collects this american bulldog mixed confined to a cage inside the animal control after police say get along with two other dogs attacked a talker inside the park. police believe the dogs were being held on retractable leashes' before the attack. >> he saw this individual handling the three dogs. one of them were able to break free and bite him and he was able to attack it all off. >> the victim managed to get it will get a family member drove him to a hospital with serious by injuries to his arms and legs. as far as the owner who police describe as a black male in his mid-20s wearing a green jacket and sunglasses with the green bay packers had, he fled the scene along with one of the dogs in a cold minivan. the two other stocks were recovered by animal control. one had to be tranquilized

because he was so aggressive. >> that dog died in return to the animal control. it is unclear what the cause of death was. there were visible injuries on the dog. the same could be said with the other dog. >> this comes on the heels of another dog attacked we brought you on monday. april was attacked by two pet bulls. -- pitt bulls. >> the dog is lying on the curb and two pit bulls are on him and ripping the flesh. >> police believe there may be evidence to show the docks were just as aggressive given the nature of the number of wood stick found on bodies. >> we believe these dogs were dogfighting at some point. we do not know when. we believe the balloons are indicative that the war being fought. >> as far as the victim in this case, he is expected to be ok.

police are investigating the exact cause of death. police are asking anyone with information on this case that may have been the end davidson park to call police. we are live at and our rural county in miller's bill, i am low muscle. -- lowell mesler. >> just north of owens ville bl vd or there was a crash between a school bus and a toyota. the operator of the toyota was injured in the transferred. the driver of the school bus was injured but was treated here at the scene. the school bus did have children on board, but none of the kids

were hurt. there are still investigating the accident. both north and south and road or shut down while dealing with the incident. >> thank you. police are investigating a possible sexual assault on the grounds of a high school and an orbital county. the female student was assaulted by a male student at one of the high schools. police were tipped off by an anonymous call. it is still early in the investigation, but police say they think the victim knew her alleged attacker and they are not treating it as an -- a brand of incident. -- a random incident. >> there is no smoking gun -- that is from lawyers to a top lawyer as they try to fend off charges of voter suppression. it was the first full day against paul shurick.

the chain miller is live downtown. --jane miller is live downtown. >> lawyers asked, what evidence task >> i am calling to let everyone know that governor o'malley to president obama has been successful. >> they played the robocall fortune is today. >> relaxed. everything is fine. >> it is the key evidence against him who authorized the call in the 2010 election. suggested the election was over before the polls closed. an effort to keep black of voters at home. do not let testimony trivialize what happened here. you do not need me to tell you how security code is.

this was not just a dirty trick. in the state of maryland, it is against the law. that is why we are here. hired by the erlich campaign, prosecutors disclosed he was in line to get a $30,000 bonus had erlich won. an official asked, what does he need to make city turned out to stay low? i think we need to offer a victory bonus. he wrote what is called the shirt doctrine. it was the plan to confuse black voters. he rejected the plan. he called it an overreach of the party in power. the heavy arm of the stake came down across the entire republican party. it is a vicious, harsh suppression of political independence. >> this entire thing has created to not to say i believe in the

election, but we will to address the power of the state against you. >> in testimony, the fbi agent told him that schurick told him it was intended to motivate black crossover voters. >> and executives with the from that actually produced the robocall testify that another 80,000 voters were supposed to get the robocall but that back to calls never went out. >> the northbound lanes of bel air road are closed tonight. dozens of customers are without service. it is part of a water main and break that happened early this morning. asahara cruse tell us the 12 inch lines project crews tell us the service should b erestored

this evening. all other lanes will be closed unti tomorrow morning. police are investigating a crash that left one person with life- threatening injuries. it happened shortly before 830 this morning. fire officials tell us the person was trapped inside the car and had to be cut out of the vehicle. that person was rushed to the medical center with serious injuries. no word of if anyone else was injured. >> one of the drivers involved in yesterday afternoon's accident hasn't died. five vehicles were involved including a school bus. it happened about 4:00 this day afternoon. investigation is still under way but it is unclear how it happened. complaints about a strong odor had police and firefighters taking extra precautions when they entered the house in

baltimore city. a full investigation is underway because of a surprising discovery. barry simms is light at police headquarters. >> they found plenty of plants. all of them are illegal. >> tanya says a strong odor in here and abroad impacted her house. the small coming to doors down triggered her bronchitis. she also suffers from lupis. >> i was just across the street and the police officers called an ambulance. >> he was not sure what was happening. >> they were all over the place. at >> what was the odor? as police and firefighters arrived, they started investigating a natural gas leak.

and and concerns grew over possible fire because of a lingering burning smell. >> the fire department responded on the scene. there was no visible scenes of that fire. it was an odor. they were told the odor was not natural gas. >> they could not get to the second floor. >> there were some there were kids put in place that prevented officers from going upstairs. because of the oder, the fire department called for their hazmats units and police departments called for the bomb squad. >> some wondered if a meth lab was set up in the house. what did they find on the second floor? "there was no math lab, there was no fire. we did find a significant amount of marijuana plants growing inside of the location. >> they do believe the burning smell was attributed to the

marijuana growing situation. >> well, that is a lot. >> joe harris had a different reaction. >> it does not surprise me. >> according to detectives, nobody was inside the house when police and firefighters went inside. investigators are trying to find those responsible for growing the pot plants. >> temperatures above normal again today, wet weather moving slow through the evening rush hour in some areas especially north and east of baltimore up i-95. temperatures in that location are in the 1950's. -- are in the 50's. for the rest of us, temperatures are mild and to frederick and for to get. changes are coming this way. you can see it is warmer and new

york and it is in charlotte, north carolina. upper 30's and the north carolina. some iran is changing to snow and back in the ohio valley. the weather we see to the west -- the chill will be heading this way. our temperatures will be heading back to normal. the complete seven-day forecast in a minute. >> iteam has learned that the fire department has issued a formal apology to a band paramedics' almost refused to provide emergency medical services. on veteran's day, they were invited to participate in the parade. as they were trying to get to the staging area, they were struck by a car while crossing the street. paramedics toldmr. grant he would have to leave his guide dog on the sidewalk or he would not receive service. today the ems department said

they were sorry. they sent two represented to us to deliver the apology. >> i accept the apology. they are going to extend its this training to more paramedics so no -- they know in the future if something like this happens again, they know that the service stocks have to go with a person. >> sadly, the dog had to be sent back to school to be retrained because he was so traumatized. you can watch the full story when mr. gramm first spoke out on our website. go to wbaltv.com and clikc on local news. >> giodarno is expected to be released this evening. what this means for prosecutors in aruba. >> if your kid plays soccer, you

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>> a maryland man is scheduled to be released from jail tonight peace -- because of a lack of evidence. >> gary giodorno isabout to be released after 115 days from behind bars. his lawyer who famously defended casey anthony has arrived in aruba. >> the fax to not support it. we are happy to see that gary is able to walk out and go home. >> gary says the victims drowned in a sparkling accident. prosecutors say he is lying and was somehow involved. nearly four months of

investigating, they do not have enough evidence to charge him. >> after months of investigating, you have any idea what happened to robyn? >> we have theories, but no fax. >> what kind of theories that >> may be debt she was murdered and brought to another place -- maybe she was murdered and brought to another place. >> what he gets back to the u.s., he is not fully in the clear. they could charge him with the crime down the line. prosecutors say they will file a new arrest warrant and try to get u.s. authorities to send him back to aruba. medical andt's large, if you are concerned about student-athletes getting a concussions from sports, football is not the only game to keep an eye on. headers to soccer balls can

cause some of the same damages that football scam. the study was -- the studies were performed on many in their '30's. it is not clear what the findings could mean for kids to play soccer. baltimore city is implementing a plan to cut down on the number of new hiv infections. the new plan aims to reduce new infections by 25% by the year 2015. that will require a collaborative response from the city. >> we are going to increase testing. we will make it more widely available. we are going to promote the capacity of every physician in the city to be able to manage hiv. >> the report is based on a new

international study of eight in the best way to prevent it. >> aids and teh best way to prevent it. >> 10 straight days with temperatures running well above normal for november. there are changes moving into parts of maryland as we speak. rain will move to the northeast and cold air will come in from the south and west. parts of cecil county, kent county, on the eastern shore, all of this will move out of the region while cooler air moves in. in southwest virginia town into parts of the mountains of north carolina, temperatures are in the 30's now. temperatures are in the 60's in new york. a strange pattern or the cool air comes rolling in and out of the southwest and moves up to the north and east as the storm spent over to the ohio valley.

you can see some decent snow in fort wayne. the cold air is wrap all the way around the backside of it and will swing and over baltimore pushing all of this mild air out of the way. pour to date the rainfall totals are fairly impressive. almost four tenths of an inch. 67 officially at bwi marshall. record low is 15. that was back in 1955. it is the time of the year. cold air can get here, but not in the immediate future. 54 downtown, 40's @ prospered. thirties' in oakland. it is 55 degrees up and new work in delaware. chillier temperatures by dawn tomorrow morning. we should see lows in the 30's.

the pri's continues at 50 miles per hour. the center of the storm moving to the west side of the mountains. it will cut across the eastern legs and head into canada taking the weather up and putting cool air behind it. it was 39 degrees in atlanta. we are still in the 50's and new york is in the 60's. it will be chilly tomorrow, it should be a nice, bright sunny day. if you go to the north and west into the mountains, there will be some snow showers falling in durant county. statewide should see sunshine for thursday. asked -- a good about the sunshine for friday. breezy and cool day, but about what you would expect -- and expect for the end of november. a small craft advisory with a gust of 20 knots and a 2 foot shop.

it could accumulate a couple of inches of the higher reaches in garrett county. eastern shore we will finish up november with temperatures in the 50's and start december with lots of sunshine. ocean city will see sunny skies for the next couple of days. seven-day forecast, temperatures did cool but back to normal. partly cloudy skies on friday and lots of sunshine for the weekend. >> the u.s. attorney general is trying to learn more about violence against children. >> what baltimore is his first stop in a nationwide tour. >> michael jackson's former doctor has been sentenced. the judge pulling no punches giving murray the stiffest sentence p [ossible.

>> calling him a disgrace to

the medical profession, michael jackson's former doctor got the maximum sentence in court today. >> that does not mean he will spend a lot of time behind bars. >> the court the determination -- >>conrad murray had no visible reaction as he got the maximum sentence. >> the court has determined that the appropriate term is the high term of four years' imprisonment. >> the 58-year-old cardiologists also got a stern reprimand. he laid out why he thinks murray should get the max. >> he has absolutely no sense of remorse. he has no sense of at fault. he remains dangerous. >> during the hearing, a jackson family attorney address the court. >> we are not here to seek revenge. there is nothing you can do that will bring michael jackson back.

>> conrad murray did not speak at his sentencing, but his attorney did ask for leniency. >> i did wonder to what extent the court considers the entirety of a man spoke of life as opposed to just one chapter. >> a plea that had no impact on the judge that through the book that murray. members of jackson's family were glad that it was over. >> my son is gone. i will never see him again. the judge was fair. >> marie rebates at los angeles jail but is unclear on how much time he will serve due to prison overcrowding and california. >> the judges also asking for what million dollars in restitution. those issues will be addressed in a separate hearing on january 23. clucks more than one dozen bus

drivers may be on their way to work this morning, but they went up at the hospital. >> police are investigating a cross-section got some writers. >> we have an update

>> fixlive, local, late breaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 5:00. >> baltimore is a host city for a national conversation on

children exposed to violence. why the old, had ministrations a search for answers has led him here. baltimore is one of four major cities where the justice department is taking testimony about violence against children. >> more than 60% of children have been exposed to crime, abuse, and violence, often times in their own homes. >> the u.s. attorney general has picked a national task force to help the administration set policy on how to prevent violence against children. the first hearing was held in baltimore. >> eric holder and his 13 member task force spent the day at the university of maryland law school to look for solutions. >> solutions are possible. progress is possible. the changes that we hope for are a again, possible. >> the administration says violence against children is a

top priority, especially in cities like baltimore. so for close to one dozen juvenile have lost their lives due to gun violence. >> we need resources and more structure. i think there is a safe haven at the school, but there needs to be a safe haven in the neighborhood. i am talking about recreation centers that give that sense of 62 young people. >> the administration will use testimony from hearings to try to improve what is already being done to protect children from violence. >> this is information that we need to hear. we can do research ourselves, but hearing the personal story is really what this is it out. >> the stories were personal for many of those called to testify. >> i come from the same background as a lot of young people who have been exposed to violence. we have the same acrons. i understand the pain and

trauma. i understand what it has -- what it takes to heal. >> the group of children are off limits. >> it is everyone the matter what color or how rich you are or how our poor you are. >> the attorney-general task force will complete its work by the end of next year. live, tim tooten, wbal tv news. >> the 10th grade student at a high school is accused of taking a gun to school at is facing permanent expulsion. officers were able to track down the student and track down the gun. there was no interruption at the school. the name is not being released. >> here are some other top stories. anne arundel county officials are looking for the owner of

forpit bulls that attacked a jogger at a park. he got away and a cold minivan with a white logo. two dogs were picked up by animal control. family and friends will start to gather to remember one of two teens killed in an accident and anne arundel county. giles was a passenger in a car that crashed into a tree on friday night. also killed -- the driver was listed in serious but stable condition. >> over what does the people have been taken to a hospital after a vehicle rear ended a boss in baltimore. that happened at east 33rd street. fire officials say 30 people from both vehicles were

hospitalized --13 people were hospitalized for both vehicles. baltimore city police are investigating a cross between a special needs a school bus and a another vehicle. the two collided on east 38th street this morning. six children were taken to the john hopkins children's center as a precaution. we are told the driver of the other vehicle was treated for chest pains. a fire that left a 6-year-old boy dead has claimed the lives of his mother and aunt. 36-year-old simon monroe have died from their injuries at washington adventist hospital. that happened sunday morning. the six-year old was also killed in the fire. investigators have concluded that an overloaded power strip in the living room caused the fire. it was ruled accidental.

>> onetime republican front- runner acknowledges that he faces a firestorm with the latest allegation that he carried on a 13 year affair. he is reassessing his candidacy. >> facing his worst crisis yet, herman cain told senior staffers that he is reassessing his campaign. many supporters and critics already calculate that cain is finished. >> if things had gone differently without these five women going -- coming forward, he could have been the black male version of sarah palin -- media star. >> i was involved in a very inappropriate situation -- relationship. >> she clutched a 13-year-old affair oldhermain cain.

her on hmain cain denied -- on cnn, hermain cain admitted to it -- denied the affair. newt gingrich insisted he is the one that can beat barack obama appeare. >> because i am a student of history, and unlike the president i studied in american history. >> mitt romney was in florida praised by cuban american leaders and his son craig who speaks spanish. long before the florida primaries, january 31, the political fate of herman cain could be clear. >> but if the current polls are accurate, herman cain is not on track to let -- when any of the early contests.

from washington, i am steve handelsman, wbal tv news. >> investigators want to know what happened to this suspension bridge in indonesia that caused it to collapse. >> lawyers for bob erlich said it targets the whole entire republican party.

>> covering the world tonight, hundreds of protesters stormed the british embassy in teheran and burning a car. six people were held hostage by protesters until they were freed by iranian police. they were angry over a new british sanctions over their

countries' disputed nuclear program. the iranian embassy here has condemned the attack. and number of people killed in the collapse of a suspension bridge has risen to 18. it collapsed on saturday with an unknown number of people on the bridge at that time. dozens of people are still missing. because of the bridges collapses under investigation. >> the national transportation safety administration is investigating. it happened just before 11:00 monday evening in illinois. the pilot told air-traffic controllers the plan was having a fuel problem. that was just before it crashed. the patient on board and his wife both died. >> it has been five years since the beginning of cyber monday.

>> was in making a dent in holiday sales tax we will take a look in the consumer alert. >> the obama administration unveils a new campaign. it is aimed at criminals who peddle counterfeit goods online. >> the cold air is set to move back into our region.

>> this is what we are working on for 6:00. was it an attempt at voter suppression or refer psychology to get black voters to the polls? the latest and testimony from the robocalls trial. when police went inside of a home to investigate, they found something dramatically different than natural gas.

>> an update on breaking news that we brought you at the top of the hour. a school bus accident that has traffic backed up. what is going on now? glucks that incident had already cleared probably right after we reported at 5:00. right now we are at the water main break that is on northbound at bellaire road. this happened at 11:00 this morning. the problem is people trying to get home using bellaire road, they have shut the north bound down. traffic is backed up. it is pretty much gridlocked from to water boulevard.

>> your 11 insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a rainy day for most of maryland but some spots drying out. parts of central maryland have tapered off. along the ball to more area, cecil county still dealing with conditions out there in the northern parts of kent county. western maryland has had a couple of dry conditions, just to the south and west of garrett county, some rain and now. cooler air moves in behind the system departing the mid atlantic region. it was the 10th straight day with temperatures running well above normal. the normal is 51 degrees.

the record high is a little out of reach. we have not set any record highs, just a little out of reach in the low to mid 70's. it has been a warm november but not the warmest on record. that goes to 1931. lots of warm november said the 30's and 40's in the 20th century. it looks like this year we will come in about 12th place. just over 50 degrees on average for the month, just under 51. when you consider we have had 130 years of medical records, -- weather records, that is pretty high. it is going to be moving up the coast to baltimore tonight. as the skies clear, expected to be chillier tomorrow morning. temperatures will not be as warm. 35 degrees in the suburbs and 35

downtown. the snow off to the west will stay in the mountains at crawl up into the eastern part of the great lakes. we should see a lot of sun tomorrow as well as on thursday. you go on into the mountains, they might get some snow and garrett county, west virginia and west pennsylvania. we will watch this weather disturbance to the north and west on friday. right now it will bring as a few scattered clouds. a dry day tomorrow, but breezy and cooler. small craft advisory on the bay for winds gusting at -- gusting up to 95 degrees. good looking weekend with mostly sunny skies on saturday and sunday. another chance for rain coming in late in the day on monday. >> the parent company of american airlines replaced its ceo and filed for bankruptcy protection today.

what does that mean for travelers? >> strapped by debt, soaring fuel costs, and increased competition, american airlines filed for bankruptcy protection on tuesday. >> it is a well-worn path. >> it is the same path other u.s. carriers including united, delta, and continental have taken since struggling to do business in a post 9/11 world. >> the past decade has been extraordinarily hard in the u.s. airline industry. >> the nation's third largest carrier lost $162 million just last quarter. the plan to restructure will include cuts in flight schedules. the company will not affect the 0.5 -- the 500,000 travelers they serve. >> our employees will be out there doing the very best job they can.

>> contract negotiations for workers and pilots will be the biggest challenge. americans spend $600 million more each year than any other airlines do to labor union contract rules. labor experts say bankruptcy opens up negotiations. >> the cannot work on a deal outside of bankruptcy. table work out a deal inside of bankruptcy. it will be a deal neither side are crazy about. >> there could be job cuts down the line, but for now the focus is on cutting costs and rebuilding a stronger airline. >> and two nights a consumer alert, sells on cyber monday were a huge success. according to benchmark, sales were up 18% from one year ago.

department store websites were also big winners with sales and some stores up as much as 39%. cyber monday which falls on the monday following thanksgiving started in 2005 which encourage consumers to shop online. see some of the deals up for grabs on our website at wbaltv.com. a word of caution this holiday season, the justice department says watch out for tech savvy criminals and counterfeit goods that are peddling of mine. urging shoppers to be on the lookout. sally kidd has the latest. >> counterfeit goods cost businesses $250 billion a year in lost revenue. now the administration is asking for your help to stop it. >> with a few clicks you can find high and merchandise at bargain-basement prices. they look like the real thing, but investigators say they are

all fake. being sold on websites that are nothing more than criminal traps. >> pretending to be authorized online retailers of genuine cuts, but there is nothing to anyone about them. >> the justice department has been cracking down and shutting down hundreds of websites. >> criminals are going to jail perplex not enough prosecutors say the department is kicking off a new effort to blunt force met with public awareness. >> we are watching a cutting its campaign. >> online music and social media out reach. >> we have to change the public perception. >> try out a message at -- >> counterfeit goods are bad business. the reduce the jobs available for american workers. >> in some cases these activities are used to fund dangerous and violent criminal enterprise networks. >> eric holder says the hope is that consumers will change their buying behavior.

they will put counterfeiters out of business. the justice department set up a task force last year to address the problem. since then, 350 websites selling bogus goods have been shut down. clucks herman cain says he is reassessing his campaign after a new charge that he had a 13-year affair with an atlanta woman. a closer look as his love for president as his aides go back to the drawing board.

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>> the ravens players learned football and the right way to play the game. tonight, there is a new field or the team's future stars complete now. rob roblin texas there. >> thanks to the baltimore ravens, classrooms, and the city of baltimore, there is a new renovated football field here in east baltimore. >> the new cities brings the ball field will be a beautiful place to play 40's baltimore youngsters. >> i like it here >> it will be bigger for me to play wide receiver and catch passes from quarterback right now. >> it is nice because now we can have a football field that we can practice and play on as well. >> with grants from the

baltimore ravens, and the city classrooms, they will have a full size regulation football field to play on. >> this will be a tremendous tool to help for educational attainment and the development of young people. >> i think they are going to appreciate it. this is a great day. even though it is raining. >> it is my honor to help see this wonderful event for baltimore city pure >> the opening ceremonies were moved inside once it started raining this morning. there were also some baltimore colts of legends here. >> it is great. but the play football. >> as kids, i was able to go outside and play and have fun. i think you grow a lot out there. anything i can do to support that, i will. what's the idea is to give the

youngsters a place to play football. and, a start on a meaningful life. >> we also owe it to them from the standpoint of saying, you can be doing the same thing as i am doing one day. just hang in there and what ever and learn to love one another. >> always good to see hall of famers. that is all for us at 5:00. here is what is coming up at 6:00. >> lawyers for bob erlich says that the robocall case is the case for political overreached. >> a jogger is attacked by three dogs. >> the search for the source of a strong odor lead police to a

drug operation. >> live, local, latebreaking, this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00. >> our big story, was it an attempt at voter oppression or reverse psychology to give black voters to the polls? let's that is what jurors heard today in the case aboutrobocalls . i team lead investigation reporterjane miller is live at. >> this case has its roots in politics, but defense lawyers for schurick charges is politically motivated. >> the state prosecutor called the evident -- the evidence against paul schurick -- >> i am calling to let everyone know that governor o by lee to president obama has been successful. >> the call went