good orning your taking a live look downtown. as the sun is oming up over3 city hall, a beaatiful start to the day. it feels comfortable out there. ww're going to check in more with your weether in just a little bit and let you know what to expect as we head to a 3 day wwek. good morning, welcome to ffx 45 morning news. patriceeharrisshas the morning off. i'm megan gilliland. %-and that means we wanttto hea3 from you on facebook. lee us know whht is on your find and your response could aii on our facebook feedback segment. go to facebook.com/balttmore. we wann to know wwat you''e doing this weekend, because there's a lot gging on downtown. we are going to cceck innwith ú%teorologist tony pagnotti to see what thh weather is goinggto be like if youuare going to picnicc. p> it's going to happen at the harbor. mother nature is not going to mess it. >> good. >> we're going go with a hot ffrecast, a really cool day and hereecomes the heat. 60 degrees, cool, and comfortable. the dew point has been tte factor. it'' very, very nice when you're in the 40s and 50s, such great weather, not the 0s when we had thh heeawave. cooler in oakland, charm city -7, dover 58 degrees. satellite-radar looking to be a lot oo blue skies and sunshine the forecast for today topping around 80 degrees. let's see how the preholiday or the holiday start to theeweekend -i you're lucky enough to head here is candace. >> reporter: that's right,ú%ity peoppe. we're checking in on route 50 t the main bridge. to sar so good. no delays at the toll plaza. the ccrs re scooting along. at 54 miles per hour. from 83 up toward 795, on the outer loop lanes, looking at 54 miles per hour here with only an 8 minute clip. nice and quiet from 795 down toward 95, 11 minutes, 55 miles per hour. that'' a look at your morning trraels. megan, back over to you. thann you, candace. a man is dead after an earlyews. morning shooting downtown. this news comes just hours before many are preparing to head downtown to celebrate the joel d smith is live with more on the shooting and the city's plan to kkep citizens safe out >> reporter: good morning, megan. this is ot a shooting, it's a homicidee we have found that the viccim has passed awayy that makes it a homicide investigation. the victim was shot mulliple times in iiside of this the streets have beee shutdown for hours as investigators go ttis is now a homicide investigation. police investigators taking their time as they're going ovvr the scene ccmbbng it for details and evvdence right ow..3 that is the queen kukabbr not -upposed to be opennat 3:00 in inside and now a person was was kklled. a newwcrime fighting plan ill be set are this weekend.3 more than 300 ooficers histing the pavement. the state policc will be on hand tt help keep an eye on the crowd. many offthe police wil recogniz, from within. even you need to do your part. >> have a good plan about where you're going to park, where you're going to leave. how think you could be frustrated. -> reporter: the beef up in security comes after another shooting at the inner harbor. the lltest homm at the street of baltimore at tte queen's kukabar. it's ot supposed to be open at 3:15 wwen the shooting happened. it was. and the person who was shot has died.úimes we now have found joel d smith, fox 45 early news. the homicide rate in -altimore currently the lowest it has been in the last 25 years. this time last year there were 115 murders. ú% reporter:ed115 measure recore citt. as of today, there's been 101 killings.3 the mayor ayssthe city has a lot of work to do. >> this is nottaacause for celebration. for me, this is aacall for further action. this year's numbers idiiate %-city.ltimore can be a safer >> officials credited efforts t3 get guns off the streets with helpiig to reduce the numbers. they also cited a strong partnership between police officers and prosecuuors. ú%> baltimore county police murder in essex..3 intersection of baner and sandalwood road around 2:45 this morning. the victim as taken o the hospital. he was later pronnonced dead. police are still trying to determine exactly how the man was killed. they are looking foo suspects.ú beheading three young children will be held behind bars. the court upheld the convictions. %-llfe sentence inside theive %-the children's bodies were3 discovered n a baltimore apartmenttback in 2004. their throats had been slashed. the judge made a misttke by not showing jury notes to awyers but the court did not believe that would affect the verdiit. the ssripper was accused of involuntary manslaughter.3 she stabbed bay in the block tww years ago. lane will be sentenced in september. councilwooan helen holton is off tte hook on charges. a court ruled that the charges against hollon shouul be thhrwn out. she was accused of giving breaks to developers for financial a poll. the courr of appeals affirmed they cannot be used as evidence. i have learned you don't take anything for granted and i'm grateful that the court of professional appeals ruled in my favoo. enjoy the this weekend.ime and holt on will still go to trial in october on campaign finance charges. and then having water start falllng from your ceiling. thattunfortunattly is the case for one perry hallman who says his ceiling for a eee now and no one has been doing anything about it. billy croft says it has causee part of his ceiling to collapse. he told his landlord about tte ú%ak last week buttsince friday has not seen a reppirman and it now he is worried about thee3 . health and safety offhis 3 week >> i don't understand how you can sleep at night knowing that ú%ere's an infant living in these condittons, and you have thh abillty to correct them and nothhng. >> at maryland legal aid attorneys want tenantt to know they doohave rights. if land plordz d landlords do ne problem they urge tenant to contact the county inspector and document everything. president obama spoke yesterday in d.c. he says we need to take more borders. the president also stated that the ccrrent system is broken but that arizona's law is no solutionn >> it's not just that the law arizona passed is -- although it has fanned the flames of a contentious debatt. laws like arizona put huge pressure on local law enforcement, can force rules that ultimately are unenforceable. >> the resident says new hard and follow the law while in ú%erica. that legislltion would go inno effect this month inside and3 stay tuned to fox 45 morrinn3 news for ccntinuing coverage of this story. we wiil talk to congressman elijah cummings about the president's push for immigration reform. that is coming up later this hour. coming u it's america's big birthdayybash with a liitle bit of a twist. howwfort mchenry is celebrating the fourth of july hawaiian style. let's start the celebration. city right now.ul day in charm we're at 67 degrees anddit looks like thhngs are going to he oñ?oñ let freedom ring. ú%rt mchenry isscelebrating morning's hometown hot spot. >> ggod mmrning, ranger vince. -p>> you'rr saying aaoha because you're doing a bit of a hawaiian celebration. >> his is not the british flag, the britisshdid not take the fort, but what ww are commemoratinggis the wonderful -tate of hawaii..3 even thoogh hawaii bake a state in 1959, for any new staae that new american flag was a new star. it does not become official -ntil a year later on the fourth of july. for theeuuited staaes, the first flag that was flown with 50 mchenry, here 50 years ago. 50 stars 50 days. >> whh tte britishhflag? where is our ammeican flag. >> the americaa flag is at the top where he belongs.3 we have the hawaiian flag that we're going to put up right now beccuse we ave a hawaiian extravaganza this weekend. we have the alooa oys singing. ú%ts like colonials visiting the polynesian islands. we will be firing the cannons, we will have hawaiian music, and flags from every state in the union and we will have the raising -- we will reenact the raising of the grand 50 star flag but we will do it at noon instead of midnight that way everybody will get a full nnght sleep. >> ranger vince, aloha, see you in a little bit. >> indeed.. 50 yeers and 50 stars is at the fort mchen hhenry. the always vie hav vivaci ar vince. 66 at the airport and 67 at the inner harbor. our dew ointss nnce, nice dew points. we're in the 40s. you want to go out and inhale. this is what it shoulddbe like, but after tomorrow, we will be pointt. the not so pleasant dew we will talk about ttat in a3 second. let's take one day at a time. hd radar, clear day for you. a cool 54 in harrisburg. 57 in baltimoreeand 5 high preesure. out replaced by warmer air for the holiday weekend. we are going to go from warmmto hot. who is cooplainiig down the the bay cast lloks like this. got a high tidd coming up at -1:16. the eaatern shore forecast sunssine 80 degrees here in central maryland. we will get to around the 0 to 82-degree mark with sunshhne in western maryland. 79 degrees. tonight 62 over notic overnightd tomorroo the heat builds, the humidityyincreases. 87 forecast, 96 monday, 98 monday, and 97 uesday, yes indeed, 94 wednesday, thurssay,3 93 egrees. so we got one more pleasant day tommorow the heat, the humidity starts to build. you have cook out plans, mother nature is going to be sizzling it for you as you ccn see with let's see if we can have any roadways heating up this early friday morning. here is can dos. >> rrporter: thank you, tony. it's indeed get away friday so we're checking in on all oo the speeds for yoo. %-about out there.o complain ú% 95, traveling throogh baltimore county, 50 miles per -our through whittmarsh and at 60 miles per hour on 95 right thhre's owever,,trouble in baltimore. we want to show youuwhat the area looks ike. east baltimore street, right now you're taking a live look at shutdowcompletelyshutdown, tter3 it's due to a police investigation. make sure to use pratt street as -n alternatt route. park avenue is the best optiin tteree green. the jfx, we're in the the coast is clearr thee3 soothbounddlanes and northhound stretch all the way up tward that beltway. ú%eck in moving through3 baltimore county. here it is at york road. you can see theelanes are wide opee in oth dirrctions. that'ssa look at the mooning you.3 thank you, candace. team usa performance and the world cup is getting america yyu probably can't go to south africa to catch all of that ú%tion, bbt internationallstars have coming here to baltimore. manchesser city is going to ttke jull 1st. the tickees are still available attticketmaster. you caa find that link at foxbaltimore.com. we want to let you know thht you can win a pair of ickets from us right now courtesy of heú baltimore ravens. just bb the 10th aller at (410)481145455 you are going to wwn passes to the manchester city versus ii' going to be very ú% ford, gg and chrysler re all reporting better sales. gg sawwan increase of 11% from last year. ford saiddthe sales rose 15%. and chrysler saw saaee incrrase compared to last year, but sales fell frrm the month before. a sign that the weakeneddeconomy and sta stagnant work is cutting into the demand for cars and trucks. the labor departmeet showed 472 jobbess claims were filed. analyst believe the loss of %-factored into the 4,000 decrease. expanded..3 tte manufacturing showing that still ahhad, senators haven fired questioos at president obama's supreme court nominee all week long. coming uu why our political insider believes the co confirmation hearings ould bb a sham. i i am ssrrounded withh3 competent secretaries. >> plus a war of words in the racc for governor..3 how bob ehrlich rrspondee to can a smart phone reach the four corners of the earth ? can it make unlimited skype-to-skype calls to any country ? without using any minutes ? im anyone on skype. droid can with skype mobile. one of thousands of apps that can run with other apps. from the ever-expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does. right now buy one droid by motorola and get a second one free. only from verizon. the senate judiciary committee wraps up confirmation for solicitor general lena how she answers, someesay the hearing is a sham. or poliiical commentator arm strong williaas is joining us to wrap up all of this, good morning, armstrong. >> good morning, megan. >> i think the nominee is put in republicans and demmcrats. is it fair to ppt them in that kind oo a position? >> of course, we're talking about the united states supreme coort. fairness aad toward the iddle. i think the court reflects more where americans are with their ú%lues. - mean,,obvioussy, i don't think miss kagan and any other judges ssould reveal how they feellon issues like abortion, i think that's a ppivate matter. i think there's issues that are a fair game. we need to know abbut her innellect and how she has dealt with issues and some would feel she is a political hag. and not ssmeone who is an independent. she let it known that she was a democrat while justice thomas was a republican. if you think offthe way the that -he democrat feels, justice %-drilled, joh janice brown.3 it's faii game. and also -- this one of the court won't allow cameras. you will find justices playing for the audience. what a lot of these senators were doing, becaase they were they're playing for thh ca came. they're dealing with the issues thht the coostituency. when the camera is off, hey wink at camera and say you know i haveeto do that, it's nothing you know yyu're going to be confirmed and the american people. >> do you think that is coming as more important. ú% you think they're morr3 immortant about finding the kind offcharacter or a candidate using this as a platform for tte election year. is that what is taking place here? >> what is a platform for the elections. how much can you inn in 2 or 3 days of hearings about a person'' life.%ronald reagan tht a conservative and what did he end up gettiig a liberal. the president of thh united tive to lennth a erson thatg reflects his values but they ouugt toobe qualified..3 >> thank you, armstrong. thank you, megan. congressmaa elijah cummings joins us to tell us how the immigration laws should hange. the victim dies. now this s the location ffr the latest homicide in baltimore. i'm joel d smith, llve downtown, straight ahead, what oliie are plaanin"x ú% a live look from fort mchenny there where the flags are flyiig high. this morning we haae a lot to tell you aboot at fort mchenry. a lot of exciting thhngs goiig on there as we head to the fourth of july weekend. we will check in there in justta littll bit. i'm megan illiland.rring news.3 it's friday and beeause it's%frd -ff n our facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind and your response cculd air on our facebook feedback segment today. just go to facebook.com/baltimore and become a ffn. a lot of folks posting and we want to check in with you. we will check in meteorologist tooy pagnotti and see if you have anything o tell us about the weather. i heard you say it's arm andú -t's goiig to et hotter. >> it's going to get hot, and hotter. >> how hot. -p>> ccose to triple digits. 1 more day of his beautiful cool weather we have been eejoyyng. nice dew point. healthy air to breathe when you -ead out the door. the other temperattres cool in western maryland in the 60s. satellite-radar picture nothing to show you about. controo right through this pressure system starts to change in our weaaher patterns. but tooay we will top out around 80 to 82 deegees. herr is candace with the traffic edge. >> reeorter: thank you, stony. -e're talking abbut new trouble on 95 this morning and it's all because of an accident on thee3 southbound lnes.ú you're taking a live look at the scene right now. it's at emmorttn rrad. there. one lann is blooked with that activityy it's goong to be a tight squeeze. as for route 40, there are no problems to repoot. that's a better option for you3 this morning. traveling along 95, a little farther down, things look much better from whitemarsh all the way down toward the beltway, fourrminutts, right now only volume na ii startiig to increase there from the fort beltway, 55 miles per hour frrm the harbor tunnel there, 9 minutes at 54 miles per hour. megan, back over to you. 6:32 on ox 5 morning news. the police on the streets for the busy holiday weekend iivestigators are already busy inveetigating an early morring %-jool d smith is live onn3 baltimmre ssreet witt the lattst. joel, juss recently we found out this as another homicide. what is going on there now. >> reporter: police are investigating and have been here alllmorning long. it happened at 3:15 thhs mooning at the bar. a homicide inside still takingga look around gathering any evidence that thhy can. we hear that there were multiple shots fired at this victim inside initially aken to shockk trauma but we found in the last hour that the victim didddie. ssill looking this over ann it's theelatest homicideein the city. things reaaly going last weekend after violence at the inner %-now police say they have a new plaa for this weekend hich should be a popular weekend at the inner harbor. 300 more officers hhtting the pavement inccuding trropees from the maryland state police and theemaryland transportation authority will be on hand. many police will be recognizable ú%t some already undercover watching the crowds from withhn. >> i would tell those who areú interested in causing troubles3 ttat we ave yes and ears on the treetss it's not a good place if ou are looking to cause havvc. p> beef p security comessafter that shooting at the inner harú harbor. thhs bar should not have been ooen at the time of night when this happened at 3:11. people were inside that is when the shooting occurred. for now traffic wise, we have the bloc!! street locked down. -ake your adjustments that way. in meantime, this investigation continues. athat is the latest ffom here, downtown joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. despitt the latest murder in the city, the homicide rate in baltimore, currently the llwest it has been in the last 25 yyars. this time last year theee were 115 murders recorded in thee3 city.ú as of today, there's een 101 killings now..3 at this state baltimore is on track for 200 murders this year, buu the mayorrsayy the city still hassa lot of work to do. %-celebrrtion. a cause for foo me this s a call for further action. this year's umbers ndicate that baltimore can be a saferú city. >> officcals crediteddefforts to get guns off the streets with3 helping to reduce those numbers. the city also cited a strong partnership between pooice officers and rrsecutors. ú%> anne arundel county poliie investigate a murder in brooklyn park. officerr say 21 years old adam baklooowas found to the show death. his body was discovered in a car pprked. police are looking for wo suspects seen running from that anyone with information is asked to call the county policc department or cootact metro crime stoppers. baltimore county police murder in essex. %-sandalwood road around 2:45 ts morning.ú the victim was taken to he hospital and later pronounced dead. policc are till trying to dettrmine exacclyyhow that man was killee. -hey are looking for suspects. the search is also on for a mmn ho balttmore county police say committed sexual assault. investigators say this man you're seeing right there attacked a 43 years old woman in woodlawn. %-monica place last week.nn3 anyyne with innormaaion is asked ú%ocall etro crime stoopers. the number is 1866-77lock up. the baltimore county police department will release sat tis the first quarter of 2010.s for %-tte officials will be joined y jim smith for this announcement which issscheduled todayy they are expected to discuss a big drop in murder, rape and robbery. a pregnann woman struck by a hit-and-run driver says she