i'm kai jackson reporting. back to you. >> thank you. again, three tickets sold, two in new jersey and one in minnesota. it's time to check in with relatives. >>> chris davis blasts his 41st homerun of the season as the orioles dominate the padres. j.j. hardy started the birds off on the right foot. he drives the ball to left feel for a solo homerun. in the 8th chris davis delivered one of the longest homeruns ever hit. it traveled 453 feet. a three-run blast as well. the birds beat the padres 10-3. >>> so the ravens are down south. they traveled to tampa yesterday to take on the buccaneers. the defense will make a start. a new group is stepping up to the challenge. >> we got a great group here. i mean, pretty much everybody is capable of going out there and playing and getting the job done. it's going to be interesting. it's going to be a fun year for us. we feel like we can go out there and play with anybody. >> ravens and buccaneers play tonight. the first pre-season game is next thursday when the falcons come to town. >>> of course t

. >>> hi, i'm kai jackson. mary is off. here's what people are talking about. the mob boss carried out executions himself and now james whitey bulger will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. >> the jury found 83-year-old james whitey bulger guilty of 11 murders as well as racketeering and conspiracy. he showed no emotion as the decision was read capping a 2 month trial. for two decades bulger was one of the most feared men in boston as leader of the crime family, the winter hill game. he was accused of participating in 19 murders in the 1970s and 80s. in 1994 he evaded arrest and fled to boston after a former fbi agent tipped him off. he spent the next 16 years on the run. his freedom ended in 2011 when agents caught up with him in santa monica, california. he was living with his girlfriend in an apartment that also contained a stash of guns and more than $800,000 in cash. at his trial witnesses testified about seeing bulger shoot, stab and strangle people. he would say nothing in his own defense. he declined to take the witness stand, telling the judg

i'm kai jackson reporting. back to you. >> thank you. maryland's marijuana law goes into effect this october. the state is trying to determine how marijuana will be dispensed. >>> this morning we're learning more about the powerball jackpot winners. the first is paul white from minnesota. he will be pocketing over $58 million million. the second winners from nonlife new jersey, a team of 16 people. >>> the ravens head back to the field for the first time since winning the super bowl. here is sports director mark viviano. >> good morning. well, the ravens remade the roster of the super bowl and after mini camps and 2 weeks of training camp time to see how the new squad stacks up to competition. preseason opener at tampa bay. terrell suggs leading the pregame huddle. veteran chris canty introducing himself to buccaneers quarterback josh freeman. it's a sack. on offense joe flacco start ed at quarterback, played the first quarter, completed seven of nine passes and missed one interception. the guy who picked it off, former raven danny gore.

. >> and i'm kai jackson. a mass -- unknown substance is found outside of congressman elijah cummings' office. monique griego is live with the latest. >> reporter: that substance was found outside the front door to his office. and cummings told us, whoever put it there wanted it to look like a bomb. >>> the office of congressman elijah cummings, at the center of an intense investigation, after a suspicious material is found at the building. according to cummings with military experience, arrived and noticed a putty-like material around the door. >> she noticed that there was something that gave the appearance of plastic explosive devices in 10 various places around the door. >> reporter: no one was allowed inside the building as baltimore fire and the fbi tested the material and scoured the area for any other crucial evidence. >> determined that it was not an explosive device. but it was made to appear that way, and that there were apparently some type of wiring connected to it. >> reporter: the fbi confirmed,

i'm kai jackson reporting, back to you. >>> thank you kai. they plan to hire an outside security firm to patrol their streets. >>> also in this city, the controversial harbor point development deal is one step closer to being approved this morning. this after the city council gave preliminary approval to the $107 million in public financing for the project, which will be built along the waterfront of fell's point and harbor east. they've been trying to stop the city from giving public money to the developer. the mayor argues it will bring $20 million a year in taxes to the city. >>> adam jones finds himself in the social media spotlight after a opinion's actions during the game over the weekend set him off on twitter. here's jessica kartalija with the story. >> good-bye home run, adam jones a line drive shot to left. >> a 3-run home run sunday afternoon in san fransisco, orioles all star adam jones is having an incredible season until this. after the o's 10-2 win over the giants, jones went on twitter to address a disrespectful fan tweeting i

kai jackson has the efforts to keep criminals out and welcome visitors back in. kai? >> reporter: that's right, denise. residents and business owners in little i takely are stepping -- italy are stepping up in a big way to protect their safety and neighborhood. a restaurant employee is brutally beaten leaving his jaw broken. >> it seemed like they beat him up for kicks. i don't know how you can describe it but for hate. >> reporter: four teenagers have been arrested and are now facing attempted murder charges. the attack stunned residents of the historic neighborhood and now it's prompting action. >> wall the walk look like? wall you be doing? >> well, we will be together. should be about 10 to 15 in each group. >> reporter: she owns calf day gia on high -- cafe gia on high street. she says they've performed a citizens on patrol. they plan to use electronic surveillance and old-fashioned foot patrols to make sure residents and patrons are safe. >> we are the safest community in baltimore and we plan on staying that way. >> reporter: baltimore police say community inte

. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what everybody is talking about. >> less than a week after russia grants asylum to edward snowden, president obama says he will not meet one on one with russian president vladimir putin next month. >> reporter: russia granting temporary asylum to edward snowden was not the only reason president obama called off next month's meeting with vladimir putin. but it may have been the last straw. >> we have a lot of fish to fry, if you will, with the russians. we have a lot of issues to engage with the russians. >> reporter: the political snub is the first time in decades an american president has canceled a publicly-announced meeting with the russian leader. >> i think the portrayal of washington is this is kind of a tit for tat. >> they haven't been seeing eye on eye on a range. issues. and this wasn't the right time for a meeting. >> reporter: putin reclaimed the presidency. u.s. russian policy expert says this isn't a permanent. >> i think it signals that we've reached kind of a pa

i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. murder-for-hire trial. today, a whitemarsh woman takes the stand in her own defense. karla porter said she had to have her husband killed before he killed her. william ray porter was killed at the towson gas station he owned in 2010. wjz is live at the towson courthouse. derek valcourt was in court as karla porter testified. >> and at times, she broke down in tears, telling jurors that she endured years of beating. she lived in constant terror and just couldn't take it anymore. >> have you ever seen him before? >> no. >> reporter: during her videotaped police interrogation, karla porter repeatedly lied about her involvement in the murder of her husband ray, at first, blaming a robber. but eventually, she confessed to planning his assassination. >> i just wanted somebody to hit him. i didn't want this to happen, i really didn't. >> what happened, karla? >> he was just being really mean. >> reporter: porter now admits she enlisted the help of several people, including members of her family, to hire hitman wal