. >> research shows fetuses at 30 weeks have a short term memory of about 10 minutes. after a while rkt they got used to the stimulus and didn't react as strongly. researchers found that 34 week old fetuses could store information and remember it a month later. fetuses aren't determined full term until 37 weeks. >> the same thing happen when's you are about 50. >> coming up, you've cleaned out your closets and bagged up unwanted clothes and ready to donate to charity. do you really know where your donations are going? >> a look at sky calm. up next, traffic and weather on >> every now and again, we get a little work done. what do you mean we? we are going to have problems due to resurfacing. we'll only have it-3 lanes open. some added delays there. we have a royal closure due to art scape preparations happening along with roads in that area. it will be hectic in that city. that complose your through the fall. about a 9:00 ride on the outer loop. a live view of traffic no problems to hort here. we are looking good at this hour. >> good morning. looking good out there on

. >> fetuses may have short-term memory spirit scientists in the netherlands studied them at 30 weeks gestation, examining imagine the sound and vibration. they have a short-term memory of 10 minutes. at 34 weeks they store information and remember it a month later. an infant is not full time until 38 weeks gestation perio. >> increase competition for your family's old clothes. look at all the donation bins that have sprung up outside local businesses. how much do we know about those charities? lesa robinson has more. >> it's convenient when you want to get rid of clothing. when you dump it, do you know where it goes both the oil is benefiting? -- do you know who it benefit? some are owned by a for-profit companies. one baltimore charity is feeling the pain. >> our donations ddropped 35%. >> this collection box is not benefiting maryland resident. another one is a charity oversight organisation. and tonight at 11:00 you will see the owners of these boxes and hear what they have to say about where your donations go and who is profiting. >> thank you. next, your maryland lottery. >> and

. >>> a study out this morning indicates that fetuses actually develop memories while in the womb. claims that 30 weeks into pregnancy, the fetus can form memories that last at least ten minutes. and by 34 week, it can remember information for at least 4 weeks. researchers used a monitor that slightlyly startles the fetus. then, used it again later, to see if the fetus remembered the sensation, by not reacting to it. >>> after five delays, space shuttle "endeavour" will try again to blast off tonight. tonight, there is a 60% chance the launch will cooperation. "endeavour" will have to wait another ten days while russia sends supplies to the space station. >>> powerful thunderstorms from the central plains, tall way to the ohio valley today. hail, gusty wind, heavy rain and flooding for places like chicago, milwaukee, st. louis and kansas city. scattered thunderstorms from new orleans to orlando. and triple-digit heat in parts of texas and the southwest. >> a scorching 110 in phoenix. and 102 in dallas and sacramento. portland climbs to 90. and seattle 81. omaha, indianapolis. seaso

they dug up her yard and found four fetuses. they showed that they had never been alive, so charges were dropped. >> the community, they have been extremely supportive. i just want to say thanks for everybody giving me a fair shot. >> reporter: now, in the county, the state's attorney office wants to work with lawmakers to change the law regarding the disposal of the dead. they point to one case that wjz covered in august of 1999. it involved little marshall, her father lead police to her grave in the woods. authorities say he buried her there months before she suffered a seizure and died. and under the law, he could not be charged. >> why didn't you come to me? he said he was so afraid, he didn't want to go to anyone. >> reporter: in the freezer case, the woman's grandson said he doesn't want to speculate on why her body was placed there, but police say that their investigation is active. >> as of right now, the family is just trying to cope with what's going on and we're trying to all come together and figure everything out. >

media frenzy when police arrested christy freeman in ocean city, dug up her yard, and found four fetuses. autopsies showed they had never been alive. so charges were dropped. >> the community has been extremely supportive. and i just wanted to say thanks for everybody giving me a fair shot. >> reporter: in anne arund anne arundel county, the state wants to work with lawmakers to change the law, regarding the disposal of the dead. >> they pointed to one case wjz covered in august of 1999. >> it involved marshall. authorities say he buried her there months before. under the law, he could not be charge would. >> why didn't you come to me? he said he was so afraid, he didn't want to go to anyone. >> police say their investigation is active. >> right now, the family is trying to figure out what is going on and just pull together and figure everything out. >> reporter: anne arundel county police are asking that anyone with knowledge of miss cook's case contact them right away. reporting live from the medical examiner's office, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say miss cook was bed

media frenzy, which police arrested christy freeman in ocean city, dug up her yard and found four fetuses. autopsies showed they had never been alive. so charge were dropped. >> the community has been extremely supportive. and i just wanted to say thanks for everybody giving me a fair shot. >> reporter: in anne arundel rle county -- they want to work together. >> they point to one case wjz covered in august of 1999. it involved little zaira marshall. her father led police to a grave. authorities say he buried her there months before, after she suffered a seizure and died. under the law, he could not be charged. >> why didn't you come to me? he said he was so afraid. he didn't want to go to anyone. >> reporter: in the freezer case, the woman's grandson said he doesn't want to speculate on why they placed her body is there. >> right now, the family is trying to pull together and figure everything out. >> reporter: police say ms. cook was bed ridden and suffered from many medical problems. reporting live, mike hellgren. >>> anne arundel county police are asking anyone with information about

on the front of the church, there are pictures -- two pictures of fetuses and then the last one is gone's obviously an abortion message. >> right. bill: the school sends her home. you can't wear it and we went over this before. i was a teacher. you can't bring in anything to a classroom that could be disrupted to the academic atmosphere and the school said this is disruptive. her mother is now suing and you say what? >> it's a tough case. this is a close case because teachers and school do have more discretion to ban speech than the general rule does than the general public and public employers do. it's a school setting and also -- this is a k through 8 school. right? you have got kin ter gartners, first graders walking around. was this disruptive? did it have the potential to be highly disruptive? you can see the school's argument? they had let her wear other pro life t shirts in the past without complaint. it was this one and i think it was probably the pictures that did it. bill: there isn't really anything wrong with the pictures. >> no. it just shows the baby in utero. bill: doesn'

worried by a superstition that the rays could harm the fetuses. >> pretty impressive when you see then blocking out the sun. >> it really is wild. this is the longest one in the century. a lot of people are focussed on it. remember, don't look directly at it. >> the century is young yet, though. >> indeed, it is. >> great to see you as always. >>> the late michael jackson's father, joe jackson telling cnn remarkable things about his son's life and death. tonight, we are putting his words to the test. welcome to the now network. population 49 million. right now, 1.5 million people are on a conference call. 750,000 wish they weren't. - ( phones chirping ) - construction workers are making 244,000 nextel direct connect calls. 1 million people are responding to an email. - 151 accidentally hit "reply all." - ( foghorn blows ) that's happening now. america's most dependable 3g network bringing you the first wireless 4g network. - sprint. the now network. - ( whoosh sound ) deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. i switched to a complete multivi

he said it's clear that medical technology is advantages and fetuses can be viable at an earlier age. influence how the court decides these cases? shouldn't it adjust what is said if roe v wade? she said that is not how courts decide cases, they don't sit around thinking about what the policy is, they take the cases one at a time, looking a what the state refrictions r this is an interesting moment, we had known she was influenced by two things, nancy drew books and perry mason, a tv lawyer and talked quite a bit about perry mason today energy almost every case, he got his defendant off and guilty person convict bud one episode she clearly remembers the prosecute and perry mason are talking afterwards and says, boy you must be discourage when all the guys you are trying to prosecute end up getting off, fouad out to be not guilty and the prosecutor says no my job is to do justice and justice is done whether the guilty are convicted or the innocent are set free and that lesson stuck with her even when she was a prosecutor in new york city. >> we have cultural influences like nancy drew

it is found that fetuses as early as 30 weeks old can form memories.al instructor of surgery at new york university. think you for being with us. tell us about the study. at 30 weeks our babies inside a set of memory how do we know that. >> a study in the netherlands showed that the 100 pregnant women, fetuses at 30 weeks could remember sound or simulation by vibration and sound and that just shows that the inroads of short-term and long-term emory are established in euro through and how do they know. >> they found the babies used an early form of memory called the tuition that when adults recall memories but it shows the brain and nervous system is intact in euro and developing every day. >> ainsley: the grapefruit diet we're familiar with what about the pill? >> this is interesting for applications for adults but basically an antioxidant found in grapefruit that gives it the bitter taste was found to prevent obesity in mice and help with insulin and kukes tolerance which means at some point this might be used in adults for diabetes management and pre

. >> and it seems like the more we learn about fetuses, the more confidence we have they are capablef things earlier and earlier. when sustainable life begins is a big question in our society. this sheds light on it. >> i'm not sure if it sheds light on when sustain able life begins. starting about 30 weeks, that last trimester, we're pretty sure that kids are laying down short-term memories. and may have a longer term memory. >> ms. briggs, thanks for memory. >> ms. briggs, thanks for shedding light on this issue. ha. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some room to share a decadent dessert. a lot of bold flavors, for a limited time only. chili's -- a revolutionary in-wash booster that... works with your detergent to help remove tough stains... the first time. coming to stores late july. get your dollar fifty coupon at tidestainrelease.com today! was about 30 seconds after i woke up. still not smoking! seven days.