job cuts continued. 1800 of them ahead at a health- care giant kaiser parikh that is a response to so many layoffs elsewhere, that have left your people on the hospitals will spirit record for posters expected in july. the numbers out today. >> the combination of the residual effect of that mortgage practices and now the unemployment spiked it entered into record high levels. >> also today, retail sales figures out. how much americans are buying in tough times. >> especially with the recession, you have to be tight with your budget. >> many areas offering tax-free shopping days to spur sales. macy's reports its outlook is improving. less luck for las vegas. the number of visitors has fallen for 13 straight months. fewer people these days in a gambling mood. some warrick of washington giving out easy money, then the odds, and still no news for financial markets have rewarded wall street since the financial crisis began. brooke hart reporting from washington. >> coming up, hundreds of residents have been forced from their homes as a wild fire continues raging out of control in californi

. >> the garden will include trees, bushes, and vegetables that community members will tend to parikhhe vegetables will go straight into the mouth of the residence, providing a nutritious food at minimal cost lawrence hopes it will give the community the boost it needs. >> hopefully, people will see what is going on and what to live in oliver. >> this is the group last project of this summer. they will be back at it again in communities across the nation next year. kim dacey reporting from east baltimore. >> doing a great job. looks beautiful. a new program in baltimore city is giving some students a second chance to receive their high school diploma. the ribbon cutting of the baltimore diploma program in west baltimore yesterday. diploma plus allows over eight students for students not have enough credit for their age, this allows them to complete high school. >> it is one of the great organizations in the country begin serving the type of population. they have an extraordinary record of achievement in boston and new york's in taking students that traditional systems have failed and

arrested a registered sex offender accused of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in harford county parikh paul townsend jr. be a woman while driving their from aberdeen to edgewood. the victims said johnson held her captive in a car while threatening to cut her. after a struggle she was able to finally escape. aberdeen police located the suspects' vehicle but he refused to stop. he was taken into custody after crashing the vehicle. maryland natural resources police have identified the man building a boating accident last night. richard john hanson died on the scene. a power boat and small aircraft collided. a pair of boaters rescued 40 dewey rd. john martins and 13 -- rescued 422-year-o-year-old john martins and his 13 year-old daughter. >> i took them on my boat after that. >> the two refused treatment. >> what a cool way to end the month of august and start of september. we will be in the 70's today and tomorrow. tomorrow there'll be more sunshine. the clouds are pausing to the east as high pressure overtakes the stalled out front. there is some light shower activity in ocean city and t

at harborplace tonight, we found plenty of people making calls, but nobody looking today robo call parikh >> i'm on the do not call list, but i still get calls constantly. >> rodney kennedy says it they it is self almost. >> i get to the automated calls asking if i want to sell something. i hate it. >> today the rules change. federal trade commission making any one of those calls after september 1 a violation of bilal, with a $16,000 per call penalty -- a violation of the laww. >> it makes sense for the fcc to take action against those calls and trying to sell people against something they don't want and have never had business dealings with those companies before. it cost consumers money and the folks are route. >> it's wonderful. they should do it. >> there are exceptions. banks commentaries, insurance companies, phone companies, and politicians. >> pfc's the appropriately left out any kind of businesses that have to do with free speech. >> that did not play as well at this place. >> politicians call constantly. why are they allowed to call me if no one else's? >> they say it's free spe

. >> thunderstorm activity between stephenville on kent island tour around somerville parikh also, no. baltimore county back through hagerstown. that activity is moving toward the pennsylvania-maryland line. we have scattered storms in the area. today's forecast shows the range chance will continue, clouds this morning, then shall and suspended from active duty increases this afternoon and this evening. high temperatures near 80 degrees along with high humidity. >> thank you. here is something we don't often get to talk about. in art news, a clothing artist says his exhibit of characters -- caricatures of world leaders was shut down by the venezuelan government. he had former president george bush, president obama, colombian president uribe, and venezuelan president chavez. it was the image of chavez dressed as a mexican superhero that likely caused the exhibition to be canceled. the press release, others say, the exhibit with canceled for other reasons. >> nyc model kathleen neill, 26, leaves the central park museum under arrest. this was part of a cloak and dagger boshuko organizpho

. >> good morning parikh here are some of our top stories. tell us the driver was under the influence of alcohol when he hit the 17 year-old benjamin. he was charged for possession of heroin. state police are investigating a homicide in east baltimore. 37 year-old correctional officer erica carr was shot several times as she sat in the driver's seat of an suv on ken hill avenue. she was pronounced dead on the scene. anne arundel county police are interviewing a woman they believe may know something after a man was discovered inside a car suffering from a stab wound s. this was in glen burnie. paramedics found the victims slumped over. he was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the woman is not considered a suspect. suspect. >> high as 78-83 this afternoon. >> high as 78-83 this afternoon. >> we will see you back here they have alzheimer's and arthritis, diabetes and cancer. they've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator ben cardin understands the importance

during the 1970's parikh i sought equal rights. that improved over the years. then i started celebrating black history month in the classrooms. i started realizing that we did a great justice for the black people. i think they were right, because it was not justice going on in the 1960's. martin luther king brought that out. that was right. today i think there's discrimination. we have black history month and yet i'm wondering somewhere down the line with the influx of the hispanics, that we will have maybe an american hispanic month guest:: what would be wrong with that? caller: we have all these other nationalities coming in as well. there's a lot of immigration going on right now. guest: the u.s. civil rights commission released its first report, the commission had only been started two years earlier, which detailed in a 650 page report based on hearings conducted throughout the south and other parts of the country, detailing the level of racial discrimination in housing, schools, and in voting booths. the report has long been forgotten, even industries of t

during the 1970's parikh i sought equal rights. that improved over the years. then i started celebrating black history month in the classrooms. i started realizing that we did a great justice for the black people. i think they were right, because it was not justice going on in the 1960's. martin luther king brought that out. that was right. today i think there's discrimination. we have black history month and yet i'm wondering somewhere down the line with the influx of the hispanics, that we will have@@@m and other parts of the country, detailing the level of racial discrimination in housing, schools, and in voting booths. the report has long been forgotten, even industries of the time, the report led to a lot of the court cases that were filed in 1960's, overturning segregation law. it took awhile for all of it to play out. in 1954 there was brown vs. board of education, but ended the segregation in schools, but nothing happened until that report and then the activis ism and martin luther king and of medgar evers in the late 1950's. the beginnings of change oc

during the 1970's parikh i sought equal rights. that improved over the years. then i started celebrating black history month in the classrooms. i started realizing that we did a great justice for the black people. i think they were right, because it was not justice going on in the 1960's. martin luther king brought that out. that was right. today i think there's discrimination. we have black history month and yet i'm wondering somewhere down the line with the influx of the hispanics, that we will have maybe an american hispanic month guest:: what would be wrong with that? caller: we have all these other nationalities coming in as well. there's a lot of immigration going on right now. guest: the u.s. civil rights commission released its first report, the commission had only been started two years earlier, which detailed in a 650 page report based on hearings conducted throughout the south and other parts of the country, detailing the level of racial discrimination in housing, schools, and in voting booths. the report has long been forgotten, even industries of t