performance out there thursday? >> felt pretty good. definitely still room for improvement. going out and getting a win is what was most important. and we did that. beating those guys, you know, up the freeway. that means a lot around here. so wanted to do that. and now onto the next team. >> started off the night, a few incompletions to harper. couple other players. but it seemed like you got things under control. what do you do when you are out there, to kind of put those behind you, and make the completions nenecessary. >> definitely, you know, every player is -- play is a different play. every play has a different ending. and a different beginning. you know, once something happens in the play that you don't want to go your way, you just have to let it go. pass it on. and harper does an incredible job getting open and making plays for us. offensive line does an incredible job at blocking. and we have to put it together every every play. >> the first touchdown of the night, from you, two minute drill, textbook. you practice it every day. i mean, how was that? how did you kind of -- kind of seemed to be perfect out there? >> you hit it on the head. practicing it every day. puts us definitely in the situation to where it is not brand new to us. we stepped into the situation, needing to get points on the board. and it worked out good. >> what do you personally, the last few weeks of training camp, working on for your performance. >> getting better as a quarterback. decision making, accuracy, all of those things that go in, with becoming a elite quarterback at this level of the game. and day-in and day-out try to do that. >> no official word on john beck's jerry. five quarterbacks were out here today. does that kind of shakeup the offense at all when one of you get hurt? how is that? >> i don't control what's going on in the front office. decision is made to bring in the guys. they are quality guys. i remember cleo lemon in miami, and drew willie, definite winner in college. those guys do nothing but help us. for however long we are all here together, i don't know. i don't make the decisions. but definitely good to see those guys. >> troy, thank you so much. congratulations on the win. >> thank you. >> bruce, back to you. >> smith and the ravens play preseason game number two monday night against coordinator rex ryan and the jets. here is jeff barnd with the "late edition". . >> a toddler's death. why investigators now believe it was child abuse. >> i need men and women who are vigilant, who are proactive, and engaged. >> the plan for aggressive policing in the harbor. why some believe it could go too far. >> and a green school. the place where students are ecco-friendly. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. jennifer gilbert has off tonight. 3-year-old boy is dead and police say, tonight, it is no accident. myranda stephens is live outside of anne arundel county police headquarters with the latest on the tragedy. myranda? >> well, charles bran lee was just three years old. when he died last wednesday. and now police have ruled his death a homicide. police say bran lee was taken to the hospital august 7 after he reportedly fell down a flight of stairs off his home in tomlinson court in severn. died pfeiffer days later at the hospital. workers at the hospital though questioned whether the boy really fell, and police began to investigate. an autopsy later revealed his death was indeed a homicide. now, police believe the suspect is a 28-year-old man that was caring for the toddler at the time of the incident. >> it is heartbreaking to think that things like that would happen to kids. you know, especially with adults watching them. but that's how the world is today. it is crazy. >> now, police are not releasing the man's name or his relationship to the toddler. but they do say charges against him are pending. live here outside of anne arundel county police headquarters. myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> high school sophomore will be tried as an adult for attempted murder. 15-year-old stan smith jr. struck his stepfather twice with a bat. according to police. during a fight over his curfew. he was first charged as a juvenile but the changes were made. after state's attorney review. >> elderly man is recovering from a beating that occurred this morning in south baltimore. police say it is a hate crime. police have arrested calvin lockler. investigators say he beat the man then stole his car. police found the vehicle and lockler in the 4900 block of wright avenue. the car was equipped apparently with low jack. two other suspects are still on the loose and tonight police explain why they are calling the attack, racially motivated. >> during the interview today. the suspect admitted he does not like african-americans. and we are thus treating it as a hate crime. the interviews are still going on. we are trying to determine who the other two suspects were involved in this. and that's where we are. >> tonight mayor sheila dixon calls this assault senseless. she is thanking police for a quick first arrest. and there is a promise from the city tonight to do everything possible be to catch the other two suspects. >> a saturday night shooting at the inner harbour is raising questions about police tactics. police commissioner bealefield said more officers are not needed but that police at the inner harbour should be especially aggressive. also said gang members should be obvious and easily identifiable. >> i don't just need men and women in uniform standing around, twirling bantoons. i need men and women that are vigilant, proactive, and engaged. >> that is exactly profiling. i mean you have the confrontational approach. resistance on the part of the people being confronted. so i can see that there might be some issues. >> there is also talk tonight of a possible curfew at the inner harbour now. city watch camera helps to convict a woman for a shooting that happened two years ago. 28-year-old kia "w00t" 10 got in a fight on the 300 block of north eutaw street in august of 2007. she pulled a gun from a car and fired a man. no one came forward in the case. video was the only witness. "w00t" 10 got 18 years, for the shooting. >>. >> tonight a chilling 911 call from a woman witnessing a murder that was also a target. happened in october of 2007. tonight in a story you are seeing first on box fox, lance walker is locked up for life. sentencing for murder ingmar lon beckforward what you are about to hear is disturbing. >> you are he up. >> what is going on? >> i am still in the car, i am hiding. >> how many shots did you hear? >> hurry up. >> oh my god. hurry up. hurry up. i am in the car. >> how many shots? >> hurry up. hurry up. >> ma'am, stay on the line with me. >> help obviously arrived but beckforward the driver lost too much blood. >> police say non-fatal shootings are down 27 percent and the number of homicides is the same as last year. stands at 140. which was a 20 year low. >> maryland's 2010 gubernatorial race is underway as the incumbent governor and several challengers are looking ahead to next year, here is john rydell. >> he has made no official announcement of his intentions but governor o'malley has made it clear to supporters that he will seek a second term. >> you have to be responsible about one's leadership role in the party and preparing for the next campaign. but vast majority of my energies every day are spent working on the tough problems of keeping our state strong. >> big question, will governor o'malley be challenged next year by bob ehrlich. former republican governor said he is not yet decided. but he says many factors will play a role in the decision. >> it is less up to me the people of maryland. that sounds cliche but the fact of it is are people pleased with what they are getting. or do they want a change? >> ehrlich said his challenge is running in a state where democrats out number republicans more than two to one. the former governor has about $150,000 in his campaign account. but governor o'malley has a commanding lead in fund raising with about $2 million. >> do you expect bob ehrlich to challenge you in 2010? >> i expect someone will. who it is, is less relevant than anthony brown and myself, and the party, becoming ready, and organized and being prepared. >> do you see the 2010 election as being referendum on governor o'malley? >> whenever there is a incumbent on the ballot it is generally about the incumbent. >> democrats and republicans are now awaiting word from this former governor, whether he will take on the incumbent governor in 2010. john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition". >> one candidate has officially filed to run already. ralph jaffy of baltimore county, a democrat. >> powerful storms rolled through baltimore city earlier tonight. there was a lot of lightning out there. storms were powerful enough to knock this tree, on top of a shed. along harford road and glen arm. no one was hurt. >> lightning strikes continue tonight. we saw some a few minutes ago. vytas reid joins us with a look at what's going on outside it at this particular point in time. will we see it for a few hours. >> most of the activity is cross the bay. few shots south of us. and continue to see off-and-on scattered showers, and especially through the afternoon tomorrow. but tonight, it looks like things are quieting down a bit. as we look at radar. few showers remaining on the eastern shore, around dc suburbs, and beltway there. college park looking at a few showers. and over at rock field. but we will continue to see this activity push across the bay. in fact, looking at the lightning strikes. continue to head to the east. few across parts of northern virginia. but it looks like most of the severe weather is done for the evening. i think we will see maybe a rumble of thunder south of us as we go through the overnight. anne arundel county you might get in a few more rumbles of thunder as well. temperatures cooling off through the overnight. in the upper 70s. 90s tomorrow. and threat for more gusty thunderstorms by the late afternoon. i will have a closer look at how long the storms stick around and a peek at where hurricane bob is going, category 2 storm coming up in a bit. . >> you will soon be able to make it to a blockbuster night no matter where you are. blockbuster teaming up with motorola to make movies available on cell phones. details on when service begins are being hashed out. >> relief is here for chronic pain sufferers. fda gave approval to the drug that is a morphine capsule that they think is the first non-abusive pain pill out there. the company that makes it, said if users try to crush or chew the tablet a chemical is released that ren ders the morphine useless. . >> checks on me and makes sure everything is healing. >> health care program that users swear by. they say it works better and costs less. why president obama wants to cut it. >> and officials looking into cooperative health care alternatives. what they are and how they actually work. >> and later on the "late edition". cell phone that is sparking way more than just conversation. >> as health care continues to crowd townhall meetings. a program known as medicare advantage is being bandied about. many people swear by it. but not the president of the united states. anita vogle has more from l.a. >> i can truthfully say if it wasn't for them, i would not be here today. >> 70-year-old patricia long, and 82-year-old maurice engle man are cancer survivors and both saying having medicare advantage saved their lives. >> there would be a nurse or doctor come in two and three times a week. checking me. making sure everything was healing right. >> far more personal. that is to say, a patient such as myself was assigned, and they won practically, with a human being. >> unlike regular medicare, medicare advantage is administered by insurance companies. not the government. and case managers are assigned to everyone enrolled to guide seniors like patricia and maurice through what can be a confusing maize of medical options. >> we help them get their doctor appointments, get them through the treatments. and really, at the same time, optimizeing their performance, status, so they don't end up in the hospital where the care gets expensive. >> another difference, medicare advantage has lower out-of-pocket expenses for members. but cost taxpayers as much as 14 percent more. a difference the president said we cannot afford. >> it doesn't result in better health care for seniors. it is a give away of $177 billion. >> president obama wants to eliminate medicare advantage, to save the government that amount over 10 years. but some experts say because of its emphasis on health monitoring and preventative care, medicare advantage is actually cheaper in the long run. >> why not have the plans compete against themselves and against traditional medicare and let the lowest cost plan, that is still meets the requirements that we have for medicare, let the lowest cost plan win. >> new insurance industry research found medicare advantage patients ended up in the emergency room 27 percent less often than other medicare recipients. but president obama remains focused on terminating the program. and in spite of intense lobbying from seniors. some senate committees are looking at significant cuts as well. >> in los angeles, anita vogle fox 45 news. >> debate continues over the public option part of the health care plan. liberal lawmakers recently wrote a letter to health and human services secretary cath lisa billion yus saying the public option is key. and nancy pelosi say the public option will be part of the house version. >> it is a deal breaker because the whole idea behind health care reform is to bring down the cost. we cannot bring down the cost unless there is a public option. >> that brings us now to the question of the day. would you support the health care reform bill without the public option? at last check, 16 percent say yes. 84 percent say no. tony from pikesville writes, the public option is an essential component in order to control the cost of health care. but mike writes, i never asked anyone to fix health care. for more responses go to foxbaltimore.com and click on question of the day. >> we have the different versions of the health care bills on our website. just check them out at foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> as an option to the public option, lawmakers are considering health care coops. there are 300 coops in the u.s. they are run by consumers that pool money and buy health insurance as a group. still their competitive impact is unknown. >> if you take a look at the market for electricity, this is the best example that we have of coops, in existence. and in certain markets they have provided competition to larger regional monopolistic providers and brought down prices and given consumers choice. >> critics call coopers unreliable. >> scattered storms today with thunder showers. will we see any more this week? even in the next few hours? vytas joins us with a look at the forecast. >> slight chances of rumbles through the overnight. but most of the severe storms have lessened in intensity. and it looks like activity on the eastern shore, down around dc. skycam downtown inner harbour. grounds are wet. but shower activity mainly stays south. mostly cloudy skies. 75 degrees. winds are calm. and humidity levels at 94 percent. and our pressure is 30.01 and steady. looking at those temperatures across the mid-atlantic. 75 in harrisburg. 73 new york city. 77 out at the airport. and looking at 85 degrees in richmond. we have a little cooler air back to the northwest behind a front. this is a very interesting front. because there is a cold front associated with a warm front and when we have that kind of working the way in with unstable air ahead of it. gives showers and thunderstorms firing up along there. front is stretching down here. thin line of thunderstorms through central ohio. southern indiana. earlier today we saw all of that activity firing up the storms here. this activity will continue to move across the state and head off to the east. go out to the tropics. talk about what's going on with hurricane bill. i misspoke and called it bob earlier. i meant bill. strong category 2 storm right now. this storm, or actually has just upped. look at this. just in the last about five minutes. category 3 now. category 3. this is real time data coming in. upped winds 127 miles an hour. up to 155. so this is a dangerous storm at this time. as we continue to see it tracking up toward the northwest. track of the storm right now taking it to a category 4. as we get into thursday night and friday. and then it looks like it will be west of bermuda. those folks have to be watching it closely. and it could make landfall as a category 3 or strong category 2, up toward nova scotia. but off the coast of mid-atlantic. by about 150, 200 miles with a potential, as we see the storm, track north. we have to watch it closely. because it could travel further west or east. back to our forecast. looks like start out the skies tomorrow morning clear. and in the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms firing up. as we see the instability coming up from the south. warm temperatures wrapping in ahead of the system. so we will continue to stay on the warm side of things for the next couple of days. front won't push through the area. just instability to create thunderstorms in the area. 92 tomorrow. 90 on thursday. and 90 on friday. and then saturday and sunday. temperatures in the 80s. and we have chances for showers and thunderstorms continuing for the next couple of days. you can track hurricane bill with fox 45 sky watch hurricane tracker. it is available @foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 doppler radar to track coming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricane. . >> students who won't be hitting the books this school year. how a florida school is being eco friendly and high tech at the same time. >> and after spending 16 seasons with a pack, brett fa (announcer) tired of nighttime breathing 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