>> a police say they saw several suspects wearing surgical gloves and black puttees. in every case, they were able to get past alarm systems by crawling on the ground. >> they were able to get in and out pretty quietly. >> the only silver lining is there were some of the burglaries, they feel it will help solve the cases faster. for these small business owners, it's a tough case to swallow. >> howard county police are asking anyone with information to call their tip line. >> police are trying to figure out how i car was pinned under a tractor trailer this afternoon on interstate 95. skype team 11 was over the team south of route 24. only one lane of traffic is getting by as police work to clear the scene. a viewer snapped this picture of the wreckage. no word right now on their condition. another bessie crash -- this time near hawkins point road. fire and hazardous materials crews were racing to clean up. a line from the truck was leaking gas which had traffic shutdown for a time. >> developing right now out of baltimore county, police are looking for a man wanted in the death of another man found in a burning truck. authorities are asking anyone who has seen him to contact them immediately. police say he they believe he killed a man who visited a woman he was involved with in the past. the victim was found in the back of a burning pickup. no word on what caused the fire. here is another luck. take a close look at him. anyone with information should call the number on your screen. a teenager is facing nearly two dozen parches tonight following a bomb threat that shutdown county schools. -- two dozen charges tonight. officials shut down and evacuate all the schools and the district 3 that the note said a bomb was inside the school and six other schools and they would all patinate that day. police have been investigating this piece here and he was arrested at about 10:30 this morning. police are not identifying a suspect because he's a juvenile and a motive has not been confirmed. >> a pretty nice afternoon with sunshine breaking through the cloud cover. not quite as muddy as it has been, but there is nice weather are around here. remnants of what was once a tropical storm beryl drenching virginia beach. cloudiness covering most of the eastern shore and in the skies began to break a bit. to the west of us, one last line of showers, a secondary school friend that will get here tonight. an outside chance of sprinkle but ahead of that -- behind that, a more comfortable air mass set to move then. but will last into the weekend? i will have their forecast and a couple of minutes. >> stormy conditions could have an impact on the fishkill situation in many of the state's waterways. maryland environmental officials say they are in a wait-and-see mode. at the latest oxygen reading is getting higher because they lack of oxygen has been suffering -- has been suffocating fish. conditions are teetering back and forth. estimate about 10,000 dead fish. what they call a scattering of dead fish in the bear creek area. >> of the funds are on the way. the attorney general says a portion of the dollar from a nearly -- from a settlement should help homeowners keep their homes. how is the state planning on using the money? >> the state has some very interesting ways of trying to get this money spent. the two hardest-hit areas are baltimore city and prince george's county. both will receive money directly from the settlement. >> the sound of heavy machinery will increase in baltimore. the attorney general says that's how part of the nearly $60 million coming from the settlement will be used. >> the agreement is that they will use about $10 million for neighborhood stabilization and demolition of row houses in baltimore. they will knock them down and put grass and, whatever they deem it necessary until the money is spent. >> they say that will help remove about 800 dilapidated homes. >> we have thousands of vacant houses in this city that people are not going to move into. it just does not make economic sense to put money into them to try to make those houses livable. the best thing we can do is take those houses down, and make that area safe. remove the dangers of vacant houses create. >> $14 million will be spent on neighborhood stabilization. prince george's county will also get $10 million. >> have you heard about the foreclosure program? >> they get hundreds of calls from distressed homeowners. this will be held to -- this will go to non-profit housing counselors. >> to act as the foreclosure mitigation originators, people that neighbors in baltimore and prince george's can go to that do not have a profit motive in the outcome and say this is how we can help you save your home. >> the money should arrive within weeks. the governor says the settlement this part of the successful effort to combat the impact of the foreclosure crisis in the state. >> thank you very much. a new implant tonight to bring jobs to the baltimore county area. officials are going to pull together the expertise of 16 prominent business leaders as part of a partnership led by the economic development chief. they will let the best ways to generate gross on the peninsula. especially in the wake of news that they will be closing the plant. they will look at how to use the unused portion of the plant and make sure steelmaking remains part of the area. >> lawyers for jerry sandusky are in court for the last pre- trial hearing before jury selection gets underway next week. attorneys are asking the judge to dismiss some of the charges against him. we've got the latest from state college. >> the trial of the jerry sandusky remains on the fast track. jury selection is set to begin on tuesday. the judge in nine almost jones for a continuance. at a pretrial hearing, attorneys asked for some of the charges to be thrown out. sandusky, arrested late last year is charged with 50 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over 15 years. many of the accused -- many of the accusers were part of a foundation he founded. the strongest evidence from the accusers themselves and by witnesses who say they saw sandusky abusing boys in showers on the penn state campus. sandusky denies the allegations and remains under house arrest awaiting his day in court less than one week away. the judge is considering the impact of intense media coverage. several witnesses have asked that their names be kept private. >> how would you like to be notified every time a sex offender moves in or out of your neighborhood? >> there's a new program that put those details in the palm of your hand. >> drumroll, please -- did mayor announces the headline act for this year's festival. some impressive new additions when we come back. >> they reached the temperature where their organs are melting inside the body and that makes them -- >> we all heard the story of the violent face queuing in the middle of a miami highway. it could have been a drug induced delirium. 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300,000 people to baltimore and have a $25 million economic impact. clearly, are scape is not just a celebration of visual and performing arts but a celebration of our city. >> organizers are going to section out a quarter mile section of charles street to be filled with live music. a 16 foot human face that can be manipulated. that starts friday at 11:00 and it and 8:00 on sunday. you can receive alerts and messages on your cell phones if there is a sex offender in your neighborhood. a new program gives you access to the sex offender data base, providing users with a map that accesses the entire database and send alerts to members when information changes. you can sign up at our website. >> the popular drug adderall is in short supply, leading some to turn to the internet to find a drug. again -- a warning has been issued about counterfeit circulated on line. the counterfeit contains the wrong active ingredient. it most likely uses agents to treat pain like acetaminophen here. it could be potentially harmful and patients should always get their prescriptions from a pharmacist. the real one has the letters dp on one side and 30 on the other. it's something you only expect to see in is on the movies -- a naked man attacking another man, eating his face. his actions they say were is symptomatic of a drug induced psychosis, a condition landing a growing number of people in the hospital. we've got more on the conditions and the drugs that can cause of. >> surveillance video from a security camera shows a naked man devour in the face of another man. >> 75% to 80% of his face was missing. you've actually swallowing pieces of his face. >> police say they have never witnessed anything history -- is extreme, but have seen cases of people with no clothes on acting violently after taking into potent form of lsd. >> their organs are burning up alive. they reach a temperature where they are melting inside the body and that makes them take off their clothes. >> in the emergency room, they have seen an increase of people suffering from psychosis after taking a variety of drugs. >> cocaine and at new lsd is cause delirium. you don't make sense when you take them and don't control your emotions or actions and find yourself in circumstances you don't want to be in. >> during and after the recent all-star music festival, this doctor says he has seen the effects of a designer drug nicknamed basalts which causes body temperatures to spike. >> people don't drink water and become dehydrated. mix that with elevated temperature and loss of inhibitions and you have a life- threatening combination. makes for disaster. >> bath salts were banned in florida in 2011 but new formulations have become dangerously popular. >> we had several deaths. the problems of our efforts -- our first death early last year were people were being chased by police and then collapsing. >> some of the chemicals used to make basalts were banned last week. dangerously little research exists about the drug's effect on users. lots of bacteria lurk where we work. researchers collected examples from a typical office settings in three different cities, identifying three different kinds of bacteria, most of which came from human skin, nasal, or oral cavity is. phones were more contaminated than desks and offices with men were more contaminated than those with women. >> not a bad day around here with the heat and humidity easing off a little bit. temperatures were made -- warmer than normal but going down. a sprinkle or to showing up to the north of hagerstown. for the most part, it has been a pleasant afternoon and looks like it will hold for most of the evening. to the south and east, the remnants of tropical storm that came up along the coastal areas. putting some rain down around a ocean city. clouds and showers and a very heavy rain in the mouth of the day. that should stay well to the south and east. the system took an interesting track, coming up out of the bahamas, developing into a tropical storm and moving back to the west southwest into florida, jacksonville and georgia. it has been working its way around the carolina coast. a potent rain maker with four to 8 inches of rain. now this tracking through the outer banks and losing its tropical characteristics but still producing a lot of rain. should be well out to see tomorrow afternoon and take the unsettled weather for the next 24 hours or so. the last line of showers off to the west associated with a cool front will fly to baltimore tonight, ushering in some comfortable air. freezing conditions over the dakotas this morning. frost advisory's in northern michigan where temperatures are only in the 40's. 79 degrees in pittsburgh. our air will be coming out of there and for thursday, cooler and less humid. a very nice weather pattern set up across our region. a little cloud cover along the coast in the morning but most areas will enjoy a lot of sun. wind shifting to the north. fifties in the northwest suburbs tomorrow morning. once this front its past us, we should be able to enjoy a day of almost summer weather. get clouds organizing, heading our way and the chance for rain will increase by friday. while this system is a way tomorrow, the midwestern storm approaches are rapidly and by friday afternoon, another chance for showers or storms. this massive system quickly moves through the mid-atlantic. sunshine for the rest of the afternoon and a decent weekend taking shape. sunshine tomorrow, breezy and less humid. northwest winds at 10 to 15 miles an hour. sunny and 65 in the mountains tomorrow. showers return but the weekend looks nice. 83 and less humid tomorrow. at the coast to the ocean city, a saudi day to day. we go into june on friday. it 79 with a thunderstorm and that evening. a 20% chance of a sprinkle on sunday afternoon. >> still ahead, we are in day eight of jury deliberations of the trial of john edwards. >> it could last much longer than that. we will find out what is taking so long. >> it is one of the neatest ways you can see fort mchenry sa >> this was day eight of the deliberations of the john edwards a trial and still no verdict. >> has many people wondering what's up with the jury and if they are hopelessly deadlocked. >> john edward smith phase was -- john edwards fate was uncertain as it was when deliberations began. eight days of delivery by the eight men and four women still produced no verdict, but plenty of talk about being deadlocked. >> so many different things for them to be hung up on trying to build a consensus. it could be a challenging if not insurmountable task. >> the jury is deciding whether to keep -- if keeping his pride and interest in not -- you have a really simple indictment. it's not complicated in any way. there has to be some level of disagreement going on in that jury. >> if the jury and that deadlocked, the judge would be forced to declare a mistrial. that would send the case back to square one which might bode well for edwards. >> it's hard to imagine the federal government would bring this case again if it winds up a mistrial. >> that decision awaits a verdict from the jury. >> that indicates they believe in the -- deliberations could extend beyond this week. some have told the judge of scheduling conflicts that might interrupt deliberations next week. >> julius henson won't be sentenced until next week for the rebel calls. >> but he is already being asked to pay up to $1 million. what the attorney general has to say about the developments. >> the raven's defensive coordinator has a monumental task ahead. we will get a first look at how he works. >> extra teachers are being added to the payroll in anne arundel county, but >> relief is on the way for thousands of school teachers in the classroom, but not in their paychecks. it is official now, the $12 million of additional money agreed to by the county council is in the bank, but not everyone is pleased with how the school system is planning to spend money. >> the teachers union says they were planning on the race but it looks like it's not going to happen for now. >> students and parents can expect more teachers in the classroom this fall. they will tell you it has always been a priority, but at the same time there is some tension. >> it has been a long time coming. class sizes the creep up in an attempt to the budget conscious but it's time to add positions. we've been able to work with the administration to do that. >> the school system says the money was always do but it took a fight to get it. it will be spent on 120 positions, including new teachers, assistance and counselors. the rest will go toward textbook, materials and transportation. >> there's no question there's a benefit to having more teachers and the classrooms. >> the teachers union says they have not kept their word. >> their failing to keep the promises made to those who teach our kids and failing to meet promises when they can afford to meet at least some of them. >> school officials say that's not the case. >> the school superintendent was very clear that employees deserve raises just like police, firefighters and library personnel do. >> the county council is unlikely to be part of the new debate over system funding. >> considering today's economic times, we were able to pass the budget and eliminate furloughs for county employees. >> the teachers union is set to meet with the union -- with them next week. more on this story at 11:00. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. an investigation howard county involving a series of business burglaries' that happened overnight in colombia. police say in most cases, cash was taken an entry made through the front. they believe that they are all related. according to business owners, the video showed more than one suspect wearing surgical gloves and hoodies. the state of maryland is sending a message about shady political conduct by ordering julius henson to pay a million dollars for dorobo call case. he will have to pay fines for violating the telephone consumer protection act. prosecutors say he was trying to suppress the african-american vote when he recorded the rowboat calls and 2010, telling voters to stay home. he says the call is not about persuasion but intended to keep voters away from the polls and that's why it's illegal. >> everyone is up for a fight in politics, but you cannot cross the line into illegal conduct. that is the message sent by the judge in this case. >> the employee who recorded the calls will pay $10,000 in the fine. >> the new raven's defensive coordinator is stepping into very big shoes. the goal is to maintain the same standard of excellence on defense. at training camp today, we caught up with them. -- s say >> i apologize, -- >> he is a very low-key guy and capable of handling the task at hand. the ravens defensive coordinator comes heavy with a weight of expectations. you have to expect a dominant defense. he has a host of holes to fill. when he took the job in february, he still had had some solid veterans. they have all moved on. some may not embrace the challenge, but he couldn't be happier, coaching what those he knows and trusts gives him the freedom to let loose. >> one of the reasons i came here was i knew so many guys. i've known john ever since he was in college. i have known all these guys, so this was a great situation with a bunch of guys i know and everybody, sometimes you need a change of scenery. i felt like i needed that and i am one lucky guy to be here. >> he did a coach john hard ball in college. coming up, and jerry sandusky tells us if the iraqis have gotten up to where they are supposed to be. >> has he ever worked with coach lewis? >> i don't know. >> a single cricket it is usually not a problem. >> but by the billions, they will devour class, crops and clotheslines. an invasion of a biblical proportions. >> now that he has clinched the republican nomination, what is republican nomination, what is >> covering the nation -- an invasion of biblical proportion -- millions of crickets have invaded central utah and former say the insects are destroying crops and damaging harvest. experts are trying to reduce the population but so far, no luck. firefighters battling a brush fire in hawaii as residents await word of a possible evacuation. what started out as a patch of smoke behind a church soon came out of control. at one point, the flames came up within it 25 yards of several homes. officials say the fire is mostly contained. what started the fire is still unknown. >> a new phase in the race for the white house as president obama sends up best wishes to governor romney. he played it low key when the announcement came out, but he made it clear that the next that will be tough. >> not a lot of people have focused time on the characteristics of a new candidate like myself. >> this event has not hard and get on the attitude of who mitt romney is which is why the obama campaign is trying to draw some graffiti on the sidewalk. >> the next phase will be easy for the president -- he can try to impress voters -- >> and draw some graffiti on the sidewalk? as college students continue to drown in debt, a warning from state officials. >> it is called the campus credit trap. what is and how to avoid being trapped. >> fort mchenry by see is all part of the visiting baltimore package of events that will allow you to experience the war of 1812 in a whole new way. >> heavy rains along the coast, but we are looking for nice weather to settle in. your seven-day forecast and a your seven-day forecast and a beautiful view [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. >> coming up at 6:00, maryland homeowners are struggling to stay afloat could soon get much- needed cash to keep their homes. the race for the white house got a lot more tactical and official overnight rate how both parties are sharpening their tactics as commitment 2012 begins to heat up. these stories >> as baltimore gears up to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812, people are looking at a way to celebrate the city's rich history. >> a board of this ship, there is an experience that will take you back in time, a tour taking visitors out past four mchenry on a floating history lesson about the war of 1812. >> we take them back and explain what the war was about and what it meant to america. it defined the nation and gave us a national anthem. >> on the water, you will have a unique vantage point of federal hill and at fort mchenry. >> some people have said it brings tears to your eyes because they get too involved with what it was like to be sitting out there on a ship and watching the bombardment, not knowing what the outcome was going to be. >> frederick taylor portrays francis scott key. >> nothing makes me happier than two years someone say that happen here? and i say yes it did. >> if you are more of a landlubber, no worries. there are plenty of things to do on land. >> the star spangled flag house. a cruise around the water, the best is taking the trolly around town so you get an overall scope of the city based on what you want to see. >> there are five new packages and everything is at a discount price to help you enjoy baltimore's rich history. >> decent day around here, but in some parts of the country, they're dealing with freezing temperatures and frost advisory's. 38 degrees around international falls with the cool air moving east. frost advisory's for michigan tonight and it's going to be cool. some of the cooler, more comfortable air will filter east and south and we will at least get brushed by it and things are already turning less humid. officially at the airport, four degrees warmer than normal. even though we have chopped 10 degrees off the temperature, we are still ending up a warmer than normal with highs in the '80s. dry air moving in and you can feel the difference in atmosphere. the record low as a chilly 30 degrees. trace of precipitation at the airport. more than that around a ocean city. the outer bands of what was once a tropical storm beryl dumping heavy rains. to the west, a few sprinkles associated with a secondary cool front which will help kick the tropical storm out to sea during the day tomorrow. the official rainfall over the deep south, up to 1 foot in some spots. the winds are 40 miles an hour, but it is losing its tropical characteristics. the future cast shows the drying trend. fifties in some outlying suburbs with a northerly winds that 5 to 10 miles an hour. a cool front yesterday, a second one coming tonight. behind that is the nice there we will join tomorrow and then the front comes our way as another weather system likely to bring weather on friday. enjoy the sun tomorrow. it will be a nice breeze and temperatures will be comfortable. on the day, the waves of chopping around. an afternoon high of 65 around deep creek lake. showers and storms rolling in on friday but the weekend will be nice. showers and storms holding off until the afternoon on friday. enjoy the sunshine tomorrow. 76 degrees and the rain on friday does not get there until early evening. breezy and comfortable tomorrow, 79 with showers arriving friday, ending saturday around gone. the rest of saturday looks nice and on sunday, a 20% chance of showers was scattered showers popping up with sunshine as well. off and on chars monday, tuesday, and wednesday with highs in the '70s. >> we begin tonight's consumer alert over concerns over europe's financial systems are impacting u.s. stocks. the dow jones shed 161 points. the s&p 500 dropped 19 points. strong demand for safe investments pushed the yield on the 10-year treasury to its lowest level since world war two. college debt but no degree of -- experts say new problems have emerged with stallone's. more and more people are drowning in debt without a degree to show for it because they dropped out. analysis from a think tank shows nearly 30% of college students who took out loans dropped out of school, up from less than a quarter of students less than a decade ago. state officials are warning students today are at risk for more than that because of what they call a debit card trap. hundreds of college campuses are grafting bring it -- bank products on tuesday and dedications. these cards come with high fees and a low level of protection for consumers. students and that paying big fees on student aid, including per swipe fees and inactivity fees. those who are most impact are the neediest. students who must rely on the aid comes from a lower income backgrounds. new plans tonight from the historic belmont property. howard county officials decided to purchase the entire estate from howard county community college. the college took control of it in 2004 and a because of the agreement, the county had to wait until now to buy back. they're trying to bring stakeholders in to develop management plans but the school is looking are renting out the manor house and using the park for environmental programming. >> we will have three unbelievable complementary facilities for adults and children to learn the history of howard county and learn the importance of nature and the environment. >> the county bought the property for $89,000 in 2004. >> so beautiful. thank you. baseball fans have one more good reason to head out to the stadium in aberdeen. we got a taste of this morning of the new food venue that will be taking over operations at the stadium this season. some of the new options include a crab, seafood and a even a build your own burrito bar. those of maryland's steamed crabs it really hit a home run. >> gathering food brings people together. this is a gathering place and when you have the baseball game going on, it is the right time to have a good time. >> the new concessions business is controlled by ripken baseball purees as if you want to do something right, do it yourself. they are replacing a chicago- based company that has been there for the past 10 years. coming up, the result of an extensive investigation into foreclosure abuses at an acceptable mortgage practices. state officials announced millions of dollars of help to homeowners who need it. we find out how the money is being used at 6:00. >> it is a hot and hard job, being a linemen. we will show you what it's like coming up. >> when we see a linemen come to repair the lines on the power goes off, we hope it won't be long before power is restored. but the job is not an easy one. you have to be strong and working come person of equipment and work and all kinds of weather. today, we learned what was like to the linemen. >> with hurricane season approaching, bge decided it would be a good idea to show them what would be like to make repairs when the power is out. they got me suited up for a little repair work. >> >> the clothes will actually philip with water. >> before you get to ride to the top of the poll, you have to learn how to climb. pete smith has been climbing and repairing lines for over 20 years. he makes it look easy. >> it is a very challenging job and physical job and you must be in shape to do the job. but anyone who is in shape and young can do the job re >> you worked out, don't you? >> pretty much every day. you are getting a workout on the polls. >> since i did not have the right shoes, i went to the top and a bucket truck like the ones you see on the side of the road. with all of the safety gear you have to wear, the heat becomes a problem. >> it is hot and miserable. you have to work in all kinds of weather. >> we have to wear rubber gloves. that's our protection when we are working on these conductors. >> our last day of instruction was line misplacing. you are in the dock and -- in the dark and it is hot and you have to put a nut on the end of the bolt. the big problem for me was the safety gloves. >> your fingers -- you've got one on, but you can get this one on. >> all of the training and equipment and safety gear to protect the people to repair power lines when your power goes out. >> it takes a little longer than folks realize to get the power back on. but we will get back on. we are on that when we are out there. >> >> i think he will be keeping his day job. here's a look at what's coming up at 6:00. >> the state gets money to help more families facing foreclosure. how would will be spent, coming up. >> of 11 different restaurants and small businesses fall victim to burglaries'. i will tell you where, coming up. >> teacher staffing and teacher pay is too big issues. coming up, why one of them is causing concern. >> live, local, late breaking-- this is wbal 11 news at 6:00. >> our big story tonight -- five banks right now are coughing up big-time money for their roles and a multistate mortgage