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of the city. >> and what was the effect today of those changes? >> i think it created what some people started to call actually already in the 1980s a kind of dual city. a city that was far more divided and unequal between classes. it created a city that was far more focused on the center, manhattan, as opposed to the suburbs. so i think it created a city that when i focus on in the book is how marketing and media were used in concert with these new priorities, these new political and economic priorities. is what also created a new kind of imaginary identity for new york. no longer was it this famed working-class capital. now it became really represented as a more easy to luxury type city and a cd that could be, you know, prominently placed an advertisement and association, products that wanted that kind of cachet. >> in fact, in your book, "branding new york," you talk about a very famous new york branch, i harcourt i love new york. what was the effect of that? >> i think that campaign had two ph

angel jones got wind of the cheap city rentals when she toured the city before deciding to take the job last year. she has launched an investigation into the property perks. >> should the city have ownership of those properties or is it in the best interest of the public to sell the properties. >> reporter: a city employee earning $46,000 a year has rented this home on south frederick street for 704 a month since 2005. like the other employees, paid no taxes on it. according to the state tax code, city owned property is exempt from taxes if it's used for governmental purposes. they are trying to find out if the rental agreement fits the criteria. >> if we are offering properties at below market value, that is considered a benefit. as such we should be treating it that way. >> reporter: this city employee who knows some of the men renting the home doesn't understand the fuss. they work hard, they deserve it, he said. now it's up to the city to determine how much it will cost them. audrey barnes, 9news now, wusa9.com. >> the new city managers hopes to report her findings to the gaithe

a track made up of every day streets in a major city. baltimore has all the components to make this a fantastic event, and i'm so proud that even in these tough times, people are looking at baltimore. >> reporter: last week the city council passed a measure that gives baltimore racing development the exclusive rights to pursue an indy racing league comp texas in 2011. the track would loop around the convention center with pratt, russell, and light streets as the main street. >> communities that would be impacted seem to be very interested and see the opportunity. >> reporter: the brd expects the event would bring in more than 150,000 visit res and generate between 60 and $100 million. >> what we are going to do is promote this as a three-day festival of speed. >> reporter: just like any other sporting event you have to have a ticket to see the action, and there would be plenty of it. drivers can clear the entire course around the city in just a minute because at 180 miles per hour, they can take on the length of a football field in just

wind of these cheap city owned rentals when she toured the city before deciding to take the job last year. she now launched an investigation into the property perk. >> should the city have ownership of those properties or is it in the best interest of the public to sell those properties? >> a city employee earning $46,000 a year has rented this home on south frederick street for $704 a month since 2005. and like the other employees, paid no taxes on it. according to the state tax code, city owned property is exempt from taxes if it is used for governmental purposes. the city attorney is now trying to find out if this rental agreement fits that criteria. >> if we are offering properties at below market value, then that's considered a benefit. and as such, we should be treating it that way. >> this city employee who knows some of the men renting the homes doesn't understand the fuss. they work hard, they deserve it, he said. now it's up to the ty to determine how much it will cost them. audrey barnes, 9news now, wusa9.com. >> the city manager says she hopes to report her findings to th

, the history of the city. i was myself a mediamaker, the representation of the city, and i became fascinated with this period, which i see is really formative in the contemporary form that new york takes, and this strange juxtaposition of on the one hand the draconian cutbacks and on the other hand the investments in marketing, the image of the city, at the same time that resources for the livelihood of the city were being taken away. so, i think that while in new york that really fascinated me, and i have taken that fascination with me to california and tried to convince people in santa cruz of the importance of this, and i think it has resonance. i think that cities around the countrying, when faced with crisis, have a lot of these kinds of decisions to make about how to represent themselves. >> host: miriam greenberg, how a city in crisis was sold to the world is the book. >> coming up next, book tv presents after words, an hour-long program where we invite guest hosts to interview

live in the city.k hand in hand. we say strongly, good policing is everybody's business. >> there is also a he-said/she-said incident. tony fineman was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer. his agent said he was the victim of racial profiling. police officials and mayor sheila dixon said no way, this is because of stepped up enforcement here. what would you like to see happen? >> we would like to see better training. as i said, most of our officers don't live in our communities. most of the officers are not of the same ethnicity of the community that they are policing. again, great men and women, but they need training as to what is the language, what is the attire. this guy was singled out one because he had a hoodie on. those of us that live in the community know that young guys where hoodies with the top on. they thought because he had a hood on he was hiding a weapon. the weapon was a phone. the person with the phone was a white male. why wasn't he singled out? the athlete was singled

slight chance of showers around ocean city.ot a great day to go boating on the chesapeake because there's a small craft advisory. wind gusting up to 24 knots. waves churned up to 3 feet. this is the last day of august. we have a potential to reach to prodigious its -- to reach triple digits this time of year, but not today. 49 was the record low set in 1986. we will dive to the low 50's tonight. 61 degrees is where we should be denied. we will be below that in all locations. partly cloudy skies will prevail. prevailing under the high pressure over the great lakes and all the northerly flow because of the jet stream position. it is well to the north. that will allow cool air to sustain as the most of the week. we will make it to the 80's by thursday and friday. there's a disturbance in the atlantic. it has not been formally named yet. the national hurricane center is watching it. 700 miles to the east of the leeward islands of the dimon northwest -- to the east of the leeward islands in a northwest direction. 76 and mostly sunny

>>reporter: the city has since took down the site. the perpetrator of the hoax apologized to the mayor's office in an e-mail. baltimore's department in the meantime is investigating the incident. >>> are you feeling lucky? well, if so you should grab a ticket quickly for tonight's megamillions drawing, like my co-anchor, $333 million bucks are up for grabs. the largest megamillions jac jackpot in two years. it is played in 12 states. the drawing is later tonight and we will have the winning numbers when they are drawn for you live right here on the late edition. and if you were you hear screaming the studio, you know karen has won. >>> the best 11 days of summer kicked off with the opening of the 120th maryland state fair. we are live at the fairgrounds. myranda, having fun? >>reporter: having a lot of fun. fox45 is the sponsor for the maryland state fair this year. and for many people, the best thing about the fair is the great food. oh, here we come. here we come. thank you very much, sir. >> you are welcome. >>reporter: and the gre

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could affect city services. inside city hall -- >> we're trying to minimize the pain. >>reporter: the mayor and her cabinet facing tough decisions, how to close a $60.two million shortfall after losing millions in state funding. >> it's unfortunate we're facing another round of budget cuts. >>reporter: as negotiations heat up, all options are on the table, including the potential for hundreds of layoffs and up to eight days of furlough time for certain city employees. 11 to $12 million of last year's efshgs sesz cash could be used. there's even talk of reaching into the city's $13 million undesignated account to help easy the burden. the pain at city firehouses is about to reach the boiling point. after the department learned it would be forced to cut nearly $3 million or 3 percent of its budget. >> we are at bare bones now. we're into the bone as we speak. >>reporter: he said furloughs for the department are virtually impossible because of scheduling. if implemented, it would require additional rotating closure

in baltimore city. it is working and reducing the infant mortality rate. this program gives pregnant women access to health support systems before their babies are born. since the program begins in the city, the infant mortality rate has dropped. >> we are ingrained in the community. we hire people from the community who are familiar with where women are and how to reach them. they get as into the fabric of the committee, bringing women into our services to improve birth outcomes. >> today senator ben cardin and congressman elijah cummings said they were impressed. >> can we save money? yes. can we get better results and create healthier lives? yes. that is what it is all about. >> the infant mortality rates are much better with those that go through this program. the number of children born with a weight where they can be healthier has increased. >> those who run the program say it works because they go out into the community. >> we have paraprofessionals in the communities where we are. they see these

in cities. what reuters reported last week. u.s. cities are now vexed by surging unemployment with 18 metropolitan areas recording jobless rates of more than 15% in june, according to a labor department report. it was the sixth continue second noif that all 372 metro areas in a monthly survey registered increases this-in the rate, a full 144 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10% in the month, up from 112 in may. a year ago, only six cities had rates that high, more than three-quarters of americans, of course, living in cities. mayor booker, are you seeing recovery? >> well, look, this is an economy that has a tremendous am of pain. unemployment is often the last thing that recovers. so, we're seeing hope and possibility, most importantly, but we're not seeing the recovery yet. and what's good, though, that's happening is the obama administration is giving us a tremendous opportunity to reframe our city and to change the narrative of american cities. so, what while we're doing

it will occur at the ocean city convention center. one person has been to a lot of the conferences. >> all of these things had a value. who is paying for that? >> taxpayers and special interest groups are paying for it. that is the answer. we want to find out who is cutting back and by how much. baltimore city has 11 representatives. baltimore county has 15. carroll county said 15 people. that is seven fewer than in 2008. howard county cut back the most down to three compared to a previous year. a spokesperson for jim smith considers the experience invaluable. >> the opportunity is invaluable. i think everybody has to do it with an eye on how they managed themselves fiscally. >> the governor's chief of staff asked people to car pool. some question why these suggestions were made a few weeks after the event. >> if this had happened a few months ago, we may have been able to save some more money. >> more than eight people signed up for the conference this year. also scheduled during the afternoon hours was open seminars. one was regardi

but in congested areas like the city of los angeles, the city of new york, there are common air to air frequencies used between helicopters and fixed wings. it's voluntary and it is used. it truly was developed here in los angeles because of the high number of helicopters using the same air space. it was used by helicopters when you have five, six helicopters flying over the same path and saved hundreds and hundreds of lives through the past 30 years that it's been used. today, it doesn't appear as though it was of any use. the problem here from the dramatic photos that you have, is that this airplane was flying in air space that should have only been reserved by the helicopter. it was flying too low and flying too fast, came up behind the helicopter and you saw what happened. >> all right. stand by. thank you so much. >> joining us now is u.s. coast guard spokesman petty officer dave. thank you for being here. i know the coast guard played -- have played and played again today an integral role in the rescue and in this case a recovery effort after this incident. first of all, have you

. >> two weekends in a row for ocean city. maybe we will be done with this in time for labor day weekend. >> it would be nice. thank you. we will check on what's going on on the roads. many of the problems are related to the weather. at the northern avenue there are downed wires. sopel rd @ rustinmarysville roa, there's a tree blocking the road. southbound 95 from the split is five minutes. in the area of green spring it's running smoothly. we have a problem not far from green spring on the inner loop off to the left shoulder there's an accident we will continue to follow. >> our big story this morning, city police are searching for whoever shot and killed an off-duty police officer in east baltimore. >> friends and colleagues are speaking out. >> erica carr was a correctional officer at the baltimore city detention center. she was found shot to death in her car early yesterday morning. it's not clear why the 37 year- old would have been on ken hill avenue in east baltimore. she lived in middle river with her children. they're

in cities.re you seeing recovery? >> well, look, this is an economy that has a tremendous am of pain. unemployment is often the last thing that recovers. so, we're seeing hope and possibility, most importantly, but we're not seeing the recovery yet. and what's good, though, that's happening is the obama administration is giving us a tremendous opportunity to reframe our city and to change the narrative of american cities. so, what while we're doing the block lg and tackling of trying to help people on unemployment, trying to find ways and opportunities of attracting business and the like, what we're also seeing is opportunities to stimulate a new economy within newark. one of the best examples, there's a new green economy. we believe if you're going to have the american dream in newark, it's got to be a green dream. we've attracted three solar companies to the city under my leadership. we've started training people in weatherization and having people getting good union jobs doing that. we see op

all are critical for baltimore city schools.llgren has the school watch program. >> reporter: wjz spoke to the leaders about the city schools and the

ocean city is open for business. i expect it to be so for this weekend. >> if you're going to spend time in the water while you're here in ocean city. make sure you're always in the line of sight of a life guard. >> thank you, jessica. if you want to see how dangerous rip tides can be, a 12-year-old is missing in north carolina. it appears he has died. >> wjz's always on wjz.com. >>> here on the western shore: a disturbing case of animal abuse. more than 20 puppies and dogs were found living in filth. rescuers had to wear haz-mat suits. their owner could face charges. >> an anne arundel county woman was fed up with the smell coming out of a neighbors home. when the county finally showed up friday afternoon, inside the house they found 21 dogs, neglected, living in their own filth. >> to get picture evidence of the inhumane conditions inside this home, an investigator suited up in haz-mat gear. the anne arundel county fire department says a man in his 40s lived here along with 21 abused dogs. >> when i saw the dogs co

this is not a city that to some is known as the wild west, city known to these folks, this is the homeage of the kempton resorts. this is a high-end chain of hotels, okay? >> okay. >> kempton resorts see baltimore as a city that can use old architecture like the building on the corner of charles and baltimore street, and -- >> which is a beautiful period piece. >> it sure is. and they turned -- kempton turned this into one of their boutique hotels, an old building that has been turned with an investment of $65 million into one of the coolest bought evening hotels not only in the mid atlantic but potentially on the east coast. >> i haven't seen it since they converted it but they had a lot to work with there. >> we'll put it to you this way. this is what we're talking about in the rooms here. we're talking about drawing a high-end clientele to baltimore. if you go to their web site it's nothing more than a promotion for the city of baltimore. on the corner of baltimore and charles. >> good for them, good for us. >> a big hotel chain, a very upscale hotel chain sees baltimore not as a ci

still working on our ocean city scam. but rehoboth very similar weather obviously there, and 75 at the earth with a's edge. great times down there. by the way, if you're headed to ocean city, it's going to be a great weekend for that. 84 degrees. saturday looking at 86 on sunday. slight chance for a thundershower both days. a little better chance as you go toward ocean city. and certainly if you're headed south of ocean city towards chincoteague, toward say cape charles and the tunnel bridge area, in that direction you're going to find a better chance for thundershowers due to a storm system sitting off the carolinas right now. we'll show you that in a second. high temperatures today 8 degrees from bwi. 85 in winchester. hagerstown closer to 90. ocean city topped out at 85 today as well. pretty humid stuff, but temperatures starting to drop off a little bit. we're down to 82 now in easton. and 83 now at bwi. satellite and radar pictures, boy, we cleared off nicely. we had fair weather clouds today. that's what we're seein

rough surf in ocean city, thanks to tropical storm danny. get your updated first warning weather forecast. >>> the weekend really is almost here. a live look at ocean city now. fairly rough surface on the coast now. the updated first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> we have breaking news from afghanistan. a correspondent was injured today. she was traveling with the u.s. army when their vehicle was hit by an ied. she was flown to the bagram air base for additional treatment. >>> a mass killing in a call town. investigators say ringgold ask the victim of one of the girls. but a motive has not yet been determined. >>> police say jazz bin fiore was in a desperate struggle for her life, inside her car before she was killed. her mercedes was found abandoned. there was blood and other signs of a fight between two people. floody clothes were found in the trunk. >>> he committed suicide in a canadian motel. >>> also today, bone dry conditions and triple digit temperatures continue to fuel raging wildfires. thousands of acres have already b

ocean city, getting a bit of a break. we're talking also about the second pors of -- portion of this storm. and the second portion of this forecast. tropical storm danny. it is going to be moving on past our coastline. saturday morning, into saturday afternoon. moving into the canadian maritime. tropical storm danny, currently with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. gusts of 52. we're going to expect pretty high surf. and heavy waves. and rip currents that you really should take under consideration before you start heading into the ocean and into that surf for the weekend. now, we're talking about what else is going on for our weekend. for more on that, we send it over to marty bass. >>> thank you, kim. good late afternoon, everybody. let's talk about when we're finally going to get clearing in ocean city. we discussed consternation. let's talk about sunday. we've got a cold front moving through the area. it's a three-headed monster tim was talking about. tomorrow, we'll be dealing with danny. more so to the east than

south of the city. some breaks, as you can see. not a whole lot expected in the city. but we might see some activity later in the evening as some of that moving across the mountains. all in all, looks north and west. showersshowers and thundershowers. ocean city, down to virginia beach. carolinas. a lot of shower activity next couple of days. not the greatest beach weather coming up. north and west, very nice. heading up to cleveland. buffalo. looks pretty nice. detroit looks like good weather up there. for us, this low is going to do its thing. create more shower and thundershower activity at least for the next couple of days. northeast winds, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, about as warm as it gets. 83 degrees. tonight, yes, scattered showers and thundershower activity. and any of these can have heavy downpours. 68 tomorrow. oim -- only 81. about where we are right now. sun, shower and thunderstorm activity popping up. probably the same forecast for friday. >> okay. >> all right. thank you, bob. >>> of course we all watch the price is right, here on wjz. now, here's your op

>>reporter: right now we are at the inlet in ocean city.ake a look at the he said of the boardwalk where the amusement roads are in full swing. parking lot is filling up in and crowds pouring into ocean city and that is despite the weather conditions that are expected. once again we may have some rough surf here but not quite as bad as last weekend. we have a lot more on this story tonight at 10:00. live in ocean city, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> all right thank you kathleen. >> 16-year-old howard county teen is in critical condition tonight after being struck about while riding his bicycle by a suspected drunk driver. teen was let along route 108 near large brown road just after mid neat last tonight. he's identified as 16-year-old benjamin wart. police arrested 26-year-old aaron law song charged with driving under the influence and possession of heroin. police say while it appears aaron was at fault the teen might have been hard to see. >> police don't believe that the victim was wearing a helmet when he was riding on his bicycle. also at th

closed today. >> plus, the city garbage was not picked up, and city hall was shut down, minus police and fire, the city of chicago observed a reduced service day, closing most of the city government down for a day to save money. >> this is the greatest deficit the city of chicago has faced, that we have seen probably in at least a decade or more, and these are the biggest challenges we have seen for the city of chicago. >> mayor richard daley admits the financial picture is not a pretty one, a projected revenue shortfall of $300 million, furloughing city union workers for three days and non-union workers for up to thee weeks could save the city $34 million. >> i think some other big cities are going to be looking at chicago and saying our turn next. >> the city of denver furloughed its workers for 2 days already this year. next month, dallas will send many of its workers home without pay for a second day. >> the short-term solution, the furlough days, and asking employees to take unpaid holidays, are rameed at reducing the immediate budget pressure, but they don't structurally fix yo

and ocean city down on the boards, 87 degrees. take a look at the tropics.w we haven't had much going on at all there is still not much going on there is florida right there. there is the carolinas. by the way, there is the coast of africa way over there. watch what has been going on over the past 24 hours. a little tropical wave hiding itself right behind our abc 2 logo right there. we're going to be keeping our eye on that system because it could develop -- well, actually it's the first sign we've had of anything happening down there. we'll keep our eye on it for you as we watch the tropics. but right now nothing happening. a lot happening out to our west. around our region, a lot of sunshine, a lot of humidity today, gave rise to a few little light scattered showers. you can see them right there. a futon eastern shore and over into portions of delaware. but back in the ohio valley, that's where all the action has been today with very heavy shower and thunderstorm activity that system is going to actually pass down into the carolinas. we will see some show

city after city, state a after state.e. rning to drastic measusures t save money. he's barbara pinto. >> if you wanted to y a parking ticket in the c cy >>his is so ludicrous.about it. >> reporter: needed d to usehe library? think k ain. >>t's a adache. it's's a real headache. >> repeporter: this is the first of three forced fuough days for tetens of ounds of city workers -- was a day of frustration for city residenent. it was business as usual for police and emeency services but the city's fet of garbage trucksks sat i idle. the dmv,v, health clinics,ven ci hall, all closed in the an attempt s save $8 million of the city's's $300 million shortfall. >> i suppose this is a better option than layoff. >> reporter: it's not just here. 69 percent of the cities nationwide have now resorted to furloughs, layoffs, or pay freezes to cut costs. and states too -- connecticut wants to save $700 million by forcing 50,000 workers to take 7 days off. desperate for cash, michigan hopes to save nearly $22 million with six unpaid days. and hardest hit california, more than 90 percen

billion city budget.could mean furloughs, cutbacks, and more job losses. >> the mayor's program is a cleaner, greener, safer, and healthier city, well, if the health department gets cut, that affects the healthier city, and the cleaner city. if we lose money and solid waste, street cleaning, those things, you will see a dirtyer city. >> state board of public works is slated to approve the other round of cuts tomorrow. >> the city police union sues to cut contract link to say firefighters pay. decades old provision requires the city to give the firefighters same pay raises as police officers receive. union argues the clause interjects the interests of the fire department into police wage talks. hopes it clears the way for larger pay increases. >> that is why i am reappointing him to another term as chairman of the federal reserve. >> president obama makes it official. he wants ben bernanke to remain as chairman of the federal reserve. bernanke played a huge role in the auto bailout and $700 billion economi

the city's patrol division faces elimination. >> reporter: under the direction of city hall, the city police department is slashing their budget to save about $150,000 if they get rid of the horse unit. governor o'malley threw his support behind it. they say the horses help to reduce crime in the city. it's the oldest running unit in -- anywhere in the country. to save the horses look for the story under local news on wjz.com. >>> heat restrictions on the marc train lines, trains must slow down because the heat can cause the track to warp. passenger trains must travel 25 miles per hour lower than the posted speed limit. >>> after some relief yesterday, the heat and humidity are back. what about the chance of thunderstorms? eyewitness news has weather and traffic. >>> the chance for thunderstorms is back. this is not a wide-spread event but we have some thunderstorms out there. it's building and getting stronger. moving to the northeast at 25 miles per hour. you can see it really started to buildup around whitemarsh. we don't have any warnings but it's gaining some intensity. on the ea

slight chance of showers at ocean city at 75. tonight you'll feel the cool, dry air. 52 degrees up to 58 degrees. 52 an outline northern and western suburbs. 58 downtown. the seven-day forecast is coming up. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> researchers have a better idea of how acupuncture can relieve pain. experts at the university of michigan had 20 women suffering from fibromyalgia undergo acupuncture. the look that brain scans and found that there be increases the function of receptors that effect pain signals. >> feeling insecure about your job may be a stronger indicator of poor health ban smoking or high blood pressure. -- then smoking or high blood pressure. experts say it increases stress levels. the most recent data was collected in 2005. the result likely apply to people working today. we have a preseason when the ravens. the weekend wrap up is coming up. >> looks like we have a live picture of the southwest corner of the beltway. we will check on the traffic and weather coming up. >

. >>> and one city's struggle. one at a baseball stadium. >>> and one city's struggle. captured in pictures. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morningand thanks for joining us. there are new signs this morning that as the economy takes once step forward it takes two steps back. >> first, the housing market. new numbers released overnight show more americans on the verjs of losing their homes. foreclosure filings were up 7% in july compared to june, that is a 32% increase from the same period last year. one in every 355 homes received a foreclosure-related notice, the highest monthly level since realty trac published the numbers. nevada leads the nation in foreclosure. >> oneig step forward came yesterday with a meeting by the federal reserve, which decided to keep the key interest rate at the lowest level in history and hinted rates would remain low for a while and more positive news, the fid saying that current economic information quote, suggests that economic activity is leving out. a possible translation, the recession has hit bottom. >> of courses government

other cities are competing for the bid. then breezes to our watercooler question of the day. -- that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think of the idea to bring an irl indy car race through the streets of downtown baltimore? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> i think that would be lots of fun. >> better you than me. >> coming up, a routine visit to the dermatologist may be beneficial to you. >> and video games could take a toll on your health if you are an adult. >> which are not seeing any delays just yet but a few hot spots in one dimension. we will >> good morning. a mall start today. 76 degrees as we look at the inner harbor there. or he'd and humidity is expected today. it will leave us with some thunderstorms later on this afternoon and evening. here is our satellite picture. overall, we should start with a mostly clear day. an increase in plows today. you will see them later on this afternoon. some afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms will occur. we will talk about t

. >>> the ocean city mayor is coming. he's going to he will tell us about going to the ocean or perhaps the middle of september for sun fest or wine fest in october. a whole bunch of things going on. >>> we'll find out if in fact the recession is over or if it's a myth. a financial expert is in the studio. and back to school. how to do it frugally. the things you can do to get your kid back to school on a budget. >>> first, a look at the weather with justin berk. >> you know the song "it's the most wonderful time." the song our floor director sings every late august and september? you know the commercial i'm talking about. keep in mind about that, it feels like autumn, last day of august, barely at 60 at perry hall middle school with a north wind. it's helping to keep it a bit chilly. inner harbor 64. watch the clouds roll through and yes, we've had a couple of sprinkles opportunity. a light shower came through in the last hour. i did not expect the frontal boundary behind it -- on through southern maryland and virginia.

. 85 degrees in ocean city. here's what it looks like as we head into the afternoon hours -- you will see 90 for a daytime high. a couple thunderstorms and showers possible. into the evening the threat continues all the way through and into tonight. looking at after overnight low of 72 degrees. >>> 9:02. our top stories -- we start with a heated situation in west baltimore. still no air conditioning at the mccolloh homes. a senior citizen high rise that sits on druid hill avenue. the ac has been broken for five days. at first it was several units, then spread to several floors. the baltimore city housing unit manages the apartments and officials say they found out about the problem over the weekend and have been working to get the air back on ever since. meanwhile, residents have been forced out of their homes to escape the heat. they were back outside this morning. >> i had to sleep on the balcony last night because it was too hot. i have oxygen, i have copd and respiratory problems. i can't hardly breathe. we

but ocean city will be open for business. and i expect it will be so this weekend. >> reporter: one group that certainly doesn't mind all of these big waves, the surfers. of course, the waves roll in. the surfers paddle out. they love it. lifeguards want me to remind you, if you are not comfortable being out in the water, be very careful stepping out there. even if you're just up to your ankles or knees. those waves are coming in very, very quickly. and they are very, very driven by this wind, which means there is a whole bunch of force that can easily throw you backwards. make sure you are out of line. mary, back to you on tv hill. >> lifeguards, thank you, jessica. residents have had their hands full from the severe weather that struck us inland overnight and today. as alex alex demetrick reports, some spots were hit with damage. and the threat of floods is growing. >>> jurisdictions around maryland will be keeping a very close eye on streams. ground is already saturated. >> reporter: streams are running fast and high and c

she arrives in a city-owned s.u.v. driffen -- driven by a city police officer. she has officers assigned full-time to her security. also there is a retired police officer who helps keep the mayor moving. if all adds up to a sun substantial investment by -- substantial investment by city taxpayers and puts baltimore in the top tier of protection and perqs for the mayor when compared to other cities. she has eight police officers assigned to her. she has three city-owned vehicles at her beck and call. one vehicle sits in the mayor's driveway in case, she says, she needs to get somewhere in a hurry. one mayor has just two city-owned cars, both ford tauruses. eat -- seattle's mayor has just one city-owned car. in washington the mayor has use of two city-owned vehicles. he's made news by cutting back on his protection unit. it still exists, but he goes without it much of the time. and he prefers to drive the cars himself. one other perq, mayor dixon's two personal aides. they make $60,000 each. one of them shows up twice in the new indictments of the mayor. the indic

it's the city is very much like a small town. louis adamat called that the enormous city. richard milter has called it the biggt hit town and all the heck world. [laughter] a to subscribe to that you? it does seem to me a city where all of those separate circles of power could come together because there aren't that many people running the show but i am curious about your take on that and how much at had to do with the story of a guy like clark or even the story of l.a. maturing in that perioin the late '20s and early '30's. >> i think that is certainly true. we have to kind of stopped for a moment and think about what los angeles actually was in 1920. itas a city with a population of about 500,000. through the 20's, that population would grow to about 1.2 million. we are talking about, the world at that point, and the city that was controlled and had indeed been callednto being by a very small cadre of powerful men, who were concerned to make money by making the city grow. >> this go back really to the-- >> and, so that we all know the story, that los angeles doesn't have

we're live outside of city hall. >> reporter: good afternoon. baltimore city workers could face layoffs and there could be a cutback? cutback in services. >> major dixon is balancing the city budget. >> we'll probably have furlough days. it will mean cutting back. we have our deficit. >> reporter: money is flying out of the window. the city is losing $35 million in state aid, revenue down making the budget $60 million short. >> we're going to have to really stretch the dollars and make some major decisions. >> that's just some of the fallout for yesterday's 454 million-dollar state budget reduction. $211million cut from local government. >> acknowledging the fact that these are going the impact and put a greater stress and challenge on our ability to protect our core priorities and have public health care and public education, we have to use this time to strengthen the connections that allows to protection those in tough times. >> this was the sixth round of board of public work cuts and up until yesterday, local governments were spared. now bac

ahead. >> hello, again, i'm don scoot. >> i'm mary brubala. >> 82,000 children in baltimore city alone headed to class this morning. the emphasis is placed on education. this comes at a time when budgets are scrapped. and there's increasing scrutiny of performance. >> good afternoon, don, good afternoon, everybody. we found so many students excited to be back in class, and administrators are touting in the city alone,800 new kindergarten spots and the chartering of schools. >> good morning. >> this is your first day? >> this is my uniform. >> and you look so nice. >> these are the scenes that played out across baltimore this morning, the break was over, students headed back to class. >> you are -- city school ceo alonzo has visited every school in the past week and shared his goals with wjz. >> we want to improve attendance dramatically, especially in the high schools, the kids need to be in school, we want to improve our math scores especially in the middle grades, they went up last year, but they need to go up just as much this year. >> it was a time to greet old friends and meet som

city leader have green lighted indi car racing to city vet treats.ves baltimore racing development rights to pursue competition in 2011, the event would bring an estimated 150,000 visitors to the city and generate about $100 million. turning to sports this morning a familiar face makes a trowrn the revains training comp, line backer was on the -- still recovering from a left heel injury. as the team prepared to take on the jets next week. >>> all right. come up, this is the anniversary of the last day of wood db stock. >> 40 years ago. >> there ta is what wood stoke is right now, not up like a wolf trap. 40 yearings ago this morning. >> uncivilizeded. >> is when jimi hendrix colloids woodstock playing the national anthem. >> there's a picture, people were doing the celebration, that has become one of the iconic looks of woodstock, it is right there. bottom line is two baltimorens on a bus based by another baltimore owned by another baltimore, baltimore of the universe, every storely will come back, who years ago today -- 40 years ago today wha is now

in a city.s a culture. we have our own food, music, funerals, our own social structure, architecture, literature. >> reporter: it's a completely unique place. >> it's completely unique. it's not just a city, it's a culture. people, we don't -- we admire what atlanta has done. we admire what denver has done. we don't want to be atlanta and denver. we want to be new orleanian. >> james carville is here now along with douglas brinkley who joins us from austin, texas. appreciate both of you being here. the city, there's progress all around. there's no doubt about it. >> people were impatient. it takes a while but you can feel the steam being built up from reconstruction efforts and people moving back. the ngos, the habitat for humanity, the businesses are starting to open up again. so, you know, you can feel the momentum starting to move now. it's taken a while but it does feel a lot better. >> doug, you say it's a tale of two cities, though? >> first off, we have to launch james' campaign for mayor

leaders over a weekend shooting at the city's popular tourist destination. those stories and more tonight at 11, right after "castle." >>> no two ways about it. the next two days you're going to neat a hot -- no, a hat. >> because it will be hot. >> and sunglasses with showers and thunderstorms moving back into the region wednesday, thursday, and friday. we'll see you tonight at 11, with more hot details. >> thanks, norm. that's all for us on abc 2 news at 6. i'm marybeth marsden. thanks for joining us us. we'll be back at 11. we hope you'll join us then. have a great evening. >> thanks for choosing abc 2 news at 6. for more news, watch abc 2 news at 11, or go now to abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you. >>> abc 2 news on your iphone available at the itunes ap store now. be the first to know. forecast, video clips, breaking news, with just a touch. download the abc 2 news ap for free. >>> click weather on abc2news.com. maryland's most powerful radar. >> baltimore's most accurate forecast. >> customize your forecast. use the interactive radar. most powerful, mos