good morning, america. breaking news. two firefighters die as they try to travel through massive wildfires in california. nearly 50,000 acres ablaze. 12,000 homes threatened. our house is gone. are you serious? i m standing right there. sam champion reports live on the scene. house of horror. new details from inside the compound where jaycee dugard was held for 18 years. her stepfather here with us live, the latest on jaycee and her daughters. and with the two woman who helped crack the case through their mother s intuition. high alert. what west point cadets are teaching all of us about avoiding swine flu. why a song has sometimes what the doctor ordered. dr. mehmet oz on how to gain more sleep and gain more energy without pills. we say good morning, america. closing out august, the 31st, 2009. so great to have you back. my time away was restful and productive. got much needed rest and on the road on assignment and share those stories in the near future.
security boulevard exit they are doing construction there that has the ramp to security boulevard closed. other closures downtown, fayette closed between park and eutaw, gas main repair. and westbound saratoga between greene and mlk closed. jfx at north avenue, traffic is moving nicely. back to you. a minute away from 5:00. you head to the water and go for fishing, swimming, a little boating. last night two boats slammed into one another, just south of the curtis bay area not far from the u.s. coast guard station. linda so is live at the scene with what some are saying about the area where the crash happened. reporter: we re live here. people who know the area well say they are not surprised at what happened last night. investigators want to know how it happened. this was 6:00 yesterday evening. investigators say the coast guard had to rescue john martins and his 13-year-old daughter after their boat slammed into another boat. the force of the crash flipped over the marti
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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon in hd. good afternoon. i am mindy basara. a lawyer for a 17-year-old lamont davis, accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl in that, says his client is innocent and that is driven by crime camera footage of the shooting. you can see the suspect running from the scene. seconds later, people gather around 5-year-old raven wyatt, a critically injured. detectives say he was wearing a malfunctioning gps device when he was arrested. the public defender says that the video shows he was not wearing one. a university of maryland law professor has gone up against davis attorney in the past and says the strategy could work given the amount of media coverage. he has gotten very frustrated in the past several weeks, having his client be found guilty in the media, as he would put it. according to court docu
we re back now with more of today on a thursday morning. 23rd day of july, 2009. rain on the way here but it has not started yet. that s good news for the people lining our plaza this morning. as always we thank them for stopping by. out on the plaza, i m matt lauer with al roker and natalie morales. honest question for the two of you. are you always good about putting on sunscreen on yourself or your children? certainly on the kids. definitely on the kids. i m trying to be better about myself. no baking in the sun? no, no, no. it s good to know because melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, the rates are on the rise, especially among women. so coming up we are going to have more on what is, for some, a rite of summer, baking in the sun. dr. nancy synderman is going to answer questions about how to protect your eyes, your skin, how to avoid age spots, things like that. we ll have that information in just a couple of minutes. all right. also coming up, more