. >> a councilwoman accused. new indictment against helen holton. >> i heard pop, pop, pop, pop. >> investigating the cookout shooting. the two gangs that may have triggered the violence. >> hot and humid with the threat of rain. when we might get a break in the forecast. >> ravens get ready. why training catch is off to a rough start. >> live in high definition. from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. two months after bribery charges were dropped against her. helen holton is back in the hot seat. myranda stephens is live outside of city hall with more on the new charges tonight. myranda? >> jennifer, just when you thought she was in the clear. baltimore county councilwoman helen holton is facing criminal charges once again. but her attorney is confident that just like the last time, these new charges won't stick either. >> i am glad that justice has been served. >> that was baltimore city council woman helen holton back in may. after bribery charges against her were dropped. >> i thank my attorneys, but most importantly i want to thank the many people of faith that have prayed in support of me. and this issue. >> but the celebration did not last long. today state prosecutor robert rohrbaugh announced a grand jury indicted holtton and john pad rack kiss on new charges of conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws. according to the law, holtton seeking reelection back in 2007 met with ronald lipscomb and pat rack kiss and asked them to finance a political survey on her behalf. but rohrbaugh said the money exceeded the limits permitted by law and was never reported to the state's board of elections. in a statement holtton's attorney called the new charges a desperate attempt by the state. and said quote miss holtton is innocent. there is no conspiracy and she is confident that this charge will meet the same fate as the earlier one. >> as far as the meat, how meaty it is. it is a snack. >> legal analyst julie ruben said he is probably right. >> the likelihood of either one of the witnesses seeing the world inside of a jail cell is remote. >> ruben said the bigger issue is not will she serve the maximum one year sentence if convicted. but what was she allegedly trying to hide. >> $12,500 is certainly a relative drop in the bucket. but one does have to ask, if there is this, what else might there be? >> and these new charges against holtton, and pad rack kiss came from testimony by lipscomb himself who earlier this year pled guilty to similar charges. in the meantime city council president stephanie rawlings-blake said holtton's position as chair of the taxation finance commit will be temporarily filled by councilman william cole until the matter is resolved. live outside of city hall. myranda stephens, fox 45 news. >> unprecedented police presence in east baltimore following a weekend of blood shed. 12 people were shot at a cookout on sunday night. crime and justice reporter joy lepola uncovers new information tonight on the gunman, and other crimes he may be tied to. >> on every street corner in this area of east baltimore a strong police presence is visible. just as easy to spot, memorials for young men shot dead. >> i heard pop, pop, pop, pop. >> at first jeff thought the shots were fire crackers. >> i said no, that's guns. and then i heard all the commotion coming out from the front. >> in the end, 12 people were shot. the gathering was the one-year anniversary of a murder. the victim, an associated of the east county gang purple city deep set. sources tell us that the violence stems from a fight between the chapel hill boys and the purple city dip set. two rival gangs. suspected that the person that opened fire at the cookout on sunday along ashland avenue is the same person that pulled the trigger, and killed gerard reed weeks ago at this corner at madison and kin wood. and an innocent bystander in an area hit hard by gang violence. >> i was actually there. it is not the same. it is not. it used to be a neighborhood but it is different. a war zone. >> just as we were in the neighborhood. police run to check out what may be gun fire. this time, it turns out to be nothing. still, people feared the worst. >> he heard it. so i had to make sure all of my siblings were in the house. >> is that what your initial reaction is make sure your siblings were safe. >> call the neighbors to make sure they were okay. >> from the mayor of baltimore city, she like police are hoping someone will come forward. >> it is so important in my perspective. in my view. and i mean this, is that people within the community, and both within the yard, they have to speak up up if not, it won't stop. >> in east baltimore, joy lepola fox 45 news at 10:00. >> well despite the violence police say overall gun crimes are down. from last year. >> the cookout shooting and other weekend violence has the naacp calling for religious leaders to come out of their churches and help out in the streets. karen parks live with that part of the story. >> we are seeing a strong police presence in this east baltimore neighborhood. where 12 people were just shot this past sunday. just in this block alone, there are dozens of police officers on foot, and patrol cars. uniformed and undercover. and just behind me, a church, where a minister is delivering a message of peace and hope, over the loud speaker. it is a message that naacp said needs to be heard and are now calling for divine intervention. >> i couldn't believe that somebody would open fire, in the middle of a cookout. >> but the sunday night attack was only part of the story. this past weekend there were 22 shootings here in east baltimore. four were fatal. >> it is time to pray. it is time to pray. >> miss smith believes prayer changes things. >> we are in a crisis period of time in baltimore city. >> it is a faith-based move the naacp seems to think will work. >> we made a calling out for all the faith-based leaders to, in fact, step up to the plate even more than those that have already stepped to the plate. and try to render more assistance by coming outside of the church and getting involved in the community. >> but will it make a difference? aaron holly has lived here in east baltimore for almost 10 years. >> if people are not open openminded, what the pastors have to say, it won't make a difference at all. >> but she said a hands-on approach is the only way it will work. >> you have to speak to all of us. you know, because some people don't go to church. and the church has to come to the people. >> tomorrow night naacp and several religious leaders along with other community leaders plan to walk through the neighborhood looking for solutions to stop the violence here in this neighborhood. reporting live here in east baltimore, karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00. >> breaking news out of edgewater tonight. the body of a missing boater has been found in the south river. maryland natural resource police recover the body of clinton mathew wallace before 7:00 tonight. he disappeared sunday. police say he was on a boat with some friends about a mile offshore, from mayo beach park. police say he jumped in the water to swim and got tired and shouted for help after a few minutes. friends in the boat tried to throw him a life vest but could not get it to him in time. >> baltimore city police are investigating a suspicious death in east baltimore. police were called to an apartment in the 1300 block of east lyndale street. a woman was dead inside. no word on how she died. >> a fight between a father and son ends with a stabbing. it happened last night in glen burnie in the 600 block of old stage road. 21-year-old jake honey cut was arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder. honey cut's 54-year-old father is at shock trauma in stable condition. >> the man that killed a woman in a catonsville liquor store will not serve time in prison. david briggs was found guilty but not criminally responsible for the murder of ring. briggs slashed the throat and wrists of the 24-year-old woman while waiting in line in the store last november. briggs was committed to clifton perkins psychiatric hospital. >> bge restored power to most of the people that lost it because of the storms this weekend. but they are not done yet. workers were busy in baltimore county neighborhoods today. baltimore county one of the hardest hit by the storms on sunday night. >> whenever you have tree damage, it tends to extend the restoration process. because before you can get to the equipment to begin to repair it, or replace t you have to remove all the tree debris. >> at one point, more than 30,000 bge customers were in the dark. now 1000. most of them in baltimore and anne arundel county. >> well it was another hot muggy july day. will we have more of the same tomorrow? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here to look at the forecast. >> another hot and humid day out there today. but the difference is probably see more thunderstorm activity in the potential for some strong storms as we see a system pushing in from the west. go right to the hd radar. scanning the skies. no activity out there right now. quiet conditions. southwest you can see the thunderstorms moving in. over parts of kentucky, and in to southern west virginia. that makes the way in by mid-morning, afternoon tomorrow. and fire up as we see the daily shooting. look at the heating down south. lots of activity to work with. and we have a front moving over the midwest. that will be converging with the system. so the storm prediction center included parts of maryland and baltimore in a slight risk category for strong weather. we saw temperatures in the upper 80s. highs today lower 90s. that's what it felt like with the hot temperatures coming up from the south. 80 right now in baltimore. and 82 in d.c. overnight tonight, mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow morning, maybe rumbles of thunder in the neighborhood. and maybe some very heavy rainfall, in the neighborhood. with gusty thunderstorms possible. closer look at how long the activity will stick around coming up. >> thank you, vytas. you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is always available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. long off season is finally over. rarevins back on the practice field. training camp 2009 began this morning at mcdaniel college in westminster. and sports director bruce cunningham was there. bruce? >> early this morning. after coming one game short of a berth in the superbowl, ravens have had almost exactly six months to digest all that happened in that remarkable season. john harbaugh almost a superbowl coach in his rookie and this morning as he began the second year as coach, he sounded like a man with a mission with a clear vision for his football team. >> we have to have a great training camp that starts with today's practice. and if we focus on one day at a time. and put another great practice on top of another on top of another. when we are done we will be the best we can be. and if we are, people will have a tough time standing in front of us. >> we will have more from westminster and joe flacco talking about his second season and john harbaugh and one-on-one with demetrius williams who wants to stay healthy and help the ravens with the big hole they have in that position. all coming up on "sports unlimited". >> for four weeks every summer this is the 14 year training camp has been held at mcdaniel college. today was the first day of camp for rookies. they have it all. for the kids jr. training camp where they can test football skills. and for the grown ups they have the opportunity to meet their favorite players. >> i mean, it is different when you are there and you talk to them and they sign something for you. and you see them on the field. >> we have such a great time here. every year. we have been coming out since pretty much they started coming here. >> last year, 85,000 people came to check out the ravens at training camp. >> rough day for michael phelps, he was handed his first major individual loss in more than four years today. at the world championships in italy. phelps was beaten in 200-meter free style by germany. and he beat his world record in the event. today's loss is not without controversy though. beaterman beat phelps wearing a 100 percent polyurethane swimsuits. suits have been ban starting next year. >> this is clearly a railroad that is barreling down the track trying to force through health care reform. >> coming up on fox 45 news at 10:00. the cost of health care reform. who can end up paying the bill? it is our cover story tonight. >> i like this old house. >> also ahead. why moving day in this town means moving the whole house. >> they think that it is just another electronic device. but this can be death. >> but next. texting and driving. how much more likely you are to get in to an accident. >> and i am keith daniels. new cops for baltimore ci >> baltimore city police are beefing up the force. tonight we have learned that federal funds from the obama administration's stimulus package will help to pay for the new officers. keith daniels is live at police headquarters with the story. >> the state of maryland will get $23 million for eight police departments. baltimore city's cut, $10 million. it is money to help keep police on the beat. and some residence are glad about it. >> john and his family have lived in the 2700 block of ashland avenue in east baltimore for more than 40 years. >> my wife and i, have raised 11 children. >> it is a hot tuesday afternoon and he says he is doing something now that he has not done in nearly five years. >> i would not take my chances before. >> he is sitting on his front porch. >> because the police is out there. they have reinforcement. >> police on foot patrol in the neighborhood. >> a show of force, increased presence after the shooting of 12 people at a cookout at a house, just a few doors down from mclauren's home. >> we have learned additional foot patrols are on the way to targeted neighborhoods in the city. funded by $10 million in federal stimulus money. funds from a grant program called "cops." governor o'malley was in philadelphia tuesday taking part in the announcement with vice-president biden. >> for eight years the cop's program had been virtually wiped out. so one of the first things president obama d in the recovery and reinvestment ac was to reinvague rate the cop's program. >> mayor sheila dixon said the money would be used to hire 50-foot patrol officers to be put around the city as part of the strategy to help the department win back community trust. >> i know senator mikulski and car been worked hard on their end, as well as the other federal delegation for the city. >> back on mclauren's blocks his reaction to the money and cops. >> the way things are it is needed but it should not be that way. shouldn't have to spend that much to keep everyone from killing each other. >> well, the federal government will pay the officer's salary for three years. after that, the local government will be responsible. we are live at city police headquarters. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> capitol heights man pleads guilty to beating and robbing an elderly man after a brutal attack out of a church on christmas eve. shannon washington pleaded guilty to assault and murder on the attack of wayne williams. he was sentenced to 28 years. with all but 20 years suspended. >> a baltimore man pleads guilty to the attempted murder of an anne arundel county police officer. 23-year-old mathew gonzales entered the plea yesterday. in july of last year, he shot officer lee jones during a pursuit. jones survived. his body armor deflecting the bullet. gonzales sentenced in september. councilman ken oliver pleads guilty to misappropriation of funds. but the more serious charges have been dropped. john rydell has the latest from towson. >> in a baltimore county courtroom, a two term councilman quietly enters the plea of guilty. ken oliver initially charged with two counts of felony theft among other charges. but pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of misappropriation of funds and failing to submit receipts. >> he took responsibility for his actions. and he came in without blaming anybody or making any excuses. i think it was absolutely appropriate. >> state prosecutors say oliver wrote two checks to himself totaling $2200 from the campaign account. but the money was used for personal reasons. the violation of state law. oliver told judge thomas bol injury i did make a mistake and repaid the money. there was no criminal intent. delegate burns was a friend of oliver that showed up on his behalf. >> hey the man had not murdered or robbed. and he was in a tight. he wrote a check, two checks, he should not have written. >> as part of the plea deal, the judge has sentenced ken oliver to six months supervised probation, imposed a $2500 fine. and he has order the councilman to perform 50 hours of community service with a highly unusual caveat. oliver must meet with a certified public accountant to complete a 50 hour course on campaign finance laws. >> politicians do have to learn how to manage the money in the campaigns. >> he will never do it again. >> never do it again. >> because oliver has not been sentenced to jail he will be able to retain his seat on the county council. in towson, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> now, earlier this year, ken oliver wrote a letter to the state board of elections r, admitting he was responsible for the mistake. >> senate judiciary committee votes to approve obama's pick for the supreme court. sonia sodomayer. 13 to six today to approve her nomination. it fell along party lines with the exception of senator lindsay gram that joined the democrats and voted in favor of sodomayer. >> this is the first latino woman, in the history of the united states, to be selected for the supreme court. >> now, that is a big deal. >> i would not have chosen her but i understand why president obama did. >> the full senate is expected to vote on the nomination next week. sodomayer is expected to be confirmed. america's role in the upcoming afghan elections. with less than a month to go before the elections it is unclear if afghan forces alone will be enough to safeguard voteers. >> military officers on the ground, in afghanistan tell the washington times that u.s. forces, which are supposed to only form perimeters around the 7000 or so poleing places in afghanistan may be called upon to come a bit closer in order to protect free voting. >> also in the times. two powerful senate democrats defend themselves against allegations that they got special treatment on mortgage deals. and blaming bush. why we may see a lot more of that from the white house, in the next few weeks. for more on these stories go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the washington times icon. >> well, we know it is not the safest thing to do. but now some new studies are showing how dangerous it is to text behind the wheel. new aaa pole shows an overwhelming majority of drivers realize that texting behind the wheel is dangerous. but about 25 percent of the drivers say they do it anyway. recent study found that when drivers of heavy trucks text, they were 23 times more likely to crash. >> this quantifys that for the first time, we have known it intuitively, and anecdotely and empirical data that shows that it is dangerous and deadly driving when you do it. >> authors of one be recent study said texting should be banned in every state right now only 14 states make texting behind the wheel illegal. maryland passed a text ban that takes effect october 1st. >> this evening on fox 45 news at 5:30, we asked if you texted while you drive. almost all of you sai