james dixon says the marines was the only place he wanted to be. "if they put me in the navy, i was going awol. because, i wasn't serving any food or scrubbing any decks on any ships or serving food to anybody, that's not my format. i saidd 'i'll go to jail first.'" dixon was one of four hundred marines who were honored with the congressional gold medal in washington last month...... today, he returned to the city's western district where he fought crime for more than three decades... jeff abell, fox45 news at 5:30. how are thh roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report. mapmapmapfiber- 895 at potteemdot- 695 at belair there's a new singing show coming to the c-w. áthe nextá features celebrity artists who work with contestents to develop their abilities.taping for the show is happening right now... and we mean right now. now.candace dold... streaming live from the hippodrome with a special guest where the show is taping... candace. the next.. fame... is... at your doorstep... / premieres ...on thursday... august

it's a huge goal for us. >> i find grey dixon right before the game.d. >> how big a deal is this game tonight? >> i mean, it could possibly be our last home game, so it's a pretty big deal. >> and on the field, athletic trainer becky grant. is culture changing, do you think? are people starting to understand -- >> yeah. yep, you don't hear, oh, he's just got a bell ringer, anymore. i think more people are noticing, more people are realizing how serious of an injury it could be. >> this season, athletic trainers like becky have diagnosed more concussions than ever before in this county, and that >> these guys were freshman that year. they were here. they spent time with jaquan. they knew him. but, yeah, i mean, it would be great. it's a huge goal for us. >> i find grey dixon right before the game. his head is healed. >> how big a deal is this game tonight? >> i mean, it could possibly be our last home game, so it's a pretty big deal. >> and on the field, athletic trainer becky grant. is culture changing, do you think? are people starting to >> i mean, i

it's a huge goal for us. >> i find grey dixon right before the game.head is healed. >> how big a deal is this game tonight? >> i mean, it could possibly be our last home game, so it's a pretty big deal. >> and on the field, athletic trainer becky grant. is culture changing, do you think? are people starting to understand -- >> yeah. yep, you don't hear, oh, he's just got a bell ringer, anymore. i think more people are noticing, more people are realizing how serious of an injury it could be. >> this season, athletic trainers like becky have diagnosed more concussions than ever before in this county, and that's good news, because fewer head injuries are going undiagnosed than untreated, like the ones that killed jaquan waller. >> it is a collision sport. injuries are going to happen. but there's somebody there for that. you know? to hopefully, again, prevent or assess those major injuries so this they don't become catastrophic. >> and so far, no severe head injuries. no cases of post concussion syndrome. a life-saving lesson for high school programs acro

one is on alert duck of the bay bridge and the other is out in dixon. right now is not causing any e delays, it is on the upper deck. the investigation still continues. it's been going on since 130 this morning, right now three lands are closed it is near the treasurer island exec. there is no major delay by you may find a slot back up heading toward treasure island. the investigation has been going on for several hours. the fed to dixon on on interstate 80. right there by pictures cool worthis school road. opening more softball lanes heading toward dole drive. no bones of towards some jose. the list out toward berkeley. that is to check with traffic. >>> it looks like it's corn to the cooler days outside as we head toward the afternoon. we've seen some drizzle of toward the immediate coast line. patchy fog out toward the coastline. mid '80s on the high end. a lot of '70s around the bay. you may find some '80s to mint nineties a long the inland areas. temperatures are going to drop a bit. the richest that pumped up here within the last couple of days wi

before dixon became a police officer he served in world war two as one of the montford marines.... segregated campsite for the marines first black recruits..... and even though they battled racism and segregation......he says......becoming a marine was his only choice......and that he would die in prison before serving in other branches of the military..... military....."if they put me in the navy, i was going awol. because, i wasn't serving any food or scrubbing any decks on any ships or serving food to anybody, that's not my format. i said, 'i'll go to jail first.'"and just last month...the united states congress awarded the montford point marines the congressional gold medal...... (2:26)this is something i will cherish the rest of my....the few days i have left.....(laugh) dixon was one of four hundred marines honored with the congressional gold medal in washington last month.... 3 a miracle catch that probably saves a life. the unbelivable scene as a child falls from a high window. 3 "it's dangerous out here none of the killing has stopped, none of the raping has stopped." stop

the heaviest rain is north of the mason-dixon line in pennsylvania. if we will get clipped in western maryland and west virginia within the next 45 minutes or so. locally, we don't have any rainfall. 75 degrees in the district, 17 gaithersburg, 67 in martinsburg. you will notice the humidity. near 100 expected today. hot and sticky. find a swimming pool this afternoon. it will feel like 105-109. it will start to cool down over the next few days. that's the good news. >> thanks so much. 5:12, 71 degrees outside. >> we remain optimistic. coming up, new details on the movie theater shooting in colorado. what we are learning about it is a disturbing package that the accused gunman allegedly >> this is "good morning washington" on your side. >> police are searching for the man who kidnapped the mother of oreos legend cal ripken jr. at gunpoint. 74-year-old violet ripken was abducted tuesday morning from her garage in aberdeen. a man bound and blindfolded her and forced her into the back seat of her car. for 24 hours he drove her around using your credit ca

police activity westbound and eastbound 80 at pitt school road in dixon. the golden gate bridge, a calmer commute from the north bay into the city. the entire peninsula and south looking all right. again, we're following this ibs dent closing the lower deck right now over from san francisco to oakland. back to you. >> busy morning. thank you. >> 4:41. still ahead, wild fires in utah and colorado sparking fire warnings in our state. why experts say we need to be extra careful this year. >> after taking a break for the holiday, presidential candidates hitting the campaigns hard again. the questions they will face today. >> and she lost her son in combat, now a south bay mother giving back with a gift to the police department. we'll have her story coming up next. >> welcome back. a live look outside at the bay bridge. usually so picturesque but this time we're keeping our eyes on the lower deck this morning. that's the eastbound direction of the bay bridge. it's been brought to a halt by police activity. some sort of possible shooting out this this morning. a

dazon dixon diallo, welcome to "democracy now!"washington, d.c., where you are attending the conference bridge to ellis the message you are bringing from the south. one-third of the country's population is in the south, but more than half of the new hiv /aids infections are occurring in the south of the united states. >> absolutely. it is such a pleasure to be with you. thank you. my organization sisterlove, we arrived at the international aids congress with a delegation of about 15 women, half of whom are living with hiv both from the u.s. and south africa of. there are three things we framed our purpose for coming to this conference. one, in its international meeting in the last 22 years that it has not been held here in the u.s., women of color, poor people, people of color in general affected by hiv in the u.s. have been virtually invisible because we don't get to travel and attend a lot of these conferences in large numbers enough to represent the situation going on in the u.s., particularly in the south. the second reason is

megyn: the text messages could do doctor dixon.ommate, he said his friend sheppard was texting with doctor dixon from the backyard. about committing the crime. well, the police in this case seem they are doing an excellent job, very thorough job. and i'm sure they have ruled out the roommate is the one who performed us. even though the prosecutors cannot prove it, there is a strong motive and a love triangle. they were both involved, they were in love with the same woman. and she is saying that she has been totally clear of having any involvement in this, but that is the reason -- you have motives and means. megyn: right now, doctor dixon has been charged with first-degree murder and the shooter, doctor shepherd has been charged with first degree murder. the cops are talking about this becoming a capital crime. is a race to see who is going to talk first? >> it most likely is. it happened the way the police say, it is a premed content premeditated thing. yeah, someone is going to point the finger. the doctor is going to point the f

this is not impacting the upper deck traffic right now much better news is of the way out in dixon. there was some police activity blocking both directions of interstate 80. it is by pick school road. it will take awhile for traffic to recover. the good news is that they did get everything out of lanes parade now to lawrence for it the weather >>> we've seen some drizzle out toward the coast line as well parade temperatures are generally in the '50s in parts of the north. this morning. things are going to be slower today. with plans them mid '80s, still warm inland. patchy fog is still continues out toward the coastline. about 88 degrees in yosemite. it looks like things are changing it again with the ridge of high pressure breaking up. most of the coastline is going to see more fog. then we will start to heat up as we look toward the weekend it is 72 in san mateo. mid '80s for brent would. 83 degrees and livermore. temperatures are going to be cooler, 67 degrees in san francisco. as to the toward the weekend in the '90s will return. that is a look at weather, back to you. >>> is sp

[applause] >> sgt james dixon served in the police department from 1954 to 1987. the congressional gold medal is the highest civilian award that the government bestows. the murder of a baltimore teenager proms community leaders to address what they call a double edged pius. homophobia in the african american community. a vigil was held for the 18- year-old who shot to death at a gas station last month. he was wearing women's clothing at the time. witnesses claim the gunman targeted him for no apparent reason. is cross dressing may have provoked the attack. >> african americans -- we were slaves not too long ago. we were a victim of this prejudice. we are still today. to be a victim and then to victimize another group of people is ridiculous. >> police say they have not charged anyone with desean bowman's murder. still to come on 11 news at noon, what key economic figure has remained unscathed during the economic meltdown. a drought is creating disastrous conditions for farmers and their crops. no more football. that is the penalty penn state university could face

let's look and heavy rain often are northwest, mainly in pittsburgh and riding north of the mason-dixon line, pushing east. western maryland will get heavy rain later this morning. later on today we have a chance of a few thundershowers here and there, especially north of the metro area, close to pennsylvania and the mason- dixon line. some storms could be severe. the main headline today, hot and humid. it will feel like 105-109 when you factor in the humidity today. the air temperatures around the century mark. triple digits possible later this afternoon. stray storms possible this aand night. mid to upper 90s tomorrow. now to lisa baden. >> fairfax is decent. 66, 95 395, and the beltway is good at the wilson bridge. 270 northbound after 109, you are looking live at an 18 wheeler upside-down. it rolled over. northbound is blocked between the exit and the on-ramp to 109. the headlights coming at us on the left is southbound out of frederick kempe towards montgomery county. i spoke with maryland state police and they said it's one minor injury and the tractor- trailer is loaded with beer

dixon was arrested. police also arrested 51-year-old david shepherd.d's roommate told police that it was an alleged murder for hire. his alleged for the million, three silver bars, worth $3,000 each, delivered by dr. dixon the ex. >> this is all very surprising that he would be iolved at this level. nothing we have been able to find so far in his background that this was going to happen. >> reporter: both men are now charged with murder. dr. dixon's bail was set at $10 million, while shepherd is still waiting to face a children. his children told abc, although there were many tears shed, there was also a sense of hope that my father's murder has been solved. what makes even heartbreaking for the murder doctor, their mother was also killed. >>> nancy grace, host of hln nancy grace and dan abrams. nancy, let me begin with you, murder for $9,000 and silver bars. it sounds almost biblical. >> fyi, george, there are i.d. numbers like vin numbers on silver bars, just in case you find yourself embroiled in a murder for hire, no use silver bars as a method of

spotter an hour ago thumbs up for drivers in the area, four miles westbound and eastbound slow from dixon avenue and waze traffic app will help you get around the closures will give you alternates you can download it by going to abc7news.com/waze. >>> we'll be checking back with you in a few minutes. >>> east contra costa firefighters blame 4th of july fireworks for sparringing a grass fire that put homes in danger. they say voters' recent actions made their battle tougher. amy hollyfield is live in oakley. >> reporter: voters turned down a parcel tax out here so they've had to make major cuts in the east contra costa fire district. they did have to rely on help from the contra costa county fire district last night. this fire started at about 10:30 they blame it on firefighters. witnesses saw people shooting off firework in the area. this fire threatened 12 homes. it too an hour to put the fire out it burned 2 1/2 acres. no one was hurt. but, this district did just do some major cutting to its staff, half of the district's six stations closed because of budget problems. the grass fire was

so if you are near the mason/dixon line, you could see some pretty good storms here as well and the risk will be slight. that's a chance for the risk of severe weather. moderate, up to the north of us. but we're under a slight risk for the storms. we'll talk more about that and the danieling wind gusts that we could experience by tomorrow. a little bit later, back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> we have breaking news now on the abduction of cal ripken jr.'s mom. police just released this surveillance video. that's the man that investigators believed that forced them into their own car. and then held her. for almost 24 hours. the woman was returned safe and sound. and she said that the abductor treated her well, evening bringing her cigarettes and food. there is no indication that they had any idea that she was the mother of the same shortstop. >>> police identified the 4- year-old boy who died after the accidental shooting death of the gun. apparently they went on into the pick up truck, they found that loaded gun and pulled the trigger. now, you talked to their family today. what a

we could see a few more storms north of them mason-dixon line.eat advisory today meaning it will feel like 105-109 degrees. the actual temperature will be right near 100 and a 30% chance of storms but today. >> it has been a difficult march. in virginia, northbound 395, we will show you a live picture in the geico traffic center camera and the pace is very good right now a washington boulevard. in maryland, we change pictures to show you the beltway at university boulevard which is a collision. everybody is staying to the letter this a live picture of an accident on 270 northbound after 109. 18-wheeler loaded with suds looked over this morning. look at the delay to get northbound. >> cheers! >> 6:43 and 72 degrees. coming up, rg3 talks about playing in the nation's capital. >> we have the very latest on the jackson family drama. >> we take a look at what happened at moments after gunfire broke out at the colorado shooting. police had chaotic conversations between each other in the aftermath of the massacre. >> multiple buttons inside the auditori

that should fall apart when it reaches the mason-dixon line. highs around 97 degrees. heat advisory in effect today. pop-up thunderstorms from about 11:00 a.m. until sunset. some could be strong to severe. that is a possibility and something to keep in mind. warm and humid today. upper 80s for fireworks time. slight chance of a stray storm. now to steve. >> there's an accident in maryland on the b-w parkway northbound near the beltway at good luck road. the northbound parkway is blocked. the accident happened just after the beltway at greenbelt road at 193. you can take route 1 or 95. southbound, everything is open. northbound parkway is the only thing affected right there. look good on the american legion bridge. like a. volume heading over to virginia, in springfield, hov restrictions are lifted. northbound traffic heading toward us. southbound also looks good on this july 4. >> new this morning the investigation under way into an apartment fire that killed a person in southeast washington in the 1600 block of 70. n street john gonzalez is on the scene with more deta

also, the other problem is in dixon.freeway shutdown in both directions of i-80 at pitt school road. with the waze traffic app you see it is jammed in both directions for several miles. you can use the waze app to help you around that closure. >>> 4:55. new field poll out this morning shows california voters overwhelmingly oppose the automatic spending cuts that would fall on education if governor brown's tax initiative fails in november. public schools in grades k-12 and community colleges stan to lose nearly 5 1/2 billion dollars of the six -- in state funding cut if voters reject the plan to raise sales tax and tax on high income enders. the poll shows 72% of all voters opposed triggered spending cuts, only 26% of californians believe the state is headed in the right direction. 64% say it is on the wrong track. >>> election officials in mexico recounting more than half of the ballot boxes used in sunday's presidential election after finding inconsistencies in the tallies. recount could be finished by today. ballots ar

no more delays out of dixon down to leisure town.is dublin, the dublin interchange, moving nicely. palo alto as well with an easy drive. look how few cars on 101. >> thank you. coming up, continuing coverage of the 2012 summer olympics, we're going to talk to raj mathai live in london about the unwelcome guest that crashed the opening ceremony. >> now back live to london, a beautiful shot. the olympic rings look so majestic. looks like a nice day. we'll be back with all of that and more coming up. peed internee on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot

also there's one little cluster storms that will straddle the mason-dixon line.his may get down to frederick. it will stay a little more toward the mason-dixon line inching itself ever so far south. looks like we'll have a better chance for some afternoon storms tomorrow and again on saturday. so the forecast today 100 degrees. yellow alert with a heat advisory. only about 80 for the low tonight with we're talking mid- 70s in the burbs in the cool spots. 95 tomorrow. yellow alerts for the storms friday and saturday with 92 on saturday. sunday storm chances go down. i'm going to keep it off the board but it's about 10s are 20%, high -- 10%, 20%, high around 90. monday and tuesday highs generally in the 80s. >>> dozens of people in district heights, maryland are trying to rebuild their lives after a fire but it could have been a lot worse. >> the fire tore through the garden apartments on rochelle avenue tuesday night. as bruce leshan tells us, no one was hurt all because of some local heroes. >> reporter: i'm bruce less hahn in district heights from blocks away a

"sergeant james dixon has been a police officer in the baltimore for 33 years, for that, he was a marineday, he was honored. >> one of the first african- americans in the marine corps between 1942-1949, and 20,000 african-american marines were trained at monfort. n.c.. last month, they were honored with a congressional gold medal. today, one of those honored brought his model to the baltimore city police department. >> i want to thank you for all of you done for baltimore city and the united states of america. [applause] >> his friends and fellow officers were here today to say thank you. >> it is a great story. >> sergeant dixon was like a father figure to us. he is treated everybody so well. and number took a day off. he was a terrific officer, a terrific man. >> he served in the baltimore city police department from 1954-1987 and he has seen a lot of changes over the years. >> it has been an honor being in the core and it has been and are to defend it in this police department caught. i see the results of our hard work. >> rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the water main break is causin

and the two individuals are thomas forsythe and robert dixon. if you could share their stories with us as a way to help us understand what was happening on the ground, what was happening in the minds of a few individuals who are trying to shape what was happening on the ground. >> well, thomas forsyth and robert dixon were in a sense opposite numbers. x. and was a scotsman who have been, had come to what was in the northern united states as a young man come and engage in the first rybicki was married to a sue woman, and he was unlike a lot of the sort of mountain energy. it was a real marriage. they live together faithfully until death and they had four children. dickson was perhaps the dominant fur trader of the upper mississippi river before the war. he was a tall redheaded fellow. i guess quite imposing. he was beloved by the indians. not only because of his personal charisma but because of his obvious genuine concern for them. his opposite number, at least as i see in my book, was thomas forsyth. forsyth was also a man of ambiguous nationali

one one call yesterday afternoon claiming that there is an attempted kidnapping at this residence on dixon street the caller claimed that there was were five or six latino males dragging black male who was tied up into the house so the story from the police department is that they arrived on the scene. knocked on the door. attempted to open it and then. when yelled police and when the people in the house heard that it was the police they tried to run out the back door. the police say that they pursued all their reform and in the house they say they pursued all of them and the man who was ultimately shot james harbor apparently they're saying got into a physical fight or three different physical fights with the officer the last one culminating in her being shot and killed and any idea where that fake call are read in a tip from the police don't know police chief. at a press briefing last night when they tried to call that number back it really routed to a number that was out of the area and the phone call was answered by someone who didn't speak english so well they've released a transcript

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thing to go on the commute is good i would rate it it was an amazing fight i tell you to be there in dixon circle and feed that many people out there in a was really to demonstrate and show that they had human rights for that matter there was ready and for as me in terms of me being involved in this particular movement against police brutality it was quite a sight to see and i was glad to be a part of i'm going to continue to organize around it and i want justice for all these families james harper because he's the most recent john has been a third it's a buyer's market with you that october twenty ninth two thousand team and charles a lot of attention being paid now to what is happening over in anaheim following the shooting of an unarmed man reportedly an armband there and a lot of protests going on over there because of this what parallels can you draw between what's happening there and dallas and what is happening in anaheim. oh it's the same old me is displaying movie dealing with the same problem it's a national problem. a couple murders that i know for sure that took place looks lik

proceeds for the sales will go toward restitution for the city of dixon.t in rockford make the awful discovery of a newborn baby. the latest in the investigation is up next. >> plus, president obama hits the campaign trail and braves a downpour. >> and scientists are keeping a close eye on a solar flare that is raining down on the either this weekend. jim? >> we had some thunderstorms today but not everybody got much rain, but everybody is going to get a lot of heat. we'll have details and the full forecast in just a few minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ ♪ it goes something like this ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined. pop in. stand out. >> an autopsy conducted this morning confirms that the body of a baby found at a recycling center near rockford yesterday was full born and full term. however, results won't be available for several weeks to determine if the baby was born alive. the body of the caucasian male was discovered at a total waste recyc

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but benny dixon knows all too well, the sound of fear. >> but you can see how there's a big mess. >> reporter: dixon was sound asleep friday night when his parents burst into his room, snatching him and his sister out of bed. >> daddy said we had to go to another safe place. and we did. we went to the bedroom closet. >> reporter: his parents say they could hear the howling winds and crackling trees outside their home. what happened next nearly killed them. >> my husband knew right away, that the tree had fell through the house. >> reporter: a tree more than 100 years old, standing more than 100 feet high, came crashing down on top of their one-story home. >> all your ears could do was pop. and it was so much noise you couldn't concentrate. >> reporter: the family escaped through the bathroom window. the damage outside bad. inside worse. inside, buckled walls and tree limbs decorate the rooms. >> our bedroom was straight across. >> reporter: as she and the two children took cover, the tree came crashing down right through the home. they say this brick wall may have saved their lives.

and north of the mason-dixon line. these storms have triggered a severe thunderstorm warning for another maybe 15 minutes or so. up around red line, new york, and glen rock again, north of parkton and over the mason- dixon line. we'll continue to monitor those. those could impact parts of northern baltimore county, carroll county as well. even harford county could see some of those as they start to progress down to the south and southeast over the next maybe hour or two. so we'll continue to keep you posted. anyone who gets one of those will get a bit of a cooldown. that is the positive side of those storms moving through. right now, we're being look -- looking at temperatures at 97 degrees. 99 in d.c. 89 on the shore. and none of us are seeing any cooldown as a result of those showers and storms rolling through here just yet. but we are seeing a little improvement with the heat index. we were up around 107 degrees. that's what it felt like a little while ago. now we're down to 103. small favors, but it's headed in the

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: dixon was seen friday night, when his parents burst into his room. snatching him and his little sister out of their bed. >> daddy said we had to go to another safe place. and we did. we went to the bathroom closet. >> reporter: his parents could hear the howling winds winds and winds and crackling trees. what happened next nearly killed them. >> my husband knew right away, a tree went through the house. >> reporter: a tree more than 100 years old, more than 100 feet high, came crashing down on their home. >> it was so loud. there was so much noise you couldn't concentrate. >> reporter: they climbed out the bathroom window. inside, buckled tree limbs and damaged walls. >> reporter: as they took cover, the tree came crashing down right through their home. they say this brick wall may have saved their lives. >> we always said we would go to the bathroom. just because we were behind the fireplace. >> reporter: though devastated, the family says they're grateful. >> still got each other. we're all safe. no injuries, no nothing. nothing we can do but move

moving across the mason dixon line into harford and cecil county. there could be a pop-up shower about any time this day. it's impossible to tell where or when low pressure out of the tennessee valley pushes the boundary to the south. today 88 degrees. a thunderstorm in spots through the afternoon. nothing severe. partly cloudy. 68 overnight. tomorrow looking good. still humid but decreasing humidity. mixture of sun and clouds and a high of 88. pleasant five-day forecast. the add libs are flowing like water down the susquehanna. >> still to come -- >> i hate to see what the commercial break is like. >> want to live a little longer, tri-standing up, we will explain in health watch. [ barks ] [ cat meows ] [ woman ] ♪ i just want to be okay ♪ be okay, be okay ♪ i just want to be okay today - ♪ i just want to know today - [ whistles ] ♪ know today, know today - [ cat meows ] - ♪ know that maybe i will be okay ♪ [ chimes ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about... and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage

it wasn't until i cracked the mason dixon line, that i realized what i was doing was not real barbecue. believe me, they told me. >> take a little of that korean sauce. finish it with some toasted sesame, and that is some mighty fine chicken wings. >> the day i die is the day i stop learning about barbecue. >> we'll use some raman moe crust. little bit of olive oil. you make a rub of kosher salt, smoked paprika and season the corn with that. and right on the grill. what we have here is a st. louis cut of ribs. we rubbed it, smoked this for four and a half to five hours and it's finished. then we just give it a little bit of glaze of our sauce and we cut it. now, that's a beautiful rib. so this corn is done. you see how it's popped? perfect. little more seasoning. then you roll it around in the cheese. we have some barbecue ribs. we have some grilled corn with smoked paprika and romano, little bit of corn bred and coleslaw, it's one of my favorite dishes. >> one truly american kwi seen. it's big hunks of meet. it's comradery. it's a good time. what's not to love? >> makes me glad i'm no

the vast majority of clear skies will be run along the mason- dixon line. chicago is back into the 80's today. jackson in and 90's and denver, 75. >> we are appreciating a break from those temperatures. these pictures are just coming into our newsroom. these are live pictures from news choppers seven flying above fredericksburg, virginia. you can see the damage caused by the powerful storm and is bird's-eye view. we will continue to survey the damage and recovery efforts. we will have the latest reports on abc7 news starting at 5:00 p.m. >> what has culminated into a police shootout has left someone dead. >> this was the scene on the road in mount vernon for several hours this morning. just before 11:30 p.m. last night, fairfax police said two of their officers on patrol saw two men acting suspiciously. they approach the men and one of them ran off forcing police to chase them down. >> at some point, the suspect produced a handgun and began firing toward the officers. >> one of the officers was able to grab his gun and shot back, hitting the suspect. that m

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we have heat advisories north of the mason dixon line up the 95 corridor. it is 86 degrees. that's not our noon temperature. it will hit that in a minute or so. we'll be closer to 90 this lunch hour. it already feels like 92. we have a graphic showing you what i think is the biggest story, what's it going to feel like the next few days. by the way, this is round four of big hit. it's going to feel like 95 today with a forecast high of 93. the next two days looking 100 squarely in the face. 105 tuesday, 108 wednesday. why is t goimg -- while it's going to be hotter wednesday opposed to tuesday is simple, that much more humidity and discomfort. the air is going south in a big way too. we'll have air advisories to go along with this. round number four, you know it won't be the last, we will deal with it. some refreshing weather coming our way, but it's going to take until the weekend to get here. that's coming up shortly. >> we urge you to stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of this heat waive and others. for the latest conditions go to wjz.com. >>> right now a man

it will stall out real close to the mason-dixon line. real risk of a scattered shower tonight. and again again on friday, a risk of more rain. some areas could pick up some pretty decent amounts of rain between now and friday. eventually, it will cool down and dry fowsht weekend. looks like a really nice weekend. northeast winds at 5 to ten knots. and the bay temp, 83 degrees. maybe a few widely scattered showers. upper 80s, maybe if we get more sun, as high as 93. but that humanity still with us. more showers possible friday. it will begin to dry out, a high of only 80. it looks like a great weekend, 92 here on monday. denise? >> thank you, bob. >>> the orioles buy tritoned their losing streak on the road. >> they get down and dirty, trying to [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt or add egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg melt, perfect for breakfast or any time of day. subway. eat fresh. i'llwait... yeah...eryday valuwell, yeah, b

took one unit 40 minutes to get hire from dixon. >> what is happening right now? >> we're in the mop-up stage. cal friarfire brought ad toker in. we have hand crews putting down soil around it and mopping up hot spots. >> that's the assistant fire chief, now, this road is closed westbound on to highway 80. also closed going into cherry glen and pleasant valley road. this fire was knocked down, took an hour for firefighters to finally putt this fire -- put this fire out. >> ama: oscar winning actor ernest borgnine passed away today. he died sunday at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles. borgnine was moan for -- known for his knoll mchale's navy and won an oscar for the 1955 film "marty." he ways 95-year-old ol'. >> a sign of tough economic times in many cities the black market is going green. thieves are getting into the recycling business. cardboard can fetch big bucks. one legitimate recycler believes cardboard thieves cost his firm $100,000 a week. >> doesn't make it a high priority, so the risk of getting caught is low, and then the penalties are low. >>