from the cities to the counties to your neighborhood, now complete coverage on wjz 13, maryland's news station. >> a catholic school closing. >> one of the area's most well- known high schools shuts its doors. >> hello, again, i am don scott. >> and i am mary bubala. >> here is what people are

talking about this noon. a school's escalating debt and operating cost combined with a dwindling enrollment combined with economic pressures. towson catholic says it is closing its doors. eyewitness news and gigi barnett are live outside the high school. gigi. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. it is not the first school the archdiocese had to close but it is the first high school. they say they just don't have have the money and parents are scrambling to find a solution. >> reporter: three catholic schools are already set to close, the fourth, towson catholic. parents and students received the word in an e-mail last night. all morning long, they rallied in front of the school upset about its closing. >> we are very saddened by the way the school was closed. we certainly understand economic conditions and the way economy is and enrollment is low, but i believe there were other ways to proceed. >> reporter: archdiocese of baltimore says the problem is deep debt and low enrollment. last year 81 students didn't

enroll and tuition is the school's only source of income. >> when you multiply those students by $9500, you realize what a financial burden on the parish and the school and they don't have the money to keep the school open? >> reporter: school has notified alumni like carmelo anthony and dante green, the school says the debt is too deep. the school says they know it is the direct result of the economy. it has $160,000 in unpaid tuition and $650,000 in a budget deficit. of the 244 students it had in june it grand waited 59. back to you, don, -- graduated 59. back to you, don. >> thank you, it was founded in 1922. more answers today in what happened to two teenagers just before they were found on the light rail tracks in baltimore county. sally is live in the newsroom with what the mta saying this noon. good afternoon, sally. >> reporter: good afternoon, mary and everybody. transit officials say a video camera on one of the light rail

trains show those two teens were walking on the tracks. kyle wankmiller and connor peterson both 17 years old was found laying inside the lutherville tracks on sunday. it is believed they heard the train coming from behind them but didn't move out of the way because they thought it would be on the other track. the train wasn't able to use the other track because a guardrail was somehow placed in the middle of it. both teens were killed. mary, back to you. >> sally, thank you. police had been investigating if the teens were assaulted somewhere else and dragged on to the light rail track. putting a face with the name. for the first time, we are seeing the photo 569-year-old shot in the head last week in southwest baltimore. she is raven wyatt. her mother is telling our media partner "the baltimore sun" that she is still in the hospital and her condition has stabilized. police are charging 17-year-old lamont davis in the shooting and he was trying to shoot at someone else with whom he earlier had been fighting. he seemed to be happy and did not want a divorce, the

name the words of a close friend of steve mcnair. the woman found dead near sahel kazemi said that he was going to leave his house and marry her. the friend tells a newspaper that is not true. they are trying to determine if kazemi shot mcnair and then killed herself. federal investigators are hard at work. lawyers are reviewing countless documents and michael jackson's family continues to grieve. and it hasn't been 24 hours since the star-studded memorial ceremony brought the world to tears. there are still many unanswered questions including where jackson's three young children will go. terri okita has more for wjz from los angeles. >> reporter: michael jackson's family still hasn't revealed where the pop icon will be laid to rest. one possibility is jackson's beloved neverland ranch, but legal hurdles stand in the way. >> i am hoping and praying he gets buried here. that would be awesome.

>> reporter: if jackson is buried at neverland, fans see it turning into a popular tourist destination like graceland. >> i think the fans would like it a lot. >> reporter: as the world paid tribute to the king of pop, his death certificate was released without any cause of death. officials say that will not come until a few weeks when toxicology tests are completed. most of the jackson family, including the singer's three children are in seclusion at the family compound in encino after the emotional sendoff. >> daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> reporter: in his will, jackson made clear he wanted 11- year-old paris michael and her two siblings to remain with his mother, kathryn. but debbie rowe, the mother of the two older children may seek custody. a guardianship hearing is scheduled for monday. >> you really don't want to traumatize these kids anymore. my guess is they will remain with kathryn jackson. >> reporter: while thundershowerses around los angeles and the world open

their hearts to the king of pop, it remains to be subpoena they will open their wallets. l.a. officials have created a web site asking for donations to cover the city's $4 million cost for tuesday's public memorial. terri okita, wjz eyewitness news. >> crowds outside of the staple center were smaller than normal as people listen to police's advice to stay away. in fact there were more police officers on the streets than fans. and stay with eyewitness news for complete michael jackson coverage. to see more from yesterday's memorial, including clips of the tribute and the performances, go to our web site, wjz.com, and click on "entertainment." president barack obama continues to wrack up air force one frequent flier miles. he wrapped up a two-day stay in russia where he met with the top governmental leaders. on the agenda ridding the world of nuclear weapons and trying to come to some sort of agreement on iran. now he is in italy where he will be talking with member nations of the so-called g8. among discussions, working out

a worldwide plan for fighting global warming. while in italy, the president will meet with the pope. prepare for your close-up. speed cameras are inching closer to popping up around baltimore city. the measure passed the first round of voting in the city council. if the bill passes, the cameras could be placed near school zones and construction sites by october. drivers will receive a $40 ticket for driving at least 12 miles per hour over the speed limit. and it is yet another beautiful july day here in baltimore. and actually all across the state. take a live look outside at constellation this noon. the sun is shining brightly above, the skies are pretty clear. a few wispy clouds here and there and the temperature is climbing. marty bass is in the outback. >> july 8, i am standing here in the sun. it is incredibly comfortable. incredibly comfortable. >> i like it. >> wow. >> i like it that way and i agree with your wow. meteorologist bern san bernandino over in the first warning weather center. bernadette. >> i second that wow. it is absolutely spectacular

outside once again today. show you first warning doppler radar what we have going on around our area and that is nothing. we are going to open this up a little bit more to show that you even around us, there is just not a alcohol lot going on. down to our south are a couple of showers and storms way off to the north, but in between the two, there is just not a lot of things in our area. now what is going to happen is over the next coupleful days is a little bit different, and for more on that, we are going to send it out to marty in the outback. marty. >> reporter: hey, bern. thanks a lot. july 8 that i am standing here not in the shade but sunshine. if you just moved to this area understand that normally this time of the year, even though it is supposed to be in the upper 80s and mid-90s about 400% humidity. well, we are going to start seeing it getting warmer and a bit more humid, but just frankly for one day out of the next five, and even frankly by tomorrow, this change in the -- change in the weather, if you will, temperature-wise is still just out to our west. so the question is, how long is

it going to get hot, if you will, or is it going to get hot. meteorologist bernadette woods talking about saturday that will be as close to normal as we have had in many, many days and normal this time of the year isn't bad. throw it back inside. >> all right, marty, thank you. a rough night for orioles major dave trembley. he was ejected for arguing with the umpire in seattle after he believed the os had a run taken away, and the masn mikes captured it all. >> that was terrible! it is what you are telling me that my guy ain't right on! >> trembley was thrown out of the game in the inning hand to watch the rest of it from the clubhouse. he saw his team fall behind again and they rallied behind the big bat of luke scott, 7 rbis including this three-run home run. the orioles win the game 12-4. the teams play again this afternoon on masn.

>> the 4:30 game since they are out in seattle. >> got it. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, computer crisis, top governmental systems in washington are under attack all the way from korea. puppies stolen. surveillance video captures a strange crime from inside a pet store. and please take another live look outside this noon. stick around, the complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up.

strong words from chinese leaders this noon. they are promising executions as they try to crush deadly riots, the ethnic clashes have been going on for several days, the man at the helm of the communist party in this region of china plans to execute those involved. so far 156 people have been killed. another 1100 have been injured. right now the world is under a cyber attack, and it is even affecting some top u.s. government agencies and the hacking appears to be coming from north korea. investigators say it starts by infecting the computers with virus. then ordering them to visit major web sites and causing them to crash. the u.s. secret service and the treasury department web sites are among those affected. sex, lies and a money

trail. a pastor in minnesota is being forced to step down after he admits to an affair with an exotic dancer. but that's not all. the pastor mark offgarden said he cheated on his wife with a dancer for three years and when he tried to stop the relationship he says she tried to extort $25,000 from him. his congregation soon found out. >> people do make mistakes. i understand that. but pastors are held to a higher standard. and it is always the role of the pastor to know the appropriate boundaries and to maintain those boundaries. >> the dancer now charged with felony extortion. it is not clear if the pastor will face any charges for possibly paying for sex. in south florida, the search is on for two girls accused of stealing a puppy from a pet shop. check out the surveillance video from a store in deerfield beach. one of the girls putting the 4- month-old puppy in the shirt.

the shetland sheepdog is worth reportedly $1200. >> he is cute. got to pay for him though. >> yes. a live look outside. stay tuned, meteorologist bernadette woods is back in two and a half minutes with your first warning weather forecast. but first a look at today's midday stocks to be followed by last night's mega millions numbers in a moment.

welcome back, everybody. on this beautiful day. i want to show you at noon we are only at 77 degrees outside, but north wind coming in is bringing our dew point down to 48 degrees. that is just incredible for this time of year. quite often it is in the 60s pushing 70, and that's why it feels so uncomfortable outside, but today a beautiful one out there. as far as the next few days ago, this is what we are thinking overall around the area. basically temperatures are comfortable right now and that will continue to be the case as we move through the area today. we have -- okay, i am trying to get through this, everybody, but i am having a problem with the computer. i want to show you -- [ laughter ] -- that it is not showing you. it is very comfortable outside right now. we all know that. the changes that are going to start to happen are on thursday. maybe some additional clouds around. a warm front is coming our way that will bring some warmer air. as we head toward the weekend, we are going to warm it up out here. temperatures rounding out in

the upper 80s and humidity will start to build a bit. a front coming our way and could be coming as early as later saturday with a chance of a thunderstorm more so on sunday. we will have your five-day coming up in a little bit we hope at least, but right now it is beautiful outside. enjoy it and see changes as we head toward the weekend. >> all we need. >> graphically or verbally. >> we will figure it out. still to come, a drug resistant swine flu has arrived. researchers are scrambling with health watch with kellye lynn. here are the stories we are covering on our web site that the hour. for all of this day's news and first warning weather forecast

it is possible. a common flu drug may not protect us have the h1n1. health watch reporter kellye lynn has more. >> the drug we are talking about is tamiflu. u.s. health officials are stepping up cases to see if people are resistant against tamiflu, the drug is used for the virus also known as swine flu. a teenager was diagnosed with a resistant strain last month. the teenager has recovered. the obama administration is wanting tougher step to prevent e-coli and salmonella contamination.

they want a better tracking system to identify food-borne illnesses. the new rules follow a string of recent outbreaks in recent months. researchers have identified 20 genes who play roles in controlling cholesterol within the cells. the genes help determine a person's risk of heart disease and they hope the find also lead to new cholesterol- lowering drugs and as we have been reporting some of the cholesterol drugs known as statin can also cause muscle damage if you feel any muscle weakness or pain. make sure you get in touch with your doctor. >> i take statins and i think i am all right. >> glad to hear it. >> thank you very much. check in with eyewitness news at 4, 5 and 6. sally is live in the newsroom with a preview for us, sally. >> wasted time behind the wheel. a new study reveals how long baltimore drivers sit in traffic and it is calculated in hours. and before you toss your dinner tonight grill this summer, hear how meatless burgers and dogs are anything but. join us for these stories and all of today's breaking news after dr. phil. mary, don have a great day. >> sally, you too.

stay with us, the five-day

we are looking at the live shot of the harbor. >> hey, i got news for you. on a day like this, you can take a shot of a landfill and it will look good. [ laughter ] >> it would. no doubt about it. >> that's true. >> it is magnificent out here.

look at the five-day forecast. talk about mid-80s. low humidity, gentle breezes and sunshine today. much the same deal tomorrow. 82. 82 on friday. we were discussing a push of warmer, more humid air, and this will be here on saturday, but then we get a bit of a wind shift right on that new air mass. maybe a chance of a thundershower on sunday. knock it back to 8 -- 85 and 86 and the breezes not unlike this gorgeous afternoon. back inside. >> thank you very much. another "csi" night. and at 10:00 another episode of "csi: new york" to be immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. finally this noon, that time of year again as the bulls go running through pamploma, spain. this is just the first of nine days that the bulls sprint through a short course every morning. what a great way to start your day. >> yeah. >> anyone stand on the streets and participants run ahead of the bulls trying to get out of the way of the bulls. >> first you have your coffee,

then you stretch. >> exactly. then you go. you go, you go. four people were injured today. pretty dangerous. thanks for watching.