the state did their own investigation and concluded that she was not assisted with cutting her meet that day and an inch long piece of meat was removed with forceps in the e.r.. the data chairman herbert -- her death was preventable. >> just taking a second to cut aid to inch piece of meat would have permitted the prominent. -- to cut a two inch piece of meat would have remedied the problem. >> the family felt that it had to take this step. they said, we are also aware of the health care quality report and we disagree with the findings. >> the nursing home also said that her death did not imply failure of its staff. >> the state prosecutor of

maryland said he will not seek another term in office. he has served as state prosecutor for the past six years. he oversaw the prosecution of baltimore mayor sheila dixon. he says he will resign on september 1, the end of his term. >> police have a registered sex offender in custody after he allegedly tried to abduct a 15- year-old girl. the victim's father fly down an officer, alleging michael lee roy thomas tried to snatch his daughter who was luckily able to get away. it happened in southwest baltimore. police arrested thomas at his woodlawn home. he has been a registered sex offenders is 2005. >> baltimore city police have charged a man in the beating death of his two-year-old daughter. i-team reporter barry simms has details for us. >> he told police he was trying

to discipline his daughter. he has now been charged in her death. we learned he has made other alleged threats of violence. >> the dogs remain in the backyard. apparently, they were not supposed to come in the house. now there owner is at central booking for what one of his neighbors called discipline gone bad. actions against his own daughter lead to child abuse and murder charges. >> he was disciplining the child because the child left the -- let the dogs in the house. apparently, the family had two dogs and they were left outside. when the child but then in, he became angry. he stated to us that he already told the little girl not to let them in. >> inside the house, police found the two-year-old unresponsive saturday. initially, the father had told them he left her in the shower

by herself for just a few minutes. >> a relatively short time later the father confessed to having beaten the baby with the belt until the baby alternate the blacked out. trex his sister says he would not harm his daughter. -- >> his sister says he would not harm his daughter. he was turning his life around. >> he is in school and everybody is supporting him. the crux their prior allegations against -- >> there are prior allegations against him. a judge granted a restraining order from the child's mother in 2008. he had called heard saying, " when i see going to kill you." he allegedly came to her house and began his girlfriend said they were going to kill her because she was not being a good mother. in 2008, he pleaded guilty to

second-degree assault in an unrelated case, admitted into punching someone in the face while at a bus stop. he was a>> i would rather smokea cigarette then beat a child because i'm not sitting in new jail. -- in no jail. >> anne arundel county police need your help finding a suspect wanted in a violent home invasion. this 21-year-old is accused in a home invasion early yesterday morning. police say two men and women were stabbed in that crime. another suspect has been accused, but has yet to be identified. please consider them armed and dangerous. anyone with information on the

whereabouts are urged to call 911. >> jackie young says his proposal to crack down on nuisance crimes may actually raise money for the city. david collins has more details on how the plan will work. >> this will work by substantially increasing the fines on civil crimes. >> baltimore city has a robust like -- night live, but the crowds can get rowdy and frequently test the patience of residents and police. >> who is chaperoning him? he has had a lot to drink. >> i will take him. >> city council president jack young is seeking to crack down on civil crimes by substantially

increasing the fines. >> they have not been a deterrent, so i think by increasing them to the level that we plan to will get people's attention. >> increase in the fine for drinking alcohol or having an open container from $50 to $500. breaking the rules at a city park from $200 to $500. public urination, $150 to $700. disorderly drinking from $150 to $750. the city's department has just ordered crunching the numbers. paul robinson is the federal hill community association president and supports the bill. >> this is all about behavior modification. this is an issue involving responsible choices. >> police have already tried to use sheer numbers to crackdown on the -- to crack down on the crimes.

but that these other areas of the city vulnerable. >> we want them to come and have fun, but be responsible for your actions. >> how often civil fines are paid now and hot -- how much money they expect to generate will be determined before the first public hearing on the bill. >> the debate over financial reform is heating up on capitol hill. lawmakers are getting ready to take up a fix for wall street this week. nicolo killion has details. >> president obama traveling out west for a fundraiser, but thursday he heads back to wall street for some fixes to the financial system nearly two years after the financial market meltdown. there should be a major showdown on the issue this week. >> we need to move and make decisions about whether or not we will support this legislation. >> senator dodd: on lawmakers to back his bill. it calls for -- calling on

lawmakers to back his bill. it calls for restrictions on risky investments and fines on big firms who fail. many republicans disagree with the fund, calling it another bailout. on the hill, treasury secretary tim -- tim geithner made the rounds to negotiate with gop senators like susan collins. >> it is frustrating to mean that here we are, so many months, a year-and-a-half after the financial crisis hit our country and we have yet to pass a significant financial regulatory reform. it is a priority for me. >> secretary that there also met with olympia snowe. they hope to get a bipartisan vote in two weeks. >> been drifting volcanic ash

from iceland that has shut down air travel over europe appears to be dissipating. the airline history has racked up losses in excess of $1 billion. our own scores -- sportscaster gerrie sandusky has been on vacation in europe. we talked with him through skype in vienna, austria. >> there is a line between it resignation and a frustration. it was a high level of anxiety thursday night. now you have people that are resigned to this. it is everyone trying to rid of -- to compare strategies. >> on wall street, some airline shares fell as some worry about the crisis and what it would do to lower the airlines demand for jet fuel. >> right now, and acted on breaking news. there's a deadly accident on

interstate 95. captain roy? >> southbound interstate 95 just south of 32 in error county, an accident with a fatality. if it happened just before 5:00 p.m. the problem is the traffic. they'll have two crews on southbound interstate 95. the traffic is pretty much at a standstill from this location all the way back to 195 in baltimore county. anyone trying to get to d.c., used to 95 or 97. -- use 295 or 97. >> still to come, remembering the 13th archbishop of baltimore. >> and a look back at the life of the archbishop. >> and what caused a fire this begin that went to four alarms in downtown historic annapolis? the answer, next. >> i am here.

coming up in sports, a refresher course on a very important term the orioles need to learn if they're going to have success on the field. >> and a frost advisory for parts of the area. we will see how cold it is going to get tonight and when the next batch of rain arrives. temperatures right now in the mid 60's. the winds are gusting out ofti

>> many on remembering the archbishop william borders. he died today after a bout with cancer. he was 96 years old. eight years ago, an elementary school in highlandtown was named in his honor. if you would like to read archbishop edward o'brien's statement about him, you can find it on our homepage at wbaltv.com. >> we now know what caused the

for alarm fire that damaged for businesses in annapolis >> it broke out between two buildings near the state house. the >> late this afternoon, the annapolis fire department did release the cause of that fire. it was a smoking product dropped accidentally whenever you have -- dropped accidentally. whenever you have a fire down here in the historic district is a big deal because it can spread so quickly. >> and four-alarm fire garnered major response. >> saturday i was down the street at the studio getting my hair cut and someone came in and said there is a fire in one of the buildings up the street. >> next door at the smoke shop, the damage will take a long time to clean out. >> we have insurance. it is going to affect me in a way that i will spend a long

time cleaning. >> but given how close the buildings are down here, the one -- the feeling today is one of relief, knowing what could happen. >> it could have been much worse. conditions were ripe for it to be much worse. it was very dry, very windy. the fire department, the naval academy, the city -- they were all extraordinary. they got here so fast. >> our building is relatively new. it was built in 1990. that helped to prevent it spreading as quickly as it could have. >> this is only the third four- alarm fire in downtown historic annapolis in 20 years. >> now the forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the high temperature for the 19th of april is 66 degrees and

we were right there at b.w.i. marshall. it was surprising because it was a cold morning. 39 to start the day, four above -- below the normal. 93 degrees on this day back in 1896 for the record high. and the record low was 24 degrees in 1875. pollen count is still high for tree pollen and the moderate camp of grass pollen in the area. -- a moderate amount of grass pollen in the area. around the baltimore area, chile to night and along -- chilly tonight and along the shore, there is a seabreeze. as the sun go down -- goes down, the temperatures will drop quickly we may see numbers near

freezing in some of the cooler valleys near -- to the west of town. there are made in -- no major storms coming year right now. a week weather disturbance to our south and another when forming just now in the rockies. most of tomorrow, high-pressure. we may have some showers wednesday or so. temperatures are normal again tomorrow, just some high, thin clouds in the afternoon and evening. the wednesday, showers trekking through and off the coast wednesday night. partly cloudy again for thursday. 66 is normal and we are right around there tomorrow. mostly sunny skies with west winds at 5 to 10. cool and 58 in the mountains tomorrow. temperatures a bit milder of around the bay. light winds and made it is 50's on the chesapeake bay on tuesday.

mostly sunny skies and 65 in most areas around the baltimore area. the seven-day forecast, 66 tomorrow with me in the sunny skies. cool in the afternoon. off and on showers on wednesday. and it clears up for thursday and friday as temperatures continue to near normal. saturday and sunday, a stronger storm expected to get in here. showers likely on saturday, rain likely on sunday. and a thunderstorm lingering into monday next week. >> the nfl draft is just three days away. the ravens picked 25th overall. there's a chance they will end up with a future pro bowler. it you look at these so-called -- if you look at these so- called mock drafts out there, many think that the ravens will

draft gresham pure and we called on our own expert. the owners -- draft gresham. we call on our own expert. >> we do not need help, really, but we could still use a young wide receiver or tight end. we could use a pass rusher. we could use some help. i think if the tight end from oklahoma is there, that is where we will probably go. but we like oklahoma guys. that would be my guess. >> there has been controversy in the last few days in -- regarding cal ripken's potential involvement with the orioles after it was said that peter angelos shot down cal's request to work for the team because he did not want him to get credit for turning around the orioles. it did not make sense to me and ripken said today that the story was "not true." he said he has had discussions

with peter angelos about joining the discussion -- the organization and will continue than europe's -- and will continue those discussions. to have a winning streak you have to win more than one game in a row. the orioles have not been able to utter the words "winning streak" this year. they sent their rookie pitcher to the mound with the idea of ending a nine-game losing streak he did just that. ty wigginton said enough of not scoring any runs. he knocked in four all by himself. the team has averaged just three runs per game all year. and guess what, the bullpen did not blow it? -- blow it. the orioles have a win. tonight, they will try to make it got a winning -- everybody -- street.

-- they will try to make it a winning streak. hamlin ended up being the guy in front both times. kicked off a nine car crash involving among others, jeff gordon and karl edwards. needless to say, no one is buying tony drinks tonight. this after just two weeks after having reconstructive knee surgery.

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>> temperatures in the 30's in the morning, 60's in the afternoon. showers counter on wednesday. we bounced right back to 67 thursday and friday under partly sunny skies. more cigna began storms rolling through over the weekend. more steady rain sunday -- more significant storm swirling through over the weekend. steady rain on sunday. >> significance storms bring significant flowers. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.o