we are only now beginning to understand. the white house is working to make a clear distinction between the military mission which they say is limited to protecting civilians in libya and an ongoing political effort that might persuade gadhafi to step down. at the white house, daniel noddingham, wjz eyewitness news. secretary of state hillary clinton is headed to a meeting in london. you can watch the president s address to the nation right here on wjz. it s expected to start at 7:30 p.m. tonight. plutonium has been found in soil surrounding the fukushima plant. tonight officials confirmed they have detected small levels of radiation right here in maryland. derek valcourt explains how much radiation they found and if there s any cause for concern, derek. reporter: you might want to call it minuscule amounts of radiation that has been found in the airs everyone in some of the recent rains. but state officials insist the levels are so small we need not worry. it was 32
reporter: and now we know just how intense. i was banging 7-gram rocks because that s what i am, i m on one speed, go. reporter: sheen also addressed his controversial comments he made about the producers on the air. it s three mill an episode. take it or leave it. everybody is thinks i should be begging for my job back. i forewarn them, everybody else is going to be begging me for their job back. reporter: late tonight we learned sheen s publicist quit after he gave yet another bizarre interview. cbs has not commented after sheen s latest antics. and 17 city police officers were arrested last week accused of taking kick backs from a towing company that was not authorized to do business with the city. derek valcourt has what is being done about it. reporter: several city council members all want a full review of the city s towing system after finding out that some of the contracts potentially may not be properly awarded and could potentially might not be properl
group projects like this? yes. i m told the most popular subject at this school is engineering. and that s important because today the most common educational background for america s top business leaders isn t economics, it isn t finance, it s not even business, it s engineering. reporter: the president s plans are to trim programs pledging deficit savings over the next decade. we re going to have to get serious about cutting back on those things that would be nice to have, but we can do without. that s what families across the country do every day. they live within their means and they invest in their family s futures. this time we did the same thing as a country. reporter: wjz complete coverage continues live in parkville, many people spent their morning hoping to get a glimpse of the president. jessica cartalia reports over the visit. reporter: it was an incredible day to be an eighth grader here in parkville. president obama addressed a classroom then headed
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
underneath. things are going to shift a little bit as we go through the next few days. we will start to see temperatures come down slightly. we have a couple of hot days before that comes here. so i ll have your forecast coming up, right now back inside. live weather coverage continues now with mike hellgren. mike, take off the jacket. reporter: i know, it s been so hot out here. actually i ve been spending some time in the air- conditioning today. which is what people out here have been doing, the pool has been a very popular place. it s just closing for the day. there s been six deaths in maryland so far this year. much of maryland is under a code red alert. it s not stopping some from enjoying their day off outside. i m the guy that says ice cold, ice cold, and i keep nice ice cold drinks for them. reporter: the numbers are matching deaths all of last year and the summer has just begun. this weather is not to be messed around with, everyone , even if you re young