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the homes would be worth more if people lived in them. it would be better if there was more home ownership. the candidates talk about knocking down the prices. they want to use slot revenue to knock down the tax rates. there s a total of 20 cents. this is the beginning of trending towards a more competitive property tax rate. the property tax is one part of the equation. we have to continue the dell gent work. we have to continue our fight against violent crimes. this democrat says that mayor stephanie rawlings- blake s proposal is for show and doesn t go far enough. she s talking about owner occupied residential property. it doesn t cover commercial and half of all housing units in baltimore city are rental. half of the market in the city is rental. they wouldn t be included under this at all. that s why the plan looks to lowering the tax rate across the board. this owner is unveiling his plan next week. for you want growth and lower taxes, you have to get the entire house in order. her thing is more of the same. i talked about rebuilding baltimore government and the schools and the plans. all of the things a have to be a part of the reduction. you have to be able to rebuild the city. reporter: for a voter like this, it would be nice to have her neighborhood back. lower taxes could help her do this. homeowners need lower taxes. you know, what is it? the absentee landlords. maybe they would do something. and now, the other candidates were not returning calls. tax relief is on the voter s minds. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. all right, rosie. the space shuttle is coming home tomorrow, the astronauts paid a tribute to neil armstrong and buzzaldrin. 95 was the forecast today. it didn t get there. our heat index values of 102, really just the beginning. i think they are. we ll talk about the increased heat after this. whoa, whoa! 10:00 and 2:00, buddy. eyes on the road, right? hands on the wheel. 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[ male announcer ] sweet tea and the mcdonald s dollar menu. imagine waking up to that. the astronauts woke up to that, fanfare to the common man. all that remains now is touchdown. today, the crew checked out the flight control systems. everything s okay for the re- entry. tomorrow s landing will bring to a close one space program and bring to it uncertainty for the future. that was on the mind of atlantis commander. as they walked out of the room, they looked up and made a memory. i ll say that to those who get to see the shuttle on the runway. you ll never see anything like this again. it s been an incredible ride. the shuttle will land at 5:56 in the morning. you can see it here live on abc2 news. oh, it s going to be sad to see the shuttle program end, jamie. i wish them the best tomorrow. hopefully the weather will hold in florida for the landing. highs today here, it felt so horribly humid. the air temperature was in the low 90s. we ll likely see the increase 6 to 8 degrees over the next few days as we push 100 the humid will stay as hot. most of the state of maryland s heat warnings are up. most of the eastern show are in the heat warnings. sometimes, you have to get out there and do your thing no matter what. stay hydrated. humidity near 60%. that s the culprit. starting tomorrow, we ll have heat on top of the same humidity. ellicott city throughout the day, bright, hazy sunshine. that was the story across most of the state, not just in howard county, but in anne arundel county. on the severn river, muggy conditions. with the humidity, it felt hotter than that. temperatures, low 90s. this is down from the highs on the day. there were a few triple digits. most of us in the low to mid- 90s. tomorrow, we ll add to the numbers. near 80% in dover. so, the heat index values now, even with the air temperatures around 90, they re feeling like more than 100 in the inner harbor and most of the state. satellite and radar pictures have been calm. the radar will be quiet. we ll have a popup shower or storm. in this type of a pattern, the main concern will be the heat and the humidity. that s locked in now across the east coast and on top of the plume, the heat double. this is sliding from west to east. this is a hot air mass. it will move on ton of the hot air mass in place. it s hot air in place. it gets more hot. two named storms are at sea now. tropical storm bret and cindy. both headed offshore. they won t do anything to break the heat. overnight, 75 and steamy and muggy. we have a heat index value over 110. we ll have the warnings from 8:00 to tomorrow night and friday. we ll have a steam bath out there. the seven-day forecast, things are looking hotter each day. they ll surge up tomorrow and stay there. they ll be there friday into saturday. things will begin to change sunday and monday. less scorching. jamie, the next three days will be a lot more light than different. they ll be hot. and sara joe from mumpton said, i m going with a one with a bucket of medium balls. 12 minutes, in and out of there. the cooling centers are open in the city. we re under a code red alert now. we want to run down the 11 locations. five community action centers are located in the 5200 block of york road. we have cherry hill road and reisterstown road and bank street. we have the 1300 block of east federal street. department of aging will have six locations open as well. there s the oliver senter on gay and the sand town winchester center on baker s street and the hat ton center on north street and this center adds well. all of the centers are open until 7:00 and they ll reopen 9:00 first thing in the morning. there are cooling centers in baltimore city and counties throughout the state. for a list go, to the website now at abc2news.com. click on the hot weather guide. look for the find a cooling center near you article and there, you ll find a complete list of websites and phone numbers and the local government. well, bats don t come out in the heat. the orioles and the red sox finished up the day in the heat and sun today. this man is having a brady anderson type of year. he hit two home runs today. the orioles had just two hits. they were walked five times and couldn t push a run over. they re off tomorrow and l.a. comes in for the weekend. senior told junior to play the sport he wants and junior told ryan the same thing. rising senior can shoot the rock and he ll play in the armour all-star game. if you haven t seen him in a while, he s not so little he s 6 6 and taller than his hall of fame dad. runs in the family, jamie. tonight, do you wish a problem in the neighborhood would disappear. we re working for you with a click to fix series. we re asking the questions that you want answered. plus, if your coworker looks tired, you may want to wash up. lack of sleep makes some more than grumpy. and plus, wyatt s smoking hot forecast, at 11:00. don t you, but well. we ll go outside. the cars all look hot. cooling centers are open and wyatt will be back with more. jamie, it s important to think about this, it will be humid tomorrow and we ll add about eight degree. late july, here we go. the current temperatures are in the upper 80s in a few spots. but, tomorrow, we re up into the upper 90s. the excessive heat warning starts at 8:00. world news is next. we ll have more on the heat wave. have a cool evening.