. some started jumping from the train. others called 911. >> we're on the train, she's sitting down and shaking. she's overheated big time. she's ready to pass out. >> reporter: right now the mta amtrak and the federal railroad administration are investigating what caused the locomotive to shut down. the brakes jammed after it lost power and train -- after another train finally came, it couldn't hold everybody. >> it was 100 something degrees on this train. >> reporter: haven't of a group that -- vice president of a group that. >> we have got so much equipment that's prone to break down and as a result you're going to get this unreliable service and sometimes apparently unsafe service at least. this is unacceptable. >> reporter: the mfa is working on stocking bottles on trains. and reviewing communication policies. >> less than a month and you've had 3 break downs and 3 hours to decide what you're going to do with the passengers. i would think they would move a little faster. >> reporter: there were additional delays throughout the day. now the governor plans to ride the mark train tomorrow morning. >> reporter: another teenager is badly injured in the water. gun powder straight park as state police hoisted the teenager to the hospital. something empailed the teen after he jumped in the water. tragedy strikes a local community after a recent high school graduate and stand out athlete dies while on vacation. 18-year-old walter dines drowned in a river in portland oregon. you can't believe what happened, derrek. >> reporter: they are shocked in part because this was so sudden but also because the man was afraid of the water. 18-year-old walter dines left his mother to visit his father and relatives in portland. but tuesday he drowned after he apparently jumped into a river. fisherman pat frederick was there and tried to help. >> i stuck my pole in like this and then i threw the line in. i thought maybe i could hook him but he was already under. >> reporter: they found him in about 24 feet of water. >> reporter: dines had just graduated here in glen porny where he -- burney where he had a full scholarship. >> he had a beautiful heart. >> he had everything going for him. it really hurt me. >> reporter: his heart broken friends say they don't understand why the friend that couldn't swim would jump into a river. >> he wasn't jumping in no pool. we went to the h2o club he didn't even want water falling on him. he was scared of water. and the whole story didn't sound right to me. >> reporter: meanwhile the people at the school said they will not forget him. >> he was considered my family so i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: walter dimes was a straight a student. he was scheduled to return home on a flight today to his mother. back to you. derrek, thank you. that stretch of river in oregon has a notorious reputation. hot, humid and down right dangerous. it already feels like mid august out there. if you went outside today you know it was miserable, especially if you had to work in this weather. the city issued a code red alert. in the weather center with more on a record reach today. >> that's right, we tied the record high temperature, 97 degrees that's where we topped out and this is our 5th straight day in the 90s. the 10th so far this year. we're even coming in at this average at this time of night at 11:00 and it's 85 degrees outside. when you factor in the high humidity it feels like 98. in some cases even hotter tomorrow. we'll have that forecast coming up, denise. oh boy. well, was it a tornado, the national weather service is sending an investigator to answer that question. homeowners were hit hard by last night's storm. some fell -- trees fell on homes, cars. but tonight the power is back on for nearly all customers. >> reporter: back up and running, just a short time ago crews put the containment cap back on the spewing oil. here's that live picture under water. removed it after an undersea robot bumped into it. the oil reached the white sands of pensacola florida. the same beach where they found a baby dolphin covered in oil. today house majority leader and city lawyer asked the president to call for a summit of east coast governors to discuss what the oil will do if it makes it into the lament i -- atlantic. today president obama fired general stanly mcchrystal, replacing him with david petraeus. mcchrystal offered his resignation. president obama says he's okay with debate, but he quote won't tolerate division. >> the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. >> reporter: president obama called afghan president tonight urging him that the change is a change in command, not a change in policy. today we learned 76 service members have been killed this month alone in afghanistan making june the deadliest month in the war. people living in east baltimore are tired of all the shootings. city leaders say it's the people that need to help. >> after several violent weekends, people in east baltimore say they want city leaders to step in and clean up the crime. but those city leaders are saying it's not just their job. >> it's summer time and bullets are flying in baltimore. this weekend 13 shootings, 3 people killed. on memorial day weekend there were 7 murders in the city. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: there's pain for neighbors who are living in these dangerous conditions near the shooting. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: homeowners say buyers and sellers are now moving their illegal business into the protection of legitimate ones. >> drug dealing within the stores so the police really can't see them, by the time they go until in the store it's like they are buying something. >> reporter: the police commissioner says he's. >> no one is killed with laser beams, these are idiots with guns. >> reporter: last year 106 people had been killed at this time. this year it's 202. >> the strategy work. >> reporter: people in east baltimore are also complaining with the affects in crime, like vacant houses being use to do stash drugs, trash everywhere and just a general decay of the neighborhood. i see grass overgrown and people waiting for the city to come out and cut the grass. get your own damn mower and cut your own grass. >> reporter: during this week's community meeting the district commander gave out their cell phone numbers and they took down specific addresses of specific properties. reporting live at city police headquarters, kelly. thank you, both the mayor and the commissioners stress the importance of community members volunteering. new tonight, if you live in baltimore county get ready to pay more money for your water. the county approved a 10% increase in water and fire service rates tonight. the city controls the county water and says it needs more money to pay for the city's infra structure. the new county rates take effect june 1st. just minutes away, allegations against al gore. what a massage therapist says happened and why no charges were filed. >> i've got a funny feeling that something was going down very shortly here. >> reporter: man on a mission. the man who went to afghanistan looking to hunt down oh osama bin laden. next on wjz hear first hand accounts of what many people felt. the heat continues and the chance for thunderstorms returns to the area. we'll have all of that coming up when eye witness eyewitness news returns. complete coverage continues with denise koch and first warning weather with bob turk and sport with mark viviano, and sport with mark viviano, it's wjz, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, @@ it is 85 muggy degrees in central maryland right now. the weather forecast is coming up. a colorado man on a mission to hunt down osama bin laden. told reporters he isn't the only one on a quest to kill the terrorist leader. >> we've got to protect our own. but i've got a funny feeling that someone is going down very shortly here. >> reporter: was found ten days ago, officials say he was carrying a pistol a sword and night vision equipment. on a trance atlantic flight, were stuck on the plane. it was diverted to heartland hartford. the 3 hour wait limit didn't apply because it was an international flight. authorities in oregon have confirmed former vice president al gore was accused of sexual misconduct in 2006. the district attorney said a woman contacted police after a visit by gore. however the woman refused to be interviewed by detectives. no charges have been filed. the national inquirer first reported the allegations and identified the woman as a 54 masseuse. earlier this month gore and his wife tipper announced they were separating. choosing an insanity defense last year. her daughter kelci was at the family's home during the shooting and hit in a closet. marry coons faces life whine behind bars. an earthquake caused these office workers in cincinnati to leave their building. and similar scenes right here in our region jo a mag magnitude earthquake shakes many parts of the east coast. even 700 miles away. many office workers say their day was rudely interrupted. >> it felt like if i was a tree, like the building was a tree swaying, because it moved back and forth and it was low, not like a severe like shaking but it messed up my equal i equal librium. >> i was scared, i was a little nervous being high up in a building like this. >> no question this was an earthquake. the seismograph responded pretty vigorously. >> reporter: from annapolis to east baltimore, says the quake first happened at a depth of 12 miles. >> i thought it was an earthquake right away, even though i had a coworker walk in and say they didn't feel it. those that felt it say they will never forts. >> never -- forget it. >> i'm glad it was a mild one. >> reporter: lisa janning, eyewitness news. the quake was also felt in new jersey and several other state. a homeowner in buffalo reported a crack in the foundation of their home but no one was hurt. of course, everyone here didn't feel it because we were sweltering all day. >> reporter: it is incredible how hot it's been and this -- it's going to continue tomorrow and tomorrow looks to be the peak day of this heat wave. it will be day number 6, tomorrow we topped out at 97 degrees. 85 is the average and we're going to be way above that for the next 5 days. we're coming in at 83 right now. the dewpoints are way up to 76. even at this hour we're taking a look at the heat index because it's 86 degrees in baltimore, 90 still in dc and tomorrow the heat index itself is going to be probably between 100 and 105, so it is going to be a very hot one tomorrow. winds turning around. they are going to pick up tomorrow as another storm system comes our way. a couple of thunderstorms fizzled out as they moved farther east. tomorrow here's a storm system coming our way. now, this has been a really big storm over the middle part of the country. widespread tornado reportings. it's going to move into this very hot sticky air mass and we do have a possibility of some storms our self. we'll be here to tell you about them. the other thing going on, this front pushes off to the south on friday and when it does it's going to push down the heat a little bit. we're still looking at highs at 90. by saturday, though, this all starts to build once again. we're also watching the tropics. this system down here is not very organized but it is going to begin drifting off to the northwest. so something we'll be watching and we'll let you know about that also. out on the waters, small craft advisories go -- tomorrow right back up to 90. that was our record high on the date tomorrow. it's going to be a steamy one with a chance for some strong thunderstorms. we're down to 90 degrees on friday. then on saturday back up to # 1. 94 sundays, a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. but a better chance monday. denise. get back down to 80. tomorrow at eyewitness news 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