two new indictments, handed up against baltimore mayor sheila dixon. complete coverage continues at 6:00. >>> wicked weather. first tornado states -- sites and warnings. >>> officially charged. the man accused of killing a security guard at the holocaust museum, james von brunn. >>> city hall scandal. baltimore mayor sheila dixon. >> tonight, she reacts. >> i haven't waiverred on the citizens of baltimore. we have a lot ahead of us. we're going to continue to work. getting ready to bike right now. and continue to focus on serving the citizen bees of baltimore. >>> headlighto, everybody. i'm denise koch. >> and vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> we have breaking news. mayor dixon was handed an indictment. and seconds ago, she responded. eyewitness news is live with extensive coverage. mike hellgren has a closer look at the exact charges. but we begin with adam may, who just spoke exclusively with the mayor. >> reporter: this indictment completely caught the mayor's office offgard. -- offguard. they had no idea. now, just minutes ago, t

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today the attention is back on baltimore city mayor sheila dixon. all along the state prosecutor said the mayor failed to disclose gifts that she received from ronald lipscomb. elected officials have to file disclosure forms. and the prosecutors say the forms dixon filled out in 2004 did not include several expensive gifts from lipscomb who she was dating at the time that led to a charge that is called perjury by affidavit. earlier this summer a judge dropped the charges against the mayor, but she was also charged with stealing gift cards that were donated by lipscomb and another developer intended for needy families. the charges were never dropped, but now the prosecutor has refiled them as well. in essence, the mayor has been recharged with everything. she is basically back to where she was in january. ronald lipscomb has already agreed to a plea deal. he has to cooperate with prosecutors, even if that means testifying against the mayor. the professor at the baltimore school of law says the new indictments, the pace of state prosecutor's investiga

there are new indictments against mayor sheila dixon. it is clear who is helping to make the case against her. >> is it the athlete or the suit? where does michael phelps fit into all of this? that is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good evening, everyone. the big story is new indictments against mayor sheila dixon. a city grand jury issued the charges this afternoon. >> they put back into play perjury charges that had been dismissed two months ago and provide new details about cash the mayor allegedly asked for and received. >> they do not allege new crimes, but they do fill a new details and make clear the man that she once dated is now cooperating with prosecutors. state prosecutors but the new grand jury indictment against the mayor earlier this afternoon. they now split the case against dixon into the two themes of theft on the one hand and perjury on the other. the two counts of perjury accused the mayor of failing to report gifts fr

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mayor sheila dixon, indicted again. eyewitness news is live do you want. mike hellgren has exclusive reaction from the mayor. she spoke comiewfl to eyewitness news. exclusively to eyewitness news. >> reporter: that's right. the mayor has very serious charges. they're all plaid out -- laid out in the indictment. but through all of this, she has tried to keep it as business as usual. i was with her at the board of estimates earlier in the day. and she went to another event that started about a half hour ago. we caught up with her exclusively as she left city hall. >> you know, i haven't waiverred from serving the citizens of baltimore. and i'm going to stay focused on doing the job for the citizens of baltimore. we have a lot ahead of us. i'm getting ready to bike 20 now. and then continue to focus on serving the citizens of baltimore. >> do you think you've done an excellent job maintaining your duties as mayor during all of this. >> you know, i'm going to continue to do that. that's first and foremost. it just makes me stronger. >> reporter: okay. >> all r

breaking news from city hall. >>> mayor sheila dixon is indicted. the charges she faces and the reaction to the news coming up. >>> up next at 5:00. mayor sheila dixon is reindicted just days after a councilwoman and prominent businessman are charge would. >>> speaking out. the woman behind the 9 -- 9 -- 911 call defends herself. >>> severe thunderstorms -- storms now. first warning weather team is tracking it now on radar. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> here's what people are talking about. >> severe weather is moving through the state. thunderstorms for several counties. here's a live look. looking at eastern baltimore county. dark skies over the region. meteorologist bernadette woods is in the first warning weather center. >> we've had a lot going on this afternoon. so we're going to get you up to date here. earlier, we did have tornado warnings for five separate counties. now over in pennsylvania. then this batch prompted tornado warnings for anne arundel, p.g., and also calvert counties. at this point, those don't have the warnings.

. >> my reacademies is hey, sheila stay focused.mayob >> stocks fell for a second straight day on a surprisingly weaking on durable good says. nasdaq and s&p 500 drops 4-10th of a percent. the pace of the recession has slowed or stabilized in most of the u.s.. but the report predicts a long period of weakness even after the economy begins to recover. microsoft and yahoo are teaming up to take down google. they will capitize on the search technology. microsoft will get a percentage of the revenue on the sites. labor department said jobless rates rose in june. detroit continue to take the biggest hit brought on by the bankruptcy in the auto industry. the motor city has the highest unemployment rate in any city. >> for business briefs. i am sam kay. >> still ahead, 12 people shot in a cock out in east baltimore. the community effort to fight back against the violence. >> mayor sheila dixon is reindict. i am megan dillan. the charges she faces ahead. >> maybe this is a lukey ride. no, maybe this one. like top round london broil just $1.

a legal expert following the case said that could hurt the case against mayor sheila dixon. you'll hear more from him coming up at 6:45. live in downtown baltimore, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> new evidence that h1n1 or swine flu is dangerous to pregnant women. research shows that expectant mothers who get the flu are hospitalized four times more often than others with the virus. the study was published in the british medical journal and doctors say that though pregnant women worry about taking medication they should also need to think about being treated for the flu. >> my biggest concern is that people will disregard the risks of the flu in favor of the pregnancy. as concerned as we are about healthy pregnancy we're concerned about people passing away from the flu. >> a flu vaccine is expected to be available in october. until then doctors say expectant mothers suspected of having the swine flu should take tamiflu. the cdc says if the swine flu vaccine is in short supply then pregnant women and people with infants are first in line to receive it. health care workers with

. >>> baltimore mayor sheila dixon among those reacting to the major developments in the city's federal lawsuit against wells fargo. a u.s. district court judge denied wells fargo's motion to dismiss the case. baltimore city is accusing the mortgage giant of unfairly targeting minority borrowers, setting them up with loans that were destined to fail. >> hopefully, as a result of our lawsuit, with the 10s of millions of collars we're losing we'll help to come back and stabilize neighborhoods and families that have been in foreclosure. this is a great move and some good evidence - >> we'll continue to follow this story. the next court date is scheduled for july 20th. >>> gas prices may be lower these days but still high enough many of us are looking to get the best mileage possible. it's no secret that proper tire inflation certainly plays a huge role. it's also important because it keeps you safe.

. >>> the other big story, new developments in the corruption probe, charges once dropped against sheila dixon are back on the table. good afternoon, ron matz. >> reporter: good afternoon mayor dixon has been reindicted on perjury and misconduct charges that were previously dismissed from the case. the prosecutor is starting over throwing out the old indictment. the new indictment also includes a charge that the mayor stole gift cards meant for if poor. mary poor. >> my reaction, sheila, stay focused, continue to bill on this and continue to serve the citizens. >> reporter: the state prosecutor says he now has the cooperate of the mayor's former boyfriend, ron lipscomb. he pled guilty to a campaign finance charge. it's not yet clear if the new indictment is base on his testimony. don, back to you. >>> thank you very much. another attorney issued the statement calling the new charges flawed. stay with eyewitness news for coverage of the probe. for all developments and to read the indictment, go to wjz.com. >>> the d.c. area metro system says one of its bus drivers is facing kidnapping cha

and i give sheila a 10. i give sheila a 10. >> here's why, sheila. here's why he didn't get a 10.t much like michael jackson in his moves. >> he doesn't have to. >> there you go. >> makeup will do everything. >> reporter: next up, we have ariti. here you go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: one more time. what do you think? >> i'm going to give her a 9 again. >> i'll give her a 10. >> and i'm going to give her 108. >> she was a little more michael jackson-esque, which is what i meant. in the moves, she looked more like michael jackson. all right, sheila. thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. thank you, curtis and ariti. thank you. >> i want to see sheila bust a move. >> any chance, sheila? >> reporter: you should see what i'm wearing on my right foot. i've got a very stylish cast. >> from the audition. >> reporter: not good for the audition. >> let me wear this in case they ask me to dance. >> reporter: exactly. how did you know that? >> we're on to you. >> oh, god. i thought for a second there, right? >> no. her understudy richard roth is actually performing in the west end tonight in

mayor sheila dixon. she is the key note speaker at the 3rd annual women's business forum. dixon dressed in athletic wear bikeed to the event. but before she spoke, she talked to reporters. >> my reaction is, shiela, stay focused. >> about her being indicted again. >> that's the bottom line. you know, i am not going to stop one beat, and continue with the progress of the city. and that's what this focus is. we have a lot of issues in the city. >> dixon faces nine counts, including misconduct in office. misappropriations, and perjury. and theft. some of the same offenses originally dismissed by a judge in a previous indictment. >> legal expert steve allen. >> it was to be expected. >> on what the new indictment could mean for dixon. >> well, you are now beyond just gift cards. the gift cards were generally misdemeanor, theft under $500. these are more serious charges. perjury, malfeasance in office. >> first indictment focused on theft charges. state prosecutors accused dixon of going on a shopping spree,

another indictment handed up against sheila dixon, charging the mayor with offenses that were dismissed from a previous indictment. prosecutors say the original indictment now will be dropped. a judge had thrown out some some charges against mayor dixon, including perjury and misconduct in office for allegedly failing to disclose gifts from developer ron lipscomb, whom she had dated. the mayor says dixon was protected by legislative privilege, but still faced theft and misconduct charges involving gift cards meant for the poor. the new indictments now cover those same offenses. a spokesperson for the mayor told abc 2 the new charges are as flawed as those that previously exist, and we suspect they'll meet the same fate. to take a look at the entire indictment, we have put it on our website, abc2news.com you. go there for a complete read. >>> in 2 your health tonight, new fears for pregnant women when it comes to the swine flu. new research is showing expecting moms are more vulnerable to serious complications from the h1n1 virus. abc 2 news health reporter kelly swoope talked the a mom

the probe into mayor sheila dixon takes new twists and turns.o, a prominent local developer and city councilwoman are indicted as part of the investigation. eyewitness news stays on the story, with extensive complete coverage. political reporter pat warren has more on the indictment handed out. >> reporter: that's right, vic. these indictments come as a result of the guilty plea by developer ron lipscomb back in june. >> reporter: councilwoman helen holton is charged with two counts of violating campaign finance laws. a new development, since charges against her were dismissed. and she told wjz at the time

. >>> charges against baltimore city mayor sheila dixon have been re-filed by a state prosecutor. >> the mayor once again faces charges of perjury, misconduct in office and also theft and the state prosecutor says the mayor didn't report expensive gifts from her ex-boyfriend, city developer ronald lipscomb. she's also accused of stealing gift cards intended for needy families. the mayor would not talk directly about the indictments but she says she's not slowing down, keeping to her public schedule even after hearing about them yesterday. >> i'm going to stick to my schedule. i mean, you know, that's a commitment that i make. i mean, i'm not going to let -- if i'm sick or my kids are sick, i'm going to continue to works, that's what i do. >> her attorney released a statement saying "the new charges are as flawed as those that were previously dismissed and we expect they will meet the same fate." we're live at city hall in a couple of minutes. >>> serious allegations this morning coming in from morgan state university students >> claims of money being taken from them and abuse of thei

what's fascinating is the politics and how sheila bair.. she ruffled a lot of feathers with citi grurngs rigoup, right wanted it banded out. >> she was going to clear it out and stomp all over tim geithner. >> here's what's interesting, i'm writing a book about the financial collapse, as i write the latest stuff, interesting, i'm reading hank paulson's testimony right, to go through the stuff on ken lewis and whether he was threatened or not and why hank paulson believed they must go through the deal with ken lewis and hank paulson wanted to back out of the deal. >> was he right. >> he put the wood to lewis. at that moment he was right. >> he did not at the time have any firm agreement with the government. his decision was reached against a backdrop of public commitment undertaken by chairman bernanke and me dating back to at least october 14th, 2008, that the government would act to prevent the failure of any systemically important financial institution. i believe that they have come to the conclusion, prodded by sheila bair cit is not a s

. >> and we are following the latest developments in the new indictment of baltimore mayor sheila dixon. we'll have that in just a moment. >>> but first, norm is tracking some storms pushing through the area. he is in the storm center with your first forecast. norm? >> thanks a lot, terry. as you can see with maryland's most powerful radar, some very heavy shower and even some thunderstorm activity moving in from the west, just about at the outer edge of the beltway right now. heaviest activity is in northern carroll county, headed to northern baltimore county with pretty good lightning strikes. but not as severe as what we had during the day today. heavy rain overnight and scattered showers. but tomorrow is going to be a little better day. here is your forecast for the overnight period. showers and storms, a few severe. 72 degrees for the overnight low. tomorrow, like we said, a little better day. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. >>> and that's going to stop one beat and continue with the progress of the city. and that's what the focus is. >> saying she won't be deterred by new

after being reindieted, mayor sheila dixon says she's forging ahead. >> my reaction is stay focused, continue to build on this and continue to serve the sit showns. >> reporter: her previously indictments describes stealing gift cards and accepting luxury gifts. wednesday's new indictment describes the same allegations, but adds in charges that had been thrown out of the original. the state prosecutor notes lipscomb had pled guilty to campaign finance violations and has been co-operating with the investigation. dixon faces three counts of theft, three counts of mispreparation, one count of -- misappropriation ... >> it's something like a dark cloud that just comes over. >> this is ridiculous and you know it's harassment. >> reporter: also indieted this week are two others, one accused of giving 6,000 to cover a survey for a council woman. prosecutors now have that czech. holton has also been reindicted forcepping -- for accepting the bribes. helen holton has been stripped of her chair person title. reporting live from city hall, kelly mcpherson. >>> thank you very much and we invite

congresswoman sheila jackson lee says she will try to get more support for the resolution.des for speaker pelosi say with so much going on in washington she feels they just need to work on some other business right now. >> new at midday, police in frederick, maryland, are looking for a man posing as a cop. slypped and searched a teenage ner the s owll broreow aa frederick on wednesday night. the teen told police the man waa ing a black uniform shirt with a badge on itwe thpolice impersonator drove a kacord crown victoria with a spotlight on it and did not identify himself to the youth. >>> a man accused of killing a baby in suit land, maryland, is in jail this morning. police have arrested 21-year-old caron wilson of d.c. in the death of 8-month-old anthony savoy. he was killed last year while sitting in his car seat. police say wilson opened fire on the car, targeting the boy's father who survived. wilson is being held without bond. s in micksae aseanar looking for a man accused of trying to abduct blond teenage girls. the suspect is described as a hispanic male in his lat

. >> mayor sheila dixon reindicted. serious charges once dismissed now reinstateed. tonight, what or who is feeling the prosecutor's new case. keith daniels is live at the city hall with the latest on the case. what can you tell us? >> new indictment suggests the mayor's ex-boyfriend is can he giving prosecutors what they want. but tonight observers are asking, is he enough to give prosecutors a conviction? >> from the business district in downtown baltimore. >> the country said that you are innocent until proven guilty. >> to a bus stop on charles street. >> i don't like to see her have to go through this. >> people are plenty full and so are opinions. city residents have learned that mayor sheila dixon has been reindicted on serious charges. including perjury. and theft. >> i mean, if you can't trust your mayor, or council person, who can you go to? >> i mean, i actually like her. i think she is doing a good job and it is unfortunate. >> at a youth workers event thursday afternoon, mayor sheila dixon did not stop for reporters and denied interviews. >> i am not ans

a day after mayor sheila dixon was indicted, there are new questions about cash she received to pay a shopping bill. >> as city council president in april 2004, sheila dixon was looking for help, according to the indictment, to pay her american express bill. it was the result of a shopping trip to chicago. the new indictment spells out where at least some of the help came from. it says are board ran at the time gave her cash when she asked for it. -- her boyfriend gave her cash. those new details, sources say, came from lipscomb himself. he is cooperating with prosecutors. it leaves unanswered where the rest of the cash may have come from. according to the indictment, their cash deposits totaling $8,000 to dickson's account in the weeks before and after of the big american express payment was due. if at most lips and gave her 5000, the remaining $3,000 had to come from another source. the indictment does not identify one. sources familiar with the case say it is one question has not been answered. >> we tried to ask her about it today. her lawyer would not answer. part of the american

mayor sheila dixon, she called for budget cuts for nearly every city agency. she believes shutting down truck number 2 saves money and jobs. firefighters hoped federal stimulus money might become available to keep the trucks here but that was not the case. truck 2 responded to more than 3,000 calls last year and last week it was the first truck to put water on the steeple of the historic bethel ame church fire. truck 2 covers the central business district along with surrounding neighborhoods and without it crews at other stations nearby will have to work harder. >> if it takes you a minute longer to get to a call then that's a minute longer where somebody's having difficulty breathing, where somebody's house is on fire. >> reporter: two ambulance crews will actually come here to replace truck number 2 and in the meantime, about 7:00 this morning truck number 2 will head to eastern avenue at a new fire station there. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a touching goodbye for michael jackson. >> i just wanted to say -- speak up,

i think everyone recognizes that sheila bair and the other banking regulators have he done a very good job. so let's get the shadow banking industry regulated and not depend on the states on that, maria. >> you almost feel like you don't necessarily want more regulation and more sort of bureaucracies, you just want the government regulatory agencies in place now to do their job. >> that's correct, maria. that's right. >> we want better regulation. we do want some more powerful regulation in a number of areas, and we want it to be more systemic so you look across the lines and not regulate by silos. but there needs to be better regulation and the idea of having a separate agency for consumer protection makes no sense for the consumer. you're stronger by putting it with the safety and soundness regulators. >> let me take the other side on that, try to figure out why it is that the industry is so against this, because we've had lots of bankers coming on the program and saying look, this is only going to be another layer of wasted bureaucracy. is this because they feel they're not going to

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 judge yesterday he made a mistake and there was no criminal intent. oliver was sentenced to 50 hours of community service. the randallstown democrat will also pay $2,500 in fines. oliver acknowledged writing two checks to himself, one for $2,000, the other for $300 from his campaign committee's checkbook. >>> a visible increase in the police presence in an east baimore neighborhood rocked by bunfire this past weekend. dozens of police officers on the streets in the same area where a series of shootings left 15 people wounded. residents say it's nice for now but worry violence will return as soon as police leave. >> nothing's going to happen while they are here. once they are gone, you know? somebody else is going to do something stupid. it's inevitable. >> the police department has pledged to keep extra officers

. >> reporter: mayor sheila dixon indicted again. what she's being accused of now and the evidence against her tonight. >>> 12 people shot at a cookout in east baltimore. the community effort to fight back against this violence. >>> and it is really probably the most wide-spread environmental hazard for young children in maryland. >> and the number of children getting sick if lead poisoning is down. why the danger is still a major concern, however. >>> hello, i'm jeff barnd. jennifer's off tonight. >>> we begin with severe weather making its way through the the area as we speak. there was a tornado warning. that has since expired. what can you tell us? >> a lot of instability in the atmosphere out there. all that humidity and heat and we've been dealing with that through much of the day. looks like it's starting to make its way into the central portion of the state as far as heavy rainfall. let's go to the watches and warnings. cecil county and points east until 8:00 tonight as we see the potential for severe weather out there. it lo

. >>> plus, mayor sheila dixon calls for city budget cuts earlier this year. those cuts could affect your family's safety beginning this morning. all the details just ahead in a live report. >>> in the meantime, good wednesday morning. july 8th, thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm megan pringle. you get your weather and traffic every 10 minutes. here's meteorologist justin berk. >> here's your morning zen, whatever you're doing, stop and come to the tv. randy, want to thank him for sending this shot. the rotation of the earth is just too fast to hold a close tight shot of this. the moon was officially full last night. you might as well call it full this morning. absolutely gorgeous. we're about 10 minutes from sunrise but over the western sky you can see that full moon there. that is beautiful. of course the kids may be howling today. that is a whole other story. generally we're looking at conditions, 63 degrees, winds currently calm. what an absolutely pleasant july morning. and what an absolutely gorgeous july day we have in store. 66 easton c

is estimated to be about 250 pounds per square inch. >>> more sparring in the case against mayor sheila dixon. the state prosecutor wants to subpoena two more city employees before a grand jury. according to our media partner the baltimore sun, mayor dixon's attorney is out to quash those sups. he argues the state is just trying to find more evidence in an already weakened case. state prosecutor robert roybal is not commenting. you can read more in tomorrow's baltimore sun is. >>> there are tears as a baltimore institution is destroyed by fire. eyewitness news was the first to show you the flames at the suburban house restaurant. patrons tell me about their memories of a place that played an important part in their lives. from skyeye chopper 13 you can see the smoke billowing from the suburban house. the flames were contained inside, but the smoke hurled into the afternoon sky and sent some 35 customers and employees running into the streets. >> the owner of the restaurant told us that one of his employees in the storage area smelled smoke and heard some kind of a pop and immediately ev

mayor sheila dixon wants to cut property taxes, but spokesperson for the mayor said making property taxes match surrounding areas may put a huge burden on the city. circuit court clerk frank conaway said he is tired of the excuses. >> the senator theater hit the auction block today. but not without interruptions. several times supporters interrupted auctioneers calling the sale rigged. but in the end, the city, which now owns the mortgage wound up buying it back for eight hen $10,000. only other bid came in at $800,000. >> we did not expect that anybody was going to bid as much as the city already had in it. >> the future of the theater is enormous jeopardy. because left up to chance by the city. >> the city said it han ruled out leasing the building to somebody that will operate it as a theater. >> we had a fast-moving shower roll through this afternoon. how does it look out there right now and for tomorrow? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here to tell us about rain headed our way. a lot of rain. >> looks like a good day of rain tomorrow. we saw that brief shower earlier today. but it

. >> baltimore city mayor sheila dixon is ree indicted. this as prosecutors continue the probe at city hall. keith daniels live at city hall latest on the story tonight. keith, what can you tell us? >> well, jeff, legal experts say the new indictments against the mayor are serious charges. now a grand jury has handed up a nine count indictment, including misappropriations, theft, misconduct in office, and perjury. a judge dropped perjury and misconduct in office charges in a previous indictment. dixon was accused of failing to disclose gifts from developer lipscomb that dated the mayor. but now with lipscomb's cooperation in the case, prosecutors have reindicted dixon on those charges. legal experts say the perjury and misconduct charges are more serious than the original misdemeanor theft charges. but dixon has said said today for her it is business as usual. >> that's really the bottom line. you know, i am not going to stop one beat, and continue with the progress of the city. and that's what this focus s we have a lot of issues in the c

from 2003 to 2004, they say mayor sheila dixon traveled with lipscomb to colorado where they trade at the ritz. and new york city at the trump international. in chicago dixon is accused of using lipscomb's credit card to make purchases at six 5th avenue and coach. the gift cards were supposed to go to the holly trolley program and given to the poor for christmas. instead prosecutors say the mayor used at least 60 cards to buy items like video game systems and ipods. some were given to staffers. >> investigators say they found five gift cards in dixon's home. >> the weekend violence in east baltimore sparks concern in other parts of the city. people in southeast baltimore gathered at the hope village community center tonight. weekend violence left 22 shot. 12 at one location in east ba baltimore. the police commissioner told the crowd, police are shifting resources to prevent more violence, including moving members of the auto theft task force. >> some criticism for baltimore's curfew law tonight. a small group of demonstrators out the juvenile justice center said the curfew laws are a

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, abc2 news. >>> 5:32. on the heels of a violent weekend in baltimore with a record 21 shootings in just six hours we have some good news on the crime front to tell you about. baltimore police are going to be hiring dozens of new officers in the coming months. we're told the new recruits will be assigned to foot patrol in the eastern district. >> i can see more than one officer in the car. >> he has been really terrible around here. and i think we need more police officers. >> if they go to the right places i think that's better and not focus on where there's no crime but focus mable on where there is crime. >> the officers will be hired thanks to $10 million in federal funding. after the two-year grant expires the city must come up with the funds. the mayor says they can mee

and tonight police and mayor sheila dixon are speaking out on the violence across the city. keith daniels is live at police headquarters with the story. keith? >> well, jennifer, so far police have made no arrests in any of the shootings but they have boosted foot and street patrols. and they say they are going after targeted offenders in the area. 12 of the shooting victims including a 2-year-old girl and pregnant woman, were shot at a cookout last night. no one died. the shooting happened in the backyard of a home in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in east baltimore. police say someone walked into the alley at 9:00 and opened fire. investigators say the apparent target of the shooting was a man connected to rival drug gang activity. now frustrated mayor sheila dixon said today, if people want violence like this to stop, they must come forward with witness information. >> i don't want to hear from the media b you know, the whole snitching, dvd or any of that. that's crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot. it could have been worse. and so it is i

. >> assault charges against mayor sheila dixon's chief of staff and another city employee are dropped. malard scheduled to go to trial next week. his former girlfriend elizabeth smith said malard hit her on two different occasions. malard denied that. mayor sheila dixon issued a statement saying she is relieved the charges have been dismissed. >> a federal judge has ruled a wrongful death suit against frederick county can go on as scheduled to trial. suit is seeking $145 million, for the family of jerome gray. gray died back in 2007 after being tasered twice. police say gray refused to show his hands. grey's family said he always had a hearing problem. >> many howard county residents are targets of a new water quality scam, officials say several people reported receiving offers for free water testing. after they leave water samples, representatives try to sell them purification equipment. apparently testing is conducted by baltimore city and the dc sanitary commission. if you see any suspicious behavior whatsoever, you are asked to call the consumer affairs office at 410 throw 136420.

they walked for a purpose with mayor sheila dixon and the police commissioner in the carrollton ridge neighborhood. the citizens were on patrol fighting against crime after a terrible tragedy. last week 5-year-old raven wyatt was shot in the head as she walked back from a store. on this night the community and police teamed up for the walk hoping to make a change and stop the violence. >> i'm encouraged so many people are here but i will take more delight if a month from now, if three months from now, we still have this level of commitment in all these other people that are interested. >> we don't see results from the walking but we see results from the clean-up. a lot of times we go through an area and we see where trash is or something like that. >> reporter: police arrested 17-year-old lamont davis for shooting the child. he's charged with attempted murder. go to abc2news.com. chel us about -- tell us what you think about the shooting and city officials' response. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> abc2 news has confirmed that baltimore county police will take over the investigation o

. >>> mayor sheila dixon speaking out this morning in support of the baltimore city police department after three children were handcuffed and taken to jail. it all started with a call to police on friday night in the medfield neighborhood off falls road. three boys ages 7, 8, and 11 were caught trying to steal from a neighbor's yard so police officers arrested them. one of the boys' parents was angry her child got locked up. the mayor says all the kids should apologize for trying to steal from a neighbor. >> i hope as a result of what took place that they have learned from that as well as that they will go back to the victim and not only apologize but have them maybe engage in some community efforts in that neighborhood to -- i think that's what it's going to take. >> police don't plan to file charges against the boys. >>> any time you are with someone from the city you may complain about your bills and then they whip out their property tax when the conversation is over. we'll be gabbing about this today. abc2 news brittney gordon with word of a possible tax cut. tell us. >> reporter

here's sheila jackn lee on tuesday at the jackson service.of representatives this resotion 600 that will be debated on the floor of the house that caimsichael jackson as a american legend and musical icon, a world humanitarian, someonwho will be honoredforever and forever an forever and forer and forever. >> susan ige, the last tme i checked before the d of the memorialshe had exactlyne co-sponsor on at resolion in the hous is this thing going to actually make it to the floor of th house? is peter king going to be the lone voicef opposition or is going to be a big movement? >> i don't know. the house rognizes a lot of people at the point o their death, including controrsial people. and sheila jackson dd not promise this wouldass the house. she promised this would be debated on the floor of the house. it puts decrats in a little bit of a bi maybe beuse of some more questble aspects about michael ckson's life, but it puts republicans in a little bit of a bind, too, given their low sanding with afcan-americans, with youn people in this countr i'

mayor sheila dixon threw out the first pitch today. she says she hopes baltimore all star will be able to travel to kawasaki next year. >> you know, through exchanges like these, we brought our young people to the amazing diversity and knowledge all around the world. >> kawasaki and baltimore became sister cities in 1989. >>> the biggest story line to come out telephone first ravens practice today was more about who didn't suit up. ten guys, mostly veterans reported on the physically unable to perform list, at least for the time being. joe flacco not among those guys. he look much more confident. he says she not concerned with the receivers the ravens have. so the fans shouldn't be either. all the quarterbacks ran routes and lined up his runningbacks at time. troy smith, though, does not exactly have the hands of a receiver. willis mcgahey did not practice. he heard a talk that ray rise should be the starter. but trust me, mcgahey think he's should be the guy. >> i mean, i can be [ inaudible ] not too many people can take the penalty.

the political pundits are weighing in on mayor sheila dixon's latest indictments. experts say yesterday's indictments will likely push dixon's trial into an election year. and that could be bad news for a mayor who may want to run again. meanwhile, the mayor's office says dixon will continue to conduct the business of the city. >>> memorial services were held today for two of the four victims killed in a helicopter crash last week. advanced helicopter concepts employees jeff nordaas, george tutor, and niall booth were killed, along with kim felix. their chopper went down on interstate 70. a service was held for felix this afternoon in damascus, and a service for george tutsier is being held in about a half hour in manchester. >>> the white house says president barack obama does not expect his beer summit will be a mediation session for black harvard scholar henry gates and the white police officer who arrested him. the president invited both gates and sergeant crowley to join him for a beer later today. meanwhile, a poll shows most americans disapprove of the presi

. >>> now to that breaking news involving baltimore mayor sheila dixon. tonight she is facing two new indictments. terry is in the newsroom in the breaking news center with details. >> reporter: call it a case of deja vu. new indictments for the mayor, one day after a city council woman and prominent businessman are indicted. mayor dixon just released a statement telling us, as i have for my entire career as a public servant, he will continue to focus on the needs of the people of baltimore. my commitment to the city has never wavered, and is as strong as ever. the new indictments accuse the mayor of failing to report gifts from her one-time boyfriend and businessman ronald lipscomb on financial disclosure forms. those gifts included a $2,000 gift certificate at a furrier, travel and lodging in new york, and plane tickets to chicago. the indictment details thousands of dollars lipscomb reportedly gave the mayor. money the prosecutor says she failed to report as required by law. some of these charges were dismissed by a judge earlier this year, but it now

mayor sheila dixon insists these new charges will not stop her.t on with her schedule yesterday evening saying she never intended on cancelling her appearance at the women's business forum in baltimore even after a grand jury handed down new indictments against her. a judge dismissed perjury and misconduct charges against her earlier. the state prosecutor re-filed the charges arguing the mayor failed to disclose expensive gifts given to her in 2004 by her boyfriend at the time, developer ronald lipscomb. the new indictment details several purchases the mayor made on a trip the couple took to chicago. the prosecutor says dixon failed to include any of the gifts on her financial disclosure form. >> i'm going to stick to my schedule. i mean, that's a commitment that i make. >> i think it is very serious. she's got the best defense team out there but she's probably going to need it. >> reporter: mayor dixon's attorney released a statement saying "the new charges are as flawed as those that were previously dismissed and we expect they will meet the sam

financial protection agency and we have sheila bair at odds with fed chairman bernanke with the whole notion how do you manage systemic risk, bair and shapiro are very favorable of a systemic risk council with teeth opposed to the fed taking the lead. all that got exposed today. >> i can't figure out if this has any market impact at all. i ave concluded it doesn't. one thing i want to ask you, president obama in his news conference the other night for the first time unveiled an idea of financial penalties for bank whose take quote-unquote excessive risks, that could have impact. did that come up today. >> it was buried in the prepared testimony both in the fdic remark and to some degree, fed remark as well if they recast the notion of how do you deal with quote too big to fail, they want to build in some sort of penalty and up front fee structure to cushion the potential cost to taxpayer. >> i thought the biggest thing i heard reading the press report was ben bernanke telling people, i guess he must have responded to a question his emergency liquidity programs are running out and nobo

c-span: and sheila brown. >> guest: and sheila brown, right. yeah. c-span: who's sheila brown? guest: she's a friend of our--brian brown's wife. they--and they have--own a kind of a normal castle or keep. c-span: is it--oh, maybe ask you a different way, how does it feel to be so public with your life? >> guest: i haven't had time to reflect on it since last september, how to be--because i've seen--i know people who are public because i used to hang around the lion's head bar in new york and i knew pete hamlin and people like that who'd been public for years and years and years. and i'd see them come and go and i--i'd be on the periphery of that crowd. and the--i was what they called in america 'only a teacher.' only a teacher. they're journalists and writers and poets. i'm only a teacher. and i was thre--i--i ki--i was always on the periphery. in a sense, i was like my father, an outsider. now people look at me--oh, they look at me. it's like ralph ellison'sbook, "invisible man," peop--the people don't see you until you d--i wrote a book. i taught for 27 years and nobody paid

sheila jackson lee of texas is introducing a resolution honoring jackson as a global humanitarian. the issue is expected to be met with opposition from republicans. for more on his moral, go to our website, wjla.com. >>> obama met with vladimir putin in what aides called a frank session. the talk about improving relations between washington and moscow. president obama said they did not agree with everything, but the established a neutral tone of respect. the first family flies to italy tonight. the government in china is trying to stop the civil unrest between the ethnic weaker -- uighur minorities and han chinese. >>> prosecutors showed a key piece of evidence in the trial of william jefferson to the. they showed a video recorded by the fbi that showed him outside a hotel accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000. he is accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes. >>> a proposal that gained a lot of attention becomes what in d.c. >> alberto gonzalez has a new job lined up for the fall. >> temperatures are still in the upper 80's. p >>> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00. >>>

>> sheila dail: it was so quiet. and donna and i were seated beside each other. she was..., and i was here. and it was so quiet. and i said, "what was that?" and we were... you know, i whispered. and you did say, "maybe a bird strike." >> donna dent: "bird strike." >> couric: what was the sensation inside the cabin after the birds hit the engines? >> welsh: i had some panic in the back. and i got out of my seat and i calmed everyone down. i said, "it's okay." i said, "it's... we might have lost one engine. we'll circle around." and so i thought, well, everything is okay, and then i heard the old "brace for impact." >> couric: what was your reaction to hearing those words? >> welsh: well, terror. sheer terror. >> dail: i thought, "okay, we're going to crash on the... on the runway." >> dent: we be... began yelling, "brace. brace. heads down. stay down. brace. brace. heads down. stay down." >> couric: what did the passengers do when you started giving these commands? >> dail: they were not getting in the brace position. they were looking out the window. you know, i... people

. >> and not just between geithner and bernanke, also includes sheila bair. this new agency, tim geithner says should write the rules and enforce. ben bernanke says, no, no, i should write the rules someone else can enforce them. sheila bair says someone else can write the rules, but i want to enforce them. >> and this shows how complicated doing financial reform is going to be in this country. not the different businesses and industries that are out there, but also inside government there is a fight that is complicating this. and not only democrats and republicans on two different -- >> because whoever wins gets the you will mat power over what the new structure will look like. >> i think that's a big part of it. let's go back to the hearing. >> i don't have to tell you that the unemployment rates in minority communities, in poor communities, are double digit, have been for a long time. and when we see 14 and 15%, like in new york, you really talk in some sense of areas of 35, 40% around this country. and so i'm very interested in doing everything that i can

leaves behind parents rick and sheila and brother aaron. josh yeah frazier, an american hero. nancy, thank you for letting me sit in. until then, have a wonderful, wonderful night. >>> next on "issues," dramatic developments in the michael jackson manslaughter investigation. scrutiny of the timeline the day he died. waiting 30 minutes before calling 911 f. you add up the 911 call, the time it took paramedics to get there and worked on michael jackson at the home, it adds up to one hour and 17 minutes. and he had no pulse and he wasn't breathing during most of that according to paramedics so when was he dead? that's the big question. we're going to explore tonight on "issues." we're also going to take a look at the casey anthony case heating up again after being pushed off the headlines. it is back. cindy deposed by state prosecutors, did she turn into a deposition diva again? we'll try to answer that question coming up on "issues."

mayor sheila dixon faces 70 years in prison if she is convicted.ndictments were handed up against her by a grand jury. one of the biggest differences between these accusations and the previous one is that the developer has agreed to cooperate with authorities. he pleaded guilty earlier this year to campaign finance violations. new indictment tonight for the former teacher and coach accused of soliciting sex from a 14- year-old boy. the 43-year-old taught physical education and coached boys' lacrosse. the state's attorney says he was indicted this week on 18 counts, involving fair degree sex offenses and perverted sex offenses. back in april, he was indicted on six other counts. in about 30 minutes, president obama will have a beer with a professor and a police started. earlier this month, he made the comment that police had acted to been the interesting professor henry gates jr.. he was arrested after a police sergeant accused him of disorderly conduct for protesting the police actions. the meeting with the two men will be an opportunity to listen