the west side. we had showers earlier on in through anne arundel county and passing off the new jersey shoreline. we're watching this little band of rain, doesn't look like there's much lightning with it but we're watching this band of moderate rain passing to the north side of reisterstown and through westminster and looks like we have this heading over towards the hereford zone. looks like parkton and pretty boy getting a little wet this morning along the 83 stretch. overall showers this morning and chance of showers and thunderstorms through midday and this afternoon. our high temperature this afternoon will be 82. a little lower than our two-degree guarantee because of all the rain and the clouds around but it's going to feel warmer than that. >>> 6:31. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> thank you. 95 southbound has been reopened between o'donnell street and the keith avenue exits. however, only two lanes get by, the two left lanes, traffic slow from the 895 split and a lot of people bailed out on 895 southbound. that is slow from about moravia. give yourself a lot of time t

all lanes remain blocked because of the earlier crash. the tow truck is en route. st. pauls street at north charles street. we have a water main break out in pikesville. as you see, as we look at 83 southbound right now, you have a 20-minute commute from the pennsylvania state line to about the beltway. also, as we check around the beltway, everything is running smoothly, especially on the east side from white marsh boulevard headed to harford road. this is the bw parkway at 695. you can see traffic is flowing freely at this time. all being brought to you by 93.1, wpoc, baltimore's country music station. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> let's get you updated on the breaking news. investigators confirm that four people were killed after their helicoltonner crashed late last night. sherrie? >> reporter: investigators with the national transportation safety board and the faa will be back at the scene today after a helicopter crashed and killed four people in central maryland. the crash happened last night about 10:30 near smithsburg about ten miles east of hagerstown. th

>>> have an update on the earlier crash, between o'donnell avenue and keith avenue exits. nvolving a passenger vehicle and box truck. that now has the three right lanes blocked, only the left shoulder gets by. you might want to hop off on 895 southbound, use that as an alternate to avoid that mess. a crash still in the city, franklintown road and west fayette street and becker road and mickler avenue, the left lane blocked, emergency crews are performing emergency utility work. give yourself extra time there. looking at the cameras, this is 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard. you kind of see what i'm talking about. we got delays and volume building because of that accident between o'donnell and keith avenue. like i said, try 895 southbound as an alternate. back to you. >>> get the seltzer ready for this baby. camden yards hotdog have nothing on this monster. a three-foot frank. >> a whole jar on pickles on top. >>> new at 6:00 on "good morning maryland" -- a teenager thought he escaped the long arm of the law but his facebook faux pas gets him into hotter water.

and, the earlier 14 had all ended in some kind of peace agreement or agreement to end hostilities and every time there was a peace agreement, all 14 of them, on the government side it was pushed as a -- on the pakistan side it was pushed as a great event, an end to the problem, and, beginning of a new era, in the area in the south. unfortunately, on the other side, on the taliban side, the insurgent side, it wasn't seen -- these agreements were not seen quite in that light. and, they used each opportunity to expand, spread terror, wyden their sphere of control, and, generally, consolidate themselves. and so when the peace agreement in swat was being negotiated, i think -- i don't speak for the government or the military, but, i think the idea was that for once we should see whether they stick to this agreement, do what they are saying and then we can take it from there. and, it didn't take long for them to throw off any cloak and come out with their intentions. which were very clear. refuse to lay down their arms which was part of the agreement. they declared that he rest of pakistan

that crash on the outer loop past wilkens avenue where the right two lanes remain blocked from the earlier crash involving a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle. expect emergency crews on the scene and traffic does slow from frederick road. the other crash, inner loop approaching liberty road still off to the shoulder, not really causing an impact on the morning commute. the on-ramp from southbound route 170, that is camp meade road to the inner loop, closed for emergency roadwork due to an sinkhole on the on-ramp. avoid that if possible. this is 95 southbound as you make your way through howard county. you can see the sun coming up there and traffic flowing freely at this time. back to you. >>> regulars know it as s.h. the suburban house in pikesville has been feeding local families since the 1950s. fire late yesterday afternoon heavily damaged this popular restaurant. this morning cheryl conner is live at the scene with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, a few drivers have stopped in front of the building to glance at the suburban house. the restaurant has been

. >> 50 eastbound at baydale drive, that right lane has been closed, two lanes get by from the earlier disabled boat crash there. traffic flowing freely here at this time. and the beltway, pretty clean at this hour, however there's construction going on in the fort mchenry tunnel that has one tube blocked in each direction. shouldn't cause any delays at this time during this point of the rush hour but just keep it in mind if you're traveling soon. this is 695 at the bw parkway, traffic flowing freely in both directions, no incidents at this time. back to you. >>> 5:32. no motive, no suspects in a shooting in anne arundel county that left one man dead. it happened at the rainbow view apartments yesterday morning in glen burnie. neighbors say they heard shots and called police after seeing 28-year-old lamont gordon junior lying there on the ground. >> you get up in the morning, come outside and i see all this happening here. it's a shock to the whole community. >> i've been here two years and nothing, never happened like this out here. never. i do feel unsafe now. >> again, police have n

honey >> road closed at whitemarsh boulevard because of the earlier crash. traffic lights still out at south tollgate lane and reisterstown road. no problems on the west side of the outer loop, just building volume. also things looking good around the beltway at this time. no problems at the tunnels. and here, 95 southbound as you make your way towards the whitemarsh boulevard area we do have building volume with a little bit of slowing but no delays at this time. back to you. >>> check this out -- it's a boat race with an unusual twist. all the vessels of made out of cardboard. the 23rd annual world championship cardboard boat race took place in central arkansas. police went all out decorating boats to look with bright colors. one boat was even designed to look like a dragon. >> it's a fun time for the families to come and be together and have a good time and laugh and watch the boats and cheer on your favorite boat. it's a great place to be. >> central arkansas cardboard boat race. 24th. >>> how about the car demolition derby in carroll county tonight? 7:30

the eastern seaboard. we've already had showers roll through earlier on. ose of you in anne arundel county probably woke up with thunder and lightning. that passed through cape may and now near atlantic city, new jersey. we also have rain on the west side. it's been falling apart with heavier storms that did blow through northern virginia in the last couple hours but thunder and lightning passing their way on in through south central and western sections of pennsylvania. this is part of a band of rain and storms that will continue to regenerate as we head through the day. give or take the time frame, we generally got the plot midday with more showers and storms. there could be locally heavy rain producers, flash flooding a possibility. and yes of course the dangerous frequent lightning and thunder. heavy rain continues through the this evening and tonight at times. then tomorrow a warm humid day, partly sunny with scattered showers. we'll probably do it again as we head through friday. today, looking for 82 degrees. we're pulling back a little on the thrott

the ntsb earlier record on the same section of track part of circuitry that keeps trains separated had been replaced five days before the crash. in the five-day period, computerized records showthat section of track sometimes failed to detect the presence of trains. today the ntsb revealed erie summonedder was replaced in the same section of track 18 months before the crash and, quote, records reveal this track's circuit had been intermittently fluctuating since the replacement was installed in december of 2007. well, late this afternoon, metro managers told reporters fluctuations does not necessarily mean failure to detect trains for 18 months. general manager john cato. >> the sampling evealed the rush hour performance of one rush hour each month during that period. based on that samples, the circuit appears to have been doing the job of detecting trains. >> reporter: john catoe believes the circuits were detecting trains but he conceives the data sample is small. metro is crunching more numbers. ntsb is asking metro for work orders for that section of track to see if maintenance wor

the traffic signals. it could take you a few minutes to get around that. that earlier crash in the city, woodland avenue and reisterstown road has been cleared but the crash in bel air, press prospect mill road and wentworth drive remains on scene. halethorpe, southwestern boulevard and washington boulevard, a crash there. no problems at the fort mchenry tunnel or harbor tunnel. however, on the west side of the beltway, outer loop, no problems to let you know about as you make your way from liberty road to the route 70 interchange. on the east side of the outer loop whitemarsh boulevard looks good as you make your way all around to the providence road exit. a quick look now, bw parkway at 695, you can see traffic is flowing freely in both directions, no problems at this time. >>> 6:01. baltimore city knows it's a problem and you've paid for it. if you own a $200,000 moment -- home in the city you pay $4500 in taxes. same house two miles away in baltimore county, tax, $2,200. brittney gordon with an idea to lower your property tax. >> reporter: if to you live in the cit

as opposed to the earlier ships which are 20 years or older. it is brand new with the state- of-the-art features. >> let's go to the port royal. it was grounded off honolulu february 5th. the navy has findings. what happened? >> it was a mess. the ship had been in the shipyard for five months. it was out for sea trials for the first time. the crew didn't know what they were doing. the instruments were not functioning. the captain hadn't slept in three days. it was a perfect storm. it will cost a lot of money to repair. >> do we have an estimate? >> $40 million. the bills have not been paid yet. it could be more or less when it comes due. >> bill, thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, my notebook. at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and make it easy when you're away. and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. get back to what really matters switch to suntrust checking today suntrust. live solid, bank solid. >>> the defense secretary moved to increase the size of the army by 25,000 troops. he says more soldiers are needed to

this is the time lapse camera from earlier today. you can see it was a cloudy afternoon, and then this evening they did see a few showers out there. that was one of the areas that did pick up some rain this evening. most of it was concentrated into carroll county, northern baltimore county, harford and cecil counties. but most of the folks in the city and south of there did stay dry until like i said that shower moved through shortly ago. so we will be dealing with some wet weather in warm temperatures this weekend. we got to a high of 87 today. it felt a little bit warmer than where we had been. still not quite to that average. typically this time of year we should be at 88 degrees. we've been feeling below average temperatures. and today no exception. by tomorrow, though, we will be reaching highs closer to 90 degrees. so getting above that average in the upper 80s. right now we're down to 70 degrees. 70 in hagerstown and 70 is the current temperature in easton. so today we did have a upper- level trough move through the area. that'

got to see a pop-up shower and thunderstorm across parts of the city. earlier today. but most things quieted down quite a bit out there. looking at the sky watch hd skycam. inner harbor shot. few clouds. temperatures 76 degrees. winds calm. and humidity level, look at that. 94 percent. 94 percent. that feels pretty stick and he muggy out there. so, just one of those days you will probably have to turn on the air conditioning if you have it. or go somewhere that has it. and not feel so uncomfortable. stuck with the high humidity levels for the next few days as moisture moves out of the south. and in combination with that, temperatures build over the next couple of days. hotter temperatures building up. especially getting into wednesday, thursday. looking at those temperatures getting quite warm out there looking at 80 degrees in baltimore. 80 in harrisburg. 74 in pittsburg. 79 in richmond. all the humidity levels are high out there. one of the sticky hot uncomfortable nights. looking at showers and thunderstorms breaking up over the area earlier today. back west, over k

we will be hot and humid and the question we posed earlier will we see the same strong to severe weather we saw yesterday? not today. potentially tomorrow. but today hot and humidity als the area of low pressure is up in the new england area dumping rain on them. we are seeing patchy fog. 73 downtown. 82 in ocean city. today the forecast high 88 to 92 but when you factor in the moisture it will feel much more uncomfortable. the real-feel will be in the mid to upper 90's. prepare yourselves. it is almost the beginning of august. but we get a brief break in the humidity by saturday. more on that but let's say hey to sandra. >> whatever you do don't throw big weather words at regis. >> he takes about the weather all the time. i know that. >> maybe he will be with you on that. we will see. as far as the traffic, let's see what is going on. we have an accident southbound 95 at 295 to the left so not having a major impact but as volume picks up we will monitor . white marsh southbound just past tapping the brakes. downed trees. garrison forest and park heights in owings mills all lanes closed.

there are ambulances and police in front of the hotel. earlier, security guards at the hotel told us they evacuated several bodies out of the hotel. as you mentioned earlier, the reports are saying at least five or six people died in the blast. we don't have independent confirmation on this yet. and as you say, the details are sketchy right now. >> you're saying the blast occurred inside the hotel, is the cafe inside? >> reporter: it looks like that from here. we can see that large parts of the windows are cracked. and i think we believe that because of the blast in 2003, the j.w. marriott is heavily fortified right now. no cars can even go through the lobby. cars have to go through at very front of the building. but it seems like from what we see, the explosion did happen from inside. >> our producer on the scene at the ritz-carlton earlier, andy saputra said he thought the situation was the same at the ritz-carlton, from what he could tell. again, this is just one eyewitness report. he said it seemed as if the blast may have occurred inside the

a second bomb in spain close to the site of today's earlier explosion. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, inside zimbabwe. andrew harding reports on the for signs of hope. is reconciliation still possible? >> we have come to meet a man who lost his life and property when his property was attacked. is he ready to forgive and forget? >> and he died at the age of 113, having survived world war i. the world's oldest man was honored today. >>> it was meant to be a memorial for those killed in the protests over iran's disputed presidential elections, but in an act of defiance, tension between opposition and the government spilled over today, leading to fresh clashes on the streets of tehran. of the violence erupted as several unpeople assembled at a cemetery to mark the 14th day of mourning for a woman whose death was taped on a mobile phone and transmitted around the world in minutes. >> at the karon cemetery, it was part memorial cemetery, part political protest -- at the cemetery in tehran. they ch

and, the earlier 14 had all ended in some kind of peace agreement or agreement to end hostilities and every time there was a peace agreement, all 14 of them, on the government side it was pushed as a -- on the pakistan side it was pushed as a great event, an end to the problem, and, beginning of a new era, in the area in the south. unfortunately, on the other side, on the taliban side, the insurgent side, it wasn't seen -- these agreements were not seen quite in that light. and, they used each opportunity to expand, spread terror, wyden their sphere of control, and, generally, consolidate themselves. and so when the peace agreement in swat was being negotiated, i think -- i don't speak for the government or the military, but, i think the idea was that for once we should see whether they stick to this agreement, do what they are saying and then we can take it from there. and, it didn't take long for them to throw off any cloak and come out with their intentions. which were very clear. refuse to lay down their arms which was part of the agreement. they declared that he rest of pakistan

the lake here, again, quiet place. and they say there is very little crime here. but earlier today, this peaceful place turned into a crime scene early this morning. after the alarming discovery of a man's body in a parked white car, in the 3400 block of lake mont bellow drive. investigators say a jogger found the man slumped over the wheel. then called 911. police are calling it a suspicious death. investigators say the body showed obvious signs of dee composition, which means the man may have been dead for days before the body was discovered. on the busy path around the lake. but no one noticed the body in the car. >> they probably noticed but people are not saying nothing. that's all. >> if that was a strange car, and i saw it, then i would probably say something about it. you know, but i didn't see it. you know, and like i say, again, it probably was brought here and put there. >> well, someone initially reported the incident to police as a shooting. but police say it is too early to know exactly what this is. again, calling it a suspicious death. they say they should kno

chance of showers and thunderstorms but i think primarily in the earlier part of the day to the mid afternoon and then it will feel a little bit better. but dropping humidity. then sunday should be nice. highs in the mid-80s. comfortable humidity levels. chance of some more thunderstorm activity. temperatures in the low 80s for the beginning of the workweek. now, let's get more on the rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> it is not too busy right now. we have lanes open as you leave the top stretch of the beltway headed around to 270. it was a place chase before the exit for the springfield interchange. a lot of activity there along the left side of the highway traveling from braddock road to take you out to richmond. this is the live shot of 395. northbound, no accident to report continuing over to the southeast-southwest freeway. going to find southbound 270 in great shape. overnight construct has cleared out of germantown headed back out towards the village. they've been working on the northbound side doing the repaving project here between 124 and middle brook road. they've turned aroun

the other hotel was the rits carlton. >>> earlier i spoke to indonesian presidential spokesman. here's what he had to say to update us on the situation. please bring us up to date on what you know so far. what has happened and the casualty count. >> well, i was at the location just now, at the marriott hotel, and the minister for politics and security and chief intelligence and the police chief were there. have inspectors be -- the area. so far the death toll is six people in marriott hotel where the explosion took place at about 7:45 in the morning. then two people at ritz-carlton. so eight and at least eight people. the number of people in the 40s. they have been brought to the hospitals around jakarta. but at the moment, now the forensic experts, they are busy collecting the forensic evidence. part of the team that i witnessed inside the area that was bombed. so at the moment we're doing everything we can to find out any evidence that we can collect. >> mr. djalal, do you know where the bombs took place? one of our cnn producers had been talking with some police officers who b

but it is within the law, exists within the law as you noted in the earlier hour with for the executive branch to withhold anything they want which i'm going to predict right here and now that this president is going to do at some point in time. the larger storey and the more damaging story and why i think the obama administration is walking into a buzz saw here is what eric holder is suggesting he is going to do in this week's "newsweek" to backwards prosecute and investigate these people, these intelligence gatherers will have such -- >> those who were involved in the interrogation techniques. the harsh interrogation techniques. i want to play for you what john cornine said earlier today, the republican senator from texases. james, listen to this because this is exactly on the point that mary's just making. >> this is a terrible trend and i hope that the attorney general listens to the president who says we need to look forward, not backward. this is high-risk stuff because if we chill the ability or the willingness of our intelligence operatives and others to get information that's n

all that talk back in the earlier part of this decade about how people work refinancing in taking the money out and spending it on things, how great that was for the economy. that was a short-term fix in a long-term disaster. created by lack of leadership. short-term fix, long-term disaster. people living on stuff that they had no right to and in this country, you don't have a right to own a home. you have the opportunity to own a home. this is the land of opportunity. yes, we have rights but when it comes to this stuff, we have the opportunity for a job. that is what my grandfather came here for in 1906 as a 6-year-old boy. he came here to live the american dream, and because of what was in place with the manufacturing society, his grandson got to move up to be ceo of fortune 200 company, making seven to $10 million a year. by the way the six most efficiently paid ceo in the united states, okay, so that is not outrageous if anybody thinks so. i am still trying to get our defensive ends in charlotte getting $60 million for one year. it does not work out that way. it is not the way our

on your camera on the >> earlier this morning, we told you that pennsylvania and constitution will belosed off. the economic summit going on this afternoon. keeping that closed. delayed could be felt on the tha thafl. 14th street between constitution and pennsylvania will be closed. this could main some najor traffic tie ups through the day. >> i really hate it. i wish i could stay at home and work from home please. >> the reason behind the closure, a meeting. traffic control officers will be at various intersections to keep cars moving. the 14th street bridge is until undergoing renovation. >> instead of using the bridge to get into the city, take the 12th street or the danielling damage. if you don't want to take any chances includeings use the row velt going on until 6:55 tonight. leaving earlier, you may want to use the 14th street tunnel. >> we need your help to find a missing 11-year-old girl. she left her home after a family dispute. she was seen in this grocery store parking lot. african-american between 120. wearing a blie green thank cl l clofl. >> two men got into an argume

we spoke to the cfo earlier. it's very hard to talk about any improvement by the end of the year. and that's echoed by vw earlier today. they said we can't actually at this point still give an indication of where we think earnings will be by tend of 2009. on the currency market, that plays out and the dollar/yen absolutely steady. 94.97. euro slshl dollar, still below 1.41. cable is now over 1.65, christine. >> hey, ross, i want to briefly mention some things coming off the wires right now about china saying it will seek a bigger say about international commodity pricing. china will continue to push forward quarter, gas and oil pricing. speaking of china, we have chinese stocks rising 1.7% after webs's massive 5% drop. we have the and use market tools to sustain credible growth. china's banking regulator said it is monitoring loans. strim production rose at its fastest pace in nearly a century. the kospi up 0.7%. the nikkei 225 up 0.5%. nymex light sweet crude, we are watching that, as well. we saw a sharp drop ye

the rest of his life. he was transferred earlier today. he was sentenced to 150 years after he admitted defrauding investors. >>> residents are picking up the pieces in virginia after powerful storms ripped through the area. winds hit close to 70 miles per hour. two inches of rain fell in just a few minutes. >> we will get a gentle break. >>> we have only seen less than half an inch of rain since summer started. the storms last night were to the south. the big differenceod taahe error is really try. take a look outside. -- -- the air is really try. -- d ue skies and noue raimaking cl ods there. the air is o super dry, a thingf beauty. august is usually warmer. 84 degrees the temperature in culpeper. the high was 86, and the dew point number is at 50. when we see the number down there, it is dry. the winds are light of the southwest. let's show you the storm scanned, the big picture. you can see across the mid- atlantic, the high pressure to the ohio valley, the wds are variable, but as the high pressure since to the south, our winds are goi

conservative democrats agreed to cut $100 million from the earlier plan. >>> a little bit of rain did not ruin the night for the orioles at the camden yards. chris got his first start at the big leagues playing the kansas royals. the birds rebound and go onto win 7-3. the orioles and royals wrap up their 4-game series this afternoon at 12:30. the orioles welcome the red sox this weekend. see the birds taking on the sox saturday night at 7:00 here on wjz 13. if you're going to the ballpark, bring along some canned goods for the food bank. >>> if you're going out today, gorgeous afternoon, 12:00 game, temperature probably about 80 by then and just gorgeous. so if you get a chance to go out. >> when is the last time you said that. >> 88 degrees today down to 70 tonight. >> and it's time to check in with the ronster. >> you mentioned the food drive, we're there friday night. >> come out and bring your cash and canned goods. >> does it feel more comfort comfortability this morning? >> we're in phoenix this morning, not arizona. >> usually hot there. >> we're in baltimore county, how do you

but that's not the case. earlier this afternoon, we had one little shower that went over the essex area and on up towards white marsh. we've now got one little shower that is right up 95 from d.c. there it is right there. not providing any thunderstorm activity at this point in time. just very heavy downpours. but as we go lew the next couple days, the heat and humidity continue to build the afternoon showers and thunderstorms. your forecast for the next couple hours, partly cloudy. but a few showers are going to be around. not everybody is going to see them, but they are going to be there. temperatures will hold in the 80s for the next couple of hours. what about the next couple days? how about that humidity? how about the thunderstorm activity? we'll cover it all, coming up in just a couple minutes. >> all right, thanks, norm. >>> supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor is closer to becoming the first hispanic justice. the senate judiciary committee voted today to send sotomayor's nomination to the full senate. just

from the earthquake earlier this year. protester demand more than empty talk. >> we all have a stake in this bag. -- this thing. i know was important to the president to show a strength in dealing with developing nations. >> on the global economy, g8 leaders called the stimulus plans necessary. on capitol hill, republicans called the president boss stimulus plan a failure. >> every american has the right to ask, where are the governors of that work -- where are the jobs that were promised? >> it would be infinitely greater if it cannot -- or enough for the aid that the stimulus package is given to the states. >> the funds have yet to fully taken very >> we will see that more fully later this year. >> despite the signs, no one predicts the stimulus will revive the number of jobs lost by the recession. >> worries about jobs are costing the president's support. in ohio, unemployment has topped 10%. as of this week, more people there disapprove than approve of the president's handling of the economy. >>> thousands of fans are e

we had the rain out to the west earlier today. then the thunderstorms really started to build up from 2:00 on. you can see all of that racing off to the northeast. winds are keeping the moisture levels very, very high. the dew point is 70 degrees. temperatures are varying. because of the facts that thunderstorms have moved through, knocking temperatures back down. but we are coming in at 82 right now. at bwi marshall. and dew points at 72 in cumberland. 75 in easton. 73, ocean city. when you're seeing this, it is tropical feeling outside. really feeling -- fueling these thunderstorms to the point that they can become strong or severe as we saw earlier today. the storm is a large one, still extending to the south. going to take through the night to get out of here. and tomorrow morning, still could see some clouds lingering. and there is a chance for a shower or thunderstorm during the day tomorrow. most of this will leave tomorrow. and as it does, we're going to increase our chances once again for thunderstorms. tonight going down.

that's something the president spoke about earlier. suzanne malveaux, our correspondent on the ground, has been talking about that speech, and labeling it tough love, because in many ways it was. he was highlighting the problems and saying, africans are responsible for africa. we as the united states will be there to help and lend a hand, but ultimately, you are responsible for your own problems. he also highlighted the issue of krups and took it head-on saying that young people, you have a responsibility to speak out and hold your leaders accountable and he was speaking directly to young people. for many reason, and one of them being that over half of the population is made up of young people. so they hold the power. to hold their leaders accountable. and he also talked a little about the genocide in darfur, the terrorists in somalia, saying we stand ready to partner through diplomacy and logistical support and stand behind efforts to hold more criminals accountable. he was being very specific when it comes to the problems that many co

. >> i asked the president earlier today who exactly will be charged with the important job of identifyinghcare system. >> what i proposed is that we have a panel of medical experts that are making determinations about what protocols are, you know, appropriate for what diseases. there's going to be some disagreement, but if there's broad agreement that in this situation the blue pill works better than the red pill and it turns out the blue pill is half as expensive as the red pill, then we want to make sure that doctors and patients have that information available to them. then i think most patients and doctors don't want to spend money unnecessarily. >> there had been some progress on the hill earlier in the day when the senate health committee approved their version of a healthcare bill. the house democrats unveiled their proposal yesterday. both plans would require employers to cover employees or pay a penalty to the government. create a government-run insurance program to compete with private insurers and require americans to obtain health insurance giving subsidies to the poor to help

six barges were positioned between 24th and 50th street on the hudson river. earlier today, people in arbutus turned out for the annual fourth of july parade. robert ehrlich turned out for the event. he waved to people as they lined the streets. jim smith was also on hand for all of the fun. >>> tough economic times hurt some fourth of july celebrations for many community as cross the country. some people are getting away from independence day celebrations because of the poor economy. some areas like new jersey, delaware and pennsylvania scaled back fourth of july events. in philadelphia, one 94-year- old neighborhood celebration moved inside a recreation center, which meant no parade and no fireworks. >> it's kind of sad that they're not gonna have any fire works this year. >> it's upsetting. >> the fireworks here are rellly good. -- really good. >> reporter: in years past, officers were donated for neighborhood security. this year, the department can't afford it and the neighborhood doesn't have what's needed to cover police costs. >>> abc 2 is here to help you thou

the army received a ransom call earlier this month saying 24- year-old james gonzalez had been abducted. the caller demanded $100,000, but investigators say gonzalez was found in a texas border town last night with no indication he had ever been abducted. he will be turned over to the army after he is interviewed by police. >>> president obama says the timeline to withdraw american troops from iraq will not slide despite continued violence. they are set to leave by 20 is 1. the president made announcement wednesday iraq's prime minister. >>> president obama is weighing in on that arrest of the prominent african-american scholar. a white police officer arrested harvard professor lewis gates, jr., after being called to his home by a neighbor to investigate a burglary. after showing his id, gates reportedly accused of officer of racism and demanded his badge number. he was arrested for disorderly conduct. president obama spoke on the very high on mr. file incident during his press conference last night. >> i think it is fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. number two,

. >> if we can go back to the earlier point about the secretary, when will she resume a normal schedulean the state department confirmed why she is not traveling to moscow? is it because of the elbow injury, or another region -- reason? >> you all saw her on monday. she is very actively involved in the operation of the department and advocating u.s. policy. she had a very full day yesterday. she attended a number of meetings, including a few public meetings. but as far as her medical prognosis, these are not the kind of details i am prepared to share. i do know that she is looking forward to resuming a fault -- a full schedule. i think she has a pretty full schedule anyway. you see that some days she is out, and other day she comes to the office, but she looks forward, for example, to coming -- going to india and southeast asia in a couple of weeks. >> she has just been busy, so she is not going to moscow? >> you know, there were never any firm plans to unnecessarily for her to go to moscow. she called the foreign minister there yesterday to tell him that she was not going to go and she

in the earlier part of the decade, it was rocked by a series of deadly attacks, with most novel -- the most notable the bali attacks. it will now have to grapple with the impact of the events of today on its reputation. >>> indonesia has been targeted by islamic extremists in the past, but trouble free elections a couple weeks ago suggested they were losing influence in the world's largest muslim democracy. humphrey moxley looks at the security picture across southeast asia. >> it is almost seven years since the war on terror came to indonesia with the bali bombings in october, 2002. more than 200 people died at the busy night spots. indonesia, the world's biggest moslem nation, became a testing ground in which a spectrum of values competed for support. at one end, the vision of democratic freedom, on the other hand, islamic ideas. this was a litmus test for much of the philippine world and the impacts much of southeast asia. nearby in the southern philippines, the government is battling a long-running muslim insurgency, and islamic extremists in southern thailand have taken up arms ag

. >>> still to come on a busy night here, we will have an update on the breaking news we had earlier, a multiple shooting in baltimore. >>> also a tragedy on the road this weekend. eight people killed including children after a minivan collides right into oncoming traffic. >> and a day at the ballpark turns deadly for a major league baseball fan in philly. >> and have cemetery vandals struck again? that could be the case as another investigation is under way in chicago. >>> a firefighters tradition continues here in baltimore despite a year of economic constraints. i'm tim williams. more on that coming up. >>> i'm bernadette woods. after a round of showers and thunderstorms today, we are not quite finished with them. we will have that forecast coming up when eyewitness news returns. >> we just got new information from police so we want to update the breaking news. a mass shooting we told you about in the top of the newscast. baltimore city police have confirmed a total of 12 people have been shot tonight. it happened during a party in the 2600 block of ash land. now one of the victims

. >> good news, with the earlier debris in the roadway at the inner loop and security boulevard, have been cleared so traffic is moving along smoothly. however, there's just going to be some minor slowing in the area because of residual trace there -- delays there. a couple of crashes still, 21st street and howard street, another crash coming in at charles -- there we go, north charles and witherspoon. earlier debris on the roadway, route 29 and route 70, that has been cleared as well. >>> coming up at 9:00 -- they asked for your help getting them a new fire truck. now they have it. >> we're going to go to the lutherville volunteer fire k-7 to get a first -- fire company to get a firsthand look at the work these volunteers do not only for their community but all of us. we'll get an exclusive look at the new equipment. >>> and a family member with alzheimer's disease, dementia or another memory problem, walking away from their home. we have ways you can keep track of your family member to keep them from wandering away. >>> the news continues now on abc2news.com. >> see you at 9:00. hav

and accra, the capital right there where the president had been earlier. having a lot of very important meetings. there you go. big picture on ghana. that's where it falls in the world. set your mind for it. now let's take a look at the politics. we have video and factoids. first sub-saharan country to gain its independence. in 1957. for a while after that on the next screen, a whole bunch of coups. those continue, people grabbing power. it was not the peaceful democracy we are hearing about today. that went through 1981. it didn't stop then for a good reason either. the leader then, banned political party. held on to power. then jump ahead 11 years. 1992 when you get to the basis for what president obama is happy about now. in 1992 they got the new cons tugs approved. the parties were restored at that point. and since then there has been what is considered to be generally democracy in ghana. in fact they had an election late last year. and it was close. the winner won. there wasn't a big fight afterward. that's where things stand right now. why president o

but as far as pakistan is concerned, it's advent into the nuclear field was in response to the earlier 1974 attacks by india. then pakistan ran a test in 1998. it is regarding india. pakistan is working on a reduction strategy with india. it is on hold right now, admittedly, because of the mumbai situation. there's an enormous need for dialogue. the working on that. as far as other things are concerned, i think, if regionally this starts getting negotiated and pakistan would have no objection, very strongly conforming. i don't know about the two reactors. maybe they're connected to the [unintelligible] [laughter] >> fenty for your time. and with the department of defense. but my comments are my own. you spoke about the future of the fata and the conversation that needs to be had regarding that. but i want to get to the southern and jab and karachi. would you be willing to terrorizgive you a theory on whe areas would look like, southern and j --southern punjab and karachi? >> i have not seen the thing. but it's been on the table and people have talked about increasing the number of prov

the ceo of the company joined us on "squawk box" earlier. he says he's cautiously optimistic about the outlook. >> well, at the moment, we think the outlook is pretty good. in terms of the broader maco market, we're afraid we're not seeing any change in that. >> here in asia, china's economy gathered momentum in the second quarter thanks to a massive stimulus. gdp was up from 1% in the first quarter to 7.9%, making china the best economy in the world. the target of gdp growth for 8% appears to be in hand. angelo australian miner rio tinto has reported they evacuated their staff. the unsourced report says other foreign companies are moving employees out of the country. rio tinto said it could not comment on the report. meanwhile, shares in sydney and london are trading mixed at this point. in sydney, up 4.6% and in london it's down 1.2%. toyota is planning to supply mazda for core components for the manufacture of hybrid vehicles. mazda plans to launch a hybrid in 2013. toyota is a pioneer in hybrid technology and has at least a ten-year lead

. >> a large group of students protested outside the church earlier today. they say they are here to raise awareness and they are trying to raise money as well. last tuesday, the baltimore archdiocese made the announcement that the high school will be closing. it will displace more than 200 students and 20 faculty members. they blame the decline in enrollment and quickly growing debt. students and supporters gathered to say they are questioning the decision of the archdiocese. they are also hoping to raise money and support to save the school. >> this organization has not given them the chance to speak. it has not given them a chance to save their own school. they are left with transcripts and good luck. that is what they have left them with. that is what we're here to fight against. >> the school was going to face more than $600,000 in debt. the archdiocese says they will try to place the students and staff at other catholic schools by the fall. >>> the congregation of the baltimore church worshiped in the temporary home this sunday. the temple opened the sa

crash in the city at linden drive. 95 southbound at kateen avenue, the shoulder is blocked from the earlierunning in the roadway caused a minor accident. just keep your eyes open if you are traveling in that direction. looking at 695 at liberty road, you can see traffic is flowing freely and smoothly at this time. back to you. >>> here he was minutes away from the end of his shift, but a liquor store owner was shot to death in baltimore county. sherrie johnson's been live on the story since this started. sherrie? >> reporter: baltimore county police are searching for at least two suspects at this hour after a liquor store owner was shot and killed here. it happened just after 9:00 at the putty hill liquor store in the 7900 block of bel air road in nottingham. now, mees tell us that the store owner was shot and killed during a robbery. the store owner was a man believed to be in his 40s. police searched the area for much of the night looking for clues, anything to help in his investigation. >> we believe we may have two suspects that we're looking for. we don't have anything we can release t

he is resting in the hospital after feeling unfeel. it denies that he fainted. earlier, the france health minister said he fainted while jogging sunday at a presidential residence outside of the capital. it was reported to be a temporary loss of consciousness that can be caused by strenuous exercise. >>> harvard professor henry gates says he is ready to move on from the racial controversy the arrest sparked but that may be difficult with the possibility that tapes may be released. we will talk to a report fresh boston who has been follow -- a reporter from boston who has been following the story. stay right here, i'm jennifer griffin. %%%%%%%%%%%%

the needy. those were never dropped earlier this summer. ally the case is back where it began when the original indictments were handed down in january. we're live in downtown baltimore, cheryl conner, abc2 news. >>> the other big story we're watching -- the beer summit in washington. >> plenty of bud lites, blue moons, red stripe for the president as the president and two others. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: a summit takes place at a picnic table behind the white house. the beer summit. the follow-up to the president injecting himself into the middle of an arrest in cambridge, massachusetts. president barack obama's friend, a black professor at harvard was arrested by a well regarded white police officer. the white house hopes a few cold beers calm what became a heated racial disagreement. dr. henry faith junior was arrested two weeks ago at his home. gates forced his way in when a lock jammed. a nearby woman called 911 concerned about a possible break-in. sergeant james crowley arrived at gates' home, arrested him for disorderly

the roads. not as bad as earlier with the accident on the southwest side.now we've a closure of the ramp of camp mead to the inner loop because of a sink hole. 12 minutes on the west side, a little slower because of the earlier accident. 11 on the northeast side. you can see doing welch better on the west side in the area of i-70 but a little slow beyond that. tapping the brakes at white marsh on 95. >> we are blessed with more great weather. wore looking at a high today only about 78 out at the airport. you see the range from 77 to 82. partly cloudy, a few fair weather cumulus clouds will develop this afternoon but it feels lake spring t. tomorrow more from where that came. 81 the forecast high but back up to 87 saturday and humid before some showers and storms associated with the front saturday night. next week we go back up to 90's so even joy this. >> it is 6:38. 58 degrees. the question is would you willingly put yourself in the line of these charming bulls? some choose to defy common sense and one of the most unfathomable traditions. we will brin >> t

congress called for the probe into the worst meltdown since the great depression earlier this year. the panel will have just over a year to get to the bottom of things. it has to report back to congress by december 15 of next year. >> susie: former treasury secretary henry paulson is defending his actions during the financial crisis. tomorrow he will testify on capitol hill about bank of america's controversial acquisition of merrill lynch. paulson released today his prepared remarks, saying bank of america had no legal basis to nix the merrill deal and doing so would have shown a quote, "colossal lack of judgment." paulson also says it was appropriate for him to warn b.o.a's c.e.o. ken lewis that the bank's management could be ousted, if it rejected the merrill purchase. >> jeff: investors viewed today as a colossal buying opportunity, after intel's better-than-expected results last night. the dow opened nearly 100 points higher at the bell. intel shares leapt 8%, giving the dow a 180 point gain by noontime. adding to the bullishness, credit card issuers like american express say th

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