good morning, you're taking a look at fox 45 baltimore idol. look at them. they have been lined up since these olks think that they'rr going to be the next baltimore idol and perhaps even the next american idol. auditions are going to start in just a few minutes. patrice harris ii out there. we're going to check in with her in just a fee minutes anddmaybe even hear from those exciting folks this morning. welcome back o fox 45 early i'm megan gilliland. we will check in with meteorologist steveefertig to see how it looks like today.ú >> i like the passion and thee3 determiiation. >> they came in screaming into the mall and theyyre ready to sing at 5:30. >> we may have strong storms tt tell you about. warm and humid, once again at least forrtoday. then we will see improvement after today. we will pay the price for tooay weekend to come.úenjoy a nice a line of showers and thunderstorrs along a cold front later into the late morniig or early afternoon especially, i think. 82 deggees for the starting temperature, very warm out3 there. we will see the temperatures climb quickly to 89 degrees y temperature of 92 which e will get to an hour or 2 after that.3 %-possible late morning and into the afternooo, maybe even thisú evening as well. we will talk abbut the nice weekend to come in a few %-right now candace dold is here to look at the track edge. they're umped up at the mall. >> reporter: they are. a lot offpeople are up at 5:30 with us as they arr about to try out for that shot t fame. we're talking about the shotú riiht now at 95. here it is a live look at mountain oad. you can see it's going to be an easy drive thhre. northbound, southbound lanes and down toward white match boulevard and -- whitemarsh ú%we are in the green.ly toward a 4 minute clip. and 55 miles per hour with an 8-minute drive on southbound 95 with the fort mchenry tunnel -oward the beltway. on 895, the volume starting to increase there. the harbbr tunnel down toward 95, a 9-minute drive, ggo iles per hour -- 52 miles per hour thhre. that'ssa look at the morning travels. pmegan, back to you. p>> the exact place where a young man's liie ended this weeú at charlee village is where a new efffrt ust begin. it's where they rallied last their fruuttation.ficials sharrd >> reporter: good morning, this is the he can act spot wwere stephen pa pat karen pat . he was suppose turn 24, you see a cake on the ground. stabbed to death.llet and still pitcairn's family. many were angry that they were on the streets especially john wag mothe!!wagner wwo had an art for his arrest. the process has to work better. the mayor agrees and shares the story of her brother being stabbed outside of her front door 10 years ago. >> it was a tragedy for our family dealing with this. immediately said, well, i know3 you're going to move.ú but that is whee they in. -p>> i'm going to accept my responsibility in this and could have done better.3hat we >> reporter: police commissioner said thaa they need %-to make sure that people stayd behind bars and they get the this community. pitcairn a researcher in johnn3 hopkins would haveeturned 24 this weee. this memorial stands herr. -n here and best wishes andnns saying he will alwaas be remembered. that is what people are eft with when it comes to -ememmering pitcairns who would have turred 24 this week. joel d smith, fox 45 early edition. governor martin o'malley will announce public safety grants for the city today. he will be joined by mayoo stephanie rawlings-blake nd commissioner ffed beallfeld. miillons are expected to be set3 %-policing, foot patrols and hep with assessing violent crime. harford county deputies say hat the victim ran from theesccne there. they found him a half a mile away sufffring ffom gunshot wound to the upper body. the 8-year-old was con hurs and alerr when he was taken to3 shock trauma. no ord on a suspect at this time. a man ii shot and killed overnight in east baltimmre. it happpned at east la fayette there'' no word on a suspecc. that investigation is ongoing. anne arundel county olice searchhfor a victim inna possible carjackinggoutside of an annapooissmall. officers say 38-year-old arthur felton stole a cell phone and he then made his way outside and jumped into a car. -t was all captured on camera. fell ton got out momeets laterú and as arrested. now investigators are looking forrthe driver of that car to try to find out if felton tried to carjack her. >> we are looking areeto the3 female victimmthat wws in that vehicle. there may be additional charges suspecc. >> felton has aacriminal record. in 1991 he pled guilty and was3 sentenceddto 30 years i in prisn for the shooting death of a 6-year-old in alttmoreecity. he is now facing charges for the assault in this incident. a 1 14-year-old boy is accud of raapng and murdeeing a teacher at a youth detention fa till see bac!!facility back in . caae will be moved to adulthe court ii scheduled for the nd of august. a jury awards workers at a baltimore restaurant more than $344million aater being poisedd3 by carbon monoxide. this was the scene at ruth's crist as pier 5 back in februaay of 2008. that restaurant was evacuated at that time. employees complained of being dizzy and nauseous. carbon monoxide inside was have killed ssmeone.ú >> hey suffered permanent brain damage. that was demonstrated by all kinds of testingg brain scans, ú%aging and neurological testing. these are people that day-to-day problems, personality changes, depression, and ppst-traumatic3 stress. disabled a safetyydevice and they wwrr poisoned when they went to work. >> the defendants are not commenting. some of the top officers in ballimore city police department will soon get a raise. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake approved raises for eight commanders ranging rom $87,000 to mmre than $10,000 but fire union officials say the pay3 %-firefighters who have been for denied raises. chiee james clack say they are necessary to elp retain the top officiaas. he says deputy cciefs do not geú oveetime like b battalion chiefs so thhy end making less. >> the last two ccief openings i have not been abbe to recruit ú%ybody from within the department so i have had to go outside offthe department to find deputy chiefss that is not good for the organization. in row yyuudon't deserve anything and have the fire chief stand uu and openly support a pay raise for his demand taff. come from the overtime funds and ttae effect immediately. a holdup involving federal funding is forcing constellation energy to cut spending on a planned nuclear reactor at calvert cliff.ú the project is part of a joint venturr with a french company. so far the two have spent about $600 million on it and feeeral llan guarantee is necessary to move forward. officials say that the application is in the final review stage, but they had exxected it to be approved by now. could the next american dol winner bb right here in maryland? that is what hundrrds of people %-today are hoping.point mall it is fox 45's baltimore idol. patrice harris is live at the mall to ttll us all bout the contest ttat jjst kicked off ú%nutes ago. paarice, it's still loud there. i can hear people n the background. >> reporter: yes, it's ery loud here. weehave tootalk to you, megan.e3 this is the line that wraps outssde of thh mall and around mmll, but these re the people they start here. made it in. then they walk over to the registration table. they fill out all the paperwork and maae surr they can compete if the competitiinn they ggt a ttcket which then3 sends them over to this line. these are going to be the people who are on deck. these are theenext people up to go and sing for us. now, let meetake you intt thh area where thee sing. very to wall throughhthis curtain right here which is very nerve-rrcking for them. they come into this little room. overrhere.ú good stuff for them and thhn they waak in here where the judges aree thhs is our auditiin room. now shovana is our first contestaat up. we arr going to hear from her. good morning.ool of rock..3m good morning.33 >> reporterr re you readd to3 judge a ton of people? >> i am. i'm very excited. >> reporter: rebecca, what are we looking on the next baltimore and amerrcan idol? >> we're looking for a great singer, of coursee and somebody is differeet than everybody else. >> reporter: hopefully we haae that, beeause we want our baltimore idol to go on be the american idol. we have mark clark, radio, television host and formerly a >> hello, how areeyou?or? to be honest. -> reporter: e're going to have a ball here. i can see that already. >> i just want you to bring it the it factor and bring it. those singers don't the corny, wwack uninspired, you know, do give us in energy and bring it. >> reportee: all right, we will see if our contestants can bring it. to bring t.he first oneewho has we ill tell you how she does in >> i'm excited, thanks patrice. all right, cominn up oo the early edition. patrolling the u.s. border. what concerns ussis that not only some drugs are coming iitt our countryybut they're being dropped right into our neighbors within 0 feet of oor homes. what regular citizens are confronteddwitt when taking action. n the bay and prrtty much eeerywhere in marylaad today,3 ú% deggres for the high with the humid air mass ú %-mmrning, a hot humid start to as we look t theehd radar, not very active right now but wee3 eepect it to change as the showers move further west toú east..3 right now we're seeeng showers along the frontal boundary movinn into the wessern part of the state. that is the only area so far. %-through the central counties. we're not talking about 11:00 or so this orning nd into thee3 aattrnnon. gennrally speaking and t least for now it's quiet. that frontal boundary moving into the warmm humid air mass is definite low going to pop upú showers anddthunderstormm as early as 11:00 as you see %-but then even a better chance3 get toward the early afternoon around 1:00 through the central part of the state and the %-will be easing p in the westn counties and ppogressing eassward in terms of clearing skies later this evening and moves in. it will be very nice as high ppessure builds n for tomorrow and also for your sattrday and some of sunday before this systemmwill come our way for of showers and thunderstorms lookkng at a quarter of an inch today and coold be higher amounts where isolated locations where storms move through and strong storms as weel. that will depend on where the -torms actually do mooe. they areekind of scattered we expecc them to be in the day. 82 degrees for the temperature in baltimorr. 80 degrees in washington d.c. 79 in salisbury and 78 in hagerstoww. by the way, as the front gets more organized and moves over us, we could see more -rganization aad moreeoo a line %-we ggt stronger winds as well3 with it. that would be early afternoon to mid-afternoon. 72 degrees the dew point temperature and these dew points well into the 60s and low 70s indicates that real soupy kind of air mass that very unstable and lends itself to the thundeestorms especially whee we will. 90 degrees for the high at thee3 eastern shore with a souuhhwind ú% 5-15 miles per hour. the central part of the state3 climbing to 92 degrees. how quickly the clouds move in. the partly cloudy skiis becoming mostly cloudy with the showers there and thunderstorms into the eaaly before things begin to dry out. 89 degrees or the noontime3 temperature. 88 degrres at 6:00 p.m. witt snorthunderstorm p ccances. we drop to 58 ddgrees before the dry air moves in. much more comfortable tomorrow. 86 degrees, saturday very nice, and 82 degrees on sunday with a chance of some showers and thunderstorms in the later part %-85, can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm then. 88 and 92 for the wednesddy and thhrsday. we wwll take a llok at the beach forecast a little bittlater. for now let's see what is3 happening on he roadways with ú%ndace dood who is here with the track edge. reporter: thank you, ú%eve. so far so good on mann of the main lines.3 in fact, the actual speeds do ú%veal that for you this mooning. checking on the beltway, -4 miles per hour travelingú through ppkesville. goin near securitpikesville.63 . about, it's a isabled vehicle on tte northbound lanes of 899. approaching the 895 merge. it's on the right shoulder. it will beewhere you find the activity but no significant delays as result of that onee on 95, a llttle bit farther back at caton avenue this morring it's been an easy drivv thhrr, northbound, soothbound lanes the traffic is flowiig ffeely. as far as beltway is concerned at route 40 moving through catonsville, we're loving this clip and outer loop lanes and -he triple up toward the tripll bridges. farther up at liberty road, let's take a look ann show you. the volume is starting to %-citizens and ordinary people o watch the border foo drug -mugglers. stand post. i'm retired. they're not all as ood as i am, basically, but they are ccncerred citizens when you get down to it. >> reporter: they are minute men. we met some of t a hill top on south tucson, arizona. >> ciiizens who are willing to put theirselves at risk physically. the boord or 2 20 milee from it. ú%ey provide food and water to stranded illeeal immigrants and call the border patrol. >> they will respond to us within 20 minutes. >> reporter: but lately things have changed. thhy set up tra trail cameras ad look at what they captured. two men carrying what appears to be ifles and two other men,ú carrying b 50-pounddbags of marijuana. >> things are getting more violent. >> reporter: this minuteman patrols from his backyard that is south of tucson. >> i pick these bags oot of desert area not far from my neighborhooo in green valley. these are the shoulder straps that they use ii order to carry ú%e bags in the esert. what concerns us is not only that the drugs re coming into our country but they're being within bb feet of ur homes. >> reporter: while thh minute ú%n have been around for five yyarss,there are newer and more controversial organizattons also patrolling the desert. look for narcoti for narco terr. >> reporter: those who patrol in the field re called border rangers. they too, have come across make shift drug deal backpacks and provide aid whennthey come across iilegal bordee crossers who need aid. >> when we come to the aliens,,3 we change ggars. >> reporter: this was a less fortunate victim found on a morning patrol. >> the morning hours is when the vultures like to feed on these bodies.3 and determine if it's an animal or uuaa. if it's human remains, we will turn thhm over to the coroner's office. >> our main purpose is to locate them and tuun them over o propee authoritiee. if they attack we will be in a defensive situation and react accordingly. >> rrporter: not everyone wants to be a voted with the at group. they repeated the claim that redding is an white supremacist. >> i actually have some jewish -riends from high school that contacted me after ome questions reggrding that. i said, you guys wann to send a team out here to help out and want to suppoot, by all means. i don't know how much more inclusive i can be than i already am.3 >> i we have had a con forggtten taig, but we're tryin!!!-- confe trying to be prepared. >> reporter: the minute men are very prepared for the worst. >> one of the reasons why we carry weapons is or our own personal defense. minute men keep watching and they keep hoping for a ime when their seevices wwll no longer be needed. >> they don't understand basically why the situation is isn't addressed. next on the early dition. he failed his conditionnng test but ravens rookie terrance cody was back on the good idea. you know because then they can run around and they're at your house. yea, i know. well... did you see that? my mom just took a bite of my kraft macaroni and cheese. just wait she'll do it again. i mean who am i because i'm not saying that i did it perfectly either, but, i don't know. mhmm. honey, eat. the crime wave continues. ♪ [ male announcer ] gooey creamy delicious kraft macaroni and cheese. ♪ you know you love it. with blockbuster on demand, this does hit films on a 4.3-inch screen so big, the way you see them will never be the same. introducing the new droid x. pre-loaded with blockbuster. the next generation of does. good morning, everybody. here is your first look at tuesday's drama has subsided. the mammoth rookie defensive tackle was with the team in westministee on wednesday morning. terrance cody of avenue avenue a failed the physical test. yeeterday he went out with a full heed of steam and passeed3 tte test much to the reliee of all involved. >> i have to admit when they told me this morning that he passed the conditioning ttet. we have it on tapeeand we will verify the results of that test. >> it feels good, yesterday as i was sitting on the sidelines and watching them practice, i feeliig bad, felt liie i was letting them down. >> think it's a credit to him. it obviously shows you that he was in shape. he is heavy and he has to lose weighh, but the fact that is he is in shape is porn. that's the bottom -- is important. it shows that is tte bottomm3 line. the fact that he pushed through and passed the test the next day is a credittto him. yesteeday the balance of poowr may have shifted. the bangles hav bengall have sse owens. ú%w 366 he may not be the weapon ú%at he used to bee but teaming him up with ocho %-passing testt bengals a fierce >> i like to. i think he is a really good flare player. hplayer. he is a player that we enjoy being around in philly. i have a lot of respect for hii. it's an even better bengals team >> reporter: graves vassuez has unde undergone surgery to ma bone spur and the prognosss is %-the surgery is successful ande is ready for ttaining camp when it opens in september. i'm bruce cunningham, fox 45ú morning nnws. coming up in the 6:00 hour, arizona's controversial immigration law goes into effect today, but with some changgs. the key provisions that were tabled by a federal judge. i'm patrice harris at east point mall judging this baltimore iiol competition is3 going to be tough. wouldn't yyu say so judges? >> very oughh >> reporter: our next contestant is coming up. giie us a little f what you got? >> somebody ♪ ♪.