>> i ran downstairs and i saw bullet holes in the wall. >> off-duty police officer opens fire on a suspected robber, the reason they are doing special ballistic tests. >> the more investigation on hidden investigation on acorn. what happened on capitol hill. >> rain chances headed toward maryland. when they could arrive in the sky watch forecast. >> death in the entertainment world. the things patrick swayze will be remembered for. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore. this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. baltimore city man in critical condition after shot by a baltimore city police officer. >> it happened during a attempted home invasion at the officer's home in northeast baltimore. keith daniels is live at the scene with with the story tonight. keith? >> well, jennifer, live on glen arm avenue. the officer lives on the block. there is a patrol car in front of his home now. and investigators spent hours here today. trying to determine exactly what happened. during that shooting. >> it happened monday afternoon. baltimore city police respond to a shooting one of their own. investigators say the off duty officer, who was not in uniform, was at the door of his home, in the 3600 block of glen arm avenue, when a man approached, and put a gun to the officer's back. police say the suspect forced the officer inside, told him to lie on the floor. >> at that point, he was able to get his service weapon, identify himself as a police officer and then short chase ensued. >> the chase ended near gary galloway's home, neighborhood watch captain. he heard gun fire and looked out the window. >> guy is running. well, the one being chased was running hard. the other guy walking. walking. >> investigators say the officer shot the man, several times. >> police believe the suspect was shooting too. and investigators recovered several shell casings, that they say came from the suspect gun. >> but galloway said he only saw the officer shooting. >> he was just walking and fine. >> and never saw the suspect with a gun. >> one time he put his hands up. hands up. >> police say they did recover the suspect's weapon and there is no question, bullets were flying. >> they hit a woman's home. >> then i heard something go through like the wall. i thought wait a minute something is hitting my wall. and i ran downstairs and saw bullet holes in the wall. and there is like a whole bunch of dust on the chairs. and ricochet in the ceiling, and oh, my gosh. >> well no one hurt inside the home. meantime police say the man, who has not been identified, has a lengthy criminal record that includes breaking an entering and assaulting an officer. >> we're live in northeast baltimore, keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> city police are investigating four murders that happened in just 24 hours. one murder hatched yesterday around noon at reisterstown road and cold spring lane in northwest baltimore. the most recent murder happened at midnight in the 500 block of presstman street. man shot lying in the street. two other murders early morning hours sunday. well there has been 160 murders so far this year in baltimore. there were 157 at this time last year. . >> it is a story you heard first on fox. baltimore city police force eliminate the auxilliary be unit. and now they want to know why. melinda roeder is live on the story. what can you tell us. >> city council passed a resolution calling on the police commissioner to answer some questions about the auxilliary unit and why so many officers are getting the boot. >> my biggest question is why are we turning away people that want to volunteer their time, to make our city better to make it safer. why? >> councilwoman belinda conaway has concerns about the auxilliary police. a year ago, more than 30 volunteers served in that unit. and now it has been reduced to about 10. and some former members say they are still not sure why. >> never gave us anything in writing. everything was word of mouth. >> investigative hearing, baltimore city. >> several of the volunteers attended a council meeting hoping for answers. police department spokesman tells us that several months ago it was discovered that some of the officers were involved in criminal activity. so they were all told to reapply for their positions, and go through a new screening process. >> four, or 5 times, they did record checks on us. and came up with nothing. nothing at all. >> winnie watts said her record is clean. but so far the attempts to be reinstateed to the unit have been ignored. >> i am waiting for a letter to say i am coming back or not. >> since the officers were not paid, they say there is little cost to the city. and unit performs valuable tasks like crowd control and security for police. >> they are not asking for accolades or payment. they just want to serve the community and make it better. >> so why do they do it? >>. >> spokesman for commissioner bealefield said he will meet with city council to address the questions. and that he does consider the auxilliary unit a valuable piece of the department. live tonight from city hall, melinda roeder, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> we have breaking news out of washington tonight. u.s. senate has voted to block funding to acorn. by a margin of 83 to seven. senate voted to deny housing and grant funding to the non-profit group that has offices here in baltimore and across the country. acorn received more than a million dollars in federal aid last year. and was eligible to compete for billons in stimulus money. well, the vote comes as another video surfaces of acorn workers giving tax advice to a person posing as a pimp, and another posing as a prostitute. from the same group that exposed similar conversations with workers in baltimore and washington d.c. this video released today, exposes workers in the brooklyn new york office. >> >>. >> well, later in the video acorn worker tells them to say the woman is a free-lanceer to help create credit lines and to open multiple bank accounts to avoid raising suspicion. >> the filmmaker that captured the acorn videos has come out to criticize how the story is being covered. james o'keefe posed as a pimp and her friend hanna giles posed as a prostitute. crime and justice reporter joy lepola looks closer at the likelihood of any legal action on either side of the issue. >> when acorn workers were captured on tape, giving what they thought were a pimp and prostitute advice on how to set up a brothel neither one flinched. in fact, the women went as far as giving james o'keefe and hanna giles advice on how to get a home loan through acorn without illegal activity being detected by the irs. >> as i sat there, i was like i cannot believe they are actually falling for this. and not necessarily falling for it, but what can we get them to say next. like what will they do next? you know to enable illegal activity. >> o'keefe said they conducted the undercover investigation because the main stream media was failing to hold the government accountable. criticism of news coverage that continues even now. >> shocking to me, that these outlets, like cnn, and baltimore sun, are covering for acorn. >> despite what the two captured on tape. attorneys say it may be o'keefe and giles that have gotten themselves into trouble. >> the persons that made the recordings, could be prosecuteed because they violated the criminal law. >> in maryland you cannot record someone's voice without their consent. steve allen practices law in the state. >> it is unlikely that you could prosecute the acorn workers, because you cannot use the tape recording of their voices against them. >> with calls for an investigation, we asked mayor sheila dixon, and governor martin o'malley their thoughts on the matter. >> and in both cases, we were told they had not seen the video. but the mayor did have this to say. >> we pulled a lot of support that we have given to acorn in the past. housing, funding them, that is not happening. >> acorn, an organization that appears many people are attempting to distance themselves from. joy lepola, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> and late last week, u.s. census bureau severed out its partnership with acorn. >> essex home destroyed by fire in 1400 block of ga lena road. took them an hour to get the flames under control. no one hurt. red cross is helping the victims with a place to stay tonight. >> execution date for a dc area sniper could be coming soon. john allen mohammed sentenced to death for killing diane myers, virginia prosecutors are asking a judge for november 9 execution date. myers was one of 10 people shot and killed in the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the dc region. mohammed was the master mind behind the sniper killings. >> maryland state police are looking for two sexual offenders, 31-year-old gary wayne smith of keymar, and 44-year-old walter howard hunger of westminster have not appeared for required registration, if you know where they are, call police. >> gorgeous sunny start to the week. >> what's in store for tomorrow, however? chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with the forecast. >> nice conditions out there. with temperatures in the 80s. sunshine. but it looks like we will see changes around the corner. more sunshine tomorrow. but the clouds will filter in as we go through the afternoon and then the evening. and then rain knocking on the door. tomorrow will be a warm day also w temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. looking at that hd radar scanning the skies. nothing going on out there in the form of rain. closest rain is deep south. over parts of southern tennessee, parts of georgia, alabama, mississippi. closest rain in florida. but we will see our rain coming from the north as we see a cold front drop down out of the great lakes. so that's what we will watch for wednesday. and 77 degrees downtown baltimore. 73 in d.c. 76 in hagerstown. looks like the temperatures will warm up as we see a westerly wind tomorrow. and it looks like we will continue to see that wind coming from the west and then changing northwest by wednesday. so next day planner shows sun and clouds. 64 degrees by the afternoon. 79. with clouds increasing through the afternoon. and we will continue to warm into the mid 80s through the mid afternoon. detailed look at the seven-day forecast coming up in a few moments. >> all right. vytas, you can be in charge of your own personalize forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> if you have a story to tell us, upload pictures, video and written stories by going to foxbaltimore.com/yourtake. you can also send photos from your cell phone to [email protected]. >> howard county residents got a flu lesson earlier tonight. >> county's executive and health officer held a townhall meeting in clarksville. they explained the difference between the seasonal flu and the swine flu. and how to stop spreading it. they said they are working closely with schools, and there is no reason to worry about the safety of the h1n1 vaccine. >> to put minds to rest. made the same way seasonal flu vaccine. >> the doctor said there does not appear to be a bad outbreak of swine flu in howard county. >> well, what is being done to protect you against swine flu? 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"flu fears" 15 minutes away on chan can chan at 10:00. >> beyonce had one of the best videos of all times. >> conway west takes over the stage at the video music awards later on fox 45 news at 10:00. the punishment he may face. >> there were a couple of people that gave us the eye like what are you doing? >> also ahead. the length one woman goes to to be close to her boyfriend, even though he is station in iraq. >> glued to the right ear. tumor on the other. >> cellular phones and brain cancer. one woman's story with we come back. dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. yeah it's great. i just really want to be sure. whoa, it's us from... ...the future. 11 days in the future. look, you love your new routan. you love the german tuned suspension. you love not having to pay for scheduled maintenance,you- i love what you've done with your hair. we'll take it. >> president barack obama expects a good health care measure to pass and maintains g.o.p. opposition is political grandstanding. senator mccain and gram held a townhall meeting. and gram considers it dead and both parties seem to be pushing the debate toward an agreement to reduce costs. >> and the reason i want it to be dead, is not because i don't want to fix health care, but i don't want to screw it up more than it is. >> we are not saying no to health care reform. the cost of health care in america is out on of control. and must be brought under control. >> gram also said if health care is turned over to government, there would be rationing and private insurance companies would then die off. >> supporters of a public option rallied in oklahoma city on sunday. about 300 people that support the measure. carried signs and voiced concerns outside the state capitol. some people that feel let down by the current health care system testified about their ordeal. >> you see people that can not get the care that they need. and so we wait for complications to occur. so we're treating complications. >> now, just a few hours later, 1500 people protested at the state capitol. opposing federal spending. >> the gang of six, keeps trying to agree on a bill that democrats and republicans can support, which we're talking about the group of six senators from the senate finance committee, mostly small states. baucus chairs the committee. and he said the group is on track to introduce a bill this week. perhaps as early as tomorrow. one of the other group members, said their version of the bill is fully paid for. >> we also got overall scoring back, which was encourage caning. but it shows that we have fully paid for the package, in fact, we're a little bit to the good. >> on sunday, republican senator olympia snow said a public option was not a possibility. but a form of health care coops was. we will have more on the gang of six, tonight on the "late edition" at 11:00. >> here in maryland. a massive movement is underway to convince conservative democrats to vote against the president's health reform package. the movement involves a great big bus. and the lobbyists are targeting congressman kratovil's district. kathleen cairns has more from both sides of the issue tonight. >> monday morning at 8 a.m.. >> early morning rally in annapolis. >> we need to let them know government hand off the health care. no more intrusion into the policies. >> big bus tour for americans for prosperity takes the message to swing districts around the country. monday's stops include annapolis, and the eastern shore. where they hope to sway the undecided. and in turn, influence national leadership. they target maryland's first congressional district. home to frank kratovil. a moderate democrat representing conservative voters. >> we don't need more taxes, included in this plan is a huge tax increase for every individual that does not purchase insurance. >> on the other side. >> people of america know that it is time for health care reform. >> health care for all. supports the president's plan. >> when there are 47 million people in america, without health care, all of us suffer. our premiums go up to cover the health care of the uninsured. >> north baltimore resident raspberry does not have health coverage. >> talk about health care for all. that's a good thing. that's a good way to everybody, i guess, to get what they need, as far as health coverage. >> but lobbying in annapolis. debbie mcwilliams argues otherwise. >> millions and millions of seniors, i am one of them, will end up dead, much sooner, and having the end of our lives much more pain. if this is allowed to go through. >> the bus tour plans to deliver the message to lawmakers in in washington, d.c. next week. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> so far, the americans for prosperity bus has toured through 33 states. >> tell lawmakers what you think about health care reform. their contact information is on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com/your voice. and you can get more information on health care reform by going to our website. foxbaltimore.com. and clicking on the cure for health care icon. >> that controversial deal allowing constellation energy to sell nearly half of its nuclear power business to a french company is under scrutiny by maryland's public service commission. plenty of questions are being raised tonight. john rydell explains. flush. >> it is he $4.5 billion deal that the service commission has been examining. electricity to france, wants to acquire half of constellation's nuclear business f approved, utility officials say it would give them the financial backing they need to construct a third nuclear reactor at calvert cliffs. >> we need this joint venture to move forward. edf is the largest world's best nuclear glare earlier this year, constellation's ceo shattuck personally lobbied for the deal. and utility officials say if it is rejected the proposed third nuclear reactor will not be built. but some opponents are voicing reservations about the joint venture. >> it could lead to higher utility rates. new nuclear reactor and less control overtime state's energy future. >> and two state senators say the psc should approve the deal under certain conditions. and want bge to lower electric rates by 15 percent and want the electric industry to be reregulated. >> the consumer is getting a bad deal here. they do not have the competition practiced in 1999. we have not seen new plants being built. >> public service commission is expected to decide next month, whether to approve the joint venture, but constellation officials believe that with deregulation, the psc has no jurisdiction over this deal. >> this type of transaction, is allowed to move forward t has nothing to do with bg and after a thorough review, members of the psc say they have jurisdiction. now they must decide if that deal is in the best interests of rate payors. in baltimore, john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> bge customers get a chance to be heard. psc is holding a public hearing thursday at 7:00, war memorial building downtown. >> that brings us to the question of the day. should the merger between ed and constellation be approved? so far, 73 percent say yes. 27 percent say no. jack from columbia writes. i am not a constellation fan. but common sense tells us the reactor is needed, whether or not the psc has jurisdiction. more of your responses on the "late edition" at 11:00 tonight. >> well, long before the ravens beat the chiefs this weekend, many took a trip to gel delaware to bet on the game. betting on nfl games is lil across delaware. large crowds went to pass the -- place the bets. restricted to parlay or multiple bets on at least three games. gambler has to pick all the games to win. >> kansas gets two, and get money out of the deal. so you have to -- be smart about it. >> for excitement to the games. and you know, you have a lot of fun. >> well state officials lost their battle for gamblers to bet on single games. and other professional sports besides football. . >> are taliban bombs getting better? washington times is working on a story about evidence that the taliban in afghanistan is using anti-personnel bombs made of hard to detect metal components. >> the taliban has been making lighter, plastic ieds much more difficult for u.s. soldiers to find and to detonate before they are used to kill u.s. soldiers. >> also in the washington times. why the obama white house is on the defensive on its immigration policy and where has the civility gone. looking back on a week of bad behavior. >> cell ph