>> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal tv 11 news at 6:00. >> embattled republican presidential candidate herman cain places his run for the presidential election on hold. herm ain cane made the announcement in a speech in georgia. the decision comes after weeks of allegations of an affair as well as several women claiming sexual harrassment against him. brian moore has the story in our commitment 2012 report.

>> herman cain is calling off his run for the white house. >> with a lot of prayer and soul-searching i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> but he remained defiant. >> i am not going to be silenced and i am not going away. >> he lashed out at the media denying sexual harrassment allegations and the claims this past week of a 13-year affair. cane's wife stood behind him, literally. >> i am at peace with my wife. and she is at peace with me. >> cane made his announcement in what would to have been a rally opening his atlanta headquarters. >> this is not what i am expecting. >> i think he represented all of america. >> a month ago cane was leading

the presidential pack and now he is the first frontrunner to fall. >> plan b is that i will continue to be a voice for the people. >> cane said he would continue to push his -9-9 tax reform and other elements of the campaign that ran its course. >> former democratic presidential candidate george mc govern is resting comfortablely after falling and hitting his head. he was injured as he headed to a live television interview. he fell at the university across the street from his home. close to 100 residents are picking up the peaces after a 3-alarm fire ripped through their home in baltimore. >> fortunately no injuries have been reported. we are told 58 units went up in

flames leaving many of the residents, who are elderly, homeless tonight. as firefighters were rushing to the scene of the 3-alarm apartment fire residents, many of them elderly, ran out of their apartments in a pan toik find safety. >> i had bad knees and had to go down the steps one by one. >> fire crews were called in just before 11:00 friday night. once they arrived they were met with heavy flames shooting from the four-story apartment building. >> our fire alarm was going off. then i looked outside and i saw all of these fire engines. >> they never saw a scene as surreal at his own home. >> looks like half the baltimore city fire department is here. >> other residents took off and left everything but the clothes on their back.

>> i was laying in bed in my underwear. did not put shoes on and rushed out. >> firefighters were able to knockout the flames, not before two large condo on the upper floors were burned out leaving up to 100 people now to relocate. those displaced by the fire are staying with family or friends in the meantime. the cause of the fire is unknown. >> all right. thank you. maryland state police and the state fire office are calling a house fire suspicious. the fire started yesterday afternoon in the 200 block of queen anne club drive. a 47-year-old man was found inside the home pronounced dead at the scene. and police are investigating a car crash in edge water that injured three people, including a pregnant woman.

rescue crews were called in around 12:45 this afternoon. officials say that it is unclear how many vehicles were involved in the crash. the pregnant woman was ejected from the vehicle. a 5 -year-old woman and 45-year-old man were taken in with non-life threatening injuries. >> it wasn't the warmest day we have seen but we will take it for the beginning of december with temperatures in the middle 50's for most of the area. not a lot of sun around st. louis as the approaching cold front is bringing a lot of rain to the central part of the country and up into nebraska. take a look at the conditions around the area right now. 42 degrees under high pressure. 47 degrees. quick look if you are heading out on the town this evening.

partly cloudy skies, cold. you will need a jacket. only good news, is that we will have light winds. we will take a look at your extended forecast to see when the rain will get here heading up in a bit. >> james kelly, the president of mt. st. joseph high school died early this morning. he died at his residence. he suffered from prostate cancer. he came here in 2001 from kentucky when he became the second longest serving president. brother james was 64 years old. the funeral is tuesday, december 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the cathedral on north charles street in north baltimore. a warm welcome home for members of an army national guard troops from maryland. the field support maintenance

company deployed to iraq in feb of this year. the unit is returning early because of a deadline to withdraw all troops from iraq. this was the first deployment for the unit. >> it is a good feeling to be back, finally. it was worth it. this is what it is all about. this is when i deployed the first time. high son was just 2 years old. that was a few years ago. >> the unit has more than 165 members. still ahead on 11 news tonight, virginia tech facing fines from the federal government four years after the mass shootinglies there. we will tell you why. hear what former penn state coach jerry sandusky has to say about how his life has changed since the sexual abuse

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flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >> it has been more than four years since the mass shooting at virginia tech left more than 33 people dead, and now the federal government is fining the school $55,000 for not alerting the campus fast enough. the education department says virginia tech violated a federal law when there are safety threats. virginia tech said they acted appropriately and will appeal the case on wednesday. the former penn state coach charged with abusing eight boys said prosecutors misunderstood his work with children and that he never sexually abused any child. he gave a lengthy interview with the "new york times." sandusky is accused of using his second mile charity to find underprivileged boys to abuse. he said i had kid after kid

after kid who might say i was a father figure and they twisted that all. he says most of his friends and colleagues are keeping their distance from him. >> i miss coaching. i miss second mile. i miss second mile kids. i miss the relationships with all kinds of people. i miss my own grand kids. >> sandusky has been charged with 40 counts of abusing eight boys and is free on bail while awaiting a hearing. another odd decision to do an interview pretrial, but you know -- >> i am going to refrain from what i am about to say. >> check out dunbar and perryville coming up later in sports. >> a nice day today and tomorrow but some rain is on the way. taking a look outside right now we are in the 40's both at the airport and downtown.

we will be right back.

>> kind of a fleece and jeans day today heading out and about. that is my outfit of choice. it was in the 50's and cool weather. you like that. current temperatures right now, downtown that is the warm spot. 47 degrees. we got 40's and high 30's, pretty much throughout the entire viewing area. 42 on the eastern shore, even 42 degrees. way out west, frostberg, they

are at 37. if you are heading out for dinner tonight it will be a good night. partly cloudy skies and cold. we have very light winds out of the southeast. temperatures, while they will be 29-37 degrees won't feel bitterly cold because the wind is not blowing. we hit 59 at the airport today. looking down to the south and north carolina, they were pretty much in the lower 60's. up the i-95 corridor, 50's. and looking out west, 39 degrees. current weather right now, current weather right now we have partly cloudy skies. we have a situation here with one of the cameras. we will go ahead and move this out. lows right now centered over a system that we are watching that

will bring us rain heading into probably monday, tuesday and wednesday. we are under the influence of high pressure right now giving us nice weather today and tomorrow. the high that you see behind the system will end upbringing us cooler temperatures as we head into the middle of next week. high pressure right now will continue into tomorrow. there is that system that we showed you bringing a mess of snow and sleet behind it up around the great lakes into portions of the midwest. it looks like a mess. it will head our way. the worst of it probably will be by wednesday. so, temperature's going to be another nice day. temperatures from 49-50 degrees. it will be a delightful day. and then for the ravens, they are not here. they are away. good football weather for the a.f.c. north. cloudy and chilly with

rainshowers, 46-53 degrees. that is punch them football. that is a.f.c. north football, baby. look at the winds, 10-20 miles per hour out of the south. looking at your seven-day, the rain probably moves in late monday night. we are still in the higher 50's into tuesday where we have better chances of rain. wednesday will be a wash out. the system will move through and thursday morning we are back into the upper to middle 40's. so, we will feel that chill as the system moves out of here. >> dunbar spent toach time here you would think they have a p.s.l. a high school game was not just about to submit. perfect saturday for a title game here. up 11-8 before dunbar gives it

to charles brown jr., big foalo. nimble, too. 25 yard to the end zone. two-point conversion good. third quarter, panthers looking to answer. finds his man. good for 22 yards, down to the 12. perryville will get to the goal line. fourth down, going for it. stuffed by a host of poets. panthers would not score. poets take the momentum shift. they are celebrating. they go ahead and run with it. fourth quarter, in. 24-11. later in the frourth to crush any hopes of a rally, brown, all quick speed, little dance step and in. perryville fought gamely but worn down by dunbar. 32-11 is your final.

2-a final still underway. this one going all the way. in the fourth quarter middletown leading it 43-6. highlights coming up tonight at 11:00. we talked the last two months about the most amazing turnarounds taking place from worst to first. by worst i mean one-win kind of worst. the tigers celebrated last week with president obama. today hosting their first ever home playoff gafmente plenty of drama. 38-31 in the fourth quarter. highlights of that one tonight at 11:00. like our graphics, we have more of them. wisconsin whitewater won.

great season for salsberry. ravens landed in cleveland looking for a seventh straight win over the browns. joe flacco has six career games against cleveland and all wins and a touchdown to interception ratio of 8-3. curious to see what direction the ravens take. rain is expected. the ravens ran well last week. cleveland's pass defense is one of the worst in the nfl sounding like a recipe for a win regardless. when it comes to predicting games with the ravens, that has not gone well. the knock on college basketball that the regular season means almost nothing. it is only about march madness. i would implore those to not watch the replay between north carolina and kentucky. john calipari, roy williams, blue bloods not guilty sport going head-to-head. hairston, spotting up that three for the freshman.

19-6, tar heels leading. second half, kentucky going off. lamb, knocking down his own triple. john henson was denied by anthony davis. ballgame. kentucky a winner. 73-72. >> wow. >> but in december to get that type of game, pretty special indeed. >> another check of the weather. stay with us.

>> tonight at 11:00, herman cain suspends his bid for the republican election. we will have the latest reaction from his republican rivals. plus friends and family gather for an emotional reunion for soldiers serving overseas. those stories and much more after it is a

>> how is the rest of the

weekend go to shape up? >> maybe a few degrees warmer. >> now that is football weather. >> we have football weather here in baltimore. but the browns, that is another story. i still think that is good football weather for our division. monday, storms probably move in later in the evening heading into tuesday and wednesday and by thursday we are back into the upper 40's and middle to lower 40's by the end of the week. >> that is that cleveland rain coming our way. >> unfortunately. >> we will take the win and their weather. >> that is it for 11 news at 6:00. we will see you back here at 11:00.

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