child abuse from that university. gerry sandusky has the latest from penn satte. >> nbc news has learned federal agents and prosecutors are looking into allegations that jerry sandusky abused boys while traveling across state lines to get bowl games. he may have used the internet to recruit to victims, a list of victims that is growing. >> i think they now understand we are not alone. >> he represents at least two alleged victims including one not listed on the original grand jury report. >> my client was sexually assaulted in the early 1990's by mr. sandusky and was sexually assaulted on the grounds of penn state university. >> the athletic director spoke

for the first time formally today after replacing the curly. "i think it remains to be seen as we get into the investigations that are ongoing happened. no matter what they say about me being an insider, as you watch what i do and watch how the university be a, you will appreciate item about doing the right thing. >> as the event in state college continue to unfold, there are new allegations of abuse. assistant basketball coach bernie fine has been placed on at mena street of leave as they investigate allegations that he insulted two teen ball boys. he said his assistant has his full support. support is something many are looking for right now when two major athletic programs and two campuses and two struggling

communities. >> this weekend the penn state football team will take on ohio state while syracuse players colgate. a lot of attention will be off the court and off the field of this weekend. >> jurors will again hear evidence in the case of twin brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire. tremane johnson and his brother are charged with animal rabies. there are retrying the case after it attended -- and it in a mistrial. >> and the motions, the defense claims there is new evidence. he had to decide whether or not it is to be part of the case. the mother of twin sons remain silent about the retrial. this is a case that has

garnered plenty of vacation. >> -- plenty of attention. >> is said they had enough evidence to document and retry the case. it's very important regarding this particular case and all cases that have to deal with animal of use and issues of that kind here in the city. >> back in february,johnson locked out of court smiling when jurors could not reach a verdict. one juror consistently voted against convicting him. the brothers are accused of torturing and setting on fire a people back in may of 2009. the dog known as the phoenix was severely injured and died. prosecutors showed surveillance video in the initial trial. the defense claims it was too blurry to identify the johnson brothers. now prosecutors try to retry the

case, members of the animal task force are making their presence known. >> we are invested in the issue that we need to take animal abuse seriously. what's the defense claims there is new evidence including a forensic video expert that can challenge. the judge says normally only a panel of 40 are brought in for a case like this, but he is taking into consideration the publicity already surrounding the case and the upcoming thanksgiving holiday. members of the animal abuse task force think the first jury paid attention to the evidence and try hard to reach a verdict. they think the same will happen in this case. >> this case has brought enormous attention to animal abuse in our city. >> jury selection is set to begin on monday. that is after the judge's arguing with the defense budget video experts testimony will

include. reporting live from downtown baltimore,barry simms. >> police say they have solved that armed robbery stretch hitting six different stores in the past week. they are pointing the finger atmichael malpass. he used again to held -- hold up a gas station on i-95. he then hit five more locations. among them, a shell station in aberdeen. a 711 along bel air road. in each case, he was armed wun. he is charged with armed robbery, assault, and theft. >> a man accused of stealing badges and other police equipment from city police officers and using the equipment to impersonate one. there are charging walter oliver with police impersonation and

theft. according to the charging documents, oliver told his employer he was a cadet with the police department. the 18-year-old was a member of the police explorers program. police are investigating pop -- possible connections to a rash of the police officer impersonations. investigators say a 14-year-old boy was waiting to be picked up at the corner of may lane in as water just before 7:00 when a pickup truck with two and stopped and asked if he wanted a ride. the boy left the area for another bus stop and reported what had happened to school officials. another report this morning of an official report at colony crossing. they have a person of interest and are following leads but note charges have been filed. >> about one week ago 50 occupied protesters left new

york on foot for washington, d.c.. along the way they were able to get their message out to more rural communities. lowell melser are caught up with the group as they made their way through hartford county today. >> the occupied wall street protesters picking their way just south of aberdeen. the truck starting in the york and will end up in washington, d.c. >> i was in the army so i have done road marches before. the people who started it have never done it before or trained. is very hard to adjust our marching right into 20 or 30 miles a day. we are very dedicated to the movement. >> it is not an easy feat. speaking of feet, there are a lot of sore once upon the protesters who had been walking for a little over one week straight. the group seemed organize watch -- working under police escort but some said communication was

a challenge. >> to walk together in solidarity is much harder. >> the message still rages across the board. one thing they all agreed on was that wanted to show the movement lost to rural communities that could only see it on television. >> it is about out reach and we are touching base with people along the route and people around the country as much as it is getting to washington. >> the goal of the occupiers is to make it to washington, d.c. before the congressional super committee decides to keep the extension of the bush tax cuts which they say is unfair. the walking is symbolizing the struggle of the 99% pure >> there is nothing wrong with being the 1%, but maybe you should think about it more level playing field and doing your own part to better the world. >> the protesters say they will stop in baltimore for a couple of days ending their trip in

washington, d.c. on the 23rd. >> reaction to the protests are split here in maryland. joe rights of our facebook page -- michael writes -- >> a beautiful day across the region today as high pressure produced a lot of sunshine. temperatures on the chilly side. satellite radio show up -- satellite radar shows temperatures in the 20's and low '30's in this morning and the sun did not do a lot to heated up. it was settling into the low 30's f 40's right now. 37 on the beach at ocean city. it's cold tonight.

30's downtown. more on the upcoming weekend forecast. a little rain coming this way. we will see if it sticks in before the weekend is over. >> when you hear that ray lewis may not be playing the next baltimore ravens game, fans shatter. that is never good news. he is clearly injured. >> that could be the case against the bengals. a toe injury. >> the damage to one's ability to smash running back and wide receivers may be hampered without the ability to stop and start in the blink of an eye. in 16 years, it is even tougher. i watched him walk from the microphone during the week to leave media briefing, he seemed well. however, he had missed practice all week. he said he will not only miss this week but several games. the co-chairmen hesitant to say he will not play.

the man's threshold to pain is legendary. >> the the thing about ray lewis is, rate is way. you cannot count rate out. there could be reports up there you could turn over rocks and ash can think you have something in dubai, but you might not because you are not becauseray. the bengals will have to prepare for him either way. >> that story coming up at 6:00. >> that brings us to the ravens text question of the day. you think ito will have an outcome of sunday's game? tech's the word yes or no to this number. 88509. we will reveal the results of the poll tonight at 6:00. >> a man accused of trying to

kill the president released a video to oprah. >> now, he says he is the second coming of jesus christ. >> that is coming up. we will take you to city hall where everyone is seeing green. >> the popular breast cancer drug is rolled and effective. we expla

>> there is another sign that christmas is around the corner. we found for streakers setting up the 30 foot norway spruce at 11:00 this morning. how did they get here? >> a come on down the road with it. but see instructing on down the road we pretty tree was donated by pine first nursery. -- pinehurst nursery. >> the fda has declared the popular drug should no longer be used for breast cancer patients because of dangerous side- effects and no proof that it extends at somebody's life. it will no doubt this appoint women who have run out of other

treatment options pretty fda said patients have to have confidence that the drugs are sold are effective. that does not mean that it is off the market, avastin is used for other things. or the 100 health experts from other countries are in mexico city discussing how to prevent another animal to person at -- epidemic. the focus of the conference has been about how to eclipse impoverished countries to contain the transmission. >> its large share of the problem is that. if we do not -- to mar the problems will be in developed countries. >> the three day conference hoping to establish a global response to better deal with future outbreaks.

as many as 10% of americans report having an allergy to penicillin. a simple test is allowing many patients to simply use the popular antibiotic. >> cannot take penicillin? this simple test may change that. for more than 30 years,jane shue thought she was allergic to penicillin but this test has told her she has outgrown the allergy. >> in many medical tests, you will always be treated with antibiotics. the penicillin is the most effective drug. now, i can use it. >> the test also reveals that he can also take it. >> am very happy. >> why? >> because if i get sick again, i can take that kind of medicine. >> dr. james along with three

other doctors hopes to turn a profit from it. they can allow them to benefit from penicillin and 40 other medications in the same class of drugs. >> when the patient says the use alternative drugs that are more expensive, more toxic, and develop -- a creative problem of -- but the test is considered 99% accurate. work is underway for a new test that will be 100% accurate. you can watch out for that in the next few years. the number one sexually transmitted disease in the country is chlamydia. half of americans infected do not even know they have it. more than 1 million americans had chlamydia in 2010. that is the most cases ever reported. doctors are allowed to screen more people which could contribute to the spike in cases. the second highest aristide is

and gonorrhea. researchers are concerned it is becoming resistant to the drug. >> high temperatures and the upper '70's, near record highs. today we are running 10 degrees below -- normal. these were the morning lows nationwide. you can see a large chunk of the country was freezing. teens for lows this morning. 32 as for south of atlanta. mississippi was freezing this morning. iran baltimore we started the day at 30 degrees. many suburbs or in the low to mid 20's. we ended up colder than normal in the afternoon. the record high still in the

upper 70's. the record low is 20 degrees in 1959. interesting also the most precipitation that has ever fallen on the state, 8.4 inches. it is usually a dry period of the year according to the records of baltimore. clear skies across the set up until pennsylvania and new england. with clear skies and calm winds, another cold night ahead of it. cambridge 39. ocean city a cool 37 at this hour. probably going to stay in the 30's in downtown baltimore. temperatures are chile all across the mid-atlantic in the northeast. we are at 41 degrees at bwi marshall. high pressure moves off the coast, warmer weather out here will slide and purity from coming across the rockies into

the northern plains will approaches as we head into the latter part of the weekend. it will be a close call but it looks like the red associated with that will hold off until sunday night and we should be ok to let the weekend including the reagans came purity season cloud cover in our weekend to the first part of the weekend into sunday. sunday night into monday's where the band of showers and stretches into the ohio valley. sunday night is maybe some rain. until then, looking good. highs in the mid 50's. the sunrise at 6:54. the bay waters are dow down to 48. water is starting to cool off. it chance for showers and western maryland on sunday. it around the bay and on to the eastern shore we should have the best thing we can dribble see some cloud cover arriving on sunday. other than that, dry conditions. 60s for highs on sunday. on the lower eastern shore, a cold morning and then sunny and

54 degrees tomorrow. increasing cloudiness on sunday. temperatures in ocean city around the low 60's. clouds moving in the drive for the baltimore ravens game. showers come in at least a 20% chance on sunday and monday. better chance for rain into tuesday and wednesday morning. does look like it will clear out wednesday afternoon and most of the nation should have the travel weather. before thanksgiving day with sunny skies and a high of 53. >> the countdown is on for the debt to deadline. >> five days left but the super committee is hung up on key issues. will take a look at that just ahead. >> fireworks over city fireworks. some are questioning priority.

>> the fiscal health of the government is at stake. the six democrats and six republicans on the congressional super committee had not yet made a deal on spending and taxes. >> five days left for the super committee's republicans. >> we are painfully aware of the deadline that is staring us in the face. >> five days for the democrats. >> we are working away. >> trying to find 1.2 trillion dollars in debt reduction. the 12 members are still hung up. moderate republicans are now open to -- say no way to tea party republicans. >> not taxing enough is not the problem. spending too much is the problem. >> a major player in the debt talks, democratic senator blew

his top. what in the world are we doing? who are we? he cited the debt and 4000 others to put their lives in the line with the nation. yet, a majority of congress are not willing to put their jobs on the line to reach an agreement. there are too afraid of losing their jobs. there are too timid. >> we are going to work as long as it takes to get an agreement. >> of there is no agreement, $600 billion in service cuts kick in automatically + $600 billion in defense cuts. not until january 1, 2013. many lawmakers are not worried. 19 days later, either president obama or a republican president is set to be sworn in. action possible to reverse any cuts. but it seemed increasingly

unlikely that making a big move to solve our debt crisis could get postponed. again, capitol hill, wbal tv 11 ne4ws. \ >> saying goodbye to regis. >> the fare well words coming up.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 in a steep. --in hd. >> a new high-tech tool for the parents of more than 100,000 special education students. it is just one click away. is called maryland learning lake. a new website to help their parents stayed informed. >> the web site which will enter a lot of questions was launched today. tim tooten is like in the newsroom with that story. i am hoping this is user friendly. >> it is being called one-stop pastor helping parents and those who teach children with disabilities stay in touch. >> it is designed to help parents make sense of special ed policies which are often hard to

understand your >> it has personal stories and it provides instructional approaches an order for families and parents to support to their children throughout the education. >> of maryland appearance of already paid a visit to give it high marks. there are counting on the website to answer more of their questions. >> it is really helpful because it is family friendly and helps me get answers to a plot of the questions you have. as a carrot of any child, it is helpful to support your child for school. does provide some tools and strategies and links to other information that is helpful. >> up-to-date on changes in special education statewide end of a national level. >> being able to share firsthand information and see what others are thinking so we get our best

practices from one another. we learn from one another all of the time. >> the special ed website came on line with help from a federal grant as well as technical assistance from john hopkins university. "we're going to get a close -- you can get a closer look at the special education website grid lock on to our web site wbaltv.com and click on education and work. >> here is a look at other top stories of the hour trip to have been walking for more than one week. a group of occupy protesters making their way down i 429. they're hoping to spread their message to rural communities as they go to washington, d.c., they hope to get there before next wednesday. will re play on sunday. he is still scheduled to play in sunday's game against cincinnati. he has been battling against a toe injury that has kept him out

of practice all week. former penn state coach joe paterno has long cancer. paterno is undergoing treatment and according to his family doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery. the n.c.a.a. has opened a investigation into the penn state sex abuse scandal. >> the women's basketball coach and his assistant at oklahoma state were both killed when a single engine plane crashed and arkansas. >> a plane crashed thursday 35 miles northwest of little rock, arkansas. >> this is obviously an incredibly devastating event. it is our worst nightmare. >> nightmare for oklahoma state university because among those killed or had women's basketball

coach kurt budke and assistant coach miranda serna. they were flying to check out recruits when the plane crashed in a rural area of arkansas. >> once word got to the camp, oklahoma state went into mourning. they included a prayer from the players the women's team was to play on saturday -- saturday night but was canceled to honor the coaches. >> they were both beautiful people. i would love to be the man that kurt budke and the person that miranda was. support poured in all day and not just for turning around the basketball program at since arriving in 2005. >> he was a great basketball coach but he was a better husband, a better debt, and a better friend. >> 10 and affiliated with the

university's men's team died in a plane in 2001 in colorado. >> such sad news for the university. you have a college degree, now what? "straight ahead and consumer lawyer, as culturally and up paying for itself?

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>> there are now 300 new trees along the gulf -- golf course and it is thanks to dozens of volunteers from constellation energy. it started planting trees around 9:30 this afternoon -- this morning. they wrapped up in the afternoon. they hope to make it fishable and summer -- swimmable. today is a postelection energies volunteer service state. -- constellation energy volunteer service day.

>> the man to try to assassinate the president says he is the second coming of jesus christ. he asked to get on her show so he could spread his word. >> it is not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. >> the video was made at idaho state university. oscar or to go hernandez to fired shots at the white house appeared in federal court in pittsburgh. the george -- the judge ordered him to be held -- he faces life in prison without parole and a $250,000 fine. james arthur ray was sentenced to three two your sentences but they will be served concurrently. he was forced to pay restitution. he held a solemn ceremony back

in 2009 in arizona. however, people were showing signs of distress halfway through. three people died. he was facing up to nine years in prison. a mass of a wild fire lit up the sky in reno, nevada. it is consuming everything in its path. reno's fire chief said it has forced hundreds of acres of land and at least one dozen homes have been damaged or destroyed. high winds are making it hard to get the blaze under control. no word on what sparked the blaze. >> when you think a big brain, one person comes to mind. albert einstein. the mutter museum of the college of physicians has received some of his brain tissue. the rest of his brain is in princeton new jersey. that is where einsteins autopsy was performed. that comes from a near a

pathologist that was given the samples by a friend in the 1970's. einstein was 76 when he died in 1955. >> the storage stunned the world, three time oscar nominee died 30 years ago this month. the case was cracked back open. there are we interviewing key witnesses. they want you to bring canned food items. we will have more straight ahead. >> clear skies to start the weekend but there is a little rain in the forecast. we will see if it gets here before the griffin's game on sunday.

>> coming up at 6:00, why they are walking from the york to washington and what they hope to accomplish what they are right. for the third day in a row, no practice for rate louis because of a toe injury. --ray lewis because

>> three decades later, the investigation into the death of natalie wood has been reopened. her death in 1981 was ruled an

accidental drowning. >> her final hours have been shrouded in mystery. her death was officially ruled an accidental drowning. authorities are taking another look. >> we have several sources who have come forward with additional information. we have found it to be credible enough to take another look at the case. >> it would not say what the new information is. >> we will follow up on the leads we have. we will be read interviewing some people. we will talk to people and reevaluate some of the others. let's let the detectives do their job and let's hear the truth about natalie and who she was. >> in 1981,wood disappeared from the boat shoe was on with her husband and her co-star from her last film. her body was found in the water the next morning. wagner explain what he thought happen. >> we can to the conclusion she

had slept on the end of the boat and had hit her head and roared into the water. a tragic night. >> the reporting today, the captain offered a different opinion planning wagner. >> was he responsible for her death? "i would say so, yes. >> he said the truth is in a book he co-wrote. >> there was a fight on the night natalie died. a terrible argument. that was never related to the official -- original investigators. >> maybe you watched it this morning after 50 years or broadcasting, regis stillborn signed off. he announced his retirement to

stay there comes a time when everything must end. he thanked his friends and fans and his co-host for continuing the legacy. >> it will never be able to answer all of the letters and messages that have poured in the last few weeks, but i will always remember spending these mornings with all of you. thank you for the great years together. god bless you all and i hope to see you again real soon trad. >> we will miss him. his next move is to promote his new book, "alabama i got this way." -- how i got this way." >> >> and now, your insta- weather plus forcast with chief meterologist tom tasselmeyer. it looks likely will get in a real nice weekend. a little bit of cloud cover and weather disturbance coming close to us on sunday. for the time being, high pressure over the mid-atlantic states. that is what you see right here.

clear skies across maryland. up into most of pennsylvania. today there was a chilly day. remember, monday we were talking about record highs in the upper '70's. today was below 50 degrees. cooler than normal friday with a normal high at 56. we were 10 below that at bwi marshall. a dry day today with clear skies. this would usually be a dry day to go back to the late 19th century. we have never had a day with more than one eighth inch of brought the beltway, it is getting chilly. out in howard county, some spots are even chillier than that. once past -- the stage is set for some cool stuff saturday morning. 25 in the suburbs edit 35

downtown. over nine it will be, winds as the center of high pressure moves across the region. once it was off the coast, southwesterly breezes will tap into moderate arabs sitting right over the country. the cold air is running up into the warm air and is producing -- moderate when sitting right over the country. our temperatures will slowly start climbing after a chilly morning tomorrow. we will see highs in the '50s tomorrow and 60's on sunday. it looks at the rain states west of the mountains. i think the baltimore ravens will be fine for football and baltimore on sunday. it is later when the front gets here and starts to generate a few scattered showers. enjoy the sunshine for saturday. another did not quite as chilly as today but still it around the normal. the ones out of the south at 5- 10 and that will warm us up on sunday. with turning around at two feet.

western maryland, cold stuff tonight. almost 50 degrees tomorrow. right around 50 with a few showers on sunday in the mountains. into the 60s on sunday and that is what we will expect the lower eastern shore as well. sunny skies for most of the weekend and cloud cover coming on monday. 55 degrees tomorrow, 64 sunday. shower chance is slight on monday. better chance for rain on tuesday but it should and wednesday morning. that gives us a beautiful thanksgiving day. sunny skies on thursday with a high of 53 degrees. >> internet consumer alert, it appears to still pays to get a college degree. a bachelor's degree is worth about $1 million and additional lifetime earnings, comparing sellers for college-educated workers and only those with high school diplomas. that is according to figures

from the census bureau. we are about halfway through the foreclosure crisis and we still have a few years to go. the mortgage bankers association released figures indicating the number of foreclosures should reach normal status and about three or four years. the writ of borrowers who are behind on their payments is more than three times the amount it was before the mortgage meltdown hit in 2007. while many food banks and home centers around the country are shutting their doors, a baltimore community is expanding. beans and bread located in false point is doubling its facility space. they provide fault -- housing placement and helped give to people who are hungry and homeless the tools they need to get back on their feet. they will continue to renovate in the coming weeks. >> the baltimore ravens want you

to bring more than your purple pride on sunday. they are hoping fans will copy provide for the meeting -- needy in the holiday season. >> when fans come to the stadium on sunday, the baltimore ravens want you to bring more than your voice and enthusiasm. they want you to bring food. that means two hours before game time, you will see family members collecting nonperishable food items and money for the food banks. it will be outside each bank at the stadium. she says every can and every dollar helps. >> last year we raised over $30,000 for these emergency food services for the holiday time. 25,000 pounds of food. i know we can do so much more. >> the food drive comes at a critical time of year which is the need increase and donations decrease. that is why she says getting

70,000 fans to give is so important for >> if one fan who comes through the gate doughnut to dollar we can raise over $70,000.30 hours per >> look for collectors to drop off your donations. if you are shopping for your home football party, the are helping you done it at participating stores with giant. >> you can join the virtual food drive online. >> 29 private donations are pouring in to help baltimore city pay for its annual new york -- new year's eve fireworks display. a number of presidents and council members are asking if the money could be better spent. when we come back, something jason siegel has never done before -- saturday night live. this weekend that will change.

>> this week he is hosting saturday night life for the first time. jason siegel is a busy man these days. a preview of what to expect saturday night. >> the gang get saturday night live is used to having first- time host. >> to get to see the show again third their eyes. >> this week those eyes belong jason i met your mother's

siegel. what i do not like and frequency is not funny. and not more. -- he is not funny. he is not warm. "i can't imagine doing this weekend and week out. i need a week of vacation to recover from this. >> i have never done anything like. i have never performed in front of an audience before. this will be the first time i have done any theater or anything like that. i hoped i do not screw it up. >> he is also venturing into new territory next week. each stars and with the muppets. >> there is a sense of controlled chaos and both addicted bubble over at any minute. >> these days, it is his career

that is bubbling over. >> here is a little tv trivia for you. some of the benefits for part of the very first season of saturday night live back in the 1970's. appearing in many segments of the episode. as you might have guessed, the humor was a little more adult life in nature. that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00. >> as business donations poured into fireworks, some at city council questioned the wisdom of money. "occupied wall street makes its way into maryland. i will have the story coming up. >> more ships in the polls. i will tell you who is up and who is down in the presidential race coming up. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00.

>> the occupiers at wall street are making their way through maryland walking to get to washington. at about one week ago, 50 occupy wall street protesters left nyc on foot for a 240 file -- mile walk to washington. >> lowell melser were caught up with the group as they travel through hartford county earlier today. >> the occupy wall street protesters make their way along rte. 40 just south of aberdeen. their truck starting in new york and will end up in washington. we caught up with a couple of them to find out how to what was going. >> we are generally on the right path. we have been making our times and destinations. we have been doing what we set out to do. >> a long journey for these protesters. some having a tough time with the 200 mile walk. others tellings