manicure. some compared it to a rorschach drawing or a jackson pollock painting. a few amendments offered all failed. the congressional boundaries supported by the gop would created three minority-majority districts. the lines preserve the republican-leaning sixth district. >> it is compact, contiguous. it is a good map. >> republicans emphasized how their plan created more minority representation. your friend prompted a challenge from an african american delegate. >> you will see it and how concerned you are when other minority issues came up in the house. republicans questioned why the state attorney general office did not find that the plan in violation of the voting rights act. >> follow the spirit of the law.

the letter will kill you. the spirit gives you life. >> one republican expressed concern that census figures included illegal immigrants, which would make the boundaries unfair and unlawful. >> was the subject of non- citizen non-voters brought to the attention of the committee? >> democrats supported the plan, dismissing concerns about mutual interest, which spurred debate. one republican said the map is a war against rural maryland. >> people in my community are hurting, asking not to be split. >> the difference between montgomery county and their county is night and day. i worked in montgomery county for three years. i could not wait to get back home. >> talk about crossing t's and dotting eyes. because the house corrected some typos, the senate has to come back and vote on it again. if all goes as planned, the

special session will end tomorrow. the governor will sign the bill around 11:30 a.m.. >> federal officials have filed an $8 million lawsuit against kernan hospital, saying they fraudulently collected insurance money from medicare and medicaid and other carriers. the rehab center is part of the university of maryland medical system. an official at the hospital said efforts are underway to resolve the case. >> in the trial against ulysses currie, a colleague took the stand in his defense. we are live at the federal courthouse. >> not much action to date just because there were so many delays, mostly in the morning session. however, there was one highlight when a state senator from montgomery county took the stand to defend his good friend, senator currie. delay was the word of the day in

the bribery trial, as the defense team and lawyers of executives also on trial called a short list of witnesses to the stand. the first was state senator ryan frosh, who represents the 16th district. his testimony was brief. he testified that the senators' careers mirrored each other. he called senator kirby a modest person and a good legislator. the rest of the testimony consisted mostly of former consecutive -- executives from shoppers food or super value. there were letters concerning the possible employment of senator currie. one said the senator should assist with a new traffic light and that executives felt needed to be installed at a store in

prince george's county. executives testified they knew currie was involved at shopper's but not in what capacity. the judge is hoping to get to all six witnesses they did not get to today tomorrow. we are live downtown. wbal-tv 11 news. >> several people are recovering after a pilot on the beltway. the investigation of that accident led to another. just after noon on the inner loop between 795 and [unintelligible] 5 vehicles were involved. as police were investigating, a car slammed into an and the cruiser parked on the shoulder. >> county police have charged a man with several counts of sexual solicitation involving two boys. 22-year-old brandon sukeforth

engaged in sexual activity with a 13-year-old and 14-year-old boy. a parent found suspicious messages between them. he uses a facebook profile under the name brayden clark. there may be more victims. if you have information, contact police. the search continues for a man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. police released a sketch. detectives are reviewing surveillance video along the 800 block of north carolina street, where the victim says she was forced into a vacant home and attacked. anyone with information should call macro crimestoppers. -- metro crimestoppers. >> police are investigating a stemming. a 23-year-old woman was taken into custody for stabbing her boyfriend. this was in the 300 block of lord byron land. the victim was taken to sinai

hospital with non life- threatening injuries. his girlfriend is being held on $25,000 bail. montgomery county may pursue the death penalty against a man charged with killing his estranged wife. curtis lopez is also expected in the death of his stepson, whose body was found in a wooded area yesterday. his mother was found beaten and stabbed to death in germantown. an autopsy is being done to determine how william mclean died. >> still no word on how a loyal university student who died and her body was found it in a trash chute. it is the second time in that building in over a year. kim dacey joins us with details. >> according to emily hauze's linked in bage, she graduated cum laude and has been working as a reading teacher.

but it is not clear how her body ended up in a dumpster. this is a trash chute located on each floor of the apartment building. a concerned resident invited us to look after a second body in just over a year was found in a dumpster at the bottom of it. >> it is scary. i think better security should be placed here. there should bcc tv -- be cctv camera installed beside the crash. >> the body was found sunday morning. police say they are waiting for a medical examiner ruling before commenting. a man's body was found in the same dumpster last august. the medical examiner ruled in that case because of death was undetermined and the man died from multiple injuries. police say they do not suspect foul play, but residents who use the shoot do not know if anybody

could accidentally go down the chute. >> the person could fit down there, but it would not be easy either accidentally. >> do you think it could have been an accident? >> i do not think so. it would be very tough to put somebody's body there. it is nearly impossible. >> despite emily hauze's body being found in the same spot, police to not intend to revisit the case from last august. they say they have not found links between the case, but residents are not sure. >> there is concern on our part. we do not believe what happened. it needs to be investigated. >> the coroner's office says the autopsy is complete, but they have not yet released the results. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police arrested a woman for trying to fill a phony

prescription. she was taken into custody at the safeway in edge water. she is charged with attempting to obtain a controlled substance and possession of forged prescription. >> they with us for more news, including a debate in sin city. >> in washington, republicans mixed it up in last night's presidential debate, but did they get their facts right? >> a ravens defensive linemen loves the chance to step back into the national spotlight this week. >> the wet weather is about to move out, but there is strong wind following the storm. right now, 68 at the airport, 69 downtown.

>> the republican presidential candidates through jabs during the gop debate. >> they made a lot of claims about what it would do for the country, but did they get their facts straight? we have the details. >> political fact checkers have been busy double checking the candidates' claims, and say do not believe everything you heard. herman cain touted his tax reform plan, but was this claim true or false? >> it does not raise taxes on those that are making the least? >> falls, according to politi

fact. >> the opposite is true. 84% of americans would pay more taxes under his plan. >> you hired illegals in your home, and you knew about it for a year. >> i do not think i have ever hired an illegal in my life. >> there is no evidence he personally hired illegal immigrants, but he hired a firm that hired illegal immigrants. >> as to whether the massachusetts governor wanted the nation to adopt his health care reform plan -- >> you are shaking your head. >> he took it out of your book. >> santorum and perry were wrong. the statement in rahm the's book was taken out of context. it was on the topic of job creation. >> why you were governor of massachusetts, you were 47th in the nation on job creation.

>> that was true, but then he said this. >> you created 40,000 jobs total in your four years. in the last two months, we created more jobs in texas. >> the clan comes up in short. polls give romney a slight edge over came. both candidates have a double- digit lead over rick perry. >> what do you think of the candidates? share your comments on our facebook page and keep track of who is in and out on wbaltv.com. click on politics. >> now, you're weather forecast, with tom tasselmyer. >> rain continuing. probably not going to taper off until after midnight. it is not raining continuously. another band of showers stretch into baltimore, back toward d.c.

heavy showers out of virginia. potential for some thunder. western maryland is dry so far. low pressure moving to our region is probably not one to be out of here and tell early tomorrow. sunday some showers to the next couple of hours. low pressure over southeast virginia, and another in eastern kentucky. those systems will combine into one large storm and pull away tomorrow. almost a half inch of rain so far today. 0.47 inches at bwi marshall. the 68 degree high temperature is the current reading at the airport. it is warming up, even with clouds and showers. the normal high is 66. showers across delaware and the lower eastern shore. another is west of baltimore city down toward the suit --

down toward washington, d.c. western maryland has been dry. in the mountains, not expected to cool off until late tonight. it will stay under the clouds and showers through midnight. around 2:00, the skies began to clear. but a little fog is possible. over all, clouds and clearing skies were debris. early tomorrow morning, temperatures will slip into the low 50's. at dawn, the system will begin to pull away. areas of low pressure will trek toward eastern canada tomorrow. that allows a high pressure to come in behind it. the trend will be for gusty wind and cooler temperatures. you can see the wind coming out of canada, wrapping around the low, coming out of parts of south carolina. nashville is 46. we are 68.

cool air coming from the south and west as the storm departs. we should see some sun tomorrow, although it will be windy. as it turns colder, the rain could mix with wet snow in western maryland. statewide, most of the mid atlantic will get under high pressure, with sunshine expected for the weekend. temperatures back to normal. 35 mph gusts are possible during the early afternoon. a small craft advisory continues on the bay, with waves running 3 feet. in western maryland, wet weather. maybe snow showers on friday. night time readings in the mountains down in the 30's. it will take a couple of hours to clear out in the west. lots of sunshine on thursday and friday at the beach. gusty wind will be there tomorrow. 61 on friday. cool temperatures, very nice for

the weekend. sunshine saturday and sunday. thirties' early sunday morning. slowly warming back into the mid and upper 60's for monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week. >> from the susquehanna based sports center, this is 11 sports. >> every team has gained it could win and games it should win. the ravens in jacksonville should win, based on the mismatch of the ravens defense and jug or offense. the ravens have given up fewer yards than any team in the nfl this season. they have half the total sacks the put together all last year. they made life difficult for the texans last sunday. this week, the ravens face the lowest-ranked offense in the nfl. the lineman has a simple approach. >> i think he has a couple of

games under his belt and has a good feel of the fence around the league. from watching the film, he is a good athlete. he can move around the pocket and run really well. hopefully we can keep him down early and often and get him to run a little bit. >> the orioles search for their seventh general manager in a few years continues. la cava has been with the blue jays for the last nine seasons. yesterday, the orioles interviewed a diamondbacks executive. the team has not set a time line for the hiring of its next general manager. "sports illustrated" said that all children in st. louis learned to honor god, country, and the cutoff man. the cardinals get home field advantage in the world series.

the texas rangers feel they have an experience advantage. the return to the world series a second year in a row. this time, the rangers want a ring, not just another experience. >> this year, everybody stayed focused. we wanted to get ready for spring training and come back for the world series. >> i am excited. i think everybody as kids and baseball player's dream of getting a chance to play in the world series. throughout the season, this is what you work for. we are all excited. >> he seems excited. >> jumped up out of his mind. >> hard to sell an event where the players are not pumped up. >> i think it will go seven games. it is pretty exciting.

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>> near the end of the rain, we hope. >> it will taper off toward midnight. tomorrow morning, the storm begins to lead us. when will be out of the west and southwest. gusts of 35 mph possible tomorrow afternoon. a little cooler than normal friday through the weekend. low 60's the highs. 30's and 40's at night. the next real chance of rain is the middle of next week. early tomorrow morning, the storm gets out of here for a stretch of beautiful fall weather. >> thank you very much for joining us.