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workers at this facility in pimlico say -- >> they poured a liquid on her and caught her on fire. >> reporter: animal control got a call for a cat on fire. but when they got here, the cat run off. it wandered with severe burns until it was rescued. the shelter has offered too to adult the cat and the -- adopt the cat and offer vet services. earlier there was outrage after a pit bull was on fire and two teens were arrested. it's not been easy to get witnesses to agree to testify in court if someone is arrested. >> people can't put the link between what they will do to a cat, that's what we have to stop. we have to get the people who start with the animals first. >> on the street where gabriel was burned, neighbors are disgusted. >> animals, they don't harm anybody. >> totally unacceptable to us in this community for this to happen. >> reporter: suzanne collins, wjz "eyewitness news." >>> a thousand-dollar reward is being offered leading to a conviction in this case. if you can help, call police. >>> a former ms. maryland has pled guilty to obstructing a police investigation. she was c

the incident took place at the aquatic center on oakley street in pimlico. the boy's mother says she needed to take her chile to the hospital. he admits the lifeguard bit the child but only after the child bit him first. >> you are almost a grown man, you're 17. >> the little boy says he never bit the lifeguard. the mom would like her opinion back. >>> don't you hate it when someone takes your parking spot? the one judge in la plate it maryland so fed up with losing his spot, the judge got back by deflating the tires of a woman who parked in his spot. there was construction on the street and she said she had no idea that the space was reserved. the judge says he left notes 0 on cars barked there before but the deflated tires are. the judge will not apologize. >> usually when someone does this, charges are filed. i'd like to know what will happen in this case. >>> the home of a community activist is shot in her own home this week. miss shirley was walking tv in her home and she was hit. the vigil will be at 6:00. mees so in suspect pz. >>> yoonis kennedy shri

it took place during a summer day camp at the callow hill in pimlico. we have more on what happened and what the boy's mother is doing about it. >> i feel this is a definitely a case of abuse. >> reporter: she is beside herself. after a week and a half, her 9- year-old son ian is finally healing from a bite on his back, inflicted by a 17-year- old lifeguard, trusted to take care of children. >> he bit through the shirt. it started to scab over and raw and red. >> reporter: her son complained he was being bullied at the day camp. she talked to camp counselors who reassured her there were no problem. >> she said, i want to let you know there was a little incident. >> reporter: they are investigating the incident and admits, the lifeguard who is still working, did bite the child but only after the child bit him first. >> i don't care if he jumped up and down on your foot. you are 17. >> reporter: she says ian, who was never in the pool that day, denies biting the lifeguard but says he did knock down a pool house. >> the lifeguard is supposed of the more se

the incident took place during a summer are day camp held in pimlico.ia goncalves has more on what happened and what the boy's mother is doing about it. >> i feel that this is definitely a case of abuse. >> reporter: alicia is beside herself after a week and a half, her 9-year-old son ian is finally healing from a bite on his back that sent him to the hospital. >> you can still see the marks. >> reporter: the bite inflicted by a 17-year-old lifeguard trusted to take care of children. >> he apparently bit through the shirt, and it was starting to scab over in some places. it was very raw and red. >> reporter: she says her son complained he was being bullied during day camp at the aquatic center. she talked to camp counselors who reassured her this was no problem until days later. >> they said i want to let you know there was an incident. >> reporter: baltimore's department of recreation and parks is investigating the incident and admits the lifeguard, who is still working with kids, did bite the child but only after the child bit him first. >> i don't ca

this took place in pimlico. the boy's mother says she needed to take her son to the hospital because of the bite on his back. baltimore's department of recreation and parks is investigating the incident and admits the lifeguard did bite the child but only after the child bit him first. >> i don't care if he jumped up and down on your foot. you are almost, almost a grown man. >> the lifeguard's still working at the gay camp. the little boy says he never bit the lifeguard but his mom says she wants her money back and thinks the department of recreation and parks should change its practices. >>> yubis kennedy shrierve -- eunice kennedy shriver will be laid to rest today. thousands of people attended a public wake yesterday for eunice shriver, who was the sister of president jfx and massachusetts senator teddy kennedy. she founded the special olympics and helped change the way the world treats the mentally disabled. >> people with disabilities live longer. they are healthier, access to better health care. they direc

witnesses in this pimlico neighborhood tell police they saw boys torture the 8 month old kitten by throwing bricks on her. >> they caught her poured a liquid on her and set her on fire. she panicked and was rolling around and they set her on fire again. >> reporter: the kitten called gabrielle was burned all over her side and lower back. rescuers say they wandered for 10 days before being found. >> fortunately for her her burns are located on one side of her body not fully all over her body. >> reporter: one week later she is getting much needed tlc. >> she's purring she loves attention she loves to be petitioned. she's in no distressed at all. we're watching to be sure that the infection does not accelerate. >> reporter: this is just one of several recent animal abuse cases here in the baltimore area. >> there have been five cats that have been tortured, four have been tortured and killed. this is the fifth cat. >> reporter: and it's not only cats being targeted. earlier this summer a pit bull was soaked with gasoline, then set on fire. the dog who rescuers named phoenix died in a pennsylv

and another in park heights near pimlico. >> we are here again. boo. boo. boo. >> wow some ohio a set them up for success-- for less. save money. live better. walmart. . >> well this week we all saw the most beer summit ever. >> president obama sat down with professor gates and sergeant crowley but there were two other people that needed a beer summit. >> we are here again. >> boo. boo. boo. >> the young man is 33-year-old ben ca nop candidate for mayor in toledo. the heckler is maxwell austin. austin said someone from his campaign trampled his flower bed before the news conference started and that's what set him off. so the television station in toledo thought they should get-together for a beer summit. and they did, and both said the meeting was productive. >> isn't that nice. >> so sweet. since jeff is nearby maybe we should have a beer summit during the bad weather. >> don't want anything to come to a -- >> crowd he skies for the first day of august and continue with the humid conditions. for not only tomorrow but through the weekend and for the first p

rachel with calvin borel aboard dominated more impressively than she it at pimlico.estroyed the field by four lengths. she has won 10 of her 13 career starts. one run of the best in sports continue. tiger woods giving the fans at the buick open something to remember in what is reportedly at the final pg event at war wick hills. 1324 hole, woods hits his second shot into the water. zipping that wedge, he saves par. the next hole face a lie described as hitting off a dead sheep, a fabulous flop shot to six feet. pakes the putt and saves par. so the 16th hole, par 5. the second of two putts, but it is a birdie. that gives him a three-shot lead. he gets to 20 under par and woods hangs on for his 69th career passage tour win. final round of the pg open at crooked sticks. fred function extending the lead today. 12th hole, great touch. he would birdie and get to 18 under. 15, again rolling it pure. drops it like it is hot for another bird. the former maryland golf coach running away with it. to 18, going out with a bang. wants to be like tiger, birdied the last to also fini

community partners to raise money for that $1.5 million complex and a $1 million multipurpose field at pimlicorace course in northwest baltimore. >> time to wake up and workout. "11 fitness" coming up next. first a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. >> time for "11 fitness." >> the big question today is, how can exercise be bad for you? it can if you do things wrong. >> absolutely. we all would like to have longevity, but if you do things wrong and proper, you can hurt your back or other parts of your body. if you do things the right way, you can get maximum results and your body will be good for the long hall. >> and you're going to show us the proper form? >> i'm going to show you the wrong way and the right way. >> basically, a lot of people do squats and come down like this with their knees bending forward. >> a way you can correct that, if you look down, now i can see the top of my toes. this way i can't see the top of my toes. >> it's like you're sitting back in a chair. >> also, when you come up, you don't want to hyper extend your knees. you don't want to lock your knees out

to raise the money for that $1.5 million complex as well as a $1 million multipurpose field near pimlicoace course. >> if you live in baltimore county, we're just a few days away on the decision on whether to authorize the use of speed cameras. that story next. >> first, a look at last night's winning lottery numbers. >> in this morning's "project economy" the o'malley administration wants constellation energy to fork over details of its executive compensation package as well as the true cost for expanding nuclear power in our state. david collins has details. >> in the war of words over electric rate relief, the owe madly administration and constellation energy agree on having an open and direct dialogue, but the two sides haven't done that, and no face-to-face meetings are planned. details of executive compensation, specifically the $87 -- the $87 million compensation package is a sticking point. owe laterally believes the company has millions to pay off shaddock if he leaves. the company says that would be -- >> absolutely not the case. there is no $87 million stashed or budgeted for

and in acquiring pimlico race course and the preakness. >> if we were fortunate enough to get them. we would pledge never to move the preakness. that's ridiculous to move it. >> cordish company has its eye on the historic senator theater. purchased last month by the city of baltimore. for just over $800,000. >> and what we would do, if asked, is run it as a non-profit. never take a dime. plow every dollar made there back into the place. >> while many corporations have plunged into bankruptcy in recent years, cordish company has more than survived. and next year, it will celebrate its 100 anniversary. >> i think, our secret is we will out work you and i will take credit for that. but on the other hand, you cannot go anywhere without it. >> and for this privately held company there is one other thing. >> we don't have any debt. that's helps a lot. cordish company has zero debt. >> though his three sons now play major role with the company, david cordish said he has no plans to slow down. >> i have hired people, in our company, who were 70 years old when we hired them. >> at age 69 cor

foundation is working to raise money for that $1.5 million complex and a million dollar field at pimlicore. >> temperatures beginning to climb into the 70's. clouds off to the southeast. that's where all the rain has gone. we see this part of the picture, and another storm out to the northwest. our today weather is in here. relatively dry conditions. by evening, the moisture starts drifting northward and we will start picking up more clouds. then we have a front drifting in. rain chances increase during the day. but today looks like a good day. partly cloudy skies. a bit less humid. winds become southeast. 83 to 89 degrees for the high. thanks for joining us, we'll have another life update in 25 minutes. >>> we're back this saturday morning, the first day of august, 2009. a very enthusiastic crowd outside this morning. i'm amy robach along with lester holt. coming up this half hour, we're going to tauct about octomom nadya suleman wlan she said to "us weekly" magazine talking about a mistake she made. >> a lot of people when she had the octuplets, and what nadya suleman's regret and deta

right now, a cat is fighting for its life after someone tortured it and set it on fire in pimlico. . >> reporter: she's named gabriel by the workers here, she's lost much of her fur and flesh after being set on fire. witnesses to this torture say it started when some young men hit the animal with stones and brick. >> they caught her and poured something on her and set her on fire and she panicked and they set her on fire again. >> reporter: animal control was called for this on july 28th and when they got here, she ran off and wandered for ten days with the burns until it was captured yesterday. the group recycled love agreed to adopt the cat and pay for expensive vet bills. >> when the cats spirit to survive and live on the streets after she had been tortured. you can't make a decision automatically she needs to be euthanized. she wants to live. >>> earlier, this year, a pit bull was set on fire and animal control turned the file to the police today. it's not easy to get witnesses to testify in court if someone's arrested. >> people cannot put the link between what they'll do to a c