[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> officers clad in riot gear descend on a zuccotti park, forcing protesters to leave at the heart of the occupy wall street movement. good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. we continue coverage of the occupy wall street protests,

where police force out demonstrators who have camped at zuccotti park four months. only one person was arrested, but police also had spats with the media at the scene. mayor michael bloomberg took full responsibility for the eviction. >> the final decision to act was mine and mine alone. the park has become next to impossible to safely navigate for the public and for first responders who are responsible for guaranteeing public safety. >> city officials say protesters can return to the park without tents, but the national lawyers guild says it has a court order preventing the city from enforcing park rules on the demonstrators. our big story -- the man charged with dozens of counts of child sex abuse speaks to nbc. jerry sandusky gave his first interview by a phone last night, and he says that although he may have showered with young boys,

any contact was just horseplay. >> in his own words and in his own defense -- >> i say that i am innocent of those charges. >> last night, the man at the center of the penn state child sex abuse case spoke for the first time in a telephone interview to bob costas. jerry sandusky maintains he's innocent of the child abuse charges he faces. >> are you denying you had any inappropriate sexual contact? >> yes, i am. >> sandusky is accused of using the charity he founded to meet the alleged victims. the grand jury indictment includes testimony from several witnesses, including assisted penn state football coach mike mcqueary. >> what about mike mcqueary, who in 2002 walked into the shower, where he says any specific detail that you were forcibly raping a boy who appeared to be 10 or 11 years old, that his

hands war against the is shop wall and he heard rhythmic slap slap slapping sounds? >> i would say that is false. sandusky d >> are you sexually attracted to underage boys? >> sexually attracted? i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. but no, i am not sexually attracted to young boys. said on "ky's lawyer today" that he believes his client's innocence. >> these are the most serious types of offenses committed against children. but what if he didn't?

what if he is innocent? >> as the case continues to unfold, sandusky could face additional charges as more users start to come forward with allegations -- more accusers start to come forward with allegations. >> city police are investigating the discovery of a body in west baltimore. the man was found just after 8:00 at the 4200 block of park heights ave. no word on his identity or cause of death. a new reward is being offered in the deadly hit-and-run case in anne arundel county. the offer is $10,000 for information on the death of tim shriver, who works for the company. -- jnim sh -- jim shriver. the reward is in addition to the $2,000 reward offered by mature crimestoppers. baltimore county police need your help finding the unknown man who robbed a 7-eleven at

gunpoint. it happened monday morning at the store on dowler road in nottingham. authorities in anne arundel county know who they are looking for in a deadly shooting in glen burnie. however, police have an arrest warrant for this man, cornelius johnson, in connection with the murder around 10:30 monday night. he is accused of shooting and killing andrew johnson. no word on whether the two are related. >> a couple of light sprinkles are starting to show up across the area. they are scattered in nature. this is the most substantial storm system heading our way, with a cold front moving across the area. showers are going to be scattered and start to pick up in intensity as we head to the night. showers become likely after 9:00

p.m., and that is when the temperatures drop off with a cold front moving in it. >> the political consultant will go on trial today. he is indicted in the robocall case first broke and by the i- team. julius henson is charged with trying to suppress the african- american a vote in the last gubernatorial election. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000 by the bob ehrlich campaign during the 2010 election season. he's accused of teaming up with aide paul schurick to come up with ways to keep black voters at home last november. andocalls whenent out according to prosecutors are in violation of election law.

>> i am calling to let you know that governor o'malley and barack obama have been successful. >> the defense is that by the time the robocalls went out, the election had been a decided and that they did no harm because they would no longer be any go -- would no longer have done any good. bob erlich will testify and even his wife may come up during trial. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an important to recall for women. still ahead in the "consumer alert," the bacteria that could make you get the hell and a popular product it was found on -- make you get the bill and a popular product was found on. >> all these thoughts twirling at around in my head. >>

>> a collision between e in trains in topeka, kansas. you can see bulldozers assisting

with the cleanup. because of the collision is under investigation. federal prosecutors will attend a bond hearing for several alleged homegrown terrorists today. investigators say four georgia men were members of the militia and worked together to plot attacks with poisons and explosives against the government officials predict demand range in age from 55 to 73. if convicted, they could face more than a decade in prison. memory lapses are apparently running ramp it through the gop candidates. the latest stock herman cain. during an interview with "the milwaukee journal sentinel," he was asked if he supported the president's policy on libya, a policy he appeared to know nothing about. >> i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason --, that is a different

one. i've got to go back and see -- all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> after a long pause, he even seemed to turn to the reporter for confirmation. >> president obama supported the uprising, correct? >> cain says he paused to gather his thoughts and had only if you or hours of sleep before the interview. -- only 4 hours of sleep before the interview. still the com, carrie engel is here to answer your plan and putting questions. -- your plant and gardening questions. and a funeral home that does not take it lying down. the new method at the staff is using to try to customers. >> we will time out this cold front when we come back with the insta-weather-plus forecast.

>> in the "consumer alert," an important to recall for women. kimberly-clark is recalling kotex unscented tampons. bank can cause urinary tract infections or other life -- they can cause urinary tract infections or other life- threatening infections. no injuries have been reported so far. you can find out the details about this recall on our website, wbaltv.com. if you are looking for a job this holiday season, all signs point to retell. certain stores are hiring more than others. according to "forums" magazine,

best buy is seeking the most new workers, and j.c. penney and sears, in second. toys "r" us says it will offer more than 7500 jobs this season, while macy's needs to add 6000 to its ranks. carrie engel from valley view farms is here to answer your plant and gardening questions. you have a beautiful cactus. >> i brought a christmas cactus, but honestly, that everyone i know glims between hauling and thanksgiving. -- blooms between halloween thanksgiving. they kind of a bloom by themselves. people have these for generations. >> apparently you get this question a lot. >> one of the main things is to

remove the water, sometimes put it back in if you can keep it contained. go to about an inch or so of gravel on the bottom. and you want to put some charcoal. as water comes down, it can take anything with it as far as perry. -- as purity. the next layer will be your potting soil. you can make a little hills and valleys and put in little ponds. you can have a lot of a fine. i would certainly start now, especially with a nice weather we are having. there are some we killer -- weed killer products you can use. it is not going to work very long. >> unfortunately, we are out of

time. if you have a plant or gardening question -- >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with ava marie. >> we were off to an unbelievably mild start to the day, and it is staying that way even as we head into the afternoon. a storm system is approaching, but ahead of that, the winds are out of the west. ahead of the front, a couple of light sprinkles are popping up across the area. although they are light and scattered right now, this is the trend. the front slowly makes its way

towards our area. temperatures are unbelievable. 68 at the inner harbor. 59 in frederick. you can see the temperatures dropping off at western maryland. colder air is pushing in, mild air in place across the central and eastern half of maryland. this is what we are dealing with right now. this sprinkle is out ahead of the front. the actual front is between the area, between the state of maryland and the state of pennsylvania as well. we are going to be tracking this slow-moving storm system, which is going to stall out during the day. unfortunately, the rain will be a sticking out through this

time. this is going to enhance the rain over the next 24 hours. showers first, better chance for more showers late in the night into tomorrow. we may get a better break tomorrow morning. then comes a second batch of this. area of the pressure along the front. this would finally dry out into thursday morning. there may be some light showers around in the afternoon and evening. a better bet to get past 9:00 p.m. tonight when showers become much more likely. a lot of clouds in the sky over night. we will drop into the 40's and 50's, but we will warm up to much more with the clouds and showers -- we will not warm-up too much tomorrow with the clouds and showers. we still have to showers lingering into the night. thursday, would start to dry out. that means a drop in the temperatures.

50 degrees on thursday. 55 by friday. >> in the "medical alert," won a funeral home is taking a different approach to drop in customers. it creates a unique setting for each family. >> i am dead serious when i tell you that you can go out with a smile if you are so inclined, or reclined in this case. this pittsburgh steelers fan has the guest of honor watching steelers highlights. >> i tried to do everything in the will to make it peaceful for him. >> he is a mortician who will pose you dead as you were in life. >> he wanted to be remembered as

playing basketball. we set him up in a chair with a basketball in his hand, with the tv screen on the wall. >> you don't have to be over the hill to appreciate his take on a death. his combination of formaldehyde and flair at a reasonable price in a deadly economy. >> he was a violin player. can we somehow pose him with a violin in his hand? that is all he did it. we can do that. >> for most people, death is a gravely serious time. he says to give it a rest and smile. final memories designed to give everyone a little peace. >> definitely one way to celebrate life. up next, maryland lottery numbers, and we will get another

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>> you saw this story on 11 news -- the robocall case shook up baltimore politics. the trial kicks off for one of

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the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> before we get to ava, we want to let you know that the robocall case has been postponed. we will let you know when we get more information on the day. >> sprinkles showing up across the area. substantial showers will hold off until tomorrow night. this storm system slowly but surely it makes its way through the area. tomorrow it will be slightly cooler. thursday, only a high of 50. mostly dry through saturday. >> thank you, ava, and thank you for joining us for 11 news and and. >> tune in tonight with donna hamilton and stan stovall. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com,

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