in montgomery county. he was working as a maintenance worker for the county. crews have been searching the watershed he was assigned to, but so far, no signs of them. a woman is in shock trauma with what is said to be serious injuries after she was hit by a car in odenton. it happened just after 7:30 p.m. last night. no word on whether the driver will be facing charges. >> jurors will be -- jurors on the case of the former aide of bob buttner -- governor bob ehrlich have gone home for the night. jayne miller is live with more on today's closing arguments. >> prosecutors are asking jurors to deliver a guilty verdicts on all four counts in this case. they want jurors to see them their way, that people look --

and the defense wants the jurors to see it their way, that the political calls were nothing more than a faux pas. >> the call suggested the election was over before the polls closed. and they had no authority to identify the campaign behind it. where is the beef in this case, the defense said? reasonable doubt place the case, if the state brought a reasonable case at all. hanson is the political consultant hired by the bob ehrlich campaign, who wrote the rowboat calls. he has described as nothing more than rough-and-tumble politics. >> we think it was a big disparity in terms of allegedly

crossing the line of criminal prosecution, while all these other things are just accepted as hardball politics as usual. >> prosecutors said was a clear attempt by schurick, the campaign manager to bob ehrlich, to keep black voters at home. he dismissed his explanation of the call as a motivator for crossover voters as ridiculous. the prosecutors said it does not change the maliciousness of the attempt. it is a sacred right, he said of the right to vote, and you do not mess with it. >> jurors went home after deliberating for more than two hours. they did ask for 11 question, asking what the difference between a conspiracy count and another count. the jurors will retort -- return todo's -- will return

resume deliberation tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. >> it looks like nancy jacobs is considering a serious look at running in the congressional 2nd district and challenging the incumbent there. >> earlier this afternoon, senator jacobson told 11 news she has begun an exploratory committee to prepare for a possible congressional line. senator jacobs feels with congress's low approval rating, coupled with her bipartisan work in annapolis, she feels she is the perfect challenger for congressman roethlisberger. >> if now is -- if i am going to make a move, now is the time to do it. >> she said she thought 10 years ago about running for congress, but said the time was just not right. now she believes her time has come. >> i'm looking at the climate of the country and the way people feel right now and they feel very strongly that they want washington to do something, and washington is not moving fast

enough. it has become too partisan. i feel strongly i can make a difference. >> she said she has a reputation of working on both sides of the aisle, citing legislation to crack down on gang violence and protecting children against sexual predators. >> a lot of what i do is not partisan. i think because i've represented in a strongly democrat area before that this is not. to be that much different. >> in the end, senator jacobson says she would not be looking into the congressional move if she did not have the support, which she says has been coming in in droves. >> i am my own person and i do what i think is right, what my people want me to do. a lot of that cannot be said about a lot of elected officials in washington. >> we contacted congressman roethlisberger is office for a response.

his press secretary told us, " the congressman is busy creating jobs for maryland and getting the economy back on track. he always looks for to the campaign process." said richard jacobsen said she will make a decision of whether or not to run in the next three to four weeks. -- senator jacobson said she will make a decision of whether or not to run in the next three or four weeks. >> hermine kaine stepped down over allegations he had a 13- year affair and accusations of sexual harassment. now the competition is on for his supporters. >> many of herman cain supporters could go to newt gingrich. after a visit with donald trump, gop front-runner new gingrich lashed out at house minority leader nancy pelosi. in a report amapola o.c. suggested she had some

potentially damaging -- in a report, pelosi suggested she had some potentially damaging information that she said she would use when the time is right. >> if she is suggesting that she's going to use information that she gave what she was serving on the ethics committee, that is a fundamental violation. >> newt gingrich is expected to pick up an endorsement from herman cain as early as this week. he exited the race on saturday amid complaints of sexual- harassment and allegations he had an extramarital affair. >> how do i find those voters that light herman cain and how do i appeal to them? >> despite his double digits lead in the poll, many maintain that the race is wide open. >> people who said they

supported today overwhelmingly acknowledge they may change their minds. >> one-on-one meetings are scheduled this week with different candidates to ask for his endorsement. >> big changes are under way at the u.s. postal service. it will not only cost you more to mail a letter, but it will take an extra day for it to reach its destination. begich -- the changes are designed to save billions of dollars a year. >> this proposed change to service standards will allow a significant opportunity to consolidate the postal network in terms of facilities, postal equipment, vehicles and employee work force. and it will generate a projected net savings annually of approximately $2.1 billion. >> the u.s. ps sites designed --

declines in technology and demand for its business. >> much more at tonight. >> i'm rob roblin. the food pantry is running out of food. that story's coming up. sandusky where the ravens turnout for the community tonight. >> and there's a big temperature dropped this week as well.

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that tools are now in effect on the injured county connector. until today, commuters could ride for free. rates are based on peak and non- peak driving hours. to calculate your toll, you can head to our website. be sure to click on local news. >> for more than 25 years, the assistance center of towson church has been helping those in need. >> the center gets help from 48 churches, but with so many needing help, the center need more food to help those in need. >> here at the assistance center in towson, they help people with food or going through some hard times. many people thought they would never have to come to a place like this. >> we had our 401k, our retirement fund. we're both college graduates.

the we had done all the right things. how we got here, we have no idea. >> the assistance center at towson church provides food and financial help for those in need. but that need has grown. the center needs its own help. >> it almost tripled this fall from what we saw last fall. we have seen families we've never seen before coming into the center. many families who were able to make it very well before can hardly make it from month to month. >> the center can make a big difference on whether they make it through the month. >> what would you do without this place? >> semper. i thank god for churches -- i would suffer. i thank god for churches. even my own church, for these pantries. >> i would be lost. i would not have anything to eat. the center has helped us with our prescription the our gas and electric bill, and also with food. >> the center opened in 1985 to

provide emergency assistance and the volunteers here say more people than ever are coming for help. >> they restock the pantry every monday and thursday and oftentimes by the end of two days or so, it is gone. >> as fast as we get the food in and stopped on the shelves, it is back out and off the shelves. within a couple of weeks, this will be gone and we will be out looking for food sources again. >> your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> december up and down the seaboard, so far has been changed. it was freezing all up and down upstate and northern new england. 43 degrees in burlington, vermont to start the day. 49 in new york city. we had a 35 degree reading at

b.w.i. marshall this morning with a mild afternoon, temperatures pushing into the 50's. a solid eight degrees warmer than what is typical. our normal high is only 49 degrees. and the normal low is below freezing at 31. the record low with 16 in 1966. and the record high, 75 degrees in 2001. the same system that brings wet weather will also drop the temperatures back to normal levels gradually. tonight, still mild, in the 50's all the way to the pennsylvania border. 52 in elkton. 63 right now in eastern on the eastern shore. easton on the eastern shore. what weather in ohio and northwestern pennsylvania.

it will get here, but it will take several more hours. after midnight, showers become more likely. for really mild up and down the eastern seaboard, but very cold off to the west. the front in between these two air masses triggering the but weather, that will slide into baltimore tonight and early tomorrow and slowly made its way to the coast on wednesday. 6 in denver right now. contrast that to our 50's here. all the way up to boston, 66 degrees. in the teens right now around amarillo, texas, and in the 30's all the way to el paso. tomorrow, in the transition zone as the wet weather is likely. there's a chance for some wet weather on wednesday. the best chance for rain will be

a bit further south. note the cold air coming into the west. as the cold air crosses the mountains and reaches us, some of the western grain could change into light snow. i would not be surprised if we get a burst of snow in the early morning hours thursday. by thursday afternoon, the system is gone, the skies clear, sunny but a lot chillier for the second half of the week. tomorrow will be the last with a warm day in his current pattern. on d-day -- the bay, the charaf will be about 1 foot. temperatures are holding around 50. not quite skiing weather, but they're hoping for that. wednesday.n it will be cold and off at night for them to start

generating more snow out in western maryland. showers in the area wednesday. not as much rain at ocean city tomorrow, but it will be wet on wednesday with french will cooling in the temperatures. -- with a gradual cooling in the temperatures. breezy and chile for friday. lots of sunshine, but cool temperatures over the weekend. >> the ravens are hosting their monday night auction for the ravens all community team. 17 of the teammates come out and help raise money for the organization's 14 charity as well as the individual players. it is all about getting back to a community.

the ravens ran the ball 55 times for 290 yards. they literally ran over the browns and that is the way the ravens fans like it. the very first play of the game, ray rtice read -- a 30-yard run. the second quarter, rice with his ninth touchdown rushing of the season more rushing, more of what the ravens do best in december. a 67-yard run. the ravens in the last two games, the 49ers and the browns, have rushed the ball 90 times. in the fourth quarter, i was time to start putting things away. rice put the finishing touches on his 29th carry.

for john harbaugh, the statistics do not matter. the winds do and that is 9 and 3. >> our objective is not necessarily to score more points, but more. an hour. it on any given sunday. -- more. that our opponents on any given sunday. i think we're a winford outfit. -- win first outfit. >> that brings us to our monday burk -- monday reagan's tax question with four games left in the regular season. do you think they will get a first round buy at home playoff game this season? texter answer to a 8509. so far, we have heard from more than 100 w. and 85% say yes.

-- more than 100 of you and 85% say yes. in the world of baseball, baseball's golden era committee have elected the hall of fame's newest member. ron sabados will go to cooperstown this summer and he will go there posthumously. sandoz is the only player ever to do what he did. unfortunately, he passed away last year at the age of 70. he did not live to see the thrill of this day. but he gets the honor of his peers. as for ravens france, it is all about celebrating the win tonight at the stadium. as well as looking for to the

next visit. the colts arrived on sunday. -- arrive on sunday. stick around. thomas back with the forecast.

>> tonight at 11:00 p.m., we continue with the investigation out of anne arundel county where a police officer was shot by friendly fire. we will have the details. plus, how local authorities are teaming up for possible solutions

>> the beginning of the week is here. what have you got for us? >> so far, so good. you will not like it. >> i do not like what i see on the screen right now. >> showers on wednesday and medical -- gets colder wednesday night. rain could mix with snow by thursday morning. breezy, chile, and dry and sunny as we headed to the weekend. it will feel a little bit more like december. >> it is december. thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- --www.ncicap.org--