in the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. >> live, local, late breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> former governor bob ehrlich was called as a defense witness in the federal corruption case against state senator ulysses currie. former gov. lake is the latest in a series of prominent politicians -- former gov. ehrlich is the latest in a series of prominent politicians call to the stand. >> former governor ehrlich is said he rated his integrity very high. david collins has details. >> former governor bob ehrlich did not volunteer to be here. he was subpoenaed and when he was asked by reporters about being required to show what, he said in so many words, in life, you have to do what is right. >> senator ulysses currie sat expressionless during ehrlich's

brief stint on the witness stand. he was subpoenaed to testify. speaking with reporters after a court appearance, ehrlich said the senate to reach out to win after -- ehrlich said he reached out to and after hearing about the indictment on a radio program. ehrlich was asked whether he had an opinion regarding the senators guilt or innocence. he said he has not been following the trial and has no opinion. he asked -- was out on the witness and whether he knew the senator. he saw of their flight i do. he said he had known him for 25 years. they met at the state house of delegates. ehrlich explained when he was governor, he always found the senator to be a gentleman, "he was willing to work with us on most occasions and it was valuable in that regard, friendly." ehrlich recalled a campaign event in 2002 when the senator passed out. it happened on a hot day in an

open field when ehrlich was making an announcement on a transportation issue. he said the senator had to be taken to the hospital. the defense has brought up a number of health issues. when the defense -- when ehrlich was asked about whether he was honest, he said he had always been honest when dealing with him. when asked about his integrity, he said he had always acted with integrity when dealing with him. he also said that a republican governor was unusual and he was looking for friends. prosecutors only have one question for the former governor. did you know that senator ulysses currie was a paid consultant for shoppers? ehrlich replied, no, i did not. >> he said he had little contact with him when he was elected to

congress, but when he turned -- returned as governor, he thought he had aged. the defense tried to steer him away when talking about political clashes with the senator. closing arguments could occur tuesday. >> thanks, david. it only took the jury a few hours to deliberate over walter bishop, the accused gunmen in the murder for hire scheme in baltimore county. they found him guilty. >> the jury found 29-year-old walter bishop jr. guilty of first-degree murder, guilty murder,conspiracy to commit and guilty of a handgun violation. his own words convicted him. defensesecution and

focused closing arguments on walter bishop jr.'s videotaped confession. while talking to detectives, he admitted being at the gas station on march 10 -- in march, 2010 and shooting the gas station owner several times. "walter bishop made the decision that a man's life was worth the promise of $9,000," the prosecutor said. he only received about $400. they showed pictures of him going to a nearby farm store and buying a pair of gloves before committing the crimes. they again played his confession. >> i went around the corner and a close my eyes and i squeezed the trigger. >> how many times did you squeeze the trigger? >> 3. >> the defense claimed that throughout the trial he was not aware that he was being videotaped. police did not tell him that his

statement could lead to the death penalty. the defense also claims that the victim's wife, carla porter, put bishop under relentless pressure, calling it eight dysfunctional and tragic case. -- other funds -- a dysfunctional and tragic case. her own daughter testified that her father was abusive to her mother. the defense attorney told jurors, we recognize and own up to the responsibility that walter bishop killed mr. porter. he feared that carla porter was in imminent harm. the prosecutors said that no one has the right to plan out and execute him, even if he feared he was abusive. walter bishop testified in his own defense that he felt he was protecting carla porter. >> he was not a very good man.

>> he has never been arrested for anything before. he just got caught up in something he should not have been caught up in. >> that was bishop's friend, steve strauss of addington. he was not pleased with the guilty verdict. tomorrow, the same jury could sentence bishop to death, life in prison without parole, or life in prison. >> baltimore city police need your help in finding the suspects wanted for raping a 14- year-old girl. they said a man in a van -- they say the van they were driving could be the key. here's more on the second rape involving a teenager in a week. >> this latest case, the police say the victim was sexually assaulted in the van after asking for directions. it happened in the conversion van similar to the one in this picture. they are asking everyone to be

on the lookout for a van that is brown and tan with white swirls on the side. it also has curtains on the side and rear windows. on sunday afternoon, the 14- year-old victim got lost in the 1500 block of leslye street in west baltimore. the girl was asking for directions when a van pulled up and offered to give her a ride. instead of taking her to her destination, police say the driver drove a short distance and those inside sexually assaulting her. police think one of the men in the band may have been armed. >> obviously, we are not blaming the victim, but you have to be cautious when engaging in conversation and/or entering a stranger's vehicle. >> police only had a vague description of the driver, but they are working on developing and -- a composite sketch. if you have information, call metro crimestoppers.

>> harford county community remains on edge night as police search for the person who reportedly tried to lure a teenage boy into a van early monday morning. he was headed to a bus stop near sinkler drive near cardinal guay and addington. -- sinkler drive near cardinal way and addington. please read -- released this picture of how the boy described the band. if you average duration, call hertford county crime solvers. >> south of d.c. in norton, va., a driver called police when he spotted a truck with a body on top going down interstate 85. police did stop the semi in fairfax county. they have not released an identity of the person who was found, or an explanation of how the body ended up on the trucks

roof. and a woman was taken to hospital this morning after her car was introduced to a mcdonald's. it happened in the 6200 block of greenbelt road in prince george's county. fortunately, no one inside the building was injured. the cause of the action is still in -- under investigation. >> a glen burnie man is under arrest for attacking a 70-year- old woman. authorities arrested dionysius venius after the woman said he threw her down and took her purse. police were able to recover the woman's purse with everything inside and she was not hurt. >> there's more news ahead here on 11 news at 6:00 p.m. >> the ravens know they cannot change the conversation about monday night's game swirling around town, but they can change their focus and a half. more on that later in sports.

>> cloudy skies and a cool down for the end of the week. the details are coming up next.

>> at the site baltimore city officials are set to shake a protest by occupied baltimore ended -- in a downtown square. >> people in tent city have to leave, the city says. but will they? what is the latest word? >> you mentioned will these folks leave -- that seems to be the million dollar question this evening. there are many conflicting reports we have learned in the past hour. originally, the protesters claim they got a note from city hall saying they would have to leave after midnight and only two

people would be able to sastay. city officials said they never said this, only that they wanted to enforce the laws of the city, only that there is no camping out in public places. >> i support their right to free speech. but we also have rules and laws. >> mayor stephany rawlings-blake says her office is hoping for a peaceful resolution to the growing problem of occupied baltimore protesters camping not -- occupied baltimore protestors camping out in the square. she is hoping to avoid similar scenes to that of atlanta and oakland. >> how can you respect the rights of other people if you do not respect the rights of your own? >> however, the mayor said it could happen if the protesters leave them no choice. >> they did not apply for an appointment -- permits or follow

any protocol, but we are still willing to work with them. but in order to have cooperation it has to be a two- way street. >> wednesday morning cannot protesters -- wednesday morning, protesters played video games on a biggest screen -- on a big screen television. they said they got a notice from the mayor's office claiming that only two people will be able to be in the park after midnight. >> i can only speak for myself. i am not going anywhere. >> there should not be any clashes with police. i think everybody are law- abiding citizens. if the mayor wants to issue a curfew, let her do so. >> the bottom line, those we spoke with said they did not want it to come down to violence or arrests either. >> the police have not been aggressive so far. they have been very nice and accommodating.

it would be a very different change of policy if they came in here with that level of brutaly. >> the protesters that we spoke with tell me they're going to organize a general assembly meeting at 8:00 p.m. they're hoping someone from the city will be there to discuss this with them. it is unknown whether a representative from the city will be there. it will be interesting to see how this unfolds at midnight this evening, if it does happen. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> threatening skies for most of the day, a few scattered showers not amounting to a whole lot in the rain gauges across the region, and most of the early showers have fizzled out. we're not quite done with the wet weather yet. cigna began showers over the ohio valley are headed east down.

it had caused delays with the world series. cinelli farther west out toward denver. -- is selling further west out toward denver. that cold will reach us toward the end of the week. today, temperatures about normal in the afternoon, 63 degrees at b.w.i. marshall. the normal high is 64, so we're right there. the normal -- the morning was in the 50's. that was very mild. heavier showers in parts of garrett county. not much to measure, or even record near the lower eastern shore where it has remained dry. 58 at parkton. 61 and hancock. the naval air station is still 70 degrees. tonight in baltimore, claudia

and mild, holding in the 50's with a few -- cloudy and mild, holding a 50's with a few showers possible. when its front its drive through here tomorrow afternoon, the cold from the west will be filtering in. friday and saturday, temperatures way below normal. heights of 60-65. the days are rapidly getting shorter. the winds on the day tomorrow, west/nw. western maryland, they have the most rain today. scattered showers tomorrow and that it will get chilly out west. tomorrow night it could end as a little wet snow. the one out of the rockies could bring some snow over the weekend as well. not that cool around here, but

still cooling down. tamara, highs only in the 50's on the eastern shore. 73 timarron the lower eastern shore. much colder on friday with partly cloudy skies. hurricane irina is a category one hurricane. it is now expected to remain a category one. it is a much weaker version of what we saw yesterday. it does look like it will be impacting the yucatan peninsula of mexico and then moving into the gulf of mexico friday and then turning toward key west or even cuba into the weekend. 73 tomorrow. frost or freeze conditions possible early friday morning as the start -- the sky's star of clear. saturday will be a chilly and what day. hileman 48. maybe some wet -- the high will be only 48.

maybe some wet snow in the mountains in western maryland. sunday, sunny skies and a high of 55. >> since monday night offensive fiasco, joe flacco has taken the worst beating in the media than most of mohammad ali's opponents took in the rain. joe flacco has a 21-5 record as a starting quarterback. blaming all of monday night's misery on flacco is not fair. but he, as the quarterback, not only has to take the heat this week, but make sure his confidence does not suffer. it is no easy trick. fortunately, his disposition is even. success is not get him to excited and failure does not get him to down.

-- does not get him too excited and failure does not get him too down. >> it is part of being an nfl football player, moving on to next week and realizing that, hey, this is a game we love to play and we have to go out there and keep it fun. it is more fun when you're winning football games, but you have got to move on. the all the way to live on is to go out the next week and play the best you can. >> unfortunately, the same injury concerns linger on the offense for the ravens. wide receiver lee evans missed the last four games with an ankle injury. the bad weather hunkering down over st. louis for the rest of the night. major league baseball has postponed game 6 of the world series. it will play the game at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night in st. louis, weather permitting. game 7 is slated for friday

night. .com theg to nflcom dolphins have already begun looking for another coach. the dolphins appear to have opened back channels to talk to the former steelers' head coach. we will see if he wants to turn to the sidelines. you never really like a quarterback whose last name begins with loss. jp losman has not played in a game since the 2009 season. in baltimore and miami, they do not want their quarterbacks to play well because if they win all their games, they get to be

first pick in next year's draft.

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>> it rained a bit, but at least it was not that cold. >> after these showers move out, temperatures will drop significantly for friday. we're in a 60 qazi today and tomorrow, and then 50's saturday and then 40's in the mountains on saturday. the rain could turn to snow in a higher elevations. sunday, picture-perfect at 55 degrees and sunshine. good football weather. >> that is our news.

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