backs of commuters.paul-- paul-- paul gessler, reporter: "the commuter tax does not have much much teeth right now, but a high-ranking republican congressman says it should be 'seriously discussed' after the presidential election. now, nearly a quarter of a million marylanders commute to dc for work. that's almost double that of virginia. congressman darrel issa oversees the committee dealing with dc issues. he wants a hearing on the matter. meanwhile, dc workers say they've been taxed enough in their home states."daniel oforiaddo, commuter: "the cost of living has been rising and just having to pay to get to work and back to work is a discouragement from looking for work in dc."milly porter, commuter: "can i afford it? no. (laughter) yes and no." paul gessler, repoter: "now, dc is not allowed to tax income at its source. a thhee percent income tax on commuters, however, is expected to raise about 1.2 billion dollars, if passed. that's substantial, considering d.c.'s annual operating budget is about 9.5

billion dollars. reporting outside union station in washington, d.c., paul gessler, fox45 news at 5:30." in annapolis...lawmak erssresumed their debate on expanded gambling a few hours ago...but it could be a long evening because they've made changes to the bill enacted y the senate.among other things it would add table games...and another casino. in: i think its a much farer outcue: facilities to succeed succeed the ultimate goal is to give the gambling bill a final vott by the end of the night. it's... a... controversy... over... free tickets... to... big concertt .../ for... top... city officials.../. a... perk... that's... coming under... fire..../ tonighh,... a... special board... wants to know more moretoday the city's ethics board gathered for meeting at city hall. and they decided to launch an inquiry into who gets the tickets and the decision making process about how they are doled out. a probe approved by the board

after a long debate 12:28:26"i think the ticket issue is an issue enough people have quesitons about that it ought to be looked into" into" the mayor's office released a statement just about an hour ago. in it she says the practice of recieving free tickets to 1st mariner arena is a long standing one. the mayor also pointed out that her administration isn't the first to receive the tickets. baltimore... police... arrest... two men ... they say... went on... a... robbery spree ... that included nine businesses... in... the city... and... baltimore county. police... identifid... .... ryan leonard ... and... ... tay--ron jones ... thru... surveillance video...//.the... area ...of the robberies... was limited... to... the... "lakeland area"... of... south baltimore ... and... the... "landsdowne area"... of... baltimore county. a harford county minister is dead.. tonight his family blames a sheriff's deputy.... keith daniels, is here with word that the family is suing that deputy and the sheriff's department.. keith. keith.

jeff.... the family of reverend bob tompkins has filed a 22-million dollar lawsuit against the harford county sheriff's office.... the attorney calls it a wrongful death lawsuit. lawsuit. rev. tompkins' wife and children, with their attorney, announced that lawsuit today. according to the suit, a neighbor found tompkins collapsed on the front yard of his home last november.... ......the neighbor, while on the phone with 9-1-1.. started performing c-p-r.......but the family says..when a deputy arrived, he oodered the neighbor to back off.. stop performing c-p-r... and wait for the ambulance. ///////////////////sot////////// // (mrs. tompkins) "he can say, yes, back offfbecause i'm a trained professional, i'm going to start doing it. that didn't happen."(mr. ellin) "our experts who have reviewed the medical records and the death certificate have advised that, had cpr continued, that rev. tompkins would be with us here today.." they're not commenting at the harford county sheriff's office..... a spokesperson says they don't respond to pending litigation. keith daniels, fox 45 pews at 5-30.

an... anne arundel ccunty police spokesman... confirms.../ an... officer's gun... was... stolen... in... a... car... break- in.../.the... officer... found... his driver's side window... broken ...on his personal car..../he... checked... the trunk ... where... he normally keeps his gun... and... found... it gone..../the... weapon... has been entered ...into the f- b- i... national... crime information center. there's ... another ...bold push... tonight... by... baltimore police... to... solve a shooting ...that left ... one man dead...../ and a... pominent... communnty leader...in critical condition///. janice park... live... live... in... mount vernon, ... where. ..in... just... a... few hours,.../ police... will... hold a vigil... for the victims. janice? jeff, the shooting happened right over here....the vigil will be held at the washington monument...which is less than half a mile from where we're standing.over the weekend police were knocking on doors information from neighbors... four days after the shooting you can see police are still out here. since friday's deadly

shooting...police have been on foot...patroling east chase street.joe ulrich...known as alex and his friend larry peterson were shot in front of the empire house....peterson has owned the bed and breakfast for more than a decade.ulrich, would not make it.and neighbors could not believe peterson, the community activist as shot. tonight, police admit they need help...to solve this double shooting and neighbors agree. "i think it's an outrage because of this" this""really struggling right now to determine what the actual motive is, no reaa evidence to point us in any real direction" thhs vigil tonight will be 7 pm at the washington monument...is being help by the baltimore city police department and midtown baltimore...where citizens volunteer and ride segways patroling this neighborhood. live in mount vernon, janice park fox45 news at 5:30. cherry hill residents... sue... a... private &psecurity firm... for "illegal policing"... in... south baltimore....// attorney... william murphy ... announced... the 25 million dollar lawsuit... news conference... with the -

plaintiffs....// they... claim... private security guards ... were working with baltimore... police officers... to illegally arrest residents ... under the guise ...of... enforcing trespass laws. "i've seen them down the street from my block involved with officers doing house raids, i've seen them harass, i've seen them mace a bunch of school girls- girls."///butt to//"iq: i see why the community dont come out... oq: while i'm in the communiiy helpinggyoung men for beinn parked somewhere that i'm not parked illegal." illegal." the guards are employed by a cleveland security firmm.. called... "tenable protective services"..../ the... company... had no comment .../ if you signed the petition to send the gay marriage question to the november ballot, your name is now is published. published. the washington blade, an alternative weekly, is publishing the names and addresses of all 110-thousand marylanders on the petition.

the information is public and obtainable from the board of elections. but by publishing the information on its website, the paper is ddawing both support and shame. 3 (2:23) "signing aapolitical petition is a public act. we don't let lawmakers vote in secret and we don't let petitioners sign in secret." (16:38:56) (vatz) "the fact that something is public record does not mean its going to be publicized publically." publically." 3 the paper says it also attempted to obtain the names of those who signed the dream act petition but, so far, it has not succeeded. bge... rolls... out... trimming,.../ to... prevent... power outages. outages.bge... surveyed... power lines... today..../ checking... for... overhanging branches ... near... main lines..../in... the past, they... allowed tree limbs... to... stay... 15 feet... above... main lines,.../ but... that can be a problem... during storms ...like the derecho... we had... in june...//under... new standards ... by... the public service commission,.../ those ... branches... will... be removed. "from a resource standpoint,

we're having to trim alot more, we're having to remove alot more trees, and of course, we're having to put our resources fully into outreach because this is something new for our customers and its really important that we get out and communicate with our customers." customers."the... p--s--c... will... also hold ...a... hearing next month ... over the b- g-e... surcharge..../// how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffic edge report. report. map belair fiber wilkens395map

-3 a loud crash... interrupts prayer... at... one... muslim school...//. what... people found... when they walked outside.../ and... &p why... one group ...is calling for... extra security. scam artists are targetting seniors... putting their independence and their savings at risk. what you can do to protect your loved ones... coming up. 3 --adblib weather tz--

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around the clock... to containna fast-moving wildfire in centrall washington....// the... blaze started monday.../ and... already charred ...at least... fifteen-thousand acres...//. 40--homes... have been destroyed.../and... fire officials... say... more homes... may be next. 1:36-1:48"we're staring at the fire, hich is gonna jump right across right as we're watching it and burning my house down. when we left our house, the fire was already coming at it the other direction. now it's coming both directions." no reports ...of... any injuries.../. illinois police... are investigating ... after someone threw a bottle f acid... at a muslim school..../ worshippers... were inside this school sunday ... ddring...

ramadan prayers....//they.... heard a crash... and found a bottle ... full of accd... and other materials... outside..../ islamic are... calling on authorities... to increase security ... thru... the fasting period of ramadan... / which ends august 19th. 7--people... are injured... after a semi ...and a bus ... crash in virginia.../ sending ... median ... this morning....// look... at... this video ... of... firefighters and police... as they work... to... cllan up... i--81...///. 6---people... on the bus ...and the truck driver... were... injured...//. police... charged ...the truck driver... with ... "reckless driving".... after... he... changed lanes... and crashed into the bus. local ... senior ...ccre experts ... are... urging families... to... watch... for scammers ... who... may be... targeting ...their... senior loved ones.../ with... clever cons ... that... could jeopardize... their... life savings...///..s... a... result, .../ the... nonprofit... national association... of triads.../ and... the... local... "home ...inssead"... senior care office.../ launched... a.. program .../ p to... educate... families... and... seniors.../ on... how to ...protect themselves...///. nick konstant... from... "home instead"...

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most people... have their pizza delivered... or... drive down the street ...to pick it up../.but ... david schuler drives three-thousand miles... round- trip... for his favorite pizza...//. mississippi... to massaahusetts... every year ... to stock up on pizzas from his childhood pizza place... átown spa pizza.á...//he ... stocks up ...on... hundreds of pizzas... and shares them with his eight siblings. 37-48"it gets them all excited too. they're all like...when i get home, they are like you guys they are all innthh &pdriveway waiting for me to pull up and they're like oh yeah...there's nothing wrong with these, they're great!" great!"last year... schullr ...took home 150

pies.../ this year ...it's 2500../. he... says the trip... takes him about ...20 hours each way. -- ad lib about story-- 3

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10:50 and 11:30 on sports unlimited. --toss to vyyas-- vytas-- 3 3 3 a... family in arizonn... manages to pull off ... a... "mega wedding"... that's so big.../ it's making national headllnes. headlines.that's ... because... it wasn't... just... one daughter getting married... / it... was... á3 ..the... waldie -

family... held theer joint reception ... in... an... airport hanger museum..../..depending... on... which wedding party ...you visited.../ there... were signs... pointing you... to the right part of the room....// :47 "everybody you can see. you can see everybody's individual tastes, so thee did "i'm all red, and i'm dripping, but we're married, so whoo-hoo!" in... the end... the... 10 newlyweds ...say... it was the perfect wedding....//and he... saved... a ton... f money too. 3- that's all for fox45 news at 5:30."family feud" is next.and we'll be back tonight for fox45 news at ten -- and the late dition at 11... 11...we'll see you