wide open, all on the floor. >> reporter: chung cho owns this convenience store in northwest baltimore. he says quarles broke in through his front door, but never got out of the lobby before police shot him. when he made the scene that night, he wasn't told much more than that. >> i don't know he alive or he dead. >> reporter: they wouldn't tell you anything? >> they wouldn't tell me anything. they took him to the ambulance. but he don't know -- i didn't even see his face. >> reporter: they didn't know either. the fire department says its medic company 11 made the scene and declared quarles dead and left, only for a half hour later the suspect's sighed and gasped, showing crime scene detectives he was anything but dead. the paramedics returned to the scene and transported the suspect to the hospital. >> an anomaly to some degree. i'm not aware of any previous instances where this has occurred. >> reporter: chief kevin cartwright with the fire department says dead or alive is a basic call. >> of course there may have been some medical protocols violated. we're not certain at this point. >> reporter: that will come after an investigation, the department said, will consist of interviewing the paramedic and the onscene officers if possible. after being shot in the head and laying unattended for at least 30 minutes, quarles is still listed in critical condition. now that paramedic has been assigned to administrative duty and could face suspension, demotion, or termination. live in the studio, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. it was another violate weekend in baltimore city. on saturday, a teenager was stabbed to death on north paca street. on sunday someone shot and killed an 18-year-old on allendale street. and a man was shot near the edgewood lyndhurst recreation center. someone walked into an auto store on saturday and shot a man in the back of the head. he is in critical condition tonight. there is no word on the suspect. today in west baltimore, a rally to help make our streets safer. >> realize that anger is a problem. and senseless anger is even worse. so what we are doing is saying that there is an alternative, and that alternative comes through god. >> the west baltimore coalition held the rally. a neighborhood vigil is planned for saturday. police say they have arrested a suspect in a murder that happened last month. authorities say 30-year-old michael conum is accused of shooting and killing marcus sanchez. it happened in southeast baltimore. a carbon monoxide leak at a baltimore county apartment complex sent ten people to the hospital today. it happened on shipp friend road at the commons of white marsh. bge says the leak came from two hot water heaters with clogged filters. six adults and four children were treated at area hospitals. the apartment is owned by sawyer real estate, the same company that owns the complex in essex that has had been annoying problem with carbon monoxide leaks. a man died after a boating accident in essex. outyeg gi found dead on the shore from what appeared to be head injuries. they smelled alcohol on the boat operator's death. we was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. at least 26 people have been hurt on a flight that hit severe turbulence late last night. it was so bad, flight attendants were thrown against the roof. despite the emergency, the plane landed safely at miami international airport. the injured passengers remain in south florida. others well enough to travel are continuing on to houston. catering trucks were converted into ambulances to tend to and transport passengers from continental flight 128. >> i hit my head on the light above and it broke the light out and was showered in glass. i was lucky, though. there were people whose faces were cut up. it was terrible. >> the boeing 767 carrying 179 passengers and crew departed rio de janeiro late last night. new at 5, for nearly two decades the fate of an american fighter pilot was a mystery. but over the weekend the remains of the missing navy flier lost during the first hours of the iraq war were positively identified. it was the first night of operation desert storm when captain michael scott speicher, a navy pilot, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. then dick cheney announced the casualty. >> the total u.s. losses are one aircraft and one individual. >> reporter: but the 33-year- old pilot's remains were never found. for years, some believe he had parachuted to safety only to be taken captive. in 2001 speicher's status was changed to missing in action. a year later it was changed to missing/captured. >> i just want a straight answer. what happened to my brother. just simple and plain, answer that question. >> reporter: but last month, after almost two decades, an iraqi citizen came forward saying he knew where captain speicher's plane went down. the informant said he was buried by bedouin tribesmen in the desert of west central iraq. that's where u.s. investigators found speicher's grave and positively identified his remains. >> captain speicher was our shipmate, and we wanted to bring him home. and today we did that. >> reporter: for speicher's wife, two children, and the rest of his family, it marks the end of a gut-wrenching and heartbreaking mystery. >> to bring scott home. and it really does mean something to us. i'm just sorry we couldn't bring him home alive. >> over the years the family believed the navy had not done enough to search for captain speicher, and in a statement they expressed some comfort in changes in how the military searches for those missing in action. the fate of three taken into custody in iran remains unknown. the swiss embassy in tehran which represents the u.s. interest there's is working to establish the whereabouts of the friends. the area where they were captured is a popular hiking destination. >> obviously we are concerned. we want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. and we call on the iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missing americans. >> the americans are shane bower from minnesota, based in the middle east as a freelance journalist. sayer shah shord, a writer and teacher based in the middle east. joshua fatale, an environmental worker in oregon who is curious about his father's native iraq. cleanup continues tonight in carroll and frederick counties after severe storms hit over the weekend. strong winds, uprooted trees, and damaged homes. the finksburg area was hit hard. >> my wife and my 13-year-old son was home. i was at work in owings mills. i got the call from my wife and son, who went into the basement. and said our house had been hit by a tornado, call 911, and come home. >> so i did. >> one woman hurt her wrist trying to secure her garage door there is no reports of any over injuries. all the storms of the past couple days. take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. no precipitation at all. no storms bubbling up in the atmosphere, which is good. however, we do have a chance future some storms bubbling up tomorrow afternoon. we'll show you why in just a second. but in the meantime, for the next couple hours, look for partly cloudy skies. temperatures will be in the 80s. we've got some very summer-like weather on tap for the next couple of days. but then a cooldown. we'll tell you all about it in a couple of minutes. >> thanks, norm. the government's wildly popular clunker trade-in deal is headed for a breakdown. nearly out of money last week, the house approved continued funding, and now it's up to the senate to send the program into overdrive. but for many, both conservatives and liberals, there is a bumpy road ahead. abc's lindsey davis is following the story. >> reporter: the program called cash for clunkers is inciting some clash over clunkers. >> we were told this program would last for several months. as it turned out, it ran out of money in a week, prompting the house to rush a $2 billion extension before anybody even had time to figure out what happened with the first billion. >> reporter: the program is at a fork in the road, and the senate is in the divers seat. >> if the senate does not pass the additional $2 billion, the program will be suspended. >> reporter: it allows car owners to trade in their old gas guzzlers and receive up to $4,500 in government assistance. the concept is simple. pump the brakes on less fuel efficient and accelerate car sales that part is work. 250,000 new cars have been sold. >> it's good for the economy. it's just a matter of how much money can the government afford to keep throwing at it. >> reporter: several automakers credit the program with boosting sales. ford says july sales rose nearly 1.6% over the same month last year. >> it's ban great program there is a lot of upside to it. but as a dealer, it's a little scary because we don't know when the funds will be there, if they are there. >> reporter: the program faces a tough battle in the senate. some conservative senators thinks the program amounts to another auto industry bailout, while more liberal senators think the mileage requirements is to much. there is also questions about cars piling up in junkyards. deals are told to pour this corrosive liquid into the engine making the car useless forever. by midweek, the program will be completely broke. lindsey davis, abc news, new york. a local couple is facing charges that are simply sicken. what they're aused of doing to children as young as 2 years old. plus, a couple issues settled concerning michael jackson's estate. and critically ill children get a fun-filled day. warmer from anne arundel in glen burnie, 87 degrees. norm's got the full forecast, coming up. 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( ♪ ) and you realize you're in love... earl! stop your time-wasting. with a laundry detergent. ♪ take my breath away gain. to smell it is to love it. what are you waiting for? you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now abc 2 news at 5. >> hope nobody made you walk the plank today at the inner harbor, because there were special young pirates who were run amok downtown. abc 2 news delia goncalves has a look. ,. >> aggh, me matey! >> reporter: it seemed like a scene out of the pirates of the caribbean as young jack sparrow prepared to set sail around the inner harbor. >> what do you think they're going the do? >> i don't know. >> reporter: most of these kids are suffering from terrible diseases. this pirate adventure was planned by the casey cares foundation, known for the unique parties and vacations they provide to critically ill children and their family. >> it's an awesome opportunity to have over 100 children and family members out on the boat, enjoying summer like it should be, even though they are suffering from a critical illness. >> reporter: more than 100 children and their families took part, which included sailing around the inner harbor, or discovering treasure and dousing enemies with water cannons on the pirate ship. just an opportunity to escape from the hospital bed. >> really exciting to be able to get out. because you're just so used to getting cooped up and not really getting out at all. >> one, two, three! i can. >> arrghh! >> to learn more about casey cares, you can log onto our website, abc2news.com, and check out our links mentioned on air. and the 36th annual white marlin open starts today in ocean city. this is a big one. organizers say it's the world's largest billfish tournament with more than 2.5 million in prize money this year. more than 300 boats are expected to head out to boats as far as cape may and chincoteague. weigh-ins and fish tales starting every day at four. here is the fun part. you can catch all the act. you can watch the weigh-ins from their web cam, and you can find a link to the cam on our website, abc2news.com. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> i guess the weather is pretty good for them down the ocean? >> nice summer day today. not as hot as i thought it was going to be. i thought it was going to be up around 90 degrees. some places did get fairly warm. but at bwi temperatures have remained fairly moderate. the heat is going to give rise to a possible afternoon thunderstorm. >> oh, something new! >> but these are going to be very widely scattered, not the general heavy rainfall that we've been having. let's take a look outside right now, show you what is going on at the inner harbor, from the live camera. high atop the candler building, looking at folks sailing out of the inner harbor. our temperature at bwi thurgood marshall right now at 85 degrees. 46% humidity. the wind, well, it's a little variable at about 5 miles per hour. the pressure steady, 29.98. temperatures around the region, york 81. 85 in hagerstown. 82 in winchester, virginia. over in ocean city, a very pleasant 84. 84 at pax river. same thing in easton as well as dover, delaware. taking a look at the tropics. again, very quiet tropics. there is florida right there. the carolina coastline, all the way back to the coast of africa. not much of anything happening out there. but we keep an eye on it. just to make sure nothing is going on. but anything happens, we'll let you know. in the meantime, though, our radar picture around the region, right now nice, quiet, no precipitation out there. and nothing expected until maybe tomorrow afternoon we could see some showers bubble up. moncton at 82. 82 in westminster. eldersberg 85. did you just see potomac change? this is live data. you can only get it here on abc 2. havre de grace right now at 82. 88 in rock hall. down in edgemere it's 85. and 81 in the annapolis area. fallston right now at 83 degrees. now our forecast for tonight. mostly clear skies tonight. going to be a beautiful, not a full moon. but a very pretty moon tonight. a few light clouds around during the day tomorrow. lots of sunshine. we could see one little shower bubble up tomorrow afternoon. but wednesday looks like another return of shower and thunderstorm activity. but it should be through here about the midday period. here is your forecast. for the overnight period, tonight partly cloudy and mild. we'll see an overnight low. down to about 72 degrees. it will be cooler than that in some of the northern and western suburbs. during the day tomorrow, mostly sunny. a few afternoon thunderstorms are possible with a high tomorrow of a hotter than today 91 degrees. the extended outlook for the next seven days, there it is right there, the slim chance of shower tomorrow. a better chance on wednesday. and then thursday we return to partly cloudy skies. now on friday, again, a chance for scattered shower and maybe even a thunderstorm across the region. then saturday partly cloudy, a chance for some showers moving back into the weather picture on sunday and monday. but again, not total washout, just pop-up showers. and don't forget, you always go to our website, abc2news.com to check out our interactive radar. when you click on the weather tab, there is not much going on here. but what you can do is take the little tab -- in fact, let me show you where it is. this tab down at the bottom. zoom back. it gives you a little larger view. you can scroll the map around to see where the showers may be. right now it looks like we're precipitation-free, at least out to the west of us. but again, that's available to you on your own computer at home at abc2news.com. emily? despite sending conflicting messages all weekend long, the white house was adamant today that there will be no new taxes on americans who earn less than a quarter million dollars. questions had been raised regarding middle class tax hikes after two top administration officials during weekend interviews left the door open for possible increases. abc's t.j. winick reports. >> reporter: health care reform alone isn't expected to cut in half the trillion dollar budget deficit. so the white house says one fundraising option remains off the table. >> president's clear commitment is not to raise taxes on those making less than $250,000 a year. >> reporter: swam robert gibbs was forced to repeat that commitment after the administration's top money men wouldn't make such a promise on the sunday talk shows. >> we're not at a point yet where we're going to make a judgment. >> but you can't rule it out. >> what the country needs to do we have to do what is necessary. >> reporter: the director of the economic national council was asked about that tim geithner interview. >> never a good idea to absolutely rule -- rule things out, no matter what. what the president has been completely clear on is that he is not going to pursue any of his priorities, not health care, not energy, nothing in ways that are primarily burdening the middle class families. that is something that is not going to happen. >> reporter: but today in his daily briefing, robert gibbs insisted his boss will not go back on on what was a major theme of his presidential campaign. >> i don't think any economist would believe that in the environment that we're in raising taxes on middle class families would make any sense. and the president agrees. >> reporter: today the treasury department said it is borrowing $109 billion less this quarter than expected thanks in part to the $70 billion that was repaid by large and small banks which received bailouts during the banking crisis. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. dozens sickened after being exposed to strange fumes. where it happened and what authorities are saying about the gas leak. kind of like really? are you serious? are we really doing this? >> i have four children, wife, and all of us kind of looked at each other and they got a big laugh out of it. >> what one florida church did that took members quite by surprise. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. capturing the beauty of nature. sharing what i see. that's my vision. and i'm living it. every day, transitions lenses are there to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage so you can see better today... and tomorrow. live your vision. transitions. healthy sight in every light. transitions lenses are available at an america's best location near you. and now with a look ahead to abc 2 news at 5:30, good evening, i'm kelly swoope. police have the suspect. tonight they need the help finding the victims for heinous sex crimes in baltimore county. credit card holders beware. before new consumer protection laws kick in, find out how credit card companies are trying to stick it to you. plus, a judge gives a sample approval on a custody agreement over michael jackson's kids, but the battle over his will is just heating up. those stories, plus a look at baltimore's most accurate forecast on abc 2 news at 5:30. >> thanks, kelly. we'll see you then. our look around the nation begins in new bed for, massachusetts. that's where a chemical leak sent more than four dozen people to the hospital, include league in critical condition. authority says the victims were exposed to unknown fumes at a trash disposal company. in louisiana, a man is recovering after being bitten by a shark. this coast guard video was taken as the rescue helicopter pulled the man from his boat about 65 southeast of new orleans. the 56-year-old victim is from mississippi. he was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition. a sad sight in oregon. a horse collapsed and died while pulling a newlywed couple in a carriage. temperatures were in the 90s at the time. but it's unclear whether the heat played a role. >> it's horrible, horrible way to start off, you know. so i can only imagine how the people felt. >> veterinarians are performing tests to determine exactly what happened. and sometimes, you know, when you move into a new home, you can find some rather unusual things. but that may take the cake. a florida couple was shocked to discover an 8-foot boa constrictor. they were sorting through some piles of debris when they found several snake cages. >> until i found the six-ot snakeskin draped across one of the windows. i go traipsing through the house with it on a rake and thought oh my god. >> what have we bought. the snake weighed about 40 pounds. the trapper said the reptile was actually underweight, but should be okay with a little tlc. instead of asking church members for donations, one congregation in florida is actually giving away money. you heard that correctly. at first baptist, each person received an envelope with cash. the mission, to pay it forward. pass on the cash to someone who needs it. a friendly cashier at a wendy received patty's money. >> her eyes just got very big, and she immediately just started smiling, and she was trying to get her coworkers' attention. >> church hopes the random acts of kind aness will blossom across the area. and some positive news on the economic front tonight. we'll have the details on abc 2 news at 5:30, which starts in just two minutes. abrasive on dentures? look, scratches collect and grow cause bad breath instead clean without scratching causing bacteria every day now abc 2 news at 5:30. >> police say they filmed children in sex acts and distributed it. good evening, i'm kelly swoope. tonight baltimore county couple is in jail on child pornography charges and sex offenses. abc 2 news joce sterman joins us with details on what police say they need to know to close this very distug
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