they also approved john hopkins university plan to build a community. the county council must still give approval. >>> two national averages falling. >>> a stunning new view of the moon landing. >>> and why those popular crocs may be going away for good >>> today will turn out to be the hottest day of the year. we will check the ven-rny da fo sty a ren intcamemo. we ou e eabretota wik nue s thermbfr p oftoer e thho firs it isilstl l warm. 93 degrees at national airport. seven-day forecast is coming up next. stay with us. >>> an unexpected statement of regret from a virginia newspaper today. the richmond times saying it was wrong to back the dominion's school policy in the 1950st. "the times dispatch was complicit. the record fills us with regret. massive resistance inflicted pain there. memories remain. dreadful doctrine still affecting attitudes towards the newspaper. many remember. we understand. words have consequences. the move comes one day before a state wide conference marking the 50th anniversary at the end of massive resistance. >>> in living w

johns hopkins university school of engineering hosting the spaghetti bridge contest. 88 students from maryland and across the country are designing and building model bridges using only one-half pound of pasta and glue. last year's weights went as high as 130 pounds. the contest st. part of hopkin's four-week level introductory engineering course. >> these kids are our future. they will be building our bridges, building our national defense resources, they are going to be designing and buildings. they're going to be developing new materials. these students are our future. >> students have been taking the course for weeks and living on the university's campus. >>> one baltimore county neighborhood is taking the idea of growing green very seriously. homeowners in dundalk have planted 5,000 trees. today county executive jim smith planted a tree at a home on 48 kinship road as part of the growing home campaign. the goal is to plant 10,000 trees. >> i feel like 10,000 is a great goal. and we're halfway there. it's taken us some time. but i feel like we have done so in good standing. but i

inaudible ] >> reporter: matthew crenson is a retired professor of political science from johns hopkins university. he says as it stood, dixon's trial would have been nine months after her first indictment. add another nine months on the new charges, and her trial could hit next spring as politicians begin campaigning for the mayoral primary and general election. >> this could extend her vulnerability into a time period when it becomes really dangerous for her. >> reporter: and on two fronts, her legal troubles stay in the news longer for voters to assess, and it could weaken her. it also opens the door for other challengers, looking to take advantage. >> as the election grows closer, people who perhaps didn't think of challenging mayor dixon for the office may start to think that way. >> reporter: the mayor's office said what it has been saying all along, mayor dixon will continue to conduct the business of the city. live in the studio, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> thanks, brian. that brings us to our poll question. do you think mayor dixon's legal problems are hurting her ability to run the cit

a professor of microbiology and immunology at johns hopkins university in baltimore.thanks . >> my pleasure. >> we were told early on that the h1n1 wouldn't flower nish warm weather. that it would spread to the southern hemisphere down there where of course it's now winter. so how concerned are you that it's spreading so rapidly this summer in england? >> it is something that we are concerned about. this is not something that's seasonal influenza is known to do. we're not sure if this is some sort of unique property of the virus or simply a result of a fact that so much -- so much of the population is susceptible to this virus that the virus continues to find hosts that it can infect. and the infection hasn't burned itself out. so it is -- it is a concern. because the more infections the virus has in terms of humans, the more likely it will be to adapt to replication in humans. and, therefore, perhaps be more efficient at spreading or causing disease in the human population. >> what are the implications for us here in the united states then? >> what we're dealing with influenza outbreak at

and the baltimore all-stars, that is happening at the homewood campus stadium at johns hopkins university. plus three oriole players will trade in bats and gloves for pots and pans today at espn zone. it's the inaugural orioles cookoff benefiting the maryland food bank. i wonder if that food is any good. >> i think it will be. they can cook. brian roberts, good filet. >>> planning to grow outside soon? >> important information to pass along to you so you don't waste your money. >>> parents, in about two weeks you'll accepted -- send your kid to college. which campus is crowned party school usa? >> joe pa? >> that's great. ? he's partying. >> it's 71 degrees outside. 93% humidity. justin berk is going toet will us know if it's going to be sweltering all week long, when we come back. >>> what's going on mark jones? >> what's that? >> where's the balloons today? >> don't have the balloons just yet but there's a party going on, usually, right. it's a good one out there. especially on light rail and the metro subway. no delays there. marc on time. and out on the buses, 17 diverted at nursery a

. >> johns hopkins university is fighting the childhood cancer thanks in part from a donation. the automaker gave money that will be used to treat and research cancer in young children. >> u.s. news and world report is out with its best hospitals in the united states. johns hopkins topped the list again. it has been ranked best in the nation since 1991. it earned top-10 scorers in at least six specialty areas. other hospitals made the top 50. baltimore washington medical center ranked 43rd. if you would like to read all of the listings, you can log on to our website. in man is on the road to recovery after becoming the first person in the u.s. to undergo a double hand transplant. he had his hands and feet amputated after fighting and infection. his wife heard about a hand transplant program in pittsburgh. he received two hands from a 23- year-old donor and has been showing a good signs. >> i wanted to hold my wife's hand and a coke again. it sounds silly but those are some of the things i am anxious to get back to. >> it normally takes one to two years to gain full function. >t

news comes less than a month after johns hopkins university's applied physics lab found the network was infiltrated by the workers. they do defense work and space projects. >> we were under attack, we shut down any access to the internet to keep information from flowing in or out. >> hopkins cyber attack has not been linked. latest incidents. the 4th of july online break-in is being investigated in both south korea and the united states. you can be the first to know about breaking news, severe weather and traffic with mobile news. get text alerts and streaming video on your phone. sign up now on foxbaltimore.com or text wbff to 45203. i am judy kurtz and that's tonight's "word on the web". . >> we had another sunny july day in baltimore. tell you when the humidity will make things hotter coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> later on the news at 10:00. why you will soon be able to know what else is in that bottle of water you are drinking. >> we are as much alike. >> the at prices that sizzle. like super g split chicken breast, just 99 cents a pound. only at giant. - subway. eat fresh

this according to researchers at johns hopkins university who used brain studies to determine that anbility test in the early 20s may predict how the brain functions in the later years. researchs are say the theory still needs broader testing. >>> there is a new warning from federal health officials regarding the swine flu. the danger apparently isn't over yet. >> health official concerned it could come back with a vengeance this fall. caroline shively with more on how they are tracking the threat. >> reporter: flu season may be so far but the h1n1 virus also known as the swine flu has never gone away. and it is likely to be a problem this fall when flu season returns. the federal government bringing health and education officials together from every state to talk about the game plan. >> we have to avoid complacency and we must be prepared to deal with whatever the fall brings. >> reporter: health and human services secretary telling state leads are they need to be ready to close schools if necessary. hospitals across the country should all prepare their surge capacity, at built to ta

spence is a political science director at johns hopkins university. >> i am very disappointed in his >> reporter: he believes the president's message was condescending. >> what i see is a trend by which he speaks to black populations with a tough love message that is not really applicable. >> reporter: spence points points to comments like this one. >> for our kids to excel, we have to accept our responsibility to help them learn. that means putting away the x box. putting our kids at a reasonable hour. >> reporter: dr. spence says he wanted the president to outline plans to help those hurting in the struggling economy. >> i think it's tragic that he missed an excellent opportunity to drive home the roll of government in dealing with social suffering. >> reporter: others say they're satisfied with the president's leadership on race. >> what's the president owe to black mark -- america, if anything? does he owe anything that she should owe to other americans? >> i think he -- and he's doing a great job of this, he's being a great uniter. >> from what i understand, he's committed about

we have keshia walker, an rn, currently a is senior research nurse at johns hopkins university's bloomberg school of public health. we have dr. rebecca weitzman, nurse and assistant professor of adult health at the university of maryland school of nursing and i'm also joined by representative johnson, representative capps, representative mccarthy, chairman george miller and my friend, chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by the representatives from the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in america, men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. as i said before, i have a long-standing bias toward nurses. when sasha, our younger daughter was diagnosed with a dangerous case of meningitis when she was just three months old, we were terrified and we were appreciative of the doctors, but it was the nurses who walked us through the entire process to make sure that sash shafs okay. when both my daughters were born, the obstetrician was one of our he hbest friends but we her about ten minutes in each delivery. the rest of

i'm also on the board of johns hopkins university.would describe leading in a nonprofit environment very similar to a business environment. you want to make sure that you set goals. you want to make sure that you have ways to measure the goals. you want to make sure the people understand what's expected of them. and you give them feedback regularly so that they understand the mission in what you're trying to accomplish. i would say the biggest difference is that the american red cross has heart. it has an incredible amount of heart. and that passion and that commitment coupled with the talent really makes it a pleasure to lead in the nonprofit space. i said on the outside, this is absolutely the best job that i have ever had. and i feel in a lot of ways that i have been training to do this my entire life. .. of heart as well. >> can you describe your relationship with the board of directors? has the cold war thought of it? >> i am glad you asked that question. i have the best board. i have the dream team on our board of governors and

from his hospital bed at johns hopkins it university in baltimore, jonathan haupt uses technology to recruit bone marrow donors in his desperate fight against a viciously aggressive form of leukemia. >> the latest information about my fight with leukemia. >> he is using facebook and twitter. he makes his living as a computer specialist, and is now using computer communications to try to save his life. >> he has his laptop right on his bed. >> his parents say the internet has cast a wide net. time is critical. doctors say he needs a match within a month. this facebook page says -- shows jonathan enjoying the inauguration, and spending time with his godson weeks before the diagnosis. >> we do not want to think about the possibilities. >> his parents and friends have staged an emergency donor drive in northern virginia and other drives with the bone marrow registry. at his website, registering requires a cheek swab. >> it could save a life. thank you with all my heart. >> that if you want any more information about how to be a bone marrow donor or how to register, check out our website,

we've got keisha walker, an rn, currently a senior research nurse at john hopkins university bloomberg school of health. and becky wiseman, nurse and professor of health at maryland's university school of nursing, and i'm also joined by representative johnson, representative capps, representative mccarthy, chairman george miller and my friend, chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by the representatives from the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in america, men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. now, as i said before, i have a long-standing bias towards nurses. when sasha, our younger daughter, was diagnosed with a dangerous case of meningitis when she was just 3 months old, we were terrified, and we appreciative of the doctors, but it was the nurses who walked us through the entire process to make sure that sasha was okay. when both my daughters were born, the obstetrician was one of our best friends, but we saw her for about ten minutes in each delivery. the rest of the time what we saw were nurses,

host: harry geisel got his mba at johns hopkins university, master's at the university of virginia withfluency in italian and french for the foreign service institute. huntsville, alabama, is next. good morning to ned on our democrats like. caller: yes, good morning. i would like to know why we need to put the largest embassy in the world in a third country like iraq. and please be specific. guest: well, i think that is a great question, and i will answer it with a hope. the hope is that one day it will not be the largest embassy in the world. but for the moment, we have such enormous interests in iraq, due to the conflict, due to its position in the middle east, due to the rather bad neighborhood that it lives in. but i have seen embassies go up and embassies go down in terms of their staffing, and let's hope that you will not have to ask that question in a few years because things will be very different. host: the u.s. pays for the building of an embassy. typically, does the u.s. buy or lease the land on which an embassy is built? guest: typically where land is sold to foreigners, typ

at johns hopkins university in baltimore, michael steele was class president and a member of the fencingm. he was nearly expelled when his social life trump is academics. he later studied for the priest hood before turning his attention to law at georgetown university. a corporate finance attorney by profession, he founded his own company, the steel group. formerly the low attendance -- the lieutenant governor of maryland, he's mounted a strong challenge for the u.s. senate seat in 2006, and in january, mr. steele was elected chairman of the republican national committee in a close fought battle that went six rounds of balloting. he is the first african-american to hold that post. with the republican party in the political wilderness, mr. steele has jostled for a prime spot on the conservative limelight with such figures as rush limbaugh and sarah palin. today he has the stage to himself to talk about the republican alternative to the democratic plans of president barack obama and the congressional leadership regarding that critical subject of health care reform. president obama has prom

mayor bloomberg is a graduate of johns hopkins university located in baltimore, maryland and harvard business school. we look forward to your testimony. >> mr. chairman, thank you, ranking member sessions, thank you very much, senator, senator, senator. senator sessions i must say as a former gun owner and a former member of the and are a and a staunch defender of the second amendment we probably don't disagree very much. in any case i want to thank everyone for the opportunity to testify before you today. i am mike limbrick and i'm here not only is the mayor of new york city, the city where judge sonia sotomayor has spent her entire career but also as someone who has appointed or reappointed more than 140 judges the new york city criminal and family courts so i do appreciate the job before you. about three months ago, when president obama invited governor schwarzenegger and rendell into the white house to discuss infrastructure policy i did find an opportunity to tell him what many of the best legal minds in new york were telling me, judge sonia sotomayor would be a superb supreme c

mentioned him because not only does he do a great job as mayor but it is an important role at johns hopkins university we appreciate that. is a real honor before the committee. we will continue in public service. i want to thank you for being here. you put a face on the issues. we talked about the impact, it affects real people and real families. i think you have added to today's hearing by your personal stories. each of us thank you for your public service and we thank you for your belief in our nation and the testimony you have given to this committee, it is extremely helpful to each of us on the judiciary committee. we are going to take a five minute recess. >> well done. [inaudible conversations] >> we will start our third panel if everyone will be seated. i will warn those of you out there, anyone who has asked david cohen to sign a baseball you must ask all seven of our other panelists as well. we will start by getting sworn in. please stand. raise your right hand. do you affirm the testimony you are about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

incredibly vigorous, and one thing that argued in this book is that there is a psychiatrist at johns hopkins universitywho wrote a book called " exuberance." she has argued roosevelt had a form of manic depression called exuberance, and he could not turn his mind or energy off. he would hike 40 miles, 50 miles. he would go in rock. park and horseback ride all the time. he would -- as president, to disappear in the wild for days at a time without reporters. this was part of his need to act all the time. he was a person of pure emotion, locomotion. constant. entering our room, he took it over. >> are you in little but like him? >> [laughter] . i identified with him. i had asthma as a boy. it was not fun. for some reason i have felt a lot of relief from nature. so i go on nature hikes with my kids. the outdoors to me as a great replenish her. whenever i get a chance -- i'm living in austin, so i go to the wild base and a lot, down to big bend national park. in addition to that to my parents were high school teachers, so we had a trailer and used to go around the country and camp all of these places. i ver

at johns hopkins university in baltimore, michael steele was class president and a member of the fencing team, but nearly was expelled when his social life eclipsed his academics. he later studied forth priesthood atville know have a, before turning his attention to law at georgetown university. a corporate finance attorney by profession, mr. steele founded his own company, the steele group, a business and legal consulting firm. formerly lieutenant governor of the blue state of maryland, he mounted a very strong challenge for the u.s. senate seat in 2006, losing out to ben cardin. in january, mr. steele was elected chairman of the republican national committee in a close-fought battle that went six rounds of balloting. he is the first african-american to hold that post. with a republican party in the political wilderness, mr. steele has jostled for a prime spot in the conservative limelight with such figures as rush limbaugh, and sarah palin. today, he has the stage to himself to talk about the republican alternative to the democratic plans of president barack obama and the party's congr

at johns hopkins university in baltimore, michael steele was class president and a member of the fencing nearly was expelled when his social life eclipsed his academics. he later studied forth priesthood atville know have a, before turning his attention to law at georgetown university. a corporate finance attorney by profession, mr. steele founded his own company, the steele group, a business and legal consulting firm. formerly lieutenant governor of the blue state of maryland, he mounted a very strong challenge for the u.s. senate seat in 2006, losing out to ben cardin. in january, mr. steele was elected chairman of the republican national committee in a close-fought battle that went six rounds of balloting. he is the first african-american to hold that post. with a republican party in the political wilderness, mr. steele has jostled for a prime spot in the conservative limelight with such figures as rush limbaugh, and sarah palin. today, he has the stage to himself to talk about the republican alternative to the democratic plans of president barack obama and the party's congressional l

hopkins tops the list. that is no surprise. the university of maryland medical center was also ranked 33rd. for the complete list, go to our web site at wbaltv.com. click on medical alerts. >>> most of us have cell phones. as expensive as they can be, the last thing you want to do is purchase a new one. >> that is true. we will show you how to protect your phone during the summer months. >>> here is a live look of downtown baltimore. we will tell you how the weather will be this when my two granddaughters are my life. they always ask me, grandma, take me here, grandma, take me there. but with my occasional irregularity i wasn't always up to it. until i discovered activia and everything started to change. announcer: activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks when eaten every day. now i enjoy every minute. my grandkids are happy, and so am i. ♪ activia >>> good morning. we have bay ackman and onsite ave. -- we have an accident on skype avenue. -- sky ave. so far so good as far as the major roadways of. let's take drive times. it is not to bet on the outer

at johns hopkins university in baltimore, michael steele was class president and a member of the fencing team for it he was nearly expelled when his social life akes eclipsed his academics for it later studied for the priesthood he then turned his attention to law at church -- georgetown university. a corporate finance attorney by profession, he founded his own company a business and legal consulting firm formerly the lieutenant governor of maryland, he mounted a strong challenge for the senate seat in 2006, losing to ben cardin. he was elected chairman of the republican national committee and a close-fought battle that went six rounds of balloting. he is the first african-american to hold that post. mr. steele has jostled for a prime spot in the conservative limelight with such figures as rush limbaugh and sarah palin. he has the stage to himself today to talk about the republican alternative to the democratic plan regarding the critical subject of health care reform. raising the stakes of this debate, president barack obama as promised a health care bill by the end of the year. the non

. >> and using the ports better and enticing people to go to schools here, hopkins and university ofyland to stay in baltimore after they finish their courses. but they leave because one of the reasons is high taxes. >> but a lot of people are staying in the city and some people are even still moving into the city inspite of the property tax rate. some city officials can say, hey, we're still keeping enough people. we need the money, we can't change the property tax just yet. >> well, we can, if we start being inowe have a sieve an inna different way that we have been doing it. we get into the quagmire of doing the same thing over and over again and not make the change. the officials shouldn'ting doing what they want to do, they should be doing the thing that the officials of baltimore demand to do. we had a meeting and two officials attended that is my daughter and my son frank junior who is a member of the house of delegates. i think that is awful. >> why do you think that more city officials aren't getting on board with what you're saying? obviously, they want to keep residents he

scholar at the columbia university institute, a research scholar at the new york university school of law and a fellow at john hopkins of the finance international studies and the jesus college at cambridge university. she has a ph.d. in criminology from the hebrew university's school of law. the second speaker is andrew mccarthy the chair from the center of a lot and counter-terrorism. a former federal prosecutor and a contributor at "national review" online and as assistant united states attorney for the southern district of new york to lead the prosecution against the jihad organization in which one doesn't islamic militants were convicted of conducting a war of urban terrorism against the it is states that included the 1993 world trade center bombing and a plot to bomb new york city landmarks. mr. mccarthy has made major contributions to the prosecution's glove the bombers in tanzania and the millennium plot attacks against the lax airport. falling september 11th he supervise u.s. attorney antiterrorism command post with preventive efforts with federal and state law-enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies.

hopkins tops the list again. other maryland hospitals that made the top 50 include the university of maryland medical center. for the complete list, you can go to our website. >> a debate is raising that will affect all of us, the struggle to overall -- overhaul our health-care system. lawmakers remain divided on how to fix a. >> don't be fooled about folks trying to scare you saying that we can change the health-care system. we have no choice because right now, it is too expensive for too many americans. >> president obama argued now is the time to tackle the issue of. many republicans insist now is not the time, that the economy cannot take it. >> here we are with the higher deficit in the history of this country with a bill that is going to top over $1 trillion with no way of paying for it. >> the house version passed through committee on tuesday. businesses with payrolls between $250,000.400000 dollars would pay a penalty -- $250,000 and $400,000 would pay a penalty. >> each and every american will be affected by it and they deserve to see what is at hand. >> the senate version relies on penalties with e

while lawmakers on capitol hill remain sharply divided over how to pay for universal health care, doctors here at johns hopkinsmore preoccupied by insuring that all patients receive the better care possible. >> a country that has been $2.7 billion in health care ought to be able to have high quality care. >> the move doctors say will immediately benefit patients as public officials still debate thousand to best overall an entire system. in baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> if the plan is approved, it would generate $550 billion over the next decade but would still not fund the entire program to expand health care. that brings us to the question of the day. should wealthy americans be taxed more to pay for universal health care? everyone that answered our question, said no. kathryn from baltimore city writes, why should anyone have to pay for people that choose not to take care of themselves. as always, thank you very much for writing. >> saving towson catholic. school officials and parents meet for the first time tomorrow night to talk about ways to keep the school open. the archdioceses announc

hopkins topped the list again. they had scores in specialty areas that were the best. other hospitals include the university of maryland medical center, which ranked 33rd among the best answer facilities in the nation. sinai hospital and the baltimore washington medical center ranked as well. the complete list, his and our website. your maryland lottery is up next. you can go to our website for the complete list wbaltv.com. stay with us. >>> tonight, spent two days and make $1,000. it can be done by selling things that cost no more than $10. you can have a grudge sale. let yourself play means a lot to a maryland lottery winner. meet celia elliott. she beat out more than 1 million entries for the grand prize. >> words cannot describe how i feel. i am excited. i will pay off my home and do some home improvements and give to charity. >> players to submit entries but were not selected still have a chance to win in this special promotion this fall. maybe today is your lucky day, here is your maryland lottery pick three and pick 4 numbers. >> happy friday. let's apply your pick 3 game. that's 2 the next number is

hopkins bloomberg school of health. dr. rebecca weisman, at the university of maryland school of nursing. i am also joined by rep chairman george miller, and my friend, chris dodd. i am pleased to be joined today by representatives from the american nurses association. on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in america, men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. as i said before, i have a longstanding bias towards nurses. when our younger daughter was diagnosed with a dangerous case of meningitis at the age of three months, we were terrified. we were appreciative of the doctors, but it was the nurses that walked us through the entire process to make sure that she was okay. when both of my daughters were born, the obstetrician was one of our best friends. we saw her for about 10 minutes in each delivery. the rest of the time, what we saw were nurses, doing an incredible amount of work in not only taking care of michelle, but also caring for a nervous husband and then, later, for a couple of fat little babies. i know how important nurses are. the nation d

university hospital. a second victim was fund on the third floor location as well in the front room, unconscious, nonresponsive, in cardiac arrest. >> the injured firefighters was taken to johns hopkins. the vic tim from the building was taken to bayview hospital. investigators are trying to determine a cause. >>> two baltimore city police officers are recovering right now, and the commissioner says they were ambushed and shot by a man with a semiautomatic handgun. tonight wjz uncovers new information about that shooter, accused it shooter. eyewitness news is live at shock trauma where mike hellgren stays on the investigation and updates the officer's condition. >> reporter: kai, we'll start with that. officer jerome sharette is in stable condition. the police commissioner calls the accused shooter a maniac. this is home video wjz obtained showing accused police shooter sean sinclair wounded and on the ground minutes after authorities say he ambushed officers in west baltimore. and this is sinclair's criminal record, dating back more than 15 years with drug convictions and cases of domestic violence. before saturday, his last brush with the legal system was a peace order that is in e

hopkins was ranked first in ear, nose, and throat, rheumatology and urology. and also some other hospitals ranked very well in other areas. sheppard pratt ranked sixth in psychiatry. university of maryland medical center ranked 33rd in cancer. franklin square hospital ranked 31st for digestive disorders. in diabetes union memorial ranked 36. and sinai 38 in neurology and neurosurgery. >>> looks like new life is coming to the annapolis market house. three new tenants are moving into the historic center on a temporary basis. the workers are busy trying to put the final touches on a restaurant, a flower shop, and also an art dealer in the market house. the city regained control of the market about two months ago after buying out a private firm that ran the market for several years. during that time, all but two of the tenants moved out. the city says it wants to turn the market house into more of a meeting place. >> and the people who are coming in have to be up, we have to redesign the inside. so it is not a fast-food court. >> they will take applications from permanent tenants in october. they'll also give the current tenants every opportunity to stay. >>> a popular deli foun

university followed more than 19,000 cancer patients who all had the same access to care, and they found african-americans were more likely from breast, ovarian and other cancers. >> surgeons at johns-hopkinsad the first 16-patient multicenter kidney transplant. the operations took place here, st. louis, oklahoma city and detroit. doctors performed 16 surgeries over a three-week period. they took kidneys from eight donors and matched them with eight patients who needed kidneys. a kidney swap program could help ease the shortage of transplant organs. >> we think that in the future this is the paradigm that is going to be used where there is going to be multiple centers involved. >> montgomery estimates that the donor pool in the united states could facilitate 1,500 transplants each year if all centers participated. a new report out tonight suggests that global warming and newt rent pollution are leading to more people being sick from the waters in the chesapeake bay. they call the spread of the bacteria a national disgrack. john sherman has more on who the group says is at fault. >> dirty, polluted water puts people out of work and makes us sick. >> in an effort to call attention to the inc

in my district, the university of maryland medical center, johns hopkins health system. these are some of the finest institutions in the world, year after year being identified at the top of their class. and we have amazing technology. every year the advances in technology make it easier for us to address some of the most persistent health care problems in our country. so that's on the one side of the equation. on on the other side, we have the highest health care costs in the developed world. we have tremendous shortages of our caregivers, shortages of physicians, nurses and many other categories of those who provide care. we have millions of people, millions of people who have no health insurance. and we argue over the number. some say it's 47 million, some say it's less, but we are talking about tens of millions of people who don't have health insurance coverage in this country. it means we have a problem. there are millions more who are underinsured. what does that mean? it means they have health coverage, but they are one serious health crisis away from pitching ove

hopkins bloomberg school of public health. robert churchill is an associate professor of history at the university of hartford and has published several articles. for more information on robert churchill, go to hartford.edu for joshua horowitz you can go to jhsph.edu. >> university of maryland sociology professor patricia hill collins said public education is heavily influenced by the media and influence of institutional racism. busboys and poets in washington, d.c. hosted this event. it's an hour, 15 minutes. >> i am thrilled to be here tonight. i have a tremendous admiration for busboys and poets and what is done here on a regular basis. and i have tremendous admiration for teaching for change, which is an organization that i'm now consulting with. and i am a tremendous admirer of our author tonight. for those of you who have not heard of patricia hill collins, you're in for quite a session tonight. and if you haven't bought the book yet, talk about shameless plugs -- if you haven't bought the book yet, get it before it's sold out because it's fabulous. let me give you a little bit of information about her background. profes

hopkins bloomberg school of health. dr. rebecca wiseman, nurse and assistant professor of adult health at the university of maryland school ofalso joined by representative johnson, representative caps, representative mccarthy, chairman george miller and my friend chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by the representatives from the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in america, men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. as i said before, i have a long-standing -- when our daughter sasha was diagnosed with meningitis when she was just 3-month-old, we werety fied. we were appreciative of the doctors, but it was the nurses that walk us through to make sure she was okay. when both my daughters were born, the obstetrician was one of our best friends, but we saw her for about ten minutes in each of our deliveries. the rest of the time we saw nurses, who did an incredible amount of work in not only taking care of michelle but also caring for a nervous husband and then later for a couple of fat little babies. so i know how important nurses are, and the n

hopkins hospital is ranked number 1 by the nation in u.s. news and world report. it also places first for a number of specialties. other hospitals rank well. shepherd pratt was 6th in the nagged. and university of maryland ranked 33rd in cancer. sinai is 38th. >>> mostly sunny and very warm with higher humidity. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. bob turk is here with an updated forecast. >> hottest day of the year. yes. 93 degrees, believe it or not. it hasn't been that hot since last summer. we finally got above the 90-ing degree mark. -- 90-degree mark. there is activity to our north and northeast. one little tiny shower up by oxford, pa. most of the action looks like it's going to be well to our north this afternoon and evening. we'll be probably quiet. but more stuff going eastern pa, new jersey. nothing around the baltimore region. to our west, it's quiet. we've got dryer air moving aloft. so our chances of showers are pretty slim. still possible there may be a pop-up shower. most of the activity we're talking about will come tomorrow night into early saturday. we'll have that forecast in a few minutes. kai? >> all right, bob. thank you. >>> let's check on the roads with

hopkins topped the honor roll by earning top scores in six specialties. other hospitals made the top. best cancer of hospital university of maryland ranked 33rd in the country, and in best nuregey and neurosurgeon ri, sinai ranked 38. and baltimore hospital in general burny, 33rd. for more information log ton to balance bank balance and click on -- to wbaltv.com and click on "medical alert." >> experts at the university of north carolina chapel hill found 13% of people studied who dug in the sand had some sort of illness later on, most likely castro intestimony natural problems. more than one in four people that buried themselves in the sand later got sick. experts are discouraging people from getting buried in the sand. they recommend using hand sanitize after playing in the sand. >> and in the height of summer camping season, a warning and reminder to parents -- be on the lookout for flu symptoms. one maryland camp ended early because dozens of kids had flu- like symptoms. >> the sandy hill camp felt the impact of the summer of flu. 25 campers had flu-like symptoms. two tested positive for flu. state health officials

hopkins. we have dr. rebecca wiseman, nurse and assistant professor of adult health at the university of maryland school of nursing. i'm also joined by representative johnson, representative capps, representative mccarthy, chairman george miller and my friend chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by the representatives from the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in maersk. men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. as i said before, i have a long-standing bias towards nurses. when sasha, our younger daughter, was diagnosed with a dangerous case of meningitis when she's -- she was just three most old. we were terrified. we were appreciative of the doctors but it was the nurses who walked us through the entire process. when both my daughters were born, the on city tradition was one of our best friends but we saw her for about 10 minutes in each delivery. the rest of the time what we saw were nurses who did an incredible amount of work in not only taking care of michelle but also caring for a nervous husband and then later for a c

state of maryland is home to some of the world's leading research institutions including johns hopkins university and the university of maryland medical centers. these institutions have cutting-edge research technology and freeing up these important stem cell lines will jump start the numerous promising research tracks in this area. i meet regularly with scientists like dr. john gearheart and douglas kur to get a better understanding of this issue. i am not a scientist nor do i know the tk any calculates but i -- technicalities but i have had a chance to mean with the scientists to see what they are doing, implanting embryonic growth in mice and see movement where there was paralysis before. this is promising research and happening right here in my own state of maryland. the new national institutes of health funding guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research are the next important step to expand this research even further. it will result in the availability of approximately 700 lines for research, a dramatic increase over the number currently available lines. the new guidelines are based o