. >> you see bolt smashes his own record. in the 100-meter. becoming the first sprinter to run it in under 9.6 seconds. amazing. >> here is jennifer gilbert and jeff barnd with the "late edition". . >> isolated incident. >> the mayor reacts after a double shooting downtown. tonight the scramble to protect tourists, and the city's reputation. >> a plan for pricy parking. how much you might need to feed the meter in downtown baltimore. >> president obama's still on the road to fight for the health care plan. why some say he is sending mixed messages. >> and healthy promise, what doctors are saying about new footwear for fitness. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. weekend shooting at the inner harbour prompts police to be more aggressive in their effort to prevent crime. >> two men injured and no arrests made. kathleen cairns has the latest. >> midday monday. >> i don't think i would be coming down here for dinner. >> carters are from north carolina. >> after dark i would be more concerned. >> many tourists are talking about the shooting inside the light street pavilion saturday night. police say it was a gang feud that led to the gun fire. mayor blames weak state laws and lenient judges for churning out repeat offenders. >> they were carrying weapons on them. and we keep foe using on legislation at the state to get some, to deal with illegal guns. i guarantee you if they caught the guy he would have been out the next day with a slap on the hand. >> police are not are increasing patrols, instead they are changing tactics and being more aggressive. >> we need to be vigilant. >> kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> that brings us to the question of the day. do you feel safe at the insure? at last check, 18 percent of you say yes. 82 percent say no. shaun from shawsville writes, there needs to be tighter security. take this incident as a warning before it is too late. and a life or lives are lost. to read more responses go to foxbaltimore.com and click on our question of the day. >> first on fox. more meter madness downtown. this time, it is fueled by a plan to raise the cost of street parking. the proposed rate increase would affect most of downtown, including the inner harbour. metered parking would go from $1 an hour to $2 an hour. and initially with approval to go up to $3 an hour in the mount vernon and fell's point area. >> parking officials say it is not about creating a new revenue source but about dealing with what they are calling the problem created by cheap street parking. >> we still want it to be inexpensive for short-term parkers. but we do want those people that are parking all day and feeding the meters, to go to a garage, so that the people that are looking for short-term parking can find a place to park on street. >> if it is approved by the board of estimates, the fees could go up immediately. >> meanwhile, baltimore streets could be transformed quickly into a race course. plans made to bring a national indy car race to the city by 2011. promoters say it could bring up to 150,000 visitors to the city and generate $100 million in revenue. >> these kind of event people look at them as a destination. they want to go somewhere. make a weekend out of it. stay in a hotel, eat at restaurants and be entertained. that's what we would try to do. >> race would start downtown, starting and finishing by the inner harbour. >> president obama begins this week where he left off last week, on the road. toed the president talks to veterans about health care reform. and the nation's commitment to servicemen and women. there are also mixed messages from the administration sending signals it may abandon the public option for health care. craig boswell has more from washington. >> during an address to the vfw in phoenix. he promise vets they would fulfill health care responsibilities to members of the military. and president warned against what he calls misinformation. >> one thing that reform won't change is veterans health care. no one is going to take away your benefits. that's plain and simple. >> emotion surrounding the overhaul of the health care system erupted in shot shouting matches outside of the convention center. that yelling mirroring the heated exchanges seen at town halls set off by the health care reform. >> when it comes to health care people are drawing a line. and saying enough is enough. >> this weekend officials opened the door to abandon the option. and looked at options to compete with private insurers. different message than the president. saying the public option is a mist. >> during a townhall in philadelphia this morning. spector is fighting for the government run plan. >> i am not willing to write off the public option. because there are some people that are discouraging about it. >> the white house also acknowledged today it is changing health care reform e-mail procedures after people received unsolicited e-mails. third-party groups are responsible for signing up people without their knowledge. in washington, craig boswell chase fox 45 news. >> we have heard many voice in the health care debate and tonight we are hearing from dr. ben carson, and he said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead some common sense cost saving. the world renowned neurosurgeon said electronic billing systems would drastically cut administrative costs. he also supports wellness clinics and better preventative care for the poor to keep them out of expensive emergency rooms. >> we would save huge amounts of money. but i think, we would be incredibly smart if we took that money, and put it into a national medical endowment. and even if we only save 10 percent a year, of what we pay for health care now, and we put that 10 percent into a national endowment. in 15 years we're talking several trillion dollars. >> dr. carson also said measures need to be taken to reduce malpractice costs. and eliminate unnecessary testing and procedures done by doctors trying to protect themselves from lawsuits. >> well, if you want to read the various health care bills, go to our website foxbaltimore.com. and click on "news links". >> and if you want to tell your congressman when you think about what you had read. we are making it easy for you. the contact information for your senators and congressman on our website, foxbaltimore.com/your voice. >> and stay with fox 45 news for the latest on health care reform. . >> a maryland man described by some as the next union bomber gets an eight year sentence. police found the explosive device inside of a backpack, dallas smith was carrying last summer near the university of maryland bio park. his defense argued to have the pipe bomb along with other evidence suppressed. but when the judge denied the motion, he entered a plea deal. >> some people have described your client as the next unibomber. >> i guess the only thing has in common is brilliant. he is not like that, i don't think. >> when smith was a teenager fbi agents discovered 21 pipe bombs he built in his mother's apartment in prince george's county. >> a suspect is in custody after a shooting in east baltimore. happened at 6:15. 1500 block of east lafayette avenue. police say a woman was shot in the leg. there are reports tonight it was a drive-by shooting. victim's injuries are not considered to be life threatening. >> the trial of a baltimore man that said he threw his 3-year-old son off the bridge, has been postponed again. stephen nelson was scheduled to go on trial this week. but now it has been pushed back until november 10. nelson confessed to police that he threw his son, turner nelson, after the key bridge, back in february of 2008. and he entered the equivalent of an insanity plea. >> lots of sunshine, and some very hot weather to start the work week. >> yeah, chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a first look at the sky watch forecast. lots of things happening. >> yeah. hot weather and the storms off to the west. and out in the atlantic. hurricanes that are going on. or hurricane. right now, talking about down south. we have tropical storm claudette. it has fizzled out. and running into high pressure. that is a drying mechanism that breaks it up. what is not breaking up so much is the cold front. continue to see the march across the midwest. that's the next weather maker. tomorrow night and wednesday. to get rocking thunderstorms through the area. right now quiet around baltimore. few showers toward winchester. 80 in baltimore. 80 in d.c. cooler in winchester at 74. where the rain comes down. overnight clearing. and tomorrow afternoon, a chance for some isolated scattered showers and thunderstorms. i will have a look at this brewing category 2 storm out there in the atlantic coming up. . >> in tonight's news you need to know. authorities bust the largest identification theft scheme ever. 21-year-old gonzales indicted for hacking into networks in dozens of financial groups and stole 130 million credit and debit card numbers. the scheme took place between october of 2006 and may of 2008. and also say gonzales did not work alone. >> fitness shores shoes that promise to build muscle while you walk may not live up to the expectations. experts say it is unlikely rocker shoes will get you in shape. reebok claims their easy tone shoes increase muscle use. the fit flop is another one that may not be living up to the hype. >> it does give good afternoon support. and give a good cushion to the heal, and there is support to the mid foot that you don't see in a lot of the flip-flops. if you are buying it because you want a stylish pair of comfortable flip-flops, absolutely that's a good purchase. >> reebok and the manufacturers of flip-flop, buy both say the footwear can relieve pressure on your feet and tone muscle. . >> still ahead on the "late edition". what 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(announcer) is your internet two-way fast? only verizon fios has the fastest uploads period. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v call the verizon center for customers with disabilities . >> tonight state delegate john karr din said he could have used better judgment in planning his marriage proposal earlier this month. cardin who was a nephew of maryland senator ben cardin arranged for a city police boat to take part in the event at the inner harbour. police are also investigating the involvement of a city police helicopter. in a statement released tonight delegate cardin said i should have considered that city resources would be involved and use better judgment to put a stop to it. he said he would reimburse the city for whatever cost they deem appropriate. >> the economy has hurt businesses, of course, and are non-profits alike. as a result, many are getting less funds from the united way of central maryland. donations are down $3 million this year alone. and that means many non-profits will not receive annual grants that they need. that includes the boy scouts. uniteed way is shifting priorities now to organizations that offer emergency services, to those that really need it. >> needs to keep families together. in their home. mortgage crisis was hitting a lot of families skipping he will moms and kids were put on the street. we want to keep them in their homes and keep day care programs available for children. so the parents can work and keep the family together. >> health care for the homeless received $100,000 grant from the uniteed way. >> a state program trying to buyback some commercial crabbing licenses is not working exactly as planned. the department of natural resources said only about 500 people offered to sell back their licenses. and most were asking for too much money. now the state is offering a non-negotiable $2260, if someone wants to sell back their license. officials were hoping to buy about 2000 licenses. they say that inactive licenses throw off calculations used for managing crabbing in the bay. >> claudette hits the florida panhandle. the tropical storm is the first to make landfall in the united states this year. the storm brought 50 miles an hour winds and high waves. some areas got up to 6 inches of rain. two other storms currently are in the atlantic ocean. including hurricane bill. chief meteorologist vytas reid is back now with a look at the the path. >> the other storm is onna down near his span nola. a tropical depression. watch that. and really concerned with bill. show you where the path of that is going. in a minute. but relatively quiet. partly cloudy skies. 77 degrees. winds out of the south-southwest at three. and humidity levels 71 percent. temperatures across the mid-atlantic. not too bad. right now, sitting in the upper 70s, lower 80s. 80 degrees in baltimore. 79 in harrisburg. 76 in richmond. and we will continue to see that cold front heading our direction. giving us a chance for showers and thunderstorms erupting towards late evening tomorrow. but better chance for the front approaching is wednesday. but already strong storms up there toward toledo. moving through ft. wayne, defiance. heavy thunderstorm activity there. and for us, mainly clear can this. across parts of pennsylvania and then into maryland. talk about the storms brewing out there in the atlantic. this is a look at satellite image here. of hurricane bill. now, this is upgraded to a category 2 storm. this is getting stronger. by the minute. looking at winds sustained at 98 miles per hour. gusting to 121 miles per hour. and in this storm continues to strengthen as we go through the next day here. in fact, the projected path from the national hurricane center is taking it up west of bermuda toward saturday evening. so we have to watch this storm because the cone of incident of where it could potentially go, further to the southwest. or to the northeast. of course it would be bad news maybe for parts of mid-atlantic. further southwest it would travel. so watch this storm closely as we go down the road. back at home. not a lot of activity going on. but potential for showers and thunderstorms down the road through, especially wednesday afternoon. wednesday evening. as the cold front approaches. we could get decent thunderstorms. especially as the cold air runs into the warm moist unstable air. so good thunderstorm activity there. so on the forecast. we will see the temperatures on the 90s. for the next couple of days. 92 on wednesday. 91 on thursday. and chances for showers and thunderstorms. that will lead us into friday. saturday. and with the temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. >> thank you so much. you can track hurricane bill with hurricane tracker. available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 doppler radar to track storms. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on hurricane tracker. . >> a big you name announces plans to play in baltimore. coming up in tonight's entertainment news. details on where and when you can see bruce springsteen. >> the orioles traded clean up hitter to a playoff contend iter ñ- . >> get this. an ear slitting squeal when a woman won the top prize at the husband calling contest at the illinois state fair. >> kelly dressed as the tooth fairy while her husband was the sweet tooth. >> you have to have your husband show up? >> better show up. after 29 years of marriage or he will be in big trouble. >> she has won the competition five out of seven times she has entered. >> and another fair contest. people hoping to join the top eaters took on the funnel cake at the valley fair world funnel cake eating championship. eater x won $1700 by eating 6 pounds of the cake in 10 minutes. >> prize for 2nd place was not so bad. hal ate 5 pounds of funnel cake and won about $1200 for it. >> patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". . >> the ravens don't play until a week from tonight when they host ryan and the jets. and rex made sure today that there would be plenty of interest going in. speaking to reporters in new york. training camp. ryan was praising the ravens' defensive unit he helped to construct and praising mcquery and then took a shot at the ravens. expressing disappointment over the fact that rookie krueger was given the old number of mckeri 99. >> i am disappointed they gave his number to a rookie. bothered me. sorry bruce. that's slipped out. but that's disappointing. to see a rookie with that jersey. >> baseball seemingly headed to another last place finish in the american league east. o's are not in contention so sending the big bat to the team that has post season aspiration. this season, birds traded huff to the detroit tigers. in exchange they get 22-year-old right hander brett jacob on son with one and three record. huff is in the final days of a three year contract he signed in 2007. and figured to depart one way or the other. after the season. biggest year was 2008 when he hit 304 with 32 home runs, and 108 rbi. he was named most valuable oriole that such season. this year, 253, 13 home runs, 72 rbi. he says he is really going to miss baltimore. >> definitely emotional seeing the young guys come up and i have had a great time with the young guys. and to be able to see them, finish out the year and grow. it is hard. but at the same time for me, it is really exciting to go to a team that is in contention. and for me my whole career i have been in last place. so it will be a exciting time for me. >> you know huff gets an opportunity. for himself. he gets to go play in a pennant race, and maybe rejuvenate himself offensively. and make himself more attractive in the off season because he is a free agent. >> o's looking to win the first series since the all star break. jennifer and jeff, back to you. >> the boss is coming to the city of baltimore. >> bruce springsteen playing on november 20 at the 1st mariner arena. not playing here since 1973. when he was 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sunset. so far, no one is able to get proof. imagine that. the mayor is offering a $1 million reward if anyone gets a photograph of her. now the only proof so far is in the scott that was drunk right before the sightings. how about that chevis regal. >> a lot of people looking now. >> $1 million, that's good. thank you for joining us. i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. see you tomorrow night. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning