next on fox 45 morning news, a baltimore county councilman faces felony charges. how much prison time he could face if he is found guilty. it's bad, man. it is bad. >> new information on a dozen people shot at a cook out, who police say is responsible for the attack. good morning. it's tuesday, july 28th, i'm patrice harris. are you ready for some football? lots of fans are and today is the day they'll get what they have been waiting for. ravens training camp starts today and we will be taking you out there all morning long so you can see the players and the fans as they get ready for this day. they are going to be enjoying the plaird i players in a lot os humid weather. meteorologist steve fertig is here to tell us about the weather. i'm about done with the humidity. >> are they going to be starting -- >> it's going to bad for a bad hair day for them. >> i don't think they're too concerned about that [ laughter ] they're more concerned about the heat and the humidity, i would think than whether or not they look good under their heal helm. 73 starting out. 84 at the noon hour and 87 at six p.m. with a chance of a stray thunderstorm that won't be affect most of us but it's a possibility with the heat and humidity. you need to be aware of it. again likely it's not going to be likely. 74 degrees this morning. we're looking at the sky watch hd radar and not finding a whole lot there right now. a couple of thunderstorms moved through the southeastern part of the state. we will talk more about the returning thunderstorms this week in the forecast coming up shortly. right now candace dold has got the traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. good morning, if you are heading out, you do still need to know about the traffic lights that are out after the storm damage from the weekend. that is hard hitting in the reisterstown area. right now we have on franklin boulevard at church road the traffic lights are on the fritz. just be aware of it. you don't need to take an alternate, but use extra caution traveling through the intersections there. right now it's going to be an easy drive to where we look at a 9 minute clip. on the top end of the beltway from route 702, so far things are looking good. we are only looking at a 27 minute right patrice, back to you. a baltimore county man goes on trial this morning. ken allen is facing campaign violationsed today is day one of what is expected to be a 3-day trial. megan gilliland joins us live from the county courthouse from ttowson. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. oliver is apologizing with what he calls a poor choice in handling a family emergency. he dipped into the came pain funds writing out checks to his wife and himself. a violation of trust and a violation of state law. >> it's awed atious to say the least. >> reporter: baltimore council kenneth ole has been on the council since 2002, but now he faces an uncertain future after being indicted on felony chest charges. >> in a way we're talking about a public trust. people give you money to run for office. >> reporter: he is accused of writing two execs for $2,000. one for him and one for his wife, money that came from his campaign account. >>it's given to be you to be a part of the democratic process, to run an election. when it's used for something else, it's a serious betrayal. >> reporter: the state board of elections noticed problems during a 2007 audit, when they notified oliver, the councilman wrote a letter of apology saying he was unaware of the possibility of committing a campaign finance violation and that the money was used for a family emergency. oliver never elaborated on what that emergency was but did pay the money back. >> reporter: these theft charges he could face up to 15 years in pli prison. his trial is expected to start this morning. live from the towson courthouse, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. a fire in southwest baltimore sends a firefighter to the hospital. the fire started around midnight at the 2800 block of georgetown road. the firefighter was taken to shock trauma with nonlife-threatening injuries. no one else was hurt, there's no word on the cause of the fire. police are searching for a man who stabbed a man in anne arundel county. it happened at the old state road in glen burnie. the victim was stabbed several times. there's no word on his condition this morning. a frustrated mayor dixon speaks out after a violent weekend in baltimore. 22 people were shot and four killed between saturday and sunday. 12 of those shooting victims including a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were shot an east baltimore cook out sunday night. no one died in that incident, but investigators say the apparent target of the shooting was a man connected to rival drug gang activity. the mayor says if people want violence like this to stop they must come forward with witness information. >> i don want to hear from the media, you know about the whole snitching because that is crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot and it could have been worse. it's important that the people in that community come forth. >> so far police have made no arrests, but they have boosted foot and street patrols and say they're also going after targeted offenders in the area. meanwhile the child and pregnant woman shot at the cook out are expected to mick a fulll recovery. he is back, the national football league is reinstating michael vick after he was suspended for running a dogfighting ring. nfl commissioner roger goodell says vick's return to the league is conditional. he can take part in the preseason meetings, practices and workouts and you will be allowed to play in the two final preseason games. he still can't play in official games, at least not yet. >> i will decide within those six weeks, within the first six weeks of the regular season when and whether he will be reintated to play from there. >> vick is already trying to rebuild his image pledging to work with the humane society and children. it's still going to be an uphill battle for the former atlanta falcon. vick is now a man without a team. several have already said no to the former quarterback, including the jets, giants and cowboys. westminister may as well have a new name for the next four weeks, ravens town. thousands of fans are expected to knoc flock to mcdaniel collee for next few weeks. to make sure they make the best of their week joel d is live with the plan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, that flocking has already begun. they are expecting 4,000 fans a day. let me correct a name from the last hour, the big names, ed reid don't come until friday. a few selected players. tomorrow is about the rookies and joe flacco and the quarterback. it's about the fans, training camp 2009 is these guys, talking about wayne and dalt on. what is it about training camp and why do you want to come out so early? >> it's about the new guys. and like you said joe flacco is on the top. >> reporter: how close it you get to the guy? >> they will come and sign autographs. you're only 20 yards away the whole time. they come up and sign autographs for you which is cool. >> reporter: pretty cool. rest of the reason you go, i saw those guys, i saw those guys. >> it's different when you talk to them and they sign shg for sg for you and then you see them on the field. >> reporter: dalton, what time did you have to get up this morning. >> 3:30. >> reporter: is that early. are you ready for it? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: who is your favorite player. >> brett lewis. >> reporter: and who are you going to see after that. >> reed lewis. >> reporter: and who are you going to see after that. >> joe flacco. >> reporter: he is an announcer in training. we are in westminister. i'm joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. 3:30 is not early when you have been waiting for this day since the last football season. i know the fans are excited about meeting the players and all of that activities, but the ravens have a lot of activities planned for the fans, too. >> reporter: there will be. i'm sure dalton will have the moon bounce it that they have back here. and test the skills. it came the fans. it's very inexpensive, beside food you can walk around and take care of everything and seize these guys basically for free. >> joel, thank you, we're going to check with you throughout the morning. still ahead, a local business in trouble with the state? >> you get your rn, $8,000 you can get your rn at six to 9 months? why they're investigating a nursing school. >> and i'm jessica starr coming up this morning this at the hometown hot spot i'm going to is our community and our responsibility. that is the theme of the new africa festival. you can enjoy a celebration of culture, education, business and healthcare and meteorologist jessica starr is live on west northwest avenue on this morning's hometown hot spot. good morning, jess. good morning, patrice. there's going to be a lost exciting things that the new african festival is going on august 8th. the best thing about it is that it's free. there's going to be a lot of performances and to get more information all the exciting things that are going to go on this morning. joining me this morning is jose rash im. >> good morning, tell me what our viewers are going to experience when they come down. >> i would like to give a brief history of where the concept originated. it's taken from the founding fathers who came to this country and who wanted to maintain a connection to their past. they named places like new york, new england, and so we have new africa. essentially new africa baseline theme is that it's a new beginning, our community, our responsibility. that's the festival which we can expect to see as a showcase of success and culture, business, community. again with the main theme, one of the things being it's our community so we should be responsible for it? >> we have a performer and entertainer. real quickly, tell me who they are? >> they are part harmony and they have america's best a cappella groups. and they have been around for 20 years and you want to see their craft. >> reporter: what is their name. >> magic craft. go ahead this morning. >> but any other ♪ >> the new africa festival is at 2401 west north avenue on august 8th. it's from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news. all right. check it out on sky watch hd radar and not finding a whole lot out there today, at least not right now. there's a chance for a stray shower later in the afternoon, but that is about all. really we're looking at a fairly dry day compared to all of the others before and after, and it's been quiet tropical season so far. no named storms by the way, just thought of that at the moment, but that is not the case. it wasn't the case last year. we had actually 4 by this time. you see one between june and july. it's quiet around here. you see the radar. we take a look at the bigger picture and we find showers at the north coast area, moving toward the tennessee valley. that won't be here today but we are talking about a chance for tomorrow. mostly cloudy skies being reported downtown. 29.95 holding steady in the barometer. 68 is the dew point number and that is an indication of how humid it is. 74 is the temperature right now in baltimore, 72, 72, there you know in d.c. 68 in salisbury. 69 in hagerstown and out in oakland bun degree 51 degrees lt the dew point in the upper 60s for most of us, it's definitely another humid one. we just don't get rid of the humidity. that is because we are getting the warm, moist air up from the south. that warm front won't get in here until tomorrow. as it moves closer to our region it brings a better chance of showers then. and looking at showers probably tomorrow as early as 10:00 a.m. for the western counties and in the afternoon, a better chance at 3:00 p.m. and the latest at 10:00 for the showers and thunderstorms tomorrow as net front pushes in. we got another front behind that, just one after another, pushing the warm, humid air. that is why we have a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. a lesser chance, a 20% chance, but still a chance of a thunderstorm. you need to know there's that possibility because of the warmth and the humidity that we have in the environment. unstable enough to produce a pop up shower. it will be a remote chance. western part of maryland has a temperature of the same, 89 degrees, tonight we drop to 71 degrees. we can't rule out the stray evening, thunderstorm. it will be humid nevertheless. we look at today and you will see temperature climbing to 84 bit noon hour. 87 at 6:00 p.m. with the chance of that thunderstorm. when you see the picture, it looks like there's thunderstorms everywhere. it just means there's a chance for an afternoon, evening thunderstorm here and there. if you are headed to camden yards tonight for baseball game. the orioles taking on the royals. 7:05 first pitch temperature arnold 76 degrees. we will be hot and humid. tomorrow 87 degrees, 89 on tuesday, 87 for friday, and 86 for both saturday and sunday. and 86 on monday with an afternoon variety of a thunderstorm possible. sky radar is available at your finger tips. i-radar is available at fox baltimore.com. interactive tools let you see exactly when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. now here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we are still dealing with the storm damage and that is going to be one of the stories out owe the roadways because a lot of traffic signals are still out. if you are traveling on rice reisterstown you will find one at franklin boulevard. you don't have to take an alternate, but be aware that it's going to be blinking there. the roadways are and quiet from owls mills toward the roadway. here it is a calm commute to on both the inner loop lanes and the outward stretch heading toward 70. once you head in the catonsville area, more traffic lights that are not working properly. travel both way, again, it's the building conditions from catonsville heading toward 95. on 95, though, we are in the green from the beltway heading all the way up toward 395 and that continues to be the case through the tunnels. on 95, through whitemarsh, though, it's getting pretty busy. we are already packing in a lost cars on both the southbound and the northbound lanes heading up toward harford county. that's a look at morning commute. patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. still ahead cutting out the spam. we will tell you how to kick jump mail to the curve in websiting. the type of -- i don't have any comments. >> and next, questions about a nursing school. why the state is two medium cappuccinos, you're ready for the mid-morning rush thanks to a good breakfast. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte. medium macchiato, light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos. make one a double. she's fiber focused! i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate, hold the whip, and two espressos, one with a double shot. gonna take more than coffee to stay this focused. stay full and focused through the morning... with a breakfast of kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats® cereal; an excellent source of fiber that helps you avoid... the distraction of mid-morning hunger. no thanks, i'm good. a local business is under investigation accused of offering a shortcut to become a licensed nurse. former students say the business is preying on those who can at least afford it. crime reporter investigate. >> reporter: here at 22 howard street, some stud represents forking in thousands of dollars na to take part in a nursing program that the state has deemed illegal. still they are open and accepting students. here is how the alleged scam plays out. the business presents itself as a review service. but former students say that is not what they're being sold on. >> they say you can get your rn, $8,000, you can get your rn in six to 9 months. >> reporter: with a certificate in hand, students would then go to take their state forward in a different state or in the district. the problem is the business is not accredited. from the get go this former student says the business didn't appear to be in the up and up. >> we put our $50 in for the orientation class, but when it came down to go to classes, we got -- i got the run around. >> reporter: fox 45 has learned maryland higher education commission is investigating. and on june 26, it issued a cease and desist order n a letter to the owner, the commissioner says, you are offering licensed nurse and practical nurse without the commission approval. we decided to pay the school a visit. i'm joy lapolla with fox 45. what type of school is this. >> i don't have any comment. >> reporter: is this a school? >> i didn't say it was a school at all. >> reporter: what -- >> the owner will be here in an hour. >> reporter: eventually the company's president called us asking us to leave his property. meanwhile students have been left with nothing more than empty promises. >> anybody can fall into a scam, anybody. if they talk well, they got you. they talk well ask they got a whole lot of us ors joy lapoll la. still ahead, housing bounces back, the reason behind the good news in the housing front. are you ready for some football? we take you live for the ravens training after a 2 week rally stocks went into positive territory. the dow gained .20 of a percent. and the nasdaq rose, while the s&p rose about .40. the house sales rose. this is the biggest month to jump month in 8 1/2 years. some analysts say that could be an indicator that the economy may be bottoming out. hour, sales are still 21% than the sales from a year ago. verizon announces plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs in the second half of this year, in an effort to cut costs in the land line business. that is in addition to the 8,000 cuts verizon made in the last 10 months. they will stimulate growth in the main retail unit. to qualify sellers must conduct 100 transactions a year and post 3,000 for sales volume. for business brief, i'm stan case. it's the call that led to a controversial arrest of a harvard professor. i did notice that they hadn't used their shoulder, to try to barge in? >> what wasn't said that could shed light on the case. >> and a baltimore county councilman heads to trial for campaign fraud this morning. i'm megan gilliland, how much time he could face behind bars straight ahead. i'm joel d smith in westminister that we now call ravens town. find out next wh welcome back to fox 45 morning news, and welcome back to football. training camp is starting today, and the fans are already heading out to westminister if they're not already there. nathaniel college is the place to be if you want to see an up close look at all of the players as had he hit the field. you see -- as they hit the field. you see all of the volunteers. good morning, it's 6:31. i'm patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see what we can expect on the forecast for today. let me guess, humidity, humidity, and more humidity. >> it's true, it's going to be hot and humid and more humid again. the players are going to be feeling it out there whether they have or not, a year ago we were wondering, i wonder who is the quarterback is going to be. he is a rookie and he did okay. we are expecting big things from the teamment let's see what we are expecting from the forecast. as as you see the frontal boundary pushing toward the east. the rest of us got away without much of anything other than the heat and humidity. today will be, again the same story. a stray shower is possible because the heat and humidity. there's another frontal boundary, you saw back to the west, the midwest, that comes through here tomorrow, bring you a better chance of some thunderstorms then. the sky watch hd radar not showing you a whole lot just temperatures to start the day. we do have a 69-degree reading in hagerstown. oakland, cooler at 59. warm and humid all weekend long. thunderstorms possible, especially for the late day tomorrow, and through friday, a break from the stormy weather, it looks like probably the best chance comes on saturday. if you have outdoor plans, probably that will be the best day for it. let's see what is happening on the roadways. right now, here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve and good morning. if you are traveling out in the reisterstown area, it's going to be pretty much the same deal as yesterday. we're still dealing with the storm cleanup. as a result we do have traffic lights that are out. it's in reisterstown on franklin boulevard that is right at church road. we don't have any road closures this morning, at least that is some good news. heading on the main lines, things are looking good for us, southbound on 795, westminister pike heading toward beltway, right now we're only looking at a 9-minute commute. on the top end of the beltway, we're in excellent shape from greenspring avenue up toward the jfx. that will only take 4 minutes. if you're going to veer off, and heading to the downtown area, nothing to get in your way. we're only looking at a 16-minute ride there. that's a look at the morning commute. back to you, patrice. 6:33,. kenneth oliver goes on trial this morning accused of stealing thousands of dollars. megan gilliland is live at towson courthouse. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today is day one of what is expected to be a 3 day trial. if convicted of fraud, he could face up to 15 years behind bars. oliver has already apologized in what he calls a poor choice in handling a family emergency. he is accused of writing two checks each of $2,000 from his campaign account, one for him and one for his wife. >> in a way we are talking about a public trust. if people give you money to run for office, it's given to you to be a part of the democratic process, to run an election. when you use it for something else, it's a pretty serious betrail. >> reporter: when the state board of elections noticed the problem during an audit, the council noted a letter ever of apology. he said he was quote unaware of committing a campaign violation and that the money was used for a family emergency. oliver never elaborated on what that emergency was but did pay the money back. he had been on council since 2002. his trial is expected to begin at 9:30 this morning. stay with us for the very latest. live this morning from the baltimore county courthouse. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning. we are learning more of the incident that involved a white officer and a black harvard professor. >> a woman had noticed two gentlemen trying to get in the house. >> that is part of the 911 call that led toot rest of professor henry louis gates. the caller lo lucille was passig by when she made the call. she said repeatedly she wasn't sure if she was witnessing a break you knobreak-in, and she y was locked out of their home. the caller never told the dispatcher they were black. >> they are two larger men. 1 was hispanic and the other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. >> president obama has invited the professor and the officer to the white house for a beer. that meeting is expected to happen on thursday evening. president obama is pushing his reform for heath care. he is going to have another hometown meeting sponsored by arrp and will allow people to call in with questions. the president's press secretary says even though lawmakers may not be ready to vote on the issue, the president will continue to move his agenda forward. he is taking his message to virginia and north carolina tomorrow. it's the day baltimore football fans have been waiting for. ever since last season's disappointing loss in the afc championship game. ravens training camp is underway for the 14th season, mcdaniel college is the team's home away from home. joel d smith is live there the first day of the practice. good morning, joel, you got a good spot. >> reporter: i got a good spot. i'm making sure that the field is tip top shape for the rookies and the players. they are making sure that the fans are having a good time and they are in a good frame of mind. we have markus here. markus, how are you? >> i'm good, how are you, joel. >> reporter: i'm good. give us some dos and don'ts and best ways to get around here. >> dos, bring the sunblock and bring an umbrella. bring a good attitude. parking is first come first serve, so get here early and enjoy the day. >> reporter: you got a fan zone. if you want a break from the players, bring the kids. >> bring the kids, we have inflatable games, and enter ak tiffs -- enter ak tiffs. we have the gatorade playing game. really keep them occupied while you watch practice. >> reporter: that is for the fans. they get here early. i you got here early, tell me how long your day goes? >> the day varies. we are here at 6:00 a.m. setting things up for the fans and will be out here until 7:00 sometimes breaking down. >> reporter: are you allowed to get excited today, too. >> definitely excited football is back. >> reporter: what about the receivers, what is going on? >> i'm not sure about that, either. >> reporter: i know that is not your realm, but you got the ravens here, i got to ask you. those are the questions that the fans are asking, more of a sports thing. but we are here at westminister. i'm joel d smith. still to come, we it is a w that shows you it's that it's more mind the scene and meet the new bachelor of the fox show. check out the cars on whitemarsh a little bit humid or a lot humid, that should be the case for today and tomorrow. look at hd radar, and you see on the composite image, not a whole lot happening here, whether there's rain to the gulf coast area. that is not coming our way anytime soon. nevertheless, we could have a pop up shower or shower around, because the humidity which makes for an unstable atmosphere. 74 degrees is the current temperature. it should turn partly cloudy before we're done. no winds, 82% relative humidity. the barometer is holding steady. 68 is the dew point, and that is a number that definitely indicates it's humid. as you take a look at the temperatures here is what you find. 74 degrees in baltimore, 72 in d.c. 69, and cooler in oakland, 69. generally a pretty mild start. when you get into the upper 50s, we start to feel more humid. we stayed out of the 70s, so it could be worst especially for this time of year. what you see here is again, the showers that are to our east in the atlantic and also back to the south and west. and we will be talking about the warm air coming up and the humid air from the south once more. the cold front back to the west, take sometime to get here, not until tomorrow does it get here, and that is when we see a better chance of organization with regard to the thunderstorm. time wise, we see a pop up shower today probably during the warmest part of the day once again. it's just a stray 20% chance. a better chance tomorrow as the front gets closer. you see the western counties here as 10:00 a.m. as we get to the 3:00 in the afternoon as you see it to the central counties and eastern shore. that cold front stays with us and sticks with us through the evening and nighttime at 10:00 p.m. the repeated chances of showers and thunderstorms each day. 87 degrees for the high today for the eastern shore, a south wind 10-15. just the stray thunderstorm chance for the afternoon or evening for the central part of the state. we won't rule out the stray thunderstorm but generally a dry day. make it 90 then, and back to the west about the same 89 to 90 and the chance of a stray thunderstorm. otherwise partly cloudy. then tonight, we won't rule out the evening, shower, and thunderstorm, yes, i'm covering myself. south wind at 5-10 miles per hour. it will be humid. just want you to be aware. when you have the heat and humidity, you could have a pop up shower anytime. for the next couple of days as the front approaches, a better chance probably tomorrow. 87 degrees for the high then, and 89 on thursday, with partly cloudy skies much 87 for friday, and 87 on monday, and by the way, if you are headed to m&t bank stadium -- i keep saying that. if you are going to camden yards. if you go to mt and stadium, you will be sitting by yourself. if you go to camden yards, you will find a game. at 86 degrees will be the temperature for the first pitch. partly cloudy skies and a humid night. go to camden yard for the game, a better choice. sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler raid or to track incoming storms. see the tools that you see exactly when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. now with the traffic edge, sheer candace dold with. candace they play baseball at camden yards. >> yes, it's baseball. if they go to m&t stadium, you might not be able to get into the game, and might be waiting for a ticket outside for the next season. if you're headed outside and headed on the roadways on this tuesday morning, you need to know that we're still dealing with the storm damage. that is especially the case in reisterstown, we do have traffic lights that are out on franklin boulevard on road. heading on 45 in the area, a nice and calm ride. it's starting to pick up there. on 695, at liberty road, we can show you the west side of the beltway, and here it is already seeing a very busy ride there. so packing in the cars especially on the outer loop lanes. inner loop lanes are problem-free heading toward the top end. from greenspring avenue, toward the jfx right now we are looking at a quick and easy 4-minute commute. in towson, some fallen trees on dulaney valley road, right at machinmanner road. that intersection not shutdown. as for the top end of the beltway, we have the cars that are starting to file in from towson, heading toward parkville and eventually heading to the overly area. on whitemarsh boulevard, we can show you the southbound and northbound lanes, it's already looking busy there with a lot of cars that are congregating especially on the southbound end boss: no, no. we can do this. gecko: oh dear. vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. new this morning, baltimore county councilman ken oliver goes on trial today. the randallstown democrat faces felony theft charges accused of stealing thousands of campaign dollars. if convicted of campaign fraud, councilman oliver could face up to 15 years in prison. the senate judiciary committee votes on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. as they announce opposition but others are siding with the democrat majority to confirm her. the vote is expected to take place next week. city property taxes are due at the end of september, for another year, residents are paying the highest taxes in the area. proposals over the years to reduce property taxes hasn't amounted to much savings for homeowners. city officials say to bring city taxes in line with property tax rates in surrounding counties would means millions of dollars in lost revenue for baltimore which the city can't afford. the city's argue amount is nothing more than excused frank conaway joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> why is it excused? >> well, i think that our leaders are doing the same thing that they have done year after year, and no one wants to try inowe have a sievinnovative thi. there's a lost things that can be done. the city council has to have the budgeted balanced and the factions are a great part of that money, but there are other ways to raise money. >> like what? >> well, like creating new jobs. >> uh-huh. >> and using the ports better and enticing people to go to schools here, hopkins and university of maryland to stay in baltimore after they finish their courses. but they leave because one of the reasons is high taxes. >> but a lot of people are staying in the city and some people are even still moving into the city inspite of the property tax rate. some city officials can say, hey, we're still keeping enough people. we need the money, we can't change the property tax just yet. >> well, we can, if we start being inowe have a sieve an inna different way that we have been doing it. we get into the quagmire of doing the same thing over and over again and not make the change. the officials shouldn'ting doing what they want to do, they should be doing the thing that the officials of baltimore demand to do. we had a meeting and two officials attended that is my daughter and my son frank junior who is a member of the house of delegates. i think that is awful. >> why do you think that more city officials aren't getting on board with what you're saying? obviously, they want to keep residents here, and they want to keep residents happy, why wouldn't they look to raise property tax and raise money in other ways that you say would be easy to do. >> i think that they will. we need to show them the way. we are going to bring pressure on the elected officials. if that doesn't work we are going to need by petition draft. we need 10,000 signatures, which we think we can get because we have a great coalition along with the sage institute to get this thing done. and anabonbasu who has written a plan for 20 year baltimore tax reduction will be leading a group of lawyers and investors who have had this coalition to fight against it. so we have the people and we're going to have the machiney in place to do -- the money in place to do t elected officials know that when people get as mad as hell, and are not going to take it anymore. they get afraid that they are not going to get reelected and they will come online. >> we will see what happens. good to see you. >> are you ready for some football? we are going to take you live to ravens training camp for a special preview of the 2009 season. and next, cutting out the spam. we will tell you how to kick junk mail to the d a good spot. [ dramatic music plays ] a big day at the beach with the legendary taste of dunkin' donuts coffee on ice. this looks like a good spot. you kin' do it. america runs on dunkin'. treat yourself today with an authentic caramel swirl iced latte. most of us spend a lot of time on our computers. the large portion of that time is spent checking e-mail, whether for work or for fun sifting through the e-mail, though can be a pain, especially when you consider that more than 90% of e-mails are spam. how do you stop it? >> larry fiorino with g1440 joins for this morning's websiting. >> good morning, patrice. >> this is one of my pet peeves because we get a ton of spam. >> how are these people finding us. how do they know my e-mail address and other people e-mail address and send stuff. >> a million different ways. they harvest them, they guess at what they are. you can get for example, if you get a press release from the company. there's e-mail address in there. if i know that is the first letter last name p harris, then i know what everybody's e-mail is going to be at that company. another thing people don't realize, is a lot of these free e-mail providers sell the -- sell your e-mail address. that is part of the deal. i'm giving you this for free, you have to let me sell it. i have read studies where people sign up and don't use an account and spam will start showing up. >> it's ridiculous. the bigger question is how do we stop it. you sent me a list of different ideas. let's go down the list. number one, activate the spam filters. >> i have done this and cut it by 50%, you have to be rambo about spam. every time you get a spam add that the bad senders list or create a rule so you right click on the actual e-mail and say create rule and say anytime i get an e-mail from this person delete it. you can do that kind of thing. newsletters, which just show up for free for whatever reason. >> annoying. >> right. >> opt out of awful those. >> keep opting out of all of them. they will stop coming eventually. >> there's free spam filters that you can use. >> there's a number of them out there. here is the thing about these, though, it's going to require extra work on your part up front to teach the filter what is good and what is bad e-mail to you. >> okay. >> and the other thing is make sure you check your junk e-mail, because some of them will get misfiled, because this tool is trying to learn. a good one that i had one recommended to me are spamato. but there's a number of free ones out there. >> let's get to the other one. don't use a simple e-mail account. >> that gets under the heading of these spam people are guessing. patrice at g mail.com. don't do that. >> multiple accounts? >> that is a great strategy. use an account for your friends and family, but here is a trick, use only one for when you online shop and that's the one. >> and last, watch the last letter of the first e-mail address. >> reporter: early letters get more spam so don't go with spam, get with z. >> mine is going to be x24z21. that is going to be safe. >> reporter: as long as you use a reputable provider. it's a show there's more to prove and there's more to love. we will take you behind the scenes and meet the bachelor behind the new fox show. and a councilman goes to court for campaign fraud. the ravens training camp at westminister where the fans are they have alzheimer's and heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope -- that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator barbara mikulski understands the importance of innovative biomedical research for patients, their families, and our economy here in maryland. call senator mikulski today. tell her thanks for protecting the promise of biomedical research and the maryland jobs it provides. it's not just the future. it's life. in thnext on fox 45 morning, it's the call that led to the controversial arrest of a harvard professor. what wasn't said that could shed light on the case. so it's important that the people in that community come forward. a plea from the mayor. what she is saying about a very violent weekend in baltimore. and a local woman takes her search for love to a national stage. a preview of the new show more to love. good morning. it's tuesday, july 28th, and you are taking a live look over the field at mcdaniel college. later today and throughout the week you will see lots of ravens players on that field getting ready for the upcoming season. today is the start of training camp, not only will you see the players, but you will also see a lot of fans out there wanting to get the practice, autographs and getting the plan. we will take you out there live throughout the morning. first we want to check with meteorologist steve fertig so steve can give us another hot and humid forecast. >> why don't they let me do a field goal. >> i think they will let you. >> there's an opening. >> either that or a receiver. >> you're right. i can't take a hit. >> oh, let me try. >> oh boy! i have taken my hits from you before, and i mean verbal hits. sky watch hd radar looking like it's not a big deal this morning. just a few clouds out there and the bigger picture showing, again just a few clouds, but showers, maybe a stray shower possible today, because the health and humidity. it will be then as you just heard, basically end to, hot and humid. 74 degrees right now and we will get to near 90 degrees and with the humidity, very definitely present today with the dew points in the upper 50s. it's going to be a hot and humid one. i think i said that one a few times. 87 by six p.m., with the thunderstorm chance, just a stray chance and 89 should do it for the high. here is candace dold with a look at what is happening on the roadways with the traffic edge. >> reporter: us ladies understand the humidity factor, steve. bad hair day all across the board. if you are heading out and hitting the roadways, not exactly going to be such a great commute in part. let's get straight to it. in reisterstown we do have traffic lights that are out at frrchg lin boulevard at church road. we are still dealing with the store cleanup. you don't need to know about any lane or road closures, because they they don't exist this morning. that is good news. as for the main lines, getting busy from southbound 95, from westminister pike we're look the at a 9 minute clip. on the top end of the beltway toward the jfx moderate congestion that is starting to stack up. right now that will take four minutes. the west side of the beltway traveling from the jfx dropping toward 70, a very heavy ride there. a lot of cars are already stopped so we're in the red with a 16-minute commute. that is a look at your morning travels. patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. 7:03 on fox 45 morning news. baltimore county council ken oliver goes on trial this morning. the randallstown democrat faces felony theft charges accused of stealing thousands of campaign dollars. megan gilliland joins us live from baltimore county courthouse with the latest. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today is day one of what is expected to be a 3-day trial. if convicted council oliver could face up to 15 years behind bars. councilman oliver has apologized for what he called a poor chase in handling a fam -- choice in handling a family emergency. he is accused of writing two checks, one for $2,000 for him and one for highs wife. >> the money is given to you to run an election. when you use it for something else, it's pretty serious betrayal. >> reporter: now with the state board of elections noticed the problems during an audit, the councilman wrote a letter of apology, saying that he was unaware of the possibility of committing a campaign violation and the money was used for a family emergency. oliver never elaborated on what the emergency was, but he did pay the money back. he had been on the council since 2002. his trial is expected to begin at 9:30 this morning. stay with us for the very latest. live from baltimore county courthouse, this morning, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. police say the man believed to be a hargt target of a shooting spree the a weekend cook out had previously been under surveillance. court records show that stephen blackwell had been part of a -- that shooting is one of several shootings over the weekend that left 22 people wounded and four dead. meanwhile a frustrated mayor dixon is speaking out about the incident. the mayor says if people want violence like this to stop, they must come forward with witness information. >> i don't want to hear from the media about, you know, the whole snitching, dvd, because that is crap. this is so important. you have innocent people who were shot and it could have been worse. so it's important that the people in that community come forward. >> so far police have made no arrests, but they have boosted foot and street patrols and say they're going after targeted offenders in the area. he is back, the national football league is reinstating michael vick after he was suspended for running a dogfighting ring. the announcement comes a week after vick's release from prison where he served 18 months. but nfl commissioner roger goodell says vick's rush to the league is conditional. he can take part in the preseason meetings, practices and workouts. he will be allowed to play in the final two preseason games, but he still can't play in official games. the nfl commissioner says he will consider vick for full reinstatement by mid-october. that is our question of the day. should michael vick be allowed back in the nfl? , we will take your calls later. you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. westminister may as well have a new name for the next four weeks, ravens town. thousands of fans are expected to flock to mcdaniel college for training camp over the next four weeks ask to make sure they get the best of their trip. joel d smith is live at westminister with a good plan for the fan heading out. good morning, joel. >> good morning, patrice, we have something unique and collusive. you don't get to talk to the starter quarterback this early in training camp. and joe flacco is with us. i do admit he looks shorter in person than he does on t.v. and he goes by a different name. his name is tyler. >> good morning, tyler. >> reporter: hi. >> you're here at ravens training camp, who do you want to see? >> probably joe flacco. >> reporter: he is the man, isn't he? >> yeah. >> reporter: what time did you have to get up in the morning to be here? >> at 3:00. >> reporter: you must be a dedicated fan? >> yeah. >> reporter: how big are the ravens going to be this year. >> awesome. >> reporter: tim you have been to training camp before, what do you like about it so much? >> i come up here and see the players and getting the autographs. it's something different that you don't get to do all the time. it's pretty nice to see them practice and watch them throw the ball around and get the autographs from them. >> reporter: is it different seeing them so close. they look a lot bigger than they do on t.v.? >> a lot of bigger yes. you got to look up to them just to say hi to them. >> reporter: the players are rolling in. we take a look at the parking lot a while ago. these guys are ready for training camp. you can sign the autographs from joe anytime you want already. these guys are ready. if you come out, make sure you bring the sunblock because you're probably going to have walk pretty far. the fans are ready and the training camp is coming up in a half an hour. >> what are the times that the players are going to be out on the field? i know when the fans come out there's plenty to do, but when can they expect to see the players? >> reporter: we hear they l trickle out around 8:00. they take the field at 8:45 for the morning session. 3:30 for the afternoon session. today it's rookies and quarter backs. that goes for the first day of this week. the big day is friday, when ray lewis, and reid will show up. they go from 3,000 fans today, to 8,000 fans on friday. size two need not apply. the reality that is out to prove that there's more to love. i'm jessica starr, i'm home at the hometown hot spot. i'm going to take he live to the çñçñçñ lture, community and celebration. it's all part of the 7th annual new africa festival. meteorologist stev jessica stars live for this morning's hometown hot spot. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. this is a great fess telephone that is going on -- festival that is going on august 8th. there's going to be a lot of better form answers and a lot -- performances and a lot of food. and to get a look at what is going object happening. we have h-ra, him. >> the new african festival, the families and individual, it's going to be a lot of fun, free entertainment as a now, a lot of food, a lot of merchandise, a lot of things to do with the children, if our -- it's our community, it's our responsibility. we need to keep the excellence in the community. we have been doing it for 7 years. and the theme of this year, is honoring the fatherhood recognizing that is very important in the community. >> we have davie brown who is going to introduce some the entertainment who is going to give us a little taste this morning. who do we have this morning. >> we have the wisdom. i'm joel d brown the, and i want to say to the fans, it's not whether you want to lose but it's what you do with the dancing shoes. right now i can hear the sound in the background. ladies and gentlemen, the world renowned ledge de legendariy wi. ♪ there's a man in my house ♪ ♪ he goes to work each day ♪ stays the whole day long ♪ come home at night looking tired ♪ ♪ sit down at dinner table and have a bite to eat ♪ >> the new africa festival is at 2401 west north avenue on august 8th from win to 9:00. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news. all right, looking dry right now, there's a chance for a stray hour or thunderstorm later in the afternoon. right now, though, looking pretty good. take a look at the sky watch radar as we scan the area and put things into motion. as we take a look at the composite image, not a whole lot over our area. showers to the west and the gulf coast area headed toward the tennessee valley. as we look at the current tns, conditions, 74 degrees, mainly cloudy skies, winds are calm, 82% relative humidity. the barometer holding steady and the dew point is at 68. that is an indication that it's very humid out there. temperature wise, we're 74 degrees at the warm start to the day and baltimore. 73 in d.c. 70 at hagerstown and bine in okay -- 59 in oakland but cooler. the dew point are in the 60s, upper 60s and so the humidity is just not going anywhere. we're getting a southerly flow of air. still that southerly to southwesterly flow, brings that heat and humidity once again. now the frontal boundary to the west is well to the we have. it's not going to get in here today. a better chance tomorrow, the cold front coming in tomorrow will come in and bring a better chance of thunderstorms, we think as we get toward the afternoon for most of us. it could be as early as late morning for the western part of the state. look for some shower chances moving in there, about 10, 11:00, and for the central counties about 3:00 p.m. until later at night. in fact as late as 10:00 p.m., you will see the showers hanging around and with the thunderstorms with it. the next cold front comes with it, brings us the chance of showers and thunderstorms as it gets toward the end of the weekend. 87 degrees for the high temperature today, just a stray shower or thunderstorm, don't be overly concerned about what you see here. and not to sound like the wizard of oz, don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain. 89 degrees, and you do need to know that, even though, it will be partly cloudy. i'm not telling you to not pay any attention. there's a remote chance. i know i will hear from you later. where was the shower and thunderstorm. 89 degrees for the we were part of the state. 79 degrees for the overnight low tonight with the evening stray thunderstorm chance. that is 20% chance of that and a south wind of 5-10 miles per hour. tomorrow a better chance of showers and thunderstorms with a help. 87 degrees for the high. 89 for thursday, 86 for both saturday and sunday and 87 for monday with a chance of a thunderstorm. and incidentally, if you happen to be headed to camden yards for the orioles game. we're talking about football, but we're still playing football, with am den -- camden yards, 86 degrees for the first pitch temperature. it will be hot and humid, so be aware of that. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. that's an order. let's see what happening on the roadways. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve and good morning. we do have a persistent problem to talk about in catonsville, but before we get to that, we do need to talk about the average speeds, because they're starting to slow down pretty quickly. we did just drop on 95 moving toward whitemarsh at 53 miles per hour and 43 on the jfx. 61, so not doing too bad on 83 through baltimore county, but on west side of the beltway, a significant drop now, 4 49 miles per hour, heading from the jfx toward 70, doing better on 75 traveling through howard county. as for the incident, traffic lights not not working properly. we don't have any road ow road r lane closures. and traveling through wilkens avenue, we do have the building conditions there. on 295 at 695, it's already a pretty slow ride there on the southbound lanes heading down toward washington d.c. as for 95, though, not too much to complain about, just the cars that are filing in from 695 heading through to the tunnel. as for knif 95 at whitemarsh. we have seen a pretty busy pace. here it is with a lot of cars congregating on the both the northbound and southbound lanes heading toward 695. speaking of 695, we're already starting to pack in the cars from overly down toward parkville and eventually heading new this morning, baltimore county councilman ken oliver goes to trial today. the towson councilman goes to trial accused of stealing thousands of dollars. in convicted of fraud, councilman oliver could face up to 15 years in prison. the committee votes on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor, members of the gop are siding with the democrat led majority to confirm her. the senate confirmation vote is expected to take place next week. good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. it's been almost exactly six months since the ravens lost to the steelers in the afc championship game. it's been a long wait, but this morning it's almost over. training camp is upon us. rookies and a few veterans, starting this guy, reported to westminister yesterday in the first on field workout to training camp. last year, john harbaugh instituted a tougher approach after years of leisure. that approach got him to the super bowl. this year, harbaugh has his cites high. >> we want to have the best training camp in the nfl. we want to have the best year tomorrow. that's how it was last year and that is how it is this year. we are exi iited and going about the business of practicing football. >> reporter: the ravens got a jolt when they got a call from receiver bennett. friday was a grueling one for him and the his knee wouldn't take that kind of punishment. harbaugh said on monday that the problem was argt itic in nature and bennett may never play again. >> we are getting ready to go and most of them are going to come in on wednesday and we will get started. tomorrow we will look at the young guys we have. tomorrow is the next day and all of these guys are getting ready to go. they are kind of anxious to get out and show the other quarter backs what they got. >> reporter: meanwhile, the ravens, quarterback, pulverized his knee during mini camp last year and missed all of last season. his come back was slow and stopped this spring when it was revealed he would need more surgery. look at a brace. a hero in 2007, gwen is the land tied standing. he played every snap, capturing 36 passes. harbaugh says it's a simple matter of numbers. >> the surgery didn't work, you know. if that is the way you can describe it, so he has to have -- he had more work done. it's healing right now. we will give him a chance to heal right now. he can't be on the roster. we need to have all the men to practice right now. we have a plan for queen. he will be working on getting the knee right. >> reporter: in italy, michael phelps advanced the finals of the first individual event the world championships in rome. evansed to the final. germany's petermon broke the phelps record. the 14 time olympic gold medalist will swim in the finals tonight when he will try to win his second gold medal. president obama healthcare reform is going nowhere fast. the republicans say the president's plan costs too much money, and means too much government involvement. even democrats don't like the plan. the spreaze pushing t presidenta reform of the plan is dead. delegate mcdonough and anderson join us for today's spotlight. >> good morning. >> the president wanted this done by august. it didn't happen. has he lost the first round in the health care debate. delegate mcdonough we will start with you. >> thank god, he has, yes. his bill that was originally put before the congress was dead on arrival and the house redid it and came forthwith the worst bill than the president had. yeah, he is not going to get his rush job, get it through quick, that's a form of power, get it through quick so people don't know what is happening. the longer it takes, the more we find out about this monster bill that is horrific, particularly for seniors. the scarier it gets, though the version that the president and the house supported is gone. it's dead, thank god. hopefully, the whole thing will become dead and maybe we will get serious about real healthcare reform. >> delegate anderson do you think that the president expected this kind of difficulty get ago profl even from within his own party. >> you know, president kennedy wasn't surprised when he couldn't get many of the initial bills that he wanted to get through as president of the united states. and president kennedy's speech he says, we're going to put a man on the moon. we eventually did put a man on the moon, but it wasn't until five years after kennedy been assassinated. president obama graduated from harvard law school. this is going to be a process that is going to take sometime. it's going to take a while. he has been invited key members of the house of representatives to the oval office to talk about where the glitches are, where we need to work things so we can come up with a consensus that all americans will feel comfortable with? >> let me ask you then, continuing, you think there's still hope in this. his approval ratings continue to drop. it shows that a lot of americans, not just lawmakers but americans are skeptical on how he is handling this healthcare reform. how does he turn that around? >> well, again, the proof is in the pudding. it turns around once these things start to work. once some of the economic programs that president obama has put into effect start working, then people say, oh, well he is doing a good job. in fact, we have seen the predicting of the end of the recession is coming soon because a lot of economic indicators are going up. is as a result of what president obama did? i don't know. but if things get better, his ratings will go up. >> delegate mcdonough i will give you the last work. we have 30 seconds, will the poll numbers continue to climb. do you say, give it time and see how the program is going to work. >> they will keep on going down n the rase muss sin poll he is down to 12%. of the four president in the post war era, he already at the bottom. there's only jimmy carter below the approval. all of his programs are in serious jeopardy at this point and that is geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. welcome back to fox baltimore morning news. 7:32 is the time. let's get to meteorologist steve fertig since this is football weather. >> anything is football weather. do we need anything to keep us from football? >> no. >> absolutely nothing keeps football from happening. it's going to be uncomfortable because it's going to be hot and humid. at least some the fans might be. it's 74 degrees and the temperatures in around the area is in the 70s t will be a humid one. as you can see nothing doing as far as rain over our area. just a few clouds to start day as we move through the day, not a whole lot today. a stray shower may be possible. the better chance comes tomorrow, moving into the western counties at 10:00 in the morning and a little bit thereafter for the central counties and the eastern shore about 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 at night. we will see repeated chance for afternoon and evening chances through this week. let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we have been talking about storm clean up still this morning. and as a result, we do have one incident to talk about in reisterstown. some traffic lights that are not working properly, it's at franklin boulevard on church road. as for the main lines not doing too bad. it is the usual volume that we have to condition tend with on southbound 795 from westminister pike that will take 9 minutes. on the top end from greenspring avenue, toward the jfx so far so good, we're only looking at a 5-minute commute. veering off on the southbound lanes we will have company but no major issues to talk about all wait to east fayette street. that will take 15 minutes. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. 7:33 on fox 45 morning news, a baltimore county councilman heads to trial this morning. ken oliver faces two counts of felony theft surrounding campaign violations. today is day one on of what is expected to be a 3 day trial. megan gilliland has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. today is day one of what is expected to be a three-day trial. if convicted, councilman oliver could face up to 15 years behind bars. oliver has already apologized for what he calls a poor choice in handling a family emergency. the 63-year-old is accused of writing two checks, eav each fo2 thoidz from his campaign act, account, one for him and one for his wife. >> we are talking about a public trust. when people give you money to run for office, it's part of the democratic process. when you use it for something else, it's a pretty serious betrayal. >> reporter: the councilman wrote a letter avenue poll gee, saying he -- letter of apology saying he was unaware of committing a campaign violation and the money was used for a family emergency. oliver never elaborated on what the emergency was, but did pay the money back. he had been on the council since 2002. his trial is expected to begin at 9:30 this morning. stay with us with the latest from the baltimore county, megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. police say the man believed to be a target of the shooting spree at a cook out had previously been under police surveillance. court records show that 25-year-old stephen blackwell has been twice been charged with attempted murder. the attack on black we'll is blt of a gang shooting. it left 22 people wounded and 4 dead as a part of the shootings over the weekend. read the story and more in today's washington times. tar awal has this morning's briefs. >> reporter: good morning, here is some of the stories we're watching from washington today. legal aide and wistful spending, the two don't seem to go together, but an exclusive washington information, found that the agency that provides legal help for poor people has lavished on in stone walls and kcasinos. this is when president obama is calling on government to reduce wastel spending. at least one republican senator says failures on the part of legal aid society should not expect under the drug. >> federal drug enforcement authorities have begun a preliminary investigation into whether embattled d.c. councilmember, marion barry broke any laws when he awarded a city contract to a former girlfriend and arranged for city grant money to go to non-profit organizations run by his cronies. the investigation comes on the heels for barry's arrest for misdemeanor arrest for stalking earlier this month. iran's government appears to be imploding even before its president is sworn in for a second term. three cabinet ministers have been dismissed, resigned or are on their way out as the opposition vows to continue the protests over the disputed elections. iranian specialists say the president is badly weaken and may not be able to complete the next four years. that is just some of what we're following from the washington times. i'm tara walls back to you. he is back! you can read those stories and more on our website at foxbaltimore.com, just click on washington times. he is back, the national football league, is reinstating michael vick after he was suspended for running a dogfighting ring. the announce the comes after a week after vick has left prison. goodell says that the return of vick to the league is conditional. he can immediately take part in the practices and workouts, and be allowed in the last final two season games. he still can't play in the official games. the commissioner says he will consider vick for full reinstatement by mid-october. it's our question the day. should michael vick be allowed back in the nfl? our phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. you can also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. it's the day baltimore football fans have been waiting for ever since last season's winning loss in the afc championship game. ravens training camp is underway for the 14th season. mcdaniel clog is th college is s home away from home. joel d smith is there this morning for the first day of practice, good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, a bit of a buzz starting now. the fans are sensed that the players are here and they will start to mill around a little bit. they will make their way out to the field in the next half hour, and practice begins at 8:45. i'm here with andy with community relations. you have done this for a few years. is there a different feel at this camp from others. >> i think the guys are looking to build on the good season last year and you can feel the vibes. >> reporter: when you talk to fans, what do they like the most about training camp? >> i think it's a good chance for the fans. they come out to the game and they cheer. they cheer and feel like they're a part of the team for a good 3 or 4 weeks. >> reporter: you have been to westminister plenty of times. how does the city change take to the team. >> they welcome us with open arms. we bring a a large crowd out here and the excitement and they look forward to us every year. >> reporter: for fans who don't want to miss anything out here. what do you recommend. >> bring the kids in. there's a fan zone prior to practice. get a good spot and watch them practice. >> reporter: i would like to ask you about the receiver situation, but i know that you're not going to answer me. we will go to a prediction and we won't tell coach harbaugh. humidity wins this year. >> i'm going to go at least 12. >> reporter: that is confident. we like. that 12 wins is what she says, the fans say all the way, undefeated season, perfect. training camp has begun in westminister. we're live here in ravens town. i'm joel d smith. coming up later this hour, size two need not apply. we go behind the scenes to a reality show that pr 7:42 know on this tuesday morning. we're looking at our sky watch hd radar and you can see a nice dry scan over our region. we are checking out the composite image and not finding there at all. back to the south and west of us toward the gulf coast area, but today looks to be generally a dry day today. let's take a look at current conditions. 74 degrees at the inner harbor. winds are calm, 82% relative humidity. and the dew point is at 68 so once again, humidity is a strong factor. 74 degrees in baltimore, 73 in d.c. 70 up in hagerstown, only 61 little degrees out in oakland. and 70 degrees in salisbury. oakland looks to be a nice, cool spot today. in fact, the dew point is in there. the humidity is low. the upper 60s at that, until another humid day. and we're looking at the southerly flow oncermore that is bringing -- once more that is bringing heat and humidity. the next cold front is back to the west. that will hold off getting here probably until tomorrow, but then we have a better chance of some showers with thunderstorms. take a look and we will see when we expect the storms to move in. it looks like for tomorrow afternoon, first tomorrow morning for the western counties around 10:00 a.m. and then in the afternoon for the central counties and the eastern shore. it continues to as we move into the nighttime, until 10:00 p.m., before they thought to ease up some. 87 degrees for the high today. a stray shower and thunderstorm. just a 20% chance, probably not having to deal with from most areas, nevertheless, you should be aware with the heat and humidity. there's always a chance for a pop up shower or thunderstorm. just a remote chance for today. 89 for the central part of the state, back to the west, with the high temperature expected about the. 89, we might hit about 90. don't hold me to the 89, is what i was trying to say. 89 degrees for the overnight low. partly cloudy skies tonight but a chance for an evening shower and thunderstorm first. then the sky turns partly cloudy and turns for the front to move in tomorrow. 89 for thursday, 87 for friday, 86 both, friday and saturday, and note the chance for a shower or thunderstorm each and every afternoon or evening. again you will see the chance here about a 50% chance tomorrow and tuesday, a better chance as we move into the weekend. if you're headed, by the way to camden yards for the orioles game against the royals, first pitch temperature, 86 degrees, partly cloudy, hot and humid, dress lightly if you want to be comfortable. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger stipulates. i radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. now here is candace dold with a look at your traffic edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we have been talking about an issue in catonsville throughout the morning and unfortunately it remains to be a problem. we do do want to first talk about the average speed times because they're dwindling pretty quickly out there. on 95 and whitemarsh, it's fry 40 miles per hour up to speeds on 61 on 83 through cockeysville. here is where we did see the significant drop, 34 miles per hour traveling on the west side of the beltway. as for the incidents, we can tell you in catonsville, the traffic lights are on the fritz, 40 is at engel side avenue. you don't need to take an alternate route, but be aware that you don't need to use -- you will need to use extra caution. catonsville toward wilkens avenue. on 295 at the southwest corner, here it is on the southbound lanes, we have been seeing this pack of cars pretty much throughout the morning rush. this is going to be the case on the southbound side. the northbound lanes are getting by problem-free. the good news is there's no dents to report on the bw parkway. it's the morning rush that we continue to deal with. the cars continue to head up through 395 through the tunnels and a pretty busy pace on southbound 95 through whitemarsh. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. candace, thank you. coming up after serving a year and a half in prison on dogfighting charges, michael vick has been reinstated with conditions to the nfl. the former atlanta falcon star is now eligible to attend practices and team activities if he finds a team who will take him on. we want to know, should michael vick be allowed back in the nfl? that is our question of the day. the national football league is reinstating michael vick after he was suspended for running a dogfighting ring. the announcement comes a week after vick's release from prison where he served 18 months. under the terms of the agreement, he will be allowed to take part in preseason practices. once the season begins, he will take part in all team activities, except games. the nfl commissioner says he will consider vick for full reinstatement by mid-october. that brings us to the question of the day. should michael vick be allowed back in the nfl? the phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. or can you also send us a tweet at fox baltimore. our first caller is darnell in wood lawn. good morning, darnell. >> how are you doing. >> i'm great. what do you think? should vick be allowed back in? >> yes, i think he should be allowed back in, because he was a good player. they are wondering if they should put a few roles into the world hall of fame, i mean everybody makes mistakes. >> all right, thank you so much for your call. interesting point. let's go to quinton in baltimore. good morning, quinton? >> quinton, are you there? >> yes i'm here. >> hi, good morning, what do you think? should michael vick be allowed to play again? >> yes, he should be allowed to play again. i don't think they have put restrictions on the plans. >> it's yet to be determined what roger goodell will final will he determine when it comes to reinstating him fully. let's go to james in baltimore. james. >> hell owe. >> hi, good morning. >> what do you think, should vick be allowed to play again? >> no, i think people who take lightly the pain of animals, hardly ever or if ever learn their lesson. and i mean, considering the torture and the pain he put a lot of dogs through, he does not deserve to resume his career on the national football league. if anything, he ought to go into boxing so he can learn what it's like to be beat up. >> all right. let me read some the tweets. some the folks that are sending the tweets agree with you. this one, says he should not be allowed back with a far less punishable fate than the dogs he killed. that team should be boycotted. >> another one says, yes, i believe that michael vick has been allowed in the nfl because he served his time. >> another one says that he should not be allowed to resume his career. he is a great player but he blew his chance. you can leave your comments on our question of the day by going to our website at foxbaltimore.com. coming up in our 8:00 hour, get the most bang for beauty. how to look your best without break the bank. and next it's a show that is out to prove there's more to love. we take you behind the scenes and to meet the bachelor o summer loving is heating up with the new reality show on fox. in more to love, one handsome hunk deals with the curves of dating when he is given an opportunity to choose from 24 figured women. fox is making the bachelor lew connolly available to talk about it this morning. >> good morning. >> this show kicks off with you and eligible ladies at a cocktail party in the hollywood hills. come on, it doesn't get much better than that, does it? >> i know, what can i say, i'm a lucky guy and i'm living the dream. >> it all begins 20 women, but you are on the hunt for one. describe your ideal leading lady. >> she is going to be have to be pure of heart. nurturing woman that can challenge me and a good sense of humor. >> i understand that there's a woman from baltimore who is vying for your love. >> yes, that is correct. >> and what is her name, tell me a little bit about her? n her name is danielle and she is a one-of-a-kind type of girl. she has a winning personality. you are going to have to tune in to see it? >> take me through the process. you have the 20 ladies, take me through the process. when the show opens, i understand there's more than one that goes home? n yeah, that's correct. there's 5 that get sent home the first night. >> it's a lot to take in. i got to get around and meet all of them, give them all a chance to let me know who they are so i can make the right decision. >> we are looking at a video around the pool, and i see a few drinks. obviously, there's a party element to it. but where exactly do go with these ladies, what all takes place? >> as far as location? >> yes. >> we film most of it in southern california, you know. we would go to the beach or, you know, malibu, we have an insane pool party there. it was a lost fun. most of the dates took place in southern california. >> well e what is with the glitch and glamour of hollywood aside, because that is what we want to talk about. this show includes many valuable lessons for americans. what do you want people to take away from it, because this is not your typical show? >> hopefully, the people that watch the show will take from it that you should never allow hang ups about your body stop you from enjoying life or, you know, opening up to someone that you could really care about? >> thanks so much for joining us. and i'm sure we will learn those lessons. we will all see you tonight. >> all right, thanks, candace. >> take care. >> you can watch luke and his ladies when more 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(announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. next on fox 45 morning news, a baltimore county councilman faces felony charges, how much prison time he could face if he was found guilty. >> it was bad, man. >> reporter: new information on a dozen people shot at a cook out, who police say is responsible for the attack. and get up close and personal with your favorite player. we're live from ravens training camp. good morning. welcome back to fox 45 morning news, you are taking a live look at ravens training camp. today is day one. the players are going to hit the field in just a little bit, actually, probably about 45 minutes toon hour from now. the fans, however, already there. they're ready to see their favorite players do their thing. >> every year they lien up and spend the whole -- line up and spend the whole preseason. hats are on and purple fever. >> i'm ready for some football. let's see if meteorologist steve fertig is ready to gives a good forecast. i'm guessing no, because it's humid. >> i'm doing the ravens thing. we had cheerleaders in here, that would be their cheer. they're readily to go. >> you're good. >> i'm ready to go somewhere. let's take a look at what is happening. high pressure is going to be building in for the time being. there's a frontal boundary that is going to be buildling in tomorrow. with the heat and humidity, we could have a pop up shower and thunderstorm. it's a stray chance. yesterday we got along with without, though there were thunderstorms that moved through the southeast part of the area. right now sky hd radar, and you see the temperatures in the mid-70s. 76 in baltimore, 75 in d.c. 71 in hagerstown, 73 in wilmington, delaware. here is a look at what you expect ahead. warm and humid conditions all week long and thunderstorms around, probably more so later tomorrow and into thursday and friday as well. and then we get a break from the stormy weather, it looks like, at least the best chance for a break would be saturday. outdoor plans, then good planning. let's see what happening on the roadways now with candace dold. she has the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve and good morning. we have been monitoring the ride on the beltway right now and so far, things are looking okay on both the inner and the outer loop lanes on liberty road. i can tell you, t going to be a mess overall heading from the jfx wrapping from the 70. we are in the read on the outer loop lanes with a 21-minute commute. the inner loop lanes doing much better from greenspring avenue, including the jfx includes the moderate congestion. the inner loop isn't so bad. it's the outer loop. and southbound 95, an extremely hectic ride from mountain road to 695. we don't have any accidents, tts the usual ride there. we are look at a 15-minute ride. back to you. thank you, candace. baltimore councilman ken oliver goes on trial this morning. the councilman faces felony theft charges accused of stealing thousands of campaign dollars. the 63-year-old is charged with charging two checks, each for $2,000 from his campaign account, one for him and one for his wife. oliver has apologized for what he calls a poor choice in handling a family emergency. if convicted of campaign fraud, counsel man oliver could face up to 15 years in prison. his trial is expected to begin at 9:30 this morning. 7 men in north carolina are charged with supporting terrorism. all are accused of conducting weapons training in their home and planning a violent jihad. they include a father, two sons and four other men's living in the states. the state garment says the -- the department says the master behind was the father who lived in a home south of raleigh in willow springs. court records indicate that the boit trained in terrorist camps in afganistan and pakistan. if convicted, they all could face life in prison. he is back, the national football league is reinstating michael vick after he was suspended for running a dogfighting ring. it comes after a week from his release from prison where he served 18 months. but roger goodell says that the return to the team is conditional. he will be allowed to play in the final two preseason games, but, he cannot play in official games, at least not yet. >> i will decide within those six weeks, within the first six weeks of the regular season whether -- when and whether he will be reinstated to play from there. >> vick is already trying to rebuild his image, pledging to work with the humane society and with children. it's going to be an uphill battle for the atlanta falcon. once the league highest team player, league is without a team. several have said no, including the jets, the giants and the cowboys. westminister may as well have a new name for the next foir weeks, ravens town. thousands of fans are expected to flock toe mcdaniel college for the next four weeks. to make sure they get the best of their trip, joel d smith is live with all of the training tips. >> reporter: i'm here with thousands of my fellow ravens fans. we're having a good time so far and the players are starting to trickle in. the players, the quarterback, including joe plaque coand -- f. the guys who know how to talk to these guys. we have bill wagner, you had a long trip to get here? >> yeah, all of 5 minutes. >> reporter: the ravens come here every year. >> we are very lucky to have them here in westminister. >> reporter: . >> reporter: what is it like to experience them. >> we started coming here. and it's a great time. >> reporter: you get close to the players. here is nathan wag nor. what is your goal for the year? >> my goal is mainly to get my favorite sign. everybody likes meeting rey lewis, but the player everybody has got to be after this year, is joe flacco. he is the quarterback of the team and the future of the team. >> reporter: you got his autograph before, right? >> yes. >> reporter: over the years, how many of these have you gotten signed? >> i would say a couple of hundred. >> reporter: where do they go from here? >> straight on the wall, framed up. >> reporter: must have a good-looking ravens fume. >> reporter:room foryou. who do you want to see today? >> today i would like to see some of the new guy easy ans ane newer rookies. >> reporter: these guys got out here at 6:00. some folks were out here at 5:00 a.m. getting ready for the first day of training. >> talk about which players will be out there and when do the rest of the players come. >> reporter: today is the big day because it's the technically the first day of practice which starts at 8:45, another session at 3:30. you have the rookies, a couple of guys who haven't been injured in the past. and the big guy joe flacco. on friday, you start seeing names like ray lewis and ed reed. friday is the next big day, but these guys don't care. they will be here every day in between. >> the dads are outside watching on the sidelines but the kids can go too, and there's a lot for them to do, too. >> reporter: they have a moon bounce. i will be in there later. and besides that, you have food, you have games. so they try to keep it fun. when you want to get further away from the field or maybe when the kids need something else to do, but it's football season. they want to see the ravens, too. >> why doesn't that surprise us that joel be in the moon bounce rough. >> that doesn't surprise me. there's a show that is out to prove that there's more to love. >> i don't want to a sine mini. >> k -- a skin me mini. >> we will take you behind the scenes and the meet the bachelor of the new fox show. ism jessici'm jessica starrg (announcer) want the ultimate upgrade for your home? switch to verizon fios. unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home for razor-sharp tv, america's top rated internet, and crystal-clear phone service, just... it's like 3 services for the price of 2. just sign up today. call the verizon center for customers 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and so far the weather is looking okay. it may not be feeling so okay, because the humidity is still a factor, but on sky watch hd radar for now not seeing any echos, meaning no showers or thunderstorms at this time. we will check things in motion as we check out the composite image. we will see to the south and is where we are seeing showers and thunderstorms down to the mississippi valley. that is not headed for us now, we are talking about dry conditions for the time being. 75 degrees for the time being and reporting partly cloudy skies. we are seeing sunshines and ones out of the southwest, and barometer is rising. 29.98 and the dew point, though 69, that number is significant, because that tells us how humid it is, and it is quite humid. 76 degrees if baltimore, 75 in d.c. 71 in salisbury and the same for hagerstown. there's hagueers -- wait, i will get it. magers town, need a better aim. 63 degrees in oakland, cooler there. the dew point cooler toward the mountains which will make for a cooler location there, but everybody else at 69 degrees, for example in baltimore. and the surrounding area pretty close to the same. that is going to make it humid once more. it's going to stay this which way -- way, the hot humid air hangs for quite sometime into the future. the radar is indicating, it's not indicating that the air is moving from the south and. that is going to bring in the heat and humidity. there's a boundary from the southwest, but that is not coming today. that comes in tomorrow and it brings a better chance of showers and thunderstorms then, but again just a pop up chance for today because of the heat and humidity and what we refer to as unstable air that rises as a result, you could see a shower or thunderstorm, but just a 20% chance today. tomorrow the next chance as a cold front moves in and adds insult to injury and helps to produce the warm moist air. at 10:00 a.m., and the west, the central counties and the eastern shore, about 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 at night a possible shower or thunderstorm with the frontal down brie that pushes through -- bow dreboundary that pushes thr. it's afternoon, and shower and thunderstorms possible for everywhere throughout the state for the next several days. today a lesser chance as i said, 87 degrees for the high on the eastern shore. if you're in the central part of the state, about 89 degrees, we might hit 90, so if we do that, it won't be a big jump. i just want to say that because 90 sounds like so much warmer temperatures, doesn't it, even though it's only a degree of 89. that is what we have for the western part of the state, too. with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm popping up as well. tonight we can't rule out the evening or thunderstorm, 79 degrees for the overnight low. it will be humid today and through the night and through the next several days. 89 degrees today for the starting temperature. we get to 84 at noon, 87 at 6:00 p.m. if you're headed to camden yards tonight for the baseball game. orioles still taking on the royals for another day, another few days, a couple of days. 86 degrees for the first pitch temperature as 7:05 partly cloudy skies, a hot and humid night with a south wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour. tomorrow, 87 degrees then with a thunderstorm chance, we will have showers early on in the early morning for the western counties as you saw. the rest of us in the afternoon or evening, 89 degrees on tuesday, more of the same in terms of afternoon or evening showers and thunderstorms the rest of the week possible. 87 degrees for the high on friday. 86 on saturday, the same for sunday and 87 on monday and again, we want to tell you about something else we have here. fox 45 sky watch weather is available at your finger tips. did you know that? i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. enter tacinteractive tools let w exactly when the thunderstorms will be over your house. foxbaltimore.com and go on to i radar. now here is candace dold with the track edge. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we are talking about exactly what is happening on the roadways and exact speeds as a matter of fact. right now, they're dropping pretty quickly on 95 moving through whitemarsh. we did just see a significant dip there. 44 miles per hour, now on the southbound lanes and 47 on the jfx. not doing too bad on 82 through baltimore county, 61 miles per hour there. on the west side of the beltway, we were at 32, but it went up to 37. at least that is good news as we head through the 8:00 hour. but we do have a few incidents that you need to know about. in rices sisters town sisters tn boulevard at church road. you will have a lot of could on the southbound lanes heading toward the beltway. on the top end from greenspring avenue, toward the jfx it's just the car lots to contend with. we're looking at a 5-minute commute. fallen trees on dulaney valley road at manner road to be exact. just watch out for that, obviously the storm damage is playing the region. as for the beltway on the top end right now it's going to be a heavy ride from parkville heading toward south on the outer loop lanes. on 95 moving through the whitemarsh area that is where we're seeing significant volume from whitemarsh toward 695. northbound lanes you will definitely have some company but no significant delays to talk about heading toward harford county. that's a look at the morning commute. megan and patrice, back to you. still ahead staying? shape isn't just about exercise. we will tell you how to use nutrition to reach your fitness goals in get fit with fox. beauty can be a big pain in the wallet. we have tricks to get >>many americans are out of shape. so what has gotten us to such an unhealthy state and how can we fix this? >> victoria proctor and mindy lieberman from mobile gym are here on to get fit with fox! good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> let's talk about what mobile gym is, 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that is what a cosmetic department is about, it's try to experience new products. what we love during our nord nordstrom anniversary tips is when you see a mac look in a box. they can put the entire look for you. they can teach you how to do it at home. there's a bronzer, great shadows, a lip gloss and they can give you tricks on what to do and do it all for yourself. a great way to know and love products, very helpful. >> we want to discuss something that we don't always think about, that is beauty safety. a lost times we will get the makeup and the broner, when -- bronzer and when do you throw them away? >> all the difor different prods have a shelf life. a mascara is good to get rid of it after 12 weeks. what ends up happening with products is they're not harmful, they just don't work as well. the sunscreen is the same thing. they won't give you the protection every six months. every season you should get a new sunscreen. if something doesn't smell right, it's crazy, that's the reason to get rid of it. and it's updating the makeup with the essentials in the season and make sure you have the good core basics that will last you a long time. >> just for summer just the natural look and it seems you have a lot those even with the mac look in the box. you can get all of natural look and don't need all of the makeup, just the essentials, right? >> absolutely. it's all in the application and knowing how to apply it and that is what nordstrom and all our great beauty visors are all about? >> thank you for joining us. great tips for us welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 838:31 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we have been talking about the ravens camp. i looked in my closet and looked at my jerseys this weekend and thinking, it's coming, it's coming. >> were they of them ravens jerseys. i say that, because you come from out of town, but of course, you have ravens jerseys. you're a ravens fan? >>i can't help it. >> so is meteorologist steve fertig. steve is from new york. >> anchor desk confessions. let's see what is happening out there. we getting ready for football season, even though it's baseball season. sky watch hd radar showing a couple of clouds, seen a mix of sown and clouds and the humidity will be a factor as the temperatures climb to 90 degrees. once we -- starting the day we're at 76. 73 in cockeysville once we hit the noon hour, we should be in the 80s already. 84 degrees for the noon temperature, mostly clear skies then but more clouds later in the day. a chance for a pop you are shower or thunderstorm around. it's a stray shower, 87 degrees for the temperature at that time. it's going to be after hitting the high of 4:00, 89 degrees or even as i said, we get to the 90-degree mark. let's see what is happening on the roadways right now with candace dold. we have the traffic edge. >> reporter: thank you, steve. good morning. if you're heading out toward baltimore city, you do need to know that we have emergency road work that just took on northbound 895. it was right at the harbor tunnel. in fact, it stopped traffic there. the good news is that all lanes are now reopen, but you will want to stick with 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel or 695 around the key bridge to avoid the residual delays. now as for 95 in the southbound direction, from mountain road down to 695, we're in the red with a very hectic 14-minute commute. on the top end of the beltway, of course, we do have the intermittent flowing there from route 702 all the way down toward 70 on the beltway, that will take 32 minutes. it does ease up a bit on the southbound side of the jfx thankfully from 695 heading toward east fayette street. right now we're looking at a 15 minute clip. that is a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. it's the day baltimore football fans have been waiting ever since last season the disappointing loss in the afc chap game, ravens training camp is underway, for the 14th, not 13th, but 14th season. mcdaniel college is the team's home away from home. and joel d smith is live will for the first day of practice. good morning, joel. >> reporter: you said practice, you got practice. the players are on the field right now. training camp 2009 is underway, just what the people have been waiting for. i mean hours waiting for. these guys got here a couple of hours ago. nicole thomas is here and she is with her little friend. rogan. nicole tell me how in the world do you get a 1 1/2-year-old ready for a day like this? >> i had had to get up early and pack a diaper bag and juice bottles and get him ready. >> reporter: he seems overwhelm, but he is happy. >> he cheers for the ravens. >> reporter: does he yell on the t.v.? >> he does. >> reporter: he is just like his mom? >> we're huge ravens fans. >> reporter: you guys are ready. they are ready to see the players on the field. these guys have been coming early and joe flacco is here today. some the other guys come on friday but ravens training camp is back. we're live at westminister. i'm joel d smith. they have been compared to the jonas brothers and they are hailed in the music industry as a band to watch. they are called my favorite highway and they're rolling through washington d.c., but first the band joins us with more. we have david cook and todd jenkins this morning. being thought of as the jonas brothers, that's a big compliment. how do you feel about that? >> that's a big compliment. we don't compare ourselves to them. but we have the ballads that appeal to much older audience. they're very, very successful. that is the kind of success that both of us and everybody would like to experience. >> you guys are heartthrobs out there. >> we try to to be. >> try to be. >> for those of you who have not heard your music what type of music are we hearing? >> it's match box 20. >>you guys have played here in baltimore before. >> yes, we have played and a couple of different very us venn the area. >> so you're making your way through d.c. but this is one of the many stops. >> we have been on the road since the beginning of may and through the end of august. >> you will be back in balt i be in a while. >> we will be back. i'm not sure what the venue will be, but we will be back. >> let's give them a taste of your music. 1, 2, 3, ♪ ♪ ♪ it's like we're sitting outside ♪ ♪ while they're looking out the window ♪ ♪ looking control ♪ about to see ♪ all the things i know i can ♪ yes, i can ♪ yes, i got to connect ♪ i'm wrapped around the thing ♪ starting out my bed ♪ staying up too late ♪ the way you make me way ♪ yes i can ♪ yes i can ♪ don't you know it's too ♪ don't you see ♪ it could never ♪ it still goes, though ♪ go without me ♪ don't you see ♪ don't say ♪ hey, every thing ♪ just say ♪ hey, i'm hanging to every word that you say ♪ ♪ i don't say. ♪ and the things you do ♪ ♪ and i love you the way you move ♪ ♪ yes, i can ♪ she has the little back dress ♪ always sexy ♪ so i won't forget ♪ in you will the ways ♪ you love ♪ yeah ♪ it's okay ♪ yea enjoy quality selections from the butchers at giant, like top round london broil just $1.79 a pound. this week only at giant. welcome back to fox 5 morning news. 8:40 is the time. it's also time to check in with meteorologist steve fertig. but let me guess, he is going to talk about humidity. >> it's there, you can feel it. i know he is going to say it. >> i'm going to talk about megan singing. she was singing that last song. catchy little tune. >> it's my favorite highway. >> we will take a look around the highways right now. not too busy. as far as weather is concerned, looking good on the weather cam. we will hear from candace on the roadways. the dry conditions staying with us for most of today. there's a chance for a pop up shower, most of the heat and humidity, most of the activity as you see around the gulf coast or mississippi valley area headed to the east. some of that will be affecting us as we get the moisture moving up. right now at the inner harbor, 76 degrees, with mostly cloudy skies. 79% relative humidity, 29.98 and rising on the barometer. 69 is dew point, that means it's another humid day. yes, patrice and megan, you're right. i'm talking about humidity once again and getting raspberries in the background. 79 in washington d.c. 71 in hagerstown, 64 in oakland, a little cooler, but still we will feel heat everywhere. 7this is an indication of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. when it's in the upper scidz, 6s will you will feel in terms of the humidity. for the east, we got more humidity there and to the south, too. hd radar, not showing us a whole lot of much of anything in terms of rain, not even a whole lot of cloud cover now. we're seeing some sunshine. the southwesterly flow bringing more moisture and more heat our way. we are talking about the front coming through. and front to the west coming right now. that front will be headed in our direction tomorrow, as it does move in our direction, it will bring us a chance of a thunderstorm. as we look at the future scam model, we expect by tomorrow morning for the western part of the state, some showers there. ahead of that front and then front moves into the area and brings the chance of showers and thunderstorms for the central part of the state and the eastern shore by 3:00 p.m. all the way until 10:00 p.m. it looks like at night. it moves off to the east. we get a little bit of a break, and the front moves. it's going to be an afternoon evening variety of storms that will be a hit and miss variety. today more of a miss. 87 degrees for the high in the eastern shore where we do have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm, but just a stray or a 20% chance, let's say for the central part of the state as well. 89 degrees here for the high. back to the west we look at temperatures getting to the west and 90. partly cloud iskies and generally we don't want to rule out the chance for all of this instability. 79 degrees for the overnight low. an evening shower and thunderstorm possible in spots. it will be a remote chance. south winds at 5-10 miles per hour. humid, too, as we move through the day today, expect the temperatures to climb to 86 by noon. the stray thunderstorm chance. if you are headed to camden yards for tonight, for the game between the orioles and the royals, first pitch temperature, 7:05, about 86 degrees. it will be a hot and humid night under partly cloudies skies, south winds at 5-10. tomorrow 87 degrees with a thunderstorm chance. 89 on thursday, 87 on friday, 86 for both saturday and sunday, and 87 on monday, all with chances for an afternoon evening or shower or thunderstorm. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. i-radar is available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45's powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools let you see when rain and storms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. now, candace dold is back with a final look at your traffic edge this morning. >> reporter: thanks, steve. well, 895 is not going to be your favorite highway this morning. if you're heading out, we did have emergency road work that completely shutdown all northbound lanes right at the harbor tunnel. the good news is that the lanes are now reopen, but will still want to stick with 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel or even 695 and scoot around the key bridge instead. moving in along on 95 traveling through whitemarsh in baltimore county, here it is, things are starting to ease up a bit. we still have a good crowd on both the northbound and southbound lanes heading toward 695. on the top end of the beltway, we are still packing them in from parkville heading toward towson and then eventually up toward the 83. in cockeysville some traffic lights are not working. they have been out all morning long. timonium road not looking bad. you don't need to take an alternate route, just be aware that they're not working and use extra caution. up toward greenspring avenue, we're clocking in at a 5 minute chute. so really month mishaps -- no hiss happens tmishaps to talk a. smooth sailing there on both the inner loop lanes and the inner loop direction heading toward 795. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, and megan, back to you. thank you, candace. still ahead, he is serving up a smack down. wrestler krk zm punk joins bestselling author. her teachings are heard all over the world every single day. she has overcome horrible abuse yet discovered how to forgive and now, she's coming your way. joyce meyer -- her no-nonsense approach to everyday issues has made her one of the most sought-after speakers in the world today. don't miss out on this unique opportunity to see joyce meyer live. for more information visit us online at joycemeyer.org or call toll free: 1-866-see-joyce. from our office to your small business so you won't be slowed down even if your neighbors 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work in the smack down in the title of what you do where you go to work etc each d. >> i assume that it's like you going to work. >> there's no smack down in the title. >> and you're not wrestling in your underwear before the world. that's what i do. i beat people up and sometimes i get beat up. we're here to tell people about it? >> we are. tell us about the match. >> first marine h mariner arena. i have a cage. first time ever in baltimore. >> that sounds scary. >> it's not that much fun. >> how much bloodshed is there going to be? >> hopefully no blood shed. there will not be blood, at least my own. it's a lot of me trying not to get my face shoved into a cage, because it's already screwed up and all. >> you're fine. >> you see this nose, it's like it's not supposed to be that way. >> how long have you been doing this? >> i've been wrestling since '97, so about 12 years. >> were you just a big fan of wrestling and had people that followed it? >> absolute. when i was a wee little punker, i fell in love with wrestling on t.v. it was something about being larger than life. it seemed awesome. you know, it was kind of a combination of all sports. and these guys, not only are they -- do they do athletic things that i thought were awesome, but they talked trash and got away with it. and the wrestling is history. here i am right now. >>do you get a lot of people that talk trash. one of my camera operators said this morning, i can take him. >> it happens a lot. i had your interns saying derogatory things to me. you're missing an intern. >> who is going to get my coffee. >> we will get the weather comby to get you coffee. >> that is what i do. and steve is running, but we will hold him. you have our permission to do your signature move. >> the signature move is go to sleep. throw them on my head and on the way down. >> i don't think so. >> steve will volunteer for that. >> it's like a cold front, steve, you know. you got to watch out. watch out for that cold front. >> before steve gets hurt, i think we should let this go and you got to get ready for tonight. we wish you the best of luck. although i don't think we wish a wrestler luck. it's tattooed on my arm. luck is for losers. >> i tend to just work hard. i put into it a the whole lot and hopefully i get. >> hopefully you get out? >> if i get out of the cage i win, and we come full circle. >> nice to meet you. >> wwe presents smack down and cw at mariner arena. it's tonight. for information, log on to foxbaltimore.com and for a all f you wrestling fans. we have two pairs of tickets to tonight's event we're giving away this morning. just be the 4th or the 5th caller right now at (410)481-4545. you get to go see cm punk up. still to come, there's a show that is out to prove there's more to love. >> i don't want no skinny mini. >> we will take you behin (announcer) you think bleach gets your toilet perfectly clean? fact. bleach doesn't get rid of stains. it just whitens them. with this 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vel uptious is scrum tews. >> i think that the media portrayal of beauty is near sited. to me, each woman is a work of art in her own right. she is beautiful and sexy and did he serves tdeserves to be v. >> this kind of competition helps to breakdown stereo tieppedz. >> istereotypes. >> if you feel good about yourself, a lot of things -- 10 pounds less, 10 pounds more, really you got to start from somewhere. >> everybody has insecurities and the girls did and they would express that to me. it was almost kind of therapy doing the show, each was getting their hang ups, i think that is important. >> society is tough on us, and i think that portraying us as a sexy women we are, is great because people don't see that in us. they don't see how sexy and smart and lovable we are. they judge us by our cover. >> but in the end, it's all about finding true love. >> this is a real show, and it's real people. and you know, i'm looking to meet someone special. i just want to let you all know that i think you are all gorgeous on the outside. >> luke begins looking for that special someone on more to love tonight at 9:00 here on fox 45. one the ladies is from baltimore. her name is danielle. she is a re receptionist. i don't know too much about her. they are being hush-hush. hopefully she can come to the studio and talk with us. >> love is always -- i'm with punk. hey, punk. i'm steve. i can call him punk. he says that is okay. >> let me come back over here. >> we have a weak forecaster. this is the dream of being a weather man. it's a little bit of a hobby of mine. you see right here. he we start with tuesday. >> we start with today.