mccain is trying to use this as a leverage towards free and fair elections, but a policy expert, whose new book examines the change in egypt, they say the future of egypt will be determined by the egyptians. >> the u.s. role is minimum, but the biggest bang for the u.s. is to avoid egypt turning into a failed state in the middle of civil war. >> a turbulent transition towards an uncertain future. this is just the first step in what could be a month long rocky road toward the elections. in washington, i am brian mooar, wbal tv 11 news. >> meanwhile, the images coming out of egypt has been very difficult for egyptian-americans to deal with. lowell melser has more. >> as you just saw, and we pointed out of more protesters fighting for their lives, local egyptians are praying for the safety of their loved ones, and they say egypt does seem a more unified than it has ever been, mainly because the majority is simply fighting for a fair government. this market on the baltimore the owner helps customers, while still keeping an eye on the latest news from egyptian television. his 90-year-old father, as well as his sister and brother, have been protesting along with millions of other egyptians. >> all of the history of egypt. my brothers and my sisters. are not going back to that anymore. we have to go forward. thank you. have a good day. >> as the afternoon went on, a steady stream of customers came through the door, are asking him what the latest was and if his family was ok, including an egyptian american with plenty of family. >> when i see this happening in egypt, it breaks my heart. we had a people's revolution, where we were going to improve egypt, and just the last year, egypt has gone down hill. >> while being interviewed, he took important skype calls from egypt, saying they turned to the military for help when it was clear mohamed morsi was giving too much power to the muslim brotherhood, taking away personal freedom and poorly treating minorities. >> millions of people on the streets peacefully saying, "we do not want this government." we do not have other options than to say, "ok, you need to go." >> in the end, there is a feeling egypt will pull through stronger and better, but until then, she hopes americans will understand what is going on in her country and help any way they can. >> we need to step back and say, ok, we love our democracy here. they are fighting for democracy. we have to support the people of egypt. >> they say most of the egyptian people almost feels swindled by mohamed morsi and the egyptian government, and they can afford to have him in power another three years. they both hope that the revolution stops and that the bloodshed and the soon. lowell melser, wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. police say they have a suspect in custody after a deadly stabbing in arbutus. this was early sunday morning. the 22-year-old was found a suffering of multiple stab wounds and died at shock trauma. so far, they have not given the names of the suspects. also, a murder in baltimore county on july 4, and a man has been charged with the stabbing death. the incident happened of the early morning hours of july 4 on moderate grove road in essex. they say mason was visiting a woman in that area when they got into a confrontation with harris, and harris faces one count of first-degree murder and is being held without bail. >> and there was a tie up on interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire. skyteam 11 was over head, and they say the breaks of the truck overheated, igniting a sugar products stored inside, and we are told that the driver disconnected the truck after seeing the flames. no injuries were reported. >> most areas are enjoying a quiet, summer afternoon, although a couple of storms have developed, one over the upper part of the bay over towards northern kent county and southern cecil county. this storm system will continue to drift to the east with some lightning strikes and heavy downpours. the rest of the state, as you can see, mostly quiet, nothing severe at this point, and temperatures are not too extreme. we do have more storms, and more on that coming up in the seven- day. >> four orioles are selected for the all-star team, includi hardy, and j.j. chris davis. rob roblin joins us live from camden yards. a lot of excitement there. >> yes, and that play by manny yesterday reminded people of the great plays of mcguirk robinson. he is on the road to being a superstar, and there are a member of -- a lot of superstars to wear the uniform of the orioles, and they will be playing tonight against texas. >> in the air, left fielder, goodbye, home run! did adam jones win this game against the yankees yesterday, he is also a all- stars member, and he will have three of his teammates with him, hardy also and j.j. starting. home lead the league in runs, and hardy -- time we had four guys, a very deserving. hardy, he definitely deserves it. he is the best shortstop. >> another one, manny. if he keeps making plays like this, he will be starting next year. >> i think it is great that people are starting to notice the orioles, that we are getting some respect from the fans and the media. they are saying, checked him out. that was great." it was like brooks robinson. >> and the fans are enjoying it. >> it is very exciting for the players and the team. it is more than we have had in a long time, and they deserve it. they have played well, and the team itself is doing well. i like that. >> it is a great time to being an o's fan. >> it is a great year for baltimore. i am just practice being here. >> now, coming up tonight at 6:00, pete gilbert is going to talk with some of those all- stars, and you will hear what they have to say and how proud they are to be making the all- star team. reporting live, rob roblin, wbal tv 11 news. >> especially this year, it is a great year. treatments for infertility can be incredibly expensive, but a new test may make it more affordable. >> coming up on the medical alert, picking the healthiest embryos. >> the murder trial of george zimmerman continued, with the father o >> the prosecution rested on friday, and since then, the defense is in full swing in the case of george zimmerman. >> it is the first full day of calling witnesses to the stand, including friends of jordan zimmermann. testimony. >> the focus in court again today was this dramatic call on 911 from the knights trayvon martin died. witnesses were called back to look at the response the father of trayvon martin said when asked who was screaming for help in the background of that call. response?. martin's >> that it was not his son. >> you said he put his head down? >> yes, and he was crying. he had his face in tissues. >> he also appeared to wipe away tears during today's testimony. george zimmerman has told police it is his voice the night he shot and killed martin. he is pleading not guilty of second-degree murder, saying he acted in self-defense. the recording was at the center of the first full day of the presentation from the defense, including testimony from a string of co-workers and friends, each asking the same question about the audio recording and giving the same answer. >> yes, i thought it was george. >> yes, george. >> i thought it was him a common george zimmerman. >> there was strong support of george zimmerman. some donated to his defense fund, and some wrote a book, saying they will donate the profits to him, and others that say they will cook in dinners. >> there is a bias. >> he is a very dear friend. i consider him as a son. >> also during the cross, prosecutors played the initial call to police by george zimmerman, stated as evidence that he was, quote, profiling trayvon martin. >> just an observation? was a comment he was making. >> about the individual he was falling and chasing, is that correct? >> the decision will ultimately fall to the six women, who could decide the fate of george zimmerman. jay gray, wbal tv 11 news. >> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a new storm has bubbled up in the tropics, and it is way down south, heading over towards the caribbean indians planted, and you can see it on your screen. a cluster of showers and storms. it is more organized, though in the latest imagery, it kind of falls apart, but it makes its way to the west, over towards bridge down band barbados. it is expected to cut across the northeastern corner of the make its passed through the islands there near bridgetown's sometime tomorrow afternoon, and then on into the north eastern caribbean as we go towards wednesday, maybe up towards hispaniola. 45ht now, the winds are at m.p.h., so it is a minimum tropical storm. it is moving quick. it did stays on the forecast to pass, it will get towards guantánamo, eastern cuba, a tropical depression friday in the bahamas, but it is the third named storm of the season, and we will keep our eye on it in the next couple of weeks. also, we have had a thunderstorm pop up on the bay. overalldrifting slowly -- over towards the eastern shore, elsewhere around the state, not a whole lot going on, just some possible storms here and there that do not seem to last very long before they fall apart, so the risk of a severe storm is minimal, though it is warm. 90 in downtown baltimore. certainly, those temperatures are not extreme for this time of year, pretty typical, and partly cloudy. and this is the more familiar july weather pattern. remember last week, this was in the middle of the country with huge pressure out west. now, the jet stream has retreated to the north, and we see a typical july pattern where the fronts are lined up. this is warm and humid air across the southern two-thirds of the state from the rocky mountains of the will work to the mid-atlantic. temperatures in the 80's and 90's, so it is classics summer weather. the chance of an afternoon storm picking up. the winds out of the south and 5 to 10 knots, waves around 1 foot. the coastal areas including ocean city, lessard chances with more sun. then a 30% chance of a storm on wednesday. down to 61 to 65 degrees, so cool water moving onshore near ocean city in the past 24 hours. 91 on wednesday. some showers thursday morning. that should try to clear things out. slightly less humid and cooler. >> all right, thanks. there is still much more ahead on 11 news and 5:00, including the ongoing battle of the health-care reform law. >> thanks to obamacare, we can now afford the care we need. >> that is just one of the advertisements released about the law designed to increase coverage for americans. >> your metabolism slows down as you age, but are there ways to boost its? >> well, the battle of the health-care reform laws will be hitting the air this week. >> can i really trust the folks in washington with my family's health care? >> that is part of an advertisement that aired on the food network and on nbc, specifically during "law & order otherand there were advertisements discussing the benefits of the law. they are targeting young mothers. the affordable care act was upheld by the u.s. supreme court last summer, and among other things, it requires companies with more than 50 full-time workers to offer benefits by january, or they have a fine of $2,000 per employee. tonight's medical alert, one out of eight american couples struggles with infertility, and 1.1 million american women undergo fertility treatments each year, and now, there is a technique that can ake ivf much more affordable, because the technique helps pick high fertility embryos without chromosomal abnormalities. that makes implementation more likely and costs less than the current screening tests. right now, ivf costs and thousand dollars for one single try. and with kids that came to the emergency room with an isolated head injury, it was then that most parents did not know that the radiation exposure from the ct scan was higher than for a regular x-ray and as an increased risk for problems. and as we all know, your metabolism slows down as you age, but there are ways to boost your metabolism. in the middle of bathing suit season, we have more. >> times for shorts and swimsuits, but if you want to feel more secure wearing less, you need to rev up your metabolism. >> there are several ways of doing it. my favorite, of course, is exercise. the food youburnt are taking. >> and if you add weight training to your exercise routine, an additional 5 to 10 pounds of lean muscle mass can burn an additional 100 calories per day. tip no. two, you should eat a small meal every two hours, which feeds muscles and stars fact, but what you eat is important. hi thermogenic food. toif it takes more energy break it down, your metabolism is working faster, so those that have a high thermogenic affect our lean proteins. >> that includes chicken, proteins, egg whites, and nuts, plus vegetables and many forms, but take the easy con cards. >> they are low thermogenic foods, so it does not take the body much to digest them. >> increase in your sleep. and be mindful of little things you can do to burn more calories. >> even just anding than sitting is going to burn more calories. >> the goal is to get your body to work harder for you when you are hardly working. wbal tv 11 news. >> great advice. still ahead on abc 7 news at that damageate of to the salvation army store in cambridge. plus -- >> sequestration hits the department of defense. mickey, and another surprising departure from the morning r show morning 98ock. -- the morning show latebreaking., you are watching wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 with stan stovall and dan hamilton, -- and donna hamilton. the 5:00 p.m.s continues now. >> new tonight at 5:30, a day off without pay started for thousands of people who hold civilian jobs with the defense department. >> this is part of the spending cuts known as the sequester. lisa robinson is live downtown with reaction from one of the group is being affected, and that is the maryland national guard. >> that is right, from the pentagon to the maryland national guard, sequestration is costing jobs and wages. federal spending cuts from the march sequester means thousands of defense employees will be furloughed, and that includes the maryland national guard. >> maryland has over 834 technicians that are being impacted. our forces and our sexual assault coordinator, those are not being impacted. this is to make sure our facilities are safe. >> lieutenant says he knew this was coming and was able to save up some money. he will lose 80 hours of pay between now and september 30. >> we are placing on hold some family vacations and kind of watching how we spend, making sure that everything that we do is well thought out. >> the staff sergeant has also saved of money, knowing the furloughs were coming, and it has also caused him to give more thought to his future. >> because of sequestration, i chose to think more about my career and my future and the opportunities. >> senator barbara mikulski to the opportunity to shine a light on how sequestration is affecting health research and jobs. more than 18,000 jobs in maryland, nationally supporting 300,000 scientists at some 2500 institutions. the senator said the sequestration cuts along with funding cuts makes it difficult for researchers to get funding for their work and to hire staff. f -- andcel sequester support the president and his trademark. >> all right, and coming of new at 6:00, i will give you some numbers on how sequestration is affecting the marylander economy. reporting live, wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. taking a look at some of our other top stories, there is still working to figure out what caused a deadly house fire in rosedale. it was early morning when the flames broke out, and a 12-year- old boy, was able to escape, but after the fire was out, they found the body of a man inside, described by the neighbors as his father. at this point, and cause has not yet been determined, and they say there were working smoke detectors inside that home. ad it turned out a short in cable caused a fire at the salvation army inside a two- story building. more than 125 firefighters from four counties battled the blaze for hours to bring it under control. the damage has been estimated at $500,000. and 98 rock, a popular and some would say edgy morning show has a whole new team, but that humor is still there. >> familiar faces, new roles at 98 rock. schlegel here. leftlongtime host mickey the show last week for personal reasons. it is now justin, stcott, and speigel. >> i have been the comic-con, and i own a cat and have not talked to my dad in news -- in years. >> ofscott reardon. >> we are having fun. >> what is he doing right now? >> he appears to be eating a brownie. >> that is a good breakfast. >> yes. that is why we do not look like you. we are fat. jostd the new genius, speigel. >> you cannot have a better group of guys to do it with. >> what about camellia? -- amelia? thehas got her own show in afternoons. >> some hate mail. >> it is going to happen. we are going to embrace it, so if you have some hate mail, send it to us. >> the self-deprecating, the that the fans have enjoyed for years. >> 72 hours. and dave is going to be starring monster.com. our director. he really missed him on this one. >> there have also been changes at wbal radio with an extra hour for one show, and 98 rock and wbal radio and wbal tv are all owned by the hearst corporation. rescue crews in canada having a very to buckle time recovering the remains of the victims of saturday's oil train derailment, and we will have more for you when we cover that derailment. >> and with san francisco in the plane crash, there was another one in alaska. we will have details on the air taxi that went down, killing everyone on board. >> and the egyptians weigh in on the violent protests going on in their homeland, coming up at 6:00. >> these baltimore city school students are attending a camp that gives them support throughout the school year. >> covering the world tonight, nelson mandela has spent the past month in the hospital, and his condition is said to remain critical but stable. he was receiving treatment for a recurring infection. the latest update last week. nelson mandela was admitted to the hospital on june 8. they are holding prayer services and vigils. others left cars and flowers outside the hospital gates. some difficulty tonight in the search for the remains of the victims of the derailment in quebec, with only a small part of the scene looked through so far, because much of it remains too dangerous, and they are focusing on two cars filled with oil, and they are dousing it with water and foam, he trying to keep them from overheating and exploding. from the came loose tracks and sped down hill. others are unaccounted for. >> and covering the nation now, where the ntsb is investigating a deadly plane crash at a small airport in alaska. a type of air taxi crashed on sunday, located about 75 miles west of anchorage. all of the passengers and the pilot were killed, and that single engine plane was operated by a local company, and there is no word yet on what might have caused the plane to go down. >> still ahead tonight, the push to move cybersecurity up. dutch. hear from >> can we be doing more to save some money? >> plus, rebounding from the power of education. a high-school diploma more than 25 years in the making. >> the upper eastern shore. we will see what parts have to deal with thunder. right now, some sunshine over the inner harbor, where the [ female announcer ] at your local subway, summer flavors are served up fresh. like the delicious taste of the orchard chicken salad. you loved it, so we brought it back as a five dollar footlong, and now as a five dollar chopped salad too! diced white-meat chicken with sweet apples and tart cranberries. get it as a tasty sub, or as a refreshing salad loaded with the veggies you love. the orchard chicken salad. one big flavor. two real values. hurry in to your local subway today! subway. eat fresh. >> good afternoon. i am a rod daniels live in the newsroom. here is what is coming up at 6:00. civilians will get a day without pay for the next three months. how this will affect maryland employees and medical research projects, and violence coming of egypt, very difficult for egyptian americans right here in baltimore to deal with. we will have these stories for you an >> and we are following breaking news, with captain roy taylor and skyteam 11. what is happening? >> in baltimore county, an apparent call of an apartment fire, and they found issues with the air-conditioning unit on the second floor of an apartment here. they have evacuated that section of the apartment complex while they are checking for extensions. they say they were quickly able to extinguish the fire, but they are still looking for because of what caused this hvac to go up. >> thank you. we have a follow-up on a documentary about rebounding from loss, focusing on the mother of a basketball high school standout who was fatally shot. >> deborah weiner. she deserves something good coming her way. >> i agree, donna. her son did not live long enough to graduate from high school, as he was killed before his senior year, no, she has earned what he was not able to, a high-school diploma, more than 25 years after she dropped out of high school. it graduation did you chills, this one might leave you numb, leading the procession, getting her diploma on the day her son would have gotten his diploma had he not been fatally shot 20 years ago. >> i am a my family and my friends proud. [cheers and applause] perhaps he remembered the sidelines of the south baltimore basketball court. even after her son's death, she remained a loyal team mother. her son had been a beloved star player. it was her son who encouraged her to go back to school. she dropped out into a grayed and says she was a working mother at age 16. on this day, when his mother was not only graduating but speaking of graduation, you cannot help but wonder what her son may have felt. being broken down, believing you can achieve. thank you. that your son is looking down on you right now and is so proud of you. >> his basketball coach was there to congratulate her, as was her instructor, joseph louis from the self baltimore, learning center, who helped her pass the test, finally, on her third try. >> of we have been over in brooklyn, extra studies, over to the hospital, extra studies, even over in mcdonald's, extra studies to make this happen. >> i made it. i am excited. i really am. excited. >> she does carpentry work and wants to study computers, right, and inspired. >> people will see your name in a big, bold but one big, and you can say, "can i do that?" i am looking forward to doing that one day. >> the portrait of a high-school graduate, who has endured loss, but now has something no one can ever take away. >> the cells baltimore learning center is the top-performing program of its kind. this year, they are on track to teach more than 100 graduates. if someone tests at the eighth grade level or below, all of the classes are free. deborah weiner, wbal tv 11 news. >> now, your 11 insta-weaer forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the high temperature in baltimore today 86, at least at bwi-marshall, where the normal high is 87, so, technically, one degree cooler, and that has been the theme through this first week of july, days that have actually averaged pretty close to typical for this time of year. 100 degrees, the record high set just last year. july 8, 2012, we are at 100 degrees, after a day of 104 degrees the previous day, so it was scorching heat one year ago, and again, these numbers are not that extreme for this time of year. over towards the pennsylvania line, over near 80, 82 in cambridge, 85 in salisbury, and the mountains and join an afternoon with temperatures in the low to mid 70's. across our area, we have seen one thunderstorm pop up. mrs. drifting out across the bay. right now on the cecil county- kent county line. it looks like this has diminished. heavy downpours, maybe a couple of rumbles of thunder but not too extreme as of yet. a couple of showers in pennsylvania tried to drift down into maryland, and some in st. mary's county, but all quiet as far as storms go. we will continue through the early evening, and otherwise, partly cloudy, 67 to 74 for the vote tonight. this is typical for summer as the jet stream retreats. we have got one to the north of chicago through parts of new england. the bermuda high is still sitting off the southern atlantic coast, and it is still supply warm, muggy air for a vast amounts of the nation. 88 in atlanta, 87 in miami, and we are into that same basic weather pattern. scattered afternoon storms and southwest winds at 6 to 12, and the forecast calls for the wind and out of the south and a one- foot chop. mid 80's showing up in some of the temperatures. western maryland, a better chance for storms out that way. a good 60% chance on wednesday. eastern shore locations, just a pop-up variety. this goes up a bit with temperatures in the low 90's, and in ocean city, some decent weather. wednesday, scattered showers and storms are likely, and the water temperature down at the beach, cooler. surf.ly 61 to 65 for the showers and storms are more likely wednesday night into thursday morning, and then it clears out and turns more humid with highs in the 80's on friday and saturday. its consumer alert, the number of people hired as temporary workers is rising. more companies are hiring freelancers and contract workers and consultants, more than 17 million people who have temporary jobs, the most temporary workers on rerds since 1990, and they say it is a trend that many employers remain uncertain about the economy. temporary workers typically are paid less and receive few if any benefits, and the use of temporary workers has extended to some professions that have not used them in the past, such as lawyers and i.t. profession laws. and today, there were stops about avoiding a tax. from health-care companies to the nsa, the congressman stressed working together for our safety. >> so there has debate working with the private sector to protect us from these very serious attacks. >> maryland has more than 11,000 cybersecurity companies and is ranked no. 1 in the nation for ship.ation and entrepreneur and if you have a smartphones, you know that data plants can be expensive, but it is that we are going too far, and we are not using all of the data we are paying for. many people increase their plants to avoid late overcharges. >> wireless consumers are overpaying by $1.40 billion per year because they are simply on the wrong cell phone data plan. >> so how can you save money on data? whereyou can use wi-fi available an turn of applications, like facebook, that use data. >> what is happening to many in maryland facing furloughs, more on how sequestration is impacting the state coming up at 6:00. >> the is students are getting some valuable skills both on and off the court. i am kim dacey with details next. >> well, for a set and summer, a unique program is giving baltimore students a link up on the court and in the classroom, and this is the mindful minister's program, planting seeds. >> these baltimore middle schoolers are using time to brush up their skills on the basketball court, but also in the classroom. >> this was to improve academic achievement in student athletes to help them maintain, not for some are learning a loss to occur, so we are here to keep them healthy and fit and help their academics. >> this program is free, thanks annegrant from viet -- the e. casey foundation. they also play every day. >> it is like a review of math and reading. i will also be able to be on the team. >> 3 current and former basketball player is giving tips on the court also serving as mentors to the students, helping them physically, academically, and emotionally. their relationship with the mentors and does not end when the camp does, as they can go to them with problems throughout the year. >> with problems, or we just hang out, have a good time, not just academics and sports. we also have fun together, you know, like friend to friend this stuff. >> i can ask her certain things because i feel comfortable with her. >> many of the students return summer after summer, creating lasting relationships that the mentors the put them on a path for long-term success. >> i hope it helps them realizing that academics is more important than the athletics, but learning how to keep both of them together to become a student athlete, and hopefully they can go on to get a scholarship and have a prosperous future. >> in west baltimore, kim dacey, wbal tv 11 news. that sounds like a fun summer. that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00. >> furloughs, how it will affect maryland. i am lisa robinson. that, coming up. >> and immokalee egyptians worried about relatives. i am lowell melser. that story ahead. >> some showers in the insta- weather forecast, coming up next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] wbal tv 11.atching this is 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a day without pay every week for the next three months, the sting of sequestration hitting hundreds of thousands of defense department employees in the form of furloughs. it is not exactly been vacation this sumps federal workers were looking forward to. >> thousands of workers at the pentagon and at bases around the country are being forced to take time off without pay. lisa robinson takes a look at how this impacts health research as well as the maryland national guard, but we begin with nikole killian in washington with more on furlough frustration. >> there is a lot of that going around. this all goes back to the government budget cuts that took effect back in march, and if you have not noticed them much, you could now. just a stone's throw from the pentagon's sids pentagon row, full of shops and restaurants, like this irish pub, where the talk is focused on furloughs. >> a lot of people are concerned about it. i was talking to a guy about it. his visits are going to be less. >> multiplied that buy more, and it could take a bite out of his business. >> people are tightening their belts around here. >> they are furloughing roughly 650,000 civilian employees for 11 days at military installations across the country. toeverything from a lawyer acquisition personal at the pentagon to a vehicle or shipments repair yard worker, in new england, or in the pacific. >> the pentagon says it is saving about $2 billion with the move. >> you are going to see the real impact begin immediately. >> a worker alliance has petitioned congress to stop the cuts. >> it is very frustrating. from our perspective, congress created this problem when they pass the legislation, and it is really their problem to fix. >> but with little fix in sight, he still hopes to make a few. >> we will get through this just fine. >> the defense secretary chuck hagel is supposed to meet with lawmakers this week to detail the agency plans it is budget cuts continue into next year. for more on how maryland is being directly impacted, let's go live to lisa robinson in downtown baltimore. >> from nie age to the national guard, sequestration is costing jobs and wages. fortunately, some people are prepared. senator barbara mikulski and johns hopkins officials put a spotlight on how sequestration is affecting research and jobs. she says 78 supports more than 18,000 jobs in maryland, nationally supporting 300,000 scientists at many institutions. the senator says the research cuts along with flat funding makes it difficult for researchers to get funding for their work and to hire staff. >> right now, our goal is to fund nih so it is not the new normal and support the president and his remark. >> spending cuts means 650,000 defense employees will be furloughed, and that includes the maryland national guard. >> maryland has over 834 technicians that are being impacted. our