confidential materials prior to their testing. according to a source on the case, an instructor was ordered to provide materials in advance of the class. the chief has ordered an investigation, something he expects to be finished in two weeks. the chief has also confirmed he has been put on notice to show what he's doing in the next two weeks we want to know what you are doing about this. >> instructors are reassigned. the agency could revoke the academy's privilege are providing certified ems training and that would force the city to outsource its own program. >> it is our intent to get out of the business of teaching our folks -- it is not our intent to get out of the business of teaching our folks emergency medicine. if we cannot do that. but we have to change the way we are doing it. >> city fire officials emphasized none of the students who cheated have been involved with calls for service. >> a not guilty plea from the two men accused in the election day robo-calls made their first -- made their first court appearance today. the calls were sent to 100,000 people and claimed governor o'malley had already won the race. a trial for the two is set for september. >> police are investigating seven kymmene is store robberies within 24 hours, including one that sent -- seven convenience store robberies within 24 hours, including one that sent a clerk to the hospital. we're live in millersville. >> a string of robberies has investigators in three area counties very busy tonight. within a 24 to 36 hour time frame, seven armed robberies occurred, three here in -- three here and another one in anne arundel county as well as other counties. it started around 11:00 saturday evening at this hives on .ellaire par about 10 minutes later, an exxon is dropped. a clerk is shot in the process. about three hours later, a 711 is robbed followed by this royal farms in dundalk. authorities say that all seven robberies' seem suspicious and nothing as far as connections can be ruled out. >> any time we have a robbery we are always looking to communicate with the other jurisdictions to see if there's a connection. >> in anne arundel county, that violence started sunday morning with three different robberies' at gunpoint. the first one was on for as branch road. about 50 minutes later, the 1600 block of furnace branch road was hit. then the 200 block of oak manor drive was held up. detectives are working with officers from other counties to work on similarities in the cases. >> they seem to have some similarities in nature. detectives will try to ascertain if there is a connection. we will work with robbery detectives in other jurisdictions, in particular baltimore and hartford county. we will try to bring closure to all of them. >> while detectives continue to work these cases tonight, they're looking for anyone with information to call metro crimestoppers. >> baltimore city police say they have a person in custody in connection with the shooting that injured two private security guards in waverly. a 32-year-old woman was shot in the eye. a 38-year-old man was shot in the chest after a confrontation with a group of people at a town house complex. police believe the male guard returned fire. it is not known if anyone was hit. >> an officer attempted to pull over a 22-year-old theron sentence on drug charges. he then -- and bearing simpson's on drug charges. he then ran to the officer's car. the officer is at shock trauma with non-life threatening injuries. he was -- the suspect was later arrested at anne arundel small and is facing a host of charges. barry simms spoke with people who knew the 60-year-old teacher, wendell harris and, who was killed in a car accident. >> many people say it is distressing that he is dead. he was a music teacher at publibaltimore public schools. he died in this crash. the crux of the van is ripped apart. the driver was ejected. -- >> began his ripped apart. the driver was ejected. he died of severe head trauma. >> a very nice guy. >> james says he watched news reports of the crash, but did not realize it was his own neighbor, a man he has known for 20 years, was the victim until police came looking for his family. >> it is a shock. >> for more than 30 years, wendell harris and instructed children in music for baltimore city public schools. he stressed the importance of music as part of the educational process. this video is from may, 1996, when tim tooten featured this elementary school's jazz band under the direction of wendell harris andon. police say the person driving this white mercedes ran into the van and a parked car. but police say it happened very -- started much earlier. it started with a suspect who shot a man and took off in his car. the man survived. police did find one of the suspects who was riding in the mercedes hiding. he suffered a broken leg and has not been charged yet. police say 11 news they're still searching for another suspect, a man who fled the scene. a spokesman for the school said harrison spent 30 years working for public schools and most of it was spent at winston mills will. >> a bicyclist who was hit in a hit and run last week has died. police say he was to add them to into -- he was attempting to cross the highway when he was hit by a black mid-size sedan. if you have any information you are urged to call anne arundel county police. >> days late and many dollars short, lawmakers on capitol hill still cannot compromise on the debt ceiling. time is running out. president obama says there is product -- progress. the standoff continues. nicole killion has the latest. >> president obama is giving an update after more talks with house republican leaders sunday. >> we cannot let politics stand in the way of doing the right thing in washington. >> but it seems to be all politics at the white house threatened to veto the latest debt proposals. >> this is a measure that is designed to duck, dodge, and dismantled. >> it would require major spending cuts and a balanced budget. >> we can no longer borrow the way we have in this country. >> house speaker john boehner and other gop leaders called the president's veto threat unfortunate. >> it is the kind of strong medicine washington needs, these cuts. >> lawmakers will work overtime to find a fix. >> we will stay in session every day, including saturday and sunday until the legislation is passed. >> the chances of a deal are still uncertain. >> it may show that things are moving toward a resolution. on the other hand, is frustrating that they cannot do this debating, take these folks, and actually negotiate. >> the white house is still pushing for some kind of agreement by friday, but says it is not a hard deadline. >> stay with us. much more news ahead. >> it is the 10th anniversary of the howard street tunnel fire. a live report coming out. >> i am jerry sandusky at camden yards. it is red hot with the red sox, but do not think that tempers will rise as high as temperatures tonight. >> and after a beautiful weekend, the heat is on this began. -- this weekend. 93 at the airport. hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> mayor stephany rawlings- blake invited first responders to discuss tunnel safety. >> it comes on the 10th anniversary of the howard street tunnel fire. >> we are at the north end of the tunnel. 10 years ago, it was a different scene down here. smoke was coming out of both ends of the tunnel then. >> the investigation showed temperatures over 1500 degrees fahrenheit inside the tunnel. it was hot and smoky and very difficult to get into. we had a distance to travel to get to the heart of the incident. >> it was 10 years ago when a freight train derailed in the hordes -- howard street tunnel. real cars burned for five days in a tunnel, but fortunately no one was killed or seriously injured. >> when we looked back at what happened, we could not sit in half -- the enough about the actions of our fire and umass workers. -- ems workers. they work four hours and hours and did not want relief. they felt they had a personal stake in getting this incident under control. >> today at the museum, first responders part in a tabletop emergency -- took part in a tabletop emergency exercise. one thing everyone involved has learned, exercises like this are extremely important. >> i think we learned to be better prepared. i think we learned to do things like today, will retrain and exercise events and gain it out -- where we train and exercise the events and game it out. in training and we do preparation makes as good at what we do when we have a crisis. this work is important. i am prayerful that we never have to use it. >> it was a week that we will all remember. >> it was a hot and steamy day today. a little precursor of what is to come. this evening in the heat and humidity, some thunderstorms develop over southern pennsylvania. some of that activity may hold together as it crosses over that line this evening. tapped out in the mid 90's. 87 in annapolis. 90 in randallstown. same thing in parkton. 98 in minneapolis/st. paul. that far north of the temperatures are close to 100. we will see a cold front start to get out of the great lakes for a couple of days. it will hold the heat off to our west. it will also knocked the tropical storm that developed off shore. we had a tropical storm named brett. sustained winds are up to 65 miles per hour. it may become a hurricane. but i think it's going to be swept to sea and will not affect any land masses. for tonight, temperatures will drop into the upper 60's and loh 70's. the high temperatures tomorrow between 90-95. a bit of a brake on wednesday, 92. by the end of the week, the real he comes in. 96 to near 100. the heat index will be more like 105 friday and saturday. then it will cool off hopefully into the 80's next week. of >> it is important to stay hydrated and protect yourself during this heat. you can learn the signs of heat stroke and exhaustion in this weather. go to our website wbaltv.com. >> it looks like a round of roster wheel of fortune today. they finalize things with j.j. hardee, but seldom does on the restricted list -- simone boson the restricted list. career going on the dl yesterday. -- carrera goes on the dl yesterday. the red sox are not looking to pick up any extra activity prior to tonight's game. the orioles have won two in a row and the red sox have won two in a row. i want to take you back to two weeks ago to the brawl in boston that lead to multiple suspensions. we willot see any rematch between kevin greg and david ortiz because neither one will play in this series. they both will get a three-game suspension and sit out this entire series. maybe that will simmer tensions a little bit. but buck showalter knows that the orioles can now play the red sox, not outfight boston. the >> they are a very good team, obviously. we will deal with what comes. we will deal with where we are physically. the red sox are not challenge as it is without creating something like that. you deal with situations as they come. >> tonight on the mound, brad bird. tim wakefield, the 44-year-old knuckleballer will get to start for boston. it turns out that the mind prediction about the end of all things in 2012 -- mayan prediction about the end of all things in 2412 may just be a prediction about the nfl that will be the beginning of the season if the proposed negotiation can be voted on. if everybody votes accordingly, we could see training camps opening of next week with facilities opening as early as friday. that would give teams three days to negotiate with their own free agents. after that, the free agent market training camps open. after that, the nfl will resume. claxton night, 11 news is at city hall where opponents say 8 2 cent tax is bad -- claxton tonight, 11 news is at city hall where opponents of a bottle tax say 82-cent tax is bad for business. >> we will not be meeting our heaters this week. >> it was just a couple of nights ago that you could open the windows. this is going into the hottest part of the year, the last couple of weeks of july. it is not unexpected. >> it is unwelcome. >> unwelcome, but not unexpected. there could be some storms tonight, too. keep that in mind. it will be into the upper 90's by the weekend. 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