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Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News At 4 20090720



here's what people are talking about. two people shot in cold blood. mike hellgren has the latest on their conditions. >> reporter: officer jerome sharratt went through another surgery this morning. the other officer has been released. police say sean sinclair fired directly into the patrol car of officer jerome sharratt. officer sharratt responded after a fell he low officer called for backup. sinclair has an extensive arrest record. he's also faced allegations of domestic violence. eyewitnesses say the gun battle in west baltimore was frightening. >> it is really a shootout. we never experienced this. >> it was like something out of law and order, a movie, walk up to the police driver and just let loose. >> reporter: police say the violent incident began when sinclair assaulted two women. one of them may have filed this protective order against sinclair. >> to assault the women is cowardes is. to be running around the streets of baltimore, he established himself as a menace, and then backed it up with his cowardly acts on the scene. >> reporter: wjz obtained home video taken minutes after the incident showing sinclair on the ground. police shot him twice. >> i have very few apologies to make about his condition or the outcome of this incident. >> reporter: there's a peace order that's still in effect against sinclair to stay away from an ex-girlfriend. at shock trauma, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say sinclair used a 9- millimeter semiautomatic handgun. new at 5:00, eyewitness news talks with the suspect's family. baltimore county police are investigating an incident at the white marsh chick-fil-a restaurant. weijia jiang is live tin newsroom with what police are saying. >> reporter: the call came into police as a kidnapping and robbery at the chick-fil-a in white marsh. the store's manager tells police he was taking yesterday's receipts to the bank when a suspect got into his car and ordered him to drive. the victim says the suspect bailed out of the car at king avenue and franklin square drive with the money. the victim then drove to the hampton inn hotel and called police. >> weijia, thank you. police have a suspect description and are actively searching for that person. a frederick county man is under arrest charged with a crash that took the life of a carroll county teen. police say 42-year-old kevin smith struck and killed 15-year- old indicate lynn boss ler on francis scott key highway in carroll county last night. bossler was hit while standing outside the driver's side door of a vehicle on the shoulder of the road when it happened. smith faces charges for driving under the influence. much more at 5:00. the u.s. military says it's doing everything football secure the release of an army private in the hands of the taliban. joel brown reports for wjz a massive hunt is now underway for the 23-year-old soldier. >> reporter: the search for a captured american soldier is now the largest military operation in eastern afghanistan. secretary of state hillary clinton who is overseas in india told reporters to hostage video of private bowe bergdahl is a sign of desperation from the taliban. >> we are very concerns about the kid flapping our american soldier and are working to do all we can to obtain his safe release. >> reporter: the 23-year-old soldier from idaho disappeared in afghanistan earlier this month. >> please bring me home. in america, american people have that power. >> reporter: in a 28-minute video that the u.s. military calls nothing more than propaganda, bergdahl says he was captured lagging behind a patrol. he chokes up when talking about his family and girlfriend. >> i have my girlfriend, who is hoping to marry. i have my grandma and grandpa. i have a very, very good family. >> the obama administration is condemning the videotape and says it's not throg negotiate with the taliban. some experts say the video of the hostage is a message from the taliban that they treat prisoners better than u.s. forces take care of captured militants. >> my cautious feeling is that he will be protect, he will not be harmed. >> and they're hoping that means sooner than later the u.s. military will find bergdahl alive. joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> some in bergdahl's hometown of idaho have known about his capture for some time but they kept it quiet out of respect for his family. michael vick is a free man. today he took off the electronic monitoring device on his ankle. so what's next? alex demetrick is live to update the options the former nfl star is facing now that his dog fighting sentence is complete. alex. >> reporter: kirks most importantly this frees vic to begin to lobby his return to the football field. freedom will allow vic to step up his efforts to resume his pro football career. there's no doubt he plans to seek reyou know statement by commissioner roger goodell. vic has been under home confinement in virginia after serving 23 months in prison. >> alex, thank you. u.s. senator barbara mikulski is nursing a broken ankle today. she broke the bone as she was walking down steps at church last night. she will have surgery on the ainge could. senator mikulski is the fourth high-profile person to suffer a broken bone recently. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor and also pope benedict. outside the skies are clouding up. there's a chance of rain. eyewitness news has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. our week he questioned is slowly becoming a distant memory. >> there's another one right around the corner. let's show you first warning doppler radar. here's a storm moving into the area. clouds have come in, and here are the showers and thunderstorms soon to follow. in some cases they have already arrived. we have this batch out west. oakland has had a couple of thunderstorms. another thing, too, as we head down to southern parts of maryland there is a batch arriving also just along the beaches here and over in the western shore in southern maryland we're seeing some thunderstorms also. so the air is cool, we're seeing the showers and thunderstorms return. we'll let you know for how long coming up. >> let's check ton roads at traffic control. kristy. >> hi, everyone. it looks like we're in for an easy ride. so far, so good. if you are out there traveling on the beltway system that is free and clear tall way around, moving at top speed as you can see by our speed sensors. as for the harrisburg expressway no problems or delays in either direction to report. smooth ride on 95. just a slight slowdown from white marsh boulevard up to the boulevard. here's an overall look at travel times. 9 # 5 south to 895, about 10 minutes. on the outer loop of the beltway from 83 to 95, another 15 to get through. that now let's take a live look at the top side of the beltway. rung along just fine. here's a look at the west side. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you've suffered a personal injury call 1-800-the firm or visit cochran firm.com for your free consultation. now back to you. >> kristy, thank you. one small step for man. it was 40 years ago today that those words were spoken by the first man on the moon. drew levinson has a look back at the day that man left footprints, not only on the moon but also on history. >> 40 years ago the dream became a reality. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> astronaut neil armstrong leaped into the history books, the first man on the moon. buzz aldrin was right behind him. >> it certainly was a high point of my life. >> while armstrong shuns the spotlight, aldrin is basking in it, making the rounds. to him, it seems only like a blip in time has passed. >> landing the man on the moon. >> as president kennedy declared america would go to the moon. just eight years after kennedy's words, aldrin, armstrong, and fellow astronaut michael collins were shooting through space on apollo 11. armstrong and aldrin raced down to the surface on board the tiny lunar module. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: in all, just 12 men walked on the moon. the last two back in december of 1972. soon after that the apollo project was abandoned for the space shuttle program. with the shuttle set to retire, america is building a new ship to go back to the moon by 2020. aldrin feels we should have never abandoned the moon and is pleased nasa is setting its sights farther into space. >> we certainly should be to mars somewhere in the early 2030s. >> reporter: aldrin, always the pioneer, looking into the future on the day the world looks back and up to a place where man first set foot 40 years ago. drew levinson, cbs news, the kennedy space center. >> colin, armstrong, and aldrin met with president obama to push for future flights for mars. again that video that they cleaned up looks incredible. >> i'm glad that they were able to do that. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news, boston trolley crash. the operator who police say was texting behind the wheel is arraigned. >> far from home. a sea creature normally found in florida is spotted in harford county. >> virginia tech mass kerr. survivors and victims rail three stop a proposed gun law. clouds dominate the sky. is there rain on the way? we're updating the forecast. survivors of the deadly virginia tech attacks are speaking out against a proposed national standard for carrying concealed weapons. tech student seung-hui cho killed 31 people before committing suicide in 2007. about 30 families of the victims urged a rejection of the concealed carry amendment. it would allow people to carry concealed weapons outside their own state if they are licensed in their state. three men are safe from a large fishing boat moments before it sinks off the coast of southern jersey when the fire broke out in the engine. a nearby fishing boat saved the men from their lifeboat as the coast guard moved in to put out the flames. the men were all okay, but the boat could not be saved. a former boston trolley operator has pleaded not guilty accused of texting during a crash that injured more than 60 people. the operator says he's very afraid of the charges he's facing. >> reporter: 24-year-old adan quinn faced a judge for the first time since the may 8th green line crash pleading not guilty to charges of gross negligence by a person in control of a train. prosecutors say the former trolley operator admitted typing a text message moments before the crash. >> he's very afraid about the situation he finds himself in. his life has been shattered, and he's doing the best to deal with the situation in which he is facing potentially going to state prison. putting this man in prison is not going to fix any of the injuries but that's what we're facing. >> reporter: he faced a judge for the first time since the may 8th green line crash pleading not guilty to charges of gross negligence by a person in control of a train. prosecutors say the former trolley operator admitted typing a text message moments before the crash. over 60 people were injured. $9 million in damage done. today we learned quinn allegedly made a phone call as well before the text message. >> the recipients of that phone call never received that phone call, but there was an attempt to make the phone call, then there was an attempt to draft a text message. >> reporter: quinn has since been fired. did he not say anything after the hearing but his attorney challenged the gross negligence charge. >> they've chosen to charge him under a statute which is 135 years old that's never been used before to prosecute somebody, to my knowledge. it applies to chew choo-choo trains. >> wall street picked up where it left off last week. extending the rally into a second week, the dow is up 104 points, the s & p up 11, the nasdaq up 23 over the 100 mark. let's go to new york for money watch update. >> reporter: investors went on a buying spree pushing the market higher for the 6th day in row. an upbeat forecast of u.s. economic activity drove the rally. the index sleegd economic indicators which includes building permits, jobless claims and stock prices rose more than expected in june. it was the third straight monthly increase. the financial markets were also able to finally exhale about c it group. the commercial lender was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but found a life line over the weekend. its major bond holders reportedly agreed to provide the company with adds 3 billion rescue loan. c it lends money to thousands of small and mid-sized businesses. wall street is also combing through earnings reports for signs of recovery in the business world. has bro was one of the big ones today. the toy make deer better than expected in the second quarter, profits climbing by 5%. strong sales of transformers and gi joe's help boost results. results are not great for tomato farmers across the northeast. a killer fungus is attacking farms in 12 states. it's the same disease that caused the irish potato famine in the 19th century. farmers are hoping a more summary forecast will save their crop. for more business news click on cbsmoneywatch.com. a bikini car wash in washington state was for a good cause but the charity declined to take the proceeds. the foundation admits they need the funds but says they are trying to stay away from what it perceives as adult entertainment. i'm ron matz in southwest baltimore. you are about to see an amazing piece of artwork. william donald schaefer larger than life, when eyewitness news continues. >> some rain is moving through maryland 2. first warning weather team is track it all. >> for the top stories on wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather, click well, it's definitely feeling stickier, like it wants to rain, bern dre. we going to see some? >> the moisture is starting to creep up in the atmosphere. so dry over this weekend, so it's take some time. want to show you radar. to answer your question, some people are seeing the rain, and the rest of us have a pretty decent chance of it with all of this to the south moving northward. right around cumberland a couple of thunderstorms. right around oakland, but not on top of you in deep creek. down to the south this is the other round that's coming our way. southern maryland, we're seeing some thunderstorms right now making their way up toward prince frederick, passing through leonard town, making their way into charlotte hall. hoopersville, a couple thunderstorms. the same thing for the beaches. doesn't look like it's on the boardwalk quite yet but this is moving in that direction. so we'll switch is it over and show you what we've got going on temperature-wise. it's been cold today, only 82 degrees for our high. below the average of 88 degrees. we pointed this out yesterday, but this is usually the warmest time of year for us, but it's not really happening right now. we're coming in at that 82. 79 with the thunderstorms in cumberland. i didn't tell at the ocean. the dew points are on the way up, and as that happens, it's going to start to moisten our atmosphere, so when the rain comes in, it's going make it all the way to the ground. we may after couple of rounds of this before we're done with the storm. the winds have turned around to the southeast. that's tapping into the moisture bringing in that ocean air that is keeping us cooler. so you see the clouds in place. here are some of the thunderstorms and rain moving our way. this is going to continue on and off tomorrow. it's a coastal storm. so the bulk of the precipitation is going to be more so on the eastern shore and along the beaches. the farther south you go, the better chance you have at seeing anything, but as you can see by the pictures right there, all of us do after chance. here's the low just off to the south, making its way north, passing through tonight, into tomorrow. it gets offshore on wednesday. there still is a slight chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm on wednesday, because just as soon as we get rid of one storm here comes the next one right behind it. that's going to come in on thursday again with the chance for showers and storms and get out of here on friday. so the forecast looks like this. out on the waters winds out of the northeast tomorrow at 10 to 15 thoughts with that storm passing through. tonight we are going down into the sick. scattered showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow the same idea with that storm passing through but take a look at that temperature, only topping out at 78 degrees in july. when we get rid of this storm we're going to warm it up a little, but still nothing that extreme and a few more chances for showers and storms. >> that's good news. thanks bernadette. a reminder to check out the cbs. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00, breaking news in the steve mcnair murder- suicide. and katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. how one city in michigan is knocking down its most devastated neighborhoods to build better futures for their kids. it's part of our series, "children of the recession" tonight on the cbs evening news. two children are pulled from a burning rowhome, and only within survives. one neighborhood works together to try to save a woman and her children trapped in a burning car. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise right after this. it is 4:28, 82 degrees. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. vic is o. here's would people are talking about. breaking news in the steve mcnair investigation. sally is in the newsroom with more on the toxicology report. >> reporter: police have released that mcnair's blood- alcohol limit was twice the legal limit at the time of his death. police believe he was asleep when he was shot in a murder- suicide. the medical examiner says there is no way to tell from the report how long before mcnair's death he had been drinking. those same tests also show that sahel kazemi, mcnair's girlfriend, had a trace amount of marijuana in her system when she shot mcnair, then killed herself. neighbors risk their lives to save a mother and her child in a burning suv. the entire scene was captured on tape. here's our report on the frantic rescue from milwaukee. >> reporter: this suv hit a tree and burst into flames with a mother and her two young children trapped inside. people from the milwaukee neighborhood raced to the burning vehicle to try and save the family as a bystander caught the entire rescue on tape. neighbors used stakes and pipes too break the front window and pull the mother and her two- year-old daughter out of the infer no. >> i'm still shaken up. thank god we were there and the off-duty firefighters were there. >> reporter: with a four-year- old boy still trapped, two off- duty firefighters reached the scene after getting a call from their wives. >> the child was screaming, then it went silent, i didn't hear anything, and for that split second i thought that we were too late. >> reporter: they needed a knife to cut the seat belt off the four-year-old and had help with the flames from an off- duty police officer who had two fire extinguishers in his truck. >> you just do what you have to do and think about it later. >> reporter: they freed the boy, and doused him with a neighbor's garden hose. >> i told him he's the toughest little boy. >> it was emotional. >> reporter: both firefighters and the officers suffered second and third-degree burns. the four-year-old suffered burns over 30% of his body and is in critical condition. >> to me, we saved a life. >> reporter: the city's mayor says the bravery of milwaukee citizens saved the family. cbs news. >> officials say the driver may have fallen asleep before slamming into the tree, but the cause is still under investigation. well, here at home 10 people were hurt in anne arundel co

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