cheryl conner reports live from city hall. >> reporter: good morning. recent indictments include charges that were previously dismissed. it basically brings the case back to where it all began. dixon insists she will if on with running the city of baltimore. the state prosecutor says mayor dixon did not report expensive gifts from her ex-boyfriend ronald lipscomb, a prominent city developer and that led to the recent charges of perjury. earlier this year a judge dismissed perjury and misconduct in office charges against the mayor. the new indictment details several purchases the mayor made on a trip the couple took to chicago and it says lipscomb gave dixon over $10,000 in cash. prosecutors say dixon failed to include any of those gifts on her financial disclosure forms. lipscomb has pleaded guilty and is cooperating. >> he's probably going to note things that is admissible evidence that hurts her case and helps the state prosecutor's case. >> my reaction is, hey, you know, sheila, stay focused, continue to build on, you know, this and continue to serve

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> ms. conner, would you sign this for me?'m practicing for today. >> reporter: here you go. >> how about your jersey some. >> slow down this. >>> imagine returning home from vacation and finding a swarm of visitors. >> and how one homeowner found himself in a sticky situation. >>> take a look outside before you head to break. does it seem humid out there? >> yes. >> because it is, 91% humidity. >> it's so sticky outside that mark jones is sticking to his report. mark? >> reporter: it is humid. the commute is a good one, though. and those buses will hopefully have air conditioning out for you this morning. out from on the m1, look for a 15-minute delay. the number 17 bus working this the area of nursery and winterson due to construction. you'll find a heavy volume of passengers on the 7, 13, and 5 bus lines as you move about this morning. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. (music playing) hello? (woman) in here... well, this is new... i'm working on my digestive health. whatcha eatin'? yoplus. it's a yogurt for digestiv

abc2 news cheryl conner is live with what is next for them. >> reporter: good morning. here's the scene in front of the suburban house restaurant. you can see that windows are boarded up and charred debris from inside now lines the front of the building. it's heart breaking for so many people in the community who consider the restaurant a home away from home. more than 30 people were inside the restaurant 5:00 yesterday evening when the fire was reported. firefighters say someone reported hearing a pop coming from the storage room and then seeing the flames. an employee called the fire department and helped evacuate her colleagues and customers. firefighters say the fire started in the storage room with kitchen supplies and canned goods. the restaurant has heavy smoke damage. here's a promise from the owner to his customers. >> i feel sorry for them. because they are removed from this. >> for a little while though, you said you will be back. >> we will be back. >> reporter: that is some good news this morning since the restaurant has been around since the 1950s. so many

cheryl conner, abc2 news. >> this is just the latest string of catholic schools to shut its doors. here is a list of the other five schools. as you can see st. michael's in frostburg also going to close. to learn more about the closing or this story, we've provided a link to abc2news.com. >>> federal prosecutors say a baltimore man pled guilty to embezzling $34,000 from a labor union. the man pled guilty on tuesday to taking the money between 2003 and 2004 from the waterfront guard association local. >>> and also this morning you might want to stay out of the chesapeake bay after hearing about this story. a new study by the chesapeake bay foundation reveals more people are getting sick from dangerous bacteria. researchers claim it's because of global warming and nutrient pollution. cases of bacterial infection in maryland are on the rise. >> to force the government agencies to enforce the law and that's still not being done to the level it needs to be done. chesapeake bay foundation, we continue to be optimistic that the bay can return to a healthy natural state but it needs some h

cheryl conner has reaction this morning. cheryl?: towson catholic high has a rich history. it was founded in 1922. nba player carmelo anthony and olympic gold medalist anita nahl are among the notables that graduated here. now the school is forced to shut down. a spokesman for the archdiocese says the economy is to plame as enrollment declined significantly and the debt climbed as well. the archdiocese had planned to tell the students and faculty members before they found out by rumors on facebook and e-mails yesterday afternoon. students, however, are still praying for a turnaround. >> if the student had lost 26 students from one year to the next. this year they lost 81. combine that with the $61,000 in tuition that didn't get paid last year, that they were waiting to have come in over the summer. parents just can't come up with it. >> if they can still change their minds. it would be nice. if they would save the school. >> reporter: for now we understand that will not happen. teachers will meet with human resources today about job

cheryl conner is live with what lawyers are saying this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mayor sheila dixon insists these new charges will not stop her with running the business of baltimore and she went on with her schedule yesterday evening saying she never intended on cancelling her appearance at the women's business forum in baltimore. that even after a grand jury handed down new indictments against her. earlier this year a judge dismissed perjury and misconduct in office charges against the mayor. the state prosecutor has re-filed the charges. arguing that the mayor failed to disclose expensive gifts given to her in 2004 by her boyfriend at the time developer ronald lipscomb. the new indictment details several purchases. the mayor made them on a trip to chicago. the prosecutor says dixon failed to include any of the gifts on her financial disclosure form. >> i'm going to stick to my schedule. i mean, that's a chiment that i make. >> i think it is very serious. she's got the best defense team out there but she's probably going

abc2 news cheryl conner is live with what is next for them. >> reporter: good morning. here's the scene in front of the suburban house restaurant. you can see that windows are boarded up and charred debris from inside now lines the front of the building. it's heart breaking for so many people in the community who consider the restaurant a home away from home. more than 30 people were inside the restaurant 5:00 yesterday evening when the fire was reported. firefighters say someone reported hearing a pop coming from the storage room and then seeing the flames.

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live in tows, cheryl conner -- live in tows, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> the latest schools closing -- there are five others. they are on the screen. to learn more we've provided a link to the archdiocese web site at abc2news.com. go to the web page. you can see it there. >>> also this morning, celebrating the life of the king of pop. 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 cou

cheryl conner is outside, what is it looking like? >> reporter: the cleanup continues, multiple reports came to 9-1-1 around 6:30 this evening, countless trees anymore lines were knocked down all because of thunderstorm, but nothing more dramatic than two drivers being trapped in their cars. we talked to one woman as she was rescued. >> we arrived at juanita moore's nightmare ended. you barely see her car, covered by trees that toppled during a storm. she was stuck for about an hour. >> it was boom and it shut down my car. >> reporter: firefighters were able to check on her until bge arrived to shut off power. >> they it prioritize it. our permy in contact the whole time to reassure her. >> the damage spread out, trees snapsed in half on church road and lawns are littered. neighbors say the wiped was forceful, but the rape was heavier than a hurricane. >> it was literally a wall of water. >> reporter: this looks to be 10 feet tall and a power pole nearby is close to collapsing. baltimore county helicopter flew above to assess the dama

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >>> remember, abc 2 news is following these store areries. go to abc2news.com and get the latest on the ravens. you can go to the ravens fan page and check out what's going on with the team. you can also share your purple passion. we'd love to hear your stories and see your photos. we have a poll question for you. how many games will the ravens win this year? let us know how many. >>> we are just hours away from giving david ortiz the boo of his life as the red sox come to town because yesterday he, again, was implicated in 2003 testing positive for something. that will get our thoughts off of what happened yesterday. brad bergenson took one right off of his shin. watch him hobble down to the dugout. x-rays prove negative but doctors have to wait until the swelling goes down to make sure he doesn't have a hairline fracture. the orioles won yesterday's game. that was tough. brad bergenson, by the way, married a sales girl. did you know that? >> yes, indeedy. >> no. >>> a week from today, you'll be getting your nails done, your hair done. >> ho

for many in pikesville, a place called suburban house is where we find cheryl conner telling us how owners there are vowing to rebuild after a fire. >> reporter: that's what the owner tells us. families are used to coming here to the suburban house for matza ball soup and its friendly atmosphere but now when they pass the restaurant on reisterstown road they will see this, the windows boarded up, charred rubble all caused by heavy fire. that fire was reported yesterday evening around 5:00. it was put out about 30 minutes later. still it left behind heavy damage. a longtime employee was inside the restaurant when firefighters say someone heard a pop coming from the storage room that contained restaurant equipment. she called the fire department, helped evacuate 34 customers and employees. many people here in pikesville consider this restaurant a home away from home. >> i hope and pray to god they can rebuild this and keep these people working because that's all this community has. >> i used to come here with my grandfather, a bunch of times. >> it's sad. sad. a lot of people depend on us. >

cheryl conner is here to tell us what we need to know when we get there. hey, cheryl. >> reporter: good morning. you know the ravens came one game shy of the super bowl last year so hopes are certainly high for the team in the '09 season. quarterback joe flacco is no long are a rookie. he earned the nickname joe cool by being poised under pressure. a big question mark for the team remains with wide receiver derrick mason announcing his retirement. so who will step up? coach harbaugh doesn't believe in picking a number one. >> you've never heard us saying we need a number one guy, number two guy. we don't put our receivers in that. you guys do. we have an x, y and z and they are all interchangeable. >> i didn't know derrick mason. i didn't know what they looked like. i probably thought one was the other. last year, i had no idea who i was throwing to. this we're we're in much better shape. >>> let's hope he doesn't mix this guy up. first round pick michael lord signed. orr will be on the field with a full squad beginning at 8:45. it is the first time the fu

cheryl conner joins us after speaking to the chief flight instructor of advanced helicopter concepts. >> reporter: the company insists it met the standards and its pilot was both experienced and cautious. before the helicopter crashed down, witnesses say it caught fire and hit power lines. the company in charge of its upkeep advanced helicopter concepts based in frederick says it recently checked out fine for flying. >> the 100 hour inspection is done every 100 hours of knight. on top of that, we do a 50-hour inspection and every 25 hours the oil's changed. >> reporter: the pilot was 24- year-old jeffrey nordis of column ya the chief flight instructor says he had 630 flight hours but there was more to be said about his decisionmaking. >> the type of pilot he was, he was very cautious, very safe. always reminding his students about weather, about terrain. >> reporter: one of his last decisions came hours before that fatal crash. before returning to frederick from hagerstown thursday night, he decided to delay the trip two hours because of weather. but around 10:30, the robbins r44 chop

cheryl conner is following the story. she joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.word got out a day sooner than the archdiocese of baltimore had expected. rumors started flying on facebook and through various e-mails yesterday. now students and faculty are scrambling to find a new school. yesterday evening they gathered outside towson catholic high to talk about the school's permanent shutdown. a spokesman for the archdiocese says it simply couldn't recover from the sudden drop in enrollment. sean cane says the mounting debt stands at 650,000. some students said they saw it coming after several teachers were let go recently. >> i figured they would let us finish out the school year. like the people they already enrolled finish up their school experience here but i guess not. >> this late in the summer they are forced to find employment elsewhere. a lot of the positions for the fall have probably already been filled. >> reporter: again, the news got out before teachers and students could be informed officially. today we're told teachers will meet with human resource

conner peterson's is thursday, from 2:00 to 4:00. and again, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.eral will be friday at 10:00 a.m. kyle's arrangements have not yet been finalized. >>> d.c. metro officials are considering repairs to the red line. but they would not address problems on the tracks. last month's train wreck killed nine people. one train collided with another between the tacoma and fort to then stations. the rehab project would include public address system and monitors. the ntsb is focusing its investigation on a malfunctioning track circuit and a data transmitter. >>> the week just keeps getting better, weatherwise. here's a live look outside now. we've seen sun. and it's not expected to end any time soon. bob turk has a a look at your updated afternoon. >>> awfully dry. low humidity. take a look at radar. nothing around here. there's one little shower. there you see it over southern jersey, along with the frontal system. to our north, that's where we're seeing the activity. all of this stuff across the region moving off to the east. we're not going to see any activi

we sent abc 2 news cheryl conner to see what fans have to say about the 2009 season. >> reporter: purple pride comes in all different forms. 1-year-old jason is sporting a spray painted mohawk. >> draw some attention the players? >> absolutely. >> reporter: kelsey hopes to get some attention too from quarterback joe flacco. sure she likes the game, but her eyes are set on number 5. >> sweet last name, kind of cute. >> reporter: no matter the motivation, fans know football is back in season. hopes are set high in '09 after a near super bowl run. the ravens fell in the afc championship game to the pittsburgh steelers last year. >> i think if we can get the steelers' number, we'll be all set. i think we've got every other team okay. >> reporter: the team was expecting 10,000 fans to show up to practice this morning. and that many people may have been here at 8:45. you can see people surround the team as the full squad takes to the field for the first time this season. joe cool is flacco's nickname. and he remains poised under pressure during his rookie season. veteran ray lewis is back on t

cheryl conner takes us to the company where the calls came during her interview. [ siren ] >> reportere call comes out around 9:30 on a wednesday morning. a child is locked in a car in timonium. in less than three minutes, firefighters from the lutherville volunteer fire company get dressed, grab their equipment, and get on the road with lights and sirens. >> it's hot outside. it could be dangerous. >> reporter: 1-year-old ceci watches as work goes on around her. the girl's father says he accidentally locked his keys in the car with her inside. a few minutes later, relief as firefighters pry open a door. ceci is checked out by paramedics on the scene. and we're back on the truck with the men who rescued her. their work is finished here, but they're always waiting on the next car. for so many of the men and women in the firehouse, firefighting is in their genes. without a second thought, they agree to rescue others while often putting their own lives in jeopardy. and here in lutherville, no one gets paid. >> everybody is 100% volunteer, 100% of the time. it's a dedication of a lot of in

we're live in downtown baltimore, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> the other big story we're watching --r summit in washington. >> plenty of bud lites, blue moons, red stripe for the president as the president and two others. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: a summit takes place at a picnic table behind the white house. the beer summit. the follow-up to the president injecting himself into the middle of an arrest in cambridge, massachusetts. president barack obama's friend, a black professor at harvard was arrested by a well regarded white police officer. the white house hopes a few cold beers calm what became a heated racial disagreement. dr. henry faith junior was arrested two weeks ago at his home. gates forced his way in when a lock jammed. a nearby woman called 911 concerned about a possible break-in. sergeant james crowley arrived at gates' home, arrested him for disorderly conduct. the charge was dropped but tensions escalated over whether crowley treated gates differently because he was black. after president obama weighed in and said the cambridge police acted stupidly he

cheryl conner is a firefighter for the day. we're going to find out about that. >>> and how important is it to have a volunteer company and support one. >>> when you and rob grow old you have to think about elder care. and you have to think about dementia. you have to think about - >> wandering away. i have a quick question. >> what is that? >> for the next 24 days are you going to tie everything into the wedding? >> that's right. when rob comes home and looks at the cell phone bill he will say megan, what have you you been doing? we'll find out about cell phone rates. >> when rob runs for president, becomes president and is invited to give out the first pitch he'll know how barack obama feels. >> obama's first pitch tonight on the hill in st. louis. >> justin, help me >> you're wearing something blue today. >> i am. something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. i'm not doing that for the next 24 hours. >> not something old? >> something ancient. >> i did not say that. >>> by the way, talk about something ne

alongside kevin conners i'm reischea candidate to help you stay current with the highlights and scoresd of course roy halladay leading all the talk as we approach tuesday. >> the trade deadline the blue jays have set and the 31st is the major league trade deadline and we talked do you mortgage the future for the present. that's the situation in front of the philadelphia phillies right now. one day after striking out ten, in a no-decision the roy halladay trade rumors continued and phils mentioned that's frontrunners but angels and dodgers have entered the discussion according to espn.com jayson stark and it would see j.a. happ and two minor leaguers and a prospect, kyle drabek. >> you can't trade everybody. that's the phillies' stance. they don't feel as to the they should be asked to trade their best pitching prospect and position player prospect and a guy 7-1. they feel that's too steep to pay. they're willing to give up a large number of prospects . they talked about seven or eight different players but the blue jays are as insist tent as drabek as the phillies are as in not includi

cheryl conner live with the latest. >> it's happy hour at the white house. three guys sit down for a man-to-man-to-man conversation. >>> and one day after he was not the fastest swimmer anymore he proves the world wrong. maybe it's the suit. >>> those stories and much more coming up. in the meantime, thank you for joining us. >> let's get some weather now. here's justin berk. >> good morning. pretty much the same old thing except for the fact this morning will be sunny. we've actually cleared out since storms moved through overnight. not much in the way of fog though there may be patches out there. but we have a clear sky over downtown, 73 degrees. notice the humidities sticking around

. >> then child spotted conner. >> did con know how to swim? >> yes, he was very good. >> another patron went and performed mouth to mouth on him. then cpr was performed. >> . someone called 911. >> if they had used the defiblylator, do you think he would have survived? >> i think it would have restarted the heart. >> there was only one lifeguard. >> he was about 100 feet to the right of the lifeguard, and there's no way you can see in that area of pool. >> reporter: in fact, one in five children who drown do so in a public pool with a certified lifeguard present. current law requires one lifeguard for every swimmers. >> this has got to change. >> the freeds have made it their mission to change the law. >> i promised him i was going to honor him and not let this happen to another family. >> they're pushing for two bills. one would require more lifeguards. 2500 square feet, two lifeguards. the other bill would have every pool to have a defiblylator. >> they believe that had it been used on their healthy son, he would not be in this wheelchair. >

. >> officials have confirmed through video evidence that the to a 17-year-old boys, conner peterson and kyle lankmiller were hit from behind as they walked near the he lutherville station at around 3:00 sunday afternoon. they were operating in a single track mode because of debris found in the north station. they were walking northbound on the soundtracks, but because the northbound truck was close, people were running in both directions on the soundtrack, and that is how he got hit from behind. but officials say that the driver of the train did not see the boys and never stopped. here is what they had to say about that. >> a number of factors affect this. height, elevation -- there are so many. it is not cut and dried to just say what did you see. >> the driver was taken out of service, question, and given a toxicology test. meanwhile, that is the best answer they can give, because it is under investigation. more for you tonight at 11:00. until then, wbal-tv 11 news. >>> police are investigating a baltimore county drowning. cedric done dark west swimming when he suddenly needed hel

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> remember, abc2news.com is your place for all of the latest news on thehavens. you can also upload your pictures. right now we have a web poll question for you. how many games will the ravens win this year? that is the ravens fan page. you can find it on abc2news.com. >>> we have a california businessman that's come up with his own plan to help stimulate the economy, and it involves $2 bills. >> he's given $50 all in those unusual bills. to each of several hundred of their employees with one condition. they have to small it at -- spend it at small businesses where they live. he has plans to pass out much more. >> one of the principles of our bit is a great way. we have been tracking some of it. when i see the story go from one story to the next and the next. >> reporter: the owner doesn't think the modest effort will turn the economy around but believes it can change attitudes. >>> we want to change your attitude and latitude. take you back to the beach. we did this quick. we're expecting storms to come in later today. 82 in ocean city. tomorrow morning,

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >>> tomorrow sarah palin gives up her job as governor of alaska. she burst on the national scene when john mccain announced she was his choice as a running mate in the 2008 presidential election. she created a stir of speculation when she announced on july 3rd she would not complete her term as governor. neil reports on what she's doing on her final weekend as governor. >> reporter: alaska governor sarah palin is spending her final 48 hours in office sharing hot dogs with her constituents over weekend picnics. earlier this month she announced she was leave in the middle of her first term. blaming the cost and distraction of investigations driving her from office. critics say this is even costing the state money. but supporters say transition costs are a fraction of the $2 million the state spent on the ethics probes against her. the investigation centered on whether she abused her power as governor in the latest salvo recently leaked documents allege she may have violated ethics laws by improperly raising money for her legal defense. according to a

. >>> now, the latest sports highlights from kevin conners from espn news. >> good morning.rt with the race suddenly tightening in the a.l. east. pick up action with the red sox. david ortiz sitting on 299 career home runs. but not for long. bottom one, off lieu cochet var. number 11 of the season for big papi. dejesus, off of masterson. the roils win it by a final of 8-6. their lead one-half game, depending on what the yankees can do in minnesota. >>> top two. derek jeter. hit it where they ain't. scoring robinson cano. gave the yanks a 3-0 lead. bottom two. minnesota down 3-1. it's mike redman. the throw is wide. mark teixeira can't come up with it. michael cuddyer scores. seconds "e" of the inning for the yanks. top five. 5-4 game. it's teixeira getting one back. first home run in 96 at-bats. 21st of the season. yanks win it 6-4. they are tied with the red sox atop 2 a.l. east. >>> roy halladay getting the start for toronto. subject of a lot of trade talks. bottom five. carlos pena, doubling down the line. michael hernandez, b.j. upton score. top six. pooifd price on the

conner peterson and kyle patrick wankmiller, both 17, were found lying on the light rail tracks at the lutherville stop. both teens are from that area. and tonight the mta is still trying to figure out what may have happened. a spokesman says a train may have come in contact with the teens, but they don't know why they would have been on the tracks. >>> new developments in the murder of steve mcnair. a relative of the woman found shot to death with mcnair says she recently bought a gun. he doesn't believe she would have killed mcnair and herself despite the fact that police told him they're almost sure she was the shooter. kazemi's nephew will says she believed mcnair was divorcing his wife and she was preparing to move with him. >>> michael jackson has lost a round in court to control her son's estate. the long time attorney and family friend will take it over for now. in the meantime, participants taking part in tomorrow's memorial service for the king of pop will include stevie wonder, kobe bryant, and some of martin luther king, junior's chin. of the more than 1.6 million people wh

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >>> an autopsy will be performed on mcnair tomorrow. stay with abc 2 news and abc2news.com for the latest development on steve mcnair's death. >>> the latest now on a 5- year-old girl who was shot in the head in southwest baltimore. the child was caught this the crossfire of a neighborhood fight two days ago. tonight, police made an arrest. she was just 5 years old walking in her southwest baltimore neighborhood when all of a sudden shots rang out. when the smoke cheered, the child was shot in the head, rushed to the hospital clinging to life. police arrested 17-year-old lamont davis in the shooting today. >> it's just people being dumb. two young men being insanely stupid. >> reporter: davis is accused of using a semi automatic handgun to settling a fight. he he fired the gun, missed his target and bullet hit the 5- year-old girl. detectives went door to dhar and used footage from closed- circuit cameras in the area. during a news conference, baltimore city mees commissioner is focused on getting guns out of the wrong hands. >> this re

now joining us on the phone is conner powell. >> the u.s. military is focusing their search in and around pakita province, it's rugged and taliban hot bed area. military has been combing the area night and day and often they can provide information on the private's location. a pentagon spokesman condemned the video calling it taliban propaganda and illegal under international law. military says they will do everything they can to bring home bergdahl safely. >> any idea how he wound up in the hands of the taliban in the first place? >> it's still unclear. the military is saying that he waked off his post in eastern afghanistan without his body armor, voluntarily on june 30th. taliban is claiming they in fact captured him while he was out on patrol. regardless of how he ended up in the hands of the taliban, it's clear he is very scared. at one point he is telling his captures he'll never see his family or girlfriend again. one aspect of the video according to a military spokesman it proves that he is still alive. by the looks of it, he is in d

the victims have been identified as conner peterson and kyle patrick wankmiller, both 17, both from lutherville. the two were found lying on the tracks near the lutherville station sunday afternoon. a spokesman for the mta says a train may have come in contact with the teens, du they don't know why the teens were on the tracks. those who are familiar with the area say people walk along the tracks all the time. >> it is never safe or appropriate or fun to play on or near train tracks. and we would like to remind everyone to stay away, stay off the train tracks wherever you. >> wankmiller was killed on the tracks. peterson died this afternoon at shock trauma. >>> now the latest on the murder of former baltimore raven steve mcnair. a nephew of the woman found shot to death with mcnair says she recently bought a gun. mcnair and sahel kazemi were found in the national condominium last saturday. mcnair owned the condo, and the two of them had apparently been dating. kazemi's nephew said they're almost sure she shot him four times and turned the gun on himself. but the nephew says there is no motive.

the victims both 17 years old have been identified as conner peterson and kyle patrick bankmiller. both are from luther bill. wheel continue to follow the story on abc 2 and abc2news.com. >>> a prayer vigil is planned for tonight for the 5-year-old girl shot in southwest baltimore last thursday. according to the baltimore sun, it will take place in less than an hour at the scene of the shooting in the 300 block of pulaski street. raven wyatt remains in critical condition. meanwhile, 17-year-old lamont davis was denied bond at a hearing this afternoon. davis faces two counts of attempted murder. we'll have more on the evidence against him coming up on abc 2 news at 6. >>> who killed steve mcnair. the death of the former ravens star is classified as a homicide but, so far an unsolved one. now tonight a relative of his girlfriend says police told him she had recently bought a gun, and that they are almost sure she was the shooter. abc's diana avellar reports she could be the key to the mystery. >> reporter: he was their hometown hero, a gifted athlete with a big heart. >> the steve mc

the other, conner peterson died at shock trauma this afternoon.ta officials say they're looking over audio and video recordings, trying to determine what happened. officials are also trying to determine why the teens were on the tracks. >>> going on in the baltimore area, a few light clouds with a full moon peeking through the clouds. no precipitation on the radar. the green on the eastern shore is from the heat of the day, radiating back out into space. the forecast for the overnight period. partly cloudy, not as cool. we'll see an overnight low of 66 degrees. a string of sunshine on tap for a couple days. and then much needed rain by the end of the week. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. >>> now to the murder of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. all signs tonight point to a murder suicide. but investigators still are not calling it that. mcnair and 20-year-old sahel kazemi were both found dead inside a nashville condo on the 4th of july. abc 2 sports rob carlin joins us with more. rob? >> reporter: marybeth, autopsy results show that

kyle and conner were always together. they died together. >> reporter: stay off, stay away and stay alive. >> the lutherville light rail accident is still under investigation. wjz is always on, to see more stories about people hit and kill by trains go to wjz.com. >>> yet to come. >> reporter: an armed robbery turns deadly, a live update coming up. >> a dispute inside an apartment leads to a shooting in prince george's county. among the victims, a 12-year- old girl. i'll sort out the details coming up. >>> sharon gibala with traffic control. a new accident on a major roadway and we have some artspace closures to report. >>> life on mars or beyond. we're not talking about anything bigger than a micro, but it completely change the way we look at everything. discovery channel is going discuss this. a new series called are we alone? once again, looking for the smallest of objects in the universe that will change everything. 6:45 as the morning edition continues and watch this . >>> this is wjz, wjz.com, baltimore. >>> good mo

people here today to help us with this effort, and i am going to go first to justice sandra day 0 conner. she replaced justice stewart and then was replaced in 2006 by justice samuel alito. she's a stanford graduate. we have a couple of those out here. we also have her husband, a future chief justice, william rehnquist. it is worth mentioning that arizona state changed the name of its law school to the sandra day o'connor school of law, and the other thing we know about her from the session yesterday is that she continues to consider herself an unemployed cowgirl. i would like to also say that she is a member of a cowgirl hall of fame. [laughter] we also have with us -- you are getting low billing here. bishop a jakes is a televangelist, but before that, he started his own church at the age of 22. he was able to go on television a few years later. his church, even in this city, where extraordinarily large churches of bound and nearly everyone goes to church. he and his parishioners have worked on hurricane relief, orphanages on south africa, and he offers financial advice to his flock. h

conner's story coming up. >>> check in for these red more stories.ack to you. >> thank you. >>> a seashore clam back from ordinary to extraordinary. that's when a man strikes gold. >> he got clams for dinner from a neighbor and inside was a rare purple pearl. how rare? the odds of finding one # in 2 million. >> a smaller one sold for 25,000-dollars. the new jersey man is hearing abouter estimates. if it is worth a million he will give him his cut, i thought they were in icesters. and purple. --ster"s. >> and purple. >> it is worth something. sports is next. >> and round two in the bronx as they try to rebound from a loss to the yankees. they do so amid trade talk. hearing the rumors and news of a switch. that's ahead when we continue. [ female announcer ] swiffer wetjet cleans so completely you'll never go back to your old mop again. ♪ don't you want me baby? ♪ don't you want me ohhhh! [ female announcer ] why go part of the way clean? swiffer wetjet antibacterial cleaner kills 99.9 percent of bacteria mops can spread around. swiffer cleans better or

conner would recently receive his ged. >>> we have breaking news about a well-known catholic school.is closing permanently. we have not been told a reason why the school is closing. towson catholic is baltimore's oldest catholic high school. it was founded in 1992. and is where basketball great carmelo anthony was. we have more tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> local surgeons take part in the largest series of multikidney donations ever. the last in a series of operations took place last night. dr. robert montgomery says 10 doctors performed surgeries. they took about three weeks to complete. and all patients are doing well today. >>> today's weather is just the right medicine for anybody who needs it outside. it's sunny and warm and continues to be dry and comfortable. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. bob turk has the updated numbers from first warning weather. >>> temperatures about the same. take a look at radar. that's why we have such a nice breeze now out of the west and northwest. to our north, that's where we're seeing showers and thunderstorms, around new york a

. >> reporter: 17-year-olds conner peterson and kyle winkmiller, struck and killed on the tracks. >> the boys walked on what they thought was the safe track. >> reporter: in april, 14-year- old prince tiry, hit by a train in prince george's county, taking a shortcut to school. >> i miss him so much. >> reporter: last year, 450 people died on railroad tracks in the u.s., including here in maryland. >> how big of a problem is it here still? >> in maryland, it's our biggest problem. >> reporter: dick ratcliff is part of an organization that wants to spread the word that walking down all train tracks are dangerous. >> a train could take 100 100 mile -- 100 or more. >> more than one in four people hit by trains are actually just taking a walk down the rails. >> reporter: the railroad companies spent millions of dollars a year fencing off truck -- trucking hot spots. as for warning signs, eyewitness news cameras, easily captured people ignoring them. walking right near the scene of that deadly timonium accident. >> newer train tracks are quieter. yes. very. and that's because of the way th

i just remember back to -- do you remember when conners and mcenroe would play or conners and christinend you'd see those volleys -- >> long volleys. >> there were a couple -- i was watching and we watched that last set, which, where it's, okay, had is the game where you do it. literally, 30 seconds later the game would be over. four serves, 30 seconds later. i'm thinking, you don't even need the guy on the other end of the court. okay, it's your time to seven, go out and serve four aces, the next guy serves four aces and then the next guy -- >> that's why they're not exhausted to the degree they might have been. >> and roddick, who, you know, you sort of did develop a respect and admiration for andy yesterday and for how he hung in there and how great federer is. but, you know, as -- i think tennis -- i don't know how tennis handles what i think is kind of a problem with maybe not being as compelling as it used to be. >> it's hard to sit hose serves at 140 -- >> hard to keep your shoulder that long. >>> when we come back, we'll get top stories and "squawk box" guest host donald powell

back on july 5th, 17-year-old jarrett conner peterson and kyle wankmiller were struck near the lutherville light rail station. stake a look at a possible witness to the accident. he was on a train that struck the teen. he was in his late teens or early 20s. investigators are asking the potential witness or anyone who knows his identity to contact police at 410-307-2020. kai, back to you. >> the victims were half brothers and both lived in the same lutherville home. >>> wjz has been investigating why so many people each year are killed on the tracks. tomorrow night, at 11:00, adam may, looks at the reason this keeps happening. and what can be done to stop it. >> reporter: chaos in the cabin. a hole rips open in a southwest airlines plane bound for baltimore. the plane landed safely. but tonight, federal investigators want answers. and passengers want to know if it's safe to fly. eyewitness news investigates and stays on this important story with complete coverage. mike hellgren is live at bwi airport with the latest. mike? >> reporter: denise, all planes of this age and model need rigorous

scott peterson was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife laci and their unborn son conner. >> he has continued to profess his innocence, through a blog he writes in prison. >>> a person working for madonna has collapses. the cause of the collapse is unclear. it fell on top of several of the workers. the area has been investigated. madonna is scheduled to perform there sunday. >>> a coast guard helicopter had to rescue the 23-year-old man when he got stuck on little james island in washington state. he went there to scope out a site, where twilight's main character, bella, goes cliff diving. but he ended up tranded on a cliff. he went to the doctor as a precaution. >>> an 89-year-old north dakota man finds a new way to keep his mind sharp as a needle. elmer has spent the past three decades, making more stitches than you could ever count. he has created more than 200 needlepoint works of art, all from his wheelchair, using one good eye and limited use of one good hand. he also gives away most of his work for free. >>> it's a warmer day than we've seen so far this july. bob turk has mor

they are corner peterson and -- conner peterson and kyle lank meyer, both just 17 years old. >> mta police urge anyone with information to report it as soon as possible. >>> new 911 tapes are released tonight from the disney world monorail crash that killed a train operator. we are live in the eyewitness newsroom. denise has the latest. >> reporter: disney says this is the first fatality in the monorail's 38-year history. a federal agency has launched its investigation into how this crash happened and whether any safety rules were broken. the two trains crashed around 2:00 in the morning over the holiday weekend killing one train's operator and injuring five passengers. witnesses say they hit head on. >> a monorail was waiting to come into the station, i believe, or did not leave the station. the other one cleared through the station and it was a head- on collision. >> reporter: now, the operator has been identified as 21-year- old austin warrenberg, a local college student. back to you. >> thanks. the monorail has reopened tonight after test runs earlier in the day. >>> preparations are u

. >> after the patrons have had their fill, the goes conner sent up their cameras and start the next. -- the ghost hunters set up their cameras and start their own investigation. immediately, unexplained activities occur after the investigators started calling on one of the spirits named charlie. tell us what happened. >> as soon as i started sang charlie's name, started getting a reading. charlie, if that was you, could you touch my hand? somebody grabbed my hand. >> ok, somebody just pulled my ribbon. >> hoping to find some more paranormal forces at work, we moved on the ground. >> we are underneath the bar area, and this is an old mine shaft. a lot of people who work here say if you take pictures of this bed, you will see activity. >> does it just exist or is it just made up? there may never be a definite answer. it to those who

conner and corey sotomayor re so relaxed theyven managed fallsleep during this moing's session speech. good for them. it was kind of ring, tamron. >> definitely. you know, you're adrenaline, you get so pumpedup and th it justomes down. at's a cute moment. >>> president ama is about to add to his long list of accomplishnts. baseball broadcast. r he will join the all-ar broadcasin the third and fifth innings. thankfully it's t like the chicago cubs whe you go upnd sing "ta me out to the ball game." >> tron, i must say we all love baseball, the president loves baseball, yolove baseball, for this nextone, tamron, i uld like to introduce all of the baball fans, all of our viewers, and all the compitors in the d.c. medisoball league to a friend of ours at msnbc, yes, this is the champnship trophy awarded thiseekend to our te from nbc/wrc. isn't it night? what a great trophy. we b "usa today" 11-0. we smoked them. this was the second year, cond year in a row we havewon this thing. soe are my teammates and i after the big game. th is the picture. the official championshi photo. e media stbl l

. >> kyle and conner were always taught. died together. >> there's only one solution, stay off, stay away and stay alive. >>> this morning the light rail accident is under investigation. >>> the union representing metro bus and operators are at odds with some rye -- riders. they want people taking pictures to stop. >> if you're hoping to get tickets to a ravens game, the single tickets went on sale yesterday an all regular season games are already sold out. >> just go online. a lot of excitement right now. a fun season. >>> weather-wise today, it's nice out this this morning. we got rid of the storms from yesterday. temperatures are comfortable and the humidity is going to come down. this is what it hooks like outside, just a few clouds and some sunshine, we're starting out in the 60s most of us. a warm morning on the board walk in ocean city. now, the dew point is at 62 degrees, that's coming down this afternoon because of this west wind. it's bringing in dryer air and the return of sunshine for most of us. we're still hang

, corey and conner sotomayor. and the remainder of that row is filled with godchildren and dear friends. this is my immediate family. >> thank you very much. i remember reading about the marshals being surprised at your swearing in as a district court judge because they had never seen such a large crowd of friends and supporters arrive. what we're going to do is each senator will give a ten minute opening statement. i would hope that all senators would be able be here today. if they're not, then we will have -- they want to give an opening statement they have to come out of their question time tomorrow. senator schumer will give a short opening statement because he is going to reserve some time as a later introduction. i would note for the record we are considering the nomination of judge sotomayor to be a justice of the united states supreme court. our constitution is interesting in this regard. we have over 300 million americans and only 101 people get a chance to say who is going to be on the supreme court. fir

the victims have been identified as kyle wankmiller and conner peterson.ying on the tracks between 3:05 and 3:15 near the lutherville station. steveny roastephanie road the sd in fact she believes she was on the train that hit the teens. >> it hit something. when we got off the train, we saw there was i piece of metal longed underneath of the train. it looked like a guardrail had been ripped out or something. >> reporter: mta officials are going over camera footage from their trains trying to determine exactly what happened here. as part of their investigation, they will be talking with passengers who were on a northbound train from lutherville around 3:00 sunday afternoon. live in lutherville this morning, i'm megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. >>> a man is dead after attempting to swim across a creek in dundalk. witnesses say frederick hart may have suffered a seizure before he drowned on monday. one minute he was swimming with friends, and then he was struggling to breathe and even stay afloat. he was taken to john hopkins bay view hospital where he

my niece, her mother and my sister-in law, and then there is corey and conner. the remainder of that rowe is filled with our children and dear friends. this is my immediate family. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thank you very much. i remember reading about the marshals been surprised had your district court judge swearing in, they had never seen such a large crowd of friends and supporters. what we are going to do, each will give a 10 minute opening statement, and i would hope that all senators would be able to be here today. if not, we will have a opening statement that will come out of question * tomorrow. senator schumer would get a shorter statement, as he is serving his time with later introductions. i would note that for the record, we are considering the nomination of judge sotomayor, the constitution being interesting in this regard, only 101 people get a chance to say who is going to be on the supreme court. first and foremost, president obama, who made the nomination.

. >> our dog before jasper was willie and willie once connered a rabid raccoon at 9:00 in the morning and i ran outside with a broom to get that raccoon away. what an idiot i was. >> did you get hurt? >> no, but after that happened i think that was a crazy thing to do. >> what happened to willie? >> willie's fine. the raccoon -- >> you want to know about me and pets? or is this all about you? >> would you ever save a pet f >> i had a goldfish named willie and i would pretty much go to the depths of his tank to save him. >> which toilet did you flush him down. >> oh, see! m. vieira. >> just ahead we're going to talk with a man from florida who went to extremes to rescue his family's beloved dog from the jaws of a seven-foot alligator. why did he do it? and would he do it again? we'll ask him. >> also ahead, first grandmother marion robinson. talked openly about her experiences living in the white house. we're going to hear from her coming up. >> plus more of our exclusive interview with susan boyle. she dreamed of becoming a famous singer for more than two decades before walking onto t

lopez, next to me is my niece, kylie, and next of her is mom and sister-in-law, and then corey and conner sotomayor -- i should have said that last name first -- and the remainder of that role is filled with god children and dear friends. but this is my immediate family. . senator schumer will give a short opening statement, he will reserve some of his time for a letter of introduction. i would note for the record we are considering the nomination of judge sotomayor to be a justice of the united states supreme court. the constitution is interesting in this regard. we have over 300 million americans, but only 100 people get a chance to say who is on the supreme court. president obama, who made the nomination. then 100 senators have to seventh place of three under 20 million -- american's parent the president has made a historic nomination. now the senate has to do its part on behalf of the people. president obama often quotes dr. martin luther king jr. who said the ark of the moral universe as long, but it bends towards justice. each generation of america is taught that are towards justice