>> this is a home. this world is public to us, as people, as citizens. >> the occupy movement which called this part, was told to leave just before 3:30 a.m. tuesday morning when 100 officers in riot gear, only moved in. >> it is ridiculous. they are part of us. they are also human beings. they should understand more than anyone else. >> city officials say there were no arrests and the 40 or so who were there were allowed to gather with a could and leave the rest for the city to dispose of. the homeless were provided bus transportation to local shelters. >> i knew it was coming eventually. what do i think of that? it is the same old, same old. >> many who were told to leave wondered about the timing, just before 3:30 a.m., and the fact that police were wearing riot

gear. this baltimore teacher said she was disappointed. >> not what i expect from a democracy. not what i expect from america, which was built on the right to get involved and to voice a dissenting opinion that makes us stronger. >> mayor rawlings blake defended her administration's actions saying while she is committed to a protecting its citizens a right to protest, it was long overdue to be cleaned out. >> i'm sure they have some concerns about the numbers, that we had the right approach and tactics. >> police say that all of the trash, attends, and the degree that were collected earlier this morning has been brought to the western sanitation yard in cherry hill. mayor stephanie rawlings blake also said she is open for keeping a dialogue open with the occupiers. one final note hearing from

several occupiers who have come by here saying that there's going to be some sort of meeting and a possible camp out at city hall starting at 8:00 tonight. live outside the square, lowell meltzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> wbaltv.com was for three new video from the overnight evacuation. for its timeline, visit the home page, wbaltv.com. >> tense moments of high school after a fight at chesapeake high forcing police to use pepper spray. more than one dozen students rushed to the hospital. tim tooten is live in the newsroom with the very latest. >> those injuries were very minor, but one student has been charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and disrupting school activities. >> it was crazy. people were running around all over the place. >> have a dozen emergency

vehicles lined the entrance to transport students overcome by pepper spray to the nearest hospital. >> fire and police responded to chesapeake high-school born incident involving a fight between two boys in the hallway in the front of the school. the police attempted break up the fight, and used pepper spray in an effort to break about. >> as many as 16 students received medical attention. students and parents were trying to get a handle on my happened. "she called me at work saying there was police and you could hear it all in the background. >> terrifying. >> at least one student claims there was more than one fight taking place. >> i just ran out of there. i was already in the office because i was in one of the fights. >> at his mother's trying to sort out the details. >> they said there was an altercation and to come get him. >> the incident was over in less than one hour and students were sent back to class.

do some students and parents were still not pleased with how they handled it. >> when i tried to call the school, no one could answer, so i came out to get my child, and it could not even find her. >> police say they are looking for the second students involved in the fight and will face similar charges. live in the 11 news room, tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police identified a man robbed a bank on that house and campus. he is charged with robbing the pnc bank yesterday --0 on towson campus. he is also charged with robbing the bank of america last month and currently is being held without bail at the baltimore county detention center. anne arundel county police have released surveillance quotas in hopes of finding this man. he conducted two fraudulent wire transfers after sending the identity of a fraudulent bank

account holder, and it happened on the suntrust on central avenue on edgewater. if you know this man's identity, you are asked to call metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. >> a new casino is on the ways of the mall is rolling out a new feature aimed at keeping visitors safe anne arundel mills. barry simms joins us live with more on the story. barry? >> this may not look like anything major, but this is the new feature and it is designed to help give security officers a bird's eye view over the parking lots. the latest security device at arundel mills mall gives security officers a lift. this rises to 15.5 feet in the air and gives security officers a better view of the parking lot

allowing them to look between cars. >> of people around here before the wrong reason, we will look out for them. we will not be lax about it. >> this is another security enhancement joining forces with closed-circuit television cameras, scooters, by, and car patrols. >> we patrol the interior and the exterior 24/7/0365. this is another element that people are not accustomed to. not only the criminal element that will see this and go somewhere else, but the customers will feel safer about shopping in the shopping center. >> last month, it was the scene of a fatal double shooting involving people who knew each other and was not a random act. the incident caused it staff to once again review security and consider other innovative ways to make improvements. >> our hearts and prayers go out to the people and we were impacted by that tragedy as well. our family and friends shop

here, as well, and we will make sure, as we always do, that we put the safety of our customers and our employees first in our mind. this is most crist -- critical to was. >> mar recession comes to around 0 miles three or four times per week. i see them every morning riding on their little scooter's all- around mall. i feel great. >> michele says she comes here only six or seven times per year. >> i know this is a nice. so normally i do not worry too much. when i got here this morning, i went to old navy, and i felt safe. i did not worry too much. >> in the mall and on the tower is the message -- is sees something, do something, encouraging shoppers and employees to call it 24-hour hot line to report suspicious activity. one other thing going on here, they are setting up a safety

committee to try and handle security issues. live from hanover, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 1 harford county family is assessing tremendous damage after a huge buyer. take a look at this dramatic video. the two-alarm fire happened around 6:30 p.m. last night and damage estimates are near or over $1 million. rob roblin has the details. >> this homeowners says he and his wife went out shopping. when they came back from his home was completely engulfed in flames. neighbors say it was a noise that first alerted them to the fire. >> i heard a big explosion. it shook my house. it sounded like someone had landed on top of my roof. there was nothing wrong with mine, but i saw these planes coming up.

this plan ball was tremendous in size. >> it down the home and abroad completely involved in flames, propane tanks and raising fuel stored in the raw edge ignited by the fire. >> even hours after this home had been engulfed in flames, it was still having explosions going off and things were flying through the air. >> the homeowner did not want to speak on camera, but he did say he had a number of show cars and motorcycles stored in the grounds that were destroyed. you can see how the heat from the fire melted taillights on this ford explorer. fire investigators spent the morning examining the rubble but have not yet come up with a cause. >> but we have an area of origin which we believe was in the garage and based on statements we learned last by from the fire department, the neighbors, and the occupations. >> is a big explosion, i am being told.

>> there were several propane tanks and welding equipment in the garage. there was also propane in the mobile home. with all of that he'd come and exploded. >> rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. >> much more ahead. >> this chain reaction accident is at the center of a call for a ban on portable and electronic devices while driving. >> i'm gerry sandusky at boeing mills. what looks like a great trip out west, except that they have to play the chargers, none of the toughest teams to beat this time of year. >> warmer temperatures moving toward the mid atlantic. already producing some cloud cover and showers to the north and west. this guy is looking for some snow. nothing in the immediate forecast, but a chilly night had a buzz. a buzz. 42 at the

>> this terrible looking chain reaction crash in misery last year is not the focus of a push for a nationwide ban on all portable electronic devices. the call came during an ntsb board hearing focusing on this accident that killed two and injured dozens. it all started with in 1919 year-old pickup truck-- with a 19-year-old pick up truck driver. >> there were a number of texts sent right before the impact. no text, no call, no tweet is worth a human life.

quite the ntsb did not have any authority, but they are calling on state legislators to take action. >> the house is voting on a measure to extend a tax cut for up to 160 million workers, the problem is that it is far from a done deal. nikole killion explains why. >> president obama threatening to veto this house measure which sparked fierce debate on the floor. a vote over tax cuts. >> will the gentleman yield? >> to have plenty of time. i am not the chairman. i will not yield to you. >> : fingerpointing over an extension of the payroll tax credit -- and more. "there is a song by the group called cambeo called "talking out the side of your neck." >> talking at the side of your neck? i do not know that song, but i

will have to check it out. >> looking forward to extending unemployment benefits. >> why? why do we keep delaying this? >> but also attached a provision to green light the keystone excel from canada to texas. >> shovel ready. not fake shovel ready. >> i am hopeful that the senate leaders will come to their senses. >> they say it is a non-starter. and so the white house. >> we should not be messing around with extraneous and ideological fights that only prevent us from doing the people's business. >> the white house went on to explain why it would be told. does the burden of paying for it

on working families. nikole killion, wbal-tv 11 news. >> your insta-weather + forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> temperatures this morning back to below 20's in many areas but warmed up nicely, a little warmer than normal on this 13th day of december. 52 currently at the inner harbor. you can see the normal high is only 46 degrees. the record high, a balmy 69 going back to 1889. the record low? seven degrees back in 1962. 40 degrees in the city right now, starting to get chile up towards manchester. 36 there. no. harford county, 40 degrees. eastern shore, a little on the cooler side, 41 of originally come 41 ocean city. of the north and west of us, cloudiness beginning to come in.

it will not been overcast for most of the night, but clear to mostly cloudy and will keep the temperatures a little bit of tonight, not as low or cold as we have been the past few nights. keep an eye on those wrinkles coming across from ohio, an indication some areas will get a slight share or sprinkle over night. it may be during the afternoon tomorrow before. to the north and west of baltimore. it further back in the mountains ago, washington and allegany county, the chance for rain. 25 suburbs, at 35 downtown. mostly cloudy, sprinkle possibilities north and west. 48-53. in warmer temperatures will spread. waves around one but and bay water temperatures running through the middle and upper 40's. hoping for snow in maryland in the west, but the good news is it will turn colder thursday

night and maybe some snow thursday night in to friday, but certainly colder weather expected. on the eastern shore, sunny- cloud mix with only chance of a sprinkle around elkton. some areas could get a rain shower on thursday and we're talking highs on thursday pushing into the low 60's of have that next front. the front itself has stalled and the high pressure trying told off. this will start sliding closer to us tomorrow and moved closer on thursday. this big storm in the southwest making lots of winter weather had lines. higher terrain all the way to the mexico border. the mountains of arizona and those higher elevations could get some snow all the way from colorado. that will be trekking north and east through the plains states, but some rain around chicago as it tracks through, so rain showers all throughout the fifties on thursday.

dupont should get to the virginia-north carolina border friday. cloudiness and temperatures will cool going into the weekend. upper 50's 30 with rain showers, to grand cloudy friday. a mix of sun and clouds for the weekend, and temperatures back to normal with highs in the mid 40's. >> from the susquehanna banks sports center, this is 11 sports. >> with you from the ravens broadcast facility at owings mills where the ravens coaches have a busy day ahead of them. a busy day planning for the showdown with the san diego chargers, getting off to a 4-1 start ever going on a six-game slide. now the chargers are red hot again having won back-to-back games and outscoring 75-24 in the last two. ravens one in san diego two years ago, and john harbaugh is

7 and go against afc west. he knows how difficult the chargers are to be in san diego in december. >> the big wide receivers, the quarterback, a big offensive line, but two big titans that play really well. game breaking running back. this is one of the top offenses in football, a leading offense on third-down conversions, scores a bunch of points. as advertised, you know? a big challenge for us. >> much more on the ravens coming up with the ravens outside linebacker, you can hear the interview immediately following tonight's telecast and see the interview on wbal + 11-2 over teh air. the nfl has suspended james harris and yet again, in one game suspensions for his helmet- helmet contact on leland browned

-- cleveland browns quarterback mccoy. harrison says he does plan to appeal the suspension, which is kendel to take place prior to this week's game between the steelers and the san fransisco 49 years. a busy day for the orioles who have agreed to a new two-year deal with a japanese pitcher -- is soft drink a jerk from japan who has been called dr. -- soft throwing pitcher from japan, called dr. k. scott, a fan favorite, will become a free agent, but buck showalter says he does hope to find a way to get him back on the roster with a newly negotiated deal. stick around. tom tasselmyer is back with tom tasselmyer is back with yourhi. welcome to carmax.

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>> the seven-day forecast with a little warm-up also bring the chance for it. showers and rain. eventually cleaning out turning chile again by the weekend. >> thank you for joining us. >> "nbc nightly news with brian williams"is next.