i'm don scott. we're following breaking news at this hour. in run are not police activity has shut down all lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway at i-195 right near the airport. there are reports multiple shots have been fired at cars there. there are no immediate reports of any injury. police are searching for whoever was doing it. we have crews working the story. the two major violent incidents that happened right after baltimore city's big fourth of july celebration, at this hour there have not been any arrests. we're live outside police headquarters. mike hellgren has the latest.

>> reporter: good afternoon. the person who was murdered, joseph calo, has a one-year-old daughter and was visiting her shortly before he was stabbed. the 4-year-old victim is continuing to be treated at this hour. the four-year-old is now walking after being shot in the leg at light and pratt streets at the inner harbor to watch the fireworks. his shooting was one of several violent incidents that unfolded during and after the fourth of july celebration despite a beefed-up police presence. >> just an inch more and it would have hit the main artery. all he's saying is, mommy, i got shot. a bad guy shot me. i cannot believe i got shot. >> reporter: police believe a stray bullet hit him and have no suspects. >> we had incredible deployments down there and literally feet away from where this incident occurred. >> i'm angry that some idiot

just didn't have the brains or the common knowledge around children at a family even that's supposed to be for children and people to enjoy themselves can just discharge a gun so easily regardless if he did not mean to shoot anybody. >> joseph calo who is 26 and was visiting from alabama was murdered, stabbed in the neck with a bottle. police are looking for this man, their prime suspect in the killing that stem trd a fight near mccormick and schmick's that turned out of control. >> this is ridiculous. people come down to the harbor to enjoy themselves. >> more video from youtube shows the police presence. this fight broke out five minutes into the fireworks. police are reviewing their response and staffing to see if anything could have been done to prevent the mayhem. during the event city police had help from state police and mta. they extensively utilized technology including the city watch camera system and gps track ok officers' cell phones

to best deploy their manpower. back to you. >> if you know anything about either of the two major incidents or anything that went on down there, contact bliss. you can stay aanonymous. people across the country are reacting to what many say was a shocking verdict in the casey anthony trial. a jury determined casey anthony did not kill her 2-year-old daughter. she will be sentenced tomorrow for lying to police. >> casey anthony could walk free within had had 24 hours. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> a jury of seven women and five men cleared her of murder. the panel decided not to explain their decision. an alternate juror believes it was all some sort of horrific accident. >> they didn't prove that there was a murder. >> russell huekler was juror number 14. he says after more than a month of testimony, the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a

reasonable doubt. >> they did not show us how caylee died. that was important. no one could answer that. >> cass caves convicted for lying to police. she has been this jail for nearly three years. many experts think the judge will set her free tomorrow for time served. >> had she just been tried on those four cases, she never would have gotten four year in jail. >> the prosecution admits it's disappointed and so are many of the trial watchers from all around the country. the verdict sparked strong emotions. >> she can run but she can't hide. god will get her. >> the defense claimed casey anthony's father staged a coverup after caylee accidentally drowned in the family's swimming pool. casey anthony's parents left the courtroom right after the verdicts in a written statement, they called their daughter's defense strategy

baseless buptd the jury's decision was fair based on the evidence. back to you. >> an attorney for casey anthony's parents said george anthony received death threats since that verdict came in. an anne arundel county plan is expected to plead guilty in a peeping tom case today. charless novak is charged with secretly taping women as they changed their clothes inside their homeses. he was arrested in december after a woman says she spotted him in her garage. a search of his home turned up evidence linking him to other burglaries. pleading guilty, another baltimore city police officer accepts a plea deal for his part in a huge corruption scandal. >> that's right. officer louise nunez is one of 17 officers charged in the scandal involving illegal kickbacks. according to federal documents

the 33-year-old admitted to taking part in a scheme to direct motorists involved in accidents to the majestic towing company instead of a city approved towing company. the officers allegedly received thousands of dollars in kickbacks. three other officers have already pleaded guilty. by taking a plea deal, they will likely receive less severe punishments. sentencing is scheduled for october 21. the field is set for the upcoming contest to be mayor of baltimore. state senator katherine pew filed her paperwork yesterday. city councilman karl stokeseses has bowed out. he intents to run again for his current seat on the council. we're not seeing much in the way of sunshine today. it's pretty humid. what's next on nature's agenda?

here's marty bass. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. i have a couple of graphics first. we'll set up a very interesting scenario. we're still in this warm flow in the south and we're looking at a wind shift out to the northwest. having said that, there is a little weak frontal boundary, if you will, and it's pretty much hanging right over the area. that has allowed some shower activity to form and meander along it. primarily south of the metro grid or an east-west line across north avenue really, we have had very light shower activity meander across the area. we've had some clouds because of that. it's four degrees cooler now than it was at this time yesterday. this morning it was two degrees

warmer than it was at this time yesterday. ultimately, the sun will come out in spurts. we'll get ourselves up to about 90 degrees. back to you. they're already a nuisance for many people. sting bugs may be taking a toll on your next glass of wine. the pest is known to cause crop loss. maryland growers are taking steps to make sure their product is free from stink bugs. they have to pick them off by hand and spray a special insectside. still ahead, roger clemens in court, the baseball great returns to washington, d.c., to begin his perjury trial. it's like a scene out of a movie. what cause add huge dust cloud out west and more on the impact

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the perjury trial for roger clemens is officially underway. he arrived in court today as both sides began jury selection. roger clemens is charged with perjury and obstruction of congress for comments he made denying the use of steroids in 2008. prosecutorses plan to call his former trainer to say he personally injected the pitcher with hgh. congressional leaders from both parties have accepted an flf taigs to the white house as they try to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling. the president called on democrats and republicans to approach the negotiations with open minds. so far republican leaders have refused to budge on proposed toll hikes while democrats refused large spending cuts. >> we both have to sit down and be honest. each side has to give. to say there is no person so

wealthy in america that they could not pay a penny more in taxes and no special interest tax deal so good in america that it could not be examined and perhaps reduced is not a good starting point. >> congress has until august 2 to reach a deal to raise the amount of government -- of money the government is allowed to borrow. a scary time for people in phoenix as a cloud of dust descends on that city. observers say the dust covered nearly everything in the area. it was brought in by strong winds. the cloud grounded all aircraft traffic in the area for hours. >> i used to live in yuma. it does a lot of damage to your car windshield. still ahead, we're in for another warm one with sunshine.

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a breeze. there is a breeze which frankly is moving out of the west. this morning it was so hayey, the sky was opaque. >> you're right. >> it was really something. now over the past couple of hour, we've seen some shower activity moving along what could loosely be described as a very weak frontal boundary kind of hanging over the region. it's 82 degrees now. it's four degrees cooler than at this time yesterday. so clouds and shower have knocked temperatures back a bit. i think we may pop this up about eight to ten more degrees today. 60% humidity. southwest breeze at eight. right now it's 84 hagerstown and easton, 81 washington,

d.c., 82 pax river, 86 ocean city. in cumberland 81, low as abel air, rock hall, annapolis and columbia. we're still looking at that larger frontal boundary sitting out to the west. here's that light shower activity. it appears it will get across the bay, move in an east- northeasterly direction. there is a clearing line not that far away. that front is going to mean some business in the form of a better chance of widespread showers and thundershowers at points tomorrow and then again on thursday. it won't be real rainy, but it won't be real sunny. 92 degrees is the high today. tonight 70 is the low, partly cloudy. tomorrow i don't want you to think it will rain all day. there will be a shower or

thundershower around mainly later. friday's forecast very much the same. still ahead, imagine a time when on your 100th birthday you would still be considered middle aged. a new theory just ahead. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates anytime, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

more screenings could significantly reduce the threat of coal owe rectal cancer. the rate of new cases and deaths from coal rectal cancer declined between 2002 and 2010. during that time the number of screenings increased 13%. 20 million americans over age of 50 still need to be screened. could a baby born today live to celebrate his or her 150th birthday? one scientist dedicated to longevity research says there is a 50-50 chance of gaining an upper hand on diseases through gene and stem cell therapies in the next 25 years. critics dismiss the theory as

pseudoscience. check back in with us today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we'll update you a breaking news. shotses fired along the baltimore-washington parkway near the airport. the parkway is closed at this hour. air safety, a flu study on sleepy pilots after a crash in new york. could where pilots live play a factor? a bus driver appears in court charged in a virginia accident that killed four people. join us for those stories today at 4:00. stay with us. the forecast is next. consumers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat.

they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from.

let's look at our five-day forecast. tomorrow and friday chance of some passing showers or thundershowers. a front slowly stalls and dissolves over us. that will leave us with a good weekend. sunny saturday and sunday. sunshine and temperatures in the low 90s. >> thank you. a pro golfer will probably take more care when celebrating a win from now on. he won't be playing in the british open thank to a very unusual injury after this

trophy celebration where he ran and jumped into a lake on the golf course. it was a shallow lake. he broke a bone in his leg. >> nice. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,