>> live, local, late breaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> traffic on the inner loop, police involved. according to city police, the officers were following the car involved in an earlier hit and run to the car rammed into a police vehicle near the park heights avenue overpass. no reports of injury. the accident shut down all lanes of traffic for quite awhile.

the suspect involved is now in custody of baltimore city police. a major update this noon -- in the 2010 election, the judge presiding over this case talked about one of the most serious charges. he ruled that the state has failed to provide enough evidence that showed he committed an obstruction of justice. the judges permitting other charges related to fraud to move forward. the woman who reported the call took the stand yesterday. she said she picked a list of voters to call, but did not include a list of republicans and independents. he explains that these were an attempt at reverse psychology. >> call was literally meant to simulate voters that would not have been in support of

o'malley or the democratic administration. this would stimulate voters to say, hey, my vote was for erlich, he is down adnd out. >> works for the political consultant also facing charges -- she works for the political consultant who is also facing charges in the case. his trial is set to begin in february. >> the sun is out. dimeter the airport is 50 degrees. morning lows were around freezing -- the temperature at the airport is 50 degrees. morning lows were around freezing. november was average. this year, the average was up 50.6. that was a warm november, only the 13th warmest on record. the warmest was 1951 at almost

55 degrees. will talk about it more in the insta-weather forecast -- we will talk about it more in the insta-weather forecast. >> more on the loss to gospel lawsuit at penn state. -- caron butler lawsuit at penn state -- more on the lawsuit at penn state. >> i feel ashamed. >> it brought students and school officials together at a meeting last night, hours after the first lawsuit was filed against penn state university. -- university, former assistant coach jerry and dusty, and another person -- jerry sandusky, and another man. a 29-year-old man says that sandusky abused him more than

100 times in the 1990's. he's >> used this job dissatisfied -- >> he used this child to satisfy his own sexual perversion. >> according to a grand jury report, he talked to him in the shower. >> he sat here with his mother and brother and said he was not a victim. he was not engaged in sexual acts with jerry. >> sandusky said he only "horsed around" with kids in the shower. he has hired a private investigator to prove his innocence. >> penn state is sending out an interesting letter -- "thank you for your interest in penn state. please continue considering

joining." the attorney representing herman cain is demanding cell phone records from a woman who said she had a 13-year affair with him. another accuser, sharon bialek, is facing eviction from her home. he needs to discuss the new allegations face-to-face with his wife. covering the world this afternoon, a major discovery in china suggests the superpower may be hiding the truth about its nuclear capabilities. chris lawrence has a closer look at what is being called time the's underground great wall -- undergrounda's great wall. >> while china was digging these tunnels, this professor was digging into china. they have produced the world's

largest report on china's tunnels. china admits there were dug by a secretive branch of the military, responsible -- they were dug by a secret a branch of the military, responsible for deploying warheads. >> 3,000 miles of tunnels. >> can you put that in perspective? >> imagine a tunnel 30 feet by 20 feet high, running from nova scotia to tijuana. >> he is a former pentagon strategist who used to look for weaknesses in the old soviet union. he says china could have as many as 3000 nuclear warheads. >> the problem with the steady and the way that it comes to this estimate is that the students and their professor make the assumption that, because china is working on this system of underground tunnels, this must automatically mean that they have -- they are working on new nuclear weapons.

>> this policy analyst and others working on arms control questioned the georgetown teams methods -- team's methods. it is a huge jump from the current estimate of a few hundred warheads. it could lead rival asian nations to start an arms race. this could -- then this could impact foreign policy in a very negative way. >> seeing under the thousands of chinese men who worked to build these things -- hundreds of thousands of chinese men who worked to build these things, a hearing from them -- hearing from them, you can tell how important it is to the chinese military. >> no matter how many nuclear weapons you believe they have, it is yielding some fascinating revelations, including a china would use disguise real

stars -- railcars to transport missiles. >> fraud cost the nation millions every year. where maryland ranks on the lists. kris kringle unites

>> wait till you hear this, santa might be asking for razor this year after he got his beard stuck in a pulley system in florida. oh, man, a mall santa claus trying to make a grand entrance by rappelling down to the stage, and his beard got tangled in the gera. h-- gear. he had to rip it off to get free. the martial arts skills are hoping to deter naughty kids. most people do not realize that christmas is a major holiday in south korea, which is home to

one of asia's largest christian populations. as we get into the holiday spirit, donna hamilton, ava marie, mindy basara will be there tonight for the lighting of the washington monument in mt. vernon. tonight's vacation begins at 7:00. still ahead, a guest from the animal hospital is here to answer your questions. e-mail us at petquestions@wbal11tv.com. how to protect yourself from scams this holiday shopping season. >> we will see if the sun stays in our weather this weekend. the forecast is just ahead.

>> today is world aids day. the bleak outlook on world economic markets has medical

experts worried about their ability to control the disease. many aids patients in africa can only survive with medication given to them free of charge by global, a medical groups. governments in europe and the u.s. are primed supporters of those groups -- prime supporters of those groups. the u.s. believes more than 34 million people are living with aids. 22 million of them are in africa. in this afternoon's consumer alert, recent investigations show maryland is the state with a second-highest level of food stamp fraud. -- the second-highest level of food stamp fraud. more than $6 out of every $100 are lost to fraudulent users. according to wbal radio, enrollment in the program has more than doubled in the last four years. fraud totals more than $2.5 billion worldwide. officials attribute the scope of

the problem to a lack of investigators. if you're like most people, you are probably searching for the perfect gift. well online shopping may be more convenient for shoppers, use caution. it is also more convenient for stammers -- scammers. >> we found these things, they were offering specials for cyber monday. went ahead with the purchase. >> she spent $200. they advertise authentic ravens dear -- gear. the next day, she got an e-mail and knew something was wrong. >> it was grammatically incorrect. there -- it was "your sale did not go through, but you can pay us through paypal."

the addition was a first-name basis -- the salutation was a first-name basis. the credit-card company declined the charges as a precaution, because the purchase was channeled through china. >> angie from the better business bureau says a website that is registered overseas is one red flag for on read -- 4 online shoppers. significantly under priced merchandise, verifications deals that do not open when clicked on, and grammatical and other errors are warning signs. >> if there is language that makes you question whether language is their first language, that could be a warning sign that it is set up by somebody outside the country. >> on cyber monday, federal authorities bang shut down 150 website domains -- federal authorities shut down 150 website domains accused of selling counterfeit

merchandise. >> a legitimate site will give you plenty of information for customer service. if it is not found in those areas, that is a huge warning flag. >> kai reed reporting for wbal- tv 11 news. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> after the mid light rain, we have cleared out and cooled down. the next storm ends up in the great lakes right now. the weather disturbance is producing a little bit of snow and light rain shower activity. it is writing -- riding pretty far north. it is pretty frosty, lows around freezing. parkton 45. westminster 45. frederick is up to 32. chilly temperatures back in the midwest. it is not quite as chilly this side of the mountains as it is

on the other side of the mountains. there is plenty of chilly air to back this up. we are not going to be warming up rapidly. this is the next weather disturbance up the line. then there is another one developing in the southwest. these two eventually play in our weather. this bill hold things together for our good weather -- this will hold things together for our good weather the next couple of days. 50 to 55 is the height. technically, that is a little bit above the normal or average. the typical high as around 49 to 50 degrees -- is around 49 to 50 degrees. overnight, we drop into the 30's, right down around freezing. again, a chilly night tonight.

28 to 38 is below a temperature range, with mostly clear skies. the insta-weather futurecast shows us high-pressure sitting overhead. the disturbances out in the great lakes. by tomorrow, we will be moving to our north -- it will be moving to our north. it is not going to reach as far south as as pickled front will swoop through and pick up a few scattered clouds -- as far south as us. the cold front will sweep through and pick up a few scattered clouds. in the central part of the u.s. , a system will be developing. speaking of the great lakes and rain in the forecast, there is a gang -- cleveland, sunday, 4:00 -- game in cleveland on sunday, 4:00 in the afternoon. highs will be in the 40's. it will be cold and wet. your seven-day forecast -- nice and dry over the weekend.

sunday, clouds. highs in the 50's with rain chances developing monday, tuesday, and wednesday. >> jagger is joining us. a beautiful bird. >> he is a blue and gold mackaw. he says "aflac." >> it was happening during the break. >> do not to stay home and raise your exotic animal and read books. are all sort -- there are all sorts of fun things. you need to see an exotic animal vet. >> why is it taking so long to

get rid of this? dachschunds like an with a bad back. there is a good possibility that the stock -- this dog has bad bladder control because the nerves are being infringed. the urine leakage gets on the legs and you can get secondary infections. find a really sharp veterinarian. there is a complexity here in taking care of the back and the side effects of the disease. it is almost like, if you are human and in a hospital bed, you start to get at source. -- get bedsores. >> tina writes, "i have two dogs with fleas. they're on frontline, but they

are still scratching miserably." >> there are a plethora of other environments out there. if you are treating them with an effective flea device, chances are there are a reservoir out there. get under the bed, bomb and spray. aflac. >> not going to happen. if you have a pet question, email it to us or visit the website and click on family. mail it in. coming up next, your maryland lottery pick three and pick four numbers -- pick three and pick four numbers. we'll get a look at how wall street is performing

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dress warm and watch it on tv 11. >> be sure to tune in tonight for 11 news at 5:00.