>> live, local, late breaking, this is wbal news. >> welcome to news saturday morning. >> first we want to look outside with meteorologist. >> nice continuation of the weather we have had all week, outstanding. a little change in flavor today, have to rise the fence, something is happening out to the west. look at the doppler radar, we have had high, thin clouds over us and seeing some shower activity in western virginia. it's isolated but thunder and lightning with it, west of

cumberland in garret county. there are spotty clouds, not much. the bigger storms are in the great lakes, and ahead of a cool front. >> our big story out of baltimore county, a 14-year-old was killed after being hit by a car. >> it happened friday night in front of the mall, and the car veered out of control, hitting two other victims. >> it was a violent collision, had a lot of damage to three vehicles. and of course the assessment was we had a work and rescue with a three priority-1 patient and that's severe. >> those people were taken to

the hospital with severe injuries and a third taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >> where a fire destroys a barn and the classic cars inside. >> the five broke out just after 11:20 a.m. and went to three alarms and all 12 cars were destroyed. most antiques. >> it just kept on coming and burning. >> with what used to be a barn filled with old cars, don wheatly, said that he and other employees were caught off guard. >> people came in the sales office and said, hey, the barn is on fire. i looked out the window and saw it engulfed in flames. i was just praying to god no

one was in it. and there wasn't anyone in it. we can deal with this. >> firefighters came from two states to knock it down. >> firefighters came and battled the fire for two hours. >> the family that owns ron automotive and were not comfortable coming on camera, but this is a loss at $600,000. >> devastation, and the firemen have done a heck of a job. it's a life's worth. >> first the guys on the car lot thought to get the valuable cars out of the barn. but chose to play it safe. >> that's your immediate thought, there are so much stuff in there. and you want to help. but you realize the place is on

fire, and you could be killed. it's just amazing, i can't get over it. >> the oldest car dates back to 1938. but everyone says that everything they lost was just stuff and glad no one was hurt. >> things are back to normal this morning after an underfire electric fire broke out. crews were called to saratoga where there was one cover blown with smoke from the manhole. the fire went out by itself, and the intersection is reopened. and in the city fire crews were called to a two-story brick home on east 22nd street, with flames coming from the second floor.

>> we had rapid attacks to surpress the fire. with fire in adjacent room. >> one woman taken to emergency facility and still looking into the fire. >> troy harris is suspended and pending an investigation of harris sending an inappropriate e-mail to the newsroom. police charged a westminster man who said were running down a woman. that man, wolf, is charged with assault and under shock trauma. >> news about a man accused of pushing his sister out of his

car. his charges were reduced to second degree assault. saying after review of the evidence, downgrading is appropriate. he says he didn't push his sister, she jumped. >> we have more and answers to your pet questions. >> it's summer time and that means that kids are out more often and staying out more time, and that makes them vulnerable to dog bites. >> secrets to turn a summer vacation into a hot new title, the author joins us live. >> we have showers and eventually

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>> now your 11 forecast. >> really nice morning this morning on tv hill. temperatures up to 72. with filtered sunshine with high, thin clouds overhead. we see spotty clouds over virginia, and heavier out of detroit and into indiana and southern illinois. the clouds producing isolated thunderstorms. but the line of thunderstorms is that line closer to the great lakes and ohio and indiana, that heavier line is ahead of a cold front that will visit us today. you can see the future if you look to the west. look at our skycam, it's 72,

and the atmosphere is pretty dry. the humidity is high but will heat up. 30-21 with a south wind at 6 miles per hour. we have 70 in hagerstown is 73. and looking at the satellite picture, we see isolated clouds, thunderstorms in the mountains. that's a feature this morning and won't move rapidly. this is a picture of the clouds ahead of the cool front that's in a system in the plain states. all of that is moving east.

the warmest and humid air is in the front and our rain chances go up, and a slight risk for maryland, and the primarily threat with that is for damaging winds. our forecast, partly developing clouds, mid-80's for highs, and the ocean city forecast should be dry today but overnight rain chances. and on sunday, maybe morning showers and the sky clear, in ocean city. and the rain will be highest tonight, and sunday looks dry, but on the timeline we see more

chances of rain. and today will be a little warmer today in the high temperatures in the mid-80's. the rain chances go down on sunday, and higher on wednesday when it's hot and humid. >> oh, i don't like that hot and humid. after the break, the page that you and your teen won't be able to put down. the author of a new mystery, and tells how the baltimore city mortgage makes it happen. >> hello? >> well, when it comes to suspense, will bor at fans go for the movie, bruno. what do you think that max will say? >> i will say she's not a bruno fan.

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and me." and you are getting great reviews. >> yeah, i am thrilled at the reception. >> now the plot, we are not giving anything away. centers arounds a kid named christopher, and gets a summer job at an morgue and i understand you did your research at the baltimore city morgue. >> well, i got in there. when you are writing a novel, and this is my first book and i had no writing credits to my name. and you feel funny, calling them up and saying, can i nose around for research. baltimore had a program where you could come in, a public education system, and that was great. and i was able to look around

the morgue. >> so you decided to write about an morgue before you wrote about it? >> i had zero experience, yeah, it was eye-opening. and the gadgets can freak you out a lot bit. >> interesting the way you put it, and that you used auto-biographical. and how you capture a teenager boy, and from your experience, as a reader, do you capture that perspective? >> yeah, it was a lot of fun to get into the kid's head, he's different from me, for the record. but when you feel you got a

grip on another character, it's fun to write in another voice. >> it let's your imagination go. >> yeah, and he was a fun kid. sort of diluted and wants to be a spy. but he was fun to spend time with. >> this is a novel that will shelved in the young adult section, but the l. a. times said that this is a reader that for all. and i started reading it and couldn't put it down. and was that your intention? >> i didn't have a plan per se, i knew i wanted to write a mystery, and i wanted to write a different kind of character in the mystery. so i thought it would be fun to see an 18-year-old go through a mystery story-line.

but i was writing a young adult, novel, i came at it backwards. and young adult novels are sophisticated. you don't have to dumb down the story line at all. so i think that adults are finding that a lot of young adult novels are fun it read. and if mine is considered as one, i am thrilled. >> and john quit his job as an attorney, in d.c., to write this book. you took a chance in the shaky times, and you prevailed. are you going to keep writing or go back to law? >> no immediate plans to go back to law. i am thrilled that it worked out. it may not have been the as a matter -- smartest thing in the world, and not sure how my

parents feel. but it was a great thrill. >> this is a book for everyone, and john thanks for coming in and for a great read. >> thank you. >> we will take a break and come back with pet questions. pa

>> live from television hill in baltimore, wbal 11 news continues. >> we will get to your pet questions, first it's a busy time for emergency rooms dealing with accidents for

children. john hopkins says they see a big spike in dog bites. we have our reporter. >> we are on. we are on. ok. we want to welcome dr. karen burkes sitting in for dr. kim, and a big special guest. try to keep him from eating me. what is his name? >> max. >> an appropriate name. how are you doing max? >> he's doing good, a six-month old american mastof. and he should max at 220 when he reaches full size. >> a mere pup.

>> yeah, he's got another 100 pounds to gain. >> while we try to control max, let's get to some questions. my basset hound has been vomiting a lot, and i wonder about the chemicals we use to fertilize the lawn? >> it could, anything they ingest could cause them to vomit. but there are a lot of other things that could cause the dog to vomit. how old is the basset? does he eat the grass? that could cause him to vomit, but there are so many things that could cause the dog to throw-up. if he's doing this excessively, check with the vet.

>> ok, may or may not be the grass. question two, my yorky continues to eat his own feces, is there any way to break this disgusting habit? >> yeah, i see that in young dogs, sometimes when older they will calm down and stop doing that. you can try things, but the key is just keeping them away from it. if you just need to clean up as best as possible so they don't have the opportunity. take it away from them, and it won't happen. >> break the habit by eliminating the opportunities. he's found your stash. third question, i recently

adopted a one-year old cat and chewing through the electric cords. >> that's a tough one for cats, they like chewy things. they like toys they can sink their teeth into it. and electrical cords have that feeling. my cats do that at home. and to eliminate the opportunity, and enrich the environment so he has other things to play with. and when he's older he won't want to do it. >> thank you dr. burke. max, you are a charmer but a handful. we will be back. >> could buying back crabber's licenses help save the bay? i will have that story.

>> live local late-breaking news. >> thanks for joining us. >> first a look at john. >> can you believe that dog was a puppy? >> it nearly took out my knees. >> did he drool on you? >> a lot.

you just couldn't tell on high-definition. >> neat. >> a big dog. we will look outside, i will give you two pictures, we will start with the satellite image. and you see a few clouds west of virginia, and more cloudy to the west. back in ohio and indiana, this is thunderstorm activity in virginia, and a big storm with those clouds. and there is some thunder and lightning out of these storms. they are lining up well in pennsylvania. and we will talk about the prospects for this rain. >> we have a warning for swimmers, stay out of the water in magothy beach, in cattail

creek. with bacteria levels high in the water. >> it's hard owning a boat not to go in the water. and it's terrible that the bay is this bad. >> health officials say if you come in contact with the water, immediately wash with soap and water. >> and we have news about the blue crab population. >> local water ways and the crabs look towards crabbers and ask them to give up something that's very important to them. there is an estimated 6,000 licenses, and there are

commercial licenses, and now that the maryland department of resources asking lcc holders to sell their licenses. why? >> it's important to harvest the blue crabs at the levels that the scientists ask us to, and one way to do that is to understand how many people will be fishing in a given year. >> and that means set catch limits to help the crab population. >> it's about that potential, and when it's sitting there, it's hard to set management that we know will work. >> but crabber of 40 years, eric, says that other things should have been done to help the industry. >> the females should have been stopped, should have never been able to keep them. >> and they are hoping that less licenses will mean a

better handle on the situation. and telling lcc holders to name their price. >> we have asked lcc holders to think how much their license was worth . if they were going to sell to their neighbor, and then submit a bid. >> if you want to sell your license, you can do it until august 15. >> thank you, and baltimore city moving to a new trash pick-up cycle. that starts next week, on tuesday, july 14th. crews pick up trash to one day and recycling on the second day. and many of you have questions about this, and we are giving you the opportunity to get those questions answered. our guest tomorrow on baltimore public city will have dr. scott

who will answer these questions on the air. >> president obama begins a packed day in ghana with the president, john atta mills. >> but for the locals business is more than just politics. >> on the streets of accra, the party started long before the guest of honor arrived. members of this fan club, friends for obama have been celebrating all week. >> it's such an inspiration to us, and yet we are here. >> welcome to africa, welcome to ghana. >> and believe that president obama's visit will inspire the entire nation. >> for president obama to come

to ghana and from this time to change the way we do. >> they are welcoming obama, and for these vendors selling souvenirs, it makes no difference that barack obama's family is from another country. >> he's kenya but it's africa. >> you can see the front page of almost every local paper has obama on it. the streets are full of signs and the radio even playing obama music. people are coming from all over the country to do just that. 12-year-old felix and his dad traveled about 160 miles away. >> why did you come to accra this week? >> i came to see obama, they

call me obama. >> and along with the excitement is a little disappointment that the president won't be holding a large public event. as the people are hoping to catch a glimpse of him. >> grab your sunglasses and family, we are headed to the carribean. >> we are having this carribean festival, with delicious food and it's free. and we are at judah park. >> good morning. >> wait a minute, that's not you in the headress? where are you? there you are. >> you lovely ladies in the costumes, that will be portrayed on parkites. the parade kicks off at 12 noon

and end in the park at 4:30 p.m. today. will have deejay and local entertainers. >> dr. solomon, there is the ladies again. can you ask the ladies to stop and tell us about their costumes. >> yes. >> is this traditional dress? >> no, they are dressed different designs, individuals. the annual carribean carnival portrays different designs. and individuals whatever their imagination is, they will design a costume. these three young ladies are portraying costume design of michele murphy of m & m production. and today on the street you will have 12-15 other designers

with those large costumes. like jackie coming in from washington, d.c. >> there are beautiful, what is the spiceiest, hottest food, if you like hot and spicy? >> you can try the dragon chicken, or savor the curry goat. that's a nice delectible also and you have other traditional american vendors. we have a variety of different vending food to savor. and tomorrow our festival opens at 12 noon, and we will have international artists from trinidad and other islands. and we ask the public to come and listen to some

international music. and we want to thank the mayor and staff and wbal for having us here this morning. >> thank you, dr. simon, and for the viewers, it's free. it's the carribean carnival festival. when we come back, movie reviews, a couple of comedies, one for very adult and the other not adult. >> want to hear what she says about bruno. >> are you sick and tired? our woman's doctor will help us get to the root of fatigue. >> are you getting tired of cool weather and lower humidity? we will see if we can fix

>> now your 11 forecast. >> as with all the mornings, we start out great. but we may wind up differently. and thunderstorms have developed in pennsylvania and west of maryland. and that will stay out there today, but there is a bigger line west of that. look outside now at our skycam view, it's a pleasant morning, 69 at the airport, and here on tv hill, humidity is dropping off. it's a dry day so far. the barometric pressure is beginning to slip. the south breezes will bring in more humidity and allow the breezes.

and annapolis was 73 earlier, their temperature has dropped with some breeze off the water. fredrick 70, the cloud picture shows the isolated thunderstorms in pennsylvania and air is coming into the mountains, low in moisture and that's what is triggering that. and a cold front into the great lakes has triggered stronger storms. this activity will diminish a little today and recharge with the heating of the atmosphere. as this front gets closer, our rain chances increase closer to the bay. and now the high pressure is giving us a beautiful morning. but things will change, and as

the thunderstorm risk rises so does a slight risk for weather. and primary threat would be for damaging wind and that would be west of baltimore. we have winds at 10-15, 83-88 is the temperature range. the instant weather future-cast shows the line of storms, after sunday it will be out of the picture. and monday a hint that something else may produce scatter showers. 86 today, a bit more humid. sunday looks like a dry day. few showers on monday. wednesday warmer and more humid and thunderstorms.

>> how many times have you heard someone say, i am so tired? there could be many reasons why you are fatigued. and getting to the bottom of fatigue is complicated. some reasons why you may be tired, we have dr. hamilton. >> dr. rich says he first has to figure out what they mean by fatigue. >> there is sleepiness, that means they are tired and take a nap and get up. but someone who is fatigued and may have excess sleep but still feel low on energy. >> and there can be many causes, depression, anemia, lyme disease or medications someone takes.

it's important to talk to the patients. >> look at their lifestyle, and look at medications, that's a common side effect. and take a thorough history. >> donna hamilton. >> we have dr. rich joining us. how do you know when you should go to the doctor for your fatigue? >> that's a good question, because everyone is fatigued at some point in time. it's more a problem if you can't rest enough and recover. if you feel fatigued and get a good night's sleep but continue to feel fatigued. you should check that out. >> and isn't there is a difference of depression fatigue? >> i don't know a difference,

you will feel the same, but you want to rule out the reasons you are fatigued and then the depression. that is serious but a different treatment. >> when someone is saying, i am not getting enough rest. but when you can't shake the tired feeling. >> good way to express it, you go on vacation and still not feel better. >> is it simple? >> it's not simple. >> but treatable? >> there is usually something that is treatable. some things are easier to treat than others. if you are anemic, and treat the cause of anemia, you are better. but depression it's difficult to figure out but it runs the

gammet. >> so exercise and drink water. >> if that doesn't do it, get a check-up. >> thank you doctor , we have new movies, and hear if they are worth the price of admission. but first last night's winning lottery numbers. fios guy! where ya headed?

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>> hello, how are you doing? >> i feel i have been waiting my whole life to hear what you think with "bruno." >> ok, i have a love/hate relationship with sasha, and true of borat, i don't like the humor that have victims. that part of the humor is humiliating other teem. -- other people. and i think in bruno he did that and i spent more time watching through my fingers, i was more upset and horrified for the victims. but i did laugh a bit. >> so the question, in borat, i

cringed and looked through my fingers but laughed a lot. >> i did laugh a lot, but my problem with "bruno" i am not broading into this broad, offensive stereotype of a gay man. that comes to america searching for fame. i don't think that's sasha is homophobic, but i don't know if putting out this caricatured of the gay man, i was uncomfortable with that. and things made me feel uncomfortable than feeling having a good time. it's extremely "r rated." and if you loved borat, you

will probably like this as well, but i liked this one less. i am over sasha and i want to take his creativity and do something more productive. so two stars. >> and the next one, i love you, beth cooper. >> yeah, this is based on a novel, and i read the novel, and it's a laugh-out loud funny, and you think it makes a great movie. but it doesn't work, it's a nerdy valedictorian, and tells a cheerleader that he loves her. and has a few choice words, bully, and mean girl, and they chase him on this wild night. but one problem, this lead kid,

he's no kid, he's 28 years old and looks too old for the part. and he's not charming and kind of funny looking. and to the film's credit, to cast the funny guy, but he needs to be charismatic, but he's not. i am afraid one--and-a-half stars. >> so bruno is the pick the week. >> thank you. >>

>> since we are not going to the movies to see a new movie. hope for good weather.

>> today is dry early. >> and go to the festival. >> it's free. >> are you in the festival? >> no, i am not. >> with the costumes. >> thanks for joining us. >> come back tomorrow and see you then. >> have a good day. [captioning made p >> this is a wbal tv editorial, by general and vice president. >> the death of steve mcnair is

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