the person responsible for building harbor east. the new charges have been filed against developer john paterakis. he's charged with one count of conspiracy to violate campaign finance law. the charges stem from a poll conducted for councilwoman helen holton. according to the indictment paterakis paid for part of that poll. holton faces two counts of conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws, she could face a year in prison and a $25,000 fine on each of those counts. another developer, ronald lipscomb, admitted his role for part of that. he's already pleaded guilty and in doing so court documents show he implicated paterakis. in a statement holton's attorney says he's confident the new charges against her will be dropped as well. a spokesperson for mayor sheila dixon says she will not comment on the new indictments. coming up, we'll also hear from a close personal friend of paterakis, in the meantime we want to hear what you think. head to abc2news.com and tell us what you think. reporting live at harbor east, sherrie johnson, abc

john paterakis owns h & s bakeries and again is a developer of harbor east. now a grand jury indicted john paterakis. the state prosecutor says he gave city councilwoman helen holton $6,000 to help pay for a political poll. earlier this year she was indicted on charges of bribery and perjury. a judge dismissed the charges in may. this time the charges that she violated campaign finance laws. as for john paterakis a close friend told abc2 news that he can't believe the state prosecutor chose to target him. >> it's a sad day. but i'm quite confident that mr. paterakis will be exonerated of any wrongdoing. >> reporter: helen holton's attorney released a statement saying in part "miss holton is innocent. there was no conspiracy and she's confident this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one." a spokesman for mayor sheila dixon says that she will not comment on the new indictments. reporting live in harbor east, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a baltimore county councilman pleads guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations. kenneth oliver told a

the inner harbor east. we have a gorgeous day start in progress on federal hill.ut the cityscape has changed at dawn when the sun during the course of the year when the transit takes it behind those buildings. now take a look at that. the ritz-carlton complex, federal hill, and the ronster. >> and federal hill -- >> is isn't that a great shot. it is just a really cool function of the cityscape on a morning. but nevertheless, a fine pun. how are you doing in the mid- 60s. >> reporter: oh, what can i say. it is heaven out here. it is beautiful. all i need is, what, a mojito or something. >> is chaise lounge and mojito. >> a o'clock somewhere. it is. >> reporter: they got them in in toronto, st. petersburg, florida, california, how about andy car race right here in baltimore. guess what, some serious discussions about it. we have the story live on federal hill when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on! ♪ (speaking in french) chef, come look, it's incredible. ♪ (speaking in french) how is this possible? did you do this? you did this? when you take a bigger, th

john paterakis owns h & s bakeries and again, developer of harbor east. a grand jury indicted paterakis. the state prosecutor says he gave city councilwoman helen holton $6,000 to help pay for a political pull. earlier this year holton was indicted on charges of bribery and perjury. a judge dismissed those charges in may and this time the charges that she violated campaign finance laws. after john paterakis -- as for john paterakis, a close friend told abc news he can't believe the prosecutor chose to target him. >> it's a sad day. but i'm quite confident that mr. john paterakis will be exonerated of any wrongdoing. >> reporter: helen holton's attorney released a statement saying in part "miss holton is innocent. there was no conspiracy and she's confident that this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one." mayor sheila dixon has refused to comment on the new indictments. you can head to our web site, abc2news.com, to tell us what you think about these latest indictments. report live at harbor east, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> in baltimore c

somebody is not leaving. >> and they were in inner harbor east when inner harbor east was not cool. >>> it is usually a busy time for crabbers across the bay. coming up alex demetrick >>> 25 and a half past 6:00. a crisis on the chesapeake. watermen are asking where are our crabs. a busy time is turning into a real season of worry. alex demetrick reports, it is as if the crabs have all but disappeared when they should be the most plentiful. >> reporter: a bad sign is turning up on docks all along the chesapeake. tens of thousands of wire pops that should be in the bay catching crabs are out of the water. >> i would say anywhere you go in the bay right now there is ten times more sitting on the shore than out in the water. >> reporter: that is because watermen are coming back empty- handed. crabs are suddenly scarce. >> from one end of the bay to the other it doesn't seem like anybody is doing anything. that is a concern to me. >> reporter: watermen call it hair, a stringy growth that doubles in size every day. >> and it just keeps doubling and doubling and the crab won't go in that po

over the past decade, he spent millions of hi own money to develop harbor east. now a grand jury has indicted him, the city prosecutor says he gave helen holton $6,000 to pay for a political poll. another developer, ronald lipscomb admitted he paid $6,500 for that poll. he'll be sentenced in october. earlier this year councilwoman holton was indicted on charges of bribery and purge rate. judge dismissed the charges in may. >> i am thankful for this day, and that i am that much closer to 2 restoration of my good name and the work i've done in serving this city. >> reporter: but holton has been indicted again, this time on charges of violating campaign finance laws. her attorney released a statement saying in part miss holton is innocent. she is confident this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one. still stephanie rawlings-blake has announced that councilman william cole will replace holton in acting chair of the taxes, finance and economic development committee. as for john paterakis, tan close friend told me he can't believe the state prosecutor chose

it had to do with improvements at his new legg mason tower on harbor east. the mayor abstained on that vote. >> if you look at all my about a tensions, i about a stained. so i'm not going to entertain that question. >> reporter: the mayor says she has reached out to helen holton. the decision to remove her from the taxation, finance and development committee following tuesday's indictment will not second her back. >> i just sent her a note letting her know my prayers are with her and stay focused on her job. >> move before every piece of legislation and will continue to do so. >> we haven't stopped the momentum. we haven't stop anything in this city. and i think that's what people are concerned about. >> reporter: in downtown baltimore, linda so, abc 2 news. >> and we tried to contact paterakis' attorney for comment but our calls were not returned. >>> new at 5 tonight, the woman whose phone call brought police to the home of henry gates is telling the nation how she feels tonight. terry owens tells us what made her go public. >> reporter: kelly lucia whalen

reporting live from harbor east, i'm pat warren. back to you on television hill. >> okay, pat. thank you very much. >>> projections that this would be a better summer for the bay, have been downgraded to the usual bad news about dead zones. but alex demetrick reports, many watermen think conditions are actually worse. >> reporter: to measure the health of rivers like the severn, you have to get to the bottom. where clams and oysters that help clean the water live. >> we're really worried about the biofilters. the shelters down there. that are usually filtering the stuff that comes in the bay. when we lose them, we're in trouble. >> reporter: watermen say trouble is already here. up and down the bay, they have been pulling their crab pots, as crabs flee to shallow water to escape dead zones. >> so that's what i did. business as usual. and so i moved. and it seemed like it was a couple of crabs. then all of a sudden, nothing. >> reporter: and with nothing to catch, that's left more crab pots out of the water than in. >> this is the worst summer we've seen. and every summer, it's

the board of estimates even approve a little more than a half a million in funding for a harbor east streetscape project, the area closely associated with john patterakis who was indicted yesterday. congresswoman holton has been stripped from a powerful committee position. new reaction from the city council president and the mayor, the state prosecutor also snagged prominent developer and mayor's former boyfriend ron lipscomb with a guilty plea for violating campaign finance laws. and now he's got a new, even more well-known target in his corruption investigation into baltimore city hall. baking big wig john patterakis sr. he is well-connected and wealthy. mr. paterakis is charged with campaign finance violation. he they say he wrote a 6,000 check and that it was a back- door deal after a private meeting and never went through holton's campaign. the amount is beyond campaign contribution limits. >> we don't have any information and i certainly haven't read the indictment so i wouldn't have any further comment, but he is certainly well-respected, and my hope is that his lawyers will d

not in the public opinions. >> john paterakis spent millions developing harbor east over the past decade. stay with us on-line and on air as we continue to develop these stories. watch abc2 news at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and get the latest at abc2news.com. >>> the woman accused of killing her four daughters learns her fate. banita jacks has been convicted of four counts of murder and four counts of premeditated first degree murder. you may remember the decomposition of her four children' bodies were discovered in her home of january of 2008. the oldest girl was 16, youngest was 5. >>> first amendment firestorms at baltimore's morgan state university. after six years as media adviser denise brown was fired last month. she says the termination is linked to a series of articles and opinion pieces published in the school newspaper back in february. student reporters alleged funds were taken through student government association budget. letters obtained by abc2 revealed that the administration wanted to meet with students individually and examine the evidence. >>> the evidence by themselves sp

catch it exclusively at landmark harbor east. the film is rated r. >> vin diesel and paul walker reunite with the original cast with fourth installment of fast and furious. now the movie coming to blue ray. talk bit on mon. that's the low down. >>> i'm bruce at m and t bank >> welcome back to m and t bank stadium. as we mention big time here tonight. 2 of the best soccer teams in the world. the seats are empty now but that won't be the case in a few hours. this place is going to be jam packed for again 2 of the world's best soccer or football teams. it's the world football challenge pre-season tournament. games at the rose bowl. foxboro. stanford. atlanta. dallas. and of course here in baltimore. tonight we mark the first sell out in the challenge. 71,000 will jam this stadium and that's a fact that is not lost on participants themselves. >> it is fantastic to fill the stadium because there are a lot of them that came to see the match and we want to do the best and enjoy the time in usa. >>reporter: chelsea and ac milan the ball

the developer who is responsible for harbor east where we're standing. been indicted along with city councilwoman helen holton. the indictments come two months after similar charges against holton were dismissed. john paterakis owns h southbound s bakeries and is developer of harbor east. a grand jury indicted him. the state prosecutor says he gave city councilwoman helen holton $6,000 to help pay for a political pull. earlier this year she was indicted on charges of bribery and perjury. a judge dismissed the charges in may. this time the charges that she violated campaign finance laws. as for john paterakis, a close friend told abc2 news that he can't believe thetate prosecutor chose to target him. >> it's a sad day. but i'm quite confident that mr. paterakis will be exonerated of any wrongdoing. >> reporter: helen holton's attorney released a statement saying in part "miss holton is innocent, there was no conspiracy and she's confident the charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one." a spokesman for mayor sheila dixon says she will not comment o

. >>> tonight the man most responsible for transforming baltimore's harbor east area into a gleaming new neighborhood has been charged with a crime. good evening. i'm kelly swoope. john paterakis has been indicted in connection with the state prosecutors investigation into influence peddling at city hall. helen holton has been indicted again as well. abc 2 news christian schaffer is in the news center with the top story tonight. >> reporter: the initial bribery and perjury charges were dropped back in may. the new indictment charges her with violations of campaign finance laws. as for john paterakis, he was not indicted in this case until today. she now charged with one count of conspiracy to violate campaign finance law. the charges stem from a poll conducted for councilwoman holton. according to the indictment, paterakis paid for part of the poll. he has owned the h & s bakery for decades. in the 1980s he parlayed that business into the ownership of a large area of land between downtown and fells point. over the past several years you have seen the land

now you know that area as harbor east, one of the fastest growing areas of development in the city. and paterakis has a piece of all of it. now the state prosecutor has indicted him claiming he gave helen holton $6,000 to help pay for the poll and councilwoman is indicted on two counts of conspiracy to violate campaign laws. she could face one year 234 prison and a $25,000 fine on each of the developments. the developer, paterakis, 80 years old. the state prosecutor says he could also face a year in prison and a $25,000 fine. helen holton's attorney just released a statement which says in part miss holton is innocent there was no conspiraciful and he is confident this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one. this story literally just developing late this afternoon. we'll be bringing you any new developments as we get them. >> thanks, christian. >>> two days after a violent and bloody sunday, east baltimore is filled with police. because of the federal stimulus money, baltimore will be able to hire even more officers to keep you safe. police continue to search for suspects

stephanie rawlings-blake about the indictment of a man who spent millions of his own money to develop harbor east over the past decade. >> he's certainly well respected and i hope his lawyers will do their job in defending him and the prosecutors will do theirs. the issue will be resolved where it should be in the court, not the public opinions. >> prosecutors targeted john paterakis after he was implicated by developer ronald lipscomb. >>> remember to stay with us and abc2news.com. we're following this story. all the developments that happened in the possible corruption case in our city government. watch us on the air and of course on-line 24/7 at abc2news.com. >>> soon to be 6:04. baltimore county police are searching for a burglar they believe has hit at least five homes in the glen arm area. each time they say the burglar cuts open a screen, crawls through an unlocked window. police have some leads but are asking for the community's help to report anything suspicious in the area. if you have anything suspicious about the burglaries call 410-887-2210. >>> a dc woman accused of killing her four

john paterakis owner of h & s bakeries and developer of harbor east.tate prosecutor says he gave helen holton $6,000 to help pay for a political pull. earlier this year holton was indicted on charges of bribery and perjury. a judge dismissed those charges back in may and this time the charges that she violated campaign finance laws. here's what she had to say back in may after the initial indictments were dropped. why i am thankful for this day, that i'm that much closer to the restoration of my good name. and the work that i've done in serving the city. >> reporter: helen holton's attorney released a statement saying that in part miss holton is innocent, there was no conspiracy and she's confident this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one. a spokesman for mayor sheila dixon says he doesn't want to comment on this case. what do you think? head to our web site abc2news.com and tells us what you think about these latest indictments. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> meanwhile, a baltimore county councilman pled guilty to two counts of campaign

paterakis is the president of the h & s bakery and the developer of harbor east. >> he is certainly well respected. and my hope is that his lawyers will do their job in defending him and the prosecutors will do theirs, and the issue will be resolved where it should be in the courts, and not in public opinion. >> as for councilwoman helen holton, who chairs the taxation, finance, and economic development committee, rawlings- blake says the council will move forward with every single piece of legislation that was before the committee. >>> a federal grand jury has indicted a white supremacist from maryland in the shooting of a security guard at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington. hate crime charges have been added to the case against james von brunn who lived in annapolis at the time of the shooting. he has been in the hospital since the shooting last month. official says the 89-year-old shot and killed guard stephen johns. >>> breaking news tonight for you, this time out of howard county. police are investigating a stabbing in columbia. it happened in the 5700 block of columb

harbor east. legg mason's headquarters there as well. and they agreed to pay $12,500 to do a poll for the councilwoman. here is what she had to say in may after the initial indictments against her were dropped. >> i am thankful for this day that i am that much closer to the restoration of my good name. and the work that i have done in serving the city. >> reporter: as for ron lipscomb, he has already pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in october. in a statement released tonight, holton's attorney says he see confident the new charges against her will be dropped as well, saying, quote, the desperate attempt of the state to salvage something from the relentless effort to convict miss holton will however be unavailing. like the bribery charge, it's fatally flawed legally and factually. a spokesperson for mayor sheila dixon who also still faces charges in connection with the case said the mayor would not be commenting on the new indictments. we'll have more on the story throughout the evening. live in the breaking news center, christian sc

stephanie rawlings-blake about the indictment of a man who spent millions of his own money to develop harbor east over the past decade. >> certainly well respected. and my hope is that his lawyers will do their job defending him. and the prosecutors will do theirs. and the issue will be resolved where it should be, in the courts, not in public opinion. >> prosecutors targeted paterakis after developer ronald lipscomb admitted that he split the cost of that poll for holton with the bakery magnet. and stay with abc 2 as we continue to cover this developing story. our coverage picks up with "good morning maryland" beginning at 5 a.m., and 24 hours a day at abc2news.com. >>> back in baltimore, allegations of misused funds, a violation of rights, and a wrongful firing. that's what journalism students say is going on at morgan state university. tonight they're fighting back after their media advisor was terminated. delia goncalves joins us now with more on the growg dispute. >> reporter: denise brown tells us she didn't want to come to this, but she is seeking legal action against morgan because she di

ron lipscomb ran the contracting that ran harbor east, he pled guilty to a violation last month. it lays out lavish trips they took together including to chicago and new york. the prosecutor claims the mayor solicited charges and received dozens of them from stores including best buy, target and used them for herself and family. it details a transaction, a driver deposited $40,000 in his account and use them to pay her credit card bill. they do not believe that the stress has impacted the mayor's job performance. >> the mayor is running the city effective and she's doing her job. i don't see where it's relax any. >> people are saying until proven guilty, but this seems to go on and on forever. >> reporter: a judge had already thrown out similar charges, her lawyers planned to try to get these thrown out as well. eyewitness news. >>> thank you. a hearing in the mayor's case is scheduled for next week. stay with eyewitness news for the coverage of the corruption probe, for background, log onto wjz.com. >>> president obama hopes that the cold beer and the conversation will put an en

with stops in canton, fells point and harbor east. some fear the red line could lower property value. block access to the harbor and create more traffic. >> our children are down here all the time. it's going to be a very dangerous, dangerous spot. we'll be limited on where we'll be able to cross. where is all of the parking going to be? >> reporter: another concern, more people, more crime. >> there could be crime concerns. but, you know, we're going to just beef up security around here and make sure this is a safe place to come. >> first mariner bank ceo ed hale is developing a mass transit line on this side. town says it is long overdue. >> i think if it's done right, it could be an attractive addition to canton. >> reporter: some of the stores here on boston street have mixed feelings about everything. they'd like to see more customers to the area. but they're not sure how the red line would directly affect business. >> wheat grass. >> at the local flower shop ooze -- >> i'm definitely grateful and open to having more transportati

plea also mentions another prominent name, john paterakis, the bakery magnet who developed much of harbor east. this is from the statement of facts in the case. councilwoman holton asked lipscomb and paterakis to provide money for the campaign survey. they agreed to do so by contributing $12,500, an amount in excess of the campaign limitations in maryland law. they also attached a $6,0006,000 6,000 check, that he says is made out to lipscomb's company doracom. john paterakis is charged with know wocount of conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws. and another. helen holton says she is confident that this fate will meet the fate of the first one. >> what i'm saying is that people who don't know me, who watch the news and read the papers and think, oh, yeah, she's guilty, oh, yeah, she did it. >> reporter: now, adam may joins me with reaction that you got, right after the indictments came down from city hall. >> pat, that has caught a lot of people offguard, including the mayor's office. in fact, we had to give them a copy of the news release regarding these indictments. their reaction was "n

now he has a new target, baking big wig, john paterakis sr., who developed harbor east. paterakis is well connected and wealthy. the prosecutor claims he wrote a $6,000 check for councilwoman helen holton who was up for re- election. that it was a back-door meeting and never went through holton's campaign. the amount is also in excess of campaign contribution limits. >> i don't have any information. or certainly haven't read the indictment. i wouldn't have any further comment. but he's certainly well respected. and my hope is that his lawyers will do their job in defending him and the prosecutors will do theirs. and the issue will be resolved where it should be in the court. not in public opinion. >> reporter: mayor dixon is charged with stealing gift cards for the needy and facing trial in september. the mayor has long stated her innocence and earlier call today a witch hunt. >> i won't even respond to that, my reaction, period. >> reporter: now, we don't know whether this change, this new indictment, will affect the trial date. it probably will at this point. as part o

it would run above and underground with stops in canton, fells point, and harbor east. some fear at this time red -- fear the red line could lower property value. block access to the harbor and create more traffic. >> our children are going to be here all the time. it's going to be a very, very dangerous spot. where is all of the parking going to be. >>> another concern. more people, more crimes. >> there could be crime concerns. but we're going to be beefing up security around here. make sure that this is a safe place to come. >> reporter: first mariner bank ceo ed hale is developing canton crossing. and says a mass transit line on this side of town is long overdue. >> i think if it's not right, it could be an attractive addition to canton. >> some of the stores here on boston street have mixed feelings about everything. they'd like to see more customers to the area. but they're not sure how the redline would directly affect business. >> wheat grass. >> at the local flower shop. >> i'm definitely flexible. i think it's great that the city is growing. and having more tr

the bakery magnet who gepped much of harbor east. this is from the statement of facts in the case. they asked council wment hoton and lipscomb and paterakis to clbt. they agreed to do so by contributing $12,500, an amount in excess of the campaign contribution law. and a check with paterakis's signature was made out to lipscomb's company. >> reporter: minutes ago, helen holton's attorney issued this statement. miss hot holton -- miss holton is innocent. and she is confident that this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one. >> complete coverage of the indictment continues, now with adam may, live at city hall. >> reporter: no comment from helen holton's office just yet. beyond the statement already issued. i did run into the spokesman for mayor sheila dixon moments ago, asked him about the new charges. he had not yet heard about them yet. that's because mayor dixon's attorney, arnold weiner, is currently out of the country. we are expecting a comment possibly from the mayor's office shortly. also a few city councilmembers have been coming in and out of city hall. most of

>> we will be doing tours from the harbor east .science center and south point. >> they come in all different types of colors, correct. >> you can also purchase them here. we havatleys . we also have -- we will have more accessors as the store is set to grow. >> you node to come on down and come down and check out the exciting spots. if you are a local, there is a different way to see the city than walkog fot and subways. you can get more by going to foxbaltimore.com. we'll have partly cloudy skies and high temperature of 88 degrees. not as humid . put on a helmet. but we'll go to steve for the forecast. >> today and on saturday looks like good days to scoot around jessica. >> let's see what is happening out there right now. it is a cloudy start . different than last night when we had tornado warnings . we play have had a tornado touchdown. we'll wait to so if it is confirmed by the national weather service. meanwhile we are looking at hd radar. not a lot. much quieter. you will see showers north and oast and that's where the rain f

he owns h & s bakery and is the developer of harbor east. the state's prosecutor says he gave city councilwoman helen holton $6,000 to help pay for a political poll. this is a violation of campaign finance laws. earlier this year she was indicted on bribery and perjury charges. a judge dismissed the charges in may. as for john paterakis a close friend told abc2 news he cannot believe the state prosecutor chose to target him. >> it's a sad day. but i'm quite confident that mr. paterakis will be exonerated of any wrongdoing. >> helen holton's attorney released a statement saying that "in part miss holton is innocent, there was no conspiracy and she's confident the meet will same fate as the earlier one." a spokesperson for mayor sheila dixon's office who still faces charges in connection to another case said the mayor would not be commenting on this. >>> have you seen more police in east baltimore? yes. that's the answer, after a shootout over the weekend. we've seen dozens of police officers in the streets in the same area where a series of s

and while four of its location also close, the company says its baltimore east -- harbor east locationthe u.s. nationals swimming championships in indianapolis. baltimore's katie hoff will have to do a little bet every today. hoff is the recordholder in the 400 freestyle but finished sixth and coming back from illness they say. >>> laziness and poverty, how doing nothing can make you lose money. >>> we've been featuring our interns here on the plaza this morning. >> yep. >> and could you tell that our "the early show" interns had a much better experience -- >> without a doubt. >> got stuck at "60 minutes." >> i mean really. this gentleman just asked me here so what time do you have to get up? i'm like early in the morning. >> he said you're based in l.a.? no, i'm not based in l.a. i'm the weatherman. come on. >> oh, man. oh, golly. >> nice to see you all. we have had a great crop of interns, by the way. give yourself a big round of applause. your parents would be very proud. >> except this one won't get credit. >> no. >> welcome back to "the early show." coming up how being lazy could

you can catch it exclusively at landmark harbor east. the film is rated r?n diesel reunite with the original cast and this time it's coming to blue ray. that is the low down. >>> still ahead, will derrick mason change his mind about retirement and return to training camp next week. the latest is coming up in sports. >>> a helicopter crash kills four people overnight. i'm >>> breaking news. a fiery helicopter crash kills four people. we have a live report from the scene. >>> promises of a tuition freeze melting. why the price of higher education in maryland is about to go up. >>> and excitement over soccer. why fans are being warned to show up early. >>> good morning. it's friday, july 24th. i'm patrice harris. >>> we're headed into the weekend. will we have good weather? probably not, if yesterday was an indication. i will let meteorologist steve fertig fill you in on all of the details. >> yesterday we had heavy downpours as much as 2.25 quarter inches downtown. it all came through last night and evening at nighttime that have thunderstorms that are going t

harbor. now starting to move a little further east. it's still impacting the inner harbor. in the next ten minutes, that will be moving out. looks like the rest of the area is staying dry. and then towards tomorrow, a slight chance of a shower tomorrow afternoon. for the most part, that threat of wet weather has moved out for the next 24 hours or so. we do have more rain in the forecast to finish off the weekend. i'll get to that in just a minute. let's take a look from the storm center weather net. this is the time lapse camera from earlier today. you can see it was a cloudy afternoon, and then this evening they did see a few showers out there. that was one of the areas that did pick up some rain this evening. most of it was concentrated into carroll county, northern baltimore county, harford and cecil counties. but most of the folks in the city and south of there did stay dry until like i said that shower moved through shortly ago. so we will be dealing with some wet weather in warm temperatures this weekend. we got to a high of 87 today. it felt a little bit warmer than

that's over on harbor. east. t. know those ducks. >> buck: threatening thunderstorms all afternoon and it just kind of blew by. not too much rain here. >> gary: nick markakis flied out his first time up. looking for his first hit in this series. he has had an 0-5. 1-0 delivery. one of those ducks had a flock of 12 and this got two blocks inland and we had to get them back into the water the right where you saw right there. there you see the o's with 100 plus hits, markakis, roberts and jones with markakis on top with 116. here is the 1-1 delivery on the way. his slider is taken inside. >> buck: that's the benchmark. that's halfway point obviously. the major league benchmark for hitting prowess is 200 hits. you get 200 hits, you'll win a batting title eventually if you're that consistent. ichiro has hit 200 hits every season he's been here in the major leagues. >> gary: nick putting up consistently strong numbers. and will take the pitch inside. so, bannister surrenders his second walk. other one came in the first in

downtown inner harbor mostly cloudy skies. 81 out of the east at then and humidity levels at 44 percente starting to build in. in fact looking terrain up the i-95 corridor. pouring in rich mon. down to st. mary and charles county getting decent rain. some of the southern portions of washington, d.c. starting to pick up heavy rain and this will 10 to move into the baltimore area over the course of the next half hour to 45 minutes. so looking at the temperatures kind of cooling to the south of us. 83 downtown baltimore. 79 in hagerstown. 74 in richmond. that's rain cooled air because of all the moisture that is building up out of the south. still on the warmer side of things right now and that changes as the rain moves in. timing the rain on the future scan see the moisture will continue to move through. kind of loses strength through the overnight but then start to fuel back up as we get through the day tomorrow. could get heavy downpours possibly as we get into the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow as the front is continuing to ride over the state then get a little break from the rai

harbor relatively beautiful day down there. just a four scattered fair weather cumulus clouds all the strong storm activity down to the south eastorder in pennsylvania. 87 degrees right now inner harbor. mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy skies winds out of the south west at 7. humidity levels 50%. so kind of sticky out there. looking at the radar you see we have showers and thunderstorms over the border just west of harris burg and york. few pop up showers and thunderstorms but all the heavier activist concentrated to the south of us over south east portions of the state towards salsbury and ocean city where they get heavy thunderstorms but for us we see sunshine. now that dent rule out that we could get a chance for pop up shower or thunderstorm. still that potential through the overnight. temperature wise across the region 85 in harris burg. 89 in hagerstown. 80 in dover, 89 downtown baltimore. you can see on the future scan timing and showers and thunderstorms will clear out through the evening hours. by tomorrow afternoon maybe pop up stray shower in the neighborhood. then we quiet down once again for late down once again f

east side to the west. no problems to let you know about at the tunnels either. both the harbor tunnel and fort mchenry tunnel toll plazas checking in to incident-free. at the outer loop, this is 695 at liberty road. we have building volume on the inner loop side but no problems or delays at this time to let you know about. back to you. >>> 5:31 now. this weekend's shooting at an east baltimore cookout has grabbed attention from the media, police, city leaders, community activists, 12 people were shot and detectives say that 25-year-old steven blackwell faced charges of attempted murder in the past and members of his family have been involved in several other crimes. last year two of his younger brothers why kidnapped from their home in catonsville. at the funeral for one of the victims of the triple shooting later that year more gunshots rang out and police suspected both shootings were connected to the kidnappings. then police say another associate of steven blackwell was killed in a double shooting in northwest baltimore. they think the whole thing could be retaliation. polic

will wrap up that overnight construction project in the harbor tunnel, that will reopen the southbound side as well. the northbound tube gets by. eastnt avenue at linwood, a crash. and disabled vehicle approaching whitemarsh boulevard northbound. and expect closures between president and mlk as they begin a resurfacing project that begins today. at the beltway, no issues to let you know about on either loop at this time. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc where you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. >>> authorities try to determine who is buried at 1,000 graves at a historic cemetery just outside of chicago. four people accused of digging up bodies to resell the graves at the burr oak cemetery. the cook county sheriff says he's received about 65,000 requests from families looking for information about loved ones buried there. >>> a county courthouse brawl outside of michigan. this broke out after a man was sentenced to life in prison for killing the son of a former police chief. in the end several people involved in to the brawl were arrested incl

as we check around both loops of the beltway, east side between whitemarsh and lock -- lock raven, running smoothly. as we check the harborunnel and fort mchenry toll plaza, incident-free at this time. new traffic pattern on the north side of the beltway, brand new ramp opened up headed to southbound 95. shouldn't cause any problems and perhaps minor delays if you make your way around there. looking now at 95 southbound as you make your way through howard county, that is running smoothly. if you're taking the bw parkway southbound or routes 29 southbound to the capitol beltway and towards the dc area no problems to report at this time. back to you. >>> still ahead -- a hop, skip and two pond jumps away. movie goers are waving their hands to welcome "harry potter and the half blood prince." >>> new at 6:00 -- police chases seem fairly common these days but here's one with an ending you would not expect. pack back. -- we'll be right back. my doctor told me i had to start doing things for my heart, but i wasn't ready to give up taste. sometimes, sacrifice is the name of the game. well, i've heard eating whole grain oats... c

your shot from harbor cam overlooking some of the clouds across the region. bwi 83 degrees. 58%. wind from the east at 8. there a your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. high tide occurs at 7:22 in the morning. wind from the south at 8 to 14 miles an hour. sun comes up at 5:58. we'll set at 8:27. low this morning was 69 degrees. the high today got to a surprising 81. it only reached 76 in york, p.a. 72 in philadelphia. it was 82 on the boards in ocean city, and 79 in dover, delaware. current temperatures across the region about where they have been. they started to fall just a tiny bit. right now hagerstown down to 84. 80 in downtown. 74 in york. and 80 in pax river. 82 right now over in easton. satellite pictures throughout the day. series of low pressures causing very heavy clouds and showers all along the eastern seaboard. we've seen a few light breaks in the overcast here, but the majority of the rain back to the west of us right now. we also have a little shower breaking out to the southwest of the baltimore area. the low pressure moving along the eastern seaboard. that's where it's going to cont

harbor cam overlooking the downtown area. temperature at bwi right now at 82 degrees. 67% humidity. wind from the east at 13.nd the pressure falling 29.83. temperatures across the area right now, 75 up in philadelphia. 72 in atlantic city. up in york 81. 81 in easton. 80 in pax river. cooler in hagerstown right now. they're at 79 degrees. throughout the day, we've been watching this very intense area of low pressure. remember, we've been talking about the series of low pressure coming off the carolina coast, moving up the eastern seaboard, bringing very heavy rainfall to that section of the u.s. right now they're getting real heavy rainfall on long island, going up into portions of connecticut rhode island, headed towards massachusetts. some showers and thunderstorms also around our neighborhood. right now maryland's most powerful radar there is that one thunderstorm that came out of carroll county. got over to top of baltimore and basically fallen apart into light showers. we've got more heavy shower and thunderstorm activity now making its way through frederick county, into portions of carroll county with

harbor tunnel or fort mchenry tunnel. that is flowing smoothly. as we check around the beltway from the top side, from the east side to the west side, no problems. everything is running smoothly on both loops. 83 southbound from the pennsylvania state line, it will take you about 22 minutes to make it to the beltway and traffic flowing smoothly there. a quick look at the cameras, 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard. volume is starting to pick up but no delays to let you know about. back to you. >>> 6:31. the president has been talking to senators and committees and doctors and last night he talked to you. abc2 news diana avillar put this health care debate under the microscope. >> reporter: president obama will touch down in shaker heights, ohio today, to take questions on health care at a town hall meeting and neighbors are ready. >> my mother is about 80 years old and she's on a fixed income. she's always complaining about purchasing medicine and it's always an extreme cost. >> reporter: the cost of prescription drugs just one of several issues the president says cannot wait. when it comes to heal

harbor cam overlooking the belvedere. our temperature at bwi thurgood marshall still at our daytime high of 81 degrees. 35% humidity. wind currently from the east at 7. and the pressure 30.14. there is your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. 9:17 in the morning. low tide 4:18 in the afternoon. our winds tomorrow from the northeast at 5 to 10 miles an hour. the sun comes up at 5:49. we'll set at 8:34. the low this morning was 56 degrees. the high today 8 wasn't, which did hit our 2-degree guarantee ten days in a row. and i also just found out that there was a bet on this. one of our engineers, wesley harris, bet one of our directors a dinnerrer that we would not in ten days. guess what, wes, you owe somebody a dinner. how about me and michelle! take a look at the tapes cross the region right now. 79 in york. 80 in hagerstown. we're having too much fun. over in ocean city right now 76 degrees. as far as our satellite picture throughout the day, lots of sunshine. there were some showers but, they've all passed down to the south and east of us. that's where they're going to be staying. however, over the next 48 hours, a frontal system will come down t

hagerstown, about more than 2/3 of an inch there. 74 degrees for the inner harbor current temperature with rainshowers and the eastaltimore and 75 the temperature in d.c. 73 in salisbury and 74 in hagerstown, cooler in oakland. check out the numbers. these are the dew point number. when we're in the upper 60s and 70s. that is what gives you the stickiness in the air. the 70 degrees for the dew point temperature in baltimore close to same everywhere else. expect the higher temperature in the eastern shore cooler than average, but it will feel humid. 81 degrees in the eastern shore with the thunderstorm chances this afternoon. we will continue to see the shower chances through the day. 82 for the central part of the state, also the showers this morning and the a thunderstorm chance, a better chance this afternoon. 80 degrees with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm through today. can't rule out an evening or thunderstorm, some which could be on the strong side, not expecting severe weather. we're talking stormy conditions and showers after that as we move through the overnight period. as we move through the day tod

harbor cam. got a little more sun, but it's looking good. temperature at bwi thurgood marshall right now 79 degrees. 62% humidity. ooh, sticky out this. wind currently from the east8. the pressure steady at 30.04. there are your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. a high tide 5:32 in the morning. low tide 1:07 in the afternoon. winds from the northeast at 6 to 12 miles per hour. temperature around the region, 73 york. 83 in hagerstown. 82 in the easton area. it's 84 in ocean city. as far as our satellite picture of the north atlantic, nothing going on. very quiet tropics still at this time of the year. normally we've seen one or two tropical storms. but nothing happening, even all the way back to the coast of africa. along our little bit closer satellite picture shows those active areas of low pressure that we've been talking about the past couple day, moving along the eastern seaboard, giving quite a bit of rainfall to portions of delaware and up into new jersey. here is the windchill of showers on the other side of the mountains. hopefully they can make into it the region a little later on tonight, because we do need the rain. right now marylands ' moe powerful rad

harbor tunnel. however, on the west side of the beltway, outer loop, no problems to let you know about as you make your way from liberty road to the route 70 interchange. on the east side of the outer loop whitemarsh boulevard looks good as you make your way all around to the providence road exit. a quick look now, bw parkway at 695, you can see traffic is flowing freely in both directions, no problems at this time. >>> 6:01. baltimore city knows it's a problem and you've paid for it. if you own a $200,000 moment -- home in the city you pay $4500 in taxes. same house two miles away in baltimore county, tax, $2,200. brittney gordon with an idea to lower your property tax. >> reporter: if to you live in the city of baltimore you don't need anyone to tell you how much you pay in property tax. it's the highest rate in the state and some are looking for a way to save you money. last night, about 60 people came out to a meeting to discuss ways to cut the property tax rate in the city. the cleave clerk of the baltimore city -- the chief clerk of the baltimore city circuit court is planning a way to cut the rate down to that of baltimore county. if you're wondering how bi

east side, whitemarsh and loch raven. northeast corner of the beltway, a new exit ramp to southbound 95 with a new traffic pattern. watch for that. no problems at the tunnels, both harborunnel and fort mchenry are checking in incident-free. 95 southbound, at whitemarsh boulevard, we have a little bit of increased volume, some slowing, nothing major to let you know about. also, if you're traveling 95 southbound headed towards the capitol beltway that is also running without incident at this time. back to you. >>> a shocking end to a police chase. the driver chased by officers for nearly an hour before pulling into a parking garage where he abandoned his mini van. the suspect then climbed to the roof of the garage and then jumped. landing on a concrete -- a few stories below. eventually police handcuffed him. he was taken in an ambulance. no word on the extent of the injuries. there he is on the roof. >>> relief in a small town in south carolina. terrorized by a serial killer. investigators say patrick burris was the man responsible for shooting five people in a killing spree in gaffney, south carolina. patrick burris was shot and killed yesterday by police responding to

harbor cam overlooking the downtown area. kind of a bloomy afternoon right now, but really not too bad out there. our temperature at bwi thurgood marshall 81 degrees. 44% humidity. wind currently from the eastt 9. and the pressure falling 30.09. here are your tides tomorrow at fort mchenry. 5:32 in the morning. low tide 1:07 in the afternoon. 6 to 12 miles per hour. the sun comes up at 5:54. we'll set at 8:29. we do have a coastal flood advisory, and i'll tell you why we've got that coastal flood advisory coming up in just a second. temperatures around the region right now 79 in york. 79 in hagerstown. 81 in downtown. 79 in pax river. cooler in oakland, 59 degrees. it's mid-july. 59 in oakland. ocean city right now down on the boards. cloudy skies and 79 degrees. now the satellite picture throughout the day, cloud and showers moving along the eastern seaboard. if you were with me last night, i was telling you about these little areas of low pressure. little areas of low pressure situated down here. gradually going to be making their way along the eastern seaboard. and throughout the day we've been seeing one of the areas of low pressure make its way up to eastern seaboard. another one is ge

east of us. we're going to stay pretty dry around here. 72 degrees at the inner harbor and the winds are calm. 29.39holding steady on the barometer. and fairly comfortable even though the temperatures will be warm but seasonable. we should be around 87 degrees, we're headed for 86 right now. right now 72 in baltimore, about the same in d.c. a little cooler in d.c. and hagerstown. 59 degrees is the cool spot on the board. toward the north and east toward cecil county, could see temperatures around that mark. high temperature will continue to control our weather. our computer model continues to bring showers our way by midnight tonight. frontal boundary stays to the south, eventually the next frontal boundary will move in by wednesday and as it does, we will get a chance of a shower or thunderstorm wednesday night or thursday night. in the meantime, high pressure brings plenty of sunshine. i think we get to enjoy the next couple of days anyway. we get to see the jet stream, that is going to dip a little bit toward the north. right now we're bringing toward the south a northwesterly flow. eventually th

east maine. taunton, massachusetts. so far this -- as had over an inch of rain. 61 degrees. that's south of boston. and look at bar harboraine mp 55 degrees. cold as a lobster pulling out of the ocean. still part of the -- heavy rains coming up along the maine coast. they had over six inches of rain at the same time. and fredericksburg, beautiful day down there, too. 87 degrees. there is where the heat is. even that has been suppressed a bit more to the south. there aren't that many areas other be south texas where the terrible, terrible drought continues that has been all that dry -- all that hot and for us, we are going to continue to see a dry pattern in on us. high pressure tomorrow. once again, even though our winds will turn a little bit more into the northeast, it will be for the most part dry. out into the mountains, west virginia, you are going to see a few more in the way of clouds there. and then as we get on into friday, winds begin to turn a little bit more into the south and southeast. and that will provide some hu d humidity coming in. not the stifling stuff. 83 degrees. tomorrow and overnight and for the

harbor tunnel throughway. bumper to bumper. and an accident to watch out for in the lutherville timonium area. that's york road at pedonia road. as far as city accidents go, two in baltimore city. east at biddle street. and south street at east lombard. let's look at the top side at green spring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by mv mountain side. com. the online home of maryland mountain. just two miles west of interstate 68. back to you. >>> school is out for summer. but summer school is a reality for many baltimore city students. thanks to a new partnership with the orioles, learning has never been so much fun. >> you must be a power hitter. >> reporter: before he was a baseball manager, the orioles' dave trembley used to be a teacher and it shows. >> there's a difference sound that you hear as it gets up here. as it gets up in this sweet spot area. >> reporter: in the midst of a stressful season, today's lesson is grounding. >> i think it's a fun part of the job to let everybody know that you care about them. and that you'd like to be part of that community. and not just be your own little area of camden yards and managing a baseball team. >> reporter: fourth grade

harbor now, not seeing a lot as far as clouds are concerned out there. gorgeous morning. all across maryland right now. 70 degrees from the airport with the humidity at 59%. winds out of the east/northeast at 9 miles an hour. so we are starting to see a few clouds build up. we're going to see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies by later on today. this morning mostly sunny but that will keep our temperatures a little cooler than average today. with the northeast winds, they will also impact our temperatures keeping us below average. we'll rise up to the upper 70s and low 80s as the high pressure sitting just off to our northwest bringing in the northeast winds. we'll stay cool today and tomorrow. another gorgeous day in store though a cold front approaching by the weekend. we'll bring in some wet weather for saturday night. upper 70s and low 80s across the area. for today an increase in cloud cover with breezy and slightly below average temperatures. that continues for tonight into tomorrow. overnight tonight expect temperatures to drop down not quite as cool as where we were for tonight, down to 61 degrees. some clearing and not quite as chilly as we have been over the past c

harbor tunnel. traffic flowing freely at this time at the jfx. no problems between northern parkway and north avenue. on the eastp traffic is running heavy between whitemarsh boulevard and loch raven. let's update you on one of our crashes, in the city, north smallwood and saratoga. the tree is in the road at dulaney valley road and manor road. a traffic light is out at manor road and east timonium. and taking a quick look at the outer loop, west side, we have slowing that will remain slow approaching the baltimore national pike through to about the route 70 interchange but no incidents at this time, just heavy volume. we'll be right back with "good morning america," next. >>> "good morning america" continues with the truth behind food addiction. why your brain by be hard-wired to make you overeat. and how you can treat it to stop bingeing. >>> plus, my beloved makeup artist, elena. her secret beauty tips. she's going to show us her favorite picks, all for under $10. >>> and "the bachelorette" shocker. >> you're somebody i can spend the rest of my life with. >> jillian, will you marry me? >> absolutely. >> not o