services started and stayed to clean up long after they ended. >> you can't lose a right arm and not notice that. >> reporter: eddy adams has run the flower shop at the corner for several years called 911. >> i went out my back door, looked into the alley, and there he was. it hurt, saddened. something that didn't have to happen. >> reporter: hill's murder has not only outraged the community but also stunned his family. struggling to make sense of the senseless. >> he was a good person. he didn't do anything. just worked hard. >> reporter: his killing was the eighth in a bloody week that included the robbery and stabbing of a charles hopkins researchers. >> you can tell us that the crime rate is lower, and statistically that may be correct, but when you lose a loved one that's not what you want to hear. we can plug the oil leaks in the gulf and spend billions of the dollars and will not relent, will not back off until it's done, that's what has to be done with this. >> reporter: the pastor says this is not the first time someone has tried to steal hill's scooter. that vigil is now getting under way within the next hour, mike hellgren, wjz news. >> jessica is live at wjz.com with more on what viewers are saying about crime in the city. >> reporter: people have been e- mailing into wjz.com and posting on wjz's facebook page all day long. kerry says, making the judges accountable. the judge that let the guy out that killed the young man should be held accountable 100%. melvin from randall's town says, the best way to combat the violence in baltimore city is by allowing baltimore city's finest to perform their job. if you would like to comment, click on the link of the wjz.com home page or you can postyour comment on the wjz facebook page. >> we'll have much more about the vigil coming up on wjz news at 6:00. police are looking for two armed robbery suspects right now. the suspects entered a 7/11 store in old mill road on july 24th. one suspect pointed a firearm at an employee, the other took money from a cash register. both suspects fled on foot at an unknown direction. if you have any information, call metro crime stoppers, 1- 866-7lockup. the firefighters and police unions have put up a billboard with a heated message. adam may is there to explain what the message is all about. >> reporter: the message is about pensions. it's located right outside the police headquarters. i a lot of them say they were a little stunned to see the billboard but also pleased. at the base of the jfk, people coming to baltimore are now greeted with this. >> welcome to baltimore. >> that's an interesting statement. >> reporter: the billboard was bought by the police and firefighters unions. earlier this summer the mayor acity council increased the retirement age, increased contributions. >> you have a bunch of thieves at city hall, period. >> reporter: the mayor responds to this billboard, by saying this year's reform of the fire and police are reasonable. >> i think it's a good idea. maybe wake up people a little bit, to pay attention on what's going around the in the city. >> i think police and fire firefighters should have a little more respect from the city council. >> reporter: but the city council say it's not about respect, it's about city issues. >> that's how government works, you can decide who you want to be in office. >> reporter: additional legal action is now in the works. live downtown, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. all right, adam. thank you. city leaders say the pensionerer forms will save taxpayers $100 million over the next five years. you thought downtown traffic was a mess before, it's about to get worse. as road crews begin a yearlong project to get the city ready for next year's big grand prix race. derek valcourt is there and has more on the delays. >> reporter: some of baltimore's roads need a major tune up before racers come to baltimore. downtown drivers weren't so happy citying in construction traffic today. >> i have my kid in the car, it's like when you're trying to get some where, it's so hard, why are they doing this to us? >> reporter: this is why, because at 100-miles-an-hour, race cars can't it on these roads. first on the list, pratt street. >> we're doing pratt street because pratt street is in need of repairs. some of the repairs haven't been done in over 35 years. >> that's crazy. it's already bad enough. >> reporter: the normally wide pratt street now down to just two lanes as crews begin cutting up the concrete. the city says this week they'll reopen the closed lanes during rush hour but starting next week, those lane closures will be round the clock until the work is done. >> cutting two lanes out of four, you're reducing it by 50%. so rush hour should be really fun. >> as long as we can do it with one lane or two lanes, there's going to be a back up but we needed the work completed. >> reporter: since the grand prix is expected to create jobs and inject $700 million into the economy, some drivers say they are willing to tolerate the traffic. >> a little extra for the grand prix is already for you. >> i think so, i think it's good for baltimore. >> reporter: city officials say if mother nature cooperates they hope they can be finished with the work on pratt street for the next three months. but after pratt street they have several other streets that will neat some work. so we're looking at a yearlong project, live downtown derek valcourt. >> the buses only designated lane on pratt street will be eliminated while construction is ongoing. lots of clouds, a little sunshine out there. wjz is live with the latest weather, bob turk and the bernadette woods updating us. >> the highs only got to 85 degrees and that's where we are right now. take a look outside, we had very widely scattered showers. not too far from easton we have one. that one just died in the last several minutes. we're not looking for much in the way of rain tonight and tomorrow. perhaps by wednesday and thursday a better chance as it gets hot and humid. bernadette in the outback with a look at the tropics right now. we have to talk about, way way out. >> they're starting to heat up and we have a new tropical depression. tropical depression number four formed today but it is way out there as bob was just saying. it will make its way out to the northwest slowly. you see the end of the time line there. tropical storm, that's all this forecast brings it to. borderline hurricane status to tropical storm, that is almost a week away at the end of this also. winds at this point 25 miles per hour. that will pick up some strength. if it does make it to hurricane strength, it'll be called eric. right now back inside. all right, thanks bernadette. the baltimore orioles are under new management tonight as the birds have a new manager. mark viviano had a chance to talk and we had a chance to meet buck shorewalkre. >> reporter: he had a plenty to talk about. he just left espn as a broadcaster. but he said it's not about him, it's about making the team better on the field. >> reporter: buck shorewalker put on the orioles jersey on for the first time. number 26, johnny oats. >> reporter: shorewalter pays tribute to the orioles by wearing number 26. the áf. >> he meant a lot in my life, the impact he had in my life. >> reporter: shorewalters managerial history includes a stint with the rangers. >> i'm not so smog to think that people have tried certain things. baseball is unlike any other sport. a football coach will say, we weren't ready to play this week. my gosh, you play 15 or 16 games. baseball you play 260 games. that comes from effort that you don't give in. it's going to be a relentless approach in baseball. >>shorewalter will keep the job all season before he picks his staff. >> shorewalter's first game will be tomorrow night in camden yards against the mariners. and what more and more teenagers say they're doing behind the wheel. i'm ron match on richie highway in pasadena, where they're serving up coffee and turning heads at the very same time. a cloudy start for the workweek, when can you expect the sun, the updated seven day forecast coming up with bern and bob. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a new eye opening survey about distracted driving and teenagers. the majority admit to driving while taking their eyes off the road. teens say they know distracted driving is dangerous. but a new study finds that knowledge is having little impact on that driving habit. >> they think they are immortal to getting hurt or getting injured. they feel, according to our survey, just taking their eyes off the road for a few seconds. >> reporter: a new 17 survey looks at the driving habits of 16,000 teens. 86% have texted, talk on the phone or did their make up. of those 35% say they don't think they'll get hurt. 19-year-old daryl conoway told me today his mom repeatedly warning him of how dangerous it is, then he does something smart. >> i put it on vibrate, then put it out of reach. in the backseat or under the seat. >> when you're driving, do not talk on the phone, that way your teen says how their parents are driving. >> aaa says taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds doubles your risk of getting into a crash. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with christie bresley, hi christie. >> reporter: hi kai, hi everyone. this rush hour has been a very easy one so far, let's hope it continues this way. south 95 just a slight slow down on that northeast side. north side interview you will see a couple of break lights there from providence. as for 70 eastbound, we have an accident reported at the patasco valley state park. northbound 86 another crash to eastbound 100. in the city, two accidents there at gary avenue on dundock at northeast. here's a live look at the traffic moving down greensburg avenue. 95 at the top of the fort mchenry tunnel. subway, eat fresh. now back over to you. >> christie, thank you. how do you like your coffee? well a lot of people in pasadena like it off a little shack just off richie highway. we have what's heating up in anne arundel county. >> reporter: they're serving coffee and turning heads too. this is java diva where the baristas are beautiful. >> i saw something like this before, it was down in texas or something. i think it's a pretty good idea. >> reporter: that idea came from critical care nurse randy mcmillian and her husband. they opened near this gas station last november. >> watching the travel network and saw an episode of these coffee shops that are bikini coffee shops out west. and we started joking around about opening up one here. one thing led to another and it happened. >> reporter: it's a coffee shop staffed by college students. >> she told me what she was doing, and i thought, halloween is my favorite holiday and i love college. >> monday is uniform day. >> reporter: this pasadena coffee shop has been so successful, the owners have been thinking about expanding. >> we've been asked to go to townsend but we don't want to do that yet. because we're local and we want to stay in anne arundel. >> reporter: a cup of joe and more. >> the scenery is great. you should definitely stop by. i have to get to work. >> thank you, you have a great day. >> reporter: on richie highway in pasadena, ron max, wjz eyewitness news. the owners say about 80% of their customers are men. java divas is open seven days a week. whatever it takes to sell a product. there you go. >> it's about the business, don't forget it. >> it's about making money. >> iced coffee as well. let's go to the temperatures, we're up to the low 80s. southeast winds at eight, the barometer holding steady. we'll come back and take a look at another warm up right after this. [ male announcer ] achin' for steak & bacon? try the subway steak & bacon melt. tender juicy steak, sizzlin' hot bacon, fresh veggies on a blanket of bubbly cheese on freshly baked bread. and when morning rolls around, the new steak and bacon muffin melt with fluffy egg, melted cheese, and, oh yeah, bacon. all on a fresh toasted english muffin. mmm. guess we should leave you lovebirds alone now. crank up the flavor at subway. we do have some clouds, breaks in the cloud cover. looks like the next two or three days are going to get hot and humid again before we cool down by the end of the week. so we'll have to deal with three more days of midsummer time heat. let's take a look at temperatures right now, very pleasant afternoon. only got to 82. now we're 81. ocean city at 78. 78elkton. dc at 82. the dewpoints are coming up in a little bit. tomorrow it may get up to upper 60s, maybe even 70s. and it's going to get five or 6 degrees warmer tomorrow than it was today. that means tomorrow is going to be a hot and humid afternoon. we're not talking 100 degrees but it's going to be pretty sticky over the next couple of days. the chances for showers tomorrow are pretty slim. they increase on wednesday and a lot better chance on friday as the front approaches. generally the winds have been at 16. to the west of us is where the real weather is, thunderstorms activity. most of the southeast is hot and humid. clouds are going to start moving away. a front to the west, will it be approaching us by thursday? right now most activity going across ontario on to new england missing up. no one really reporting heavy rains over the last 24 hours. for wednesday and thursday chances of thunderstorms increase and it'll cool down and dry up for friday and the weekend. right now looks pretty good. south winds at 10 knots, bay temp at around 82 degrees. tonight maybe a brief sprinkle or shower other wise clearing up. upper 80s to 90 or so under sunny to partly sunny skies and definitely on the more humid side, so tomorrow it'll be one of those sticky days. normal high tomorrow is around 87 so we're getting above that, even warmer for wednesday and thursday. still ahead on 5:00, a crash lawsuit. i'm alex demetrius, more lawsuits after a paramedic crash. and lyndsey lohan is out of jail, but she can't go home yet. jail, but she can't go home yet. students have hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. it's 5:29, 89 degrees and partly sunny throughout the area. good evening, thanks for staying with wjz news. a rescue operation ends with a deadliest medivac crash in maryland's history. tonight the lawsuit continues to grow are the 2008 crash. alex demetrick has the story. >> reporter: carrying two teenagers injured in a car accident, the weather changed as the crews searched for the victims. >> he was told that he could face bad conditions, unfortunately it was right before the crash. >> reporter: of the five people aboard the medivac the family of the paramedic mickey vicki was the first to file a lawsuit. now the family of amber riley will also file a lawsuit. of the two victims, only one family tried to file a lawsuit but was not allowed to. jordan wells will receive damages. >> i prayed to god, please save me. >> reporter: for tonya mallard's family it's because of loss. >> i am sorry for everybody elses loss. my family is truly, truly hurt. >> reporter: as a paramedic works the car accident, she stepped aboard to help. >> had accompanied jordan and you know was holding her hand throughout the entire ride. alex demetrick, wjz news. >> because the faa is being sued the trial should have to be held in federal court. a jury would decide any outcome and any monetary damages. this year's vaccine doze will protect against three strains of flu including h1n1. vaccinations are scheduled to begin next month. >> all right, denise, thank you. between five to 20% of americans catch the flu every year. optimism in the gulf tonight. bp hopes to start permenantly plugging the gulf well tomorrow. joel brown reports for wjz from venice, louisiana where residents are hopeful. >> reporter: engineers are running their final test a mile under water before attempting the so called static kill. if the tests look good, crews will spend tuesday slowly pumping heavy mud into bp's well. the. >> the decision whether or not to put cement in after the mud will be completely dependent on the assessment. >> reporter: here on the harbor in venice, louisiana fishermen and dock men say they finally see the light at the end of tunnel. >> we're hoping that they can seal it off and we can get back to the way it was before. >> i want to get back to normal. you know, if there's such a thing anymore. >> reporter: gulf coast leaders still have plenty of concerns about millions of the gallons of oil in the water. >> we know there could still be a lot of oil sub surfaced, we know that a lot of oil was absorbed. >> reporter: the epa released a new study showing the disbursement is no more or less toxic to marine life than the oil itself. joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. the epa test results were released today after the obama administration, what's criticized for letting bp use excessive amounts of chemical disbursements before they knew how dangerous they were. two men were convicted of five terrorism conviction attempts. one was a former cargo handler. this is the first major terrorism trial in new york in four years. children are among the victims of a deadly bombing in afghanistan. a suicide bomber killed five children. the attack happened on a main road where children were playing. violence has been at its peak this year in afghanistan. the bloodiest since u.s. sources overthrew the taliban eight years ago. former vice president dick cheney is recovering tonight after surgery. doctors installed a small pump to his heart. his daughter says he hopes to return back to work sometime this week. the 69-year-old has had five heart attacks since he was 37 years old. lyndsey lo lohan is out of jail but she cannot go home yet. >> reporter: lyndsey lohan arrived at a rehab facility in the middle of the night. radar cameras caught her transfer at about 1:30 this morning. she served 15 days of her 90 day conviction because of the overcrowding at the jail. a recent probation report shows the actress was being prescribed five powerful drugs including aderol given to adhd patients. zolof prescribed for depression. the actress was isolated in an eight by 10-foot cell. in rehab she'll be able to interact with other patients but she cannot leave. if she violates any rules, the judge could send her back to jail. >> this is a very hard one no matter who you are. i think it's particularly difficult if you are a movie star and everybody is watching you. >> reporter: if lohan finishes her 90 days, she will be able to go home but she will still have to undergo a year of drug testing. >> lohan is putting several of her movie projects on hold. and spirit says it's new fee is aimed at discouraging passengers from stuffing the overhead bin. if you plan on picking up a kindle any time soon, you will have to wait. the retailer has placed a out of stock advertisement. which means you'll have to read those old time newspapers. wind turbines have been approved but not everybody is happy about it. the latest news and injury updates from raven training camp. for these stories and more, pick up tomorrow's baltimore sun. wjz school watch, andrea fujihi reports how today wraps up their six weeks of summer learning. let the games begin, this is the first annual olympics of the mind. >>5 times 5 is 25. >> reporter: this is the last day for summer achievement. >> when i go back to school, i'll know this stuff, so i won't be confused. >> while i was here in the summertime, i've been learning stuff so i'll be ahead of my class. >> reporter: the program focuses on middle schoolers in underserved communities. >> when middle school students tend to fall through the cracks and really make decisions on which direction they're going to go. >> reporter: after weeks of studying subjects like math, science and literature they are now testing some of their skills, playing the game 24. >> and this game isn't easy. the first students out of these numbers to 24 win. >> five plus one plus four. >> reporter: the goal of the program is to boost test scores there by allowing them higher education opportunities. >> when we grow up we know what schools we want to go to. so we won't make bad decisions. >> reporter: avoiding bad decisions while having fun doing it. >> eight times three. >> tomorrow the students will get a firsthand feel of what college is like. they're taking a trip to either dominion or unc. a plane goes down, it misses the land and hits the water. and flooding in pakistan cause concern of disease and death. i'm 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evening we start to drop just a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorms but a pretty small chance. better chance on wednesday as that heat really kicks in for the rest of the forecast, here's bob. >> until the end of the week we're going to have to deal with this hot temperature. 90, 95 possible wednesday and thursday. it all depends on the clouds and shower activity. if we get some showers early, it'll knock this temperature down. good chance of a strong storm on thursday then it cools down a little bit, 90 but much lower humidity by friday. mid- to upper 80s for saturday and sunday and much drier. looks like a nice weekend, mary. >> in tonight's energy saver, you can reduce the amount of hot water used by installing a low head shower. for bathroom faucets, install airators that will reduce the flow of water. pakistan's government is scrambling to help thousands of people impacted by flooding waters. now they fear disease is going to set in. >> reporter: the government says as many as 1,200 people have already died. aid agencies put the number much higher and fear the death numbers will grow because of the threat of diseases like col era. aids have been flying in thousands of meals. >> more of these meals are on the way. >> reporter: this man says on the ground it's not so simple. >> the problem is when they bring out food from the plane, the people wrestle with each other, some get food, others don't. >> reporter: the flooding came after a monsoon season dumped torrential rains. angry residents say the government hasn't done enough to help them. america has pledged $10 million toward relief efforts, the package comes as the obama administration is trying to boost u.s. support in pakistan but aid is also coming from charities with ties to the extremists. charlie bageta. while officials say they haven't had any reports of col era cays, this is still one of their key concerns because of the lack of the clean drinking water. one person is dead, four others critically injured when the plane they were on crashed in san diego today. the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing at near by montgomery field when the plane plunged to the ground. emergency service helicopters air lifted patients to the hospital. the cause of the accident still unknown tonight. two people survive what could have been a deadly plane crash in massachusetts. a single engine plane went down about 100 miles south of cape cod. the passenger walked away unharmed, the pilot suffered minor injuries. a 2-year-old falls in front of an approaching train. this child trips in front of the approaching train. fortunately the boy fell between the dock and the train track and was unharmed. new information about the closings of an owens mill plant. and when over 400 workers will lose their jobs. check on these stories and more news coming up all new at 6:00. in portugal they are rolling out a carpet of a different kind. >> it's made out of sand. four women spent the weekend 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[ music ] see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel, the one kids want to eat. swimming is♪ y favorite thing. and only two things can get me out of the water. pruned toes... ♪ and totino's. ♪ we're the kids in america there was a visitor who came by our nation today. >> one everybody is interested in. >> a new manager who was ready to get his hands dirty and get to work. the new manager inherents an old problem. the orioles have been losing as of late and the effort to get better is the division in which they play. the harsh reality is the o's play in the american big league east with the powerful big budget new york yankees and boston red sox. it won't be easy. >> the yankees are not going away, the red sox are not going to go away and tampa bay is getting better. you have to find a way to do it. part of the it is to eliminate those excuses. >> shorewalt er takes over for interim manager juan samuel who has decided not to stay in shorewalter's coaching staff, but has opted for another position within the organization. and gathe er was seen in practice after missing two days with an injury. >> i think we're going to be pretty versatile. i think that's going to be our biggest strenght. we have some guys that, if you put all three of us out there, all of us can make plays. >> reporter: in the spirit of heated competition. heap got into a heated argument during practice. and the first game is against carolina. wjz is your home for all of the action. ravens and panthers next thursday. coverage kicks off at 7:30. haynesworth fails to pass the team's conditioning test for a third time. so he's yet to join his teammates at practice. today's attempt was hampered by knee pain. coach shanahan says haynesworth has to be in shape before he's ready to play. coming up in the next hour, a breakthrough round of golf comes to the winner of the open. how long did it go? we'll let you know next hour. and you can catch me on my radio show. >> thanks mark. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. remembering another victim of violence, i'm mike hellgren remembering another victim of violence, i'm mike hellgren where a 73-year-old ,,,,,,,,,,,, coming up right now on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. a community activist was killed, his community is speaking out. and you don't see this too often, a billboard asking for action. and we had a hiatus from the hot steamy weather. so what's coming up for the weekend? we have the updated forecast. stay tuned for these stories and more, wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. tears and anger, a 70-year- old shot outside his church. >> tonight, his pastor and factually share their outrage over the violence. while the victim's community demands change. hello everyone i'm denise koch. >> and i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> right now a vigil is about to get started for hill. mike hellgren is live where hill's pastor and family are getting ready for the vigil. >> reporter: you can see quite the turn out here with community leaders, friends, even strangers who were so touched by his life and so hurt