>> live, local, late breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news at coco noon. >> the search continues for a missing 11-year-old boy after police find his mother's car in north -- in north carolina. police still have not found william mcquain, but they have

made an arrest in his mother's murder. they hope the man in custody can lead them to the missing 11- year-old boy. here are the latest developments. >> these are pictures of william. our focus right now is to locate william mcquain. >> police in income recounting make a desperate plea to help find the missing boy. officials launched the investigation after mullions mother was found dead in their germantown home. -- chapter williams' mother was found dead. >> and amber alert was activated for the vehicle and the boy. based on the amber alert, the vehicle was located in charlotte, north carolina at approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning. >> police arrested curtis lopez and charged him with first- degree murder. he is believed to be jane mcquain's has been and william's

stepfather. police were hopeful they would find the boy with curtis lopez. he was last seen on september 30 at his home in montgomery county. it is the same spot where his mother was found murdered on wednesday. >> [inaudible] >> williams is a sixth grader in nearby martin luther king, jr., middle school. the school calls home when a child is absent and the guidance counselor gets involved after four consecutive absences. it is unclear if these will follow this protocol, because william had not been to school in almost two weeks. >> that will be part of our investigation. i would not speculate as to what we did not get information earlier. >> anyone with information in this case is asked to contact michael emery county police immediately. curtis lopez is due in court on monday. meantime, baltimore police are on the manhunt for an inmate who escaped thursday.

the 21-year-old took off while being transported. he was arrested for armed robbery. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. if you have every issue, you're asked to call 911. the condition of a man who was shot inside the university of maryland parking garage has been upgraded to serious but stable this afternoon. but his attackers still remains at large. the victim was shot around 6:00 p.m. thursday night near university hospital. police believe the attack was the result of a robbery attempt. that leaves many use the garage on edge. >> i use this garage pretty much a daily. now i am definitely going to be walking around, looking around, every corner, everything. just because i do not know what is going to happen. >> i am very disturbed. my daughter is out there now with my wife. you know, it is something terrible. >> police still have no description of the suspects and

are looking for potential leads. baltimore county police are investigating issue behind -- a shooting in the baltimore highlands area. one person was shot just before 8:00 p.m. last night. the victim was transported to shock trauma. no word on that person's identity or condition. ♪ >> earlier we were tracking some thunderstorms that were pretty hefty in nature through hertford county and cecil. there were reports of small help and gusty winds. heavy rain is still affecting the eastern side of a cecil county, moving toward the delaware. there is plenty showing up on the radar. heavy downpours moving back to baltimore city. this will continue for the next couple of hours. rain up until at least 6:00 p.m. gusty winds tonight and for the marathon tomorrow. we will talk about that forecast

in a few minutes. >> four people injured after a collision between a school bus and a toyota. fire officials said the two vehicles collided just before 8:30 a.m. this morning in northeast baltimore. a woman was trapped in her vehicle for about 20 minutes and was transported to bayview medical center with non-life threatening injuries. >> exactly what caused this accident, we do not quite know. we're working with the baltimore city police department in the investigation into the actual cause. whether it just began to reign at the time, so the weather may have played a factor -- it just began to reign at the time, so that may have been an actor -- a factor. >> the students are expected to be ok. ♪ >> the job creation clash continues on capitol hill after squashing the president's jobs

plan on tuesday. senate republicans are offering a plan of their run. kate amara says us with gop leaders are calling the jobs through growth act. >> in a 10-minute phone call thursday, president obama and john boehner talked jobs. according to the speaker's office, mr. boehner told the president that republicans are willing to address new transportation and infrastructure spending. >> i think there parts of the plan where we can find common ground. >> the call came as senate republicans introduced their own jobs legislation, the jobs through growth factor that would overhaul the tax cut, cut business regulations, and boost offshore oil exploration. >> they believe that government and spending creates jobs. we believe business and growth creates jobs. >> that would repeal the health care law and include the balanced budget amendment. both of the elements are non- starters with democrats. >> we are wasting time.

>> they want to spend money on public works projects and payroll tax cuts. >> any time and any place that they're serious about working on putting people back to work, we will be part to work with them. >> the president says he will break his jobs bill apart and put each piece of for a vote. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. how is your reading comprehension? still ahead, the research that shows that might be better if you use an electronic tablet. rebels getting control, the latest success for rebel forces in libya. and the aftermath of heavy fighting. first, occupy wall street becomes occupy the worl

>> the occupy wall street protester reheating after early morning clashes with police. here is more on the latest victory for protesters who have been living on the streets for nearly a month. >> celebration turned to clashes with nypd officers this morning as protesters took to the streets in lower manhattan to the confrontation between marchers and police resulted in several arrests. and followed a peaceful gathering at the park where protesters declared victory as

the city in park owners back down from clearing the space demonstrators have occupied for nearly a month in order to clean up of a protest in social inequality and corporate greed that began in new york city have turned into a nationwide movement, with demonstrations and rallies taking shape in nearly 200 cities. a recent poll shows just over 1/3 of americans now support the protesters. their message also striking a chord with a growing list of celebrities and politicians. >> what we have witnessed in the last several weeks across america are our citizens taking to the streets, born out of some frustration -- born out of frustration. >> frustrations have escalated in cities from boston to seattle. in washington, d.c., more arrests at the capitol. in portland, oregon, police moved in to clear the streets at teardown tense. >> we will stay as long as necessary to keep the street

open. >> in new york, a bigger showdown seems to be averted for now, with protesters holding their ground and waiting for the city's next move. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> the protests are getting worldwide support. protests have spread as far as the philippines, where dozens of demonstrators marched on the country's american chamber of commerce today. they say they want to encourage americans not to back down. >> i am saying to the people protesting in the the u.s., you're on the right track. the protests are good. protests are going to bring about changes that means something to you. not stop asking. did not stop protesting. do not stop taking understand. >> demonstrators used signs and a chants to show their support for the movement, and they say the american public should support u.s. demonstrators as well. could your way to change the price of your airline tickets?

some airlines are saying yes. the controversial new policy southwest is putting into action. plus, -- >> it is ridiculous. they're already making tons of money. >> consumers fed up with banking fees are going digital. why online banking might not be the best alternative. >> we're tracking the latest round of thunderstorms through maryland. will we clear out in time for the marathon tomorrow? we will talk about that on in a moment. first, a live look at ocean city from our new camera. beautiful out there. people enjoying a little bit of sunshine.

♪ [gunshots] >> libyan rebels live in more tanks and muammar gaddafi's

final stronghold. rebel forces said they now have cut off the loyalists in sirte to an area measuring only about one-third of a square mile. there are reports of mass casualties. no word on the exact number, but we know the week-long battle has left thousands of civilians homeless. ♪ >> in this afternoon its medical alert, a bill that would ban federal funding for abortions passes a house vote. the protective life fact received a vote of 251-175 in the republican-controlled house. president obama already signed an executive order barring federal funding for abortions in his new health care legislation. but republicans say this bill will ensure that order is not overturned. however, the bill is expected to die in the senate where democrats have a majority. a study of emergency room data shows an increasing number of

children are receiving psychiatric treatment in the emergency room. the data is from 1999 and 2007 and indicates underinsured children made up more than half of those visits. researchers say those children do not necessarily need more treatment better forced to visit the emergency room for treatment because their lack of insurance leads them with limited options. finally, scientists in germany say it is easier for humans to process material while reading it from an electronic tablet when compared with traditional book. researchers measured the brain waves of people while they read from tablets and books and found the brain look -- the brain uses less effort to process the information when it is read from a tablet. they say this is probably due to the computers background. covering the world, strong monsoons and massive flooding devastated in thailand this afternoon. the worst floods in 50 years and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and killed nearly 300 people since late july. the rising waters are threatening the lives of the

wild life in thailand. these protected elephants or forced to find how your route that now have little food. the handlers are trying to get food to the herd. they say it is difficult because they have more than 400 pounds of food per day each. >> now, you're 11 insta-weather + forecast, with meteorologist ava marie. >> we have had heavy rains over the past couple of hours. there were stronger thunderstorms earlier on that brought some help to harford county. they're moving out of cecil county, towards wilmington. there could be heavy rain and strong winds. behind this, more rain moving towards baltimore and baltimore city. we do have this thunderstorm cell here in northeast. so there may be thunderstorms. the best bet for strong storms, including winds and help, will be in the eastern part of the

state. that is where they had some sunshine over the past hour or so. let's take a wider view of the radar. this entire storm system is lifting off swarthy east. behind it, clouds building in west virginia. eventually, it will be heading off shore. then we will dry up. gusty winds into the night. here is the front moving eastbound. high pressure will be moving in. that is good news for the marathon tomorrow. they will have dry weather, but the winds will be sending to contend with. that high pressure system will be moving in and throughout the night. let's time out this rain. still a chance for showers from now through 6:00 p.m. they left off towards the east. we drive out over the evening. there may be overnight showers in western maryland. we are expected to dry out completely erase time tomorrow. sunshine in baltimore. whatever the winds. 25 miles per hour wind gusts. temperatures at least around 70

in baltimore this afternoon. could be in the lower 70's towards the eastern shore. over the night, will drop down into the 60's and 50's eventually early tomorrow morning. a chilly start to the day for the runners out there. chilly to start off, but we will get more comfortable into the afternoon. tonight, a chance for evening showers. then we clear out around 9:00 p.m. forties' out towards the western suburbs. 50s towards the city. around 53 for the start of the marathon. 63 towards 11:00 a.m. as we wrap up the race, upper 60s. watch out for the gusty winds. the seven day forecast, cooler weather into the weekend. the ravens looks beautiful. 69 degrees sunday afternoon with sunshine. chilly next week. the possibility of our first frost by the end of next week. ♪ >> southwest announces a new

policy geared toward who they are calling their customers of size. starting march 1, passengers who were large enough to encroach on their neighbors airplane seats will be required to purchase a second plane ticket. the new policy only applies to customers flying coach but extends to airtran passengers. the airline will refund the cost of the second seed if the flight does not oversell. many customers of banks are turning to online banking to avoid extra fees. but there are a few things to watch out for with digital banking. >> news that bank of america will charge $5 a month to use their debit card and other bank fees are making customers angry. >> to the ridiculous. >> it does not seem right. i will cancel my account. >> more people are turning to internet-only banking. >> online banks have lower overhead costs, therefore they

offer better interest on deposits, high-yield banking and savings accounts, and lower fees, including courtesy overdraft. >> she is a reporter that monitors online banks. there are down sides. >> we do not have a bank on every corner. that means there are not cash machines on every corner either. so you may have to get some charges from the machines. >> make sure the online bank is that the icy-ensured. asked how you deposit checks. >> some of the online banks have smart phone mobile applications that allow you to take a picture of your check and deposit it that way. but you need to figure out what you need from your financial institutions. >> if you are uncovered with strictly digital banking, there are other options -- if you are uncomfortable with a strictly digital banking, there are other options. >> there are community banks and others. some offer free junkie.

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looking good. 69 on sunday with sunshine. >> good news. thank you for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [captioning made possible by constellation energy group]