, except the tow truck broke down. replacement tow truck is on the same. for now, you can not to exit from eastbound 66 on to either side of northbound 95. both exits are closed. you can go inside the beltway to route 7 or go south on the beltway and get to 50 and turn around. no exit on 66 on 2495 north onto tysons. now to greta and doug. >> thank you. >>> we have a developing story out of afghanistan. >> voters are casting their ballots. the taliban has said it will try to keep voters away from polls. a young child was killed when a rocket landed near the voters in the southern part of the country. hamid karzai it is expected to win the election. we will have more this -- more on this in a live report. >>> more drama on the roads of virginia. >> a local county is filing a lawsuit. matt brock has more on these late developments. >> the state had decided to hold off on 395, 95 hot lane projects because budgets are so tight. they want to wait until things bounce back. even before they do that, arlington says you have to

another tow truck was caled to the scene to retrieve the vehicles. the dump truck is out of the way but the initial tow truck there at the scene is still in ple. what that means is traffic coming eastbound on 66 is forced to head inside of the beltway at this point to continue in towards falls church because the ramp from both eastbound 66 to go northbound on 495 remains closed at this time because of this activity. so again, eastbound 66 coming out of vienna and continuing towards the beltway, you will be forced to continue inside of the beltway over towards falls church at this time until another tow truck can retrieve the disabled vehicle. do keep that in mind. that is what we're looking at here, traffic coming eastbound from nutley street continues inside the beltway. ramp that would take you onto northbound 495 remains closed. o accidents to report if you are traveling south on 270. the pace not so bad out of hyattstown working your way out towards germantown. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> on it a developing story now. in jus

as homeowners pumped water logged basements and towed damaged cars, university of louisville reopens classes today.

tow truck is on the scene. in towson, circle road clowzed. your better business bureau do the work for you. log on to abc2news.com/bbb. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> it is one sloppy mess out there. >> absolutely. we're going to take you from the rooftop to the basement to the roads to show you just what you are up against this morning. there's linda so with exclusive video. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it will be a messy friday. it let's take a look at the exclusive video shot from pete on the street o'neil. what happened to this family is any homeowner's nightmare. their basement was completely flooded out. to make matters worse, they bought the brand new house ten days ago and today is the homeowner's birthday. the outside drain got clogged with storm debris causing the mess. then many west baltimore county, this is something you hope you never to do, scoop water out ever your car with a plastic cup. this man was driving home when he came upon a flooded street near owings mills boulevard and timber grove road. the driver sa

the tow truck is at the scene, but now backed up a little bit. the escalade is on the back of the flatbed truck, the honda accord is on the back of that truck. shortly before 9:00, michael phelps was heeding east on east biddle. a one way street. another car was heading north on north calvert street. they actually both then collided with a third car on the side of the road. i spoke to the woman in that car. her boyfriend had stopped the car and gotten out to get her something to eat at the convenience store. the 7-11. and shortly after he got out, he heard a big crash and realized that the cars had crashed into her vehicle. she is okay, not injured, but police will speak with her. she believe that is the accord that was heading north on calvert street ran the light and ran into michael phelps' vehicle, going east. police told us that the they don't believe alcohol was involved in the crash and neither michael phelps, driving the suv, or a female, driving the accord. the woman was the only person with significant injuries. she was taken to a local

, tow the victura back behind the boat.i thought, my god, this is ok. so we come alongside the honey fits, and i remember, i just like eddie ricken daker in south pacific that had been out there on the boat starving to death in the water, cold, cold, miserable. i remember ambassador candy had aç#ñ?÷Ñ megaphone and he leaner v the boat and he sad good race, teddy, but i have got some bad news for you. the captain says the sea is far too rough to tow you boys back in that boat so you will have to sail back. i mean, i couldn't believe my ears. i wanted to jump out of the boat, take my chances they might pick me up, so anyway -- anyway, but he said i have something for you here in this container, hot clam chowder, hot, vacuum packed, with these clamp things on it and he is lowering it over a rope. teddy always claimed i grabbed it an ripped off the top without opening it, just tore the top, and then proceeded to chug a lug the whole canteen, about this much and the only thing i missed was what went down my t-shirt and i said b

same with the disabled vehicle on southbound 895 on the shell road off-ramp, the tow truck took thatff the scene as well. jfx, north avenue, traffic moving without problems. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, listen to country music from taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. >>> all it took was just one candle to cause all this damage. i'm linda so live in essex. hear from the man who started it all. this is a typical snack bar. but kellogg saw an opportunity to plus things u we took out their peanuts... cause adding almonds would be a plus. r/e of dark chocolate. also a plus. then we added 35% of your daily fiber... plus antioxidants, vitamin e, and zinc. ♪ lus bars fr kellogg. fiberplus so much more. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. so i always have totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kids can't resist. plus i get two bonus box tops

going to tow us back behind the boat.backer on the south pacific. starving to death out in the water. cold, cold miserable, and i remember ambassador kennedy had a megaphone and leaned over the side of the boat and said good race, good race, teddy, but i've got some bad news for you. the captain says the sea is far too rough to tow you boys back on that boat, so you'll have to sail back. i mean i couldn't believe my ears. i wanted to jump out of the boat, take my chances they might pick me up. so anyway -- anyway, but he said i have something for you here in this container, hot clam chowder hot vacuum packed with these clamp things and he's lowering it over a rope and teddy claimed that i grabbed it ripped off the top without opening it, just tore the top, and just proceeded to chug-a-lug the whole canteen about this much and the only thing i missed was what went down my t-shirt and i said boy, that's good, and he said what about me? i'm supposed to have some of that. well, i don't think it was entirely true i drank all o

. >> a tow truck in a pool. a car plowed into it in pieces. both drivers in the hospital. all because of an accident police say was caused by texting. >> and i watched the tow truck ram into the white car at full speed in my rear view mirror. >> reporter: accidents like these are the driving force behind a september summit announced tuesday by transportation secretary ray lahood. >> the public is sick and tired of people being distracted and causing accidents. >> i think they should stop. that's why i pulled over because i have a phone conversation right now. >> i almost hit a couple of people as a matter of fact. so i know what they mean. >> . >> when they are done, have i expect to have a list of concrete steps to announce. >> reporter: one may be to a federal ban on cell phone use and texting while driving. >> what gets drivers to change their behavior is a strong law, strongly enforced. >> reporter: the statistics are shocking enough. one study found texting behind the wheel is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do, making it 23 times more likely they will c

vdot tells us replacement tow truck is on the scene. hopefully they'll have one ramp en before too long. back to you. >> some days everything seems to go wrong. >> yes. >> thank you, jerry. >> we are connected to your commute, of course. this morning all lanes are back open along ba i in georouge c 'sy. he re>>re ageorge's county. re therereer atniovgh csu s from route 198 n il lreau tre route 212 inel btsville so cakom can make major progress on the icc. >> tracee wilkins joins us live from laurel with more on what this might mean for commuters. >> reporter: good morning. this is the kind of construction we like, the kind we don't see. if this keeps up it will be really good, although it's pretty bad for overnight drivers. still, a heads-up for folks in the morning. just so that you know, icc construction is happening here as crews build an interchange for the intercounty connector. lanes are closed from 7:00 p.m. most mornings until 6:00 a.m. northbound lanes are shut down from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. between laurel and beltsville. the

they are mnhe t tow lmi 7o d0's. ' seven suit in gaithersburg.redericksbu., 68 -- 70's in gaierg.sbur we are overlooking the city. you can see some high clouds out there. we will look for a hefty amount of cloud cover. 71 in ashburn. 71 in alexandria. pretty mild this morning. there is a lot of energy to our south. it is dipping well down to our south and west. there are clou associated with that energy. we do have a lot of cloud cover out there. there is a cold front that will drape across the area as the evening wears on. it will be mild and in the mid to upper 80's this afternoon. we will see some clearing. not too bad on friday. on the weekend, the heat comes back. it will be hot and uncomfortable. >> thank you. >>> the obama administration's mortgage relief program is only helping a fraction of troubled home owners. >> the cost of what it raises -- the cost of what -- the cost of raising a child. >>> the senate appears to greenlight an extension for the cash for clunkers program. there will be rebates of up to $4,500. nearly 160,000 people h

the captain says the sea is far too rough to tow you boys back on that boat so you'll have to sail backo boat, take my chances they might pick me up. but he said i have something for you here in this container erco. it's clam chowder, hot, vacuum packed. and he's lowering it over a rope and teddy always claimed that i grabbed it, tore the rope off, ripped off the top without opening it. and proceeded to chugalug the whole con teen and the only thing that i missed was what was on my t-shirt. i don't think it's entirely true that i drank all of it. but i drank most of it. they pull the rope up and we're on our own again. i was 24 hours now on this boat. going back wasn't as bad. we now get in sight of hyannis. after how many hour, i don't know. but you could see the lights of the house probably ha a mile away. and i thought boy, there will be a hot shower in no time. and suddenly the boat just stopped, the ship just stopped. there was no wind. i could shee -- see the house. i didn't know how we were going to get there. it was too far to swim. i said what do we do now? he said we get out o

. >>> a southeast man whose van was towed has a bone to pick with d.c.ice. >> james king says his only means of transportation was seized last week as part of shooting investigation and he needs it back. karen gray houston is on the case. >> reporter: shawn and laura, seems like a classic case about being frustrated about customer service. you know you hate it when you can't get the cable people to come when you need them. he needs the police to give him back what he took but he can barely get anybody on the phone. this is james king's chevy conversion van. he is a bernie mac fan. >> police took it wednesday. it was parked here. >> reporter: here one day, gone the next. >> my baby's son said daddy, where is the van back. i said where it's supposed to be at. he said it's not here. when i walked up here i di't see it. >> reporter: on the advice of a passing officer, he made phone calls. >> then i found out they took my truck without notifying me. never called me, never did nothing. >> reporter: a igaine sord there was a shooting in the apartment complex. h

. >> he's got hundreds of clunkers just waiting to be towed from the area dealerships. >>> authorities in n. france are investigating a deadly bush crash that occurred in the bar dough region around 3:00 in the morning. a tour bus veered off the road smashing through a highway divider before coming to rest on a bridge abutment. at least one passenger was killed, 20 others are were injured, including the driver. police say the bus was traveling from germany to portugal and most of the passengers were portuguese. >>> a bus carrying about special special olympic athletes crashed in wisconsin this morning. two people were seriously hurt when that bus rolled on to its side. investigators say the driver lost control, slamming into a guardrail near the town 50 miles northeast of madison. the athletes were golfers and softball players returning from a trip to neb be in. the had 2-year-old driver and one athlete were last reported in serious condition. >>> the marine corps is banning troops from logging on to online social networking sites. they ce a possible security miskektd. they issued the

boat, he said now we're going to get aboard the boat and we're going to, you know, they're going to tow ventura back behind the boat. i thought my god, this is ok. so we come alongside the honeyfitz. and i remember, i'm like eddie ricenbacher of the south pacific, been on the boat starving to death in the water, cold, cold, miserable. and i remember ambassador kennedy had a mega phone. and he leaned over the side of the boat and he said good race, good race teddy, but i got some bad news for you. the captain says the sea is far too rough to tow you boys back in that boat so you'll have to sail back. [laughter] >> i mean, i couldn't believe my ears. i wanted to jump out of the boat, take my chances they might pick me up. so anyway, anyway, he said, i have something for you here in this container, hot clam chowder, hot, vacuum packed and he's lowering it over a rope and teddy always claimed that i grabbed it and tore the rope off and ripped off the top without opening it, just tore the top. and then proceeded to chug-a-lug the whole canteen about this much and the only thing i missed is w

and said deflating the tires was less of a hassle than having is the car ticketed or towed. the driver said she never received a note or a warning. >> in less than two weeks, state of maryland will slash its budget by $400 million. but this week, hundreds of state and county officials are gathering for a big convention in ocean city. it features a crab feast and private receptions, and in some cases, tax payers are picking up the tab. we have more from ocean city. >> while there are spouses and families enjoy the beaches and boardwalk, hundreds of state is officials descend on the convention center. it is the annual maryland association of county's convention and it is a must for governors, lieutenant governors, members of congress, and baltimore's mayor. >> to be able to have time, one-on-one, in small groups, to really discuss some of the challenges and issues that we face, in good times and in bad. >> and the theme of the congruence? riding the economic cycle. there are workshops seminars on how government can do more with less. but in many cases, your tax dollars are pay

tell us how you can encourage other business tows get involved. >> this is -- our third year in a rowf doing this for general electric and g.e. volunteers and donated $500 in cash. we had employees here throughout the day working at the booths and encouraging other businesses and citizens to participate. in this environment of those that have the ability to help really need to help and i encourage all the business necessary the washington, d.c., and surrounding areas to step up to the plate and make donations of backpacks of school supplies. >> reporter: del, thank you so much. it is easy to do. you don't have to come out in a the rain, you can go to our websit nbcwasnghicotonbcwashing. an ynbkemaour donation bykerediy card. again, $12.99 plus o a g tal l s yoyocan find a list ofif all stor st tsnghipa this dgoak a mndnd mree youror comew news the rain. o rahe. h a o tpwe tatreaiheen rra appreciat the rain to cool us off. come and see us here on wisconsin avenue and make your donation here. do something and help us supply needy kids withackpacks to get their school year off to a good

. >> the tow trucks are out. the city's new push to get the cars off the street. >> left in alice and into lots and on the street, we have cars that are abandoned and vehicles that are on site full and provide a disservice to what goes on in the community. >> this new program is part of that. it is very much complementary. it is about what our streets look like. abandoned cars on the street, in the back yard or the front yard, they are not something that will help to do five a neighborhood. the city has fast-track the schedule. >> we wanted to help by calling and identify those vehicles and by asking residents to call 311. we know where many of those trouble spots are. >> it all goes to a good cause in the end. >> this is a local, nonprofit group and their mission is to help low-income families the chief financial and personal independence by making it possible for them to own a vehicle. >> the group was started in 1999. the 655 of those cars were to residents of baltimore city. >> now is the time. if you had an

it towed me out further out into the deep with my waist out of the water.cked. >> how did you get away? >> through a prayer and a little luck. before you know it, the shark kept towing me out further into the ocean and then i -- like i said i tried to use my body weight to get loose. that did not work. and then before you know it, the shark pulled me down under the water and started shaking me like a rag doll and once -- when the shark was shaking me like a rag doll i just had to tense my body up and i tried to not allow any water to get in my nose or mouth because if that happens it is not going to be good. i would drown. i waited out the shark and when the shark stopped shaking me it was time for action. now it was my time. i tried to imagine the shark's jaws in relation to my leg. i did not feel pain but i felt pressure. so i threw one punch in that area of where i thought the shark had my leg and then i reached down with both my hands, again, it sounds pretty silly but i was desperate and i released myself. i couldn't believe it. it worked. it actually

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the suspect stole a truck towing a 32-foot boat. the pursuit ended when that $175,000 boat toppleded off the trailer and slides along the highway. the driver then stopped and was apprehend apprehended. >>> in florida, a jewelry store employee was ambushed at a gas station. surveillance video shows the 81-year-old at the pump when four masked men pulled up, jumped the man and grabbed a $20,000 bag of jewelry all in 15 seconds. no arrests in this case have been made. >>> a deputy in iowa had a front row view for wild weather there. his dash cam video was rolling when a tornado touched down right in front of him. no one was hurt from that twister but it caused a significant amount of property damage. >>> an illinois woman learned it is bad when anyone drives into your business but much worse when you drive into your own business. a woman of a travel agency plowed into her own store. minor injuries to herself and her receptionist. big cleanup too. >>> now for a look at the national and regional forecast, nbc meteorologist todd santos wi

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tow them drain teh fluids crush them.. get rid of them... theres not money allwoed for us.. and we pay for them on top of that.. dean robbins... who owns this auto salvage yard... says he's paying car dealers an average of 200 dollars per car... under the law... dealers are required to tell you the best estimate of your old car's scrap value... and they can keep only 50 dollars of whatever they sell the clunkers for. "rest of that money over that.. supposed to go back to the consumer.. that's why the dealers are shopping around to get most they can from juny yards." while the program is a win - win for car dealerships.. and consumers... dean robbins says it's a bad deal for junk yards.. since cash for clunkers started.. his sales have dropped by 20%... because fewer people are fixing their old cars... plus the value of other parts are dropping too. instead of selling door for 300 dollars.. i have to sell for 150 dollars.. and cars i paid 1000 for... those prices go way down the fines against junk yards that violate the rules are very stiff... the penalty is 15- thousand doll

. >> she won't be towing any cars.e plans to start a towing service go out the window with that. >> very disappointing. >> it is, yeah. >> pretty inspiring. >>> coming up in the next half hour of news 4 today, we'll have the latest on some names of some of those being looked at as possible replacements for senator edward kennedy. >> plus, michael vick has a busy day ahead. he's in court. and on the field. >>> and the dog attacked with an arrow, a rook at how the abandoned pet is doing today. >> plus, we have a look ai >>> right now on news 4 midday, a man is shot and killed by epoceerliarlis thi mngornni i no theast washington. the man was at a gasoline station in the 3300 block of benning road. they say the man was holding a gun and banging on a window. they say he -- when they arrived and told him to stop, he pointed the gun in their direction. they then opened fire. >>> virginia drivers beware. some lanes of i-95 will be closed from time to time in the coming months. vdot are closing the lanes at night between route

s man who van was towed, now has his vehicle back. his van was toed after a -- towed after a bullet hit it during a shooting. police are done processing it and he r.gback today. >>> notovaw bak c today. >>> now to a traffic alert. starting tonight more delays on he rede.in begin at 9:30, red nsliir t will not operate between the brookland, fort totten and takoma stans s e arrepairing circuits in e the track damaged in the k adliest accident back in june. shuttle buses will transport passengers through the area until midnight on sunday so add at least 30 minutes to your trip. >>> meantime, metro is moving forward defending itself against several lawsuits from the crash. it hired a law firm to work with it's in house lawyers. right now 7 lawsuit have been filed against the transit agency. >>> police in centreville have identified a woman who was hit and killed this morning. the 64-year-old lady hit and guyed after -- died by a honda accord. it appears the woman was not in a crosswalk at the time. investigators do not believe speed or al

a tow truck has just uprighted the vehicle, which had been upside down in the trees. traffic in this area of connecticut avenue is being impacted. we'll have an update on traffic a little later. again, this is happening in kensington, serious accident on connecticut avenue near beach drive. >>> family of navy captain scott spiker say they are relieved that his remains were found but they're still looking for answers about what happened to him. spiker's plane crashed on the first night of the persian gulf war back in 1991. he was originally classified as dead, but evidence was found that prompted his case to be reclassified as a missing or captured case. spiker's remains were found in a grave in iraq last week and confirmed by the defense department. his family has hired its own investigators. >> they are our remains. the remains can be tested for what happened to them. a lot of information even in old remains. and look at all of that. we do have our only sources on ground. including the ones from the u.s. government. and we've come this far. we'll get those answers. >

after this weekend they'll head back towings mills. >> at this point we made the transition. sure he made the adjustment. >> training camp today the coach talked about the season ahead. >> for us to be a successful football team this year we have to be really, really good on special teams. we were average at best last year. >> march sanchez will likely start for the jets on sunday. >>> let's take another live look at the north harbor. we don't have the big boat but we have a lot of little ones. norm will be back with the weekend forecast. a dull metal clanking sound. bear groans. ♪ ominous music ferocious growling. roaaaaaarrrrrrr!!!! ♪ whistling bluegrass tune here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effective as the leading wrinkle prescription brand at reducing the look of wrinkles. that's because olay has teamed with a highly specialized group of dermatologists and created a wrinkle protocol that gives you the results of the leading wrinkle prescription brand, without a prescription. olay professional pro-x. this is

they are waiting for a tow truck to retrieve the vehicle. the right lane is still blocked. the beltway head the out to nih trying to get through the traffic lights. no accidents to report right new in virginia. the beltway runs smoothly between annandale and merrifield. eastbound 66 picking you want usual suspects as you travel east of fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> you can amost feel it just by taking a look at the haze in this picture. it is hazy. it is hot and it is humid to go along with that. nearly two months after the official start of the summer season, it finally feels like summer here in the district. we are in for some dangerously hot weather today. >> fox 5's sherry ly is live down on the mall with more on what we can do to beat the heat today. we saw the live pictures from down there with people deciding to jog early. that is probably smart. >> reporter: it is actually downright cool compared to what the temperatures are going to be later today. if you are thinking it is hot and sticky now, it will only get worse as t

they're being towed for storage. i want to set the scene, we're in the point pleasant scene of glen burnie. everyone in this community tonight is visibly shaken by the news. a boat is brought back up to the surface after a fatal collision. just after 6:00 sunday evening, two small boats. one 14 feet. the other 16 feet crashed in marley creek. >> went out fishing with another friend of mine and their boats hit. >> reporter: we're told three knew each other quite well. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. >> witnesses stating there was an approaching situation, where two vessels were approaching each other prior to the impact. >> reporter: both boats were submerged at impact. people familiar with the crash site say it's proven dangerous. >> we're marley creek and fetters creek meet, it's pretty dangerous. people take it really sharp. i see people almost collide. >> reporter: friends of the victim said the man would joke about owner marley creek. now they will never look at this body of water with the sam

they towed a car said to be his from the parking lot. reports say just after 8:00 last night, a gunman walked into a dance class, turned off the lights and targeted women. >> he did not say anything. he walked right to the room where the shootings occurred as if he knew exactly where he was going and pulled the guns out and started shooting. >> reporter: the shooter is among the dead. cbs news has learned of an on lien diary posted under sodini's name it talked about a murder plot nine months in the making and not the first attempt. january 9 he wrote, i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything. ron's niece and daughter-in-law was among the victims. >> she laid down the floor and he straddled her and shot her. she was trying to play like she was dead. >> reporter: police say the gunman fired more than one weapon and it was all over in about a minute. one man, a member of the gym, carried a woman to safety. she was bleeding from a wound to her leg. >> she just said he is going to kill me. he is going to kill me several time re

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a dc metro employee was using drugs when he allowed a train to leave the yard with too many cars in tow investigators say the green line train left the greenbelt station on july 31 with 10 cars when it should only have carried eight. the dc metro spokesperson says one of the employees who prepared the train tested positive for drugs. he is in rehab and not currently receiving a salary. >>> the parents of murder witness carl lack will continue to push to allow for cell phone jamming in prisons. the man was scheduled to appear in the murder trial of patrick buyers when buyers put a hit on him from behind bars. police say buyers used an illegal cell phone to arrange the murder. today lackel's parents are speaking at a trade show in nashville along with other cell phone jamming advocates. police say it could reduce the amount of crime organized behind prison walls. >>> still ahead, desperate rescue efforts. military helicopters struggle to pull hundreds of people from the mudslides in taiwan. >>> 230 miles a gallon. that's what g.m.'s first electric car promises potential buyers. is it wort

. >> arrest warrants have been issued for four hagerstown n, cu ofacsed tow owcused of at sebsom a house.at ngrl te,0or m00.ng 20,000 ea n gehahagerstown. benok ayaswn beny a number of mr mroegsx-egmroe ex-mroegs - - plnsosexio from a mix bos.lett bottles.vi a viviginesap aes t at ma l- twa,rteehr wal-mart, three suspects shown here. if you know where they might be. call the maryland state police. >>> some strong storms out there earlier today. bob, any more of that cupping our wcupping -- coming our way. >> man tomorrow. jim, eun. this is a great picture from lisa black, leonardtown. if things look like they're going upwards. those are golf-ball-sized hail. and like she said. tried to send you another picture. it was too frightening. it was wild, wild weather. and saint mary's county. that is all gone. the large reports of ping-pong sized hail. earlier today. and wind, 130, 140 miles an hour. look at that eye. that was a great picture. and a category 4. i will tell you the latest on bill. and there is more to come tonight. still ahead it wasn't the food that drew dozens to a diner. the sto

towed he told what happened. >> we don't want to jeopardize in any way that criminal case but i thinks fair to say that things got very, very ugly, very, very quickly. >> police are holding a suspect but so far no charges have been filed. >>> cash for clunkers consumer alert in tonight's living smart focus. be aware if a car dealer asks you to sign a contract that says you will pony up 35 to $4500 rebate for your clunker if the government denies the claim. a federal advisory states customers are not required to sign those sorts of agreements. consumer advocates are asking federal officials to crackdown on dealers who participate in that practice. they say the dealers are taking advantage of car buyers. >>> stormy weather. >> quietened down. got a great e-mail from a guy in lower end of maryland. he said you saw wall clouds and three funnels. that was an earlier tornado warning for st. mary's county. >> no reports of a touchdown? >> popup storms right now out to the west. next three days. scattered storms. 91 tomorrow. those that develop can be hefty. 91 on friday. more storms with the

the battle over a key tow continued athe country's psidential campaign entered itfinal week. jeffy brown has our lead story report. brown: t focus of the fight for a second day s a major taliban stronghold in helmand province. the offenve began wednesday at dawn after 400 u.s. mines and hundred afghan troops storm the town of dahaneh inhe face of heavyesistance. today, the coalition fce resum its bid to drive out insurgents who've kept the aa in their grip >> ( translated ): the is no eace and security in this country, and we areoncerned. now, hefully, security and prospery will come to this village. we all look forward to that >> brown: e coalition force also operated under new restrictionsn air strikes to oid civilian casualties. this was the lest in a series of recnt operations since u.s. orces began a major buildup afghanistan. sualties have also been rising, with another erican and three british soldis killed today. more u.s. troops pour in, "the wa street journal" reported this week tt their to commander, army general stanley mcrystal, was warning that the taliban have

there's a tow truck on the scene now. jfx and north avenue, traffic moving smoothly.ice shot of the sign there. this traffic report brought to you by, with lori d. young in the morning, listen to stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> 5:20 now. eunice kennedy shriver is being remembered today as a champion for people with disabilities. the kennedy family is remembering her as the light of their lives. the sister of president john f. kennedy, eunice kennedy shriver will most be remembered for founding the special olympics. she was a wife to one-time president candidate shriver who was diagnosed with alzheimer's in 2003. in better times he had this to say about his wife. >> she's got real guts. she's got a terrific jaw, maybe you noticed that, it comes from both her mother and her father, who are people of great, great character. >> maryland special olympics events like this one at towson university have always been very successful. shriver's sole surviving brother, senator ted kennedy says he'll always remember his sister's humor, and

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by doing that, she was risking the possibility of tow but she got a little something else. she has four gd bu mt on but on monday --thayd tt someon called and the judge had deflated my tire. >> reporter: she spoke to us by phone and said she was told that charles county circuit court robert nally, seen here, deflated one of her tires because she was parin is seot outside the cour>> >> w it to work. and ar p wdked on tehe s sidtre like i do.mall do. nd i went in the bld ca init d grdsit came down to let me know that i ed edne to get m -edy- teak care of cauarud bec jsege jllnay was about to let the air out of my tire. >> reporter: by the time jean got to her car, it was too late. she had one flat tire. a guard, who supposedly caught he judge doingt cis hlelt i on his cell tn'ieldel b itve. en a wenten out and saw that my tire was at, i mean, i a not because of the fact that the air was out of my tire. it was because of who did it. >> reporter: jean was illegally parked in a reserved space assigned to permit holders. she worked at the courthouse as a custodian for 13 years. s

police and tow truck are on scene. also, on the outer loop at loch raven boulevard, getting reports of an object in the roadway. definitely use caution. in the pasadena area, bedford road between grenada and clover hill closed. use geneva as an alternate. in elkton, cecil county, route 7 at crestwell avenue closed because of flooding there. looking at the cameras, jfx at west 41st street, you can see traffic light in both directions. at the bw parkway and the beltway, we'll have building volume as you make your way southbound but traffic appears to be flowing smoothly at this time. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, best country for the work day with music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban. back to you. >>> 5:31. the fate of that cash for clunkers program is going to be decided as the senate meets for a final week before the summer break. adding to $2 billion to the basically broke program got the green light from the white house this week. the adminis

mayor sheila dixon was behind the wheel of this tow truck as an initiative to remove the eyesores. citizens are urged to call 3211 to report abandoned cars. the city is providing citizens an opportunity to dispose of their unwanted vehicles he free of charge. >>> would you come to see racecars driving more than 100 miles per hour through downtown? indy race promoters are banking that you will. >> reporter: downtown baltimore could soon be transformed into a track just like this one. a track made up of every day streets in a major city. baltimore has all the components to make this a fantastic event, and i'm so proud that even in these tough times, people are looking at baltimore. >> reporter: last week the city council passed a measure that gives baltimore racing development the exclusive rights to pursue an indy racing league comp texas in 2011. the track would loop around the convention center with pratt, russell, and light streets as the main street. >> communities that would be impacted seem to be very interested and see the opportunity. >> reporter: the brd expects the event w

all of his equipment in tow. red dents pulled him to safety and someone lse. >>> octo mom, move over. according to british researcher -- a woman is pregnant with 12. she is expecting six parkway boys and six girls the used fertility treatment following several miscarriages. they say it is possible but sometimes with colossal risks the unidentified woman was to give birth naturally. they say that is impossible. >>> the clock is ticking and the nats only have a few hours to get the top draft pick. >>> all right. we'll update big haynesworth status and plus, tell you why it is rough to be a rookie at redskins park. the news edge at 6:00 continues. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i cacan't taste the fibr in this chocolate. they have % of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. the redskins had one practice today. 90 minu

. >> our business partners gave us a tip that the iraqi money would be convert towed american money and when that happened, the iraqi deno, ma'am mitigation would increase in value. >> he projected that about -- that three to five hundred dollars could net a hundred thousand. >> reporter: so he invested a modest $268 but when he checked the value several weeks later, it came up at as. >> 256 dollars. >> a couple people asked me about that. and i don't give a very positive picture of that. >> reporter: hammond tells me it's very hard to make phone trading foreign currency. yes the dinar has appreciated in 50% since 2003 but some vendors charge 20 to 50% excision. even banks charge currency transaction fees. without significant appreciation, you'll lose money buying and selling them back. if you must buy, find a bank selling dinars, buy from the bank. >> we lose that amount of money pretty often, so that's okay. >> reporter: bottom line, this is speculation, so don't invest any money in a foreign currency that you can't afford to lose. and if you sdie sdi it buy -- if you decide to buy, d

. >> reporter: vic, you can see michael phelps black escalade on that tow truck. what happened was he was driving in this direction, down bittle street when he smashed into a smaller car going north. did he not go to the hospital, but wjz is the only news team to have pictures of michael phelps being interviewed by police. you can see him right there giving his statement right after the accident. the other driver, a female, was taken to the hospital just as a precaution. phelps had two passengers with him, and they were not taken to the hospital. at this point, they are not saying would was at fault. >> at this point we don't know, kelly. we know there was a collision. two cars were driving, they collide heat. we're going to find out if alcohol was a fact to we're going to look at red lights. aiu is literally talking to them as we speak. >> reporter: phelps has been released, and they have ruled out alcohol as a factor. i also asked the spokesperson if this was any more heightened because michael therapies was involved, and he said obviously, yes this is going to

sitting on the bench said deflating the tires was less of a hassle than having the car ticketed or towed. >> you are going to want to do this. >> jessica will tell us how hot it will get coming up in the sky watch forecast. >>> next on news at 10:00. sz is is. >> with school set to reopen in two weeks officials now stepping up the campaign to contain the spread of the h1n1 swine flu. john joins us with the latest. john? >>reporter: the swine flu vaccine won't be available to everyone until this october. state local officials officials are drafting comprehensive plan to make sure citizens of public schools are properly prepared for a possible outbreak. another group of volunteers is now receiving the first dose of the smrin flu vaccine and monitored for possible side effects. swine flu is the focus of plenty of talk in ocean city maryland city of the conference and maryland is expected to receive more guidelines for the center for disease control for how to contain the h1n1 virus. >> likely to be a massive vaccination campaign that we will have to undertake. the guidelines right now would

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police towed the white mercedes from a west hollywood parking lot. media reports from canada indicate that the suspected murder, ryan jenkins, got help from his sister. she reportedly drove him to a canadian motel where he killed himself. >>> robin star is the head of the spca in virginia. last week her husband put their doing their car but forgot to tell her. star discovered the dog four hours later but it was already too late. she calls at tragic mistake and only hopes others will learn from it. >> it might make others a little more alert and a little more concerned. we just hope that it will keep other families from suffering the same kind of grief that we're experiencing right now. >> star often took her dog louie to work with her. meanwhile, spca officials are standing by their ceo. they say this incident will not affect star's position with the organization. >>> it's the end of the line for a man police say has been robbing nearly a store a day and sometimes two this month. the victims tell suzanne collins they feel a big relief over the arrest

there might be cloud tow cloud lightning and good rainfall. everything is lining up along the stationary front. the next few hours, we could have a couple of pop-up showers and thunderstorms here and there and in terms of temperatures, shouldn't warm today. it's been really muggy, to. 85 now for national. 82 for baltimore and 89 for fredericksburg. harrisonburg cooled a bit from hat is happening with the rain out there. this is a look at what is tropical storm danny, continuing to be a tropical storm and weakened but most important for us is how will danny effect us for the weekend. it's forecast now to not become a hurricane. maximum winds up around 70 miles per hour by 2:00 p.m. on saturday and right now, this track continues to shift ever so slightly to the east and it will be men mull effect along the -- minimal effect with this type of track. if anything, it's looking like the track makes -- may shift more to the east and doesn't look like we get any rain at all. at least not from denny -- danny. there is going to be a frontal system in t