extreme chill just a couple of hours ago. everybody now recovering back into the lower 70s. bwi marshall and laurel 72. jessup 73. fulton 74 degrees. yes, that's beyond baltimore county. let's go beyond that. our 58 this morning, tied a record low. let's go up to international falls, 41, an improvement. they set record lows yesterday there at 39. i believe it was 35 degrees the day before that. they've had spotty frost out there. that was the source of our chilly air. it's now moving across the lower lakes and on into the northeast. we'll have the chilliest of this particular spell coming back overnig

carla wohl has more. prescription drugs.a wohl has more. >> reporter: michael jackson was underweight and in trouble as he rehearsed for his big comeback tr, this according to his friend who for a time served as his financial adviser. >> michael jackson was not ready, he was not fit. >> reporter: in fact on "good morning america," rowe said that just a week before the singer's death he and the jackson family were planning an ent vengs to get michael into rehab. he said he shared his concerns with the tour's producers. >> i never thought he would even make it to london answered passed that word on. when i passed it on, they told me to shove off. >> reporter: the jackson family also charges that michael's death was no accident. michael's sister la toya saying he was surrounded by a bad circle of people who didn't have his best interests at heart that, they effectively murdered him with addictive drugs. a number of doctors are being investigated by the los angeles police department for prescribing those drugs. joe jackson is po

carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >>> at 7:00 this morning one of the city fire department's oldestnies will be disbanned. sherrie johnson has more on how it could affect public safety. >> reporter: good morning. a bittersweet morning for folks at this station in downtown baltimore. as of 7:00 this morning one of the trucks and about 24 firefighters assigned to the trucks won't be here anymore. mayor sheila dixon decided on some budget cuts for nearly every city agency. she believes shutting down truck number 2 saves money and jobs. truck 2 responded to more than 3,000 calls last year and just last week it was the first truck to put water on the steeple of the historic bethel ame church. truck 2 covers the central business district along with surrounding neighborhoods. without it crews at other stations will have to work twice as hard. >> our biggest problem is we're not going to be here to protect the citizens of baltimore. that is what our job is. >> reporter: now, two ambulance crews will be placed here at this station to replace truck number 2, and as of 7:00 this morning truck

carla wohl, abc news at the kennedy space center. >> here's a look at your friday forecast. a wet day for much of the east coast with scattered showers and thunderstorms. much of the same along the gulf coast. showers along the great lakes and thunderstorms from the western plains to southern rockies. >> 84 in colorado springs. triple digit highs in phoenix, sacramento and boise. new york hits 90 for the first time since april. a cool 63 in minneapolis, 68 in fargo, 77 in omaha. >> a southern californian teen-ager as has sailed into the record books, surviving storm after storm and even a confrontation with pirates. >> 17-year-old zach returned it a heros' welcome yesterday after becoming the youngest person ever to circle the globe by boat alone. the 28,000 mile journey took zach 13 months and took him across the pacific and under the horn of africa. >> his next big adventure, he plans to climb mount everest. >> certainly a young go-getter. only 250 people have ever sailed the seas alone like this. already there's a clal jer, another young person who is about three weeks yo

carla wohl got some advice. >> reporter: it is a necessity in today's connected world but cell phonesvery expensive. >> about 150 per month. >> reporter: figuring out how to save can be confusing. consider the four major carriers offer 210 plans and those plans have optional add-ones. >> as a matter of fact, there's about 10 million combitions of add-ons and plans you can come up with among just the four national carriers. >> you can import your bill or manually estimate your usage. >> reporter: then the computer does its thing, analyzing your usage and comparing seven million plan combinations. it takes into account signal strength. this customer could save $830 over two years by switching plans. they say most people can save. >> we find 8 out of 10 people are paying too much for their wireless service and often by 300 or more dollars. >> reporter: for customers who use a cell phone sparingly, prepaid plans can be the best way to go. there's no contract and no early termination fee. >> with a prepaid plan, they could go $20 a month if they chose to and they could save a lot of money.

as carla wohl reports, there could soon be much more money coming to the king of pop's estate. >> reporter: michael jackson was hoping to reclaim the spotlight with his world tour. tragically in death he has. hollywood studios are battling for the rights to 100 hours of this rehearsal footage to be made into a film about the singer. sony pictures reportedly offering more than $50 million for the documentary. sharon waxman says it a good deal. >> that's exclusive material that millions of fans around the world are going to want to watch. they can put it out within a few months time. that means they're right on heels of it rabid interest in michael jackson. >> reporter: broadcast also vying for rights to a television tributes and there are reports of unreleased songs sitting in the vault. >> if something comes out in the next several money, next few month, there's a good chance that it could wind up at the top of the charts. >> reporter: wall street, meanwhile, is eyeing jackson's assets, specifically his share in the company that owns rights to songs by the beatles, bob dylan and taylor swi

. >> carla wohl reports. >> reporter: the agreement fulfills michael jackson's wishes, giving h motheratherine sole permanent custody of his children. debbie rowe, the biological mother of the two oldest, prince and paris, would retain her lel parental rights and get visitation, the frequency to be determined by a child psychologist who rowe and jackson would both pay for. no other money would chang hands. >> it gives stability to the t reconstitute their lives after the loss of their father and get on with their lives and try to normalize their lives as much as possible. >> reporter: in a stament, jackson's attorneys say weta we automobile united in our goals to do what is best formichael's wonderful children and both mrs. jackson and debbie rowe were on the exact same page. a judge is expected to sign off on the agreement monday. the autopsy report is also expected next week. abc news has learned it will list the anesthetic diprivan and the pain killer demerol as contributing factors in jackson's death. dr. conrad murray has reportedly admitted continue to injecting diprivan to help